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Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014 No. 99 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was was traveling along a walled road in Government—Federal, State, and called to order by the Speaker pro tem- Afghanistan when an IED exploded and local—will play a large role in ending pore (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania). disabled the lead vehicle in the convoy. hunger. The problem is too big and too f Lieutenant Andrews quickly jumped much a part of our basic values for gov- out of his vehicle and was assessing the ernment institutions not to get in- DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO damage of the vehicle that had hit the volved. TEMPORE IED, and he saw through the glint in We already created the programs The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- his eye an RPG coming straight for that will help us end hunger: SNAP, fore the House the following commu- him and his fellow troops. So, in an in- WIC, and school meals, just to name a nication from the Speaker: stant, he jumped on top of his fellow few. Many of these programs are under- WASHINGTON, DC, soldiers and took the brunt of the RPG. funded and need to be responsibly up- June 24, 2014. He sacrificed himself so that his bud- dated for the 21st century. The truth is I hereby appoint the Honorable GLENN dies would live. Recently, it was that these programs do real good in our THOMPSON to act as Speaker pro tempore on learned that Lieutenant Andrews and cities, towns, and communities, and this day. his patrol were searching for a missing they are working effectively and effi- JOHN A. BOEHNER, soldier by the name of Bowe Bergdahl. Speaker of the House of Representatives. ciently. Second Lieutenant Andrews was But government can’t do it alone, f awarded the Silver Star in honor of his and that is why I am proud to stand MORNING-HOUR DEBATE service and the sacrifice he made for with my friends in the antihunger com- his fellow soldiers. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- munity in support of their many ef- At his death, Darryn left behind his forts to end hunger. One such group ant to the order of the House of Janu- 2-year-old son, his pregnant wife, his ary 7, 2014, the Chair will now recog- doing fantastic work to end hunger twin brother, and both of his parents, now is the Food Research and Action nize Members from lists submitted by Andy and Sondra. Both of his parents, Center, known as FRAC. the majority and minority leaders for Andy and Sondra, were here last week morning-hour debate. FRAC is a tremendous organization, and testified before my Terrorism Sub- but it is not the typical group that The Chair will alternate recognition committee. Sondra still wears Darryn’s first comes to mind when people think between the parties, with each party dog tags. The family lives in Cameron, about antihunger organizations. FRAC limited to 1 hour and each Member Texas. other than the majority and minority Mr. Speaker, General George Patton is not a food bank or a food pantry. leaders and the minority whip limited said it best about warriors such as Run by my good friend Jim Weill, to 5 minutes, but in no event shall de- Lieutenant Darryn Andrews who die in FRAC works with hundreds of national, bate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. battle. He said: State, and local nonprofit organiza- tions, public agencies, corporations, f While we continue to mourn the loss of and labor organizations to address hun- LIEUTENANT DARRYN ANDREWS: such soldiers, we should thank God that such men ever lived. ger, food insecurity, and their root AMERICAN WARRIOR AND TEXAN And that’s just the way it is. cause—poverty. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The FRAC conducts research to document Chair recognizes the gentleman from f the extent of hunger in America, its Texas (Mr. POE) for 5 minutes. FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION impact, and effective solutions. It Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, CENTER seeks improved Federal, State, and growing up, Darryn Andrews was The SPEAKER pro tempore. The local public policies that will reduce known as one of the most selfless and Chair recognizes the gentleman from hunger and undernutrition, monitors patriotic kids in the neighborhood. Not Massachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN) for 5 the implementation of laws, and serves surprisingly, he joined the United minutes. as a watchdog of programs. States Army to serve America. 2nd Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, ending FRAC provides coordination, train- Lieutenant Darryn Andrews was the hunger shouldn’t be controversial. It ing, technical assistance, and support platoon leader for the 3rd Blackfoot shouldn’t be something that we ignore on nutrition and antipoverty issues to Company, 1st Battalion, 501st infantry but, rather, a goal that we embrace. a nationwide network of advocates, (Airborne) in Afghanistan. Ending hunger is an achievable goal; it service providers, food banks, program On September 4, 2009, 2nd Lieutenant is something that we can do if we mus- administrators and participants, and Andrews’ platoon was on a mission and ter the political will to do so. policymakers. Lastly, FRAC conducts

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VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:45 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN7.000 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5644 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 public information campaigns to help PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA into question both in the larger culture promote changes in attitudes and poli- GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING and increasingly in the legal frame- cies. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The work which governs this land. But per- FRAC helps frame the debate in Con- Chair recognizes the gentleman from haps the most striking and troubling is gress and State legislatures, educating Virginia (Mr. WOLF) for 5 minutes. that increasingly this is happening elected officials and their staff, and Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today within the church itself, which has his- they help implement antihunger pro- as a follower of Jesus and a lifelong torically served as a bulwark against grams at the local levels. FRAC does member of the Presbyterian Church the cultural whims of the day. everything but literally hand food to USA who is deeply grieved by what In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says: hungry Americans. The work they do transpired at last week’s gathering of Haven’t you read . . . that at the beginning has resulted in stronger programs and PCUSA’s General Assembly. I feel in- the Creator ‘‘made them male and female,’’ and said, ‘‘For this reason, a man will leave more eligible people receiving food as- creasingly alienated from this rich faith tradition, which includes John his father and mother and be united to his sistance. wife, and two will become one flesh’’? So Witherspoon, the only active clergy- Mr. Speaker, the Federal antihunger they are no longer but two, but one. There- man to sign the Declaration of Inde- safety net is excellent, but it is not fore, what God has joined together let man pendence, and submit for the RECORD a perfect. It is vast, but it is not com- not separate.’’ statement of protest by the Pres- prehensive. FRAC works with policy- This passage and others like it re- byterian Lay Committee Board of Di- makers and government officials to mind me of Reverend Billy Graham’s rectors, which expresses a similar sen- make these programs better, to ensure comments and the lead-up to the 2012 timent. that no hungry person is left without North Carolina ballot initiative regard- food. [June 19, 2014] ing marriage, when he remarked: PRESBYTERIAN LAY COMMITTEE BOARD OF DI- FRAC was a leader in our fight to The Bible is clear—God’s definition of mar- RECTORS REPUDIATES ACTION OF PCUSA riage is between a man and a woman. save the Heat and Eat program in the GENERAL ASSEMBLY In addition to marriage, I was also recently enacted farm bill. It has stood (By Carmen Fowler LaBerge) troubled by the PCUSA’s action on strong in the fight to ensure that ev- DETROIT, MI.—A statement of protest by eryone gets breakfast at school and the Presbyterian Lay Committee repudi- Israel. I submit for the RECORD a Wall food during the summer, and FRAC has ating the action of the General Assembly of Street Journal piece which ran yester- also fought back on antinutrition rid- the Presbyterian Church USA to redefine day regarding the vote to divest the de- ers that House Republicans have at- marriage. The 221st General Assembly of the nomination stock from three American tached to the Agriculture Appropria- Presbyterian Church (USA) has approved companies that do business with Israel both an Authoritative Interpretation of the tions bill. in the West Bank citing their ‘‘involve- Constitution and an amendment to redefine ment in the occupation and the viola- FRAC has stood with me from day marriage. In the name of 1.8 million Pres- tion of human rights in the region.’’ byterians nationwide, the General Assembly one of my End Hunger Now campaign. [From the Wall Street Journal, June 22, 2014] Like me, they believe that hunger is a has committed an express repudiation of the PRESBYTERIANS JOIN THE ANTI-ISRAEL CHOIR political condition, that it is solvable. Bible, the mutually agreed upon Confessions of the PCUSA, thousands of years of faithful- FRAC has been invaluable in this fight. DIVESTING FROM COMPANIES LIKE MOTOROLA ness to God’s clear commands and the de- SOLUTIONS TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH THE They have organized countless num- nominational ordination vows of each con- PALESTINIANS bers of food stamp challenges, includ- curring commissioner. This is an abomina- (By Jonathan Marks) ing the two food stamp challenges that tion. The Presbyterian Lay Committee I participated in; and they work with mourns these actions and calls on all Pres- The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is bleed- ing members. Between 2000 and 2013, almost important local antihunger groups like byterians to resist and protest them. You should tell your pastor and the members of 765,000 members left the organization, a loss Project Bread and the Massachusetts of nearly 30%. Last week the church’s leader- Law Reform Institute, along with the your session that you disapprove of these ac- tions. You should refuse to fund the General ship met in Detroit for crisis talks. Northeast Regional Anti-Hunger Net- Assembly, your synod, your presbytery and No, not about the emptying-pews crisis. work. even your local church if those bodies have The Israel-Palestinian crisis. On Friday, in a close vote (310–303), the FRAC is one of the leaders in the not explicitly and publicly repudiated these unbiblical actions. God will not be mocked General Assembly of the Presbyterian fight to end hunger now. Every single Church (U.S.A.)—the largest of several Pres- person who works at FRAC is com- and those who substitute their own felt de- sires for God’s unchangeable Truth will not byterian denominations in America—re- mitted to a shared vision of a hunger- be found guiltless before a holy God. The solved to divest the organization’s stock in free America. Whether it is working to Presbyterian Lay Committee will continue Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola expand the number of kids getting food to call for repentance and reform: repentance Solutions. The church’s Committee on Mis- during the summer or fighting against of those who have clearly erred at this Gen- sion Responsibility Through Investment said cuts to SNAP, the people who work for eral Assembly and reform of the PCUSA ac- the companies have continued to ‘‘profit cording to the Word of God. Presbyterian from their involvement in the occupation FRAC are doing everything they can to and the violation of human rights in the re- end hunger. Lay Committee Board of Directors, June 19, 2014. gion,’’ and have even ‘‘deepened their in- I want to commend Jim Weill and his volvement in roadblocks to a just peace.’’ Mr. WOLF. I will begin with mar- Israel’s counterterrorism and defense meas- team at FRAC for everything they do. riage. After several years of internal Not only are they true professionals, ures have included razing Palestinian houses discussion and debate, the assembly (with Caterpillar equipment), operating Gaza they care about their work. I want to voted overwhelmingly to take a posi- and West Bank checkpoints (with Hewlett- thank everyone at FRAC for fighting tion which runs counter to the counsel Packard technology), and utilizing military to end hunger now. of Scripture, which defines marriage as communications and surveillance (with Mo- I hope, Mr. Speaker, as they continue the divinely inspired joining of one torola Solutions technology). their important work, we in Congress man and one woman. The church signaled its antipathy for Israel earlier this year by hawking a study will be inspired to do more. It is It has long been clear that our cul- guide called ‘‘Zionism Unsettled’’ in its on- shameful that this Congress has been ture is in the throes of a seismic shift line church store. In the 76-page pamphlet, so clueless when it comes it ending on this issue. While the current mar- Zionism—the movement to establish a Jew- hunger. We and the White House need riage debate is centered around the no- ish homeland and nation-state in the his- to develop a comprehensive plan with tion of same-sex unions, in reality toric land of Israel—is characterized as a ‘‘a benchmarks and timetables to end hun- there has been a decades-long assault struggle for colonial and racist supremacist ger now and then enact it. Indifference on marriage, such that what was once privilege.’’ and making believe that the problem almost universally recognized as a In a postscript to ‘‘Zionism Unsettled,’’ Naim Ateek, a Palestinian priest and mem- will go away on its own is not a policy; God-ordained and created institution, ber of the Anglican Church, explains the it is an excuse to do nothing. Let’s in- the fundamental building block of any meaning of the charges in the pamphlet. ‘‘It stead follow the example of FRAC and society and the nexus of procreation is the equivalent of declaring Zionism heret- End Hunger Now. and childrearing, has now been called ical, a doctrine that fosters both political

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Nemmouche allegedly launched his ‘‘premise of the document appears to be that PARIS—‘‘I am not an anti-Semite,’’ French attack after a tour of duty with rebels in Zionism is the cause of the entire conflict in comedian Dieudonne´ M’bala M’bala says Syria, prompting fears of additional violence the Middle East,’’ in essence ‘‘the original with a devilish grin near the start of his hit to come as more of the hundreds of French sin, from which flows all the suffering of the show at this city’s The´aˆ tre de la Main d’Or. nationals fighting there make their way Palestinian people.’’ And amid intense criti- Then come the Jew jokes. home. cism of the study guide from the Anti-Defa- In front of a packed house, he apes Alain In a country that is home to the largest mation League and other groups, the Jakubowicz, a French Jewish leader who Jewish community in Europe, the first three church’s General Assembly declared on calls the humor of Dieudonne´ tantamount to months of the year saw reported acts of anti- Wednesday that ‘‘ ‘Zionism Unsettled’ does hate speech. While the comedian skewers Semitic violence in France skyrocket to 140 not represent the views of the Presbyterian Jakubowicz, Stars of David glow on screen incidents, a 40 percent increase from the Church (U.S.A.).’’ But the assembly didn’t and, as the audience guffaws, a soundtrack same period last year. This month, two bar the church from continuing to distribute plays evoking the trains to Nazi death young Jewish men were severely beaten on and sell it. camps. In various other skits, he belittles their way to synagogue in an eastern suburb The divestment resolution that ultimately the Holocaust, then mocks it as a gross exag- of Paris. passed included language affirming Israel’s geration. Near the city’s Montmartre district, home right to exist and denying that divesting In a country where Jewish leaders are de- to the Moulin Rouge and the Sacre´-Coeur ba- from the three companies is tantamount to crying the worst climate of anti-Semitism in silica, a woman verbally accosted a Jewish alignment with the broader Boycott, Divest- decades, Dieudonne´, a longtime comedian mother before rattling the carriage of her 6- ment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and erstwhile politician whose attacks on month-old child and shouting, ‘‘dirty Jewess against Israel. Still, the vote is a victory for Jews have grown progressively worse, is a . . . you Jews have too many children,’’ ac- anti-Israel forces within the church. And the sign of the times. French authorities issued cording to a report filed by France’s Na- divestment vote hardly means that the Pres- an effective ban on his latest show in Janu- tional Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti- byterian Church (U.S.A.) is ready to shift its ary for inciting hate. So he reworked the Semitism. Meanwhile, not far from the roll- focus: The organization’s Middle East Issues material to get back on stage—cutting, for ing vineyards of Bordeaux, stars of David Committee sees only one Middle East issue. instance, one joke lamenting the lack of were recently spray-painted on the homes of All 14 of the matters before it this year con- modern-day gas chambers. Jews. cerned Israel and Palestine. No Syria. No But the Afro-French comedian, whose A recent global survey by the New York- Iraq. stage name is simply Dieudonne´, managed to based Anti-Defamation League suggested Another vote regarding Palestinian-Israeli salvage other bits, including his signature that France now has the highest percentage matters by the church’s General Assembly, ‘‘quenelle’’ salute. Across Europe, the down- in Western Europe—37 percent—of people seemingly more innocuous, is actually more ward-pointing arm gesture that looks like an openly harboring anti-Semitic views. That disturbing. The vote instructed the church’s inverted Nazi salute has now gone so viral compares with 8 percent in Britain, 20 per- Advisory Committee on Social Witness Pol- that it has popped up on army bases, in par- cent in Italy and 27 percent in Germany. icy to prepare a report to help the General liaments, at weddings and at professional Jewish leaders chalk that up in part to grow- Assembly reconsider its commitment to a soccer matches. Neo-Nazis have used it in ing radicalization of youths in France’s Mus- two-state solution and to create a study front of synagogues and Holocaust memo- lim population—the largest in Europe—as guide ‘‘that will help inform the whole rials. Earlier this year, bands of Dieudonne´ well as outrage in the general public and church of the situation on the ground in Pal- supporters flashed it during a street protest French media over Israeli policy toward the estine.’’ in Paris while shouting, ‘‘Jews, out of Palestinians. In its ‘‘advice and counsel’’ on an anti-di- France!’’ But it is also far more complex. vestment proposal, the committee voiced its ‘‘Dieudonne´ is getting millions of views on Anti-Semitism, Jewish activists fear, is be- support for the boycott-Israel movement, his videos on the Internet and is spreading coming more socially acceptable. In May, for compared Israel with apartheid-era South his quenelle,’’ said Roger Cukierman, presi- instance, the far-right National Front—a Africa and declared Israel responsible for its dent of the Council for Jewish Institutions in party long rooted in anti-Semitism but own ‘‘de-legitimation.’’ It complained that France. ‘‘Something very worrying is hap- which sought to portray itself as reformed— the anti-divestment proposal ‘‘prioritize[d] pening in France. This is not a good time for came in first in elections here for the Euro- Israel’s security and underline[d] the flaws of Jews.’’ pean Parliament, winning a whopping 25 per- Hamas and other ‘hostile’ neighbors without Dieudonne´ was unavailable for comment, cent of the national vote. Yet last week, its noting the constant violence of the occupa- but his attorney, Sanjay Mirabeau, said the patriarch, Jean-Marie Le Pen, suggested just tion.’’ Even with respect to Hamas, whose comedian was simply speaking truth to how unreformed a segment of the party re- charter commits it to the destruction of power. mains. In a video posted on the party’s Web Israel, the committee felt compelled to put ‘‘If the Portuguese were protected in site, he suggested that a Jewish folk singer ‘‘hostile’’ in scare quotes. The committee France and had big influence, then he would should be thrown into an oven. has some history on this score: In 2004, it protest the Portuguese,’’ Mirabeau said. Le Pen’s daughter and current party lead- drew widespread condemnation for meeting ‘‘But as it is, there are others’’ who fit that er, Marine Le Pen, offered a rare rebuke of with leaders of the terrorist organization description. her father’s words and ordered footage of the Hezbollah. Jewish leaders say Dieudonne´ is a symp- comments removed from the party’s Web The General Assembly instructed the advi- tom of a larger problem. Here and across the site. The elder Le Pen’s musings were never- sory committee that the new study guide region, they are talking of the rise of a ‘‘new theless seen as unsurprising within a party should ‘‘honestly point out’’ that ‘‘simple fi- anti-Semitism’’ based on the convergence of whose older members have long harkened nancial investment in a completely occupied four main factors. They cite classic back to the days of Vichy France, the Nazi land where the occupiers are relentless and scapegoating amid hard economic times, the collaborators who allowed tens of thousands unwavering regarding their occupation is not growing strength of far-right nationalists, a of French Jews to go to their deaths. enough to dismantle the matrix of that occu- deteriorating relationship between black Eu- ‘‘I walked into my kosher sandwich shop pation or dramatically change the vast ma- ropeans and Jews, and, importantly, increas- the other day and the owner asked me, ‘Is it jority of communities or individual lives ing tensions with Europe’s surging Muslim time to leave? Are we Nazi Germany yet?’ ’’ that are bowed and broken by systematic population. said Shimon Samuels, the Paris-based inter- and intentional injustice.’’ The vote to com- In Western Europe, no nation has seen the national director of the Simon Wiesenthal mission the guide was 482–88. climate for Jews deteriorate more than Center. ‘‘We’ve got the National Front in With a dwindling membership, the Pres- France. first place. We’ve got Dieudonne´, spreading byterian Church (U.S.A.) clearly needs new Anti-Semitism has ebbed and flowed here his hate. So I told him, ‘Well, do you really friends, but the church does itself no favors and throughout the region since the end of want to be the last to go?’ ’’ by courting Israel’s enemies. World War II, with outbreaks of violence and Indeed, French migration to Israel in 2013 Mr. WOLF. The PCUSA’s deeply mis- international terrorism—particularly in the jumped to 3,200 people, up 64 percent from guided decision comes against a back- 1980s and early 2000s—often linked to the 2012. A huge uptick in departures this year drop of rising anti-Semitism in Europe Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But Jewish lead- has Jewish leaders here predicting that at ers here are now warning of a recent and fun- least 5,000 French Jews will leave in 2014. and even here in the United States. damental shift tied to a spurt of homegrown ‘‘We’ve been thinking about moving for a I submit for the RECORD a June 20 anti-Semitism. long time, but the climate was not as dan- Washington Post piece highlighting the This month, authorities arrested Mehdi gerous as it is now,’’ said Alain, 30, a medical problem, which noted that ‘‘Jewish Nemmouche, a 29-year-old French national, equipment specialist who is moving to Israel

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We are looking at reports that Sitting at his modest dining-room table in eastern Paris, a set of moving boxes in the region and conveyed that the time has ought to sober everybody around here, next room, he added: ‘‘It bothers me because come for the church in the West to tripling the number of days of 95 de- this is not normal; this is not how I remem- ‘‘pray and speak with greater urgency gree-plus weather, thinking about the ber France when I was growing up.’’ about this human rights crisis.’’ With impacts that rising sea level is going to Two weeks ago, Alain said, he woke up to the PCUSA’s decision not to associate have on coastal States. find his 13-year-old daughter, Michele, cry- itself with the urgent call to action, I Louisiana, for example, is looking at ing. After a recent attack on two Jewish find myself once again out of step with up to 5 percent of their insurable land boys not far from her school, she said she was too afraid to join her regular car pool. my denomination in profound ways. being underwater by midcentury, per- Instead, she demanded that he take her to I believe many of the giants of this haps 20 percent by the turn of the cen- school and pick her up, standing guard as she tradition, among them: Reverend Peter tury. There is $1.5 trillion of insurable entered and exited each day. He has moved Marshall of the New York Avenue Pres- properties that is likely to be under- his work schedule around to accommodate byterian Church, where President Lin- water. her request. coln worshipped, and a former Senate It is time for us to stop debating the Asked what she was scared of, Michele, an Chaplain; Reverend Dick Halverson, science. The science is, in fact, clear. It elegant French teenager in a fashionable senior pastor of Fourth Presbyterian black skirt and white T-shirt, looked down is time for us to look at opportunities. and said: ‘‘I’m afraid that what happened in Church and also a Senate Chaplain; The EPA rule is going to go into effect. Toulouse will happen at my school, too. . . . Reverend Louis Evans, pastor for 18 We all ought to be engaged with taking I hear what people say about Jews. And I am years of National Presbyterian Church; advantage of the flexibility that has scared.’’ and Reverend James Boice, pastor of been proposed by the administration to ´ Enter Dieudonne. Tenth Presbyterian Church in Phila- fine-tune it to the needs and opportuni- Born to a father from Cameroon and a delphia would find it difficult to recog- ´ ties in our State. white French mother, Dieudonne, ironically, nize the PCUSA church today. rose to stardom in the 1990s as part of a duo It is important that we start work on act with E´ lie Semoun, a Jewish comedian. f the implementation of a revenue-neu- But the two grew estranged as Dieudonne´’s INCREASING SEA LEVELS tral carbon tax. Virtually every ex- humor became indistinguishable from anti- pert—conservative, liberal, economists, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Semitic diatribe. even many business leaders—agrees Chair recognizes the gentleman from In the 2000s, he wooed the far right and the that having a revenue-neutral carbon far left as his campaign against Zionism Oregon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) for 5 min- tax to change the habits of American made him an unlikely symbol for both. utes. Throughout the 2000s, he was repeatedly Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, business and households, using the rev- fined for making a variety of anti-Semitic today many Members of Congress enues to reduce the impact on lower-in- statements, including his description of Hol- awoke listening to NPR for yet another come citizens and on small business, is ocaust commemorations as ‘‘memorial the quickest, fastest way to be able to porn.’’ story about Norfolk, Virginia, the area of the United States on the eastern make progress on climate protection. Blacklisted from mainstream TV shows We can, in fact, slow the impact, and and radio, he nevertheless thrives, with a seaboard where we have seen the most we can prepare for what we cannot cultlike following on stage and via the Inter- rapid increase in the sea level. This net, where his satirical videos stand out matters, being home to the largest avoid. Experts in climate science, joined by among a rash of new anti-Semitic Web sites naval base in the world, placing in hardheaded business people and citizen in France. As he has become less main- question its long-term survivability. stream, he has traded larger venues for rel- A story in The Washington Post sev- activists, all agree that it is time for atively smaller theater spaces where he is Congress to get engaged, for Congress filling seats with fans across racial, political eral weeks ago talked about the impact that this is having on the waterfront, to stop this active denial, and come to- and socioeconomic spectrums. gether on simple commonsense steps Dieudonne´ is an equal-opportunity of- including one church that is being fender. His act is a study in provocation, tar- forced to relocate. I love the pastor’s that we can make to strengthen our geting not only Jews but also gays and main- comment that his parishioners should communities to slow the increase of stream politicians. Yet—as evidenced by the not have to consult a tide table to de- climate change and be able to prepare T-shirts bearing the quenelle salute on sale termine whether or not they can go to for stronger opportunities in our local at his shows—he tends to reserve his tough- economies as we move to take advan- est punch lines for Jews. church. The morning news also included the tage of this. Over the past year, observers say, his de- Everybody should take action, so pictions have sharply worsened. His act be- Supreme Court’s third affirmation of came so offensive that the French govern- the power of the EPA to regulate that all our families can be safer, ment in January took the rare step of en- greenhouse gases, setting hopefully at healthier, and more economically se- couraging local jurisdictions to bar his per- rest the long-term battle over whether cure. formances. The move forced him to tone or not we can deal with this critical f down his material, largely by deploying in- area of carbon pollution. ENERGY ference and shorthand to get his point We also have seen a media blitz from across. a coalition of respected senior offi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Mr. WOLF. The denomination’s ac- cials—Republicans, Democrats, and Chair recognizes the gentleman from tion on Israel stands in stark contrast Independents stretching back to the Virginia (Mr. GOODLATTE) for 5 min- to its inaction on the persecuted Nixon administration—talking about utes. church in the region. The PCUSA ex- the impact of climate change, particu- Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, en- pressly declined to sign a recently larly as it deals with business. We have ergy is vital to every aspect of Amer- issued Pledge of Solidarity and Call to had a report from four Republican EPA ican life. Working families, retirees, Action, which more than 200 religious administrators talking about the need and businesses—large and small—are leaders from across the country signed to support the EPA’s effort with the all depending upon reliable and afford- on to. new rule for carbon emissions. able energy. An unwelcome increase in Representatives of the American Today, on the steps of Capitol Hill as the electric bill leaves many families church came together across ecumeni- I passed, there were representatives no other option but to cut elsewhere. cal lines to pledge to do more to help from the Citizens Climate Lobby from For businesses, higher energy costs beleaguered minority faith commu- all over the country who are fanning mean less money to invest in jobs or nities, foremost among them, the an- out across the Capitol making their expansion. As business costs increase, cient Christian communities in Egypt, case. so does the price of goods down the Iraq, and Syria. The PCUSA privately line, triggering a chain reaction felt expressed concern that this action b 1015 throughout the economy. would be perceived as an ‘‘anti-Mus- Mr. Speaker, the science is, in fact, Unfortunately, the Obama adminis- lim’’ statement. clear. We have very severe problems as- tration’s policies are contributing to

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:12 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN7.006 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5647 the rise in energy costs with policies tions bill because of $79.4 billion in- Afghanistan helping to build roads in that discourage exploration of domes- cluded it included in OCO funding. Afghanistan. The three were shot and tic resources and attempt to bypass During the amendment process, I killed. Congress to implement cap-and-trade. joined many of my colleagues in both That is why I continue to join my A major way to improve reliability and parties in voting to stop funding the colleagues, and both parties come to affordability is to produce more energy war in Afghanistan after 2014. this floor and to say to the Congress: here at home. Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful you are not listening to the American I am pleased to join my colleagues as in this effort, and I am on the floor of people, the American people are sick we debate energy solutions and ad- the House today because the American and tired of their sons and daughters vance an all-of-the-above energy policy people are frustrated with the adminis- dying in foreign lands, borrowing to power economic growth and job cre- tration and with Congress for con- money from the Chinese to pay for that ation. tinuing to spend taxpayer money over- development in those foreign lands, f seas in unnecessary military interven- and we continue to have more and tions. I share this frustration with the more losing their life and their limbs. CELEBRATING IMMIGRANT It is time for the Congress to listen HERITAGE MONTH American people. Mr. Speaker, I want to bring to the to the American people. They are the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The attention of the House an article in the ones that elect us to come here to rep- Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Daily Journal Online titled ‘‘No End resent their views and their interests, Connecticut (Ms. ESTY) for 5 minutes. for Afghanistan’s War on the United and we are not listening to them as it relates to Afghanistan. Ms. ESTY. Mr. Speaker, this month, States Taxpayer’’—‘‘No End for Af- I pray for our men and women in uni- as we celebrate Immigrant Heritage ghanistan’s War on the United States Month, we reflect upon unique back- form, their families, and pray for the Taxpayer,’’ which states: grounds and honor our collective his- families who have given a child dying tory, but the reality is that our current John F. Sopko, the Special Inspector Gen- for freedom in Afghanistan and Iraq. eral for Afghanistan Reconstruction, known immigration system is badly broken. as SIGAR, may have taken Uncle Sam and f Immigration reform is not only the shaken him by the lapels last month, but the 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF YOSEMITE right thing to do morally, it is the media missed it. Americans, however, need NATIONAL PARK right thing to do for our economy. to hear how Sopko, in an address at the Mid- Businesses in Connecticut and across dle East Institute in Washington, D.C., laid The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the Nation are demanding that we have out why Afghanistan remains ‘‘relevant’’— Chair recognizes the gentleman from immigration reform, so that they can and a cause for outrage—for every U.S. tax- California (Mr. COSTA) for 5 minutes. hire employees and expand their busi- payer and policymaker. In short, Afghani- Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, this year nesses. stan is on life support, and Joe Citizen is its marks the 150th anniversary of the Yo- I have heard from manufacturers and permanent IV. semite Grant Act that was signed into from biotech companies in my own dis- These are the words of John Sopko. law in 1864 by then-President Abraham trict who are eager to hire new engi- This article goes on to say: Lincoln and the creation of Yosemite neers and Ph.D.’s, but our current sys- SIGAR, on the job since 2008, has produced National Park, one of our Nation’s tem forces most of the best and bright- 118 audits and inspection reports and made 23 greatest treasures. est who come from around the world, quarterly reports to Congress. Nothing Yosemite receives over 4 million visi- tors annually, all who come to experi- who train at our research institutions seems to penetrate the Capitol dome, how- ever. ence our breathtaking scenery and here in the United States, trained at wonderment that the park provides for taxpayer expense, we force them to Mr. Speaker, this brings me to a all Americans. leave this country, taking their talents quote by Pat Buchanan, with whom I agree strongly on foreign policy issues: As a Californian and a longtime park with them. supporter since my early childhood, I I have met with dairy farmers in Is it not a symptom of senility to be bor- rowing from the world, so we can defend the understand the importance of safe- Connecticut who cannot find enough guarding our precious national re- laborers to work on their farms. Farm- world? How appropriate a statement is that? sources. ers are demanding that Congress re- Yosemite is an integral part of our We are a debtor nation that has to bor- form our immigration system to pro- communities and our country, and it is vide a reliable and stable workforce, so row money every year to pay the debts also a great source of pride for all Cali- that they can continue to provide local of our own Nation, and we borrow fornians. Therefore, we must work to- food, milk, and cheese for our families. money to spend overseas in foreign gether, despite the challenges that we There are 11 million immigrants who areas. It makes no sense. face, to not only preserve Yosemite Na- are ready to emerge from the shadows, That is why I am so disappointed tional Park for future generations to ready to join the workforce, and to that, last week, we were unable to put come, but for all of America’s great grow our economy: people like Maria, a a stop on the waste, fraud, and abuse of natural resources. mother of three from Meriden, who the American taxpayer money in Af- Yosemite is just one of many of the brought her family here to build a bet- ghanistan. crown jewels of America’s national ter life; people like Camila and Caro- Now, when we also must consider the park system. Its beautiful and majestic lina—twin sisters, honor students— collapse of Iraq, I am reminded of a park is, obviously, something to behold from Danbury, who cofounded Con- quote from our country’s first Presi- and where visitors come every year necticut Students for a DREAM, to dent, in a letter from George Wash- from not only across America, but help DREAMers navigate the immigra- ington to James Monroe, and I quote from throughout the world. tion system. Washington: For all Americans, we must remem- Mr. Speaker, it is time for Congress I have always given it as my decided opin- ber that Yosemite National Park rep- to act. Let’s honor our Nation of immi- ion that no nation has a right to intermeddle resents among the best of America. As grants by passing comprehensive immi- in the concerns of another, that everybody it has been said before: America’s na- gration reform that secures our bor- has a right to form and adopt whatever gov- tional parks, perhaps America’s best ders, keeps our families together, and ernment they liked best to live under them- idea. selves. creates an earned path to citizenship. Therefore, it is my honor to celebrate Mr. Speaker, beside me is a poster of f the 150th anniversary of Yosemite Na- military carrying the casket of an tional Park, the first park designated AFGHANISTAN American soldier killed in either Iraq in our country. or Afghanistan. I bring this to the floor The SPEAKER pro tempore. The f Chair recognizes the gentleman from because, this past weekend, we had North Carolina (Mr. JONES) for 5 min- three marines from Camp Lejeune— 23 IN 1—DEL RIO, TEXAS utes. which is in the district I represent, the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, last week, I Third District of North Carolina—three Chair recognizes the gentleman from voted against the Defense Appropria- marines in the engineering battalion in Texas (Mr. GALLEGO) for 5 minutes.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:12 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.009 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5648 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, today, I So if you find yourself near Del Rio, That is why the United States and would like to continue our journey I invite you to experience the culture, the international community must throughout the vast 23rd District of take a dip in the clear waters of the continue to apply pressure to the Nige- Texas and talk about San Felipe Del San Felipe Creek, or catch a theater rian government to do all it can to ne- Rio, known today as Del Rio, Texas. show. And bring back a bag of Julio’s gotiate the safe return of these young San Felipe Del Rio was founded by Corn Chips, which you are sure to girls to their families. the Spaniards in the 1600s. In fact, enjoy. For those citizens who want to join local lore talks about the Spaniards of- f this fight, I join my colleague FRED- fering a mass there on St. Philip’s Day ERICA WILSON in asking people in this BOKO HARAM in 1635, hence the name San Felipe. country and all over the world to tweet When the local post office was estab- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The using #bringbackourgirls every day at lished in 1883, the name was condensed Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 9 a.m. simply to Del Rio, in order to avoid Florida (Ms. FRANKEL) for 5 minutes. During our trip, Mr. Speaker, we confusion with San Felipe de Austin. Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speak- called upon—and we should continue to Del Rio, from the onset, has been car- er, I just returned from a congressional call upon—the Nigerian government to ried forward by those with innovation delegation trip to Nigeria, which was set up a relief fund for the victims and and entrepreneurship in their blood, both eye-opening and moving. the families of Boko Haram for the fi- from the San Felipe Agricultural, Irri- Nigeria is a country of huge possibili- nancial and medical care that they so gation, and Manufacturing Company, ties. It is an oil rich nation, the largest need. which first harnessed the clear waters in Africa, with a population that will The United States should continue of the San Felipe Creek to satisfy the surpass the United States by 2050. It is our efforts with the fusion team and thirst of crops and a growing popu- mired with corrupt political leaders quickly respond to the team’s request lation, to Julio’s Corn Chips, which and a weakened police and military, for approval of a strategic plan. went from a smalltown favorite now leading to a dire political climate of Of course, Mr. Speaker, we must con- being mailed to Texans abroad who joblessness in the northeast and giving tinue to advise Nigerian authorities on want a little taste of home. rise to a terrorist organization of most- the need for transparency and honesty From the skies over war-torn Europe ly young men called Boko Haram. They and the need to deal with the economic to protecting our border, Del Rio has a burn schools, churches, mosques, and plight of their people and urge a free long history of military accomplish- police stations. They rob, steal, kid- and fair upcoming election. ment and continues to contribute to nap, and murder innocent victims in As I said from the start, Mr. Speaker, the safety and security of our Nation. their path. Their violence has resulted Nigeria is a nation of great possibili- in the deaths of thousands in the last b 1030 ties. It can one day be a giant eco- decade. nomic partner for the United States In 1942, during World War II, the War Boko Haram’s most notorious activ- and her allies, or it can become a safe Department opened Laughlin Field as a ity, which was the focus of our trip, haven for terrorists. We can keep it on training base to prepare pilots for high- was the recent kidnapping of 270 inno- the right path by bringing those girls risk missions over European skies. cent girls attending school. These girls home. In 1962, U–2 high-altitude spy planes remain hidden—most likely scattered— that played a critical role in the dis- and subjected to unimaginable crimes. f covery of Russian missiles hidden in This kidnapping received international RECESS Cuba were stationed at Laughlin Air attention for a short time, and then, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Force Base in Del Rio. This action like the girls, disappeared. ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair would eventually lead our Nation to While in Nigeria, we met with vic- declares the House in recess until noon having the resolve to win the Cold War. tims of Boko Haram, as well as polit- today. Through Laughlin Air Force Base, ical, military, and civic leaders. We Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 37 Del Rio continues its military tradi- learned of the horrific suffering at the minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- tion by training the greatest pilots in hands of Boko Haram and the inability cess. the world and serving as a base to of the corrupt Nigerian government, those who guard our borders. which is involved in a competitive up- f Being a mix of Spanish and Mexican coming election, to stop this violence. b 1200 tradition, Del Rio is a cultural hub and Embedded in my mind are the young AFTER RECESS an example of how in America many teen girls who told us harrowing sto- cultures can blend together to form ries of how they escaped Boko Haram The recess having expired, the House something wonderful and exciting. terrorists while their friends, trag- was called to order by the Speaker at In Del Rio, you can fill a day visiting ically, remained behind. We met with a noon. a winery run by the Qualia family, weeping father of one such girl. f which is the oldest winery in Texas; I will never forget the story of a learn about regional history and see young mother who witnessed Boko PRAYER Judge Roy Bean’s grave at the White- Haram decapitate her husband’s head The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick head Memorial Museum; or, you can and left her dying in the street with J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: catch an evening show by the her throat slit. She survived phys- Eternal God, we give You thanks for Upstagers, Del Rio’s award-winning ically, but has been left broken finan- giving us another day. We pause in live theater group. cially and, of course, psychologically. Your presence and ask guidance for the In fact, if you like the outdoors, visit We spent time with a fusion team of men and women of the people’s House. Seminole Canyon, not far from Del Rio, Nigerian, U.S., British, and French On a day when voters in many States which has one of the largest collections military law enforcement put together participate in congressional primaries, of Indian pictographs found anywhere to strategize the return of these girls. may Your spirit of wisdom be manifest in the world. You can also visit Devils Now, Mr. Speaker, some quick obser- among those who exercise their rights, River, which is the last river in Texas vations of mine to a very complicated rights for which so many struggled 50 still in its natural state. situation. years ago to secure for all American If you are a sports fan, there are As I have said before, some crimes citizens. plenty of sporting events to catch, such against humanity are of the nature Here in Washington, may all Mem- as Del Rio’s Mighty Ram football that knows no borders and require a re- bers realize that Your congregation is team, or the annual fishing tour- sponse no matter where you live in the wider and broader than ever we could nament held on Lake Amistad, which world. The kidnapping of 270 girls is measure or determine. Help them, and is an absolutely phenomenal lake and a such a crime. It cannot be treated just help us, O Lord, to put away any judg- national recreational area run by the as a flavor of the week that is soon for- ments that belong to You and do what National Park Service. gotten. we can to live together in peace.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:12 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.010 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5649 Bless us this day and every day, and Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise The number is expected to rise to 76 may all that is done within the peo- today to recognize the month of June million by 2030. In the United States, 5 ple’s House be for Your greater honor as Immigrant Heritage Month. This million Americans are living with Alz- and glory. month I join my colleague, Representa- heimer’s. Amen. tive SA´ NCHEZ, as an original cosponsor Those who are affected by this dis- f recognizing the month of June as Im- ease know that the costs are high. The migrant Heritage Month in honor of disease affects or hits both the af- THE JOURNAL the role immigrants play in shaping flicted and those who love the afflicted. The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- the history and culture of the United It is a disease whose origins are un- ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- States. known but whose end is absolutely cer- ceedings and announces to the House No country has been more invig- tain. It is a disease that takes your his approval thereof. orated by immigrant culture, more re- mind, your dignity, and eventually Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- warded by immigrant labor and immi- your life. Alzheimer’s is the sixth lead- nal stands approved. grant ideas than our country, America. ing cause of death in the United States I believe the only true way to honor and is the most expensive disease, cost- f the immigrants that built the founda- ing our Nation $214 billion in 2014 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE tion of this great Nation is by fixing alone. The SPEAKER. Will the gentle- our broken immigration system, but Mr. Speaker, I call on my colleagues woman from Florida (Ms. ROS- House Republicans have refused to pass to take action on finding a cure for LEHTINEN) come forward and lead the an immigration reform bill. this fatal disease by supporting the House in the Pledge of Allegiance. To mark Immigration Heritage HOPE for Alzheimer’s Act to improve Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN led the Pledge Month, we must create a message of diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s of Allegiance as follows: unity and remember that this country and to commit to making a strong in- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the was also built by the dreams and hard vestment in funding research to find a United States of America, and to the Repub- work of people who came from some- cure. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, place else. Perhaps then we can change f indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the dialogue around immigration by KOREAN WAR VETERANS LUNCH f placing attention on the country’s di- verse immigrant heritage and the need (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER to bring immigration reform to the permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his re- The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- floor for a vote. marks.) tain up to 15 requests for 1-minute f Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, on Sat- speeches on each side of the aisle. WRONG SIGNAL ON IMMIGRATION urday, I had the chance to join with f (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina the Consul General Dong-man Han in PRESIDENT OBAMA MUST BRING asked and was given permission to ad- presenting the memorial wreath at the OUR MARINE HOME dress the House for 1 minute and to re- 25th annual Korean war veterans lunch vise and extend his remarks.) held at the VFW hall in Anderson, Cali- (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. fornia. It was an honor to be in the given permission to address the House Speaker, the Post and Courier of company with such a courageous group for 1 minute and to revise and extend Charleston, South Carolina, presented of men who fought hard for the free- her remarks.) an editorial last Tuesday correctly re- doms that the people of South Korea Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, vealing the wrong signal on immigra- enjoy today. Andrew Tahmooressi is a 25-year-old tion. The opinion states: The luncheon also served as a solemn United States marine from south Flor- Central American children have entered reminder of the sacrifices that have ida who served our country bravely and the United States in large numbers in recent been made on our behalf and the com- honorably during two combat tours in weeks. Their mass entry has also produced mitment we have to our veterans. That Afghanistan. Andrew was meritori- another political obstacle to passing com- commitment wouldn’t be embodied any ously promoted on the battlefield to prehensive immigration reform legislation. better than by my friend Kim Cham- sergeant during his last tour, which Opponents of the initiative reasonably point out that this is the latest border problem as berlain, who is a Korean immigrant. shows the true character of this young As I assured the many veterans in man who once told his mom that he additional evidence of the Obama adminis- tration’s lack of credibility on the issue. Nu- the audience on Saturday, from the was ‘‘nudged by God’’ to join the mili- merous Republican lawmakers have cited, as first time a constituent alerted me tary. a motivating factor of this incoming tide of about issues he had faced with the VA Andrew suffers from posttraumatic humanity, President Barack Obama’s execu- until today, the vigilance of my office, stress disorder and was invited by a fel- tive edict deferring deportations. And their myself, and many of my colleagues in low marine to seek treatment in San continuing migration into our country this House, that commitment will re- Diego. He accidently ended up at the strengthens the assumption that the Presi- main to get to the bottom, to get solu- dent has no intention of fulfilling its pledge Mexican border, where he was arrested tions for the VA and the problems the by Mexican authorities for possessing to bolster border security. Clearly, if the President and other advocates of sweeping veterans face on the backlog of not firearms. immigration reform are serious about mov- only their health issues but, as well, Andrew’s mistake was taking a ing one through Congress, Federal border en- the backlog of even having their cases wrong turn. The administration’s mis- forcement must be intensified. heard and the benefits. take is to let him languish in Mexican In conclusion, God bless our troops, So, many questions still remain. I prisons where he faced threats and and we will never forget September the look forward to meeting with the new abuses. President Obama and Vice 11th in the global war on terrorism. director of the Oakland regional office President BIDEN both had opportunities f there pretty soon and getting to the to demand his release, but they shirked bottom and getting real solutions for their responsibilities and their obliga- JUNE IS ALZHEIMER’S AND BRAIN veterans. Our commitment remains on tions to this young man and his family. AWARENESS MONTH them. Mr. Speaker, it is time to bring our (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given f marine home now. permission to address the House for 1 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF COM- f minute.) Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to PREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION RE- IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH recognize June as Alzheimer’s and FORM BY THE SENATE (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given Brain Awareness Month. (Ms. CHU asked and was given per- permission to address the House for 1 Worldwide, at least 44 million people mission to address the House for 1 minute.) are living with Alzheimer’s disease. minute.)

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:27 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.012 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5650 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 Ms. CHU. Mr. Speaker, it has been al- fields of the Burma-India-China the- parties, to bring them together, and most 1 year since two-thirds of the ater, and later parachuted into what is Governor Dan Malloy, who provided Senate—Democrats and Republicans— now Beijing in order to rescue more some low-interest financing, to help voted for comprehensive immigration than 600 prisoners of war. the transaction move forward. It all reform. So House Republicans have had Throughout his military career, Staff came together, so that by the end of 1 year to address the 4.3 million fami- Sergeant Hamada stayed true to the June, 80 workers are going to be back lies languishing in the immigration aloha spirit. His love of our country at the looms producing wool and deliv- backlogs separated from their loved and determination to do whatever it ering it with a ‘‘Made in America’’ ones for decades, 1 year to bring the 11 took to accomplish the mission are an stamp, which is not just a dream, it is million undocumented immigrants who inspiration to all who have raised their a reality. It is good business practice are already in the fabric of our society hands to wear the uniform and serve. for people to invest in America’s work- out of the shadows so they can earn Staff Sergeant Hamada passed away ers. their place in society, and 1 year to on May 27 at the age of 92, leaving be- Congratulations to the workers of allow the brightest minds in the world hind a legacy of courage and servant Warren mill in Stafford Springs, Con- to graduate from our schools and con- leadership. He will be interred later necticut, for setting an example of how tribute to the economy. They have had today at the National Memorial Ceme- we, as a Nation, can lead again in man- 1 year to reduce the deficit by nearly $1 tery of the Pacific at Punchbowl, and ufacturing. trillion, as this bill will do. we send to him our deepest gratitude f They promised the American people and say ‘‘aloha’’ to this Hawaii hero. GI BILL ANNIVERSARY reform; all we have heard are excuses f (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania for the delays. That is why I helped to WE NEED TO SECURE OUR asked and was given permission to ad- introduce H.R. 15, a bipartisan immi- BORDER dress the House for 1 minute and to re- gration bill. This bill has the votes to vise and extend his remarks.) pass today. (Mrs. BLACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. I urge Republican leadership to put Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate politics aside and bring this bill to the minute and to revise and extend her re- marks.) the 70th anniversary of the original GI floor. It is time to fix our broken immi- Bill, also known as the Servicemen’s gration system once and for all. Mrs. BLACK. Mr. Speaker, in May of 2011, President Obama gave a speech in Readjustment Act of 1944. This legisla- f El Paso, Texas, where he effectively tion has had an enormous impact on BORDER CRISIS said: Mission accomplished—our border the lives of millions of veterans, cre- ating access to low-cost home loans (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked is secure. In fact, he mocked those of and educational and vocational train- and was given permission to address us who disagreed with him, suggesting ing. the House for 1 minute and to revise that we wouldn’t be happy until there was a moat guarding our southern bor- Signed into law on June 22, 1944, the and extend his remarks.) GI Bill came into being during the der. Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. height of World War II, when America Speaker, you know, the surge of illegal Mr. Speaker, as we witness tens of thousands of children crossing our bor- was mobilized into war around the immigration on the southern border of globe. These veterans returned from Texas is one of the largest security and der today, I hope the President remem- bers his speech in El Paso and owns up war, utilized access to education and social issues facing our Nation today. training, and began building an Amer- to his administration’s failure in en- Thousands of illegals crossing into the ica that would lead the world economi- forcing our immigration policy. United States directly impact our cally and militarily for generations to schools, our hospitals, government We need a secure border before we can address any kind of immigration come. budgets, employment, crime, and all Since then, veterans from other con- reform, which is why I am a proud co- parts of American life. flicts, including Korea, Vietnam, and sponsor of H.R. 2220, the SMART Bor- Sadly, this surge is no coincidence; others, have used the GI Bill. Recently, der Act—tough, smart legislation to fi- instead, it is a direct response to Presi- it was amended to allow a new genera- nally get operational control over our dent Obama’s failed policies. tion of veterans to gain access to a va- Nation’s borders. News reports stated: riety of benefits to transition to civil- White House officials acknowledged some f ian life. The post-9/11 GI Bill builds of the thousands of children seeking refuge b 1215 upon the success of a bill signed into are coming, in part, because they think they CONGRATULATIONS TO THE law 70 years ago. will be allowed to stay in the United States Mr. Speaker, our veterans have paid because of President Obama’s policies. WORKERS OF WARREN MILL a high price to earn these benefits, and This is totally unacceptable. We are (Mr. COURTNEY asked and was they deserve as much. a Nation of laws. The President has a given permission to address the House f duty to fully enforce our laws and pro- for 1 minute.) tect our borders. Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, last HONORING MABON ‘‘TEENIE’’ Texans and all Americans want, December, in Stafford Springs, Con- HODGES need, and deserve a secure border, pe- necticut, Warren mill, a textile mill (Mr. COHEN asked and was given per- riod. that had been in operation for 161 mission to address the House for 1 f years, sadly closed its doors and laid minute.) off its workers. Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to HONORING STAFF SERGEANT DICK It was a day where many were sort of honor the life of an outstanding SHIGEMI HAMADA writing obituaries for the textile indus- guitarist, songwriter, singer, and leg- (Ms. GABBARD asked and was given try in New England, but for many, the endary Memphis musician, Mabon permission to address the House for 1 memory and the reputation of the high Hodges, better known as ‘‘Teenie’’ minute.) quality of that factory lived on. Hodges, who passed away in Dallas just Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to Fast forward to this past Wednesday, yesterday. honor and recognize Staff Sergeant a new owner, American Woolen, closed Teenie started playing the guitar at Dick Shigemi Hamada, a Japanese on a deal to reopen the plant, which age 12, and he and his brothers were American World War II veteran born in the looms will be humming by the end part of the Hi Rhythm Section, which Hawaii who served under the Office of of this month, hiring back the workers was part of Royal Studios and Hi Strategic Services, a precursor to the whose quality workmanship, again, Records music that produced Al Green CIA. resurrected this industry for New Eng- and Otis Clay and others, a great part He volunteered for the renowned land. of the Memphis sound in the seventies 442nd Regimental Combat Team in It was because of the combined effort under Willie Mitchell, a great producer 1943, shipped off to the fearsome battle- of my office, which worked with the and great musician himself.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:12 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.013 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5651 Willie Mitchell kind of adopted for 1 minute and to revise and extend HONORING THE USS PENNSYL- Teenie and taught him something his remarks.) VANIA FOR COMPLETING THE about playing guitar and helped him in Mr. MCNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise NATION’S LONGEST STRATEGIC his career. Willie’s grandson, Boo today to recognize the outstanding en- PATROL Mitchell, now runs that studio. vironmental research being conducted (Mr. KILMER asked and was given Teenie has been a part of it in the at the University of California, Merced. permission to address the House for 1 heart of the Hi Rhythm Section, which In the midst of California’s worst minute.) is well known throughout the world. He drought on record, scientists at UC Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise cowrote, with Al Green, ‘‘Love and today to congratulate and honor the Happiness’’ and ‘‘Take Me to the Merced are studying the effects sailors of the USS Pennsylvania’s gold River’’ and other great tunes. drought, fire, and global warming are He continued playing through the having on soil and water resources. crew for completing a 140-day patrol. spring. He fell ill with emphysema, One such researcher, Dr. Berhe, along This is the longest strategic deter- which he had for years, but the emphy- with her students and collaborators, rence patrol ever in an Ohio class sub- sema got so strong that he had to be supported by the National Science marine and the longest of any kind taken to the hospital in Dallas this Foundation, are investigating the im- since the 1970s. spring, and then he passed away from pacts of fire, erosion, and climate The servicemembers of the Pennsyl- emphysema. Services will be held in change on soil processes. vania ought to be proud of their accom- plishments. They have done an extraor- Memphis next week. Extreme drought and other cata- dinary job of demonstrating the resil- I was a friend of Teenie’s. He was a strophic events can alter the carbon ience of our sailors and the capability great Memphian, a wonderful spirit, storage potential of the soil, its water- of our platforms. and a great talent. All of Memphis will holding capacity, and lead to high We must also thank and pay tribute miss him, and all of us in the country rates of surface runoff. appreciate his great music and con- to the families of those servicemem- Research such as Dr. Berhe’s is crit- tribution to our culture. bers who went without their loved ones ical for addressing challenges to the f for more than one-third of a year. soil’s ability to sequester atmospheric President Kennedy once said: RECOGNIZING JUDGE JOHN WIL- carbon, water security, and the health Control of the seas means security, control SON OF TENNESSEE’S FIRST DIS- of the ecosystem. of the seas means peace, and control of the TRICT Continued Federal support of science seas means victory. (Mr. ROE of Tennessee asked and was and research is needed to provide bet- The Pacific Northwest is proud—this given permission to address the House ter information for formulating solu- country is proud—of the accomplish- for 1 minute and to revise and extend tions to the challenges in the world ments and sacrifices of our sailors and his remarks.) around us. their families. We are thankful for Mr. ROE of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I what you do for our Nation. would like to associate my remarks f f with my friend, Mr. COHEN, from Mem- TRIBUTE TO OUR MILITARY AND phis. TEXAS IMMIGRATION CRISIS Today, I rise and recognize Judge VETERANS AT CORNERSTONE John Wilson of Tennessee’s First Dis- (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given CHURCH IN SALISBURY, NORTH trict for his commitment to serving permission to address the House for 1 CAROLINA the Third Judicial District of Ten- minute and to revise and extend his re- (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- nessee and our Nation. His dedication marks.) mission to address the House for 1 to freedom, liberty, justice, and many Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, we are minute.) other principles that make our country experiencing an unprecedented crisis Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, I great is both a testament to his char- on the Texas border, but this is not the had the opportunity to speak at Cor- acter and an achievement to be proud result of a natural disaster. This is an nerstone Church in Salisbury, North of. entirely manmade crisis caused by the Carolina. The service was a tribute to Judge Wilson was born and raised in executive branch. America, our military, and our vet- east Tennessee. He graduated from erans, and it was an uplifting experi- East Tennessee State University, lo- The number of young undocumented ence. cated in my hometown of Johnson immigrants has nearly tripled over the Cornerstone was founded over 20 City, Tennessee, with his under- last 2 years. This is not a coincidence. years ago. The first service had 12 graduate degree, and graduated law Two years ago, the President essen- attendees, five of whom were related to school at the University of Tennessee tially rewrote the Nation’s immigra- in Knoxville. tion policies and promised amnesty to the founding pastor, Bill Godair. Pas- Since his graduation from law school, children of a certain age. tor Godair continues as lead pastor and Judge Wilson has served in the United Central Americans heard this mes- seeks to use the ministry to attack States Air Force as an assistant dis- sage loud and clear and have sent their racism and poverty. The church is trict attorney and, most recently, as a children to the United States in droves, growing and serves the people of Salis- circuit court judge for the Third Judi- oftentimes under the care of paid-off bury without regard to age, race, or po- cial District of Tennessee for 35 years, drug lords who are abusive and dan- litical affiliation. representing Greene, Hamblen, Han- gerous. Mr. Speaker, it was refreshing to join the congregation at Cornerstone and cock, and Hawkins Counties. I visited the holding facility at pay tribute to our men and women who Judge Wilson would be the first to Lackland Air Force Base yesterday and serve or have served in our Armed say that he could not have done it heard the stories firsthand of the dif- Forces. without his lovely wife, Nancy, who ficulties these children experience dur- As the scriptures tell us in John has been by his side for 48 years. I am ing their trip to the United States. proud to call both of them my friends. 15:13: The Obama administration has said I thank Judge Wilson for his service Greater love has no one than this: to lay to our community, our State, and our it is committed to ending human traf- down one’s life for one’s friends. ficking; but, Mr. Speaker, when you Nation and wish him all the best in his f well-deserved retirement. are complicit in this degree of human trafficking, I would call you an en- CHILDREN AT AMERICA’S BORDER f abler. (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL I urge the President to reverse his given permission to address the House RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY OF course for the sake of these innocent for 1 minute.) CALIFORNIA, MERCED children, for the sake of our hard- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, as (Mr. MCNERNEY asked and was working border agents, and on behalf of the founder and cochair of the Congres- given permission to address the House the taxpayers. sional Children’s Caucus, I rise to talk

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The first are at America’s border—through no reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. fault of their own and through no fault PERITY AND GLOBAL FREEDOM All points of order against consideration of of this administration—a baby or chil- ACT; AND PROVIDING FOR CON- the bill are waived. General debate shall be dren laying on the floor with a blanket. SIDERATION OF H.R. 3301, NORTH confined to the bill and shall not exceed one Some have taken to the political AMERICAN ENERGY INFRA- hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the grandstanding of blaming the Presi- STRUCTURE ACT Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, by di- Committee on Energy and Commerce. After dent and the President’s administra- general debate the bill shall be considered tion. rection of the Committee on Rules, I for amendment under the five-minute rule. The United Nations has indicated call up House Resolution 636 and ask In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a that this is a proportion of inter- for its immediate consideration. substitute recommended by the Committee national humanitarian crisis. Fifty- The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- on Energy and Commerce now printed in the eight percent of the children that were lows: bill, it shall be in order to consider as an questioned were not here for immigra- H. RES. 636 original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in tion issues; they are displaced inter- Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant the nature of a substitute consisting of the nationally—they were forcibly dis- text of Rules Committee Print 113-49. That placed. to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the amendment in the nature of a substitute It is our job to address this question. Whole House on the state of the Union for shall be considered as read. All points of We should address this question with consideration of the bill (H.R. 6) to provide order against that amendment in the nature humanitarian response, with more for expedited approval of exportation of nat- of a substitute are waived. No amendment to processing centers. We should have ural gas to World Trade Organization coun- that amendment in the nature of a sub- more detention centers that are there tries, and for other purposes. The first read- stitute shall be in order except those printed for families and children, so they can ing of the bill shall be dispensed with. All in part B of the report of the Committee on points of order against consideration of the Rules accompanying this resolution. Each be processed appropriately; more immi- such amendment may be offered only in the gration judges; we must deal with more bill are waived. General debate shall be con- fined to the bill and amendments specified in order printed in the report, may be offered children’s organizations like the Na- this section and shall not exceed one hour only by a Member designated in the report, tional Center for Missing and Exploited equally divided and controlled by the chair shall be considered as read, shall be debat- Children, First Focus, Children’s Legal and ranking minority member of the Com- able for the time specified in the report Defense Fund. mittee on Energy and Commerce. After gen- equally divided and controlled by the pro- Let us not grandstand on these ba- eral debate the bill shall be considered for ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject bies. They are here because they have amendment under the five-minute rule. In to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the been forced to leave a devastating con- lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee House or in the Committee of the Whole. All dition in their country. Attacking the points of order against such amendments are administration is wrong. on Energy and Commerce now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an waived. At the conclusion of consideration of f original bill for the purpose of amendment the bill for amendment the Committee shall under the five-minute rule an amendment in rise and report the bill to the House with EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT such amendments as may have been adopted. INSURANCE the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-48. That Any Member may demand a separate vote in (Mr. HORSFORD asked and was amendment in the nature of a substitute the House on any amendment adopted in the given permission to address the House shall be considered as read. All points of Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the for 1 minute.) order against that amendment in the nature amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous Mr. HORSFORD. Mr. Speaker, the of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub- question shall be considered as ordered on Senate is, once again, poised to act on the bill and amendments thereto to final an important issue facing our country. stitute shall be in order except those printed in part A of the report of the Committee on passage without intervening motion except Today, Senator DEAN HELLER, from Rules accompanying this resolution. Each one motion to recommit with or without in- my home State of Nevada, and Senator such amendment may be offered only in the structions. JACK REED of Rhode Island announced order printed in the report, may be offered The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. that they will be working to pass an- only by a Member designated in the report, RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois). The gen- other extension of unemployment in- shall be considered as read, shall be debat- tleman from Texas is recognized for 1 surance for those who need a financial able for the time specified in the report hour. lifeline and have lost their jobs at no equally divided and controlled by the pro- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, for the fault of their own. ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a purpose of debate only, I yield the cus- The last time the Senate sent a bill demand for division of the question in the tomary 30 minutes to the gentleman to the House to help struggling Ameri- House or in the Committee of the Whole. All from Massachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN), cans with unemployment insurance, points of order against such amendments are pending which I yield myself such time Speaker BOEHNER and the Party of No waived. At the conclusion of consideration of as I may consume. During consider- let the bill expire. the bill for amendment the Committee shall ation of this resolution, all time yield- By the end of this month, there will rise and report the bill to the House with ed is for the purpose of debate only. be 33,800 Nevadans cut off from unem- such amendments as may have been adopted. 1230 ployment insurance and another 3.1 Any Member may demand a separate vote in b the House on any amendment adopted in the GENERAL LEAVE million Americans asking why Con- Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the gress has turned its back on them. amendment in the nature of a substitute Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I ask Is it any wonder that Congress is held made in order as original text. The previous unanimous consent that all Members in such low regard by the hardworking question shall be considered as ordered on may have 5 legislative days to revise American people? The Speaker’s an- the bill and amendments thereto to final and extend their remarks. swer to millions of Americans asking passage without intervening motion except The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there for help is deafening silence, with no one motion to recommit with or without in- objection to the request of the gen- plan to do anything. structions. tleman from Texas? SEC. 2. At any time after adoption of this I did not come to Congress to sit and resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to There was no objection. wait for one person, the Speaker, to de- clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, House cide whether or not this body could resolved into the Committee of the Whole Resolution 636 provides for consider- act. House on the state of the Union for consider- ation of two energy bills designed to

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Quite frankly, the HARRY REID’s intransigence in taking Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. American people are fed up with it. Re- up any legislation that comes to the Those of us who have followed the publicans are here today to stand up Senate from the House, this action by process over the many years that this for citizens, unions, and businesses the Department of Energy highlights administration has had the Keystone that have stood up and called for a that efforts taken in this body—the application under its review know that more expeditious process that removes House—can have meaningful impacts the delays which the President has im- politics from the permitting decision- beyond simply having legislation posed on this approval process have making. signed into law. been done purely for political consider- The rule before us today provides for Sending a clear signal to the Obama ations and, in the process, have harmed consideration of two bills, H.R. 6, the administration that the people’s House the country’s relationship with one of Domestic Prosperity and Global Free- is fed up with its delaying tactics and our closest allies, our neighbor to the dom Act, and H.R. 3301, the North refusal to move forward with the ap- north. American Energy Infrastructure Act. proval of legitimate permit applica- If the goal of the President’s delays— Both bills receive a standard struc- tions is key to making progress toward which he is clearly doing for his friends tured rule under this rule. a more robust domestic energy sector. in the environmental lobby and cer- For H.R. 6, the Rules Committee The delays which President Obama’s tainly not for the many unions who makes in order four amendments—two administration has imposed on these have loudly called for the project’s ap- from Democratic sponsors and two bi- applications make it more and more proval—was to stop development of the partisan amendments. For H.R. 3301, difficult. As applications sit collecting oil sands in Canada, the President the rule makes in order three amend- dust for these companies trying to se- again has failed. Canada recently approved the explo- ments, all sponsored by Democrats. cure financing and countries looking to ration of a new pipeline to its western This is a straightforward and fair do business with American suppliers, coast, where oil would be transported rule that will allow the House to fully they will soon lose patience and look and exported to Asia. Republicans on debate the issues of liquefied natural elsewhere for their needs. The window the Energy and Commerce Committee gas exports and cross-border pipeline for these opportunities is closing, and have been highlighting this possibility and transmission line projects. it is the President’s hand that is push- for years. Apparently, our predictions House Republicans have been focused ing it down. on this country’s energy independence are about to come true. Mr. GARDNER’s legislation is H.R. 3301 is about more than simply for years. The Energy and Commerce straightforward. Indeed, it is a two- the Keystone pipeline. This legislation Committee has been out in front of this page bill with a clear purpose and in- is about preventing the President—and effort, holding hearings on the Obama tent. The legislation expedites the de- future Presidents, regardless of their administration’s harmful policies, cisionmaking process for authorization party—from playing politics with deci- holding hearings on the job-killing reg- to export natural gas by requiring the sions that should be made on the mer- ulations and those that place restric- Department of Energy to issue a deci- its of the project. tions on development on public lands sion within a finite number of days. This President has repeatedly ig- and thereby increase the cost of pro- This legislation does not force the nored the State Department’s com- ducing electricity and fuel. Department of Energy to make a deci- prehensive environmental review of the Although President Obama is quick sion or to make a decision a certain application, which found that minimal to take credit for an increase in nat- way. It simply says: make a decision. adverse impacts would occur from the ural gas and oil production in this Moreover, an increase in liquefied building and operation of a cross-coun- country over the last few years, any natural gas exports in the United try pipeline, and has instead decided to honest observer knows that any in- States can have major positive rami- base the decision purely on those spe- crease in production has come as a re- fications on international relations. cial interests. sult of efforts on private, not public I recently traveled to the Ukraine for This is not how major national land, and certainly not lands con- their elections. I saw firsthand how projects should be evaluated in this trolled by the Federal Government. Russia’s cruel restrictions on natural country, and Chairman UPTON’s legis- In continuing the Republican major- gas are affecting the region’s social and lation ensures that future decisions ity’s focus on domestic production political atmosphere. Officials from the will be done without the shadow of pol- issues, utilizing the resources that we Ukraine and other Eastern European itics looming over them. have here in North America, Rep- countries have told members of the En- However, although the legislation re- resentative CORY GARDNER introduced ergy and Commerce Committee that moves the politics out of such decision- H.R. 6, the bipartisan Domestic Pros- the mere mention that the United making, it still ensures that other key perity and Global Freedom Act, to pro- States is increasing its LNG exports safeguards in the approval process re- vide for the expedited approval of ex- can have dramatic impacts on Russia’s main in place. Cross-border pipelines ploration of natural gas to World Trade influence over the region. Mr. GARD- would still have to meet the Natural Organization countries. I am an origi- NER’s bill achieves that goal. Gas Act’s requirements, and they nal cosponsor of the legislation. The passage of this bill will move the would still comply with all relevant In the Energy and Commerce Com- United States yet another step closer Federal, State, and local siting and en- mittee, we have had hearings about the to both assisting our allies abroad as vironmental law. gridlock which has held up dozens of well as creating a more robust domes- The Department of Commerce and applications from domestic production tic industry at home. the Federal Energy Regulatory Com- companies looking to export liquefied The second bill included in today’s mission both will play roles in this natural gas. Since the first non-free rule, H.R. 3301, the North American En- process, as well as the Department of trade agreement application was sub- ergy Infrastructure Act, authored by Energy. Decisions must be made within mitted to the Department of Energy Chairman UPTON of the Energy and a 120-day timeframe to prevent the nearly 4 years ago, seven have been ap- Commerce Committee, further im- types of delaying tactics that we have proved. Twenty-four are awaiting ac- proves the laws governing the permit- seen from the administration with re- tion. ting of oil and gas pipelines which gard to energy projects.

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At best, today are commonsense responses to bipartisan immigration reform bill to you will hear them say that the science the problems we have experienced when the House floor so that we can vote on is still unsettled. It isn’t. Climate the President decides to play politics it. change is real—it is happening—and we with the Nation’s domestic energy in- It is no wonder why, under this Re- need to figure out what we should do dustry. publican leadership, the approval rat- about it. I encourage my colleagues to vote ing of this body is 7 percent. I think Sometimes they will say: Well, I am ‘‘yes’’ on the rule and ‘‘yes’’ on the un- that is history in and of itself. I don’t not a scientist, so I can’t really com- derlying bills, and I reserve the balance know whether there was ever a Con- ment about it. Mr. Speaker, I am not a of my time. gress in the history of this country scientist either, but I know that, if I b 1245 that had such a low rating. drop my pen, it will fall to the floor be- Now here we are with this legisla- cause of gravity. No, most of us here in Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield tion, H.R. 6, the amazingly named Do- myself such time as I may consume. Congress are not scientists, but the (Mr. MCGOVERN asked and was mestic Prosperity and Global Freedom overwhelming majority of the best and given permission to revise and extend Act, which would improve neither our brightest scientific minds in the world his remarks.) domestic prosperity nor global free- have concluded that climate change is Mr. MCGOVERN. I want to thank the dom. Instead, it would undermine the real, that it is happening, and human- gentleman from Texas, Dr. BURGESS, Department of Energy’s approval proc- kind is currently making the problem for yielding me the customary 30 min- ess for the export of liquefied natural worse. utes. gas. The current process allows the It would be nice, given the enormity Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposi- DOE to evaluate the impacts of LNG of this problem, if my Republican tion to this rule and to the underlying exports on domestic natural gas prices friends would work with Democrats bills. First of all, this rule is not open, for consumers and manufacturers as and would work with the White House and it denies some important and ger- well as environmental impacts. to try to fashion a response. Instead, mane amendments. This is consistent This bill is a solution in search of a they deny that it is a problem, and we with the increasingly closed mindset of problem, Mr. Speaker. The Department get more of the same old-same old. I this Republican leadership. of Energy is already aggressively ap- regret that very, very much, but I can’t I want to remind my colleagues that proving LNG exports. The amounts al- quite understand, Mr. Speaker, why my this is now the most closed Congress in ready approved for exports would Republican friends continue to ignore history. There have been 62 closed rules transform the United States into the this critically important issue. I hope in this Congress alone. That is a title I world’s second largest exporter of LNG. it isn’t because of their borderline don’t think either party would enjoy Further, under the bill, LNG would not pathological hatred of President having, but this is the most closed Con- be exported any faster. I urge my col- Obama. I hope that it isn’t because of gress in history. Speaker BOEHNER, in leagues not to be fooled by the rhetoric the Big Oil special interests and the his opening speech, said that openness that you may hear on the floor today. millions and millions of dollars they would be the new standard. I guess he Passing this bill will not magically pour into Republican campaigns. What- misspoke because that is not what is solve the natural gas problem in ever the reason, I hope that future gen- happening on these bills, and it hasn’t Ukraine or in other parts of the world. erations will forgive them, because this been happening on most other impor- The other bill, H.R. 3301, the North is something that we should have been tant pieces of legislation. The approval American Energy Infrastructure Act, addressing years and years and years rating of Congress from a poll, I think, would dramatically weaken the envi- ago, and the continued blocking of any Gallup did last week is at 7 percent. My ronmental review process for trans- serious attempts to deal with climate friends can’t blame that on President border pipeline and electrical trans- change by the majority in this House, Obama, and they can’t blame that on mission line projects. This bill, which I think, is unconscionable. someone else. They are running the is a blatantly transparent effort to ‘‘rig Having said that, Mr. Speaker, vote show here in the House. This is a re- the game’’ in favor of the Keystone against the rule because it is not an flection on the work or on the lack of pipeline project, would preclude the open rule, and a lot of germane amend- work that is being done here. Federal Government from reviewing a ments—they were germane—were not I think the American people want a project’s full impacts, including oil made in order. I am glad one of the au- full and open debate on important spills and the consequences for land- thors of the bill got his amendment issues. I think the American people owners, public safety, drinking water, made in order, but he authored the bill, want us to focus on things that will ac- wildlife, and, yes, Mr. Speaker, climate so I guess he gets special preference. tually make their lives better and that change. Let me say those two words There is no reason why all of the have a chance of actually becoming again because I know that many of our amendments couldn’t have been made law. We have millions of our fellow Republican colleagues tend to stick in order, and there is no reason why citizens who are unemployed, and we their heads in the sand when they hear this couldn’t have been an open proc- can’t even get the Republican leader- them—climate change. ess, because we are not really doing ship to bring an extension of unem- I think it is important to say a few much this week. As for this legislation ployment insurance to the House floor things. Here is what we know. We know we are dealing with here today, my for a vote. We can’t even get it on the that burning fossil fuels releases car- guess is it ain’t going anywhere. floor for a vote. bon dioxide into the atmosphere. We With that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the We are trying to raise the minimum know that carbon dioxide traps heat. balance of my time. wage so that we are not subsidizing We know that the levels of carbon diox- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield McDonald’s or Wendy’s, which pay ide in our atmosphere are higher than myself 1 minute for the purpose of a re- their workers minimum wage. We are they have been in 800,000 years. We sponse. trying to give people a raise so that know that 9 of the 10 warmest years Two months ago, in an overwhelm- work actually pays in this country. We since 1880 have been in the last decade. ingly bipartisan fashion, this House can’t even get a minimum wage bill to We know that last month was the agreed to loan guarantees for the coun- this House floor for a vote. We can’t warmest month of May ever recorded. try of Ukraine as they dealt with an in- even debate it, and we can’t have a Yet, to hear some of my Republican ternal crisis in their country. It is in- vote on it. They are blocking it. friends, we should just move along— teresting that, probably less than 24 We need to fix our immigration sys- nothing to see here, nothing to worry hours after this House passed that loan tem. It is broken. An immigration re- about. There is no need to worry that guarantee, Vladimir Putin said: Do you

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:12 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.020 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5655 know what? Your natural gas price just United States or from Mexico to the Mr. Speaker, I am going to urge that doubled. In fact, next year, it is going United States or vice versa. There will we defeat the previous question, and if to cost you an extra $1 billion. So, in be environmental reviews by Federal we defeat the previous question, I will effect, he used natural gas pricing pol- agencies and State agencies, and this offer an amendment to the rule to icy to offset the loan guarantees that will continue to be the case. bring up legislation that mirrors the we had provided to the country of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bipartisan measure that overwhelm- Ukraine to deal with their internal time of the gentleman has expired. ingly passed the Senate this month. It problems. Mr. MCGOVERN. I yield the gen- takes aim at some of the VA’s most Mr. Speaker, this is something that tleman an additional 1 minute. pressing problems, including the expan- this Congress can adjust and affect Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Also, sion of veterans’ access to care, holding right now. We can remove the strangle- this bill doesn’t deal with the Keystone VA officials accountable, and increas- hold that Vladimir Putin holds over XL. Pending applications for permits ing medical personnel and needed fa- Ukraine and, indeed, over the entirety are grandfathered into the current cilities. of Eastern Europe, and we can do it process, and as a fail-safe, we have This issue of the VA is something with the passage of this bill today. pushed the effective date of the legisla- that we need to address. It is impor- I reserve the balance of my time. tion back to July 1 of 2016. This legisla- tant, and it is something on which, I Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I am tion isn’t about Keystone no matter think, there is bipartisan agreement happy to yield 3 minutes to the gen- how badly opponents want to make it. that we ought to focus on, and our use tleman from Texas (Mr. GENE GREEN). It is about future projects and how to on this floor would be better spent Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. I thank meet the energy needs of the 21st cen- dealing with that. my colleague on the Rules Committee tury. To discuss this proposal, I yield 3 for yielding me time. Let me talk about H.R. 6. H.R. 6 minutes to the Congresswoman from Mr. Speaker, I rise today on the rule would actually quantify how this Arizona (Mrs. KIRKPATRICK). for both H.R. 6 and H.R. 3301, and I will should be done on exporting LNG, and b 1300 address both of these bills. I am an most of those permits are in Louisiana original cosponsor of H.R. 3301 and a and Texas. Most of the responsibility is Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. Madam Speak- recent cosponsor to H.R. 6 after we with the Federal Energy Regulatory er, I rise in support of H.R. 4841, the amended it out of our committee. Commission, FERC, and they take 12 bill I introduced to overhaul the VA. As for H.R. 3301, this legislation to 18 months to do the environmental The Senate has passed this legislation, would create a North American energy reviews. The Department of Energy’s and now, we must act swiftly and pass market with our free trading partners only responsibility is if it is in the na- the Veterans’ Access to Care Through Canada and Mexico. tional interest to export LNG. We are Choice, Accountability, and Trans- If we want to create this market, we going to keep that in the law, but we parency Act of 2014 without delay. need to have statutory authority. It is want to make sure they give a 30-day Over the past several weeks, the true that the Presidential permitting response because they have actually al- House Veterans’ Affairs Committee has process dates back through many ad- ready had a possible 18 months to re- held hearing after hearing on the mul- ministrations, but to really create this view these applications. titude of issues that plague the VA. market, we need some certainty, and Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I have These hearings have covered every- that is why it should be in statute. very little to add to what my colleague thing from the gaming strategies to These past administrations were forced from Texas just said. hide long patient wait times and bo- to use executive orders, but Congress I continue to reserve the balance of nuses received by VA executives, to ca- has failed to act. Congress has the duty my time. pacity problems in the VA health sys- to regulate the commerce of the United Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield tem, and outdated appointment sched- States, and cross-border energy infra- myself such time as I may consume. uling software. structure projects fall well within that I want my colleagues to understand These hearings clearly demonstrate space. Unfortunately, cross-border de- why I think we should reject this rule. that the VA needs an overhaul, and cisions have now fallen victim to elec- Let me just mention two amendments H.R. 4841 seeks to accomplish this. Our tion cycles and political consider- that were germane and that were veterans have sacrificed so much for ations. H.R. 3301 will resolve these brought to the Rules Committee by our us. We have a moral obligation to en- issues and those proposed by the colleague from California (Mr. sure that sweeping reforms are imple- amendments debated here today. GARAMENDI). mented across the VA, making it an or- Let me say that I wish we had an One amendment clarifies that a via- ganization that exists with one pur- open rule. Some of the amendments ble merchant marine is in the public pose: to serve our veterans. considered by the Rules Committee I interest and should be taken into con- As lawmakers, we cannot address would have liked to have voted for, but sideration when processing applica- these multiple issues through piece- let’s not take that away from the qual- tions under section 3 of the Natural meal legislation. We must pass legisla- ity of these two pieces of legislation. Gas Act. The other grants priority to tion that addresses the patient access H.R. 3301 provides for an environ- the processing of approvals for LNG fa- crisis, manages patient care, and holds mental review of the cross-border seg- cilities that will be supplied with or employees accountable. ment of the pipeline. The entire length will export LNG by U.S. flag vessels. H.R. 4841 addresses patient access by of the pipeline is reviewed for environ- These are, basically, two amend- expediting the hiring of more VA mental impacts under existing law. ments that are germane to this bill health care providers and authorizes Any time a pipeline crosses Federal that would strengthen our shipping in- leases for 26 more health care facili- lands, waters, endangered habitats, a dustry, and they were ruled out of ties. It allows our rural veterans who National Environmental Policy Act re- order. For no reason, they were just have waited too long for appointments view—also known as ‘‘NEPA’’—must be randomly ruled out of order. Those are to see a doctor in their community. completed by the Federal Government. the kinds of things that Members of It improves access to mobile vet cen- Otherwise, the environmental permit Congress do not have an opportunity to ters for our rural veterans and expands must come from the State environ- vote on when you close the process. access to survivors of military sexual mental agency if it is within the State. Again, this is the most closed Congress assault. It strengthens partnerships be- There are more than 40,000 miles of in the history of our country—with tween the VA and the Indian Health pipeline in the U.S. that have been con- more closed rules than any other Con- Services, an arrangement that is suc- structed with in-depth environmental gress in history. So the tendency of cessfully working on the Navajo Nation reviews. This will continue to be the this leadership, notwithstanding what in my district. case. H.R. 3301 doesn’t take anything the Speaker promised, which was to This bill addresses the VA’s outdated away except the State Department have a more open and transparent appointment scheduling system and only has to deal with their responsi- process, has been to become the most outdated IT infrastructure through a bility in its coming from Canada to the closed Congress in history. technology task force. It prohibits the

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:49 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.022 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5656 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 falsification of data to report patient issuing Presidential Permits for cross-border Ms. SINEMA. Madam Speaker, I rise wait times and mandates transparency pipelines and transmission facilities pro- in support of my colleague from Arizo- by requiring the VA to publish patient vided by Executive Orders 13337 and 10485, as na’s motion because Arizona veterans amended, which allow for the full consider- wait times and data that measures the ation of the complex issues raised by the demand immediate action. quality of care at all VA medical facili- building of such infrastructure. That process At the Phoenix VA, managers and ties. dates back through many Administrations employees placed veterans on secret It holds employees accountable by and has effectively addressed cross-border lists where they had to wait months to giving the Secretary the authority to permitting decisions in a manner that serves see a doctor. Even more horrifying are immediately fire senior executives who the national interest. new whistleblower allegations that vet- fail to serve veterans. H.R. 3301 would impose an unreasonable erans died while waiting on these lists This bill even helps our student vet- deadline that would curtail the thorough consideration of the issues involved, which and that VA managers ordered the erans receive instate tuition at public could result in serious security, safety, for- records altered to cover up these colleges and universities and extends eign policy, environmental, economic, and deaths. GI benefits to surviving spouses. other ramifications. By preventing the op- This is not just immoral; it is crimi- This bill is truly an overhaul of the portunity for the necessary assessment of all nal. Those responsible for this disaster way our veterans access care, of the factors relevant to the national interest, the must be prosecuted and held account- way the VA manages care, and of the bill would create significant policy risks and able. They should also take responsi- VA culture. create legal uncertainty for permitting ap- bility for what they have done to our plicants. Additionally, the bill would prevent I will fight for the provisions in H.R. veterans. 4841 in the conference committee that assessment of whether modifications to bor- der-crossing pipelines or electric trans- I call on the Phoenix VA manage- convenes later today. However, a con- mission facilities are in the national inter- ment currently on administrative leave ference committee is not needed if the est, which is provided for through the cur- to resign immediately and return the House passes this bill. rent process. bonuses they received over the past 2 The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. H.R. 3301 would also raise serious trade im- years and the pay they have received BLACK). The time of the gentlewoman plications by eliminating the current statu- while on administrative leave. has expired. tory requirement that the Department of Energy authorize orders for exports and im- Ongoing audits by the VA and the VA Mr. MCGOVERN. I yield the gentle- Office of Inspector General reveal sys- woman an additional 1 minute. ports of natural gas to and from Canada and Mexico. temic problems with wait times, with Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. The Senate Because H.R. 3301 would circumvent long- the scheduling process, and with the overwhelmingly agreed that these re- standing and proven processes for deter- honesty and integrity of the system. forms are necessary, and now, the mining whether cross-border pipelines and In a letter to the President sent yes- House must act without delay to make electric transmission facilities are in the na- terday, the Office of Special Counsel tional interest by removing the Presidential these sweeping reforms law. revealed that the VA’s procedures for Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I permitting requirement, if presented to the President, his senior advisors would rec- responding to whistleblower disclo- yield myself 1 minute. sures are woefully inadequate. This is The fact of the matter is that a con- ommend that he veto this bill. Mr. MCGOVERN. Let me just read totally unacceptable. ference committee is meeting on this VA and Congress must take action to very issue. In fact, they are having one line here. It says: Because H.R. 3301 would circumvent long- provide our veterans the care they need their first meeting this afternoon. now, recoup bonuses paid to VA execu- The issues of access, the issues of ac- standing and proven processes for deter- tives who fraudulently manipulated countability for VA personnel who mining whether cross-border pipelines and electric transmission facilities are in the the data, and fire VA executives re- have not held themselves to high natural interest by removing the Presi- sponsible for these inexcusable actions. standards, those are provisions that dential permitting requirement, if presented I appreciate the bipartisan work tak- have already passed the floor of this to the President, his senior advisors would ing place to reform the VA and to pro- House, some on suspension and some recommend that he veto this bill. vide our veterans the care that they under a rule. So we are discussing—we are spend- need. In fact, I cosponsored and voted These bills are before the conference ing time here discussing a bill that will for both House bills. committee with the Senate. It is appro- probably not be brought up at all in The bottom line is that there is bi- priate that they be acted upon expedi- the Senate and will be vetoed by the partisan legislation that can help our tiously, but in no way does defeating White House. So this is just kind of an veterans get the care they need and the previous question enhance that exercise in futility, when we should be hold bad actors accountable right now, flexibility or the rapidity with which here trying to figure out how to deal so that is why I support this motion to those questions are taken up. with some of the bigger issues like cli- send a bill to the President’s desk as Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- mate change. ance of my time. If you don’t want to talk about cli- quickly as possible. Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I mate change, let’s talk about increas- yield myself 1 minute. yield myself such time as I may con- ing the minimum wage. If you don’t Again, access and accountability are sume. want to talk about that, let’s talk parts of the VA reform bills that have I will insert into the RECORD the about extending unemployment insur- been passed by this House and cur- Statement of Administration Policy on ance for people who have lost their H.R. 3301, the North American Energy jobs. rently that is in conference. Even Infrastructure Act. If you don’t want to talk about that, today, they are having their first meet- ing of the conference committee. STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY let’s talk about immigration reform. I, too, wish the administration would H.R. 3301—NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY Let’s talk about something that actu- fire someone for incompetence. Wheth- INFRASTRUCTURE ACT ally matters, something that—quite er it be at the VA, the Treasury De- (Rep. Upton, R-Michigan, and 20 cosponsors, frankly, some of the things that are ur- June 24, 2014) gent for us to focus on. partment, the Internal Revenue Serv- The Administration strongly opposes H.R. Instead, we get these bills that are ice, healthcare.gov, the list of 3301, which would require the specified Sec- being brought before us, under a re- incompetencies grows larger every day retary to issue a ‘‘certificate of crossing’’ for strictive process, again, which is in and just begs the question: What do any cross-border segment of an oil pipeline keeping with the mindset of this Con- you have to do to get fired by the (Secretary of State) or electric transmission gress, which is closed. Obama administration? facility (Secretary of Energy) within 120 Notwithstanding what the Speaker I have got to share with you some- days after the completion of the environ- said, that there would be this new com- thing else. This Statement of Adminis- mental review, unless the Secretary finds tration Policy—and this is the first that the cross-border pipeline or electric mitment to openness, this is now the transmission facility ‘‘is not in the public in- most closed Congress in history. time I have seen it here as we are pre- terest of the United States.’’ Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to senting the bill today—but it closes The bill’s 120-day approval requirement the gentlewoman from Arizona (Ms. with the statement: ‘‘Because H.R. would circumvent the current authority for SINEMA). 3301’’—that is the permitting bill—

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That is why the legislation We are bringing up kind of the same change of attitude, and it is time that is necessary—because the administra- old-same old energy bills that are we actually bring serious legislation to tion refuses to act. going nowhere, that don’t respond to the floor that deals with, how do we Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- the needs of our country, and certainly meet our energy needs but how do we ance of my time. don’t address the issue of climate also deal with this issue of climate Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I change. change? yield myself such time as I may con- My colleague talks about how the With that, I reserve the balance of sume. process is broken. He says the Key- my time. I find it somewhat interesting here stone XL has taken 5 years and count- Mr. BURGESS. I yield myself 1 that my colleague from Texas is all ing and that shows that the process is minute. upset about the slowness of the permit- broken. Madam Speaker, the oil produced in ting process when it comes to these Let me just say that that project is a the Province of Alberta belongs to the pipelines. highly controversial project, with sig- country of Canada. Yes, it may tra- I think that there is bipartisan con- nificant environmental impacts. Be- verse the United States, if the Key- cern about the way the VA is currently cause the Obama administration took stone pipeline is built. But if it is not, being managed. I think there is bipar- the time to do the environmental re- the oil will traverse western Canada tisan concern that we ought to make view, we have more information on the and be shipped to China. The oil will sure that the system is more respon- project’s impacts on climate change. still be burned. The carbon will still go sive to our veterans. The State Department’s final envi- into the air. Mrs. KIRKPATRICK came to the floor ronmental review found that tar sands Who would you rather have in charge and offered a statement, which will be produce significantly more carbon pol- of the refining process: refineries in the subject of the previous question, lution than conventional oil, that China who do not have the environ- that I think makes a lot of sense. I building the Keystone XL pipeline mental controls, or refineries in Texas mean, what she is talking about is a could allow more rapid expansion of who do? bill that is the companion to the one the tar sands, and that this expansion I reserve the balance of my time. that Senator MCCAIN introduced in the would exacerbate climate change. That Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, United States Senate. is something that we can’t afford to do. how much time do I have remaining? I am a little kind of bothered by the Last month, our Nation’s leading cli- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- fact that there is not more impatience mate scientists released the country’s tleman from Massachusetts has 41⁄2 on the other side of the aisle to fix this third national climate assessment. The minutes remaining. VA system, to get it right. Again, you report confirms that climate change is Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I could point all the fingers you want at real, is being caused by humans, and is ask unanimous consent to insert the the administration, and they are try- already harming communities across text of the amendment that I am going ing to get it right. America. to offer if we defeat the previous ques- There are things that we can do right The report tells us the scientific evi- tion in the RECORD, along with extra- now to more aggressively and quickly dence is unequivocal. The impacts are neous material, immediately prior to address some of these issues, and that being felt in every region. They are the vote on the previous question. is what Mrs. KIRKPATRICK was talking growing more urgent, and they are The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there about. That is what Ms. SINEMA was going to get worse if we don’t act. objection to the request of the gen- talking about. That is what Senator A record drought is continuing to de- tleman from Massachusetts? MCCAIN is talking about in the United stroy crops in California. Torrential There was no objection. States Senate, Senator SANDERS as rains have flooded Florida. Wildfires Mr. MCGOVERN. I urge my col- well. are getting more intense. Coastal areas leagues to vote ‘‘no’’ and defeat the That, to me, seems urgent. We ought are being inundated as sea levels rise. previous question, and I urge a ‘‘no’’ to do this right now, and to kind of use No sector of our economy, from oys- vote on the rule. the excuse that, well, we passed a cou- ter hatcheries on the West Coast to Again, I just want to remind my col- ple of these things and maybe there maple syrup producers in New England, leagues what we would like to bring up. will be a conference committee that are untouched. Business as usual is no If we defeat the previous question, we will resolve all this stuff—let’s just do longer an option. The same old-same will bring up an amendment to the rule it. Let’s just get this done. old doesn’t work. that brings legislation forward that Again, I am going to urge my col- If we are serious about taking action mirrors the bipartisan measure that leagues to vote ‘‘no’’ and defeat the on climate change, saying no to the overwhelmingly passed in the Senate previous question, so that we can bring Keystone XL pipeline, to me, is an ob- this month dealing with some of the up the very legislation that Mrs. KIRK- vious place to start; and the pipeline VA’s most pressing problems. So that PATRICK and Ms. SINEMA talked about. would produce more carbon pollution is why defeating the previous question Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- than any other project pending in the would be important. ance of my time. United States. Let me just close by saying, again, Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I The additional carbon pollution from on the environmental issues here, lis- yield myself 1 minute. this single project is equivalent to tening to my friend from Texas talk Again, I would reiterate that the vet- building seven new coal-fired power about the issue of climate change, all erans bills passed by this House, passed plants. you hear is excuses why we can’t do by the House of Representatives, have Now, if we can’t say ‘‘no’’ to this something, and why we need to do the now gone to conference with the Sen- project on climate grounds, where are same old-same old. ate. The most expeditious way to ac- we going to draw the line? I have to tell you that if we don’t complish the goals the gentleman re- deal with this issue sooner, rather than ferred to is for the conference com- b 1315 later, then history will not look kindly mittee to give its report and bring that So I commend the Obama adminis- upon us. We may not have a history in back to the floor of the House. tration for taking the time to get this the future if we don’t address this issue Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- decision right. sooner, rather than later. ance of my time. The environment matters. For years, This is a big deal. This is a big deal. Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I my friends on the other side of the This is something that we ought to be yield myself such time as I may con- aisle ignored the environment. I mean, talking about on the House floor at sume. it was always that the environmental- this very moment. If you want to talk Let me just—I mean, there is just so ists were the enemy. You know, being about an energy policy, we ought to much that I want to say here, given the good stewards of the environment was also talk about climate change. But

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:49 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.025 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5658 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 yet there is nothing. There is nothing. The material previously referred to Denham Kelly (PA) Rogers (AL) Dent King (IA) Rogers (KY) It really is appalling. by Mr. MCGOVERN is as follows: DeSantis King (NY) Rogers (MI) And the legislation that is being AN AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 636 OFFERED BY DesJarlais Kinzinger (IL) Rohrabacher brought before us today is going no- MR. MCGOVERN OF MASSACHUSETTS Diaz-Balart Kline Rokita Duffy Labrador where. So we are wasting our time At the end of the resolution, add the fol- Rooney Duncan (SC) LaMalfa Ros-Lehtinen talking about bills that are going no- lowing new sections: Duncan (TN) Lamborn Roskam where. They are going nowhere in the SEC. 3. Immediately upon adoption of this Ellmers Lance Ross Senate. The White House has already resolution the Speaker shall, pursuant to Farenthold Latham Rothfus issued a veto threat. So we are just clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House Fincher Latta Royce resolved into the Committee of the Whole Fleischmann LoBiondo Runyan kind of spinning our wheels here. Fleming Long House on the state of the Union for consider- Ryan (WI) Instead, maybe we could use this Flores Lucas Salmon ation of the bill (H.R. 4841) to improve the Forbes Luetkemeyer week to do something productive. If Sanford access of veterans to medical services from Fortenberry Lummis you defeat the previous question, we the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for Foxx Marchant Scalise could actually bring up the Senate- other purposes. The first reading of the bill Franks (AZ) Marino Schock Schweikert passed VA bill and get that done and shall be dispensed with. All points of order Frelinghuysen Massie Gardner McAllister Scott, Austin help our veterans. And get it done against consideration of the bill are waived. Sensenbrenner General debate shall be confined to the bill Garrett McCarthy (CA) quickly. Maybe that would be a good Gerlach McCaul Sessions thing to do. Maybe that would make and shall not exceed one hour equally di- Gibbs McClintock Shimkus this week worth it, rather than a week vided among and controlled by the chair and Gibson McHenry Shuster spent talking about things that are ranking minority member of the Committee Gingrey (GA) McKeon Simpson on Veterans’ Affairs, the chair and ranking Gohmert McKinley Smith (MO) going nowhere. minority member of the Committee on Over- Goodlatte McMorris Smith (NE) So with that, Madam Speaker, I’m sight, and the chair and ranking minority Gosar Rodgers Smith (NJ) going to urge my colleagues again to member of the Committee on the Budget. Gowdy Meadows Smith (TX) Granger Meehan vote ‘‘no’’ and defeat the previous ques- After general debate the bill shall be consid- Stewart Graves (GA) Messer Stivers tion. I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on the rule. ered for amendment under the five-minute Graves (MO) Mica Stockman And I yield back the balance of my rule. All points of order against provisions in Griffin (AR) Miller (FL) Terry time. the bill are waived. At the conclusion of con- Griffith (VA) Miller (MI) Thompson (PA) Grimm Mulvaney Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I sideration of the bill for amendment the Thornberry Committee shall rise and report the bill to Guthrie Murphy (PA) Tiberi yield myself the balance of my time. Hall Neugebauer the House with such amendments as may Tipton Harper Noem Madam Speaker, if it were really true Turner have been adopted. The previous question Harris Nugent that the actions we take here don’t Upton shall be considered as ordered on the bill and Hartzler Nunes Valadao mean anything, then why did the De- amendments thereto to final passage with- Hastings (WA) Olson Wagner Heck (NV) Palazzo partment of Energy suddenly release out intervening motion except one motion to Walberg one of the export licenses merely on recommit with or without instructions. If Hensarling Paulsen Herrera Beutler Pearce Walden the fact that the Energy and Com- the Committee of the Whole rises and re- Walorski ports that it has come to no resolution on Holding Perry merce Committee held a hearing on Hudson Petri Weber (TX) H.R. 6, the bill offered by the gen- the bill, then on the next legislative day the Huelskamp Pittenger Webster (FL) House shall, immediately after the third Huizenga (MI) Pitts Wenstrup tleman from Colorado, CORY GARDNER, daily order of business under clause 1 of rule Hultgren Poe (TX) Westmoreland to require a time certain for the export XIV, resolve into the Committee of the Hunter Posey Whitfield license to be decided upon? Whole for further consideration of the bill. Hurt Price (GA) Wilson (SC) Issa Reed Wittman Why does the gentleman from New SEC. 4. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not Jenkins Reichert Wolf Mexico, Senator UDALL, have very apply to the consideration of H.R. 4841. Johnson (OH) Renacci Womack similar legislation pending over in the Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I Johnson, Sam Ribble Woodall Senate? I would say this is one pro- yield back the balance of my time, and Jolly Rice (SC) Yoder posal that perhaps has a very good Jones Rigell Yoho I move the previous question on the Jordan Roby Young (AK) chance of becoming law, even in di- resolution. Joyce Roe (TN) Young (IN) vided governments, such as we have The SPEAKER pro tempore. The today. question is on ordering the previous NAYS—184 On the issue of the previous question, question. Barber Davis (CA) Honda Barrow (GA) Davis, Danny Horsford I would remind the body that the most The question was taken; and the expeditious way to get to a solution for Bass DeFazio Hoyer Speaker pro tempore announced that Beatty DeGette Huffman the problems that are being experi- the ayes appeared to have it. Becerra Delaney Israel enced by our Nation’s veterans within Bera (CA) DeLauro Jackson Lee Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, on Bishop (GA) DelBene Jeffries the VA system is for the conference that I demand the yeas and nays. committee to proceed. Bishop (NY) Deutch Johnson (GA) The yeas and nays were ordered. Blumenauer Dingell Johnson, E. B. If we pass something today, it still The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bonamici Doggett Kaptur goes back over to the Senate. It doesn’t Brady (PA) Doyle Keating expedite a darn thing. The conference ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair Braley (IA) Duckworth Kelly (IL) Brown (FL) Ellison Kennedy committee is the correct way for that will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the Brownley (CA) Engel Kildee to go. So I do urge my colleagues to Bustos Enyart Kilmer vote ‘‘yes’’ on the previous question. question of adoption of the resolution. Butterfield Eshoo Kind Today’s rule provides for the consid- The vote was taken by electronic de- Capps Esty Kirkpatrick vice, and there were—yeas 219, nays Capuano Farr Kuster eration of two key pieces of legislation Ca´ rdenas Fattah Langevin to move our country toward a more en- 184, not voting 28, as follows: Carson (IN) Foster Larsen (WA) ergy-independent environment. I cer- [Roll No. 341] Cartwright Frankel (FL) Larson (CT) Castor (FL) Fudge Lee (CA) tainly thank Chairman UPTON and YEAS—219 Castro (TX) Gabbard Levin CORY GARDNER for producing bipartisan Aderholt Brady (TX) Chaffetz Chu Gallego Lipinski pieces of legislation to address real Amash Bridenstine Coble Cicilline Garamendi Lowenthal problems that have arisen in the per- Amodei Brooks (AL) Coffman Clark (MA) Garcia Lowey Bachmann Brooks (IN) Cole Clarke (NY) Grayson Lujan Grisham mitting process, when politics are in- Bachus Broun (GA) Collins (GA) Clay Green, Al (NM) jected into what should be a merit- Barletta Buchanan Collins (NY) Cleaver Green, Gene Luja´ n, Ben Ray based system. Barr Bucshon Conaway Clyburn Grijalva (NM) Barton Burgess Cook Cohen Gutie´rrez Lynch H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Benishek Byrne Cotton Connolly Hahn Maffei Global Freedom Act, and H.R. 3301, the Bentivolio Calvert Cramer Conyers Hastings (FL) Maloney, North American Energy Infrastructure Bilirakis Camp Crawford Cooper Heck (WA) Carolyn Act, are thoughtful pieces of legisla- Bishop (UT) Capito Crenshaw Costa Higgins Maloney, Sean Black Carter Culberson Courtney Himes Matheson tion that deserve the support of this Blackburn Cassidy Daines Cuellar Hinojosa Matsui body. Boustany Chabot Davis, Rodney Cummings Holt McCarthy (NY)

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:49 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.026 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5659 McCollum Peters (MI) Sinema Granger McAllister Rothfus Price (NC) Schwartz Tonko McDermott Peterson Sires Graves (GA) McCarthy (CA) Royce Quigley Scott (VA) Tsongas McGovern Pingree (ME) Slaughter Graves (MO) McCaul Runyan Rahall Scott, David Van Hollen McIntyre Pocan Speier Griffin (AR) McClintock Ryan (WI) Richmond Sewell (AL) Vargas McNerney Price (NC) Swalwell (CA) Griffith (VA) McHenry Salmon Roybal-Allard Shea-Porter Veasey Meng Quigley Takano Grimm McKeon Sanford Ruiz Sherman Vela Michaud Rahall Thompson (CA) Guthrie McKinley Scalise Ruppersberger Sinema Visclosky Miller, George Richmond Thompson (MS) Hall McMorris Schock Ryan (OH) Sires Walz Moore Roybal-Allard Tierney Sa´ nchez, Linda Slaughter Harper Rodgers Schweikert Wasserman Moran Ruiz Titus Harris Meadows Scott, Austin T. Speier Schultz Murphy (FL) Ruppersberger Tonko Hartzler Meehan Sensenbrenner Sanchez, Loretta Swalwell (CA) Waters Nadler Ryan (OH) Tsongas Hastings (WA) Messer Sessions Sarbanes Takano Napolitano Sa´ nchez, Linda Van Hollen Heck (NV) Mica Shimkus Schakowsky Thompson (CA) Waxman Neal T. Vargas Hensarling Miller (FL) Shuster Schiff Thompson (MS) Welch Negrete McLeod Sanchez, Loretta Veasey Herrera Beutler Miller (MI) Simpson Schneider Tierney Wilson (FL) Nolan Sarbanes Vela Holding Mulvaney Smith (MO) Schrader Titus Yarmuth O’Rourke Schakowsky Visclosky Hudson Murphy (PA) Smith (NE) Owens Schiff Walz Huelskamp Neugebauer Smith (NJ) NOT VOTING—24 Pallone Schneider Wasserman Huizenga (MI) Noem Smith (TX) Campbell Kingston Pompeo Pascrell Schrader Schultz Hultgren Nugent Southerland Cantor Lankford Rangel Pastor (AZ) Schwartz Waters Hunter Nunes Stewart Carney Loebsack Rush Payne Scott (VA) Waxman Hurt Olson Stivers Crowley Meeks Serrano Pelosi Sewell (AL) Welch Issa Palazzo Stockman Fitzpatrick Miller, Gary Smith (WA) Perlmutter Shea-Porter Wilson (FL) Jenkins Paulsen Stutzman Gutie´rrez Mullin Vela´ zquez Peters (CA) Sherman Yarmuth Johnson (OH) Pearce Terry Hanabusa Nunnelee Walberg Johnson, Sam Perry Thompson (PA) Hanna Polis Williams NOT VOTING—28 Jolly Petri Thornberry Campbell Lewis Rush Jones Pittenger Tiberi b 1355 Cantor Loebsack Scott, David Jordan Pitts Tipton Carney Lofgren Serrano Joyce Poe (TX) Turner Messrs. CUMMINGS and DAVID Crowley Meeks Smith (WA) Kelly (PA) Posey Upton SCOTT of Georgia changed their vote Edwards Miller, Gary Southerland King (IA) Price (GA) Valadao from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ Fitzpatrick Mullin Stutzman King (NY) Reed Wagner Mr. BARBER changed his vote from Hanabusa Nunnelee Vela´ zquez Kinzinger (IL) Reichert Walden Kline Renacci Walorski ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ Hanna Polis Williams Kingston Pompeo Labrador Ribble Weber (TX) So the resolution was agreed to. Lankford Rangel LaMalfa Rice (SC) Webster (FL) The result of the vote was announced Lamborn Rigell Wenstrup Lance Roby Westmoreland as above recorded. b 1347 Latham Roe (TN) Whitfield A motion to reconsider was laid on Messrs. GARCIA, GALLEGO, AL Latta Rogers (AL) Wilson (SC) the table. LoBiondo Rogers (KY) Wittman GREEN of Texas, and Ms. PINGREE of Long Rogers (MI) Wolf f Maine changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ Lucas Rohrabacher Womack to ‘‘nay.’’ Luetkemeyer Rokita Woodall CUSTOMER PROTECTION AND END Lummis Rooney Yoder USER RELIEF ACT Mrs. CAPITO, Messrs. LUETKE- Marchant Ros-Lehtinen Yoho MEYER and TIBERI changed their Marino Roskam Young (AK) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Massie Ross Young (IN) ant to House Resolution 629 and rule So the previous question was ordered. XVIII, the Chair declares the House in NOES—186 The result of the vote was announced the Committee of the Whole House on as above recorded. Barrow (GA) Duckworth Lee (CA) the state of the Union for the further Bass Edwards Levin The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Beatty Ellison Lewis consideration of the bill, H.R. 4413. question is on the resolution. Becerra Engel Lipinski Will the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. The question was taken; and the Bera (CA) Enyart Lofgren HULTGREN) kindly take the chair. Speaker pro tempore announced that Bishop (GA) Eshoo Lowenthal Bishop (NY) Esty Lowey b 1352 the ayes appeared to have it. Blumenauer Farr Lujan Grisham RECORDED VOTE Bonamici Fattah (NM) IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Brady (PA) Foster Luja´ n, Ben Ray Accordingly, the House resolved Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I Braley (IA) Frankel (FL) (NM) demand a recorded vote. Brown (FL) Fudge Lynch itself into the Committee of the Whole A recorded vote was ordered. Brownley (CA) Gabbard Maffei House on the state of the Union for the Bustos Gallego Maloney, further consideration of the bill (H.R. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Butterfield Garamendi Carolyn will be a 5-minute vote. Capps Garcia Maloney, Sean 4413) to reauthorize the Commodity Fu- The vote was taken by electronic de- Capuano Grayson Matheson tures Trading Commission, to better vice, and there were—ayes 221, noes 186, Ca´ rdenas Green, Al Matsui protect futures customers, to provide Carson (IN) Green, Gene McCarthy (NY) end users with market certainty, to not voting 24, as follows: Cartwright Grijalva McCollum [Roll No. 342] Castor (FL) Hahn McDermott make basic reforms to ensure trans- Castro (TX) Hastings (FL) McGovern parency and accountability at the AYES—221 Chu Heck (WA) McIntyre Commission, to help farmers, ranchers, Aderholt Calvert Diaz-Balart Cicilline Higgins McNerney Amash Camp Duffy Clark (MA) Himes Meng and end users manage risks to help Amodei Capito Duncan (SC) Clarke (NY) Hinojosa Michaud keep consumer costs low, and for other Bachmann Carter Duncan (TN) Clay Holt Miller, George purposes, with Mr. HULTGREN (Acting Bachus Cassidy Ellmers Cleaver Honda Moore Chair) in the chair. Barber Chabot Farenthold Clyburn Horsford Moran Barletta Chaffetz Fincher Cohen Hoyer Murphy (FL) The Clerk read the title of the bill. Barr Coble Fleischmann Connolly Huffman Nadler The Acting CHAIR. When the Com- Barton Coffman Fleming Conyers Israel Napolitano mittee of the Whole rose on Monday, Benishek Cole Flores Cooper Jackson Lee Neal Bentivolio Collins (GA) Forbes Costa Jeffries Negrete McLeod June 23, 2014, a request for a recorded Bilirakis Collins (NY) Fortenberry Courtney Johnson (GA) Nolan vote on amendment No. 8 printed in Bishop (UT) Conaway Foxx Cuellar Johnson, E. B. O’Rourke House Report 113–476 by the gentleman Black Cook Franks (AZ) Cummings Kaptur Owens from New Jersey (Mr. GARRETT) had Blackburn Cotton Frelinghuysen Davis (CA) Keating Pallone Boustany Cramer Gardner Davis, Danny Kelly (IL) Pascrell been postponed. Brady (TX) Crawford Garrett DeFazio Kennedy Pastor (AZ) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Bridenstine Crenshaw Gerlach DeGette Kildee Payne Brooks (AL) Culberson Gibbs Delaney Kilmer Pelosi The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to Brooks (IN) Daines Gibson DeLauro Kind Perlmutter clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will Broun (GA) Davis, Rodney Gingrey (GA) DelBene Kirkpatrick Peters (CA) now resume on those amendments Buchanan Denham Gohmert Deutch Kuster Peters (MI) printed in House Report 113–476 on Bucshon Dent Goodlatte Dingell Langevin Peterson Burgess DeSantis Gosar Doggett Larsen (WA) Pingree (ME) which further proceedings were post- Byrne DesJarlais Gowdy Doyle Larson (CT) Pocan poned, in the following order:

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:49 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN7.009 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5660 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 Amendment No. 2 by Ms. JACKSON Tierney Veasey Waxman Rangel Serrano Vela´ zquez Titus Vela Wilson (FL) Rush Smith (WA) Williams LEE of Texas. Tonko Visclosky Yarmuth Amendment No. 4 by Ms. WATERS of Tsongas Wasserman ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR California. Van Hollen Schultz The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Amendment No. 5 by Ms. MOORE of Vargas Waters There is 1 minute remaining. Wisconsin. NOES—249 Amendment No. 6 by Ms. JACKSON Aderholt Graves (MO) Pearce b 1401 LEE of Texas. Amash Griffin (AR) Perlmutter Mr. VEASEY changed his vote from Amendment No. 8 by Mr. GARRETT of Amodei Griffith (VA) Perry ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ New Jersey. Bachmann Grimm Peterson Bachus Guthrie Petri So the amendment was rejected. The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes Barletta Hall Pittenger The result of the vote was announced the minimum time for any electronic Barr Harper Pitts as above recorded. vote in this series. Barton Harris Poe (TX) Benishek Hartzler Posey AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MS. WATERS AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MS. JACKSON Bentivolio Hastings (WA) Price (GA) The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished LEE Bilirakis Heck (NV) Reed Bishop (UT) Hensarling business is the demand for a recorded The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Reichert vote on the amendment offered by the business is the demand for a recorded Black Herrera Beutler Renacci Blackburn Himes Ribble gentlewoman from California (Ms. vote on the amendment offered by the Boustany Holding Rice (SC) WATERS) on which further proceedings Brady (TX) Hudson gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON Rigell Bridenstine Huelskamp were postponed and on which the noes LEE) on which further proceedings were Roby Brooks (AL) Huffman Roe (TN) prevailed by voice vote. postponed and on which the noes pre- Brooks (IN) Huizenga (MI) Rogers (AL) The Clerk will redesignate the vailed by voice vote. Broun (GA) Hultgren Rogers (KY) amendment. The Clerk will redesignate the Buchanan Hunter Bucshon Hurt Rogers (MI) The Clerk redesignated the amend- amendment. Rohrabacher Burgess Issa ment. The Clerk redesignated the amend- Byrne Jenkins Rokita ment. Calvert Johnson (OH) Rooney RECORDED VOTE Camp Johnson, Sam Ros-Lehtinen The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote RECORDED VOTE Capito Jolly Roskam Ross has been demanded. The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Carney Jones A recorded vote was ordered. has been demanded. Carter Jordan Rothfus Royce The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2- A recorded vote was ordered. Cassidy Joyce Chabot Kelly (PA) Runyan minute vote. The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Chaffetz Kilmer Ryan (WI) The vote was taken by electronic de- Coble King (IA) Salmon minute vote. vice, and there were—ayes 168, noes 242, The vote was taken by electronic de- Coffman King (NY) Sanford Cole Kinzinger (IL) Scalise not voting 21, as follows: vice, and there were—ayes 163, noes 249, Collins (GA) Kline Schock [Roll No. 344] not voting 19, as follows: Collins (NY) Labrador Schrader AYES—168 [Roll No. 343] Conaway LaMalfa Schweikert Connolly Lamborn Scott, Austin Bass Garamendi McCollum AYES—163 Cook Lance Scott, David Beatty Garcia McDermott Barber Frankel (FL) Matsui Costa Larson (CT) Sensenbrenner Becerra Grayson McGovern Barrow (GA) Fudge McCollum Cotton Latham Sessions Bera (CA) Green, Al McNerney Bass Gabbard McDermott Courtney Latta Shimkus Bishop (GA) Green, Gene Meng Beatty Gallego McGovern Cramer Lewis Shuster Bishop (NY) Grijalva Michaud Becerra Garamendi McNerney Crawford LoBiondo Simpson Blumenauer Gutie´rrez Miller, George Bera (CA) Garcia Meng Crenshaw Long Smith (MO) Bonamici Hahn Moore Bishop (GA) Gibson Michaud Culberson Lowenthal Smith (NE) Brady (PA) Hanabusa Moran Bishop (NY) Grayson Miller, George Daines Lucas Smith (NJ) Brown (FL) Hastings (FL) Murphy (FL) Blumenauer Green, Al Moore Davis, Rodney Luetkemeyer Smith (TX) Brownley (CA) Heck (WA) Nadler Bonamici Green, Gene Nadler Delaney Lummis Southerland Bustos Higgins Napolitano Brady (PA) Grijalva Napolitano DeLauro Lynch Stewart Butterfield Himes Neal Denham Marchant Braley (IA) Gutie´rrez Neal Stivers Capps Hinojosa Negrete McLeod Dent Marino Brown (FL) Hahn Negrete McLeod Stockman Capuano Holt Nolan DeSantis Massie Brownley (CA) Hanabusa Nolan Stutzman Carney Honda O’Rourke DesJarlais Matheson Bustos Hastings (FL) O’Rourke Takano Carson (IN) Horsford Pallone Diaz-Balart McAllister Butterfield Heck (WA) Pallone Terry Castor (FL) Hoyer Pascrell Doggett McCarthy (CA) Capps Higgins Pascrell Thompson (PA) Castro (TX) Huffman Pastor (AZ) Capuano Hinojosa Pastor (AZ) Duffy McCarthy (NY) Chu Israel Payne Duncan (SC) McCaul Thornberry Ca´ rdenas Holt Payne Tiberi Cicilline Jackson Lee Pelosi Carson (IN) Honda Pelosi Duncan (TN) McClintock Clark (MA) Jeffries Perlmutter Ellmers McHenry Tipton Cartwright Horsford Peters (CA) Turner Clarke (NY) Johnson (GA) Peters (CA) Castor (FL) Hoyer Peters (MI) Esty McIntyre Clay Johnson, E. B. Peters (MI) Farenthold McKeon Upton Castro (TX) Israel Pingree (ME) Valadao Cleaver Kaptur Pingree (ME) Chu Jackson Lee Pocan Fincher McKinley Clyburn Kelly (IL) Pocan Fleischmann McMorris Wagner Cicilline Jeffries Price (NC) Walberg Cohen Kennedy Price (NC) Clark (MA) Johnson (GA) Quigley Fleming Rodgers Connolly Kildee Quigley Flores Meadows Walden Clarke (NY) Johnson, E. B. Rahall Walorski Conyers Kilmer Richmond Clay Kaptur Richmond Forbes Meehan Courtney Kind Roybal-Allard Walz Cleaver Keating Roybal-Allard Fortenberry Messer Cummings Kirkpatrick Ruiz Weber (TX) Clyburn Kelly (IL) Ruiz Foster Mica Davis (CA) Kuster Ruppersberger Webster (FL) Cohen Kennedy Ruppersberger Foxx Miller (FL) Davis, Danny Langevin Ryan (OH) Welch Conyers Kildee Ryan (OH) Franks (AZ) Miller (MI) DeFazio Larsen (WA) Sa´ nchez, Linda Wenstrup Cooper Kind Sa´ nchez, Linda Frelinghuysen Moran DeGette Larson (CT) T. Westmoreland Cuellar Kirkpatrick T. Gardner Mulvaney Delaney Lee (CA) Sanchez, Loretta Whitfield Cummings Kuster Sanchez, Loretta Garrett Murphy (FL) DeLauro Levin Schakowsky Wilson (SC) Davis (CA) Langevin Sarbanes Gerlach Murphy (PA) DelBene Lewis Schiff Wittman Davis, Danny Larsen (WA) Schakowsky Gibbs Neugebauer Deutch Lipinski Schneider Wolf DeFazio Lee (CA) Schiff Gingrey (GA) Noem Dingell Loebsack Schwartz DeGette Levin Schneider Gohmert Nugent Womack Doggett Lofgren Scott (VA) DelBene Lipinski Schwartz Goodlatte Nunes Woodall Doyle Lowenthal Sewell (AL) Deutch Loebsack Scott (VA) Gosar Olson Yoder Duckworth Lowey Shea-Porter Dingell Lofgren Sewell (AL) Gowdy Owens Yoho Edwards Lujan Grisham Sherman Doyle Lowey Shea-Porter Granger Palazzo Young (AK) Engel (NM) Sires Duckworth Lujan Grisham Sherman Graves (GA) Paulsen Young (IN) Eshoo Luja´ n, Ben Ray Slaughter Edwards (NM) Sinema Esty (NM) Speier Ellison Luja´ n, Ben Ray Sires NOT VOTING—19 Farr Lynch Swalwell (CA) Engel (NM) Slaughter Campbell Kingston Nunnelee Fattah Maloney, Takano Enyart Maffei Speier Cantor Lankford Polis Foster Carolyn Thompson (CA) Eshoo Maloney, Swalwell (CA) Crowley Meeks Pompeo Frankel (FL) Maloney, Sean Thompson (MS) Farr Carolyn Thompson (CA) Fitzpatrick Miller, Gary Fudge Matsui Tierney Fattah Maloney, Sean Thompson (MS) Hanna Mullin Gabbard McCarthy (NY) Titus

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Tonko Vela Waxman ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Scott (VA) Thompson (CA) Wasserman Tsongas Visclosky Welch The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Sewell (AL) Thompson (MS) Schultz Van Hollen Wasserman Wilson (FL) Shea-Porter Tierney Waters Vargas Schultz Yarmuth There is 1 minute remaining. Sherman Titus Waxman Veasey Waters Sires Tonko Welch b 1405 Slaughter Tsongas Wilson (FL) NOES—242 So the amendment was rejected. Speier Van Hollen Yarmuth Swalwell (CA) Veasey Aderholt Goodlatte Pearce The result of the vote was announced Takano Visclosky Amash Gosar Perry as above recorded. Amodei Gowdy Peterson Stated for: Bachmann Granger Petri NOES—239 Bachus Graves (GA) Pittenger Mr. SARBANES. Madam Chair, I’d like to Aderholt Gowdy Petri Barber Graves (MO) Pitts note that I intended to vote in support of the Amash Granger Pittenger Barletta Griffin (AR) Poe (TX) Waters amendment to H.R. 4413, the Cus- Amodei Graves (GA) Pitts Barr Griffith (VA) Posey tomer Protection and End User Relief Act, Bachmann Graves (MO) Poe (TX) Barrow (GA) Grimm Price (GA) Bachus Griffin (AR) Posey Barton Guthrie Rahall when it came up for a vote earlier today. Barber Griffith (VA) Price (GA) Benishek Hall Reed AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MS. MOORE Barletta Grimm Rahall Bentivolio Harper Reichert The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Barr Guthrie Reed Bilirakis Harris Renacci Barrow (GA) Hall Reichert Bishop (UT) Hartzler Ribble business is the demand for a recorded Barton Harper Renacci Black Hastings (WA) Rice (SC) vote on the amendment offered by the Benishek Harris Ribble Blackburn Heck (NV) Rigell gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. Bentivolio Hartzler Rice (SC) Boustany Hensarling Roby Bilirakis Hastings (WA) Rigell MOORE) on which further proceedings Brady (TX) Herrera Beutler Roe (TN) Bishop (UT) Heck (NV) Roby Braley (IA) Holding Rogers (AL) were postponed and on which the noes Black Hensarling Roe (TN) Bridenstine Hudson Rogers (KY) prevailed by voice vote. Blackburn Herrera Beutler Rogers (AL) Brooks (AL) Huelskamp Rogers (MI) The Clerk will redesignate the Boustany Holding Rogers (KY) Brooks (IN) Huizenga (MI) Rohrabacher Brady (TX) Hudson Rogers (MI) amendment. Braley (IA) Huelskamp Rohrabacher Broun (GA) Hultgren Rokita Bridenstine Huizenga (MI) Rokita Buchanan Hunter Rooney The Clerk redesignated the amend- Brooks (AL) Hultgren Rooney Bucshon Hurt Ros-Lehtinen ment. Brooks (IN) Hunter Ros-Lehtinen Burgess Issa Roskam RECORDED VOTE Broun (GA) Hurt Roskam Byrne Jenkins Ross The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Buchanan Issa Ross Calvert Johnson (OH) Rothfus Bucshon Jenkins Rothfus Camp Johnson, Sam Royce has been demanded. Burgess Johnson (OH) Royce Capito Jolly Runyan A recorded vote was ordered. Byrne Johnson, Sam Runyan Ca´ rdenas Jones Ryan (WI) The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Calvert Jolly Ryan (WI) Carter Jordan Salmon minute vote. Camp Jordan Salmon Cartwright Joyce Sanford Capito Joyce Sanford Cassidy Keating Sarbanes The vote was taken by electronic de- Ca´ rdenas Kelly (PA) Scalise Chabot Kelly (PA) Scalise vice, and there were—ayes 173, noes 239, Carter King (IA) Schock Chaffetz King (IA) Schock not voting 19, as follows: Cassidy King (NY) Schrader Coble King (NY) Schrader Chabot Kinzinger (IL) Schweikert Coffman Kinzinger (IL) Schweikert [Roll No. 345] Chaffetz Kline Scott, Austin Cole Kline Scott, Austin AYES—173 Coble Labrador Scott, David Collins (GA) Labrador Scott, David Coffman LaMalfa Sensenbrenner Collins (NY) LaMalfa Sensenbrenner Bass Farr Lujan Grisham Cole Lamborn Sessions Conaway Lamborn Sessions Beatty Fattah (NM) Collins (GA) Lance Shimkus ´ Cook Lance Shimkus Becerra Foster Lujan, Ben Ray Collins (NY) Latham Shuster Cooper Latham Shuster Bera (CA) Frankel (FL) (NM) Conaway Latta Simpson Costa Latta Simpson Bishop (GA) Fudge Lynch Cook LoBiondo Sinema Bishop (NY) Gabbard Maloney, Cotton LoBiondo Sinema Costa Long Smith (MO) Blumenauer Garamendi Carolyn Cramer Long Smith (MO) Cotton Lucas Smith (NE) Bonamici Garcia Maloney, Sean Crawford Lucas Smith (NE) Cramer Luetkemeyer Smith (NJ) Brady (PA) Grayson Matsui Crenshaw Luetkemeyer Smith (NJ) Crawford Lummis Smith (TX) Brown (FL) Green, Al McCarthy (NY) Cuellar Lummis Smith (TX) Crenshaw Maffei Southerland Brownley (CA) Green, Gene McCollum Culberson Maffei Southerland Cuellar Marchant Stewart Bustos Grijalva McDermott Culberson Marino Stivers Daines Marchant Stewart Butterfield Gutie´rrez McGovern Davis, Rodney Marino Stockman Daines Massie Stockman Capps Hahn McNerney Davis, Rodney Matheson Stutzman Denham Massie Stutzman Capuano Hanabusa Meng Dent Matheson Terry Denham McAllister Terry Carney Hastings (FL) Michaud Dent McCarthy (CA) Thompson (PA) DeSantis McAllister Thompson (PA) Carson (IN) Heck (WA) Miller, George DesJarlais McCarthy (CA) Thornberry DeSantis McCaul Thornberry Cartwright Higgins Moore DesJarlais McClintock Tiberi Diaz-Balart McCaul Tiberi Castor (FL) Himes Moran Diaz-Balart McHenry Tipton Duffy McClintock Tipton Castro (TX) Hinojosa Murphy (FL) Duffy McIntyre Turner Duncan (SC) McHenry Turner Chu Holt Nadler Duncan (SC) McKeon Upton Duncan (TN) McIntyre Upton Cicilline Honda Napolitano Duncan (TN) McKinley Valadao Ellmers McKeon Valadao Clark (MA) Horsford Neal Ellmers McMorris Vargas Enyart McKinley Wagner Clarke (NY) Hoyer Negrete McLeod Farenthold Rodgers Vela Farenthold McMorris Walberg Clay Huffman Nolan Fincher Meadows Wagner Fincher Rodgers Walden Cleaver Israel O’Rourke Fleischmann Meehan Walberg Fleischmann Meadows Walorski Clyburn Jackson Lee Pallone Fleming Messer Walden Fleming Meehan Walz Cohen Jeffries Pascrell Flores Mica Walorski Flores Messer Weber (TX) Connolly Johnson (GA) Pastor (AZ) Forbes Miller (FL) Walz Forbes Mica Webster (FL) Conyers Johnson, E. B. Payne Fortenberry Miller (MI) Weber (TX) Fortenberry Miller (FL) Wenstrup Cooper Jones Pelosi Foxx Mulvaney Webster (FL) Foxx Miller (MI) Westmoreland Courtney Kaptur Perlmutter Franks (AZ) Murphy (PA) Wenstrup Franks (AZ) Mulvaney Whitfield Cummings Keating Peters (CA) Frelinghuysen Neugebauer Westmoreland Frelinghuysen Murphy (PA) Wilson (SC) Davis (CA) Kelly (IL) Peters (MI) Gallego Noem Whitfield Gallego Neugebauer Wittman Davis, Danny Kennedy Pingree (ME) Gardner Nugent Wilson (SC) Gardner Noem Wolf DeFazio Kildee Pocan Garrett Nunes Wittman Garrett Nugent Womack DeGette Kilmer Price (NC) Gerlach Olson Wolf Gerlach Nunes Woodall Delaney Kind Quigley Gibbs Owens Womack Gibbs Olson Yoder DeLauro Kirkpatrick Richmond Gibson Palazzo Woodall Gibson Owens Yoho DelBene Kuster Roybal-Allard Gingrey (GA) Paulsen Yoder Gingrey (GA) Palazzo Young (AK) Deutch Langevin Ruiz Gohmert Pearce Yoho Gohmert Paulsen Young (IN) Dingell Larsen (WA) Ruppersberger Goodlatte Perry Young (AK) Doggett Larson (CT) Ryan (OH) Gosar Peterson Young (IN) Doyle Lee (CA) Sa´ nchez, Linda NOT VOTING—21 Duckworth Levin T. NOT VOTING—19 Campbell Lankford Rangel Edwards Lewis Sanchez, Loretta Cantor Meeks Rush Ellison Lipinski Sarbanes Campbell Kingston Nunnelee Crowley Miller, Gary Serrano Engel Loebsack Schakowsky Cantor Lankford Polis Ellison Mullin Smith (WA) Enyart Lofgren Schiff Crowley Meeks Pompeo Fitzpatrick Nunnelee Stivers Eshoo Lowenthal Schneider Fitzpatrick Miller, Gary Hanna Polis Vela´ zquez Esty Lowey Schwartz Hanna Mullin Kingston Pompeo Williams

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:49 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN7.013 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5662 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 Rangel Serrano Vela´ zquez Thompson (CA) Van Hollen Waxman b 1412 Rush Smith (WA) Williams Thompson (MS) Veasey Webster (FL) Tierney Visclosky Welch So the amendment was rejected. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Titus Wasserman Wilson (FL) The result of the vote was announced The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Tonko Schultz Yarmuth as above recorded. There is 1 minute remaining. Tsongas Waters AMENDMENT NO. 8 OFFERED BY MR. GARRETT NOES—233 b 1409 The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Aderholt Graves (MO) Petri So the amendment was rejected. Amash Green, Gene Pittenger business is the demand for a recorded The result of the vote was announced Amodei Griffin (AR) Pitts vote on the amendment offered by the Bachmann Griffith (VA) Poe (TX) gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. GAR- as above recorded. Bachus Grimm Posey RETT) on which further proceedings AMENDMENT NO. 6 OFFERED BY MS. JACKSON Barber Guthrie Price (GA) LEE Barletta Hall Price (NC) were postponed and on which the ayes The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Barr Harper Rahall prevailed by voice vote. Barton Harris Reed The Clerk will redesignate the business is the demand for a recorded Benishek Hartzler Reichert vote on the amendment offered by the Bentivolio Hastings (WA) Renacci amendment. gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON Bilirakis Heck (NV) Ribble The Clerk redesignated the amend- Bishop (UT) Hensarling Rice (SC) ment. LEE) on which further proceedings were Black Herrera Beutler Rigell postponed and on which the noes pre- Blackburn Holding Roby RECORDED VOTE vailed by voice vote. Boustany Hudson Roe (TN) The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Brady (TX) Huelskamp Rogers (AL) has been demanded. The Clerk will redesignate the Bridenstine Huizenga (MI) Rogers (KY) amendment. Brooks (AL) Hultgren Rogers (MI) A recorded vote was ordered. The Clerk redesignated the amend- Brooks (IN) Hunter Rohrabacher The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2- ment. Broun (GA) Hurt Rokita minute vote. Buchanan Issa Rooney RECORDED VOTE Bucshon Jenkins Ros-Lehtinen The vote was taken by electronic de- The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Byrne Johnson (OH) Roskam vice, and there were—ayes 252, noes 158, Calvert Johnson, Sam Ross not voting 21, as follows: has been demanded. Camp Jolly Rothfus A recorded vote was ordered. Capito Jordan Royce [Roll No. 347] The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Carter Joyce Runyan AYES—252 Cassidy Kelly (PA) Ryan (WI) minute vote. Aderholt Forbes Long Chabot King (IA) Salmon Amash Fortenberry Lucas The vote was taken by electronic de- Chaffetz King (NY) Scalise Amodei Foster Luetkemeyer vice, and there were—ayes 177, noes 233, Coble Kinzinger (IL) Schock Bachmann Foxx Lummis Coffman Kline Schrader not voting 21, as follows: Bachus Franks (AZ) Maffei Cole Labrador Schweikert Barber Frelinghuysen Maloney, [Roll No. 346] Collins (GA) LaMalfa Scott, Austin Barletta Gallego Carolyn Collins (NY) Lamborn Scott, David AYES—177 Barr Garcia Maloney, Sean Conaway Lance Sensenbrenner Barrow (GA) Esty Lynch Barrow (GA) Gardner Marchant Cook Latham Sessions Bass Farr Maffei Barton Garrett Marino Cooper Latta Sherman Beatty Fattah Maloney, Benishek Gerlach Massie Costa LoBiondo Shimkus Becerra Frankel (FL) Carolyn Bentivolio Gibbs Matheson Cotton Long Shuster Bera (CA) Fudge Maloney, Sean Bera (CA) Gingrey (GA) McAllister Cramer Lucas Simpson Bishop (GA) Gabbard Matsui Bilirakis Gohmert McCarthy (CA) Crawford Luetkemeyer Sinema Bishop (NY) Garamendi McCollum Bishop (UT) Goodlatte McCarthy (NY) Culberson Lummis Smith (MO) Blumenauer Garcia McDermott Black Gosar McCaul Daines Marchant Smith (NE) Bonamici Gibson McGovern Blackburn Gowdy McClintock Davis, Rodney Marino Smith (NJ) Brady (PA) Grayson McNerney Boustany Granger McHenry Denham Massie Smith (TX) Braley (IA) Green, Al Meng Brady (TX) Graves (GA) McIntyre Dent Matheson Southerland Brown (FL) Grijalva Michaud Bridenstine Graves (MO) McKeon DeSantis McAllister Stewart Brownley (CA) Gutie´rrez Miller, George Brooks (AL) Griffin (AR) McKinley DesJarlais McCarthy (CA) Stutzman Burgess Hahn Moore Brooks (IN) Griffith (VA) McMorris Diaz-Balart McCarthy (NY) Terry Bustos Hanabusa Moran Broun (GA) Grimm Rodgers Duffy McCaul Thompson (PA) Butterfield Hastings (FL) Murphy (FL) Buchanan Guthrie Meadows Duncan (SC) McClintock Thornberry Capps Heck (WA) Nadler Bucshon Hall Meehan Duncan (TN) McHenry Tiberi Capuano Higgins Napolitano Burgess Harper Messer Ellmers McIntyre Tipton Ca´ rdenas Himes Neal Byrne Harris Mica Farenthold McKeon Turner Carney Hinojosa Negrete McLeod Calvert Hartzler Miller (FL) Fincher McKinley Upton Carson (IN) Holt Nolan Camp Hastings (WA) Miller (MI) Fleischmann McMorris Valadao Cartwright Honda O’Rourke Capito Heck (NV) Mulvaney Fleming Rodgers Vargas Castor (FL) Horsford Pallone Carter Hensarling Murphy (FL) Flores Meadows Vela Castro (TX) Hoyer Pascrell Cassidy Herrera Beutler Murphy (PA) Forbes Meehan Wagner Chu Huffman Pastor (AZ) Chabot Himes Neugebauer Fortenberry Messer Walberg Cicilline Israel Payne Chaffetz Holding Noem Foster Mica Walden Clark (MA) Jackson Lee Pelosi Clyburn Hudson Nugent Foxx Miller (FL) Walorski Clarke (NY) Jeffries Perlmutter Coble Huelskamp Nunes Franks (AZ) Miller (MI) Walz Clay Johnson (GA) Peters (CA) Coffman Huizenga (MI) Olson Frelinghuysen Mulvaney Weber (TX) Cleaver Johnson, E. B. Peters (MI) Cole Hultgren Owens Gallego Murphy (PA) Wenstrup Clyburn Jones Pingree (ME) Collins (GA) Hunter Palazzo Gardner Neugebauer Westmoreland Cohen Kaptur Pocan Collins (NY) Hurt Paulsen Garrett Noem Whitfield Connolly Keating Quigley Conaway Israel Pearce Gerlach Nugent Wilson (SC) Conyers Kelly (IL) Richmond Cook Issa Perlmutter Gibbs Nunes Wittman Courtney Kennedy Roybal-Allard Cotton Jenkins Perry Gingrey (GA) Olson Wolf Crenshaw Kildee Ruiz Cramer Johnson (OH) Peters (CA) Gohmert Owens Womack Cuellar Kilmer Ruppersberger Crawford Johnson, Sam Peters (MI) Goodlatte Palazzo Woodall Cummings Kind Ryan (OH) Crenshaw Jolly Petri Gosar Paulsen Yoder Davis (CA) Kirkpatrick Sa´ nchez, Linda Culberson Jordan Pittenger Gowdy Pearce Yoho Davis, Danny Kuster T. Daines Joyce Pitts Granger Perry Young (AK) DeFazio Langevin Sanchez, Loretta Davis, Rodney Kelly (PA) Poe (TX) Graves (GA) Peterson Young (IN) DeGette Larsen (WA) Sarbanes Denham Kilmer Posey Delaney Larson (CT) Schakowsky NOT VOTING—21 Dent Kind Price (GA) DeLauro Lee (CA) Schiff DeSantis King (IA) Quigley Campbell Meeks Rush DelBene Levin Schneider DesJarlais King (NY) Rahall Cantor Miller, Gary Sanford Deutch Lewis Schwartz Diaz-Balart Kinzinger (IL) Reed Crowley Mullin Serrano Dingell Lipinski Scott (VA) Duffy Kline Reichert Fitzpatrick Nunnelee Smith (WA) Doggett Loebsack Sewell (AL) Duncan (SC) Kuster Renacci Hanna Polis Stivers Doyle Lofgren Shea-Porter Duncan (TN) Labrador Ribble Kingston Pompeo Vela´ zquez Duckworth Lowenthal Sires Ellmers LaMalfa Rice (SC) Lankford Rangel Williams Edwards Lowey Slaughter Farenthold Lamborn Richmond Ellison Lujan Grisham Speier ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Fincher Lance Rigell Engel (NM) Stockman Fleischmann Latham Roby Enyart Luja´ n, Ben Ray Swalwell (CA) The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Fleming Latta Roe (TN) Eshoo (NM) Takano There is 1 minute remaining. Flores LoBiondo Rogers (AL)

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:49 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN7.014 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5663 Rogers (KY) Sewell (AL) Valadao The Acting CHAIR. The question is market from accurately reflecting the forces Rogers (MI) Shea-Porter Vargas on the amendment in the nature of a of supply and demand for energy commod- Rohrabacher Shimkus Vela ities. Rokita Shuster substitute, as amended. Wagner Page 52, after line 14, insert the following: Rooney Simpson Walberg The amendment was agreed to. (f) TRACKING EVADERS OF UNITED STATES Ros-Lehtinen Sinema Walden The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, Roskam LAW.—The Commissions shall investigate Smith (MO) Walorski the Committee rises. Ross Smith (NE) Weber (TX) and report back to the Congress within 180 Rothfus Smith (NJ) Accordingly, the Committee rose; Webster (FL) days after the date of the enactment of this Royce Smith (TX) Wenstrup and the Speaker pro tempore (Mrs. Act on the number of swap and security- Runyan Southerland Westmoreland BLACK) having assumed the chair, Mr. based swap market participants that have Ryan (WI) Stewart moved their headquarters or operations out Salmon Stivers Whitfield HULTGREN, Acting Chair of the Com- Sanford Stockman Wilson (SC) mittee of the Whole House on the state of the United States in order to avoid com- Scalise Stutzman Wittman of the Union, reported that that Com- pliance with United States swaps require- Schneider Terry Wolf ments. Schock Thompson (PA) Womack mittee, having had under consideration Page 52, line 15, strike ‘‘(f)’’ and insert Schweikert Thornberry Woodall the bill (H.R. 4413) to reauthorize the ‘‘(g)’’. Scott, Austin Tiberi Yoder Commodity Futures Trading Commis- Page 53, line 18, strike ‘‘(2) The’’ and insert Yoho Scott, David Tipton sion, to better protect futures cus- ‘‘(2)(A) The’’. Sensenbrenner Turner Young (AK) Sessions Upton Young (IN) tomers, to provide end users with mar- Page 54, after line 3, insert the following: ket certainty, to make basic reforms to (B) REQUIRING OVERSEAS DERIVATIVES NOES—158 ensure transparency and account- USERS TO OBEY UNITED STATES LAWS PROHIB- Bass Fattah Michaud ability at the Commission, to help ITING FRAUD AND MANIPULATION OF UNITED Beatty Frankel (FL) Miller, George STATES MARKETS.—Notwithstanding subpara- Becerra Fudge Moore farmers, ranchers, and end users man- graph (A), the term ‘‘United States swap re- Bishop (GA) Gabbard Moran age risks to help keep consumer costs quirements’’ does not include the provisions Bishop (NY) Garamendi Nadler low, and for other purposes, and, pursu- relating to swaps or security-based swaps Blumenauer Gibson Napolitano ant to House Resolution 629, reports concerning fraud, manipulation, or position Bonamici Green, Al Neal Brady (PA) Green, Gene Negrete McLeod the bill back to the House with an limits on a United States designated con- Braley (IA) Grijalva Nolan amendment adopted in the Committee tract market, swap execution facility, na- Brown (FL) Gutie´rrez O’Rourke of the Whole. tional securities exchange or security-based Brownley (CA) Hahn Pallone The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under swap execution facility contained in the Bustos Hanabusa Pascrell Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Butterfield Hastings (FL) Pastor (AZ) the rule, the previous question is or- Exchange Act of 1934 that were added by Capps Heck (WA) Payne dered. title VI of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re- Capuano Higgins Pelosi Is a separate vote demanded on any Ca´ rdenas Hinojosa Peterson form and Consumer Protection Act, or any Carney Holt Pingree (ME) amendment to the amendment re- rules or regulations prescribed by the Com- Carson (IN) Honda Pocan ported from the Committee of the modity Futures Trading Commission or the Cartwright Horsford Price (NC) Whole? Securities and Exchange Commission pursu- Castor (FL) Hoyer Roybal-Allard ant to such provisions. Castro (TX) Huffman Ruiz If not, the question is on the amend- ment in the nature of a substitute, as Page 54, line 4, strike ‘‘(g)’’ and insert Chu Jackson Lee Ruppersberger ‘‘(h)’’. Cicilline Jeffries Sa´ nchez, Linda amended. Clark (MA) Johnson (GA) T. The amendment was agreed to. Ms. KUSTER (during the reading). Clarke (NY) Johnson, E. B. Sanchez, Loretta Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous con- Clay Jones Sarbanes The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Cleaver Kaptur Schakowsky question is on the engrossment and sent to dispense with the reading. Cohen Keating Schiff third reading of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Connolly Kelly (IL) Schrader The bill was ordered to be engrossed objection to the request of the gentle- Conyers Kennedy Schwartz woman from New Hampshire? Cooper Kildee Scott (VA) and read a third time, and was read the Costa Kirkpatrick Sherman third time. There was no objection. Courtney Langevin Sires The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- MOTION TO RECOMMIT Cuellar Larsen (WA) Slaughter tlewoman from New Hampshire is rec- Cummings Larson (CT) Speier Ms. KUSTER. Madam Speaker, I ognized for 5 minutes. Davis (CA) Lee (CA) Swalwell (CA) have a motion to recommit at the Ms. KUSTER. Madam Speaker, this Davis, Danny Levin Takano desk. DeFazio Lewis Thompson (CA) is the final amendment to the bill, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the DeGette Lipinski Thompson (MS) which will not kill the bill or send it Delaney Loebsack Tierney gentlewoman opposed to the bill? back to committee. If adopted, the bill DeLauro Lofgren Titus Ms. KUSTER. I am opposed in its DelBene Lowenthal Tonko will immediately proceed to final pas- current form. Deutch Lowey Tsongas sage as amended. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Dingell Lujan Grisham Van Hollen Madam Speaker, I commend Chair- Doggett (NM) Veasey Clerk will report the motion to recom- ´ man LUCAS and Ranking Member Doyle Lujan, Ben Ray Visclosky mit. Duckworth (NM) Walz PETERSON for their bipartisan leader- The Clerk read as follows: Edwards Lynch Wasserman ship of our committee. Their prag- Ellison Matsui Schultz Ms. Kuster moves to recommit the bill matic work together across the aisle is Engel McCollum Waters H.R. 4413 to the Committee on Agriculture Enyart McDermott Waxman with instructions to report the same back to exactly what the American people ex- Eshoo McGovern Welch pect but so rarely get from this Con- Esty McNerney Wilson (FL) the House forthwith with the following Farr Meng Yarmuth amendment: gress. I am proud to serve with them Page 10, after line 12, insert the following: and all of our colleagues on the Agri- NOT VOTING—21 SEC. lll. PROHIBITING EXCESSIVE OIL AND culture Committee, Republican and Campbell Lankford Rangel GAS SPECULATION THAT INCREASES Democrat, to address the issues impor- Cantor Meeks Rush PRICES FOR CONSUMERS. tant to rural America and to commu- Crowley Miller, Gary Ryan (OH) The Commodity Futures Trading Commis- nities all across our country. This in- Fitzpatrick Mullin Serrano sion shall utilize all its authority, including Grayson Nunnelee Smith (WA) its emergency powers, to— cludes reauthorizing the Commodities Hanna Polis Vela´ zquez Futures Trading Commission, the sher- Kingston Pompeo Williams (1) curb immediately the role of excessive speculation in any designated contract mar- iff overseeing much of Wall Street. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR ket and swap execution facility within the Every day, the CFTC defends the The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). jurisdiction and control of the Commodity Main Street businesses and middle There is 1 minute remaining. Futures Trading Commission, on or through class families from the same reckless which oil and gasoline futures or swaps are behavior that crashed our economy traded; and just a few years ago. We must reau- b 1417 (2) eliminate excessive speculation, price distortion, sudden or unreasonable fluctua- thorize the CFTC and ensure that the So the amendment was agreed to. tions or unwarranted changes in prices, or cops on the beat have the authority The result of the vote was announced other unlawful activity that is causing they need to protect our farmers, con- as above recorded. major market disturbances that prevent the sumers, investors, and retirees from

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Neal Sa´ nchez, Linda Tsongas sumers, which should be a top priority 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Negrete McLeod T. Van Hollen for the CFTC. Freedom Act; you should be looking at Nolan Sanchez, Loretta Vargas Madam Speaker, when gas prices H.R. 4899, the Lowering Gasoline Prices O’Rourke Sarbanes Veasey spike, they immediately hit the pock- to Fuel an America That Works Act. If Owens Schakowsky Vela Pallone Schiff etbook of every consumer, especially Visclosky you really want to make a difference, Pascrell Schneider Walz the constituents that I represent in work for those pieces of legislation, Pastor (AZ) Schrader Wasserman New Hampshire’s North Country and support those pieces of legislation; but Payne Schwartz Schultz communities all across our State, some otherwise, let’s take the bill that has Pelosi Scott (VA) Waters Perlmutter Sewell (AL) of which are already paying close to $4 been so carefully crafted, let’s reject Waxman Peters (CA) Shea-Porter Welch per gallon of gasoline. When Americans the motion to recommit with instruc- Peters (MI) Sherman Wilson (FL) pull up to the pump, they deserve to tions, and let’s just pass the bill. Peterson Sinema Yarmuth pay a fair price and not be gouged be- With that, I do the greatest thing I Pingree (ME) Sires Pocan Slaughter cause of excessive speculation. My can do for you: I yield back the balance amendment would help keep gas prices of my time. NOES—220 in check by requiring that the CFTC The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Aderholt Gowdy Paulsen use its full authority to immediately objection, the previous question is or- Amash Granger Pearce curb excessive speculation and price dered on the motion to recommit. Amodei Graves (GA) Perry distortion in economic markets. There was no objection. Bachmann Graves (MO) Petri In addition, this amendment would Bachus Griffin (AR) Pittenger The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Barletta Griffith (VA) Pitts require the CFTC to report when com- question is on the motion to recommit. Barr Grimm Poe (TX) panies move their operations abroad The question was taken; and the Barton Guthrie Posey simply to avoid the rules governing Speaker pro tempore announced that Benishek Hall Price (GA) Bentivolio Harper Reed U.S. markets. When companies relo- the noes appeared to have it. Bilirakis Harris Reichert cate their headquarters or outsource RECORDED VOTE Bishop (UT) Hartzler Renacci Black Hastings (WA) jobs to evade consumer protections, Ms. KUSTER. Madam Speaker, I de- Ribble the American people deserve to know. Blackburn Heck (NV) Rice (SC) mand a recorded vote. Boustany Hensarling Finally, my amendment would en- Rigell A recorded vote was ordered. Brady (TX) Herrera Beutler Roby sure that foreign businesses comply Bridenstine Holding The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Roe (TN) with U.S. laws to prevent fraud and Brooks (AL) Hudson Rogers (AL) ant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- Brooks (IN) Huelskamp manipulation in our markets. Amer- Rogers (KY) minute vote on the motion to recom- Broun (GA) Huizenga (MI) Rogers (MI) ican companies must already follow mit will be followed by a 5-minute vote Buchanan Hultgren Rohrabacher antifraud and antimanipulation rules, Bucshon Hunter on passage of the bill, if ordered. Rokita which protect consumers and the integ- Burgess Hurt Rooney The vote was taken by electronic de- Byrne Issa rity of our markets. Surely, we can all Ros-Lehtinen vice, and there were—ayes 191, noes 220, Calvert Jenkins Roskam agree that foreign companies must also Camp Johnson (OH) not voting 20, as follows: Ross follow the same safeguards against Capito Johnson, Sam Rothfus [Roll No. 348] Carter Jolly Royce fraud and abuse that apply to Amer- Cassidy Jordan ican companies. AYES—191 Runyan Chabot Joyce Ryan (WI) Barber DeGette Jackson Lee Chaffetz Kelly (PA) So, let’s put partisanship aside and Salmon Barrow (GA) Delaney Jeffries Coble King (IA) give the sheriff of Wall Street the Sanford Bass DeLauro Johnson (GA) Coffman King (NY) Scalise backup it needs to protect Main Street. Beatty DelBene Johnson, E. B. Cole Kinzinger (IL) Schock Let’s vote to keep gas prices in check Becerra Deutch Jones Collins (GA) Kline Schweikert Bera (CA) Dingell Kaptur Collins (NY) Labrador for the middle class families all across Scott, Austin Bishop (GA) Doggett Keating Conaway LaMalfa Scott, David this country; let’s vote to hold compa- Bishop (NY) Doyle Kelly (IL) Cook Lamborn Sensenbrenner nies accountable when they outsource Blumenauer Duckworth Kennedy Cotton Lance Sessions Bonamici Edwards Kildee Cramer Latham jobs; and let’s vote to prevent foreign Shimkus Brady (PA) Ellison Kilmer Crawford Latta firms from defrauding our constitu- Shuster Braley (IA) Engel Kind Crenshaw LoBiondo ents. Let’s vote for my amendment. Brown (FL) Enyart Kirkpatrick Culberson Long Simpson I yield back the balance of my time. Brownley (CA) Eshoo Kuster Daines Lucas Smith (MO) Bustos Esty Langevin Davis, Rodney Luetkemeyer Smith (NE) Mr. LUCAS. Madam Speaker, I rise Smith (NJ) in opposition to the motion to recom- Butterfield Farr Larsen (WA) Denham Lummis Capps Fattah Larson (CT) Dent Marchant Smith (TX) mit. Capuano Foster Lee (CA) DeSantis Marino Southerland The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Ca´ rdenas Frankel (FL) Levin DesJarlais Massie Stewart tleman from Oklahoma is recognized Carney Fudge Lewis Diaz-Balart McAllister Stivers Carson (IN) Gabbard Lipinski Duffy McCarthy (CA) Stockman for 5 minutes. Cartwright Gallego Loebsack Duncan (SC) McCaul Stutzman Mr. LUCAS. Madam Speaker, first of Castor (FL) Garamendi Lofgren Ellmers McClintock Terry all, I would like to state that I really Castro (TX) Garcia Lowenthal Farenthold McHenry Thompson (PA) do appreciate the cooperative nature of Chu Grayson Lowey Fincher McKeon Thornberry Cicilline Green, Al Lujan Grisham Fleischmann McKinley Tiberi the Ag Committee and the way that we Clark (MA) Green, Gene (NM) Fleming McMorris Tipton have worked hard to put this very log- Clarke (NY) Grijalva Luja´ n, Ben Ray Flores Rodgers Turner ical piece of legislation together to ad- Clay Gutie´rrez (NM) Forbes Meadows Upton Valadao dress a variety of issues. Cleaver Hahn Lynch Fortenberry Meehan Clyburn Hanabusa Maffei Foxx Messer Wagner I must say, though, in all respect to Cohen Hastings (FL) Maloney, Franks (AZ) Mica Walberg my colleague, I don’t believe this par- Connolly Heck (WA) Carolyn Frelinghuysen Miller (FL) Walden ticular language ever came up in any of Conyers Higgins Maloney, Sean Gardner Miller (MI) Walorski Cooper Himes Matheson Garrett Mulvaney Weber (TX) the markups; so I must respectfully, in Costa Hinojosa Matsui Gerlach Murphy (PA) Webster (FL) that regard, say that this is the wrong Courtney Holt McCarthy (NY) Gibbs Neugebauer Wenstrup hour to be suggesting this language. Cuellar Honda McCollum Gibson Noem Westmoreland But I will go farther than that to say Cummings Horsford McDermott Gingrey (GA) Nugent Whitfield Davis (CA) Hoyer McGovern Gohmert Nunes Wilson (SC) to my friends, if you are concerned Davis, Danny Huffman McIntyre Goodlatte Olson Wittman about the price of fuel, if you are con- DeFazio Israel McNerney Gosar Palazzo Wolf

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Mr. Speaker, I missed one re- Quigley Schrader Walberg corded vote on June 24. I would like the Rahall Schweikert Walden b 1433 Reed Scott, Austin RECORD to indicate at this point how I would Walorski So the motion to recommit was re- Reichert Scott, David have voted had I been present for that vote. Renacci Sensenbrenner Walz jected. Weber (TX) On rollcall No. 349, passage of the Cus- Ribble Sessions tomer Protection and End User Relief Act to The result of the vote was announced Rice (SC) Shimkus Webster (FL) as above recorded. Rigell Shuster Wenstrup reauthorize and improve the operations of the Westmoreland The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Roby Simpson Commodity Futures Trading Commission Roe (TN) Sinema Whitfield (CFTC), I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ question is on the passage of the bill. Rogers (AL) Smith (MO) Wilson (SC) PERSONAL EXPLANATION The question was taken; and the Rogers (KY) Smith (NE) Wittman Speaker pro tempore announced that Rogers (MI) Smith (NJ) Wolf Mr. POMPEO. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, Womack the ayes appeared to have it. Rohrabacher Smith (TX) June 24, I was unavoidably detained. On roll- Rokita Southerland Woodall calls 343, 344, 345, 346, and 348, I would RECORDED VOTE Rooney Stewart Yoder have voted ‘‘no.’’ On rollcalls 341, 342, 347, Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I Ros-Lehtinen Stivers Yoho Roskam Stockman Young (AK) and 349, I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ demand a recorded vote. Ross Stutzman Young (IN) A recorded vote was ordered. f The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a NOES—144 NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY 5-minute vote. Bass Green, Gene Moran INFRASTRUCTURE ACT Beatty Grijalva Nadler The vote was taken by electronic de- Becerra Gutie´rrez Napolitano GENERAL LEAVE vice, and there were—ayes 265, noes 144, Bishop (NY) Hahn Neal Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I ask not voting 22, as follows: Blumenauer Hanabusa O’Rourke unanimous consent that all Members Bonamici Hastings (FL) [Roll No. 349] Pallone Brady (PA) Heck (WA) Pascrell may have 5 legislative days to revise AYES—265 Braley (IA) Higgins Pastor (AZ) and extend their remarks and to in- Brown (FL) Himes Aderholt DeSantis Jordan Payne clude extraneous material on H.R. 3301. Capps Hinojosa Amash DesJarlais Joyce Pelosi The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Capuano Holt Amodei Diaz-Balart Kelly (PA) Perlmutter Carney Honda YODER). Is there objection to the re- Bachmann Duckworth Kind Peters (CA) Carson (IN) Horsford quest of the gentleman from Ken- Bachus Duffy King (IA) Pingree (ME) Cartwright Hoyer Barletta Duncan (SC) King (NY) Pocan tucky? Castor (FL) Huffman Barr Duncan (TN) Kinzinger (IL) Price (NC) There was no objection. Castro (TX) Israel Barrow (GA) Ellmers Kirkpatrick Richmond Chu Jackson Lee The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Barton Enyart Kline Roybal-Allard Cicilline Jeffries ant to House Resolution 636 and rule Benishek Farenthold Kuster Ryan (OH) Clark (MA) Johnson (GA) Bentivolio Fincher Labrador Sa´ nchez, Linda XVIII, the Chair declares the House in Clarke (NY) Johnson, E. B. Bera (CA) Fleischmann LaMalfa T. the Committee of the Whole House on Clay Jones Bilirakis Fleming Lamborn Sanchez, Loretta Cleaver Kaptur the state of the Union for the consider- Bishop (GA) Flores Lance Clyburn Keating Sarbanes ation of the bill, H.R. 3301. Bishop (UT) Forbes Larsen (WA) Cohen Kelly (IL) Schakowsky Black Fortenberry Latham The Chair appoints the gentlewoman Connolly Kennedy Schiff Blackburn Foxx Latta from Tennessee (Mrs. BLACK) to preside Conyers Kildee Schwartz Boustany Franks (AZ) Lipinski Courtney Kilmer Scott (VA) over the Committee of the Whole. Brady (TX) Frelinghuysen LoBiondo Cummings Langevin Sewell (AL) Bridenstine Gallego Loebsack b 1443 Davis (CA) Larson (CT) Shea-Porter Brooks (AL) Garamendi Long Davis, Danny Lee (CA) Sherman IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Brooks (IN) Garcia Lucas DeFazio Levin Sires Broun (GA) Gardner Luetkemeyer Accordingly, the House resolved DeGette Lewis Slaughter Brownley (CA) Garrett Lummis DeLauro Lofgren Speier itself into the Committee of the Whole Buchanan Gerlach Maffei Deutch Lowenthal Swalwell (CA) House on the state of the Union for the Bucshon Gibbs Maloney, Sean Dingell Lowey Takano Burgess Gibson Marchant consideration of the bill (H.R. 3301) to Doggett Lujan Grisham Thompson (CA) Bustos Gingrey (GA) Marino require approval for the construction, Doyle (NM) Thompson (MS) Butterfield Gohmert Massie Edwards Luja´ n, Ben Ray Tierney connection, operation, or maintenance Byrne Goodlatte Matheson Ellison (NM) Titus of oil or natural gas pipelines or elec- Calvert Gosar McAllister Engel Lynch Tonko Camp Gowdy McCarthy (CA) tric transmission facilities at the na- Eshoo Maloney, Tsongas Capito Granger McCaul Esty Carolyn Van Hollen tional boundary of the United States Ca´ rdenas Graves (GA) McClintock Farr Matsui Visclosky for the import or export of oil, natural Carter Graves (MO) McHenry Fattah McCollum Wasserman Cassidy Griffin (AR) McIntyre gas, or electricity to or from Canada or Foster McDermott Schultz Chabot Griffith (VA) McKeon Mexico, and for other purposes, with Frankel (FL) McGovern Waters Chaffetz Grimm McKinley Fudge McNerney Waxman Mrs. BLACK in the chair. Coble Guthrie McMorris Gabbard Michaud Welch The Clerk read the title of the bill. Coffman Hall Rodgers Grayson Miller, George Wilson (FL) Cole Harper Meadows The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the Green, Al Moore Yarmuth Collins (GA) Harris Meehan bill is considered read the first time. Collins (NY) Hartzler Meng NOT VOTING—22 The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Conaway Hastings (WA) Messer WHITFIELD) and the gentleman from Cook Heck (NV) Mica Barber McCarthy (NY) Rush Cooper Hensarling Miller (FL) Campbell Meeks Serrano California (Mr. WAXMAN) each will con- Costa Herrera Beutler Miller (MI) Cantor Miller, Gary Smith (WA) trol 30 minutes. Cotton Holding Mulvaney Crowley Mullin Terry The Chair recognizes the gentleman Cramer Hudson Murphy (FL) Fitzpatrick Nunnelee Vela´ zquez Hanna Polis from Kentucky. Crawford Huelskamp Murphy (PA) Williams Mr. WHITFIELD. Madam Chair, I Crenshaw Huizenga (MI) Negrete McLeod Kingston Pompeo Cuellar Hultgren Neugebauer Lankford Rangel yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Culberson Hunter Noem Michigan (Mr. UPTON), chairman of the Daines Hurt Nolan full Energy and Commerce Committee. Davis, Rodney Issa Nugent b 1440 Delaney Jenkins Nunes So the bill was passed. b 1445 DelBene Johnson (OH) Olson Denham Johnson, Sam Owens The result of the vote was announced Mr. UPTON. Madam Chair, it is a Dent Jolly Palazzo as above recorded. new era for North American energy,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:54 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN7.019 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5666 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 and it is time for the continent’s infra- ago, signed by President Obama, but Record during consideration of this measure structure to finally catch up. That is these cross-border projects would no on the House floor. why I wrote H.R. 3301, the North Amer- longer face additional red tape and Thank you again for your assistance with ican Energy Infrastructure Act, with open-ended delays simply because they this matter. Sincerely, ENE REEN my friend and colleague G G would cross a national border, which is FRED UPTON, from Texas. With lessons learned from what this bill does. Chairman. the Keystone XL pipeline debacle, we This commonsense bill enjoys bipar- are creating a fair and transparent ap- tisan support, especially from border HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COM- proval process for cross-border energy State Members who know full well the MITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND projects, putting them all on a level economic benefits to the U.S. of such INFRASTRUCTURE, playing field, finally, for the benefit of projects. I urge all of us here this after- Washington, DC, June 19, 2014. North American energy security, lower noon to join us in supporting the North Hon. FRED UPTON, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce, energy prices, and, yes, plenty of jobs. American Energy Infrastructure Act. We need to stand together and say Washington, DC. North America’s growing energy DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I write concerning abundance has truly been a global ‘‘yes’’ to American jobs and ‘‘yes’’ to H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infra- game changer. Our continent, indeed, energy. structure Act, as ordered reported by the has the potential to become the world’s Madam Chair, I submit for the Committee on Energy and Commerce on May leading energy-producing region, and RECORD a series of letters between me 8, 2014. As you are aware, the bill was pri- the economic and geopolitical benefits and the chairmen of the Natural Re- marily referred to the Committee on Energy are almost too good to believe. How- sources Committee and of the Trans- and Commerce, while the Committee on ever, outdated or unnecessary Federal portation and Infrastructure Com- Transportation and Infrastructure received mittee. an additional referral. regs are standing in the way of this po- In order to expedite the House’s consider- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, tential, including red tape surrounding ation of H.R. 3301, the Committee on Trans- energy infrastructure projects that COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES, Washington, DC, June 19, 2014. portation and Infrastructure will forgo ac- tion on this bill. However, this is conditional cross the Canadian or the Mexican bor- Hon. FRED UPTON, der. These job-creating projects are a Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce, on our mutual understanding that forgoing critical part of the architecture of Washington, DC. consideration of the bill does not prejudice abundance, and, yes, they can provide a DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Thank you for the op- the Committee with respect to the appoint- cheaper and more secure energy sup- portunity to review the relevant provisions ment of conferees or to any future jurisdic- of the text of H.R. 3301, the North American tional claim over the subject matters con- ply. Simply put, we cannot become an tained in the bill or similar legislation that energy superpower without upgrading Energy Infrastructure Act. As you are aware, the bill was primarily referred to the Com- fall within the Committee’s Rule X jurisdic- the energy infrastructure linking us mittee on Energy and Commerce, while the tion. I request you urge the Speaker to name with our neighbors. Committee on Natural Resources received an members of the Committee to any con- We all know about the Keystone additional referral. ference committee named to consider such XL—the oil pipeline that would bring I recognize and appreciate your desire to provisions. enough Canadian oil into the U.S. to bring this legislation before the House in an I would appreciate your response to this displace OPEC imports while sup- expeditious manner, and, accordingly, I letter, confirming this understanding, and would request that you insert our exchange porting up to 42,000 jobs, according to agree to discharge H.R. 3301 from further consideration by the Committee on Natural of letters on this matter into the Congres- the Obama administration’s own esti- Resources. I do so with the understanding sional Record during any consideration of mates. Many of us also know that the that by discharging the bill, the Committee this bill on the House floor. project has been extensively studied on Natural Resources does not waive any fu- Sincerely, and has been found to be environ- ture jurisdictional claim on this or similar BILL SHUSTER, mentally safe. Nonetheless, for nearly 6 matters. Further, the Committee on Natural Chairman. years, this administration has come up Resources reserves the right to seek the ap- with one excuse after another for de- pointment of conferees, if it should become HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, necessary. COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, laying its decision on the project. I ask that you insert a copy of our ex- Washington, DC, June 20, 2014. Keystone XL has yet to deliver any change of letters into the Congressional Hon. BILL SHUSTER, oil, but it has already delivered a mes- Record during consideration of this measure Chairman, Committee on Transportation and sage—that our process for approving on the House floor. Infrastructure, Washington, DC. such projects is, yes, badly broken. Yet Thank you for your courtesy in this mat- DEAR CHAIRMAN SHUSTER, Thank you for the White House is threatening to veto ter and I look forward to continued coopera- your letter regarding H.R. 3301, the ‘‘North the bill, claiming the bill would ‘‘cir- tion between our respective committees. American Energy Infrastructure Act.’’ As cumvent longstanding and proven proc- Sincerely, you noted, H.R. 3301 was referred to both the DOC HASTINGS, esses.’’ While H.R. 3301 does not address Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Chairman. Committee on Transportation and Infra- Keystone XL’s permit—that is right; it structure. does not address it—this House has al- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, I appreciate your willingness to forgo ac- ready passed legislation that does ex- COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, tion on H.R. 3301 in order to expedite the actly that. This bill would ensure that Washington, DC, June 20, 2014. House’s consideration of the bill. important projects would not be stuck Hon. DOC HASTINGS, I agree that forgoing consideration of H.R. in limbo once they were fully vetted. It Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources, 3301 does not prejudice the Committee on Washington, DC. Transportation and Infrastructure with re- would update and modernize the proc- DEAR CHAIRMAN HASTINGS, Thank you for ess for future cross-border energy in- spect to the appointment of conferees or to your letter regarding H.R. 3301, the ‘‘North any future jurisdictional claim over the sub- frastructure projects, eliminating the American Energy Infrastructure Act.’’ As ject matters contained in the bill or similar opportunities for delay and putting in you noted, H.R. 3301 was referred to both the legislation that fall within the Committee’s place the same standards of review for Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Rule X jurisdiction. Further, I will encour- oil pipelines, electrical transmission Committee on Natural Resources. age the Speaker to name members of the facilities, and natural gas lines. I appreciate your willingness to discharge Committee to any conference committee H.R. 3301 from further consideration by the I should also emphasize that the named to consider such provisions. Committee on Natural Resources so that it Finally, I would be pleased to insert a copy pipeline and transmission line projects may proceed expeditiously to the House floor impacted by this bill would still be sub- of our exchange on this matter into the Con- for consideration. gressional Record during consideration of I agree that by discharging the bill, the jected to the same environmental and this bill on the House floor. safety reviews as would a comparable Committee on Natural Resources does not Thank you again for your assistance with project that stayed within the United waive any future jurisdictional claim on this this matter. States. Those safety measures have or similar matters. Further, I agree that the Sincerely, Committee on Natural Resources preserves been an important priority for our FRED UPTON, its right to seek the appointment of con- Chairman. committee and for the Congress, in- ferees, if it should become necessary. cluding through the tough new pipeline Finally, I would be pleased to insert a copy Mr. WAXMAN. Madam Chair, I yield safety measure that we enacted 2 years of our exchange into the Congressional myself such time as I may consume.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:54 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.050 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5667 Climate change is the biggest energy Canada and Mexico with absolutely no Act, which stated that no Presidential challenge we face, so before approving controls or conditions. That is why do- permit shall be required for the Key- a multibillion-dollar energy infrastruc- mestic manufacturers like Dow, Alcoa, stone XL pipeline. ture project that will last for decades, and Nucor have criticized this bill. We are doing this because we under- we need to evaluate its climate im- The administration strongly opposes stand that, if we are energy inde- pacts. That is the standard the Presi- H.R. 3301, citing the unreasonable 120- pendent, we are more secure. This is an dent rightly set last June, but this test day deadline imposed by the bill, which issue of national security, and we are is a significant obstacle for tar sands would curtail the thorough consider- going to take as many whacks at try- pipelines because they would carry the ation of issues involved with these ing to get this passed as it takes. The dirtiest fuel on the planet. Over the projects, noting that the bill’s provi- legislation we are considering today is last few years, House Republicans have sions on natural gas exports would almost 5 years in the making, and I am repeatedly tried to short-circuit the raise serious trade implications. The happy to join with Chairman UPTON in process and mandate the approval of Statement of Administration Policy supporting this bill that comes from the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. says that, if H.R. 3301 is presented to our committee with bipartisan support. The bill we are considering today goes the President, his senior advisers As our energy future and security go, even further. It creates a new process would recommend that he veto the bill. so go our economy and our Nation. The to rubberstamp every pending and fu- Faced with the threat of dangerous President has failed in his leadership. ture tar sands pipeline. climate change, we have a responsi- He has hurt job creation, hurt our The bill makes an end run around the bility to think through the impacts of economy, has made us more dependent National Environmental Policy Act. proposed cross-border energy infra- on OPEC and Venezuela, and has di- Under this bill, instead of conducting structure projects. If Congress is going minished our standing with our Na- an environmental review of a whole to establish a new permitting rule or tion’s number one trading partner. His pipeline that crosses the border with rules through legislation, it should do failure to lead on this issue shows that Canada or Mexico, the NEPA review, so in a thoughtful and balanced way. his process is clearly broken. which is the environmental review, Instead, this bill creates a process that Today, we consider a different proc- would be limited to just the small seg- rubberstamps projects and eliminates ess, and if signed into law, the Depart- ment of pipeline crossing the border. meaningful environmental review and ment of Commerce would be in charge That eliminates any meaningful Fed- public participation. This will undoubt- of permitting oil pipelines that cross eral review of the environmental im- edly benefit TransCanada and other our border, which would be based on pacts of oil pipelines. multinational oil companies. It will the same standard of whether it is in For example, under this bill, the en- undoubtedly help them, but it will our national interest. FERC would be vironmental review of the Keystone XL harm the American people, whom we in charge of permitting natural gas pipeline would only examine the envi- are here to represent. pipelines that cross our border. The De- ronmental impacts of that small piece I oppose the Keystone XL pipeline. partment of Energy would be in charge of pipeline that crosses the border with Even if you support the XL pipeline, of permitting electrical transmission Canada. The review could not look at this is a bad bill, and I would urge all lines that come over our border—again, the impacts on climate change of all of Members to vote against this legisla- under the same standard of: Is it in our the other tar sands oil moved through tion. national interest? Where I come from, the pipeline. It could not look at the I reserve the balance of my time. that is called common sense. We need impacts on the aquifers or landowners Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I to take the election politics out of this in Nebraska, for example, or at the would like to yield 3 minutes to the and go with the experts, who will de- public safety or oil spill concerns here gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. TERRY), termine whether or not, based on the in the United States. That dramati- who is a member of the Energy and facts, it is in the national interest. cally narrowed scope of review is just Commerce Committee. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. STEWART). another way to gut the Federal envi- Mr. TERRY. Mr. Chairman, today The time of the gentleman has expired. ronmental review of tar sands pipe- marks the 2,104th day since the origi- Mr. WHITFIELD. I yield the gen- lines. nal Keystone XL pipeline application tleman an additional 1 minute. The bill doesn’t stop there. It also was filed at the U.S. State Department, Mr. TERRY. I appreciate all of that. Mr. Chairman, by the way, I would creates a rebuttable presumption that as required by law. For 5 years, this ad- disagree with the last speaker on the Keystone XL and other tar sands ministration has either just been com- whether or not there would be no envi- pipelines are in the public interest, pletely incompetent or has, for polit- ronmental oversight. The State De- which tips the scale in favor of their ical purposes, decided to placate its partment has over 10,000 pages of envi- approval. That is a subtle but signifi- radical environmental political base— ronmental studies that were done. cant change that makes it much more the very same folks who said that they likely that these projects will go for- would boycott the election if he signed b 1500 ward; and if the President rejects the this permit. Even under this process, where you Keystone XL or another pipeline be- Regardless, this administration’s let the experts in the respective areas cause it is not in the national interest, failure to make a decision on a single do their job, if there is a Federal trig- which is a requirement in the law project in over 2,100 days should leave ger in here, all of that has to occur, today, the bill would allow the rejected every one of our constituents shaking just like with any other project. project to rise from the grave and re- his head. I have led on this issue, and Now, we also heard that there would apply under the new, much weaker we have given this President numerous be this tremendous amount of natural process. That is why I call this bill the opportunities to get this process right, gas exporting without permitting. ‘‘zombie pipeline’’ bill. which he has not done to date. What was left out of that sentence is In the northeastern part of the I introduced the first bill in May of that, for there to be an export facility, United States, another controversial 2011 to turn on the shock clock for the it has to be permitted, and all of the pipeline project would carry tar sands President’s decision. The bill passed, environmental studies and all of the oil from Canada through New Hamp- and it was even signed into law, but, other studies that are required will be shire and Vermont to Portland, Maine, later, he went ahead and killed the per- done on behalf of the export facility. where it would be loaded onto tankers. mit instead of following through. Later So I think we need to put those in That project wouldn’t require any ap- that year, on December 1, we intro- context because you just can’t have proval at all under this bill’s new per- duced a second bill to move the deci- half the facts laying out there. You mitting process because the bill ex- sion from the State Department to need all the facts to make the decision. empts major expansions of existing FERC. In June 2012, we introduced an- Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, at this pipelines and reversals of pipeline flows other bill, declaring no Presidential time, I am pleased to yield 5 minutes from even that minimal process. The permit is needed for a border crossing. to the gentlewoman from the State of bill would also allow for unlimited ex- Then last year, in March, I introduced Illinois (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY), a very im- ports of liquified natural gas through H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval portant member of our committee.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:54 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.051 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5668 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. I thank the gen- project. It is almost hard to believe innovation at its best, it is also a tleman for yielding. that that is what the bill does, but it is source of unnecessary frustration. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to true. President Obama likes to take credit H.R. 3301. For a pipeline spanning hundreds of for this growth, but growth in the en- My Republican colleagues argue that miles, the environmental review will ergy industry has occurred, despite his we need more bills like H.R. 3301 to focus on only a tiny part that crosses best efforts to lock up access and regu- transport oil and gas as quickly as pos- the U.S. border. That eliminates the late producers out of business. sible, but building a modern energy in- possibility of any meaningful examina- Recent studies have made clear that frastructure for the 21st century re- tion of the carbon pollution impacts of virtually all the increases in produc- quires more than just drilling more these pipelines. That is irresponsible. tion have occurred on State and pri- wells, laying more pipelines, filling We know, from our examination of vately-owned lands, while overall pro- more rail cars with crude oil, and put- the Keystone XL pipeline, that it will duction on Federal lands has decreased. ting more tanker trucks on our high- facilitate the production of tar sands Beyond limiting access to domestic ways. crude which is, on average, 17 percent resources, the Obama administration A modern 21st century infrastructure more greenhouse gas intensive than has also been creating unnecessary ob- must address the threat of climate the average crude refined in the United stacles for developing much-needed en- change, the biggest energy challenge States. We should be examining the ergy infrastructure. we face as a country. carbon impact of every pipeline before As previous speakers have already Republicans can deny it all they we approve it, not ignoring the prob- stated, we are aware of the unneces- want, but we can’t have a meaningful lem altogether. sary delays that the President has conversation about America’s energy That brings us back to Keystone XL. placed on the Keystone XL pipeline, infrastructure without also having a This bill gives TransCanada virtual as- the 830,000 barrels of oil it would bring conversation about climate. surance that Keystone XL will be ap- into the United States each day, and We have a rapidly diminishing win- proved. Even if President Obama finds the over 40,000 jobs it would create. dow to act to reduce our carbon pollu- that the Keystone XL pipeline is not in We can’t afford to have more pipe- tion before the catastrophic impacts of the national interest and denies the na- lines delayed that would help Amer- ica’s energy security. This is why the climate change are irreversible. In tional permit, this bill allows Trans- North American Energy Infrastructure fact, we are seeing, today, the dev- Canada to simply reapply and approve Act is an important and necessary astating consequences in many parts of it under the new rubberstamp process, piece of legislation. our country. with no consideration of the profound I thank Chairman UPTON for his lead- The International Energy Agency has environmental climate. ership on the issue. This bill embodies concluded that, if the world does not I want to remind my colleagues that the type of good governance hard- take action to reduce carbon pollution this debate and this vote are part of working American taxpayers deserve, before 2017, then dangerous levels of the permanent record. Don’t betray and I urge my colleagues’ support. carbon emissions will be locked in by your grandchildren and their grand- Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield the energy infrastructure existing at children by condemning them to a 5 minutes to my colleague from Cali- that time. planet where it is hard to breathe and fornia (Mrs. CAPPS), who is a senior The energy infrastructure decisions agriculture is affected. member of our committee and a very that we make today will have a real The future will belong to the country respected Member as well. impact on whether we can mitigate cli- that builds an energy infrastructure to Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Chairman, I thank mate change in the future or lock in support a cleaner, low-carbon economy. my colleague—my respected col- carbon pollution for generations to It is our responsibility to lead the league—Mr. WAXMAN for yielding time. come. country and even the world in that di- Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposi- My Republican colleagues don’t like rection. tion to H.R. 3301. H.R. 3301 would elimi- to hear this message, and that is re- This bill takes us backwards. I urge nate meaningful review of the environ- flected in the bill we are discussing my colleagues to oppose H.R. 3301. mental impacts of proposed cross-bor- today. If enacted into law, H.R. 3301 Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, at der energy projects. would move us backward in our fight this time, I yield 3 minutes to the gen- The bill dramatically narrows the to address climate change. It essen- tleman from Ohio (Mr. LATTA), a mem- scope of environmental review to only tially pretends that climate change ber of the Energy and Commerce Com- the cross-border segment of the energy doesn’t exist. mittee. project, that tiny portion that actually H.R. 3301 would rubberstamp permits Mr. LATTA. Mr. Chairman, I thank physically crosses the national bound- for pipelines to carry tar sands crude the subcommittee chairman, the gen- ary. Now, this makes no sense. from Canada into the United States. tleman from Kentucky, for yielding. I These pipelines, these transmission Tar sands crude is the dirtiest fuel on appreciate it. lines, they are major infrastructure the planet, from a climate perspective, Mr. Chairman, American innovation projects. They can span hundreds of but this bill creates a permitting proc- in advanced drilling technologies has miles. They cross through private prop- ess for cross-border pipelines that unleashed an abundance of domestic erty, water bodies, farms, and many makes it difficult, if not impossible, for energy resources. For the 60,000 manu- other sensitive areas, and they carry the Federal Government to say no. facturing jobs I represent, the U.S. en- substances that can catch fire or spill The bill even allows the oil industry ergy renaissance has increased our and pollute the environment. to make major modifications to its global competitiveness, resulting in ex- To understand the potential environ- pipelines without getting any approval panded operations and new jobs. mental impact of such an energy at all. That means, if a company wants Ramped-up domestic energy produc- project, we need to look at the project to increase its pipeline capacity or re- tion has also helped absorb recent as a whole. Ignoring the potential envi- verse an existing pipeline to carry crude oil price volatility amid the tur- ronmental or safety risks for every more tar sands crude from Canada into moil in the Middle East. When it comes part of the project, except that tiny the United States, the company can to natural gas, we now have more than sliver of land at the national boundary, just do it, no questions asked. enough that surplus can be exported to this defies common sense. Building new tar sands pipelines or other countries, without impacting the Imagine going to the doctor if you expanding existing ones could have a affordability of our domestic supply. are feeling sick and the doctor gives profound environmental impact, but For our allies looking to diversify you a clean bill of health, but he has the bill allows for no meaningful envi- their energy supply, especially in the only looked at your elbow. ronmental review. European markets, American natural That is exactly what this bill does. It For a cross-border pipeline, the bill gas can provide secure access, while green-lights these projects without any says the Federal Government can only bolstering our geopolitical standing. meaningful environmental review, and examine the environmental impact of While the energy industry has been a no meaningful review means no oppor- the cross-border segment of the story of positive growth and American tunity to mitigate potential harm to

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The public, Thirteen environmental groups, in- One thing this will do is this will State and local governments, nonfossil cluding the Natural Resources Defense really—the opposition of the President fuel business interests, and others Council and the Sierra Club, sent a let- and the other side, it will do wonders should be able to offer their views on a ter emphasizing—and I quote from for China’s economy. proposed project. This bill virtually their letter: ‘‘This legislation could se- Canada has just announced they are cuts them out of that effort. You do verely limit environmental review and going to build a pipeline to their west not gain public support for infrastruc- public input to a narrow cross-border coast to send these oil sands to China, ture projects by cutting the public out segment of projects, thereby pre- creating Chinese jobs, but also Chinese of the decisionmaking. cluding review of the full project’s im- pollution that, once it is into the at- H.R. 3301 does not provide for suffi- pacts.’’ mosphere, will blow over onto the cient public input or sufficient weigh- Then National Wildlife Federation United States. Talk about a fruitless ing of overall national benefits and says—and I quote from their state- policy of delay. costs of these projects. Supporters of ment—that this bill ‘‘takes a hatchet Now, let me just finish by saying H.R. 3301 claim that this bill is not to the National Environmental Policy there is one more aspect of this. It about the Keystone XL pipeline. Act.’’ helps create North American security. Well, H.R. 3301 is not a Keystone XL The League of Conservation Voters No longer are we buying oil from coun- approval bill, per se, but that project warns that this dangerous bill would tries which hate us, financing their ef- would certainly be resurrected and ap- gut the review process and effectively forts to undermine our society; rather, proved if this bill were to become law. exempt the projects from the National we keep that money with our closest This bill should not become law. It Environmental Policy Act. ally who, in turn, buys goods for us. does not provide the type of thought- We should approve this bill and this These environmental projects—these ful, comprehensive, and certainly in- project in particular. We should build energy infrastructure projects will last clusive process that should guide deci- it for Americans. It is better for the en- for decades. We need to understand the sions that impact energy resources for vironment. It is better for our econ- impacts of these projects before they many decades to come. I urge defeat of omy. Most of all, it is better for our are constructed, so that we can protect this legislation. workers. public health and safety and the envi- Mr. WHITFIELD. May I inquire how ronment. Ignoring the impacts will not b 1515 much time remains? make them disappear. Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, at this The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman H.R. 3301 defies common sense, and I time I yield 4 minutes to the gen- from Kentucky has 171⁄2 minutes re- urge my colleagues to oppose this bill. tleman from the State of New York maining, and the gentleman from Cali- 1 Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I (Mr. TONKO), our colleague who is an fornia has 13 ⁄2 minutes remaining. yield 3 minutes to the distinguished active leader in energy policy. Mr. WHITFIELD. At this time, I gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. CAS- Mr. TONKO. I appreciate the gen- yield myself such time as I may con- SIDY), a member of the Energy and tleman from California, our distin- sume. Commerce Committee. guished ranker on the committee and Mr. Chairman, first of all, I would Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. Chairman, this former chair, for yielding. like to point out that H.R. 3301 really, act is important. It is important for Mr. Chairman, it is unfortunate that in a way, corrects the inequity. Today, Americans. the energy bills before us this week do natural gas pipelines are treated one Now, first, just to allay some fears, not lay out a roadmap for where we way if they cross international bound- actually, this does not eliminate the truly need to go; that is, to a future in aries, and oil pipelines and trans- need for Federal permitting for the en- which we have reduced our reliance on mission lines are treated in a different tire process, but what it does is elimi- fossil fuels, greatly increased our focus way. nate the President’s ability to sit on a on energy efficiency, and expanded our For example, a natural gas pipeline project, not allowing it to go forward, use of renewable energy. crossing into Canada would not require abusing the trust of the American peo- H.R. 3301 and H.R. 6 are all about a Presidential permit, but oil pipelines ple, that he is actually working in keeping us dependent upon fossil fuels, and transmission lines crossing inter- their interest, as opposed to pursuing especially oil and gas. H.R. 3301 estab- national boundaries do require a Presi- his own narrow agenda. lishes a new process for considering dential permit. And I might add that Now, let’s make this very clear: the and approving cross-border energy Congress never passed legislation re- fact that the President is just review- projects—pipelines and certainly trans- quiring a Presidential permit. That ing this is beyond credibility, but what mission lines. In fact, it would be good was a power that a President, by execu- it does do—his kind of interminable to have a defined and predictable proc- tive order, took even before President delays eliminates 20,000 to 40,000 jobs ess for evaluating these projects and ei- Obama did it. just on the one project, Keystone XL ther approving or rejecting them with- But here is the key factor. This law, pipeline—which the other side is speak- in a reasonable timeframe. H.R. 3301, would treat all pipelines the ing so much of—and 100,000 indirect Unfortunately, this bill is all about same, whether it is natural gas, wheth- jobs. approving these projects quickly, with er it is oil, or whether it is a trans- By the way, when we buy products minimal consideration of their value to mission line. from Canada, 80 percent of the dollars all sectors of our economy, the value to Now, I know that arguments are that we spend there stay on the North our consumers, and certainly the value being made here primarily based on American continent, improving the to our environment. Keystone, and a lot of arguments are economy, not just in Canada, but also The advocates for this bill and this being made about climate change. in the United States. infrastructure approval process sound I would say to all of the American If we buy oil from overseas—say the as if we have never approved cross-bor- people that we have people coming into Middle East—only about 40 percent of der projects. But, in fact, we have Congress on a regular basis from devel- those dollars return. This is beyond the many cross-border pipelines and trans- oping countries of the world who say impact of building pipelines them- mission lines. This infrastructure, once that climate change is not their num- selves, but also a global economy. in place, operates for decades. And all ber one concern. They are more con- Now, the State Department—this ad- projects are not all equal in their im- cerned about food. They are more con- ministration’s State Department has pacts and are certainly not all equal in cerned about sanitary living condi- said that this project, Keystone XL their size. tions. They are more concerned about

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:54 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.053 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5670 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 clean water. They are more concerned said that it would be of negligible envi- Congress has not acted on legislative about jobs and the ability to provide ronmental impact to approve the Key- cross-border infrastructure since 1850. I income for their families. And, as a stone pipeline. But all H.R. 3301 does is think it is time to change that. matter of fact, polls in America have it says, we are going to treat oil pipe- The Presidential permit process that shown that climate change is way lines and transmission lines that cross my colleague is defending so vigor- down the list of primary concerns of international boundaries with Canada ously is an executive order process that people. or Mexico exactly the way natural gas could be changed depending on who is Now, I know that for Tom Steyer— pipelines are treated today. in the White House. My colleague may who I understand is at the White House So it is not anything extraordinary. support the process now but may op- today—it is his number one issue. And It is not anything radical. It is the way pose the process later. he has said that he is going to spend natural gas pipelines are created today. H.R. 3301 gives statutory certainty to $100 million against Republican can- And we believe that is the way to go, build transmission lines, oil pipelines, didates or any candidate that does not and that is what H.R. 3301 is all about. or natural gas pipelines with our two recognize climate change as one of the With that, I reserve the balance of free trade neighbors, Canada and Mex- most important issues facing mankind. my time. ico. H.R. 3301 eliminates uncertainty So I simply wanted to make that Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I lis- that has crippled infrastructure devel- comment. Sure, climate change is im- tened carefully to the comments of the opment. portant. And I might add that emis- gentleman from Kentucky, and I These pipelines are not paid for by sions from energy-produced causes in couldn’t really follow a lot of it. tax money. They are paid for by inves- America today are the lowest that they After all, if the price of natural gas tors. have been in 20 years. So America does goes up, that would perhaps help the H.R. 3301 does not eliminate or limit not have to take a back seat to anyone coal industry because the coal industry environmental reviews of cross-border on addressing emissions from green- is not able to compete economically infrastructure. In fact, the bill cements house gases. when the price of natural gas is low be- environmental reviews by putting it And I will tell you that we are the cause if you are building a utility, you into law. The bill does not eliminate only country in the world where, if might as well buy natural gas because the public interests or deem applica- natural gas prices go up, we won’t even it is cheaper. Of course the coal people tions approved. The bill guarantees the be able to build a new coal plant in say, it is the government that is doing public interest must be met but in a America because the technology is not it. But it is the marketplace that is timely fashion. Finally, the bill does not apply to the commercially available at a cost that doing it. And the other comment that I found current project applications, like Key- any utility could afford. stone XL. This bill doesn’t go into ef- So even in Europe, natural gas prices peculiar was, we don’t need to have the fect if it is passed by the Senate until went up. They mothballed natural gas National Environmental Policy Act 2016. Keystone may or may not have plants. And last year in Europe, they evaluation because we have got the En- their project approval or their plan ap- imported 53 percent of all our coal ex- dangered Species Act evaluation. Well, the Endangered Species Act is proval by then, but they would have to ports. looking at endangered species. But get back in line with everyone else But yet this President, in the White what about the rest of the environ- after this bill goes into effect. We have House today, has such extreme views mental review that would be elimi- safeguarded against this by that if our gas prices go up, we don’t nated if this bill were adopted, espe- grandfathering current applications have the option in an affordable way to cially when we are talking about the and delaying the effective date until build a new coal plant to help us meet impact on climate change and all of mid-2016. our base loads. And if we are going to the other environmental consider- There are more than 60 cross-border have an economy that is not sluggish— ations? projects that have been built over the the way it has been consistently under So I must say that, while I came here last few decades. But today, there are President Obama—we have to have af- with a clear view, I am reaffirmed in more than 10 applications at the State fordable, abundant, and reliable en- my view. The gentleman from Ken- Department awaiting action because ergy. And that is what this bill is tucky did not even come close to per- political decisions have been bogged about. suading me. down in the process. Now people are saying, if you pass At this time, I yield 4 minutes to the Cross-border infrastructure is impor- H.R. 3301, you are exempting oil and gentleman from the State of Texas tant in the public interest. The State transmission lines from a NEPA re- (Mr. GENE GREEN). Department has stated: ‘‘Additional view. But I want you to know, there Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. I thank pipeline capacity will advance the stra- are 33 other environmental laws—like the ranking member of the committee tegic interests of the United States, the Endangered Species Act, Clean for yielding. Maybe in my 4 minutes, I send positive economic signals, and Water, Rivers and Harbors, National can convince him. provide construction jobs for workers Historic Preservation, Clean Air Act— Mr. Chairman, I rise today as a proud in the U.S.’’ that would trigger. If Federal action is cosponsor and in support of H.R. 3301, We can build cross-border infrastruc- triggered, then it would be triggered the North American Energy Infrastruc- ture while protecting the environment. even under H.R. 3301. That is, unless, of ture Act. Federal agencies are required to con- course, it is the Migratory Bird Treaty Passing H.R. 3301 will help create the sider the environmental impacts of the Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle North American energy market. It will actual infrastructure. Federal, State, Protection Act, which this administra- help make us energy-independent for and local agencies approve domestic tion has granted windmills an exemp- North America, between our two free projects every single day. All the oppo- tions from. So you can kill all the mi- trading partners, Mexico and Canada. nents of H.R. 3301 want to talk about is gratory birds you want and bald eagles. But I also need to correct the record. Keystone XL and the environmental If you are a windmill company, you There is a lot of misinformation about review. won’t be prosecuted, but if you are an this legislation, and I hope to make a We have solved both of these issues, individual timber owner in North Caro- few things clear. advanced the public interest of the lina, you will be find $100,000 and con- Commerce decisions are the responsi- United States, secured our domestic victed of a felony. bility of Congress. Today we can have energy needs for decades to come, so- So in conclusion of my remarks at 1,000 tank-car trains with crude oil lidified our relationships with our two this point, I would simply say that the come from Canada without a permit, closest partners, Canada and Mexico; bill is not designed to expedite the but to build a pipeline, it has been de- and made North America a new global Keystone pipeline, because it can’t be layed for years because it couldn’t get powerhouse in the energy sector. approved under H.R. 3301. It is under a Presidential permit. We can bring the H.R. 3301 is not about the past. H.R. the Presidential permit process. But same substance from Canada in train 3301 is about securing the economic, se- the Presidential permit process is arbi- cars, but we can’t put it on a safer curity, and environmental needs of the trary. Even the State Department has mode of pipelines. future.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:54 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.054 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5671 Mr. WHITFIELD. I reserve the bal- increasingly vital partners as the rest Because when you talk about cre- ance of my time. of the world goes into the global econ- ating jobs and stimulating the econ- Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, at this omy. We need not constantly rely on omy, you have to have low-cost, afford- time, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman oil from unstable parts of the world able, abundant, and reliable energy, or from the State of Utah (Mr. MATHE- when we can get it here at home and you cannot compete in the global mar- SON). get it safely—underscore safely—and ketplace. cleanly, and we can help our neighbors As I had said earlier, I just want to b 1530 get it safely and cleanly, too. reiterate, once again, that this bill Mr. MATHESON. I thank my ranking My hometown of Alpine is not lo- does nothing but make the decision member for yielding the time. cated near oil or gas fields, but it is on that we are going to treat oil pipelines, Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the the main line of a railroad, and in 2010, natural gas pipelines, and transmission North American Energy Infrastructure only 1 percent of U.S. oil production lines all the same. Act, and I want to thank Mr. GREEN, was moved by rail, and last year, it was Right now, a natural gas pipeline my colleague, and also Mr. UPTON who up to 10 percent, and I have personally that crosses an international boundary worked so much on this bill. seen several derailments. One year, does not require a Presidential permit, Our country is on the cusp of not many of us in town had soap for a year but an oil pipeline and a transmission only becoming the world’s leading en- as a result of a railroad derailment. line to bring electricity across the bor- ergy producer, but we are also close to I want my son to play in the Big der does require a Presidential permit. achieving North American energy inde- Bend and float the Devils River with As many speakers have said today, pendence with our allies to the north his kids, just as I did, and I also want that Presidential permit or authority and south: Canada and Mexico. With to be sure that, when he flips the was not granted by the Congress; it was this can come jobs and economic switch, the lights come on, or when he taken by executive orders. So all we growth, greater energy security, and and his kids cook or use their air con- are doing is saying that we are going to less uncertainty in our economy. ditioners or their heaters, the energy is treat all of them the same. However, unnecessarily complicated, there to do what they need. Now, some people are saying that: outdated, and political roadblocks are Again, I want to thank the ranking well, you are eliminating the need for currently in place that can encumber member for the use of the time and the NEPA, you are not allowing NEPA re- this progress. We should remember the Chair and the ranking member for view. current Presidential permitting proc- their work, and thank you for letting I had pointed out that there are 33 ess for cross-border energy infrastruc- me share my thoughts. environmental laws that all of these ture projects was developed through a Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I pipelines or transmission lines would series of ad hoc executive orders, which would like to make an inquiry on the be subject to, and any Federal action, has created a high level of uncertainty amount of time remaining on both like crossing a stream that would cre- for everyone involved. sides. ate a necessity for a Clean Water Act This bill would work to modernize The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman permit, could very well generate a need 1 and streamline the process, providing from Kentucky has 11 ⁄2 minutes re- for a NEPA review. Nothing in this bill would limit the producers and consumers with a great- maining. The gentleman from Cali- 1 application of NEPA to the rest of the er degree of clarity about the process. fornia has 5 ⁄2 minutes remaining. Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, we project. It would certainly apply to the This is a process that is in desperate don’t have any more speakers on our cross border, but it would not limit ap- need of reform, and I urge my col- side, so I will reserve the balance of my plication to the rest of the project. leagues to support the bill. time and let the gentleman from Cali- So if a project required a right-of- Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I fornia proceed. way across Federal lands, the NEPA re- continue to reserve the balance of my Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield view would be initiated. Nothing in the time. myself 2 minutes just to say that the bill would exempt the project from re- Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I am President has looked at this bill, and quiring applicable Clean Water Act pleased at this time to yield 2 minutes they just cited a number of concerns permits, clean air permits, endangered to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. about it, and they very seldom come in species permits, or any other Federal GALLEGO). with a Statement of Administration permit. Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Chairman, I Policy, but they did say on this bill So I would respectfully request the would like to thank the chairman and that they would be against it. Members to support this commonsense the ranking member for the time as They think that this bill raises seri- bill. It would bring certainty to enti- well. ous trade implications by eliminating ties that are trying to bring more en- I am not much for hyperbole or fin- the current statutory requirement that ergy to America by treating gas pipe- ger-pointing. I want to talk about what the Department of Energy authorize lines the same as oil pipelines, the it is that is important about this bill orders for the natural gas exports. I same as a transmission line. for me as the representative of much of don’t think this bill is going anywhere In concluding, I would just like to the Eagle Ford area in Texas and the because I think the Senate is unlikely say this: nothing in the bill creates a Permian Basin. It is not about Key- to take it up. Federal right of eminent domain or su- stone or even the President because it There are serious and urgent prob- persedes a State’s exercise of eminent doesn’t go into effect until 2016. lems facing this Nation: unemploy- domain authority. All my life, I grew up hearing about ment, the need for immigration re- In concluding, I would just like to the Arab oil wars, and I remember well form, climate change, gun violence in say that, while the gentleman from the Arab oil embargo as a kid growing our children’s schools, foreign policy California and I are on opposite sides of up in west Texas. I think we can do challenges; but, once again, House Re- this issue—and a lot of issues—he has something today that secures our en- publicans are ignoring the real issues. been a real leader in the U.S. Congress. ergy future for our kids and our Instead, they are wasting time on He announced earlier that he is not grandkids. We can do this carefully, counterproductive legislation that has going to be seeking reelection, but the making sure that we preserve the envi- no prospect of enactment. gentleman from California, HENRY ronment for future generations. Mr. Chairman, I believe we have bet- WAXMAN, has been a leader in the U.S. Sections 3 and 7 of the Natural Gas ter things to do. I would urge opposi- Congress and recognized so throughout Act, which apply to the construction of tion to the bill, and I yield back the the country. facilities, still apply here. These facili- balance of my time. Even though he is going to be with us ties are still subject to NEPA review. Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I for 6 or 7 more months until the end of They must still meet the same safety would say to the American people that, the year, I did want to acknowledge standards, which we all know are very certainly, energy is vitally important, that he is recognized as a congressional important. and that is why we have introduced leader, with great empathy and com- As Mr. MATHESON indicated, our this bill, and that is why we brought mitment to his views, although some- neighbors to the north and south are this bill to the floor. times we disagree with his views.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:54 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.055 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5672 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 With that, I urge the adoption of H.R. official finds that the construction, connection, mission’s powers under or relating to subsection 3301 and yield back the balance of my operation, or maintenance of the cross-border 202(e)’’. time. segment is not in the public interest of the (2) SEASONAL DIVERSITY ELECTRICITY EX- Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Chair, I rise today in United States. CHANGE.—Section 602(b) of the Public Utility (2) RELEVANT OFFICIAL.—The relevant official Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 824a– support of H.R. 3301, the North American En- referred to in paragraph (1) is— 4(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Commission ergy Infrastructure Act, of which I am a co- (A) the Secretary of State with respect to oil has conducted hearings and made the findings sponsor. This legislation will ensure that pipelines; and required under section 202(e) of the Federal transnational pipeline construction permits are (B) the Secretary of Energy with respect to Power Act’’ and all that follows through the pe- considered on their merits instead of politics. electric transmission facilities. riod at the end and inserting ‘‘the Secretary has Importantly, it is a substantive step towards (3) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR ELECTRIC conducted hearings and finds that the proposed more affordable energy prices. People are TRANSMISSION FACILITIES.—In the case of a re- transmission facilities would not impair the suf- hurting, Mr. Chair. According to the American quest for a certificate of crossing for the con- ficiency of electric supply within the United struction, connection, operation, or mainte- States or would not impede or tend to impede Automobile Association’s daily fuel guage re- nance of a cross-border segment of an electric the coordination in the public interest of facili- port, today’s average gas price in the Tampa transmission facility, the Secretary of Energy ties subject to the jurisdiction of the Sec- Bay market: $3.64, well up from $2.35 per gal- shall require, as a condition of issuing the cer- retary.’’. lon in 2009. Not only are gas prices up, but so tificate of crossing for the request under para- SEC. 6. NO PRESIDENTIAL PERMIT REQUIRED. too are the price of groceries and costs of graph (1), that the cross-border segment of the No Presidential permit (or similar permit) re- heating and cooling your home or apartment. electric transmission facility be constructed, quired under Executive Order 13337 (3 U.S.C. 301 Domestic energy production helps Americans connected, operated, or maintained consistent note), Executive Order 11423 (3 U.S.C. 301 note), with their everyday costs. This is the bottom with all applicable policies and standards of— section 301 of title 3, United States Code, Execu- (A) the Electric Reliability Organization and line. H.R. 3301 will aid in that effort. Support tive Order 12038, Executive Order 10485, or any the applicable regional entity; and other Executive Order shall be necessary for the this bill and help lower energy costs for all (B) any Regional Transmission Organization construction, connection, operation, or mainte- Americans. I yield back. or Independent System Operator with oper- nance of an oil or natural gas pipeline or elec- The Acting CHAIR. All time for gen- ational or functional control over the cross-bor- tric transmission facility, or any cross-border eral debate has expired. der segment of the electric transmission facility. segment thereof. Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be (c) EXCLUSIONS.—This section shall not apply SEC. 7. MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING PROJECTS. considered for amendment under the 5- to any construction, connection, operation, or No certificate of crossing under section 3, or minute rule. maintenance of a cross-border segment of an oil permit described in section 6, shall be required In lieu of the amendment in the na- pipeline or electric transmission facility for the for a modification to the construction, connec- import or export of oil or the transmission of ture of a substitute recommended by tion, operation, or maintenance of an oil or nat- electricity to or from Canada or Mexico— ural gas pipeline or electric transmission facil- the Committee on Energy and Com- (1) if the cross-border segment is operating for merce, printed in the bill, it shall be in ity— such import, export, or transmission as of the (1) that is operating for the import or export order to consider as an original bill for date of enactment of this Act; of oil or natural gas or the transmission of elec- the purpose of amendment under the 5- (2) if a permit described in section 6 for such tricity to or from Canada or Mexico as of the minute rule an amendment in the na- construction, connection, operation, or mainte- date of enactment of the Act; ture of a substitute consisting of the nance has been issued; (2) for which a permit described in section 6 text of Rules Committee Print 113–49. (3) if a certificate of crossing for such con- for such construction, connection, operation, or struction, connection, operation, or mainte- maintenance has been issued; or That amendment in the nature of a nance has previously been issued under this sec- substitute shall be considered as read. (3) for which a certificate of crossing for the tion; or cross-border segment of the pipeline or facility The text of the amendment in the na- (4) if an application for a permit described in has previously been issued under section 3. ture of a substitute is as follows: section 6 for such construction, connection, op- SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE; RULEMAKING DEAD- H.R. 3301 eration, or maintenance is pending on the date LINES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- of enactment of this Act, until the earlier of— (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Sections 3 through 7, resentatives of the United States of America in (A) the date on which such application is de- and the amendments made by such sections, Congress assembled, nied; or shall take effect on July 1, 2015. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (B) July 1, 2016. (b) RULEMAKING DEADLINES.—Each relevant This Act may be cited as the ‘‘North American (d) EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS.— official described in section 3(b)(2) shall— Energy Infrastructure Act’’. (1) APPLICATION TO PROJECTS.—Nothing in (1) not later than 180 days after the date of this section or section 7 shall affect the applica- enactment of this Act, publish in the Federal SEC. 2. FINDING. tion of any other Federal statute to a project for Congress finds that the United States should Register notice of a proposed rulemaking to which a certificate of crossing for the construc- carry out the applicable requirements of section establish a more uniform, transparent, and mod- tion, connection, operation, or maintenance of a ern process for the construction, connection, op- 3; and cross-border segment is sought under this sec- (2) not later than 1 year after the date of en- eration, and maintenance of oil and natural gas tion. pipelines and electric transmission facilities for actment of this Act, publish in the Federal Reg- (2) NATURAL GAS ACT.—Nothing in this section ister a final rule to carry out the applicable re- the import and export of oil and natural gas or section 7 shall affect the requirement to ob- and the transmission of electricity to and from quirements of section 3. tain approval or authorization under sections 3 SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. Canada and Mexico, in pursuit of a more secure and 7 of the Natural Gas Act for the siting, con- and efficient North American energy market. In this Act— struction, or operation of any facility to import (1) the term ‘‘cross-border segment’’ means the SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN ENERGY IN- or export natural gas. FRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AT THE portion of an oil or natural gas pipeline or elec- (3) ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT.— NATIONAL BOUNDARY OF THE tric transmission facility that is located at the UNITED STATES. Nothing in this section or section 7 shall affect national boundary of the United States with ei- (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Except as provided in the authority of the President under section ther Canada or Mexico; subsection (c) and section 7, no person may con- 103(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation (2) the term ‘‘modification’’ includes a rever- struct, connect, operate, or maintain a cross- Act. sal of flow direction, change in ownership, vol- border segment of an oil pipeline or electric SEC. 4. IMPORTATION OR EXPORTATION OF NAT- ume expansion, downstream or upstream inter- transmission facility for the import or export of URAL GAS TO CANADA AND MEXICO. connection, or adjustment to maintain flow oil or the transmission of electricity to or from Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. (such as a reduction or increase in the number Canada or Mexico without obtaining a certifi- 717b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the of pump or compressor stations); cate of crossing for the construction, connec- following: ‘‘No order is required under sub- (3) the term ‘‘natural gas’’ has the meaning tion, operation, or maintenance of the cross-bor- section (a) to authorize the export or import of given that term in section 2 of the Natural Gas der segment under this section. any natural gas to or from Canada or Mexico.’’. Act (15 U.S.C. 717a); (b) CERTIFICATE OF CROSSING.— SEC. 5. TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY TO (4) the term ‘‘oil’’ means petroleum or a petro- (1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days CANADA AND MEXICO. leum product; after final action is taken under the National (a) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO SECURE (5) the terms ‘‘Electric Reliability Organiza- Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 ORDER.—Section 202(e) of the Federal Power tion’’ and ‘‘regional entity’’ have the meanings et seq.) with respect to a cross-border segment Act (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)) is repealed. given those terms in section 215 of the Federal for which a request is received under this sec- (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o); and tion, the relevant official identified under para- (1) STATE REGULATIONS.—Section 202(f) of the (6) the terms ‘‘Independent System Operator’’ graph (2), in consultation with appropriate Fed- Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824a(f)) is amend- and ‘‘Regional Transmission Organization’’ eral agencies, shall issue a certificate of crossing ed by striking ‘‘insofar as such State regulation have the meanings given those terms in section for the cross-border segment unless the relevant does not conflict with the exercise of the Com- 3 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796).

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:54 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.056 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5673 The Acting CHAIR. No amendment NEPA was created to provide trans- These projects affect communities all to the amendment in the nature of a parency so people would know what the along their routes. It is simply com- substitute shall be in order except impact of a project will be on their mon sense that we should understand those printed in part B of House Report communities. However, H.R. 3301 will the broad scope of these impacts before 113–492. Each such amendment shall be circumvent that transparency, making deciding to approve a project. considered only in the order printed in our lands vulnerable to spills, leaks, Unfortunately, the bill before us the report, may be offered only by a and other pipeline hazards, and this is today prevents this review, which is Member designated in the report, shall why I have introduced this amend- why I urge all of my colleagues to sup- be considered read, shall be debatable ment, which will make certain proper port this important amendment that for the time specified in the report diligence is given to protect the ensures that the complete length of equally divided and controlled by the public’s interests. cross-border projects would be subject proponent and an opponent, shall not By ensuring a Federal NEPA review to a full NEPA review. be subject to amendment, and shall not is conducted for the entire length of all Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance be subject to a demand for division of cross-border projects, we can guarantee of my time. the question. all proposals will get the full scope of b 1545 review necessary to preserve our tre- AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. PALLONE Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I mendous natural resources. The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order rise in opposition to the amendment. Unfortunately, H.R. 3301 makes an to consider amendment No. 1 printed in The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman end run around NEPA. The bill rede- House Report 113–476. from Kentucky is recognized for 5 min- fines and significantly narrows the Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I have utes. an amendment at the desk. scope of NEPA’s environmental review. Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will While traditional NEPA review looks yield myself such time as I may con- designate the amendment. at the impacts of an entire project, this sume. The text of the amendment is as fol- bill restricts NEPA review to only that While I have a great deal of respect lows: portion of a project that physically for the gentleman from New Jersey Page 1, line 18, strike ‘‘a cross-border seg- crosses the border, and this restriction (Mr. PALLONE), his amendment would, ment of’’. doesn’t make any sense. in effect, codify the Presidential per- Page 2, beginning on line 3, strike ‘‘a cer- These massive projects are more than mit not only for oil pipelines and tificate of crossing for’’ and insert ‘‘approval just a border crossing. When we ap- of’’. transmission lines, but also for natural prove transboundary pipeline or trans- gas pipelines, which are now exempt Page 2, line 5, strike ‘‘the cross-border seg- mission line, we are approving a multi- ment’’ and insert ‘‘the pipeline or facility’’. from the Presidential permit. So he is Page 2, line 6, strike ‘‘CERTIFICATE OF billion dollar infrastructure that may going in the wrong direction, and CROSSING’’ and insert ‘‘APPROVAL’’. stretch hundreds of miles and will last would make it even more difficult. Page 2, line 10, strike ‘‘cross-border seg- for decades. As I said earlier, NEPA would apply ment’’ and insert ‘‘project’’. These projects pass through private anytime Federal action is triggered, Page 2, beginning on line 14, strike ‘‘issue property and sensitive lands and over and there are 33 different environ- a certificate of crossing for the cross-border aquifers. They transport hazardous mental laws that can trigger Federal segment’’ and insert ‘‘approve such project’’. substances that, if spilled or ignited, Page 2, line 17, strike ‘‘of the cross-border action. So I am very much opposed to segment’’. can cause serious damage. the gentleman’s amendment. Page 3, line 3, strike ‘‘a certificate of cross- Before making decisions about I yield such time as he may consume ing for’’ and insert ‘‘approval of’’. whether to approve such projects, we to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. GENE Page 3, beginning on line 4, strike ‘‘a cross- need to carefully consider their poten- GREEN). border segment of’’. tial impacts on environment and on Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Page 3, line 7, strike ‘‘issuing the certifi- communities along their routes. Sim- Chairman, I thank my colleague for cate of crossing for’’ and insert ‘‘approving’’. Page 3, beginning on line 8, strike ‘‘the ply put, we should be looking at the ef- yielding to me. As ranking member on cross-border segment of’’. fects of projects as a whole. the Health Subcommittee, I, too, am Page 3, beginning on line 16, strike ‘‘the That is not what the bill before us hesitant to rise and oppose your cross-border segment of’’. does. Instead, it redefines the scope of amendment. What the amendment Page 3, beginning on line 20, strike ‘‘a NEPA’s inquiry to only encompass the would do is it would ensure that the cross-border segment of’’. step across the border, and this is a complete length of cross-border Page 4, line 1, strike ‘‘cross-border seg- nonsensical approach. It makes the ment’’ and insert ‘‘pipeline or facility’’. projects would be subject to full envi- Page 4, line 7, strike ‘‘a certificate of cross- process of environmental review essen- ronmental review under the National ing for’’ and insert ‘‘approval of’’. tially meaningless. Environmental Policy Act. Page 4, line 21, strike ‘‘a certificate of When Congress passed NEPA, it The bill already guarantees that re- crossing for’’ and insert ‘‘approval of’’. never intended this law to provide such view at the national boundary based Page 4, beginning on line 22, strike ‘‘of a a narrow review. Congress intended with the Department of Energy. cross-border segment’’. NEPA to provide policymakers with a Existing Federal and State law guar- Page 6, line 24, strike ‘‘, or any cross-bor- critical tool to understand a project’s antees an environmental review on the der segment thereof’’. Page 7, line 2, strike ‘‘certificate of cross- full environmental impacts and con- complete length of the project. ing’’ and insert ‘‘approval’’. sider lower-impact alternatives. Current Federal laws that trigger Page 7, beginning on line 14, strike ‘‘a cer- NEPA doesn’t dictate the outcome or NEPA reviews in addition to H.R. 3301 tificate of crossing for the cross-border seg- impose any constraint on projects. It include the Clean Water Act, the Clean ment’’ and insert ‘‘approval’’. simply requires the Federal Govern- Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, Page 8, strike lines 7 through 11. ment to make some effort to under- the Mineral Leasing Act, the Rivers The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to stand the environmental impacts of and Harbors Act, the Fish and Wildlife House Resolution 629, the gentleman major Federal actions and to inform Coordination for Fish and Wildlife from New Jersey (Mr. PALLONE) and a the public of those impacts. Service consultation, the National Member opposed each will control 5 We should not be carelessly nar- Wildlife Refuge System Administration minutes. rowing or creating loopholes in this Act, the Wilderness Act, and the Fed- The Chair recognizes the gentleman law. When the Federal Government eral Land Policy and Management Act. from New Jersey. makes a decision about a major The intent of this bill is not to elimi- Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I yield project, it should understand what it is nate any of the NEPA reviews within myself such time as I may consume. doing. the continental United States. The My amendment ensures that the As we have seen with Keystone XL, problem we have right now is the De- complete length of cross-border large energy projects often raise safety partment of State is making a decision projects would be subject to full envi- issues, economic implications, and en- that really ought to be Federal agen- ronmental review under the National vironmental concerns, both for the cies and even State governments who Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA. local and global environments. would need that.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:59 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.058 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5674 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 If this amendment was adopted, it Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I have ing permit application from the new would require a State Department or a an amendment at the desk. approval requirements in the bill. The Presidential permit, and then all of the The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will bill does not deal with Keystone XL. other agencies, and so it would make it designate the amendment. The bill shall not apply if an applica- impossible. The text of the amendment is as fol- tion for a permit for construction, con- The argument for this bill, if you are lows: nection, operation, or maintenance is opposed to Keystone, then you are al- Strike section 3(c)(4) and insert the fol- pending. That is what the bill does, lowing literally a thousand-car train of lowing: H.R. 3301. crude oil to come across the border (4) if an application for a permit described The bill does not apply until after now without any of these reviews. A in section 6 for such construction, connec- July 1, 2016. We are in 2014 now. Key- pipeline is inherently safer. That is tion, operation, or maintenance, or for a sub- stone XL has been at the State Depart- why we need to bring that crude oil by stantially similar project, is pending on the ment and White House for at least 5 date of enactment of this Act. pipeline from Canada to the gulf coast, years, and are they going to wait an- where our refining capacity is. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to other 2 years? Now, if they want to The amendment would actually ex- House Resolution 636, the gentleman wait until July 1, 2016, they would have pand what is under current law. It from California (Mr. WAXMAN) and a to refile and start all over. But this bill would make it even harder. The goal of Member opposed each will control 5 has nothing to do with the Keystone the legislation is to have this North minutes. permit. They could stand in line like American energy independence mar- The Chair recognizes the gentleman anyone else after July 1, 2016, stand in ket, and we don’t need to throw up from California. line and get their permit. I would as- more roadblocks to keep companies Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, this sume we would have a number of them. from importing or exporting to Canada bill’s supporters claim that it is just But let me first take some time, and or importing or exporting to Mexico, about the approval process for cross- I appreciate my colleague, Ranking where we already have free trade agree- border energy projects. They say it is Member WAXMAN. I have been on the ments. not about approving the Keystone XL Energy and Commerce Committee I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on the amend- tar sands pipeline because that is under since 1997, and most of the time we ment. review now. But, in fact, that is what agree, but we do represent individual Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I yield this bill really does. districts. But I want to say that I ap- such time as he may consume to the If the President determines that the preciate Mr. WAXMAN’s service. We gentleman from California (Mr. WAX- Keystone XL pipeline is not in the na- have worked together on a lot of legis- MAN). tional interest, this bill would allow Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, this lation in the committee and even on TransCanada to reapply under this new the floor, but, obviously, we have a dis- bill provides, if it is a cross boundary process designed to rubberstamp per- with Canada or Mexico, you cannot agreement on energy. That is why I mits, and Keystone XL would almost think the amendment is not needed, have a NEPA review, an environmental certainly be approved under that proc- review, except right around there, because the bill already prohibits it ess. from applying to any current permit in right around where the boundary is. This bill establishes a new permit- Now, if you built a pipeline in the the law. ting process which would ensure rapid Again, Mr. WAXMAN, I thank you for United States and it went a thousand approval, and not particularly a clear miles, you would have a review of it. your service. I will miss you because I evaluation. The bill makes it very dif- enjoy our discussions. But they are saying just because it ficult for Federal agencies to do any- goes across the boundary for a thou- Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I ap- thing other than approve the proposed preciate all of the nice words, but let’s sand miles, let’s say, there would be no project for two reasons. review. Even though it crosses streams recognize this amendment. We just First, the new permitting process heard the statement that this doesn’t and aquifers, it would not get a real en- narrows the approval and environ- vironmental review that would be re- apply to the Keystone XL pipeline be- mental review. And, secondly, the bill cause that is pending, and the bill says quired if it were solely domestic. That establishes this rebuttable presump- makes no sense. it doesn’t apply to any project with tion of approval, meaning the Federal permit approval pending on the date of I urge support for the Pallone amend- agency must approve the project unless ment because it fixes a problem and enactment. But that doesn’t exclude it finds that the cross-border segment them if they are denied from coming preserves meaningful environmental of the project is not in the public inter- reviews. That is what we need for these right back and getting rubberstamped est. under the easier process under this bill. projects. It corrects that part of the I think this bill, which I have called bill which I think is a glaring, glaring So if this is not about the Keystone the ‘‘Zombie Pipeline Act,’’ is just for XL pipeline, adopt this amendment loophole. the Keystone XL pipeline. They keep Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I which says that the Keystone XL pipe- on trying to push that thing and not yield back the balance of my time. line may not come back as a zombie for Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I let it go through the process by which approval later if it doesn’t get ap- would ask my colleagues to support the it is still being evaluated. So I urge proved under the existing process. amendment. that we close this backdoor way to en- I am just trying to keep people hon- I yield back the balance of my time. sure Keystone XL itself is brought up est. I still have got 6 months to do The Acting CHAIR. The question is again, and I would urge support for this that, so don’t say good-bye to me yet. on the amendment offered by the gen- amendment because this bill is not a While I am here, and even after I have tleman from New Jersey (Mr. PAL- proper way to deal with that particular left the Congress, I will continue to LONE). project. point out when things are said that The question was taken; and the Act- I reserve the balance of my time. just don’t add up. It doesn’t add up to ing Chair announced that the noes ap- Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I say that this doesn’t apply to the Key- peared to have it. rise in opposition to the amendment. stone XL pipeline; it could, and in fact Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I de- The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman it is a backdoor way to do that. And mand a recorded vote. from Kentucky is recognized for 5 min- one might suspect that that is the The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to utes. whole purpose of the legislation. I urge clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I adoption of this amendment. ceedings on the amendment offered by yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from I yield back the balance of my time. the gentleman from New Jersey will be Texas (Mr. GENE GREEN). Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I postponed. Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. would just point out that if we pass AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. WAXMAN Chairman, I thank my friend and col- H.R. 3301, the Keystone pipeline is still The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order league for yielding. caught up in the Presidential permit- to consider amendment No. 2 printed in Ranking Member WAXMAN’s amend- ting process. And if we adopt the Wax- part B of House Report 113–492. ment excludes any project with a pend- man amendment, the Keystone pipeline

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:59 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.060 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5675 would never, ever be able to come back b 1600 to change a name because another with a new application. The Portland Montreal Pipe Line re- company bought it. And believe me, I Since they filed an application in versal is an exact example of a pipeline think the State Department is trying September of 2008, and despite the modification that could have very sig- to overreach by saying: By the way, we State Department saying that there is nificant impacts. Currently that pipe- are going to evaluate what you are no negligible environmental impact by line carries light sweet crude from the doing in the continental United States. approving it, President Obama con- U.S. to Canada, but a proposal in the We already have Federal agencies— tinues not to approve it. So if after 2016 works is to reverse that pipeline to the Federal Energy Regulatory Com- the Keystone pipeline entity wants to carry tar sands oil from Canada, mission and a host of Federal agen- submit a new application under the through New Hampshire, Vermont, and cies—that will evaluate that pipeline new law, they would certainly and Maine, to ports of Casco Bay, where it that is in our country. The State De- should have a right to do that. That is would be loaded on the ships for export. partment needs to take care of their the only reason we oppose the Waxman That has raised a lot of concerns in business. That is what worries me amendment. I urge that Members vote these States. about your amendment, so I ask for a against the Waxman amendment. Any spill of tar sands crude is a very ‘‘no’’ vote. I yield back the balance of my time. big deal, far worse than any other type I would love to work with you, be- The Acting CHAIR. The question is of oil spill. Vermonters are concerned cause I think if there is a reverse flow, on the amendment offered by the gen- about reversing of the pipeline to I think somebody needs to look at it. I tleman from California (Mr. WAXMAN). transport those tar sands, that it would appreciate it. I still request a ‘‘no’’ The question was taken; and the Act- accelerate the development of the tar vote. ing Chair announced that the noes ap- sands oil, which is the dirtiest and Mr. WELCH. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 peared to have it. most carbon intensive in the universe. minute to the gentlewoman from Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I de- Forty-two towns and municipalities Maine, Representative PINGREE. mand a recorded vote. in the State of Vermont have passed Ms. PINGREE of Maine. Thank you The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to resolutions opposing this project. Con- very much, Mr. WELCH. clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- cerned citizens deserve to have their Mr. Chair, I am very proud to sponsor ceedings on the amendment offered by voices heard. Under H.R. 3301, the pipe- this amendment, along with my col- the gentleman from California will be line owners could completely skip the leagues from Vermont, New Hamp- postponed. process. I oppose this. shire, and my fellow Mainer, to exempt AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MR. WELCH I reserve the balance of my time. pipeline reversals from the provisions The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I of this bill. to consider amendment No. 3 printed in rise in opposition to the amendment. In my opinion, the way this bill is part B of House Report 113–492. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman currently written, it is extremely irre- Mr. WELCH. Mr. Chairman, I have an from Kentucky is recognized for 5 min- sponsible because it basically exempts amendment at the desk. utes. cross-border pipeline projects from the Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chair, I might The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will National Environmental Policy Act say I have a great deal of respect for designate the amendment. and would reduce not only critical Fed- the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. The text of the amendment is as fol- eral reviews, but also limit the vital WELCH) on the committee, and he does lows: public input that NEPA brings. That great work in the area of efficiency and would raise great concerns for the con- Page 7, line 3, insert ‘‘minor’’ before other areas relating to energy, but I do ‘‘modification’’. stituents in my district who have a lot oppose this amendment. Page 7, line 6, insert ‘‘, such as a change in that they want to say in the public At this point, I yield 2 minutes to the ownership’’ after ‘‘fac input process. gentleman from Texas (Mr. GENE Page 8, strike lines 12 through 17. The amendment scope is limited to GREEN) for his comments on the pipeline reversals and would at least The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to amendment. House Resolution 636, the gentleman Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. make it clear that the underlying bill’s from Vermont (Mr. WELCH) and a Mem- Chair, I thank my colleague for yield- waivers do not apply to the so-called ber opposed each will control 5 min- ing me time. Portland Montreal Pipe Line and other utes. I, too, understand where my col- pipeline reversals. The Portland Mon- The Chair recognizes the gentleman league on the committee and Congress- treal Pipe Line proposal threatens the from Vermont. man WELCH—let me leave with you one entire southern Maine watershed, Mr. WELCH. Mr. Chairman, I rise to of our examples. You include also pipe- where 15 percent of my State’s popu- speak in favor of the Welch-Pingree- line name changes in here. I under- lation gets its drinking water. Michaud-Kuster-Shay-Porter amend- stand your issue is reversing the flow. Oversight by NEPA is essential for ment, and I want to thank my col- I would be glad to work with you, but this pipeline and any other, and I leagues from northern New England for I have a company that has been wait- strongly oppose any attempts to waive cosponsoring this amendment with me. ing years. They bought a pipeline com- NEPA or other reviews for this project. H.R. 3301, as we have been hearing, ing from Canada into the United That is why I am here, to urge all my exempts literally all modifications of States. They have waited years just for colleagues who care about ensuring cross-border pipelines from Federal ap- the State Department to change their that there is strong oversight and envi- proval and environmental review with- name. ronmental review to support this out any regard to the impacts on pub- What really bothered me—and I have amendment. lic health, safety, and the environ- contacted the State Department—the Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I ment. My view: that is a terrible idea. State Department said: Oh, well, we yield myself such time as I may con- Some pipeline modifications, in fact, are looking at it, but we know you are sume. are truly minor and are unlikely to af- going to build a lateral from North Da- I do rise in opposition to the gentle- fect the environment or put public kota into your U.S. part of the line, man’s amendment. First of all, safety at risk. For example, if the pipe- and we do evaluate that. ‘‘minor’’ is an undefined term that line is sold to a new owner, there is no The State Department has no right gives little certainty to agencies or in- need for a Federal review. So there is a to evaluate those pipelines. It is on our dustry. One of the things that we are place here for no review. property in the United States. They trying to get away from is the uncer- But many modifications could have have the cross-border. What we are see- tainty of a Presidential permit and be just as much impact as a brand new ing is expansion of State Department treated like natural gas pipelines. As I pipeline, and there is no justification authority. said, in H.R. 3301, we are trying to to exempt from consideration those I agree that you have an issue and I treat all of them exactly the same: issues that would be reviewed if it were would like to see if we could work with transmission lines, oil pipelines, nat- a new pipeline. you on it, but it shouldn’t take 3 years ural gas lines.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:59 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.062 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5676 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 I would also say that, under the gen- Mr. WELCH. Mr. Chair, I demand a the way is outdated Federal redtape tleman’s amendment, any modifica- recorded vote. that greatly delays the construction of tions, such as volume expansion, down- The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to LNG export facilities. stream or upstream interconnections, clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- H.R. 6, the bill before us, the Domes- or adjustments to maintain flow, would ceedings on the amendment offered by tic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act, potentially be required to obtain a the gentleman from Vermont will be is a targeted bill that cuts redtape and Presidential permit for the modifica- postponed. puts the Department of Energy on a tion, even if the original project al- Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chair, I move reasonable deadline to act on LNG ex- ready has one. Then even operational that the Committee do now rise. port applications. changes may be subject to a Presi- The motion was agreed to. I would like to thank my friend and dential permit, and ownership changes Accordingly, the Committee rose; colleague, GENE GREEN from Texas, for would be. and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. his cosponsorship of this bipartisan So, for those reasons, as I said, I re- SIMPSON) having assumed the chair, bill, and I urge the support of every spectfully would oppose the gentle- Mr. HARRIS, Acting Chair of the Com- Member in this Chamber for H.R. 6. man’s amendment and ask the Mem- mittee of the Whole House on the state According to the lead study con- bers to oppose it. of the Union, reported that that Com- ducted for the Department of Energy, I yield back the balance of my time. mittee, having had under consideration Mr. WELCH. I yield myself such time natural gas exports would be a net ben- the bill (H.R. 3301) to require approval efit to the American economy. These as I may consume. for the construction, connection, oper- Mr. Chair, two things. I want to exports would improve the balance of ation, or maintenance of oil or natural payments and support up to 45,000 jobs speak to the leader of our Energy and gas pipelines or electric transmission Commerce Committee, but also to the associated with additional natural gas facilities at the national boundary of proponent of this bill, Mr. GREEN. production as well as the construction We can have too much regulation or the United States for the import or ex- and operation of LNG export facilities we can have too little regulation, and port of oil, natural gas, or electricity by 2018. Needless to say, these new jobs to or from Canada or Mexico, and for they both have problems. Mr. GREEN could not come at a better time for our talks about the hassle his company is other purposes, had come to no resolu- economy. having getting a name change. That is tion thereon. Remember the concerns many of us ridiculous. That company should be f had over the U.S. economy hem- able to change its name and not have DOMESTIC PROSPERITY AND orrhaging billions of dollars every year to go through the hassle of a permit. GLOBAL FREEDOM ACT going overseas to pay for energy im- Then when the agency holds back and ports. Well, for natural gas, the roles GENERAL LEAVE doesn’t even give them an answer for 3 can be reversed, and we could be the Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Speaker, I ask years, we have a problem, and I agree ones selling energy on the global mar- unanimous consent that all Members with that. Under my amendment, those ket and bringing in billions of dollars may have 5 legislative days to revise issues like a name change would not be in job-sustaining revenues. and extend their remarks and to in- at all subject to the permitting proc- The economic impacts alone make clude extraneous material on H.R. 6. ess. natural gas exports a winning policy, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- On the other hand, we in Vermont but the geopolitical impacts are an in- ant to House Resolution 636 and rule are concerned about a reversal of flow credible benefit as well and have been XVIII, the Chair declares the House in and having tar sands go through. It is ignored for far too long. Allies around the Committee of the Whole House on a really big deal. Forty-two towns in the world have told us that they would the state of the Union for the consider- my State passed resolutions saying greatly benefit from American LNG. that they wanted to have a say in this. ation of the bill, H.R. 6. The Chair appoints the gentleman Last October, the Committee on En- It is known that spills happen, and tar ergy and Commerce held a forum that sands bills are a much bigger deal than from Maryland (Mr. HARRIS) to preside over the Committee of the Whole. included ambassadors and other offi- other kinds. cials representing 11 U.S. allies, all of What we have in the legislation is b 1610 whom strongly urged us to enter the not working together to find what is IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE global LNG marketplace. Since then, the balance or to try to move us to- Accordingly, the House resolved several other allies have stepped for- wards a balance so there are not unnec- itself into the Committee of the Whole ward with the same request. This in- essary burdens for a name change and House on the state of the Union for the cludes our friends in eastern Europe simple things, but, on the other hand, consideration of the bill (H.R. 6) to pro- unfortunate enough to be reliant on we don’t abolish the review process al- vide for expedited approval of expor- Russia for natural gas. together. Not only do these nations face unfair This legislation doesn’t seek that tation of natural gas to World Trade pricing, but political pressure, as a re- balance. What this legislation does is, Organization countries, and for other sult of their dependence on Russia. in effect, abolish the review process, purposes, with Mr. HARRIS in the chair. These nations believe that the very and that is a problem, so our going The Clerk read the title of the bill. passage of this legislation, the signal from too much review on a name The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the that we are serious about LNG exports, change to no review on tar sands com- bill is considered read the first time. would immediately reduce Russia’s ne- ing through Vermont, New Hampshire, The gentleman from Colorado (Mr. gotiating leverage even before the first and Maine. GARDNER) and the gentleman from Our legislation, I think, is the only California (Mr. WAXMAN) each will con- molecule of LNG shipment actually thing that is being considered that, in trol 30 minutes. goes out. H.R. 6 will start doing good fact, offers a balance. If it is a name The Chair recognizes the gentleman the very day it is enacted. change, a minor deal, no permit re- from Colorado. I should note that our efforts on LNG quired. If it is significant, then, yes, Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I exports began before the current crisis you are going to have to go through yield myself such time as I may con- erupted in Ukraine. Russia’s actions the review. sume. over the past several months dem- I want to thank the chairman and Mr. Chairman, America’s natural gas onstrate the importance of this bill, the Speaker and the body for its time. output has been rising since 2006, and and Russia’s recent decision to cut off I yield back the balance of my time. the Energy Information Administra- supplies to Ukraine further underscore The Acting CHAIR. The question is tion expects the increases to continue the need for America to provide Europe on the amendment offered by the gen- for decades to come. As a result, we an alternative supply of natural gas. tleman from Vermont (Mr. WELCH). can meet domestic demand for afford- Indeed, we can effectively push back The question was taken; and the Act- able natural gas while also producing a against Russia’s aggression and help ing Chair announced that the noes ap- surplus for export to our allies around our friends without ever putting any peared to have it. the world. The only thing standing in troops in harm’s way.

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We can also assist nations in achiev- your letter regarding H.R. 6, the ‘‘Domestic Certainly not to get domestic pros- ing their environmental goals by offer- Prosperity and Global Freedom Act.’’ As you perity and global freedom because this ing the option of clean-burning natural noted, the bill as reported by the Committee bill doesn’t accomplish either goal. on Energy and Commerce contains a provi- Currently, the Department of Energy gas, and we can help many developing sion that fall within the jurisdiction of the countries by providing them with an goes through a process, and they per- Committee on the Judiciary. Specifically, form a public interest determination energy source that is cheaper than the subsection 2(b) provides for judicial review of choices available to them now. U.S. Department of Energy orders and fail- when reviewing export applications, so The economic benefits alone—or the ures to issue a decision on applications for they can carefully consider the effect geopolitical benefits alone—make LNG authorization to export natural gas. of LNG exports on natural gas prices exports a worthwhile policy; but taken I appreciate your willingness to forgo seek- here and the impact of higher prices together, they make it a no-brainer. ing a sequential referral on H.R. 6, and I here on American consumers and these agree that your decision is not a waiver of manufacturers that are benefiting from Unfortunately, the decades-old Federal any of the Committee on the Judiciary’s ju- approval process for LNG export facili- the lower price that they have seen for risdiction over the subject matter contained LNG here. ties is acting as an impediment. in this or similar legislation, and that the Proposed projects have languished at Committee will be appropriately consulted The public interest determination DOE for years on end. While DOE has and involved as the bill or similar legislation provides DOE an opportunity to exam- recently announced some changes to moves forward. In addition, I understand the ine a number of factors: energy secu- the process, the agency is still under Committee reserves the right to seek ap- rity, geopolitical, and environmental no deadline to act. pointment of an appropriate number of con- considerations. The amendment that I am offering ferees to any House-Senate conference in- If we would have this bill adopted, it volving this or similar legislation, and you with Mr. GREEN changes that. It pro- would short circuit this established re- will have my support for any such request. view process for pending and future vides that, once the extensive environ- I will include a copy of your letter and this mental review conducted by the Fed- response in the Congressional Record during LNG export applications. The bill es- eral Energy Regulatory Commission to consideration of H.R. 6 on the House floor. tablishes a new deadline for DOE to de- comply with the National Environ- Sincerely, cide on applications within 90 days of mental Policy Act is complete for a FRED UPTON, the close of the public comment period project, the Department of Energy has Chairman. or enactment of the bill, whichever a 30-day deadline to issue a final deci- Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield comes later. sion on the application pending before myself such time as I may consume. That is a deadline that is established, the agency. I was going to talk about this bill, so they are forcing the DOE to act, but It is a sensible and workable solution and I will, but I really want to talk if DOE looks at an application and to the current regulatory bottleneck. about the inflation in the naming of they don’t feel that they are ready to It is an answer to a call from our allies these bills. This is a bill to allow a make a decision in that period of time, for energy security. faster process for exporting natural gas they are more likely than not to just It is time to help our friends abroad. to other countries. turn it down. That doesn’t seem to be It is time to create jobs here at home. So what is it called? The Domestic a worthwhile goal, if we want to have I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ Prosperity and Global Freedom Act. more export of LNG. on H.R. 6. What do you follow after that? Peace This provision would require DOE si- I reserve the balance of my time. and prosperity in our time, whatever multaneously to review and make a de- CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, that may, in fact, involve. I just think cision on all the pending applications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, this bill is overrated in its title. I also within 90 days. It is not realistic, and it Washington, DC, June 24, 2014. want to say it is overrated in what it certainly isn’t responsible. Hon. FRED UPTON, does. With few exceptions, environmental Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce, There are 17 or 18 free trade coun- reviews haven’t been completed by the Washington, DC. DEAR CHAIRMAN UPTON, I am writing con- tries, and they can have the export of Federal Energy Regulatory Commis- cerning H.R. 6, the ‘‘Domestic Prosperity and natural gas to them right away. They sion for any of these applications, so Global Freedom Act,’’ which the Committee are free trade countries that have an the deadline would force DOE to rush on Energy and Commerce reported on June agreement with us. There is no prob- its review of each application and 19, 2014. lem in getting the approval for them. make its final decision without a final As reported, H.R. 6 contains a section on The question is: Are we going to ap- environmental review. judicial review, which is within the Com- prove export of natural gas to non-free The other thing I want to comment mittee on the Judiciary’s Rule X jurisdic- on is all those ambassadors that told tion. As a result of your having consulted trade countries? with the Committee and in order to expedite The premise of this bill is that we are us they want this bill—because of the the House’s consideration of H.R. 6, the Com- not doing enough to export natural gas hold that Russia has over them—they mittee on the Judiciary will not assert is ju- to them or anyone else, I guess. Con- might not even benefit if this bill were risdictional claim over this bill by seeking a gressman GARDNER’s bill would change adopted because they are not free trade sequential referral. However, this is condi- the approval process for liquefied nat- countries. tional on our mutual understanding and ural gas exports, presumably because So there has to be an approval of an agreement that doing so will in no way di- the Department of Energy is moving export for LNG to a non-free trade minish or alter the jurisdiction of the Com- country. There is not an approval mittee on the Judiciary with respect to the too slowly, because they can approve appointment of conferees or to any future ju- an application now for export any- through the Department of Energy to risdictional claim over the subject matters where around the world. any particular country. It simply ap- contained in the bill or similar legislation. In fact, DOE has moved—quite prop- proves the request of a company here I would appreciate your response to this erly, it seems to me—to authorize to export the LNG. letter confirming this understanding, and these LNG exports. They have already Under our capitalist system, a busi- would request that you include a copy of this approved seven export proposals, and ness usually seeks the highest reward letter and your response in the CONGRES- they are continuing to evaluate addi- for its investment. The export of LNG SIONAL RECORD during the floor consider- to a non-free trade country is going to ation of this bill. Thank you in advance for tional applications. your cooperation. What these approvals that we have be better rewarded in Asia than it will Sincerely, already granted—had granted—the U.S. be in Ukraine or in Eastern Europe, BOB GOODLATTE, is poised to transform into the world’s where they are so concerned, rightfully Chairman. second largest exporter of LNG in the so, about what Russia is going to do. It

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With all due mitting of the actual LNG export ter- We need to take care of our own en- respect to those who have a different minals. ergy security here, and we can provide point of view, what gall to say that Rushing the DOE review is not going energy security for our partners—our this bill, which is controversial, and to speed up the construction of these trading partners—around the world. many Americans oppose because they projects. We need the construction of This is why we need to move forward feel it will hurt their prosperity here at the infrastructure for the export of on this. home or our national security here at natural gas. It is clear that, over the last 2 years, home, would think that an appropriate The last thing I want to say is there the U.S. Department of Energy has name is to say this bill is the Domestic are some controversies about exporting raised its long-term forecast on gas Prosperity and Global Freedom Act. LNG, not exporting it at all, but open- production by nearly 40 percent, with Now that I have got that off my ing it up to export in a process where price expectations having declined 15 chest, Mr. Chairman, I want to yield 5 the export will be wide open. percent over the same period. minutes to the gentleman from Cali- A lot of manufacturers in this coun- So the point that the gentleman fornia (Mr. MCNERNEY). try are worried that, if we are export- makes about price spikes because of Mr. MCNERNEY. Mr. Chairman, I ing our LNG, that is going to raise the LNG exports is really, really un- don’t think this bill is needed. LNG price of natural gas here at home. Well, founded—an unfounded point. permits are being issued faster than of course it will. It will go to a lower LNG exports could contribute up to they can be built. price of LNG here at home to eventu- 450,000 jobs between the years 2016 and This bill establishes a rigid deadline ally a world price, if it could be freely 2035 and add $73.6 billion annually to for DOE to complete its public interest exported around the world the way we our GDP. review of LNG export applications. have for oil. If that happens, they are My home State of Louisiana—in fact, That approach raises significant con- afraid that this boom we have seen in the Third Congressional District, my cerns. manufacturing in the United States district, is the leading area in this b 1630 may be curtailed. whole effort. We have currently the So it is not without controversy that first two Department of Energy and I would like to talk about two of the people are looking at this legislation. FERC-approved facilities that are un- concerns: climate change and econom- In other words, Mr. Chairman and my dergoing construction today. ics. colleagues, if you lose your job because The first one, the Sabine Pass facil- Mr. WAXMAN. Will the gentleman the price of natural gas goes up and ity, will see its exports probably the yield? you are working for a manufacturer end of 2015, early 2016. The others will Mr. MCNERNEY. I yield to the gen- that is benefiting from a lower price follow. tleman from California. for natural gas here in the United The CHAIR. The time of the gen- Mr. WAXMAN. You don’t think the States, they are not going to look at tleman has expired. bill is needed. Does that mean you are this as a bill that leads to domestic Mr. GARDNER. I yield an additional against domestic prosperity and global prosperity and global freedom, as the 30 seconds to the gentleman from Lou- freedom? authors of this bill would have us be- isiana. Mr. MCNERNEY. No, I don’t think lieve. Mr. BOUSTANY. We currently have that is what it means, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance eight—eight—that are waiting and Mr. WAXMAN. Thank you. I just of my time. have been waiting over a year—eight wanted that clarification. Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I facilities waiting over a year for ap- Mr. MCNERNEY. Reclaiming my would just point out that nothing in proval from the Department of Energy. time, the Intergovernmental Panel on this bill changes the requirements of a That is before they go through the ex- Climate Change recently released its NEPA analysis to be completed. pensive FERC process. multiyear report on the state of cli- I share your frustration with the ti- This is why we need this legislation: mate science. The world’s leading cli- tles of bill names—the bill titles. Imag- to get the Department of Energy to mate scientists examined the peer-re- ine our consternation over the Afford- move forward on this, so that we don’t viewed science and confirmed that cli- able Care Act. hold up something that is going to help mate change is already happening on Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to us grow our economy, create jobs, and all continents and across the oceans the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. be very important geopolitically. and will get much worse if we don’t BOUSTANY). Trade not only acts as a catalyst for act. Mr. BOUSTANY. Mr. Chairman, I creating jobs, it reduces deficits, pro- The impacts of runaway climate want to applaud the gentleman from motes American goods and services change will be severe: reduced crop Colorado for bringing this bill to the internationally, and energy should be yields, more heat waves and diseases, floor. no different. decreased water availability, and more I wholeheartedly support H.R. 6 for a That is why we need to move for- extreme weather events. number of reasons. I also want to ad- ward. We have a unique opportunity. That means that we need to scruti- dress some of the issues that the gen- Let’s embrace it now, and let’s do the nize the energy infrastructure deci- tleman from the other side raised. right thing for our country. sions that we make today because of First of all, let’s consider inter- Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield their impacts on climate change in the national trade is the key to growth, it myself such time as I may consume. future. Every decision to build a new is the key to job creation, it is the key I want to thank the gentleman from LNG export terminal has climate im- to reducing our deficits, and it is im- Louisiana, I respect him greatly, and plications. We need to understand and portant geopolitically for the United he made an argument. I don’t fully weigh those effects. Otherwise, we risk States. agree with his argument, but that is locking in infrastructure that will Because of this great advance in the purpose of the debate, to discuss produce carbon pollution for decades to technology with hydraulic fracturing ideas and air our point of view. come or creating stranded investments and drilling, we now have unprece- The author of this legislation, I that must be shut down before they dented levels supply of gas that we can guess, couldn’t help himself because he have paid for themselves. use domestically for manufacturing, said: imagine the consternation when Natural gas combustion for elec- and we are seeing a domestic manufac- they found that the Affordable Care tricity does emit less carbon pollution turing renaissance. Act was named the Affordable Care than coal, but natural gas production

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I want to thank the ment with European leaders at the EU–US In addition, liquefying natural gas Summit on March 26, 2014: The situation in author of H.R. 6 for his leadership on Ukraine proves the need to reinforce energy and shipping it overseas is an energy- this important issue. security in Europe and we are considering intensive process that will result in Mr. Chairman, lifting self-imposed new collaborative efforts to achieve this some significant domestic carbon emis- restrictions on natural gas exports is a goal. We welcome the prospect of U.S. LNG sions. For example, the direct emis- win-win situation for the American exports in the future since additional global sions from the Sabine Pass process will people. It will create American jobs supplies will benefit Europe and other stra- represent 2 percent of the entire State and strengthen our allies’ independ- tegic partners. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a joint of Louisiana’s emissions. ence, bolstering our economic and stra- The Energy Information Administra- statement with European energy leaders at a tegic partnerships. meeting of the EU–US Energy Council on tion’s modeling shows that LNG ex- As chairman of the U.S. delegation to April 2, 2014: The Council further welcomed ports would increase domestic natural the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the prospect of US LNG exports in the future gas production in the United States. Of many foreign leaders have expressed to since additional global supplies will benefit course, that is obvious. This could in- me the need for energy diversification Europe and other strategic partners. crease emissions of methane, which is, and its importance to strengthen our Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, in a joint statement with European energy lead- as I mentioned, a potent greenhouse strategic partnerships. We already co- gas, unless we take very severe meas- ers at the G7 Rome Energy Ministerial meet- operate with our allies on a variety of ing on May 6, 2014: No country should depend ures to control that pollution at the security issues. Energy security must totally on one supplier. We intend to pro- wellhead and throughout the natural also be a component of our strategic al- mote a more integrated LNG market, includ- gas system. liances. ing through new supplies, the development of In a carbon-constrained world, we America’s emerging role as an energy transport infrastructures, storage capacities, need to understand all of these domes- producer has the potential to enhance and LNG terminals. tic emissions’ impacts and how they our security relationships and influ- Mr. TURNER. Regardless of where compare with emission impacts abroad. ence the global marketplace. U.S. natural gas is shipped, increasing The DOE has taken a first step to begin As we have seen in Ukraine, Russia supply in the global marketplace will looking at these issues but has not will not hesitate to use its energy re- provide international consumers with completed a rigorous study of the ef- source dominance to expand its sphere greater choice and thus increased le- fects of the different levels of LNG ex- of influence. Just last week, Russia’s verage to negotiate prices. ports on carbon emissions. state-owned monopoly, Gazprom, cut U.S. natural gas exports will create We need to make sure we understand off natural gas supplies to Ukraine. jobs right here at home and will help the effects on climate change of major In the Asia Pacific, Japan is a crit- foster a more competitive natural gas energy infrastructure investments that ical security partner as we counter market. will last for decades. Mr. Chairman, I urge passage of H.R. threats posed by countries such as My second concern is economic. 6. North Korea. Already the world’s larg- Shipping natural gas overseas will Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield est importer of natural gas, Japan is raise domestic natural gas prices. That myself such time as I may consume. dependent on Russia, the Middle East, is basically the law of supply and de- Mr. Chairman, 7 percent of the Amer- and Africa for nearly 50 percent of its mand—unless that law is no longer ican people approve of the United natural gas imports and is seeking valid. States Congress. I think one of the rea- Manufacturing is seeing a domestic greater imports as a result of its 2011 sons for that low approval rating is renaissance here in this country be- nuclear power plant disaster. that we have overpromised and under- cause of natural gas prices being lower. Increasing U.S. natural gas exports, performed what they expect of us. This is domestic manufacturing. We along with the development of other If anybody would think that this bill want to make things in America. We sources, such as the Southern Gas Cor- in and of itself deserves to be called the want to make it in America. We want ridor and the Eastern Mediterranean, Domestic Prosperity and Global Free- to continue to see that renaissance. We will help diversify world natural gas dom Act, I think they lose credibility want to see manufacturing increase supplies and create a more competi- with the American people. And there is throughout the country and through- tive, transparent, and diversified global not much more credibility to lose when out the States. natural gas marketplace. In fact, U.S. they only support us at a rate of 7 per- Therefore, I oppose the bill. natural gas production has already in- cent. Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I fluenced global markets. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to yield myself such time as I may con- Natural gas previously destined for the gentleman from Texas (Mr. GENE sume. the United States but no longer needed GREEN), for whom I have an enormous I would point out that our colleagues as a result of increased production was amount of affection, even though today in the Senate have introduced legisla- diverted to other markets. This in- we have had two bills where we have tion similar to our legislation here on creased supply has made the global disagreed. He doesn’t overpromise. He LNG exports titled, the Freedom natural gas market more competitive, just states his views and supports what Through Energy Export Act, by our helping to put more pressure on con- he believes in. Sometimes he even con- colleague from Alaska, Mr. BEGICH. tracts indexed to the price of oil and vinces me, but he is not doing a good I point out, too, that when it comes allowing several European countries to job today. to domestic prosperity, the fact that renegotiate their long-term contracts Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. I thank this could create 45,000 job opportuni- with Gazprom. the ranking member for yielding to ties, increasing the employment in en- The CHAIR. The time of the gen- me. I have to admit that the Domestic ergy to 3 million people by 2020, that is tleman has expired. Prosperity and Global Freedom Act is prosperity and freedom. Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I a bipartisan problem we have in this Hungary’s Ambassador at Large for yield the gentleman an additional 30 Chamber. Energy Security, Dr. Anita Orban, tes- seconds. I rise as a cosponsor in support of tified that this legislation ‘‘sends a Mr. TURNER. In fact, President H.R. 6. clear signal that the global gas market Obama, Secretary of State Kerry, and H.R. 6 represents a bipartisan effort is changing, that there is the prospect Secretary of Energy Moniz have wel- to legislate. I want to thank my col- of much greater supply coming from comed LNG exports to strengthen our league from Colorado, Congressman other parts of the world.’’ strategic alliances. Mr. Chairman, I GARDNER, for working with me. I That is world security, freedom, pros- will submit their statements for the wasn’t an original cosponsor, but perity. RECORD. through our committee process we

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First, a project must submit nues. resent more than 35 billion cubic feet a an application to export. If the project We need to do everything possible to day in LNG exports. will send LNG to a country with which put West Virginia resources to work Currently, the Department of Energy the U.S. has a free trade agreement, for West Virginians, and today’s legis- has conditionally approved six of them, the application is automatically ap- lation will make a real, positive dif- but only one project has received final proved. In fact, the Port of Brownsville ference for working families and com- approval through DOE and through the got their application approved in 30 munities in my State and in States Federal Energy Regulatory Commis- days. across the Nation. sion. If the project sends LNG to a country This bill would allow us to import DOE has an important role in export without a free trade agreement—non- jobs and economic opportunity, while to make sure that we don’t increase FTA—the DOE must issue a permit we export both energy and physical se- our natural gas prices to where they based on the public interest. For a curity to our friends and allies. More are not affordable to our country. We project to actually export LNG in ei- than a third of the natural gas con- are in an energy renaissance because of ther case, the applicant must receive a sumed in Europe comes from Russia, the success of natural gas, fracking, Federal Energy Regulatory Commis- and I am sure our allies would rather and directional drilling in our country, sion permit. be buying natural gas from the United and we are producing more natural gas The Federal Energy Regulatory Com- States. Passing this bill will create jobs in than we can use, whether it be for elec- mission reviews the environmental im- West Virginia and across the country. tricity production or for our chemical pacts of the actual LNG facility. The It will grow our Nation’s economy and industry. FERC process takes 12 to 18 months strengthen our relationships with our I represent a huge chemical complex and costs approximately $100 million. allies. I encourage my colleagues to in East Harris County. There is lit- The issue H.R. 6 seeks to deal with is vote for this important bill. erally a renaissance in the expansion of the non-FTA permits through the De- those chemical industries. It is increas- Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield partment of Energy. The Department 2 minutes to my colleague from Texas ing jobs and our exports because a lot of Energy currently has 25 permits of those chemicals we are producing (Mr. HINOJOSA). awaiting decision. The Department of Mr. HINOJOSA. I want to thank from our U.S. natural gas will be ex- Energy held most of these permits for Ranking Member HENRY WAXMAN for ported. So someone else will pay for more than 3 years. Even the DOE rec- yielding time to me. those jobs in our district in East Harris ognizes this is a huge problem and pro- Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of County. posed changing the approval process. H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and The Department of Energy has a role While I support the DOE changes, un- Global Freedom Act. I am a cosponsor in this. The problem we have is that fortunately, they fail to provide any of this bipartisan legislation that will the Department of Energy has taken so certainty. H.R. 6 would place a help to increase U.S. liquefied natural long to approve these permits. The timeline for the DOE to issue a deci- gas exports and help boost our econ- DOE really just needs to look if it is in sion. Again, remember, the DOE is omy. our national interest. They include all going to have 12 to 18 months to know In my 15th Congressional District in these things under it. And that is cor- that permit because it is going through Texas, oil and natural gas extraction rect. the Federal regulatory process already. from the Eagle Ford shale has trans- Let me give you an example. We need to make sure that the envi- formed this region, bringing thousands In Texas and North Dakota, we are ronmental review process is pro- of new jobs, and growing wealth to flaring natural gas right now because tected—and that is what FERC does— many rural communities in South we don’t have customers in our coun- but we also need to make sure that the Texas. try and we don’t have a way to export DOE makes those decisions timely so A study by the University of Texas it. It is bad for the environment. It is they can get those permits issued. showed that the Eagle Ford shale has bad for the people who own those roy- I ask my colleagues to support H.R. 6 provided a $61 billion impact to Texas alties because they are not getting paid and provide certainty to the market. and has supported over 116,000 new jobs. for them. And it is just terrible to see Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I More importantly, the boom in Amer- something we can sell to someone else yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman ican natural gas production has dras- not be utilized. from West Virginia (Mrs. CAPITO). tically changed our many counties’ en- So that is why I support this bill. Mrs. CAPITO. I would like to thank ergy future. We wanted to find that sweet spot, so my colleague from California for his The United States is now the number to speak, on where we can export what leadership on the Domestic Prosperity one natural gas-producing nation in we are not using. and Global Freedom Act. the world. The USA has more than Those of you who are familiar with This legislation would require the enough natural gas to meet its domes- Texas, we hold in reverence our Blue DOE to act quickly in considering ap- tic needs while also exporting to for- Bell Ice Cream. If you are there, in plications to export liquefied natural eign countries at a huge benefit to the their commercials they will say: gas. United States’ economy. We eat all we can and sell the rest. New technologies have unlocked vast Unfortunately, the existing applica- That is what I want to do with nat- resources of natural gas across the tion process at the Department of En- ural gas. I want to use all we can, but country. Our natural gas production ergy has made it burdensome for com- I want to sell all the rest we can’t use will increase by 56 percent between 2012 panies to export liquefied natural gas so it will help our balance of trade, and 2014. to non-FTA countries. This bill will ad- help some of our allies who need it, but dress that problem. also keep our workers working in both b 1645 Mr. Chairman, this is a truly bipar- the oil patch and the gas patch. If you want to see what real natural tisan effort that will resolve a long- My colleague states that one more gas development looks like in a place standing issue within our administra- approval would make us the largest that could really use the economic de- tion on expediting exports of natural LNG exporter in the world. But not all velopment, come to northern West Vir- gas. Our bill, H.R. 6, will cut the red of these projects will be constructed. ginia or to southwest PA. More produc- tape and move quickly to approve all Only one has been approved all the tion means more American jobs and pending liquefied natural gas applica- way. Of the more than 30 applications, more West Virginia jobs. tions at the Department of Energy for

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Mr. Chairman, I am gas markets would lead to increases in urge my colleagues on both sides of the pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gen- prices for consumers and businesses, aisle to vote ‘‘yes.’’ tleman from New York (Mr. TONKO). undoing the economic conditions that Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I Mr. TONKO. I thank the gentleman have led to the recent growth in Amer- yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from for his yielding, and I thank him for ican manufacturing. Indiana (Mrs. BROOKS). his work as ranking member on the En- The industrial sector represents some Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. Mr. Chair- ergy and Commerce Committee. 22 percent of American energy use, man, I rise today in support of the Do- Mr. Chairman, with H.R. 6, we are with natural gas being the single larg- mestic Prosperity and Global Freedom embarking on a policy that will lock us est input. Energy is consumed in the Act, and I applaud my colleague from into higher and more volatile natural industrial sector for a wide range of Colorado for his leadership. gas prices, and that will erode a key purposes—from processing to heating, This bill will expedite exports of liq- advantage we have for domestic manu- cooling, and as feedstocks to produce uefied natural gas, or LNG, to our al- facturing, that being low natural gas non-energy products. lies abroad by cutting the red tape and prices. The chemicals, pulp and paper, iron streamlining the regulatory process. Natural gas is used widely through- and steel, refining, and nonmetallic As a Nation, this has the potential to out our economy. It is, indeed, a valu- minerals industries account for about revitalize our economy, allow us to be- able commodity, and we should be set- one-half of all energy used in this sec- come energy independent, and to stra- ting policy to ensure that we use it ef- tor. tegically advance our interests over- ficiently and effectively. LNG termi- These industries alone represent mil- nals are expensive to build and require seas. lions of American jobs. That is why I Now, I know many Hoosiers back at a lot of energy to operate. The con- am so concerned that the Energy Infor- home might be asking themselves: How tracts signed by exporters commit mation Administration, the EIA, found them to exporting LNG for anywhere does this help me? After all, we have that increased natural gas exports will from 10 to 20 years. limited natural gas wells and proc- ‘‘lead to increased natural gas prices,’’ We already had a small taste of what and ‘‘larger export levels lead to larger essing plants in Indiana. Let me state happens if there is an unexpected event clearly that the answer is: yes, it will domestic price increases.’’ that increases domestic demand when The EIA looked specifically at the help them. ready supplies are low and exports have potential impact of these price in- The bill would be an economic boon increased. creases on United States’ manufactur- to the Hoosier economy. As the Na- At a time when we are producing ers, and it found that a high level of tion’s leading manufacturing State, In- record amounts of propane, we had LNG exports could increase natural gas diana contributes to the LNG business some of the worst shortages and price costs for the industrial sector by be- heavily by making and manufacturing spikes we have seen in years. It was tween 5 and 27 percent annually. the equipment that makes the gas ex- not entirely due to export increases, The amendment I offered to the traction possible. but it was definitely a factor. Many of Rules Committee, an amendment The natural gas and oil industry has our communities are paying the envi- which was not made in order, would already created 136,000 jobs in Indiana, ronmental costs of this natural gas have prevented section 2 of this bill and it makes up over 4.1 percent of our boom. This bill is now going to deny from taking effect until there would be entire labor income. them the benefits associated with sac- a determination that LNG exports The future for Indiana looks even rifices. would not adversely impact the com- brighter with the expansion of LNG ex- There are very real concerns that petitiveness of the United States’ man- ports. It is estimated that Indiana’s this legislation would harm economic ufacturing community. economy would grow by $2.2 billion a growth, job creation, and American American employers are struggling year and produce as many as 12,800 new manufacturing. This bill will not allow to compete in this global economy, es- jobs by simply allowing shipments of the adequate consideration of the pub- pecially with the jobs in the manufac- gas to our trusted allies. lic interest, including impacts on turing sector. Domestic manufacturers Just last week, I received a letter United States’ consumers and manu- are competing with countries that have from the CEO of the Ports of Indiana facturers, before granting the approval low wages, limited environmental and that urged the passage of this legisla- of natural gas exports to countries worker protections, and manipulated tion. He supports the passage because with which we do not have a free trade currencies. Low-priced, abundant nat- of the significant competitive advan- agreement. ural gas is a competitive advantage for tage it will give our State, in terms of In fact, because we do have free trade domestic manufacturers. Let’s not give our geography and infrastructure, agreements with a number of coun- that up. which will allow Indiana to further tries, exports of LNG to them do not This Congress has an obligation to capitalize on LNG exports. require any public interest analysis. prevent the loss of American manufac- Now is the time to allow American The DOE has approved billions of cubic turing jobs. The revitalization of the entrepreneurship to increase domestic feet to be exported to nations with American manufacturing industry and energy production and fuel job cre- which we have free trade agreements the bringing back of quality jobs from ation, but unfortunately, the adminis- and to others as well. overseas should be the cornerstone of tration has refused, time and time We are in the midst of a manufac- our efforts in Washington in order to again, to get out of the way of this en- turing renaissance due, in part, to an help the private sector thrive and to trepreneurship. abundance of affordable domestic nat- put our people back to work. The administration refuses to ap- ural gas. We have seen 12 consecutive This bill is only good for the natural prove licenses for LNG exports, and as months of growth in the manufac- gas-producing industry, and its in- I speak now, there are 24 pending appli- turing sector and a growing trend of creased benefits will be coming at ev- cations awaiting action from the De- the reshoring of jobs back to the eryone else’s expense. partment of Energy. One has been United States. With that, I urge the defeat of this waiting 917 days and counting. Why would we want to turn that bill. The CHAIR. The time of the gentle- trend around? Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I woman has expired. Exports on the scale that this legisla- yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Mr. GARDNER. I yield the gentle- tion would enable will raise domestic Michigan (Mr. UPTON), the chairman of lady an additional 30 seconds. natural gas and electricity prices for the Energy and Commerce Committee. Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. Mr. Chair- every American and undermine our Mr. UPTON. Mr. Chairman, the En- man, it is time to unleash the power of manufacturing competitiveness. ergy and Commerce Committee has

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We can enjoy the domestic close. sor, CORY GARDNER, for his efforts on benefits of being an energy superpower Mr. GARDNER. At this point, we this important bipartisan bill. while also projecting our influence as a only have two remaining speakers. Last October, we held a forum that force for good abroad. The Domestic Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to consisted of nearly a dozen representa- Prosperity and Global Freedom Act al- the gentleman from Texas (Mr. POE). tives of foreign governments, as well as lows us to do both. Mr. POE of Texas. I thank the gen- the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, all This commonsense bill says ‘‘yes’’ to tleman for sponsoring this legislation. of whom expressed their strong inter- jobs, ‘‘yes’’ to energy, and I would urge Mr. Chairman, 5 years ago, compa- est in buying LNG from the U.S. my colleagues to support passage of nies were building terminals to import Three of them—Hungary, the Czech H.R. 6. natural gas at the cost of billions of Republic, and Lithuania—are Eastern Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I con- dollars because analysts agreed that European allies that are currently de- tinue to reserve the balance of my the United States economy was going pendent on Russia for natural gas. time. to need natural gas from overseas. They described in great detail how Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, at Today that scenario has flipped on its Russia wields natural gas as a weapon this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- head, and import terminals are dor- against them, threatening to raise tleman from Colorado (Mr. LAMBORN). mant. The Department of Energy has prices or to even cut off supplies as a Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Chairman, I 19 applications waiting to get permis- means of exerting political pressure. want to thank my colleague from Colo- sion to export U.S. natural gas. We need to respond, as we are seeing rado for bringing this bill to the floor. Thanks to technology break- their warnings playing out with the on- It is so important that we exploit throughs, U.S. natural gas reserves going crisis, obviously, today in American domestic resources to create have climbed 72 percent since 2000. We Ukraine. If Putin is not deterred, he jobs, create global stability, and make have more gas than we can use here in will likely use the same tactics on lower prices for consumers. This bill the United States. Mr. Chairman, we other Eastern European countries in does all those things. have the best ice cream company in the the years ahead. Russia’s aggression is So we have a lot to thank you for, world in Brenham, Texas, and their real, and American LNG can provide a Congressman GARDNER, for what this motto is: ‘‘We eat all we can, and we much-needed lifeline away from bill could accomplish, and I appreciate sell the rest.’’ That is what our motto Putin’s grip as an alternative supply that. should be with natural gas. We should source. Let me address a couple of points use all we can and sell the rest every- The Energy Information Administra- that I think have been erroneously where in the world that wants to buy tion’s estimated reserves of natural gas made. Some said that current users of it. continue to be revised upward, ensur- natural gas won’t benefit as much if As chairman of the Trade Sub- ing that we can continue to provide this bill were to become law. That is committee on Foreign Affairs, I did a American manufacturers with low-cost simply not true. hearing on more LNG exports in April. supplies, while having enough for ex- There is such an abundance of nat- Every witness at the hearing, from the port markets, and the Department of ural gas in this country that we can union representatives to a professor, Energy has even concluded that nat- supply domestic needs and, at the same agreed that we should export natural ural gas exports will be a net benefit to time, have liquefied natural gas ex- gas. We have too much gas and our al- our economy. ports to our friends and allies. We can lies have too little. Early in our efforts, the DOE insisted do both, and everyone will benefit. The And then there is Russia. Russia has that its process for approving LNG ex- shale gas revolution in this country is an energy stranglehold over Europe, in- port facilities wasn’t broken, but over so amazing that that has made this cluding Ukraine. Just this past week, the last year, there have been very few possible. Russia announced it was going to re- approvals, and most applications con- Secondly, some have said that there quire payments up front from Ukraine. tinue to languish—some for even more will not be the same quality of environ- Russia has already increased the price than a year—and the line continues to mental reviews of LNG if this takes of natural gas and even stopped send- grow. place, and that is simply not true ei- ing natural gas to Ukraine. The DOE’s most recent changes to ther. The Federal Energy Regulatory Isn’t that lovely? the process, while a slight improve- Commission maintains its role to per- Ukraine needs access to natural gas ment from the existing queue, are still mit the siting of facilities, just as down the road, and that could be the very disappointing. They do nothing to under current law, and FERC, as they United States. We need to compete address the core problem of open-ended are known, is required by the National with Gazprom. That could be the delays. Congress needs to act. Environmental Policy Act, NEPA, to United States. That is how we can help conduct an environmental assessment thwart Russian aggression in Eastern b 1700 and, if necessary, an EIS, an Environ- Europe. Throughout our efforts on this topic, mental Impact Statement, if that is re- Technically, the United States can there has been bipartisan interest in quired. That does not change either. export natural gas, but the approval LNG exports. Since the bill was first The same requirements under NEPA process is slow as molasses. It is the introduced, the bipartisanship has only will still be met under this law, should government. The government takes too grown, and for that, I commend the it become law. So we are not in any long to make a decision, and the De- bill’s author, CORY GARDNER, for work- way degrading or compromising envi- partment of Energy wraps companies ing with GENE GREEN and others on an ronmental standards. They are still in red tape. Many times we can lose amendment adapting the bill’s lan- going to be satisfied. these natural gas contracts to our com- guage to address a number of concerns. So, for all those reasons, I want to petitors. I know that we have reached the thank the sponsor of this bill, Rep- So I support this legislation. I thank point where the passage of this bill, resentative GARDNER, and I ask all of the gentleman for bringing it to the H.R. 6, will be seen as a bipartisan suc- my colleagues to support it. floor. cess story, as it should; and the Senate Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, might And that’s just the way it is. should follow our lead, stand up for I inquire of the gentleman from Colo- Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I jobs, as well as our allies, and quickly rado how many more speakers you yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from send this bill to the President’s desk. have? New Jersey (Mr. LANCE). The CHAIR. The time of the gen- Mr. GARDNER. We have two addi- Mr. LANCE. Mr. Chairman, I rise tleman has expired. tional speakers. today in strong support of H.R. 6, the

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U.S. liquefied natural gas exports to think, ultimately, will be a part of an Look, we know this bill has the sup- our allies. extended portfolio here in the United port of organizations like the National The United States is experiencing a States. But today, the opportunity is Association of Manufacturers, the U.S. North American energy boom that ana- with liquid natural gas and getting it Chamber of Commerce. People who rep- lysts predict can produce enough nat- abroad. resent the businesses of this country, ural gas to meet our domestic demands In one of my positions on the German the industrial might of this country, as well as that of our global allies, in- Study Group, we were in Germany support H.R. 6 because they know that cluding Ukraine and other Eastern Eu- talking to Chancellor Merkel, and the when we can produce our energy in our ropean nations currently at the mercy first thing she said to us, as our delega- own backyard and help our allies to a of Russian energy supplies. Expediting tion was over there, was let’s talk greater prosperity for themselves, we U.S. liquefied natural gas exports about natural gas, the first thing, be- are doing the right thing with H.R. 6. serves our national security interests cause she had Putin at that time, a b 1715 as an aggressive Russian regime looks year, year and a half ago, breathing to expand power in former Soviet down her neck, and now here we are. This bill is the confluence of two Union countries. This legislation helps So I think there is an opportunity policies that we try to promote but our allies in eastern Europe and across here. This is one step in a long process. often fail to achieve: the policy of do- the globe, while creating jobs here at I want to thank the gentleman for mestic job creation, where 45,000 people home through private investment and his leadership and hope we can con- could be taken off the unemployment tinue to build out this energy portfolio economic opportunity essential to im- rolls because of H.R. 6. The other pol- with natural gas and the others that proving the American economy. icy that we achieve with this legisla- As a member of the House Energy will come along the way. tion is to give our friends and allies a Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chair, I yield my- and Commerce Committee, I am proud greater degree of freedom, a greater self such time as I may consume. to have helped bring this important en- ability to be independent from Russia, For those who want to export natural their aggressive neighbors that just de- ergy global security measure to the gas, this bill really isn’t necessary be- floor today, and I urge all of my col- cide one day to invade. cause the Department of Energy is ap- Mr. Chairman, H.R. 6 is the work of a leagues to support its passage. This is proving enough export of natural gas in the national security interest of the bipartisan group of lawmakers who that will allow us, in a few years, to be have worked over the past several United States of America. the largest exporter of LNG in the Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I con- months to make sure that we have the world. So DOE is acting. support—not just from the Republican tinue to reserve the balance of my For those of you who are concerned side of the aisle, but strong support time. about global freedom, well, when we from both sides of the aisle, Democrats Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I get all the facilities going to be able to and Republicans who believe that we yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from export the natural gas and once we get should answer the call from our friends Ohio (Mr. RYAN), a sponsor of H.R. 6, all of the approvals to export natural and allies for energy security, for eco- somebody who has been with this bill, gas, the countries who are going to re- nomic opportunity at home, and to this legislation, from the beginning as ceive this natural gas are most likely make sure that we continue the energy we have worked on this bipartisan going to be China, Japan, and India, be- revolution in this country. process. cause that is where they are paying Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I thank the gen- Opposition to the bill, as I said in higher prices for natural gas. It is tleman. I probably won’t take all the committee, is like hanging up on a 911 going to be more profitable to ship the time, but I did want to stand up in sup- phone call from our friends and allies. LNG there. port of this piece of legislation. I don’t fault the companies for doing Let’s pass this legislation. Let’s Mr. Chair, in my district in eastern that. They are in business to make achieve exactly what the title of this Ohio, we have been—and I have heard money. It is going to provide more bill says: prosperity at home and help speaker after speaker talk about the money to ship the natural gas there. for our allies. potential boom for our country and dif- Well, what about Ukraine? What Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- ferent regions of America. And my re- about the countries that are under ance of my time. gion that I represent is one of those threat from Russia? The Acting CHAIR. All time for gen- areas along eastern Ohio. Angela Merkel, the head of Germany, eral debate has expired. I think if we are looking to address may not realize it, but natural gas is Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chairman, I many of the issues of global warming, not going to be there for quite a long move that the Committee do now rise. and I know there would be a lot of dif- time. It is going to take years. There- The motion was agreed to. ferent discussions and opinions that I fore, if you think domestic prosperity Accordingly, the Committee rose; may have compared to a lot of people is hinging on the ability to export nat- and the Speaker pro tempore (Mrs. on the other side, but I believe that ural gas, we don’t need this bill. WALORSKI) having assumed the chair, this is an opportunity for us to address If you think global freedom is hang- Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Acting Chair of the that issue with liquid natural gas, to ing on the balance waiting for this bill Committee of the Whole House on the get it out into the marketplace, to to become law—and by ‘‘global free- state of the Union, reported that that make sure that the economic benefits dom’’ you don’t mean freedom for Committee, having had under consider- are here in the United States, that our China to get more natural gas or India ation the bill (H.R. 6) to provide for ex- people in eastern Ohio, western Penn- or Japan, but Ukraine and countries in pedited approval of exportation of nat- sylvania, into New York and the up- eastern Europe—don’t count on this ural gas to World Trade Organization state New York area are able to benefit bill to bring about global freedom. countries, and for other purposes, had from this. FERC is going to have to ap- The bill is grossly titled because it is come to no resolution thereon. prove these ultimately, at the end of promising more than this bill can ever f the day, and so I don’t think that we deliver, and I would urge that this bill NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY can pass up this opportunity to have a is not necessary and ought to be re- INFRASTRUCTURE ACT transition. jected. Now, I think, quite frankly, we Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- missed the boat a few years ago when ance of my time. ant to House Resolution 636 and rule we had an opportunity to pass a com- Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Chair, I yield XVIII, the Chair declares the House in prehensive energy bill that would in- myself such time as I may consume. the Committee of the Whole House on

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Esty Lowenthal Perry Ryan (WI) Vela Sanchez, Loretta itself into the Committee of the Whole Farr Lowey Peterson Salmon Wagner Sarbanes House on the state of the Union for the Fattah Lujan Grisham Petri Sanford Walberg Schakowsky further consideration of the bill (H.R. Foster (NM) Pittenger Scalise Walden Frankel (FL) Luja´ n, Ben Ray Schiff Pitts Schock Walorski 3301) to require approval for the con- Fudge (NM) Schneider Poe (TX) Schweikert Weber (TX) struction, connection, operation, or Gabbard Lynch Schrader Pompeo Scott, Austin Webster (FL) maintenance of oil or natural gas pipe- Garamendi Maffei Schwartz Posey Sensenbrenner Wenstrup lines or electric transmission facilities Garcia Maloney, Scott (VA) Price (GA) Sessions Westmoreland Grayson Carolyn Scott, David Reed Shimkus Whitfield at the national boundary of the United Green, Al Maloney, Sean Sewell (AL) Reichert Shuster Wilson (SC) States for the import or export of oil, Grijalva Matsui Shea-Porter Renacci Simpson Wittman natural gas, or electricity to or from Gutie´rrez McCarthy (NY) Sherman Ribble Smith (MO) Wolf Hahn McCollum Sinema Rice (SC) Smith (NE) Womack Canada or Mexico, and for other pur- Hanabusa McDermott Sires Rigell Smith (NJ) Woodall poses, with Mr. MILLER of Florida (Act- Hastings (FL) McGovern Slaughter Roby Smith (TX) Yoder ing Chair) in the chair. Heck (WA) McNerney Speier Roe (TN) Southerland Yoho The Clerk read the title of the bill. Higgins Meng Swalwell (CA) Rogers (AL) Stewart Young (AK) Himes Michaud Takano Rogers (KY) Stivers Young (IN) The Acting CHAIR. When the Com- Holt Miller, George Thompson (CA) NOT VOTING—22 mittee of the Whole rose earlier today, Honda Moore Thompson (MS) a request for a recorded vote on amend- Horsford Moran Tierney Campbell Hanna Rangel Hoyer Murphy (FL) Titus Cantor Kingston Rush ment No. 3 printed in part B of House Huffman Nadler Tonko Cohen Lankford Serrano Report 113–492 offered by the gen- Israel Neal Tsongas Costa Meeks Smith (WA) Jackson Lee Negrete McLeod tleman from Vermont (Mr. WELCH) had Crowley Mullin Vela´ zquez Jeffries Nolan Van Hollen been postponed. DeLauro Napolitano Williams Johnson (GA) O’Rourke Vargas Veasey Edwards Nunnelee ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR Johnson, E. B. Pallone Fitzpatrick Polis The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to Jones Pascrell Visclosky Kaptur Pastor (AZ) Walz clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will Keating Payne Wasserman b 1742 now resume on those amendments Kelly (IL) Pelosi Schultz printed in part B of House Report 113– Kennedy Perlmutter Waters Messrs. POE of Texas, DUNCAN of 492 on which further proceedings were Kildee Peters (CA) Waxman Tennessee, HASTINGS of Washington, Kilmer Peters (MI) Welch postponed, in the following order: Kind Pingree (ME) Wilson (FL) Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, and Mr. Amendment No. 1 by Mr. PALLONE of Kirkpatrick Pocan Yarmuth MEEHAN changed their vote from New Jersey. ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ NOES—233 Amendment No. 2 by Mr. WAXMAN of Mrs. DAVIS of California and Mr. California. Aderholt Dent Huizenga (MI) PETERS of California changed their Amash DeSantis Hultgren Amendment No. 3 by Mr. WELCH of Amodei DesJarlais Hunter vote from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ Vermont. Bachmann Diaz-Balart Hurt So the amendment was rejected. The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes Bachus Duffy Issa The result of the vote was announced the minimum time for any electronic Barletta Duncan (SC) Jenkins Barr Duncan (TN) Johnson (OH) as above recorded. vote after the first vote in this series. Barrow (GA) Ellmers Johnson, Sam Stated for: AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. PALLONE Barton Farenthold Jolly Benishek Fincher Jordan Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Chair, on Tuesday, The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Bentivolio Fleischmann Joyce June 24th, 2014, I was absent during rollcall business is the demand for a recorded Bilirakis Fleming Kelly (PA) vote No. 350 due to a medical emergency in vote on the amendment offered by the Bishop (GA) Flores King (IA) my family. Had I been present, I would have gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. PAL- Bishop (UT) Forbes King (NY) Black Fortenberry Kinzinger (IL) voted ‘‘yea’’ on the Pallone of New Jersey LONE) on which further proceedings Blackburn Foxx Kline Amendment that ensures that the complete were postponed and on which the noes Boustany Franks (AZ) Labrador length of cross-border projects would be sub- prevailed by voice vote. Brady (TX) Frelinghuysen LaMalfa Bridenstine Gallego Lamborn ject to full environmental review under the Na- The Clerk will redesignate the Brooks (AL) Gardner Lance tional Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). amendment. Brooks (IN) Garrett Latham AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. WAXMAN The Clerk redesignated the amend- Broun (GA) Gerlach Latta ment. Buchanan Gibbs LoBiondo The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Bucshon Gibson Long business is the demand for a recorded RECORDED VOTE Burgess Gingrey (GA) Lucas The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Byrne Gohmert Luetkemeyer vote on the amendment offered by the Calvert Goodlatte Lummis gentleman from California (Mr. WAX- has been demanded. Camp Gosar Marchant A recorded vote was ordered. MAN) on which further proceedings Capito Gowdy Marino were postponed and on which the noes The vote was taken by electronic de- Carter Granger Massie vice, and there were—ayes 176, noes 233, Cassidy Graves (GA) Matheson prevailed by voice vote. Chabot Graves (MO) McAllister The Clerk will redesignate the not voting 22, as follows: Chaffetz Green, Gene McCarthy (CA) [Roll No. 350] Coble Griffin (AR) McCaul amendment. Coffman Griffith (VA) McClintock AYES—176 The Clerk redesignated the amend- Cole Grimm McHenry ment. Barber Butterfield Clay Collins (GA) Guthrie McIntyre Bass Capps Cleaver Collins (NY) Hall McKeon RECORDED VOTE Beatty Capuano Clyburn Conaway Harper McKinley The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Becerra Ca´ rdenas Connolly Cook Harris McMorris Bera (CA) Carney Conyers Cotton Hartzler Rodgers has been demanded. Bishop (NY) Carson (IN) Cooper Cramer Hastings (WA) Meadows A recorded vote was ordered. Blumenauer Cartwright Courtney Crawford Heck (NV) Meehan Bonamici Castor (FL) Cummings Crenshaw Hensarling Messer The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2- Brady (PA) Castro (TX) Davis (CA) Cuellar Herrera Beutler Mica minute vote. Braley (IA) Chu Davis, Danny Culberson Hinojosa Miller (FL) The vote was taken by electronic de- Brown (FL) Cicilline DeFazio Daines Holding Miller (MI) Brownley (CA) Clark (MA) DeGette Davis, Rodney Hudson Miller, Gary vice, and there were—ayes 171, noes 240, Bustos Clarke (NY) Delaney Denham Huelskamp Mulvaney not voting 20, as follows:

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:59 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.077 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5685 [Roll No. 351] Jenkins Murphy (FL) Schock [Roll No. 352] Johnson (OH) Murphy (PA) Schweikert AYES—171 Johnson, Sam Neugebauer Scott, Austin AYES—176 Barber Green, Al Neal Jolly Noem Sensenbrenner Barber Green, Al Neal Bass Grijalva Negrete McLeod Jones Nugent Sessions Bass Grijalva Negrete McLeod Beatty Gutie´rrez Nolan Jordan Nunes Shimkus Beatty Gutie´rrez Nolan Becerra Hahn O’Rourke Joyce Olson Shuster Becerra Hahn O’Rourke Kelly (PA) Owens Bera (CA) Hanabusa Pallone Simpson Bera (CA) Hanabusa Pallone King (IA) Palazzo Bishop (NY) Hastings (FL) Pascrell Smith (MO) Bishop (NY) Hastings (FL) Pascrell King (NY) Paulsen Blumenauer Heck (WA) Pastor (AZ) Smith (NE) Blumenauer Heck (WA) Pastor (AZ) Kinzinger (IL) Pearce Bonamici Higgins Payne Bonamici Higgins Kline Perry Smith (NJ) Payne Brady (PA) Himes Pelosi Brady (PA) Himes Labrador Peterson Smith (TX) Pelosi Braley (IA) Holt Perlmutter Southerland Braley (IA) Holt Peters (CA) Brown (FL) Honda LaMalfa Petri Brown (FL) Honda Peters (CA) Stewart Peters (MI) Brownley (CA) Horsford Lamborn Pittenger Brownley (CA) Horsford Peters (MI) Stivers Pingree (ME) Bustos Hoyer Lance Pitts Bustos Hoyer Pingree (ME) Stockman Pocan Butterfield Huffman Latham Poe (TX) Butterfield Huffman Pocan Latta Pompeo Stutzman Price (NC) Capps Israel Price (NC) Capps Israel Capuano Jackson Lee LoBiondo Posey Terry Capuano Jackson Lee Quigley Quigley Ca´ rdenas Jeffries Long Price (GA) Thompson (PA) Ca´ rdenas Jeffries Rahall Roybal-Allard Carney Johnson (GA) Lucas Rahall Thornberry Carney Johnson (GA) Richmond Ruiz Carson (IN) Johnson, E. B. Luetkemeyer Reed Tiberi Carson (IN) Johnson, E. B. Roybal-Allard Ruppersberger Cartwright Kaptur Lummis Reichert Tipton Cartwright Kaptur Ruiz Ryan (OH) Castor (FL) Keating Maloney, Sean Renacci Turner Castor (FL) Keating Ruppersberger Sa´ nchez, Linda Castro (TX) Kelly (IL) Marchant Ribble Upton Chu Kelly (IL) Ryan (OH) T. Chu Kennedy Marino Rice (SC) Valadao Cicilline Kennedy Sa´ nchez, Linda Sanchez, Loretta Cicilline Kildee Massie Richmond Vela Clark (MA) Kildee T. Sarbanes Clark (MA) Kilmer Matheson Rigell Wagner Clarke (NY) Kilmer Sanchez, Loretta Schakowsky Clarke (NY) Kind McAllister Roby Walberg Clay Kind Sarbanes Schiff Clay Kirkpatrick McCarthy (CA) Roe (TN) Walden Cleaver Kirkpatrick Schakowsky Schneider Cleaver Kuster McCaul Rogers (AL) Walorski Clyburn Kuster Schiff Schrader McClintock Rogers (KY) Cohen Langevin Weber (TX) Cohen Langevin Schneider Schwartz McHenry Rogers (MI) Connolly Larsen (WA) Webster (FL) Connolly Larsen (WA) Schrader Scott (VA) McIntyre Rohrabacher Conyers Larson (CT) Wenstrup Conyers Larson (CT) Schwartz Scott, David McKeon Rokita Courtney Lee (CA) Cooper Lee (CA) Scott (VA) Sewell (AL) McKinley Rooney Westmoreland Cummings Levin Courtney Levin Scott, David Shea-Porter McMorris Ros-Lehtinen Whitfield Davis (CA) Lewis Cummings Lewis Sewell (AL) Sherman Rodgers Roskam Wilson (SC) Davis, Danny Lipinski Wittman Davis (CA) Lipinski Shea-Porter DeFazio Loebsack Sinema Meadows Ross Davis, Danny Loebsack Wolf Sherman DeGette Lofgren Sires Meehan Rothfus DeFazio Lofgren Womack Sinema Delaney Lowenthal Slaughter Messer Royce DeGette Lowenthal Woodall Sires DeLauro Lowey Speier Mica Runyan Delaney Lowey Slaughter DelBene Lujan Grisham Swalwell (CA) Miller (FL) Ryan (WI) Yoder DeLauro Lujan Grisham Speier Deutch (NM) Takano Miller (MI) Salmon Yoho DelBene (NM) Swalwell (CA) Dingell Luja´ n, Ben Ray Thompson (CA) Miller, Gary Sanford Young (AK) Deutch Luja´ n, Ben Ray Takano Doggett (NM) Thompson (MS) Mulvaney Scalise Young (IN) Dingell (NM) Thompson (CA) Doyle Lynch Tierney NOT VOTING—20 Doggett Lynch Duckworth Maffei Titus Doyle Maffei Thompson (MS) Ellison Maloney, Tonko Campbell Kingston Rangel Duckworth Maloney, Tierney Engel Carolyn Tsongas Cantor Lankford Rush Ellison Carolyn Titus Eshoo Matsui Van Hollen Costa Meeks Serrano Engel Maloney, Sean Tonko Esty McCarthy (NY) Vargas Crowley Mullin Smith (WA) Enyart Matsui Tsongas Farr McCollum Veasey Edwards Napolitano Vela´ zquez Eshoo McCarthy (NY) Van Hollen Fattah McDermott Visclosky Fitzpatrick Nunnelee Williams Esty McDermott Vargas Foster McGovern Walz Hanna Polis Farr McGovern Veasey Visclosky Frankel (FL) McNerney Wasserman 1748 Fattah McIntyre Fudge Meng Schultz b Foster McNerney Walz Gabbard Michaud Waters So the amendment was rejected. Frankel (FL) Meng Wasserman Gallego Miller, George Waxman The result of the vote was announced Fudge Michaud Schultz Garamendi Moore Welch Gabbard Miller, George Waters Garcia Moran Wilson (FL) as above recorded. Garamendi Moore Waxman Grayson Nadler Yarmuth Stated for: Garcia Moran Welch Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Chair, on Tuesday, Gibson Murphy (FL) Wilson (FL) NOES—240 June 24th, 2014, I was absent during rollcall Grayson Nadler Yarmuth Aderholt Coffman Gardner vote No. 351 due to a medical emergency in NOES—234 Amash Cole Garrett my family. Had I been present, I would have Amodei Collins (GA) Gerlach Aderholt Chaffetz Franks (AZ) Bachmann Collins (NY) Gibbs voted ‘‘yea’’ on the Waxman of California Amash Coble Frelinghuysen Bachus Conaway Gibson Amendment that excludes any project with a Amodei Coffman Gallego Barletta Cook Gingrey (GA) pending Presidential permit application from Bachmann Cole Gardner Barr Cooper Gohmert using the new approval requirements in the Bachus Collins (GA) Garrett Barrow (GA) Cotton Goodlatte Barletta Collins (NY) Gerlach Barton Cramer Gosar bill. Barr Conaway Gibbs Benishek Crawford Gowdy AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MR. WELCH Barrow (GA) Cook Gingrey (GA) Bentivolio Crenshaw Granger The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Barton Cotton Gohmert Bilirakis Cuellar Graves (GA) business is the demand for a recorded Benishek Cramer Goodlatte Bishop (GA) Culberson Graves (MO) Bentivolio Crawford Gosar Bishop (UT) Daines Green, Gene vote on the amendment offered by the Bilirakis Crenshaw Gowdy Black Davis, Rodney Griffin (AR) gentleman from Vermont (Mr. WELCH) Bishop (GA) Cuellar Granger Blackburn Denham Griffith (VA) on which further proceedings were Bishop (UT) Culberson Graves (GA) Boustany Dent Grimm Black Daines Graves (MO) Brady (TX) DeSantis Guthrie postponed and on which the noes pre- Blackburn Davis, Rodney Green, Gene Bridenstine DesJarlais Hall vailed by voice vote. Boustany Denham Griffin (AR) Brooks (AL) Diaz-Balart Harper The Clerk will redesignate the Brady (TX) Dent Griffith (VA) Brooks (IN) Duffy Harris amendment. Bridenstine DeSantis Grimm Broun (GA) Duncan (SC) Hartzler The Clerk redesignated the amend- Brooks (AL) DesJarlais Guthrie Buchanan Duncan (TN) Hastings (WA) Brooks (IN) Diaz-Balart Hall Bucshon Ellmers Heck (NV) ment. Broun (GA) Duffy Harper Burgess Enyart Hensarling RECORDED VOTE Buchanan Duncan (SC) Harris Byrne Farenthold Herrera Beutler The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Bucshon Duncan (TN) Hartzler Calvert Fincher Hinojosa Burgess Ellmers Hastings (WA) Camp Fleischmann Holding has been demanded. Byrne Farenthold Heck (NV) Capito Fleming Hudson A recorded vote was ordered. Calvert Fincher Hensarling Carter Flores Huelskamp The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2- Camp Fleischmann Herrera Beutler Cassidy Forbes Huizenga (MI) minute vote. Capito Fleming Hinojosa Chabot Fortenberry Hultgren The vote was taken by electronic de- Carter Flores Holding Chaffetz Foxx Hunter Cassidy Forbes Hudson Clyburn Franks (AZ) Hurt vice, and there were—ayes 176, noes 234, Castro (TX) Fortenberry Huelskamp Coble Frelinghuysen Issa not voting 21, as follows: Chabot Foxx Huizenga (MI)

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:10 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN7.036 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5686 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 Hultgren Miller (MI) Schock ico, and for other purposes, and, pursu- vania, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Wyo- Hunter Miller, Gary Schweikert ant to House Resolution 636, he re- ming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Hurt Mulvaney Scott, Austin Issa Murphy (PA) Sensenbrenner ported the bill back to the House with Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. Jenkins Neugebauer Sessions an amendment adopted in the Com- The Great Lakes provide 56 billion Johnson (OH) Noem Shimkus mittee of the Whole. gallons of fresh water per day for agri- Johnson, Sam Nugent Shuster The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under culture, municipal drinking water, and Jolly Nunes Simpson Jones Olson the rule, the previous question is or- electricity production. Over 30 million Smith (MO) Jordan Owens Smith (NE) dered. Americans rely on the Great Lakes Joyce Palazzo The question is on the amendment in Kelly (PA) Paulsen Smith (NJ) every day for their safe and clean King (IA) Pearce Smith (TX) the nature of a substitute. drinking water. King (NY) Perry Southerland The amendment was agreed to. This amendment would protect the Kinzinger (IL) Peterson Stewart The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Stivers Great Lakes from being put at risk by Kline Petri question is on the engrossment and Labrador Pittenger Stockman preventing the Department of State LaMalfa Pitts Stutzman third reading of the bill. from approving projects that have the Lamborn Poe (TX) Terry The bill was ordered to be engrossed potential to contaminate the Great Lance Pompeo Thompson (PA) and read a third time, and was read the Lakes and their aquifers. Latham Posey Thornberry Latta Price (GA) Tiberi third time. We owe it to our future generations LoBiondo Reed Tipton MOTION TO RECOMMIT to keep the Great Lakes healthy and to Long Reichert Turner Mr. SCHNEIDER. Madam Speaker, I use the resources we have in a respon- Lucas Renacci Upton have a motion to recommit at the sible and sustainable way. Luetkemeyer Ribble Valadao Lummis Rice (SC) Vela desk. This amendment also ensures that Marchant Rigell Wagner The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the the owners and operators of pipelines Marino Roby Walberg gentleman opposed to the bill? who have been responsible for major Massie Roe (TN) Walden Mr. SCHNEIDER. I am opposed. spills in the past that resulted in con- Matheson Rogers (AL) Walorski McAllister Rogers (KY) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Weber (TX) taminated community drinking water McCarthy (CA) Rogers (MI) Webster (FL) Clerk will report the motion to recom- supplies will not receive special treat- McCaul Rohrabacher Wenstrup mit. McClintock Rokita ment to build additional pipelines McCollum Rooney Westmoreland The Clerk read as follows: across our borders. McHenry Ros-Lehtinen Whitfield Mr. Schneider moves to recommit the bill, When accidents occur in our Great McKeon Roskam Wilson (SC) Wittman H.R. 3301, to the Committee on Energy and Lakes, it is not a simple fix to restore McKinley Ross Commerce with instructions to report the McMorris Rothfus Wolf the ecosystem and return to business same back to the House forthwith with the Rodgers Royce Womack as usual. The time it takes our Great Meadows Runyan Woodall following amendment: Lakes to naturally rid themselves of Meehan Ryan (WI) Yoder Page 9, after line 6, insert the following Messer Salmon Yoho new section: pollutants can take up to 191 years. Mica Sanford Young (AK) SEC. 10. PROTECTING THE GREAT LAKES AND This is why we must take every pre- Miller (FL) Scalise Young (IN) OUR NATION’S DRINKING WATER caution now to make sure that the NOT VOTING—21 SUPPLY. health of our Great Lakes and the The Secretary of State shall not approve health of our economy are not put at Campbell Kingston Polis an oil pipeline under section 3 if— Cantor Lankford Rangel risk for short-term gains. Costa Meeks Rush (1) a rupture or spill from such pipeline Crowley Mullin Serrano would result in toxic and cancer-causing b 1800 Edwards Napolitano Smith (WA) chemicals, such as benzene, entering into the Energy independence remains one of ´ Fitzpatrick Nunnelee Velazquez Great Lakes, the Ogallala Aquifer, or a com- the primary drivers of our economy Hanna Perlmutter Williams munity’s drinking water supply; or and will continue to have a major role b 1752 (2) the owner or operator of the oil pipeline was responsible for a major oil spill affecting in our future competitiveness and the So the amendment was rejected. a community’s drinking water supply or has health of our future generations. By The result of the vote was announced failed to properly clean up such a spill. eliminating commonsense environ- as above recorded. Mr. WHITFIELD (during the read- mental regulations and evaluations for Stated for: ing). Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous projects with potentially massive pub- Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Chair, on Tuesday, consent that we dispense with the read- lic health consequences, it is a derelic- June 24th, 2014, I was absent during rollcall ing of the motion. tion of our duty to protect our fami- vote No. 352 due to a medical emergency in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there lies, protect our communities, and pro- my family. Had I been present, I would have objection to the request of the gen- tect our businesses that rely on the voted ‘‘yea’’ on the Welch/Pingree/Kuster/ tleman from Kentucky? Great Lakes. Shea-Porter Amendment that ensures that There was no objection. Instead of assessing the impact of the major pipeline modifications receive a thor- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- full project, the underlying bill would ough environmental review. tleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 limit environmental review for new in- The Acting CHAIR. The question is minutes. frastructure projects to only the cross- on the amendment in the nature of a Mr. SCHNEIDER. Madam Speaker, border sections. We live in an inter- substitute. this is the final amendment to the bill, connected environment, and the Great The amendment was agreed to. which will not kill the bill or send it Lakes system is not an isolated re- The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, back to committee. If adopted, the bill source but, rather, a complex eco- the Committee rises. will immediately proceed to final pas- system intertwined with the health Accordingly, the Committee rose; sage, as amended. and vibrancy of countless communities and the Speaker pro tempore (Ms. ROS- Madam Speaker, this amendment across two countries and eight States. LEHTINEN) having assumed the chair, would ensure that our Great Lakes and What happens to one has an impact on Mr. MILLER of Florida, Acting Chair of the Ogallala Aquifer, and the tremen- all. the Committee of the Whole House on dous economic benefits that come from This amendment would ensure the the state of the Union, reported that them, will remain protected and safe proper planning and environmental im- that Committee, having had under con- from toxic chemicals. pact evaluations are complete and that sideration the bill (H.R. 3301) to require As stewards of the health and safety the total scope of projects are known approval for the construction, connec- of our communities, we should take and assessed. tion, operation, or maintenance of oil sensible approaches to protect our The Great Lakes represents more or natural gas pipelines or electric most valuable assets. This amendment than 1,000 miles of border between the transmission facilities at the national would safeguard our drinking water in United States and Canada. It is irre- boundary of the United States for the 16 States for millions of our constitu- sponsible to take on all the environ- import or export of oil, natural gas, or ents—in Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, mental risks to our drinking water, our electricity to or from Canada or Mex- Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsyl- $4 billion fishing industry, and the 200

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:10 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN7.037 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5687 million tons of shipping that occur on Chu Israel Payne Marino Posey Smith (NE) the Great Lakes, including 90 percent Cicilline Jackson Lee Pelosi Massie Price (GA) Smith (NJ) Clark (MA) Jeffries Perlmutter Matheson Reed Smith (TX) of the Nation’s iron ore and 58 percent Clarke (NY) Johnson (GA) Peters (CA) McAllister Reichert Southerland of the automobiles produced here. Clay Johnson, E. B. Peters (MI) McCarthy (CA) Renacci Stewart It is irresponsible to put at risk the Cleaver Kaptur Peterson McCaul Ribble Stivers Clyburn Keating McClintock Rice (SC) Stockman millions of Americans who rely on the Pingree (ME) Cohen Kelly (IL) Pocan McHenry Rigell Stutzman Great Lakes and the Ogallala Aquifer Connolly Kennedy Price (NC) McKeon Roby Terry for their basic human needs. It is irre- Conyers Kildee Quigley McKinley Roe (TN) Thompson (PA) McMorris Cooper Kilmer Rahall Rogers (AL) Thornberry sponsible to take on the risk of chem- Rodgers Rogers (KY) Tiberi Courtney Kind Richmond ical and toxic contaminants perma- Cuellar Kirkpatrick Meadows Rogers (MI) Tipton Roybal-Allard Cummings Kuster Meehan Rohrabacher Turner nently changing our environment for Ruiz Davis (CA) Langevin Messer Rokita Upton the worst without doing our own due Ruppersberger Davis, Danny Larsen (WA) Mica Rooney Valadao diligence. DeFazio Larson (CT) Ryan (OH) Miller (FL) Ros-Lehtinen Vela ´ For all Great Lakes and Great Plains DeGette Lee (CA) Sanchez, Linda Miller (MI) Roskam Wagner T. communities, I ask that you take this Delaney Levin Miller, Gary Ross Walberg DeLauro Lewis Sanchez, Loretta Mulvaney Rothfus Walden commonsense step with us to protect DelBene Lipinski Sarbanes Murphy (PA) Royce Walorski our safe access to clean drinking water Deutch Loebsack Schakowsky Neugebauer Runyan Weber (TX) and to deny companies who have a Dingell Lofgren Schiff Noem Ryan (WI) Webster (FL) track record of contamination from Doggett Lowenthal Schneider Nugent Salmon Wenstrup Doyle Lowey Schrader Nunes Sanford Westmoreland being given the opportunity to do so Duckworth Lujan Grisham Schwartz Olson Scalise Whitfield again. Ellison (NM) Scott (VA) Palazzo Schock Wilson (SC) With that, Madam Speaker, I yield Engel Luja´ n, Ben Ray Scott, David Paulsen Schweikert Wittman Enyart (NM) Sewell (AL) Pearce Scott, Austin Wolf back the balance of my time. Eshoo Lynch Shea-Porter Perry Sensenbrenner Womack Mr. WHITFIELD. Madam Speaker, I Esty Maffei Sherman Petri Sessions Woodall claim the time in opposition to the mo- Farr Maloney, Sinema Pittenger Shimkus Yoder tion to recommit. Fattah Carolyn Sires Pitts Shuster Yoho Foster Maloney, Sean Slaughter Poe (TX) Simpson Young (AK) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Frankel (FL) Matsui Speier Pompeo Smith (MO) Young (IN) Fudge McCarthy (NY) tleman from Kentucky is recognized Swalwell (CA) NOT VOTING—19 for 5 minutes. Gabbard McCollum Takano Gallego McDermott Thompson (CA) Campbell Lankford Rush Mr. WHITFIELD. Madam Speaker, I Garamendi McGovern Thompson (MS) Cantor Meeks Serrano would just say that H.R. 3301 is de- Garcia McIntyre Crowley Mullin Tierney Smith (WA) Grayson McNerney Edwards Napolitano signed to do one thing: to treat all Titus Vela´ zquez Green, Al Meng Fitzpatrick Nunnelee Tonko Williams pipelines and electric transmission Grijalva Michaud Hanna Polis lines exactly as natural gas pipelines Gutie´rrez Miller, George Tsongas Kingston Rangel are treated. Hahn Moore Van Hollen Vargas The Great Lakes, we are all com- Hanabusa Moran 1808 Hastings (FL) Murphy (FL) Veasey b mitted to. There are 33 separate envi- Heck (WA) Nadler Visclosky So the motion to recommit was re- Walz ronmental laws that would not be Higgins Neal jected. changed by this legislation. Himes Negrete McLeod Wasserman Hinojosa Nolan Schultz The result of the vote was announced With all due respect, I view this as a Holt O’Rourke Waters as above recorded. procedural vote that says ‘‘no’’ to Honda Owens Waxman Stated for: North American energy security and Horsford Pallone Welch Hoyer Pascrell Wilson (FL) Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I was ab- lower prices. It is time to say ‘‘yes’’ Huffman Pastor (AZ) Yarmuth sent during roll call vote #353 due to a med- and end procedural delays. Please vote ical emergency in my family. Had I been ‘‘no’’ on this motion and say ‘‘yes’’ to NOES—227 present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on the North American security. Aderholt Crawford Guthrie Democratic Motion to Recommit H.R. 3301— I yield back the balance of my time. Amash Crenshaw Hall North American Energy Infrastructure Act. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Amodei Culberson Harper Bachmann Daines Harris The SPEAKER pro tempore. The objection, the previous question is or- Bachus Davis, Rodney Hartzler question is on the passage of the bill. dered on the motion to recommit. Barletta Denham Hastings (WA) The question was taken; and the There was no objection. Barr Dent Heck (NV) Barton DeSantis Hensarling Speaker pro tempore announced that The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Benishek DesJarlais Herrera Beutler the ayes appeared to have it. question is on the motion to recommit. Bentivolio Diaz-Balart Holding RECORDED VOTE Bilirakis Duffy Hudson The question was taken; and the Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I de- Speaker pro tempore announced that Bishop (UT) Duncan (SC) Huelskamp Black Duncan (TN) Huizenga (MI) mand a recorded vote. the noes appeared to have it. Blackburn Ellmers Hultgren A recorded vote was ordered. RECORDED VOTE Boustany Farenthold Hunter Brady (TX) Fincher Hurt The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Mr. SCHNEIDER. Madam Speaker, I Bridenstine Fleischmann Issa 5-minute vote. demand a recorded vote. Brooks (AL) Fleming Jenkins The vote was taken by electronic de- A recorded vote was ordered. Brooks (IN) Flores Johnson (OH) vice, and there were—ayes 238, noes 173, Broun (GA) Forbes Johnson, Sam The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Buchanan Fortenberry Jolly not voting 20, as follows: ant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- Bucshon Foxx Jones [Roll No. 354] Burgess Franks (AZ) Jordan minute vote on the motion to recom- AYES—238 mit will be followed by a 5-minute vote Byrne Frelinghuysen Joyce Calvert Gardner Kelly (PA) Aderholt Brady (TX) Coffman on passage of the bill, if ordered. Camp Garrett King (IA) Amash Bridenstine Cole The vote was taken by electronic de- Capito Gerlach King (NY) Amodei Brooks (AL) Collins (GA) vice, and there were—ayes 185, noes 227, Carter Gibbs Kinzinger (IL) Bachmann Brooks (IN) Collins (NY) Cassidy Gibson Kline Bachus Broun (GA) Conaway not voting 19, as follows: Chabot Gingrey (GA) Labrador Barletta Buchanan Cook [Roll No. 353] Chaffetz Gohmert LaMalfa Barr Bucshon Costa Coble Goodlatte Lamborn Barrow (GA) Burgess Cotton AYES—185 Coffman Gosar Lance Barton Byrne Cramer Barber Blumenauer Capps Cole Gowdy Latham Benishek Calvert Crawford Barrow (GA) Bonamici Capuano Collins (GA) Granger Latta Bentivolio Camp Crenshaw Bass Brady (PA) Ca´ rdenas Collins (NY) Graves (GA) LoBiondo Bilirakis Capito Cuellar Beatty Braley (IA) Carney Conaway Graves (MO) Long Bishop (GA) Carter Culberson Becerra Brown (FL) Carson (IN) Cook Green, Gene Lucas Bishop (UT) Cassidy Daines Bera (CA) Brownley (CA) Cartwright Costa Griffin (AR) Luetkemeyer Black Chabot Davis, Rodney Bishop (GA) Bustos Castor (FL) Cotton Griffith (VA) Lummis Blackburn Chaffetz Denham Bishop (NY) Butterfield Castro (TX) Cramer Grimm Marchant Boustany Coble Dent

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:10 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.085 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5688 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 DeSantis King (NY) Roby Luja´ n, Ben Ray Payne Sherman XX, the Chair will postpone further DesJarlais Kinzinger (IL) Roe (TN) (NM) Pelosi Sinema proceedings today on motions to sus- Diaz-Balart Kline Rogers (AL) Lynch Perlmutter Sires Duffy Labrador Rogers (KY) Maffei Peters (CA) Slaughter pend the rules on which a recorded vote Duncan (SC) LaMalfa Rogers (MI) Maloney, Peters (MI) Speier or the yeas and nays are ordered, or on Duncan (TN) Lamborn Rohrabacher Carolyn Pingree (ME) Swalwell (CA) which the vote incurs objection under Maloney, Sean Pocan Ellmers Lance Rokita Takano clause 6 of rule XX. Enyart Latham Rooney Matsui Price (NC) Thompson (CA) Farenthold Latta Ros-Lehtinen McCarthy (NY) Quigley Thompson (MS) Record votes on postponed questions Fincher LoBiondo Roskam McCollum Richmond Tierney will be taken later. McDermott Roybal-Allard Fleischmann Long Ross Titus Fleming Lucas McGovern Ruiz f Rothfus Tonko Flores Luetkemeyer McNerney Ruppersberger Royce Tsongas AUTISM COLLABORATION, AC- Forbes Lummis Meng Ryan (OH) Runyan Van Hollen Fortenberry Marchant Michaud Sa´ nchez, Linda COUNTABILITY, RESEARCH, EDU- Ryan (WI) Vargas Foxx Marino Miller, George T. CATION, AND SUPPORT ACT OF Salmon Veasey Franks (AZ) Massie Sanford Moore Sanchez, Loretta 2014 Moran Visclosky Frelinghuysen Matheson Scalise Sarbanes Nadler Schakowsky Walz Gallego McAllister Schock Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I move to Neal Schiff Wasserman Gardner McCarthy (CA) Schrader suspend the rules and pass the bill Negrete McLeod Schneider Schultz Garrett McCaul Schweikert (H.R. 4631) to reauthorize certain provi- Gerlach McClintock Nolan Schwartz Waters Scott, Austin Gibbs McHenry O’Rourke Scott (VA) Waxman sions of the Public Health Service Act Sensenbrenner Gibson McIntyre Pallone Scott, David Welch Sessions relating to autism, and for other pur- Gingrey (GA) McKeon Pascrell Sewell (AL) Wilson (FL) Shimkus poses, as amended. Gohmert McKinley Pastor (AZ) Shea-Porter Yarmuth Shuster Goodlatte McMorris The Clerk read the title of the bill. Simpson NOT VOTING—20 Gosar Rodgers The text of the bill is as follows: Smith (MO) Gowdy Meadows Campbell Lankford Rush Smith (NE) H.R. 4631 Granger Meehan Cantor Meeks Serrano Smith (NJ) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Graves (GA) Messer Crowley Mullin Smith (TX) Southerland Graves (MO) Mica Edwards Napolitano Smith (WA) resentatives of the United States of America in Stewart Green, Al Miller (FL) Fitzpatrick Nunnelee ´ Congress assembled, Stivers Velazquez Green, Gene Miller (MI) Hanna Polis Williams SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Griffin (AR) Miller, Gary Stockman Kingston Rangel Stutzman This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Autism Col- Griffith (VA) Mulvaney laboration, Accountability, Research, Edu- Grimm Murphy (FL) Terry b 1817 Guthrie Murphy (PA) Thompson (PA) cation, and Support Act of 2014’’ or the ‘‘Au- Thornberry So the bill was passed. tism CARES Act of 2014’’. Hall Neugebauer The result of the vote was announced Harper Noem Tiberi SEC. 2. NATIONAL AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER Harris Nugent Tipton as above recorded. INITIATIVE. Turner Hartzler Nunes A motion to reconsider was laid on (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health Hastings (WA) Olson Upton the table. Valadao and Human Services shall designate an exist- Heck (NV) Owens Stated against: ing official within the Department of Health Hensarling Palazzo Vela Herrera Beutler Paulsen Wagner Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I was ab- and Human Services to oversee, in consulta- Hinojosa Pearce Walberg sent during rollcall vote No. 354 due to a med- tion with the Secretaries of Defense and Holding Perry Walden ical emergency in my family. Had I been Education, national autism spectrum dis- Hudson Peterson Walorski present, I would have voted ‘‘no’’ on final pas- order research, services, and support activi- Huelskamp Petri Weber (TX) ties. Webster (FL) sage of H.R. 3301—North American Energy Huizenga (MI) Pittenger (b) DUTIES.—The official designated under Wenstrup Infrastructure Act. Hultgren Pitts subsection (a) shall— Hunter Poe (TX) Westmoreland f Hurt Pompeo Whitfield (1) implement autism spectrum disorder Issa Posey Wilson (SC) REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- activities, taking into account the strategic Jenkins Price (GA) Wittman VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF plan developed by the Interagency Autism Johnson (OH) Rahall Wolf Coordinating Committee under section Johnson, Sam Reed Womack H.R. 4899, LOWERING GASOLINE 399CC(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 Jolly Reichert Woodall PRICES TO FUEL AN AMERICA U.S.C. 280i–2(b)); and Jordan Renacci Yoder THAT WORKS ACT OF 2014; PRO- (2) ensure that autism spectrum disorder Joyce Ribble Yoho VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF Kelly (PA) Rice (SC) Young (AK) activities of the Department of Health and King (IA) Rigell Young (IN) H.R. 4923, ENERGY AND WATER Human Services and of other Federal depart- DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED ments and agencies are not unnecessarily du- NOES—173 AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS plicative. Barber Cummings Holt ACT, 2015; AND FOR OTHER PUR- SEC. 3. RESEARCH PROGRAM. Bass Davis (CA) Honda POSES Section 399AA of the Public Health Service Beatty Davis, Danny Horsford Act (42 U.S.C. 280i) is amended— Becerra DeFazio Hoyer Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Com- (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘for Bera (CA) DeGette Huffman mittee on Rules, submitted a privi- children and adults’’ after ‘‘reporting of Bishop (NY) Delaney Israel leged report (Rept. No. 113–493) on the State epidemiological data’’; Blumenauer DeLauro Jackson Lee resolution (H. Res. 641) providing for (2) in subsection (b)(1)— Bonamici DelBene Jeffries Brady (PA) Deutch consideration of the bill (H.R. 4899) to (A) by striking ‘‘establishment of regional Johnson (GA) centers of excellence’’ and inserting ‘‘estab- Braley (IA) Dingell Johnson, E. B. lower gasoline prices for the American lishment or support of regional centers of ex- Brown (FL) Doggett Jones family by increasing domestic onshore Brownley (CA) Doyle Kaptur cellence’’; and Bustos Duckworth and offshore energy exploration and Keating (B) by inserting ‘‘for children and adults’’ Butterfield Ellison production, to streamline and improve Kelly (IL) before the period at the end; Capps Engel Kennedy onshore and offshore energy permitting (3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘center Capuano Eshoo Kildee and administration, and for other pur- Ca´ rdenas Esty to be established’’ and inserting ‘‘center to Carney Farr Kilmer poses; providing for consideration of be established or supported’’; and Carson (IN) Fattah Kind the bill (H.R. 4923) making appropria- (4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and Cartwright Foster Kirkpatrick inserting ‘‘2019’’. Kuster tions for energy and water develop- Castor (FL) Frankel (FL) ment and related agencies for the fiscal SEC. 4. AUTISM INTERVENTION. Castro (TX) Fudge Langevin Chu Gabbard Larsen (WA) year ending September 30, 2015; and for Section 399BB of the Public Health Service Cicilline Garamendi Larson (CT) other purposes; and for other purposes, Act (42 U.S.C. 280i–1) is amended— Clark (MA) Garcia Lee (CA) which was referred to the House Cal- (1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘cul- Levin Clarke (NY) Grayson endar and ordered to be printed. turally competent’’ after ‘‘provide’’; Clay Grijalva Lewis (2) in subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii), by inserting Cleaver Gutie´rrez Lipinski f ‘‘(which may include respite care for care- Clyburn Hahn Loebsack givers of individuals with an autism spec- Cohen Hanabusa Lofgren ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER trum disorder)’’ after ‘‘services and sup- Connolly Hastings (FL) Lowenthal PRO TEMPORE Conyers Heck (WA) Lowey ports’’; Cooper Higgins Lujan Grisham The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. (3) in subsection (e)(1)(B)(v), by inserting Courtney Himes (NM) BYRNE). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, which

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INTERAGENCY AUTISM COORDINATING uals’’; riod beginning on the date of enactment of COMMITTEE. (iv) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘one the Autism CARES Act of 2014 and, as appro- Section 399CC of the Public Health Service such member shall be a parent or legal priate, how this age varies across population Act (42 U.S.C. 280i–2) is amended— guardian’’ and inserting ‘‘two such members subgroups’’; (1) in subsection (b)— shall be parents or legal guardians’’; and (E) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesig- (A) in paragraph (1)— (v) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘one nated), by striking ‘‘6-year period beginning (i) by striking ‘‘and annually update’’; and such member shall be a representative’’ and on the date of enactment of the Combating (ii) by striking ‘‘intervention’’ and insert- inserting ‘‘two such members shall be rep- Autism Act of 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘4-year pe- ing ‘‘interventions, including school and resentatives’’; and riod beginning on the date of enactment of community-based interventions’’; (C) by adding at the end the following: the Autism CARES Act of 2014 and, as appro- (B) by striking paragraph (2); ‘‘(3) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.— priate, how this age varies across population (C) by redesignating paragraph (1) as para- ‘‘(A) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT FOR NON-FED- subgroups’’; graph (2), and inserting before such redesig- ERAL MEMBERS.—Non-Federal members shall (F) in subparagraph (F) (as so redesig- nated paragraph the following: serve for a term of 4 years, and may be re- nated), by inserting ‘‘and, as appropriate, on ‘‘(1) monitor autism spectrum disorder re- appointed for one or more additional 4-year how such average time varies across popu- search, and to the extent practicable services terms. lation subgroups’’ before the semicolon at and support activities, across all relevant ‘‘(B) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Com- the end; Federal departments and agencies, including mittee shall be filled in the manner in which (G) in subparagraph (G) (as so redesig- coordination of Federal activities with re- the original appointment was made and shall nated)— spect to autism spectrum disorder;’’; not affect the powers or duties of the Com- (i) by striking ‘‘including by various (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘rec- mittee. Any member appointed to fill a va- subtypes,’’ and inserting ‘‘including by se- ommendations to the Director of NIH’’; cancy for an unexpired term shall be ap- verity level as practicable,’’; and (E) in paragraph (4), by inserting before the pointed for the remainder of such term. A (ii) by striking ‘‘child may’’ and inserting semicolon the following: ‘‘, and the process member may serve after the expiration of ‘‘child or other factors, such as demographic by which public feedback can be better inte- the member’s term until a successor has characteristics, may’’; and grated into such decisions’’; and been appointed.’’; (F) by striking paragraphs (5) and (6) and (H) by striking subparagraph (I) (as so re- inserting the following: (3) in subsection (d)— designated), and inserting the following: ‘‘(5) develop a strategic plan for the con- (A) by striking paragraph (2); and ‘‘(I) a description of the actions taken to duct of, and support for, autism spectrum (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) implement and the progress made on imple- disorder research, including as practicable as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and mentation of the strategic plan developed by for services and supports, for individuals (4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and the Interagency Autism Coordinating Com- with an autism spectrum disorder and the inserting ‘‘2019’’. mittee under section 399CC(b).’’; and families of such individuals, which shall in- SEC. 6. REPORTS. (7) by adding at the end the following new clude— Section 399DD of the Public Health Service subsection: ‘‘(A) proposed budgetary requirements; and Act (42 U.S.C. 280i–3) is amended— ‘‘(b) REPORT ON YOUNG ADULTS AND ‘‘(B) recommendations to ensure that au- (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘RE- TRANSITIONING YOUTH.— tism spectrum disorder research, and serv- PORT’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORTS’’; ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years ices and support activities to the extent (2) in subsection (b), by redesignating para- after the date of enactment of the Autism practicable, of the Department of Health and graphs (1) through (9) as subparagraphs (A) CARES Act of 2014, the Secretary of Health Human Services and of other Federal depart- through (I), respectively, and realigning the and Human Services, in coordination with ments and agencies are not unnecessarily du- margins accordingly; the Secretary of Education and in collabora- plicative; and (3) by redesignating subsections (a) and (b) tion with the Secretary of Transportation, ‘‘(6) submit to Congress and the Presi- as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of dent— realigning the margins accordingly; Housing and Urban Development, and the ‘‘(A) an annual update on the summary of (4) by inserting after the section heading Attorney General, shall prepare and submit advances described in paragraph (2); and the following: to the Committee on Health, Education, ‘‘(B) an annual update to the strategic plan ‘‘(a) PROGRESS REPORT.—’’; Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the described in paragraph (5), including any (5) in subsection (a)(1) (as so redesig- Committee on Energy and Commerce of the progress made in achieving the goals out- nated)— House of Representatives, a report con- lined in such strategic plan.’’; (A) by striking ‘‘2 years after the date of cerning young adults with autism spectrum (2) in subsection (c)— enactment of the Combating Autism Reau- disorder and the challenges related to the (A) in paragraph (1)— thorization Act of 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘4 transition from existing school-based serv- (i) by striking the paragraph designation, years after the date of enactment of the Au- ices to those services available during adult- the heading, and the matter preceding sub- tism CARES Act of 2014’’; hood. paragraph (A) and inserting the following: (B) by inserting ‘‘and the Secretary of De- ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted ‘‘(1) FEDERAL MEMBERSHIP.—The Com- fense’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of Education’’; under paragraph (1) shall contain— mittee shall be composed of the following and ‘‘(A) demographic characteristics of youth Federal members—’’; (C) by inserting ‘‘, and make publicly transitioning from school-based to commu- (ii) in subparagraph (C)— available, including through posting on the nity-based supports; (I) by inserting ‘‘, such as the Administra- Internet Web site of the Department of ‘‘(B) an overview of policies and programs tion for Community Living, Administration Health and Human Services,’’ after ‘‘Rep- relevant to young adults with autism spec- for Children and Families, the Centers for resentatives’’; and trum disorder relating to post-secondary Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Food and (6) in subsection (a)(2) (as so redesig- school transitional services, including an Drug Administration, and the Health Re- nated)— identification of existing Federal laws, regu- sources and Services Administration’’ before (A) in subparagraph (A), (as so redesig- lations, policies, research, and programs; the semicolon at the end; and nated), by striking ‘‘Combating Autism Act ‘‘(C) proposals on establishing best prac- (II) by adding at the end ‘‘and’’; of 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘Autism CARES Act tices guidelines to ensure— (iii) in subparagraph (D)— of 2014’’; ‘‘(i) interdisciplinary coordination between (I) by inserting ‘‘and the Department of (B) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesig- all relevant service providers receiving Fed- Defense’’ after ‘‘Department of Education’’; nated), by striking ‘‘particular provisions of eral funding; and Combating Autism Act of 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘(ii) coordination with transitioning youth (II) by striking at the end ‘‘; and’’ and in- ‘‘amendments made by the Autism CARES and the family of such transitioning youth; serting a period; and Act of 2014’’; and

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:33 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN7.055 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5690 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 ‘‘(iii) inclusion of the individualized edu- I rise today, Mr. Speaker, in support I urge my colleagues to join me in cation program for the transitioning youth, of H.R. 4631, the Autism Collaboration, supporting this bill, so we can send it as prescribed in section 614 of the Individuals Accountability, Research, Education, to the Senate and on to the President with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. and Support—CARES—Act of 2014, in- for his signature, well in advance of the 1414); ‘‘(D) comprehensive approaches to troduced by Congressman CHRIS SMITH September 30 sunset provisions in cur- transitioning from existing school-based of New Jersey. rent law. services to those services available during Autism CARES demonstrates our Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of adulthood, including— continued effort to address the needs of my time. ‘‘(i) services that increase access to, and children and adults with autism spec- Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, at this improve integration and completion of, post- trum disorder, ASD. time, I yield 5 minutes to the gen- secondary education, peer support, voca- Thanks to the monitoring done by tleman from New Jersey, Congressman tional training (as defined in section 103 of the Centers for Disease Control and CHRIS SMITH, the distinguished prime the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Prevention, CDC, we know that as sponsor of the legislation, who has 723)), rehabilitation, self-advocacy skills, and many as 1 in 68 children have ASD. really provided the leadership on this competitive, integrated employment; With recent studies showing that issue. ‘‘(ii) community-based behavioral supports and interventions; ASD can be detected in the first 6 Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I thank ‘‘(iii) community-based integrated residen- months of life, the screening and diag- the chairman for yielding and thank tial services, housing, and transportation; nosis funded in the bill will mean early him for his strong support, along with ‘‘(iv) nutrition, health and wellness, rec- diagnosis and improved health and be- Chairman FRED UPTON, former Chair- reational, and social activities; havioral outcomes. man HENRY WAXMAN, and so many oth- ‘‘(v) personal safety services for individ- Many of these children are now ers—MIKE DOYLE, my good friend and uals with autism spectrum disorder related transitioning into adulthood and will colleague, who together, since 2000, to public safety agencies or the criminal jus- need community-based services to re- headed up the Coalition for Autism Re- tice system; and place those provided by the schools. As search and Education. We have done ‘‘(vi) evidence-based approaches for coordi- a part of this bill, HHS will be required nation of resources and services once indi- everything bipartisan. We have 91 viduals have aged out of post-secondary edu- to study their needs and available serv- members in the coalition right now. cation; and ices to identify gaps and make their I would also like to thank the staff, ‘‘(E) proposals that seek to improve out- transition seamless and productive. who have helped us move this bill and comes for adults with autism spectrum dis- The bill would also fund important negotiate text, including Gary Andres, order making the transition from a school- research at the National Institutes of Cheryl Jaeger, Brenda Destro, Jean based support system to adulthood by— Health to understand and treat ASD Roehrenbeck, Katie Novaria, Cate ‘‘(i) increasing the effectiveness of pro- and the operation of the Interagency Benedetti, and, of course, Neil Bradley, grams that provide transition services; Autism Coordinating Committee. and so many others who have been so ‘‘(ii) increasing the ability of the relevant I urge my colleagues to support this critical to this legislation. service providers described in subparagraph important legislation, and I reserve the Mr. Speaker, previous autism law, in- (C) to provide supports and services to under- served populations and regions; balance of my time. cluding the Combating Autism Reau- ‘‘(iii) increasing the efficiency of service Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. thorization Act of 2011, made critical delivery to maximize resources and out- Speaker, I yield myself such time as I investments—continued by this bill— comes, including with respect to the integra- may consume. that are working to determine the tion of and collaboration among services for Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. causes of autism spectrum disorder, transitioning youth; 4631, the Autism Collaboration, Ac- identify autistic children as early as ‘‘(iv) ensuring access to all services nec- countability, Research, Education, and possible to begin treatment, raise crit- essary to transitioning youth of all capabili- Support Act of 2014. ical awareness, and develop new thera- ties; and Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is pies and effective services. ‘‘(v) encouraging transitioning youth to a developmental disability that can The latest prevalence data from the utilize all available transition services to lead to significant social, communica- maximize independence, equal opportunity, Centers for Disease Control and Pre- full participation, and self-sufficiency.’’. tion, and behavioral challenges. vention, Mr. Speaker, is shocking. One SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. We still do not know all the causes of in every 68 American children are on Section 399EE of the Public Health Service autism, and we do not have a cure, but the autism spectrum, a tenfold in- Act (42 U.S.C. 280i–4) is amended— we do know that early intervention crease over the last 40 years. Boys on (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fiscal services can improve a child’s develop- the spectrum outnumber girls 5 to 1. years 2012 through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal ment. In my home State of New Jersey, one years 2015 through 2019’’; Recent data for the Centers for Dis- in every 45 children has ASD, the high- (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘fiscal ease Control and Prevention show more est rate in the CDC study. years 2011 through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal children than ever before are receiving I would note parenthetically, Mr. years 2015 through 2019’’; and an autism diagnosis. This is due, at (3) in subsection (c), by striking Speaker, I have chaired two congres- ‘‘$161,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 least in part, to a broader definition of sional hearings on global autism, and through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘$190,000,000 for ASD and better diagnosis, but we can- this developmental disability is every- each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019’’. not rule out the possibility of a true in- where—one conservative estimate, 67 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- crease in the number of Americans million worldwide. ant to the rule, the gentleman from with ASD. Looking back, Mr. Speaker, it was Pennsylvania (Mr. PITTS) and the gen- Continued Federal support for autism two dedicated parents from New Jersey tleman from Texas (Mr. GENE GREEN) activities at HHS will help us learn who helped launch the comprehensive each will control 20 minutes. more about the causes of autism. It Federal policy we seek to reauthorize The Chair recognizes the gentleman will help more children receive early today. from Pennsylvania. diagnosis and intervention, as well as Almost 17 years ago, September 1997, GENERAL LEAVE access to services that they need Bobbie and Billy Gallagher of Brick, Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- throughout their lives. New Jersey, and parents of two small mous consent that all Members may I want to acknowledge the sponsor of autistic children, walked into my have 5 legislative days in which to re- this legislation—Congressman SMITH Ocean County office looking for help. vise and extend their remarks and in- and Congressman DOYLE; the sponsors They believed Brick had a dispropor- sert extraneous materials into the of the Senate companion legislation, tionate number of students with au- RECORD on the bill. Senators MENENDEZ and ENZI; and lead- tism and wanted action, especially for The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there ers on the Energy and Commerce Com- their son Austin and daughter Alana, objection to the request of the gen- mittee and on the Senate Health, Edu- so I invited CDC and other Federal tleman from Pennsylvania? cation, Labor, and Pensions Com- agencies to Brick for an investigation, There was no objection. mittee—for making it possible to have only to learn that prevalence rates Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- a consensus bill before the House were high not only in Brick, but in self such time as I may consume. today. nearby communities as well.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:33 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN7.055 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5691 Believing we had a serious spike in Both individuals with autism—like prevalence rates were high not only in Brick prevalence, I introduced the ASSURE Jonathan—and their parents find but in nearby communities as well. Believing Act, and that was incorporated as title themselves confronted with almost un- we had a serious spike in the prevalence of I of the Children’s Health Act of 2000. imaginable challenges, including loss autism, I introduced H.R. 274—the Autism Mr. Speaker, much progress has been of school, housing, and then they have Statistics, Surveillance, Research and Epide- made since. Today, the evidence sug- job needs. miology Act (ASSURE) which was enacted as gests there is no single cause of autism b 1830 Title 1 of the Children Health Act of 2000. or type. Genetic risk, coupled with en- Much progress has been made since. vironmental factors, including ad- We are in the midst of a huge yet Today, the evidence suggests that there is no vanced parental age, low birth weight, largely invisible crisis that begs seri- single cause or type of autism. Genetic risk and prematurity—among other fac- ous focus and remedies. coupled with environmental factors including tors—may be triggers. The Autism CARES Act tasks mul- advanced parental age, low birth weight and Signs of autism in a child usually tiple Federal agencies to comprehen- prematurity among other factors may be trig- manifest between 12–18 months, some sively study and report back to Con- gers. Signs of autism in a child usually mani- as early as 6 months, while some re- gress on the special needs of autistic fest between 12–18 months—some as early gress after the age of 2, yet trans- young adults and transitioning youth. as 6 months—while some ‘‘regress’’ after 2. formative early intervention continues Additionally, Chairman UPTON and Yet, transformative early intervention con- to lag. Chairman PITTS are in the process of tinues to lag. According to the Interagency Au- According to the IACC: requesting a comprehensive aging-out tism Coordinating Committee (IACC): ‘‘The The clinical reality is that, currently, only GAO report that will include key clinical reality is that currently only about 20 about 20 percent of children with ASD are stakeholder involvement. percent of children with ASD are being identi- being identified early (by 3 years of age). Passage of this bill, Mr. Speaker, is fied early (by 3 years of age)’’ and that mem- That, Members of the House, is not an important investment in a very im- bers of the House is not good and has got to good, and it has got to change. The re- portant special group of people who, change. Early diagnosis means early interven- search clearly shows that early diag- along with their families, caregivers, tion and better outcomes. IACC says ‘‘More nosis means early intervention and and friends, face seemingly endless needs to be done to raise awareness in the much better outcomes. challenges and struggles. practitioner community of the current capabili- The most recent IACC strategic I strongly urge Members to support ties and benefits of early, repeated plan—and I encourage Members to read this legislation. screenings, early diagnosis, and early inter- it. It is a textbook on how the Federal Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge passage of vention.’’ Government should do anything when H.R. 4631, the Autism Collaboration, Account- Research on autism is showing tremendous it deals with research. They have ability, Research, Education and Support Act promise. The most recent IACC strategic pointed out that: of 2014—Autism CARES ACT of 2014. plan—which is reauthorized for five years by Section 5—is filled with insight and actionable During the past few years, there has been Mr. Speaker, previous autism law including a major revolution in ASD genetics research. the Combatting Autism Act of 2011 made crit- information: Research on the potential relationship be- ical investments—continued by this bill—that ‘‘During the past few years there has been tween the immune system and ASD has are working to determine the causes of autism a major revolution in ASD genetics research. grown considerably, resulting in ‘‘major spectrum disorder (ASD), identify autistic chil- Using the newest molecular and epidemiolog- breakthroughs.’’ dren as early as possible to begin treatment, ical methods, recent data continues to strongly They go on to say: raise critical awareness and develop new support the role of genes in ASD, and the un- Much progress has been made in under- therapies and effective services. derstanding of this role has been greatly re- standing the prevalence and biology of con- According to the National Institutes of fined.’’ ‘‘In infants at high genetic risk for ASD due ditions that commonly co-occur with ASD, Health (NIH), ‘‘ASD is a range of complex to having an older sibling with autism, symp- including epilepsy, sleep disorders, GI dis- neurodevelopment disorders, characterized by turbances, attention deficit hyperactivity toms of autism begin to emerge as young as social impairments, communication difficulties, disorder, and other psychiatric 6 months of age in those who later develop and restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped pat- comorbidities. ASD. These new findings suggest that it may terns of behavior. Autistic disorder, sometimes They also point out: someday be possible to screen for children at called autism or classical ASD, is the most se- Particularly intriguing are the results of risk for ASD before the emergence of the full vere form of ASD, while other conditions along prenatal vitamin intake through supple- symptoms of autism and early enough to facili- ments and diet, showing a 40 percent reduc- the spectrum include a milder form known as tate even more effective intervention.’’ tion in risk of ASD with prenatal vitamin Asperger syndrome . . .’’ ‘‘Research on the potential relationship be- supplements taken in the 3 months before or The latest prevalence data from the Centers tween the immune system and ASD has during the first month of pregnancy. for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is grown considerably over the past 2 years, re- Daily folic acid is also highly rec- shocking: 1 in every 68 American children are sulting in several major breakthroughs. In the ommended. on the autism spectrum—a tenfold increase realm of basic developmental research, im- Mr. Speaker, there is another issue over the last 40 years. Boys on the autism mune cells and immune signaling molecules that this bill seeks to address. Every spectrum outnumber girls 5 to 1. have been identified as essential for estab- year, 50,000 young people on the autism In my home state of New Jersey, 1 in every lishing stable connections between neurons spectrum matriculate to adulthood and 45 children has ASD, the highest rate in the during early brain development.’’ are in the process of losing services. CDC study. ‘‘Much progress has been made in under- Jonathan Kratchman, a 16-year-old I’ve chaired two congressional hearings on standing the prevalence and biology of condi- with Asperger’s from New Jersey, was global autism—and this developmental dis- tions that commonly co-occur with ASD, in- the keynote speaker at a Dare to ability is everywhere. One conservative esti- cluding epilepsy, sleep disorders, gastro- Dream conference at Mercer County mate: 67 million worldwide. intestinal (GI) disturbances, attention deficit Community College last year. He stat- Looking back, it was two dedicated parents hyperactivity disorder, and other psychiatric ed: from New Jersey who helped launch the com- comorbidities.’’ I know I can be a great contributor to soci- prehensive federal policy we seek to reauthor- ‘‘The time around conception and during ety when I graduate. However, I need con- ize today. pregnancy are likely the most important time tinuing support to get there. Almost 17 years ago—September 13, windows of heightened vulnerability for the de- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 1997—Bobbie and Billy Gallagher of Brick, velopment of the brain with supporting evi- time of the gentleman has expired. New Jersey and parents of two small children dence from early reports linking autism symp- Mr. PITTS. I yield an additional with autism, walked into my Ocean County toms to maternal ingestion of drugs.’’ minute to the gentleman. district office looking for help. They believed ‘‘Particularly intriguing are the results of pre- Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Brick had a disproportionate number of stu- natal vitamin intake through supplements and Kratchman said: dents with autism and wanted action espe- diet, showing a 40 percent reduction in risk of If you take your high school diploma at cially for their son Austin and daughter Alana. ASD with prenatal vitamin supplements taken age 18, you automatically lose services from So I invited CDC and other federal agencies in the 3 months before or during the first your school district. to Brick for an investigation only to learn that month of pregnancy.’’

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That is 1 in 189 Over the past 5 years, progress has been some important advances, including gathering girls and 1 in 42 boys. made toward developing tools and practices of new data on the services available across These are staggering numbers with for more effective screening and early diag- the states, information about how adults are serious implications for many aspects nosis—and I am pleased that the Committee interacting with the service system, and data of American life. That is why passage reports includes language that will ensure fed- on the service needs of adults on the autism of the Autism CARES Act today is so eral agencies pay particular attention to the spectrum. important: to continue research into need to focus on early diagnosis and interven- But in light of the severity of the aging out the causes of autism, to educate health tion in children. crisis, we must do more and do it fast and en- care providers and the public, to im- While biological differences in individuals sure we are providing a comprehensive and prove early diagnosis and intervention, with ASD were hypothesized earlier, there is thorough review of available services—and to identify effective treatments, and to now ‘‘data demonstrating specific changes in those that need to be established. Additionally, evaluate the types of services available the genome and epigenome, gene expression, Chairman UPTON and Chairman PITTS are in to young adults with ASD. We can and cell structure and function, brain connectivity, the process of requesting a comprehensive must do better for the millions of and behavior that have been linked to the autism aging-out GAO report that will include Americans living with ASD and their causes and underlying biology of ASD.’’ key stakeholder involvement. families. I mentioned Bobbie and Billy Gallagher’s We are making real progress, but we still Many Federal autism programs were children earlier because they represent a gen- don’t have all the answers. first authorized by the Combating Au- eration of young men and women who are Specifically, the Autism Cares Act of 2014 tism Act of 2006, which has made a aging out—both are now over 21 years old, authorizes funding for each of fiscal years huge difference in the lives of autistic which means far too much of their support 2015 through 2019 at $22 million for the CDC, Americans and their families. Since its system no longer exists. $48 million for the Health Resources and inception, Congress has reauthorized Mr. Speaker, every year 50,000 young peo- Services Administration (HRSA) and $190 mil- these Federal autism programs twice. ple on the autism spectrum matriculate to lion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Without new legislation to reauthorize adulthood. and IACC activities—for a total of $1.3 billion. them, the funding for these important Jonathan Kratchman, a 16-year-old with I especially want to thank Majority Leader programs will expire on September 30 Asperger’s from New Jersey, was the keynote ERIC CANTOR, Chairman FRED UPTON and of this year. We have made tremendous advances speaker at a ‘‘Dare To Dream Conference’’ at former Chairman HENRY WAXMAN as well as in understanding autism spectrum dis- Mercer County Community College last year, Chairman JOE PITTS—all strong and com- orders, but this progress will be lost if where he stated: ‘‘I know I can be a great con- mitted friends of persons with autism—for their Congress allows these programs to ex- tributor to society when I graduate. However, critical support of this legislation. pire. This is why it is so important I need continuing support to get there... Here Special thanks to my friend MIKE DOYLE. that Congress pass this commonsense, is a fast fact. If you take your high school di- Since 2000, MIKE and I have co-chaired the bipartisan, bicameral legislation like ploma at age 18, you automatically lose serv- 91 member congressional autism caucus—the the bill that is before us today. ices from your school district.’’ Coalition on Autism Research and Education The autism programs this legislation Both individuals with autism, like Jonathan, (CARE). would reauthorize are vitally impor- and their parents find themselves confronted I am very grateful to the many excellent, tant to many families and individuals with almost unimaginable challenges including professional staff who played key roles in across the country. Early diagnosis and loss of school instruction, housing and job helping move the bill and negotiate text includ- intervention can make a huge dif- needs. We are in the midst of huge yet largely ing Gary Andres, Cheryl Jaeger, Brenda ference in an autistic individual’s life invisible crisis that begs serious focus and Destro, Jean Roehrenbeck, Katie Novaria, and can have a dramatic impact on the remedies. Cate Benedetti and of course Neil Bradley. individual’s family and community as The Autism CARES Act tasks multiple fed- I also want to express my deep appreciation well. eral agencies to comprehensively study and for the extraordinary contributions made by With the prevalence of autism spec- report back to Congress on the special needs Autism Speaks, the Autism Society, the Asso- trum disorders much higher than we of autistic young adults and transitioning ciation of University Centers on Disabilities thought just a few years ago, inaction youth. and the American Academy of Pediatrics—all is simply not an option. While studies show that young adults with of whom strongly endorse H.R. 4631. I urge my colleagues to support the autism appear to fare worse in employment Mr. Speaker, passage of this bill today is an Autism CARES legislation. outcomes—including when compared to young investment in a very important group of people Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, at this time adults with other types of disabilities—there is who, along with their families, caregivers and I yield 1 minute to the distinguished evidence that with specialized support pro- friends, face seemingly endless challenges gentleman from Florida (Mr. BILI- grams employment is feasible even among in- and struggles. I urge support. RAKIS), a valued member of the Health dividuals with higher support needs. Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Subcommittee. I’m planning a congressional hearing next Speaker, I yield such time as he may Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise month in my global health committee on em- consume to the gentleman from Penn- today in support of H.R. 4631, the Au- ployers like software giant SAP which has ac- sylvania (Mr. DOYLE), my good friend tism CARES Act, of which I am an tively recruited and hired over 700 young and colleague. original cosponsor. I want to commend adults on the autism spectrum and recently Mr. DOYLE. Thank you, Mr. GREEN, a sponsor, Mr. SMITH from New Jersey, told me these diligent young employees are for yielding and for your support of the as well as a Democratic prime cospon- extraordinarily effective workers. Autism CARES Act. sor, Mr. MIKE DOYLE from the great Well planned transition programs will not First off, I want to thank my good State of Pennsylvania, for sponsoring only assist families and help shape a brighter friend and Autism Caucus cochair this bill. future for individuals with ASD, they are also CHRIS SMITH for his leadership and Autism is serious and it does not dis- a smart investment that will reduce govern- work on this critical legislation over criminate. People in all racial, socio- ment spending in the long-term. The Univer- the past 11 years. It has been a real economic, and ethnic groups are im- sity Centers for Excellence in Developmental pleasure and a labor of love to work pacted, Mr. Speaker. Autism awareness Disabilities recently estimated that: ‘‘Diverting with CHRIS on these issues. He is truly and research is something people from just one young person into living-wage em- a champion in the autism community. all walks of life can support. ployment could save an average of $150,000 I look forward to continuing that great One in 68 children is diagnosed with in SSI benefits over their lifetime. According to working relationship with him. autism. That is a disturbing statistic. the Social Security Administration, Mr. Chairman, it seems that every This legislation will help direct autism transitioning just one half of one percent of time new data is released on autism research on a Federal level. This re- current SSDI and SSI beneficiaries from bene- spectrum disorders, the numbers be- search is vital, and I am glad my col- fits to self-sustaining employment would save come more and more troubling. In fact, leagues and I have come together in a

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They need Speaker, I yield such time as he may lies that are dealing with this diag- and deserve our help. It is time to commit our- consume to the gentleman from New nosis by supporting the Autism CARES selves to solving this puzzle today so autism York (Mr. ENGEL), my good friend and Act. It is a holistic approach, one that can be prevented, treated, and cured tomor- desk mate on the Energy and Com- takes on research, education, early de- row. merce Committee and the ranking tection, and intervention for those all I urge all of my colleagues to join me in member of the Foreign Affairs Com- across the autism spectrum. supporting this bipartisan measure. mittee. There are so many times that we can The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I want to get into dollars and cents and chapter question is on the motion offered by thank my good friend from Texas (Mr. and verse and future savings in all of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. GENE GREEN) for yielding me the time. these things, but think about it. Be- PITTS) that the House suspend the I want to thank my good friend, Mr. yond all of that is something that is rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4631, as SMITH from New Jersey. I have so much much more important, and it is this: amended. respect for his hard work in doing this. we can be a part of helping children The question was taken; and (two- Anyone who knows Chris knows that reach their potential as adults. It is thirds being in the affirmative) the when he wants something done, he is the desire of every parent to see their rules were suspended and the bill, as tenacious. MIKE DOYLE has been his child reach full potential. So we can do amended, was passed. really good partner. We all take pride that by coming together with this leg- A motion to reconsider was laid on in this legislation. islation. Think about the joy that is the table. I rise to support the Autism Collabo- involved in that. f ration, Accountability, Research, Edu- I am pleased to associate myself with cation, and Support Act, or the Autism the work of Congressman SMITH in this TRAUMA SYSTEMS AND REGION- CARES Act. I am pleased that we have effort and to be a cosponsor of the Au- ALIZATION OF EMERGENCY an opportunity to pass this today. tism CARES Act. CARE REAUTHORIZATION ACT Autism, as my colleagues have said, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I move to affects more than 2 million individuals Speaker, I have no further speakers, suspend the rules and pass the bill and their families across our country. and I yield back the balance of my (H.R. 4080) to amend title XII of the The rate of diagnosis has climbed dra- time. Public Health Service Act to reauthor- matically in recent years. Today, 1 out Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I am very ize certain trauma care programs, and of every 68 American children is diag- pleased to support this very important for other purposes, as amended. nosed with autism spectrum disorder bipartisan legislation. I urge all Mem- The Clerk read the title of the bill. by the age of 8. That is really shocking. bers to do so, and I yield back the bal- The text of the bill is as follows: These individuals and their families ance of my time. H.R. 4080 are counting on us to pass this bill. Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- The Autism CARES Act will extend of H.R. 4631, the Autism CARES Act, which resentatives of the United States of America in and strengthen the efforts we estab- reauthorizes the Combating Autism Reauthor- Congress assembled, lished under the Combating Autism ization Act. I want to commend my colleague, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Act of 2006 and the Combating Autism Representative CHRIS SMITH, for bringing this This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trauma Sys- Reauthorization Act of 2011. I was measure forward. tems and Regionalization of Emergency Care proud to support both of these bills on Our understanding of autism remains an un- Reauthorization Act’’. the Foreign Affairs Committee, the En- solved puzzle. More children than ever are SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN TRAUMA ergy and Commerce Committee, and CARE PROGRAMS. being diagnosed with communication and be- Section 1232(a) of the Public Health Serv- the full House. I am pleased to see that havior disorders that lead to a diagnosis of au- ice Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–32(a)) is amended by this legislation will give our autism tism. striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. programs the continued support they Though our understanding of autism is lim- SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO deserve. ited, what we do know is that autism affects CERTAIN TRAUMA CARE PROGRAMS. With this bill, we will extend Federal too many children, strains families, costs too (a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR COMPETITIVE autism programs for another 5 years, much, and puts those it afflicts at an edu- GRANTS FOR REGIONALIZED SYSTEMS FOR including vital autism research and cational, professional, and social disadvantage EMERGENCY CARE RESPONSE.—Section 1232(c) prevalence monitoring, as well as compared to their peers. of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Families with autistic children do everything 300d–32(c)) is amended— training for medical professionals. This (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at bill will also provide valuable updates they can to help their kids maximize their God- the end; to the law. It will increase coordina- given abilities whatever those may be. But it’s (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period tion across Federal agencies and im- not always easy especially in a world where at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and prove our understanding of the issues many don’t understand the unique challenges (3) by adding at the end the following new youth and young adults face as they autism presents. Helping these families better paragraph: transition out of school-based services. navigate this treacherous world would make a ‘‘(3) for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2014, These changes will advance our un- huge difference. not more than 50 percent of such amounts re- derstanding of autism spectrum dis- The Autism CARES Act provides federal maining for such fiscal year after applica- tion of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be allo- order and allow us to better assist the support for critical autism research by reau- cated for the purpose of carrying out section millions of Americans it impacts. thorizing research programs at the National In- 1204.’’. The programs provided for this in bill stitute of Health, Centers for Disease Control (b) CLARIFICATIONS UNDER TRAUMA SYS- have traditionally enjoyed strong bi- and Prevention and the Department of Health TEMS FORMULA GRANTS REQUIREMENTS RE- partisan support in the Energy and and Human Services. The bill will help better LATING TO THE AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIA- Commerce Committee. It enjoyed coordinate federal autism research and ensure TION.—Section 1213 of the Public Health strong bipartisan support, as I guess it more focused efforts to maximize the benefits Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–13) is amended— will as well here, because this is a of the resources we invest in such research. (1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting ‘‘and This bill also will begin efforts to determine (for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2014) con- strong bipartisan issue. tains national standards and requirements of So I urge my colleagues to continue how best to meet the needs of young adults the American Burn Association for the des- this commitment by voting for the Au- with autism as they face the new challenges ignation of verified burn centers,’’ after tism CARES Act today. that come with being an adult. ‘‘such entity,’’; Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 These investments are extremely important (2) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘and minute to the distinguished gentleman because autism imposes tremendous emo- the American Academy of Pediatrics,’’ and

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American College of Surgeons, the (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and not later than 1 year This bill reauthorizes the programs Emergency Nurses Association, the after the date of the enactment of the Trau- that provide grants to States for plan- American Trauma Society, the Con- ma Systems and Regionalization of Emer- ning, implementing, and developing gress of Neurological Surgeons, and the gency Care Reauthorization Act’’ after ‘‘Act trauma care systems, and establishes Trauma Center Association of Amer- of 2007’’; and pilot projects that design innovative ica. (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and models of emergency care systems. A study released in April found that the American Academy of Pediatrics’’ and Ideally, trauma and emergency care patients living near a recently closed inserting ‘‘the American Academy of Pediat- systems respond quickly and effi- trauma facility were 21 percent more rics, and (with respect to the update pursu- ant to the Trauma Systems and Regionaliza- ciently to ensure that the seriously in- likely to die from their injuries. Two tion of Emergency Care Reauthorization jured individuals receive the care they years after closure, the likelihood of Act) the American Burn Association’’. need within that golden hour—the time death increased to 29 percent, empha- (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Part B of period when medical intervention is sizing the importance of these grants. title XII of the Public Health Service Act is most effective at saving lives. This legislation passed out of the En- amended— However, unintentional injury re- ergy and Commerce Subcommittee on (1) in section 1218(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300d– mains the leading cause of death for Health by a voice vote and passed the 18(c)(2)), in the matter preceding subpara- Americans aged 44 years and younger, full committee on April 3 unanimously. graph (A), by striking ‘‘1232(b)(3)’’ and insert- ing ‘‘section 1232(b)’’; and and access to trauma centers is incon- This legislation is broadly supported (2) in section 1222 (42 U.S.C. 300d–22), by sistent throughout the country. In by medicine. It is bipartisan, and it has striking ‘‘October 1, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘Oc- fact, 45 million Americans lack access gone through regular order. tober 1, 2016’’. to a trauma care center within that I want to thank Chairman UPTON and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- golden hour, which is the first hour Chairman PITTS as well as Ranking ant to the rule, the gentleman from after the injury. Members Waxman and Pallone, and the Pennsylvania (Mr. PITTS) and the gen- Emergency departments and trauma Energy and Commerce staffs on both tleman from Texas (Mr. GENE GREEN) centers are overcrowded, the emer- sides of the dais: Clay Alspach, Robert each will control 20 minutes. gency care system is splintered, and Horne, Brenda DeStro, Katie Novaria, The Chair recognizes the gentleman surgical specialists are often unavail- as well as Anne Morris Reid. from Pennsylvania. able to patients who need them. This Mr. GREEN and I have worked on this GENERAL LEAVE legislation helps establish the systems issue for years, and I appreciate his Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- that save lives and improve the func- continued partnership on the bill. I mous consent that all Members may tioning of our trauma care systems. also want to thank his staff, Kristen have 5 legislative days in which to re- Again, I want to thank Representa- O’Neill. vise and extend their remarks and in- tive BURGESS for championing this ef- Finally, from my office, I want to sert extraneous materials into the fort with me. I also want to acknowl- thank Adrianna Simonelli and JP RECORD on the bill. edge the leadership of Chairman Paluskiewicz, who shepherded the bill The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there UPTON, Chairman PITTS, Ranking through the process. objection to the request of the gen- Member WAXMAN, Ranking Member I urge all Members to vote in favor of tleman from Pennsylvania? PALLONE, and the work of the commit- this legislation. It is important for all There was no objection. tee’s staff in advancing this bill of our districts. Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- through the Energy and Commerce Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. self such time as I may consume. Committee and bringing it to the floor Speaker, I have no other speakers. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support today. I reserve the balance of my time. of H.R. 4080, the Trauma Systems and I support this bipartisan and I urge Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 Regionalization of Emergency Care Re- my colleagues to do the same, I reserve minutes to my colleague from Pennsyl- authorization Act, introduced by Rep- the balance of my time. vania (Mr. DENT). resentative MICHAEL BURGESS. Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 Mr. DENT. Mr. Speaker, I, too, rise This bill amends the Public Health minutes to the gentleman from Texas, today in strong support of H.R. 4080, Service Act by reauthorizing two im- Dr. BURGESS, the distinguished vice the Trauma Systems and Regionaliza- portant grant programs: the Trauma chairman of the Health Subcommittee, tion of Emergency Care Reauthoriza- Care Systems Planning Grants and the who has been a real champion on this tion Act. Regionalization of Emergency Care issue and is the prime sponsor of the I would especially like to thank Dr. Systems. bill. BURGESS of Texas and Representative The first program supports State and Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, trauma GENE GREEN of Texas for introducing rural development of trauma systems is the leading cause of death for people this very important, critical piece of and the second funds pilot projects to under the age of 65. It is expensive, legislation. design, implement, and evaluate inno- costing nearly $403 billion a year, third As has been mentioned, the leading vative models of regionalized emer- only to heart disease and cancer. It af- cause of death for people under the age gency care. fects individuals of all ages, 35 million of 45 is trauma. It is, unfortunately, We know that immediate access to times each year, or one person every 15 something a majority of States is not trauma care within the golden hour minutes. adequately prepared to handle. Accord- after injury is critical. By improving ing to the CDC, trauma kills more 1845 access to the specialized care designed b Americans than AIDS and strokes com- to treat trauma injuries, both of these H.R. 4080 reauthorizes two existing, bined. The Nation needs a robust net- trauma bills will save lives. bipartisan grant programs that support work to respond quickly and efficiently I urge my colleagues to support this the regionalization of emergency care to get seriously injured individuals to important legislation, and I reserve the and trauma systems across the coun- the appropriate trauma center within balance of my time. try. that golden hour that has been much Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Trauma systems deliver a full range discussed, which is the time period Speaker, I yield myself such time as I of care to injured patients. Most Mem- when medical intervention is the most may consume. bers of the House have trauma systems effective in saving lives and in saving Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. either in their districts or nearby that function. 4080, the Trauma Systems and Region- are able to serve their constituents. H.R. 4080, if enacted, will allow for alization of Emergency Care Reauthor- This bill is supported by the Amer- the development of innovative State ization Act. I am proud to be the lead ican Association of Neurological Sur- and regionalized care, which is nec- Democratic sponsor on this important geons, the American Association of essary to prevent these trauma deaths.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:33 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN7.064 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5695 The bill would also direct States to up- Paragraph (3) of section 1261(h) of the Public tion forward through markup at the date their model trauma care plans Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–61(h)) is subcommittee and full committee lev- with the input of stakeholders. When amended to read as follows: els and to steer it to the House floor the difference between life and death ‘‘(3) The term ‘trauma’ means an injury re- today. sulting from exposure to— rests on the ability to deliver coordi- ‘‘(A) a mechanical force; or This simple but important bill seeks nated trauma care within the golden ‘‘(B) another extrinsic agent, including an to refine inconsistent definitions of hour, we need legislation in place, such extrinsic agent that is thermal, electrical, what constitutes ‘‘trauma’’ as outlined as H.R. 4080, in order to improve the chemical, or radioactive.’’. in the United States Code. delivery of emergency medical care to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Common sense would certainly point severely injured patients. ant to the rule, the gentleman from to many burn injuries as a type of While we are at it, at some point, we Pennsylvania (Mr. PITTS) and the gen- trauma, but the U.S. Code doesn’t rec- should deal with the issue of liability tleman from Texas (Mr. GENE GREEN) ognizes them as such. The failure to in- reform for trauma centers because we each will control 20 minutes. corporate the full range of traumatic need on-call specialists to deliver that The Chair recognizes the gentleman injuries in the description of ‘‘trau- care when we most need it, but that is from Pennsylvania. ma,’’ including burns, can result in a fight for another day. Today, let’s get GENERAL LEAVE gaps in coverage and in provisions of H.R. 4080 done. Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- care throughout the care system. By I urge my colleagues to support this mous consent that all Members may modernizing this term as federally de- important legislation that was intro- have 5 legislative days in which to re- fined, Congress can ensure that it accu- duced by Dr. BURGESS and Mr. GREEN. vise and extend their remarks and in- rately reflects the medical realities of Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. sert extraneous materials into the trauma and protects access to the pro- Speaker, in closing, as a cosponsor of RECORD on the bill. vision of trauma care. this bill and in working with my col- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there There are important gains to be league Dr. BURGESS for a number of objection to the request of the gen- made in the field of traumatic medi- years on trauma care, I urge an ‘‘aye’’ tleman from Pennsylvania? cine by the further integration of care vote. There was no objection. and by finding synergies between burn I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- and trauma centers. This has been all Mr. PITTS. Again, Mr. Speaker, H.R. self such time as I may consume. too evident in efforts to save lives after 4080 is another very important and bi- I rise today in support of H.R. 3548, national tragedies, such as 9/11 and the partisan bill, and I urge all of the Mem- the Improving Trauma Care Act of Boston Marathon bombing. The impor- bers to support it. 2014, introduced by Congressman BILL tance of strengthening our Nation’s I yield back the balance of my time. JOHNSON of Ohio. burn care infrastructure can’t be This bill amends the Public Health The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. stressed enough. Inadequacy and incon- Service Act by expanding the current JOLLY). The question is on the motion sistency in the U.S. Code around the definition of ‘‘trauma’’ to include an offered by the gentleman from Penn- classification of burns further com- injury resulting from exposure to ther- sylvania (Mr. PITTS) that the House pound serious shortfalls in our Nation’s mal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, suspend the rules and pass the bill, traumatic emergency medical care sys- and other agents. H.R. 4080, as amended. tem. I urge my colleagues to support this Traumatic injury is the leading cause The question was taken; and (two- important legislation. thirds being in the affirmative) the of death for those under age 44, but get- I reserve the balance of my time. ting a victim of trauma to a level 1 or rules were suspended and the bill, as Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. 2 trauma center within the first golden amended, was passed. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I hour can make all of the difference. A motion to reconsider was laid on may consume. the table. I rise in support of H.R. 3548, the Im- However, 45 million Americans do not have access to a level 1 or 2 trauma f proving Trauma Care Act of 2014. This legislation amends the defini- center within an hour’s travel. IMPROVING TRAUMA CARE ACT OF tion of the word ‘‘trauma’’ for the pur- I applaud the efforts of my colleague 2014 pose of trauma care grants authorized Dr. BURGESS to reauthorize trauma Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I move to in title XII of the Public Health Serv- programs and improve this system suspend the rules and pass the bill ice Act to include burns and other inju- with his bill H.R. 4080, which I am also (H.R. 3548) to amend title XII of the ries resulting from electrical, chem- proud to support. I thank him for his Public Health Service Act to expand ical, or other exposures. endorsement of H.R. 3548, and I am the definition of trauma to include Strengthening our Nation’s trauma grateful for his efforts to improve trau- thermal, electrical, chemical, radio- care services is an important priority ma care more broadly. active, and other extrinsic agents, as on which I hope to continue to work In addition, this legislation has the amended. with Members on both sides of the aisle strong support of a broad coalition of The Clerk read the title of the bill. to address. the major medical societies and asso- The text of the bill is as follows: I want to thank Congressman JOHN- ciations representing the trauma care community, including: the American H.R. 3548 SON for his sponsorship of this legisla- tion, and I want to acknowledge the Burn Association, the American Col- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- lege of Surgeons, the American Asso- resentatives of the United States of America in work of our committee—Chairman Congress assembled, UPTON, Chairman PITTS, Ranking ciation for the Surgery of Trauma, the SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Member WAXMAN, Ranking Member American Trauma Society, the Amer- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving PALLONE—and of all the staff in bring- ican College of Emergency Physicians, Trauma Care Act of 2014’’. ing this bill to the floor today. the Trauma Center Association of SEC. 2. TRAUMA DEFINITION. I reserve the balance of my time. America, and America’s Essential Hos- (a) REVISED DEFINITION UNDER TRAUMA Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 pitals. SYSTEMS GRANTS PROGRAMS.—Paragraph (4) minutes to the gentleman from Ohio I want to thank Chairman UPTON and of section 1231 of the Public Health Service (Mr. JOHNSON). Chairman PITTS for their hard work in Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–31) is amended to read as Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, promoting the Improving Trauma Care follows: today, I rise in strong support of H.R. Act of 2014. ‘‘(4) TRAUMA.—The term ‘trauma’ means an 3548, the Improving Trauma Care Act I hope my colleagues will support injury resulting from exposure to— of 2014, bipartisan legislation I am this commonsense legislation that pre- ‘‘(A) a mechanical force; or ‘‘(B) another extrinsic agent, including an proud to have sponsored with the sup- vents gaps in coverage and improves extrinsic agent that is thermal, electrical, port and counsel of the Energy and the provision of trauma care, and I chemical, or radioactive.’’. Commerce Committee. strongly encourage a ‘‘yes’’ vote. (b) REVISED DEFINITION UNDER INTER- I commend the committee staff for Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. AGENCY PROGRAM FOR TRAUMA RESEARCH.— their hard work to move this legisla- Speaker, I have no other speakers. I

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Mr. Speaker, I also urge ‘‘(C) sharing of medical and diagnostic infor- Committee once such submission has been re- mation with providers and families;’’; ceived by the Committee;’’; Members to support this commonsense (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the (C) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by legislation, bipartisanly supported. end; inserting ‘‘, including the cost’’ after ‘‘public I yield back the balance of my time. (D) in paragraph (4)— health impact’’; and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The (i) by striking ‘‘treatment’’ and inserting ‘‘fol- (D) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated)— question is on the motion offered by lowup and treatment’’; and (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘achieve the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. (ii) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; rapid diagnosis’’ and inserting ‘‘achieve best practices in rapid diagnosis and appropriate PITTS) that the House suspend the and’’; and (E) by adding at the end the following: treatment’’; rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3548, as ‘‘(5) to improve the timeliness of— (ii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting before amended. ‘‘(A) the collection, delivery, receipt, and the semicolon ‘‘, including information on cost The question was taken; and (two- screening of specimens; and and incidence’’; thirds being in the affirmative) the ‘‘(B) the diagnosis of heritable disorders in (iii) in subparagraph (J), by striking ‘‘and’’ at rules were suspended and the bill, as newborns.’’; the end; amended, was passed. (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘application (iv) in subparagraph (K), by striking the pe- A motion to reconsider was laid on submitted for a grant under subsection (a)(1)’’ riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (v) by adding at the end the following: the table. and inserting ‘‘application for a grant under this section’’; ‘‘(L) the timeliness of collection, delivery, re- f (3) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘application ceipt, and screening of specimens to be tested for submitted under subsection (c)(2)’’ each place it heritable disorders in newborns in order to en- NEWBORN SCREENING SAVES sure rapid diagnosis and followup.’’; LIVES REAUTHORIZATION ACT appears and inserting ‘‘application for a grant under this section’’; and (2) in subsection (d)— OF 2014 (4) by striking subsection (j) (relating to au- (A) in paragraph (1)— thorization of appropriations). (i) by striking ‘‘180’’ and inserting ‘‘120’’; and Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I move to (ii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘If the suspend the rules and pass the bill SEC. 3. EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF Secretary is unable to make a determination to NEWBORN AND CHILD SCREENING (H.R. 1281) to amend the Public Health adopt or reject such recommendation within Service Act to reauthorize programs AND FOLLOWUP PROGRAMS. Section 1110 of the Public Health Service Act such 120-day period, the Secretary shall notify under part A of title XI of such Act, as (42 U.S.C. 300b–9) is amended— the Advisory Committee and the appropriate committees of Congress of such determination amended. (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘AND together with an explanation for why the Sec- The Clerk read the title of the bill. FOLLOWUP’’ after ‘‘CHILD SCREENING’’; The text of the bill is as follows: (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘of screen- retary was unable to comply within such 120- day period, as well as a plan of action for con- H.R. 1281 ing,’’ and inserting ‘‘, including with respect to timeliness, of screening, followup,’’; sideration of such pending recommendation.’’; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (3) in subsection (b)— (B) by striking paragraph (2); resentatives of the United States of America in (A) in paragraph (1)— (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para- Congress assembled, (i) by striking ‘‘counseling, testing’’ and in- graph (2); and (D) by adding at the end the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. serting ‘‘treatment, counseling, testing, fol- ‘‘(3) DEADLINE FOR REVIEW.—For each condi- (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as lowup,’’; and tion nominated to be added to the recommended the ‘‘Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthor- (ii) by inserting before the semicolon the fol- uniform screening panel in accordance with the ization Act of 2014’’. lowing: ‘‘, including, as appropriate, through requirements of this section, the Advisory Com- (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- the assessment of health and development out- mittee shall review and vote on the nominated tents of this Act is as follows: comes for such children through adolescence’’; condition within 9 months of the date on which Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. (B) in paragraph (2)— the Advisory Committee referred the nominated Sec. 2. Improved newborn and child screening (i) by striking ‘‘counseling, testing’’ and in- condition to the condition review workgroup.’’; and followup for heritable dis- serting ‘‘treatment, counseling, testing, fol- (3) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as orders. lowup,’’; subsections (g) and (h), respectively; Sec. 3. Evaluating the effectiveness of newborn (ii) by inserting ‘‘in a timely manner’’ after (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol- and child screening and followup ‘‘in newborns and children’’; and lowing new subsection: (iii) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; programs. ‘‘(f) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Committee Sec. 4. Advisory Committee on Heritable Dis- (C) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at shall meet at least 4 times each calendar year, or orders in Newborns and Children. the end and inserting a semicolon; and at the discretion of the Designated Federal Offi- Sec. 5. Clearinghouse of Newborn Screening In- (D) by adding at the end the following: cer in consultation with the Chair.’’; formation. ‘‘(4) methods that may be identified to improve (5) by amending subsection (g) (as so redesig- Sec. 6. Laboratory quality and surveillance. quality in the diagnosis, treatment, and disease nated) to read as follows: Sec. 7. Interagency Coordinating Committee on management of heritable disorders based on ‘‘(g) CONTINUATION OF OPERATION OF COM- Newborn and Child Screening. gaps in services or care; or MITTEE.— Sec. 8. National contingency plan for newborn ‘‘(5) methods or best practices by which the el- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 14 screening. igible entities described in section 1109 can of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Ad- Sec. 9. Hunter Kelly Research Program. achieve in a timely manner— visory Committee shall continue to operate Sec. 10. Authorization of appropriations. ‘‘(A) collection, delivery, receipt, and screen- through the end of fiscal year 2019. Sec. 11. Reports to Congress. ing of newborn screening specimens; and ‘‘(2) CONTINUATION IF NOT REAUTHORIZED.—If SEC. 2. IMPROVED NEWBORN AND CHILD ‘‘(B) diagnosis of heritable disorders in at the end of fiscal year 2019 the duration of the SCREENING AND FOLLOWUP FOR newborns.’’; and Advisory Committee has not been extended by HERITABLE DISORDERS. (4) by striking subsection (d) (relating to au- statute, the Advisory Committee may be deemed, Section 1109 of the Public Health Service Act thorization of appropriations). for purposes of the Federal Advisory Committee (42 U.S.C. 300b–8) is amended— SEC. 4. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HERITABLE Act, an advisory committee established by the (1) in subsection (a)— DISORDERS IN NEWBORNS AND President or an officer of the Federal Govern- (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— CHILDREN. ment under section 9(a) of such Act.’’; and (i) by striking ‘‘subsection (j)’’ and inserting Section 1111 of the Public Health Service Act (6) by striking subsection (h) (relating to au- ‘‘section 1117’’; and (42 U.S.C. 300b–10) is amended— thorization of appropriations), as redesignated (ii) by striking ‘‘and in consultation with the (1) in subsection (b)— by paragraph (3). Advisory Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘and taking (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through SEC. 5. CLEARINGHOUSE OF NEWBORN SCREEN- into consideration the expertise of the Advisory (6) as paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively; ING INFORMATION. Committee’’; (B) by inserting after paragraph (3), the fol- Section 1112 of the Public Health Service Act (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol- lowing: (42 U.S.C. 300b–11) is amended— lows: ‘‘(4) provide technical assistance, as appro- (1) in subsection (a)— ‘‘(2) to assist in providing health care profes- priate, to individuals and organizations regard- (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the sionals and newborn screening laboratory per- ing the submission of nominations to the uni- end; sonnel with education in newborn screening, form screening panel, including prior to the sub- (B) in paragraph (3)— counseling, and training in— mission of such nominations; (i) by striking ‘‘data’’ and inserting ‘‘informa- ‘‘(A) relevant and new technologies in new- ‘‘(5) take appropriate steps, at its discretion, tion’’; and born screening and congenital, genetic, and to prepare for the review of nominations prior to (ii) by striking the period at the end and in- metabolic disorders; their submission, including for conditions for serting a semicolon; and

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Is there guidelines related to diagnosis, counseling, and ommended uniform screening panel; objection to the request of the gen- treatment with respect to conditions detected by ‘‘(D) conducting pilot studies on conditions tleman from Pennsylvania? newborn screening.’’; recommended by the Advisory Committee on There was no objection. (2) in subsection (b)(4)(D), by striking ‘‘New- Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- born Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008’’ and in- to ensure that screenings are ready for nation- self such time as I may consume. serting ‘‘Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reau- wide implementation; and’’; and I rise today in support of H.R. 1281, thorization Act of 2014’’; (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘of the Na- the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Re- (3) in subsection (c)— tional Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006’’. (A) by striking ‘‘developing the clearing- authorization Act of 2014, introduced SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. house’’ and inserting ‘‘carrying out activities’’; by Representative LUCILLE ROYBAL- Part A of title XI of the Public Health Service and ALLARD of California and Representa- Act (42 U.S.C. 300b–1 et seq.) is amended by add- (B) by striking ‘‘clearinghouse minimizes du- ing at the end, the following: tive MIKE SIMPSON of Idaho, which now plication and supplements, not supplants’’ and includes 120 cosponsors. ‘‘SEC. 1117. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- inserting ‘‘activities minimize duplication and This bill amends the Public Health supplement, not supplant’’; and TIONS FOR NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. Service Act to extend and revise a (4) by striking subsection (d) (relating to au- thorization of appropriations). ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated— grant program for screening, coun- ‘‘(1) to carry out sections 1109, 1110, 1111, and SEC. 6. LABORATORY QUALITY AND SURVEIL- seling, and other services related to ge- LANCE. 1112, $11,900,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 netic disorders. H.R. 1281 reauthorizes Section 1113 of the Public Health Service Act through 2019; and Federal programs that provide assist- (42 U.S.C. 300b–12) is amended— ‘‘(2) to carry out section 1113, $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.’’. ance to States to improve and expand (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘AND their newborn screening programs, sup- SEC. 11. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. SURVEILLANCE’’ before the period; port parent and provider education, (2) in subsection (a)— (a) GAO REPORT ON TIMELINESS OF NEWBORN (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by SCREENING.— and ensure laboratory quality and sur- striking ‘‘and in consultation with the Advisory (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after veillance. Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘and taking into con- the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp- Newborn screening is an important sideration the expertise of the Advisory Com- troller General of the United States shall submit public health program for testing every mittee’’; and a report to the Committee on Health, Education, newborn for certain conditions not ap- (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘timeliness Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Com- parent at birth. This early screening for processing such tests,’’ after ‘‘newborn- mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of and diagnosis can be life changing for screening tests,’’; and Representatives concerning the timeliness of these children and their families. I (3) by striking subsection (b) (relating to au- screening for heritable disorders in newborns. thorization of appropriations) and inserting the (2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under urge my colleagues to support this im- following: paragraph (1) shall include the following: portant legislation. ‘‘(b) SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES.—The Sec- (A) An analysis of information regarding the I reserve the balance of my time. retary, acting through the Director of the Cen- timeliness of newborn screening, which may in- Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. ters for Disease Control and Prevention, and clude the time elapsed from birth to specimen Speaker, I yield myself such time as I taking into consideration the expertise of the collection, specimen collection to receipt by lab- may consume. Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in oratory, specimen receipt to reporting, reporting I rise in support of H.R. 1281, the Newborns and Children established under sec- to followup testing, and followup testing to con- Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reau- tion 1111, may provide, as appropriate, for the firmed diagnosis. thorization Act of 2014. coordination of surveillance activities, includ- (B) A summary of any guidelines, rec- ing— ommendations, or best practices available to Newborn screening is conducted for a ‘‘(1) through standardized data collection and States and health care providers intended to number of genetic, metabolic, hor- reporting, as well as the use of electronic health support a timely newborn screening system. monal, and functional conditions that records; and (C) An analysis of any barriers to maintaining may not be apparent at birth. Approxi- ‘‘(2) by promoting data sharing regarding a timely newborn screening system which may mately one in every 300 newborns has a newborn screening with State-based birth de- exist and recommendations for addressing such condition that can be detected through fects and developmental disabilities monitoring barriers. screening. If diagnosed early, many of programs.’’. (b) REPORT BY SECRETARY.— these disorders can be managed suc- SEC. 7. INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COM- (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and MITTEE ON NEWBORN AND CHILD Human Services shall— cessfully. SCREENING. (A) not later than 1 year after the date of en- H.R. 1281 reauthorizes the Depart- Section 1114 of the Public Health Service Act actment of this Act, submit to the Committee on ment of Health and Human Services’ (42 U.S.C. 300b–13) is amended— Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Advisory Committee that recommends (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the Adminis- Senate and the Committee on Energy and Com- conditions to be included in the uni- trator, the Director of the Agency for merce of the House of Representatives a report form screening panel; allows the Advi- Healthcare Research and Quality,’’ and insert- on activities related to— ing ‘‘the Administrator of the Health Resources sory Committee to begin the consider- (i) newborn screening; and ation of certain new conditions more and Services Administration, the Director of the (ii) screening children who have or are at risk Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, for heritable disorders; and quickly; and requires the Secretary of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs,’’; and (B) not less than every 2 years, submit to such HHS to make determinations on the (2) by striking subsection (e) (relating to au- committees an updated version of such report. committee’s recommendations in a thorization of appropriations). (2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under shorter period of time. SEC. 8. NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR NEW- this subsection shall contain a description of— The bill also extends support for BORN SCREENING. (A) the ongoing activities under sections 1109, State programs involving screening, Section 1115(a) of the Public Health Service 1110, and 1112 through 1115 of the Public Health counseling, education, and other serv- Act (42 U.S.C. 300b–14(a)) is amended— Service Act; and ices; demonstration programs to evalu- (1) by striking ‘‘consortia’’ and inserting (B) the amounts expended on such activities. ‘‘consortium’’; and ate the effectiveness of services; and a (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- clearinghouse of resources related to plan shall be updated as needed and at least ant to the rule, the gentleman from newborn screening. every five years.’’. Pennsylvania (Mr. PITTS) and the gen- This legislation puts a new emphasis SEC. 9. HUNTER KELLY RESEARCH PROGRAM. tleman from Texas (Mr. GENE GREEN) on the timeliness of newborn screening Section 1116 of the Public Health Service Act each will control 20 minutes. in all of these activities, and it re- (42 U.S.C. 300b–15) is amended— The Chair recognizes the gentleman quires the GAO to report to Congress (1) in subsection (a)(1)— from Pennsylvania. (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ on this issue. and inserting a semicolon; GENERAL LEAVE I want to thank the sponsors of this (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub- Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- legislation, Congresswoman ROYBAL- paragraph (E); and mous consent that all Members may ALLARD and Congressman SIMPSON; the

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:33 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN7.059 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5698 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 sponsors of the Senate companion leg- her outstanding management of my The bill also continues the Hunter islation, Senators HAGAN and HATCH; bill, and the work of two exceptional Kelly Newborn Screening Program, and the leaders on the Energy and public health fellows, Arianna Base- which helps NIH researchers develop Commerce Committee and on the man and Daphne Delgado, who pro- better detection, prevention, and treat- Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- vided strong leadership in moving the ment strategies. sions Committee, for their work on bill forward. Mr. Speaker, the Newborn Screening this bill. Newborn screening is a public health Saves Lives Reauthorization Act will I support H.R. 1281, and I urge my intervention that involves giving ba- continue to help parents and health colleagues to support the legislation as bies a simple blood test to identify providers to be knowledgeable about well. many life-threatening genetic and met- the importance of newborn screening I reserve the balance of my time. abolic illnesses before symptoms begin. tests, and it will help ensure all our b 1900 Newborn screening is one of the great newborn babies receive the comprehen- public health success stories of the 20th sive and consistent testing they need Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 century. to have healthy, happy, and productive minute to the distinguished gentleman Prior to the enactment of the origi- lives. OLLINS). from New York (Mr. C nal Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act Where a baby is born should not de- Mr. COLLINS of New York. Mr. in 2008, only 10 States and the District termine its chance to have a healthy Speaker, I thank my colleague, Rep- of Columbia required infants to be future. resentative ROYBAL-ALLARD, for her screened for a complete panel of rec- I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ leadership on this important issue. I come to the House floor tonight to ommended disorders, and there was no on the passage of H.R. 1281. Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 speak in support of H.R. 1281, the New- Federal repository of information on minutes to the gentlewoman from Min- born Screening Saves Lives Reauthor- the diseases. Today, 44 States and the District of nesota (Mrs. BACHMANN). ization Act, which I am proud to co- Columbia require screening of at least Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I sponsor. For the last 50 years, newborn 29 of the 31 core treatable conditions. thank my colleague from Pennsylvania screening services have played an im- Today, professionals and parents have (Mr. PITTS), one of the greatest cham- portant role for families across the centralized access to newborn screen- pions that this Chamber has ever seen country. Screening for developmental ing information when their baby is di- in the cause of human life, and I share disabilities or diseases at birth can agnosed with one of these disorders. that cause with him as well. I thank the authors for their positive identify treatable diseases early and Since the passage of the original bill, intentions on this bill. I am a mother give a child the opportunity to live a newborn screenings have improved, and of five biological children and 23 foster healthy life. new screenings have been added. These I also want to take a moment to screenings are critical for the approxi- children, and that is what every parent thank a leading advocate for newborn mately 12,000 babies who, each year, and every mother and every father screening, Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame test positive for one of these treatable hopes, is to have the best possible Quarterback Jim Kelly, who is from diseases. health care for their children, the best New York’s 27th District. Fifty years ago, before newborn possible outcome. In 1997, Jim and his wife, Jill, found- screening tests were developed, the I do share concerns on this bill as ed Hunter’s Hope Foundation shortly conditions of these babies would have well, as well intentioned as this is, and after their son Hunter was diagnosed gone undetected until symptoms ap- let me just list what my concerns are. with Krabbe disease. Krabbe disease is peared. As a result, they would have Number one, the Federal Government fatal when left untreated and, trag- unnecessarily died or suffered from will have the ability to collect and ically, cut Hunter’s life short. their lifelong disabling disorder. automatically store the blood sample With universal newborn screening, Today, because of newborn screening, of every baby in the United States. the story of Hunter Kelly and countless they have an opportunity and they There won’t be any allowance for pa- others with developmental diseases have hope for a relatively normal life. rental consent to be required before the could have been different. The ability to rapidly identify and storage of these blood samples are I urge the House to reauthorize this treat these disorders is making a dif- made. vital program today. ference between health and disability— Every baby’s DNA, which is the en- Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. and even life or death—for the children tire genetic code of that baby, will be Speaker, I yield as much time as she affected by these severe diseases. Un- under the control of the government. may consume to my colleague from fortunately, critical gaps and chal- I have data privacy concerns. Why California (Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD). We lenges still remain. should anyone, especially our govern- came in at the same time in 1993. Due to existing discrepancies in the ment, have everyone’s identity at their Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, number of tests given from State to disposal? I rise in support of the Newborn State, each year, approximately 1,000 Third, there is no provision for any Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization infants tragically die or are perma- parent to opt out, so this legislation Act. I introduced this bill to help en- nently disabled from otherwise treat- presumes that every parent of every sure our babies continuing receiving able disorders. newborn in the United States of Amer- lifesaving newborn screenings. The passage of the Newborn Screen- ica pre-agrees that the government can I extend my sincere thanks to my ing Saves Lives Reauthorization Act have their baby’s blood sample, which lead cosponsor, Congressman MICHAEL will help avoid these preventable trage- contains their DNA code, and that the SIMPSON, for his support and his long dies by providing States with the re- government can indefinitely store that history of championing newborn sources they need to improve their data. screening services. newborn screening programs and to What limitations will there be on our I thank Senators KAY HAGAN and uniformly test for all recommended government and what they can do with ORRIN HATCH for introducing the Sen- disorders. this information and how they will ate companion bill, which passed by It also provides States with assist- handle this data? unanimous consent in January of this ance in developing followup and track- Now, Mr. Speaker, knowing that our year. ing programs. These provisions will government has the potential to con- I also thank the coalition of public help our financially burdened health trol every American’s health care health groups—especially the March of care system by saving billions of dol- under ObamaCare, how could govern- Dimes and the Association of Public lars over the life of these children. ment’s control of a baby’s DNA infor- Health Laboratories—for working with In addition, this bill renews the Sec- mation impact the full access to health my office over the last 10 years on this retary’s Advisory Committee on Heri- care or education opportunities or job critical issue. table Disorders and requires the CDC opportunities for a child who is pre- Lastly, I would be remiss if I did not to ensure the quality of laboratories determined, by their DNA, to poten- mention Debbie Jessup of my staff, for involved in newborn screening. tially have a problem later in life?

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I (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT REPORT.—Not later than (5) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘subtitle would like to ask for a rollcall vote, 24 months after the date of enactment of the C’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle C of title I’’; but I understand that the process is al- Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act (6) by striking subsection (l) (relating to ready deep on its way. of 2014, the Secretary, acting through the Di- authorization of appropriations); and I do hope that these questions will be rector of the Centers for Disease Control and (7) by redesignating subsection (m) as sub- addressed in future legislation. It may Prevention and the Director of the National section (l). not be done in this legislation. I hope it Institutes of Health and in consultation with The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- will be in the future because we should the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary ant to the rule, the gentleman from of Veterans Affairs, shall submit to the rel- not be—Americans should not see the Pennsylvania (Mr. PITTS) and the gen- evant committees of Congress a report death of privacy, especially of the most that— tleman from Texas (Mr. GENE GREEN) sensitive private information that ‘‘(A) identifies which recommendations in each will control 20 minutes. every American can have, their DNA, the report under paragraph (1) have been The Chair recognizes the gentleman their genetic code, what God gave to adopted and which recommendations in such from Pennsylvania. them—that should be something that report have not been adopted; and GENERAL LEAVE is between the individual, their doctor, ‘‘(B) includes a description of planned ac- Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- and God; and it shouldn’t be for the tivities to address each recommendation in mous consent that all Members may government to control that data. such report that has not been adopted.’’. have 5 legislative days in which to re- (c) FUNDING.—Section 394A of the Public I want to thank Mr. PITTS. I, in no vise and extend their remarks and in- Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–3) is way, cast any negative aspersion upon amended— sert extraneous materials into the himself or any of the authors on this (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘1994,’’; RECORD on the bill. bill. These are just some of the ques- (2) by striking the second period at the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there tions that I have. end; and objection to the request of the gen- Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Of tleman from Pennsylvania? Speaker, I have no other speakers. I the amounts made available to carry out There was no objection. urge support for the legislation and this part for each of fiscal years 2015 through Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- yield back the balance of my time. 2019, there is authorized to be appropriated self such time as I may consume. $6,100,000 to carry out sections 393B and Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I urge sup- 393C.’’. port, again, for this important and bi- of H.R. 1098, the Traumatic Brain In- SEC. 3. STATE GRANTS FOR PROJECTS REGARD- jury Reauthorization Act, introduced partisan legislation, and I yield back ING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. the balance of my time. by Representative BILL PASCRELL of Section 1252 of the Public Health Service New Jersey, which will continue to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–52) is amended— question is on the motion offered by (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, acting provide the needed services that help the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. through the Administrator of the Health Re- patients with a traumatic brain injury, PITTS) that the House suspend the sources and Services Administration,’’; TBI. rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1281, as (2) in paragraphs (1)(A)(i) and (3)(E) of sub- More than 3.17 million Americans amended. section (f), by striking ‘‘brain injury’’ and in- live with a disability that resulted The question was taken; and (two- serting ‘‘traumatic brain injury’’; from a TBI, including children and thirds being in the affirmative) the (3) in subsection (h), by striking the adults, athletes and soldiers. comma after ‘‘under this section’’ and insert- The prevention and surveillance rules were suspended and the bill, as ing a comma before ‘‘including’’; and amended, was passed. (4) by amending subsection (j) to read as work done at the Centers for Disease A motion to reconsider was laid on follows: Control keeps the public and providers the table. ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— aware of TBI research that leads to early diagnosis and treatment. f For carrying out this section and section 1253, there is authorized to be appropriated Research at the National Institutes TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY $9,760,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through of Health improves the understanding REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2014 2019.’’. of TBI and identifies treatments that Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I move to SEC. 4. STATE GRANTS FOR PROTECTION AND will improve lives. Programs available ADVOCACY SERVICES. suspend the rules and pass the bill at the Health Resources and Services (H.R. 1098) to amend the Public Health Section 1253 of the Public Health Service Administration help families to better Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–53) is amended— care for their members who suffer from Service Act to reauthorize certain pro- (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, acting grams relating to traumatic brain in- a TBI. through the Administrator of the Health Re- I urge my colleagues to support this jury and to trauma research, as amend- sources and Services Administration (re- ed. ferred to in this section as the ‘Adminis- important legislation, and I reserve the The Clerk read the title of the bill. trator’),’’; balance of my time. The text of the bill is as follows: (2) in subsections (c), (d)(1), (e)(1), (e)(4), Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. (g), (h), and (j)(1), by striking ‘‘Adminis- Speaker, I yield myself as much time H.R. 1098 trator’’ each place it appears and inserting as I may consume. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ‘‘Secretary’’; Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. resentatives of the United States of America in (3) in subsection (h)— 1098, the Traumatic Brain Injury Reau- Congress assembled, (A) by striking the subsection heading and thorization Act of 2014. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. inserting ‘‘REPORTING’’; Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is an This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Traumatic (B) by striking ‘‘Each protection and advo- Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2014’’. cacy system’’ and inserting the following: unexpected blow or a jolt to the head. These injuries affect people of all ages. SEC. 2. CDC PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION AND ‘‘(1) REPORTS BY SYSTEMS.—Each protec- SURVEILLANCE OF TRAUMATIC tion and advocacy system’’; and A soldier in a blast injury, an elderly BRAIN INJURY. (C) by adding at the end the following: person who has fallen, or a young driv- (a) PREVENTION.—Section 393B(b)(3) of the ‘‘(2) REPORT BY SECRETARY.—Not later than er involved in a car crash can experi- Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b– 1 year after the date of enactment of the ence TBI. 1c(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘health-sta- Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act The Centers for Disease Control and tus goals for 2010, commonly referred to as of 2014, the Secretary shall prepare and sub- Prevention estimate more than 2 mil- Healthy People 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘health- mit to the appropriate committees of Con- lion Americans experience a traumatic status goals for 2020, commonly referred to gress a report describing the services and ac- as Healthy People 2020’’. tivities carried out under this section during brain injury each year. (b) SURVEILLANCE.—Subsection (b) of sec- the period for which the report is being pre- The vast majority of these individ- tion 393C of the Public Health Service Act (42 pared.’’. uals have an injury that can be treated U.S.C. 280b–1d) is amended— (4) in subsection (i)— at a hospital emergency room, but not

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Their foster civilian-military collaboration, credible advances we have made in the injuries can have more devastating like the Department of Defense Center area of basic brain injury: prevention, consequences and may result in death of Excellence for Psychological Health detection, early treatment, physical or lasting disability. and Traumatic Brain Injury, to build a and mental rehabilitation, long-term The TBI program at the Department system that ensures returning troops care, and patient advocacy issues. of Health and Human Services was first receive what they need to put their I urge my colleagues to join me in established in 1996 and has been reau- lives back together again. support of this important bill. thorized twice, in 2001 and, again, in Unfortunately, TBI remains the si- Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. I urge 2008. lent epidemic in this country. That is support for this legislation, and I yield The legislation before the House why the legislation today is so critical. back the balance of my time. today, once again, reauthorizes the TBI The TBI Act is the only legislation Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, this is an- program. It would extend TBI surveil- that specifically allocates Federal other piece of important legislation, lance and research activities. It will funds for programs supporting individ- and it enjoys bipartisan support. I urge also extend programs for TBI services uals with brain injury. the Members to support it. and support administered across Originally passed in 1996 and reau- I yield back the balance of my time. Health and Human Services. thorized in 2000 and 2008, the TBI Act The SPEAKER pro tempore. The I want to commend the sponsors of represents a foundation for coordinated question is on the motion offered by and balanced public policy on preven- the legislation, Congressman PASCRELL the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. tion, education, research, and commu- and Congressman ROONEY, and I also PITTS) that the House suspend the nity living for people living with TBI want to acknowledge the leadership of rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1098, as and their circles of support. Chairman UPTON, Chairman PITTS, amended. And it has produced results. For Ranking Member WAXMAN, and Rank- nearly 18 years, the Traumatic Brain The question was taken; and (two- ing Member PALLONE and the work of Injury Act has successfully provided di- thirds being in the affirmative) the our committee staff in advancing this rection and legal authority for the vast rules were suspended and the bill, as bill through the Energy and Commerce traumatic brain injury community. amended, was passed. Committee and bringing it to the floor Grants within the TBI Act have A motion to reconsider was laid on today. helped States improve access to health the table. I support this bipartisan bill and urge and other services for persons with f my colleagues to do the same. TBI. Prior to this law, they did not Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of have the tools to even assess their own my time. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION needs. ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 b 1915 Thanks to the TBI Act and its direc- tive to the Centers for Disease Control Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I reserve and Prevention, we now have a record Speaker, I move to suspend the rules the balance of my time. of incidents, including details and and pass the bill (S. 1681) to authorize Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. prevalence, plans for prevention, and, appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for Speaker, I yield such time as he may finally, access to treatment. We have intelligence and intelligence-related consume to the gentleman from New also begun to educate the public and activities of the United States Govern- Jersey, Congressman PASCRELL, my provide much-needed scientific data for ment and the Office of the Director of good friend and colleague. our scientists, health care providers, National Intelligence, the Central In- Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise and policymakers. telligence Agency Retirement and Dis- today in support of the passage of this Additionally, under this act, the Na- ability System, and for other purposes. legislation, the Traumatic Brain Injury tional Institutes of Health is con- The Clerk read the title of the bill. Reauthorization Act of 2014. ducting basic and applied research in The text of the bill is as follows: I want to thank Chairman UPTON and TBI, making great strides in our S. 1681 Ranking Member WAXMAN; Chairman knowledge of the brain and the impact Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- PITTS; my friend from New Jersey, of TBI. Mr. Speaker, this is in direct resentatives of the United States of America in Ranking Member PALLONE; and Mr. correlation to the President’s BRAIN Congress assembled, GENE GREEN of Texas for their thought- Initiative. We keep on meeting to- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. ful consideration and support for mil- gether to explore this new horizon, (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as lions of traumatic brain injury sur- which I think is going to dramatically the ‘‘Intelligence Authorization Act for Fis- vivors and their families. Additionally, have very positive consequences. cal Year 2014’’. I want to thank my fellow cochair of The Traumatic Brain Injury Reau- (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- the Congressional Brain Injury Task thorization Act of 2014 will elevate the tents for this Act is as follows: Force, Congressman TOM ROONEY of TBI program within Health and Human Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Florida, for his leadership on this im- Services by moving the program from Sec. 2. Definitions. portant issue as well. Maternal and Child Health’s Children’s TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES Throughout my 13 years working on Program, in acknowledgement of the Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. this issue, I have witnessed firsthand impact of TBI across the age span, in- Sec. 102. Classified Schedule of Authoriza- how these programs make a difference cluding older adults and returning tions. in people’s lives. servicemembers and veterans. Our in- Sec. 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments. You have heard the numbers, but tention is for the program to be relo- Sec. 104. Intelligence Community Manage- ment Account. let’s go beyond the numbers. Trau- cated to the Administration on Com- matic brain injury has become the sig- munity Living to better coordinate TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE nature wound of the wars in Afghani- AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DIS- with Federal agencies regarding the ABILITY SYSTEM stan and Iraq. Twenty percent of our long-term services and support avail- Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. soldiers deployed are estimated to have able to individuals with other disabil- experienced a brain injury. Many re- Sec. 202. CIARDS and FERS special retire- ities. ment credit for service on de- turning servicemembers suffering from Brain injury survivors from all walks tail to another agency. TBI will receive care and rehabilita- of life, and their families, look to com- TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS tion services within the Department of munity and local resources for all Subtitle A—General Matters Defense and Veterans Affairs. types of information and assistance. But others suffering from TBIs that Regardless of the source of the injury, Sec. 301. Increase in employee compensation are initially undiagnosed or and benefits authorized by law. this legislation will ensure the frame- Sec. 302. Restriction on conduct of intel- misdiagnosed will later look to the ci- work, the information and research re- ligence activities. vilian community and local resources sources, are available to help. Sec. 303. Specific authorization of funding for information and service. That is Mr. Speaker, only a strong commit- for High Performance Com- why it is essential that we continue to ment will allow us to continue the in- puting Center 2.

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Sec. 304. Clarification of exemption from Sec. 502. Requirements for intelligence com- (b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE Freedom of Information Act of munity contractors. OF AUTHORIZATIONS.— identities of employees submit- Sec. 503. Technology improvements to secu- (1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule ting complaints to the Inspec- rity clearance processing. of Authorizations referred to in subsection tor General of the Intelligence Sec. 504. Report on reciprocity of security (a) shall be made available to the Committee Community. clearances. on Appropriations of the Senate, the Com- Sec. 305. Functional managers for the intel- Sec. 505. Improving the periodic reinvestiga- mittee on Appropriations of the House of ligence community. tion process. Representatives, and to the President. Sec. 306. Annual assessment of intelligence Sec. 506. Appropriate committees of Con- (2) DISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT.—Sub- community performance by gress defined. ject to paragraph (3), the President shall pro- function. TITLE VI—INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY vide for suitable distribution of the classified Sec. 307. Software licensing. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS Schedule of Authorizations, or of appropriate Sec. 308. Plans to respond to unauthorized Sec. 601. Protection of intelligence commu- portions of the Schedule, within the execu- public disclosures of covert ac- tive branch. tions. nity whistleblowers. Sec. 602. Review of security clearance or ac- (3) LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE.—The President Sec. 309. Auditability. shall not publicly disclose the classified Sec. 310. Reports of fraud, waste, and abuse. cess determinations. Schedule of Authorizations or any portion of Sec. 311. Public Interest Declassification Sec. 603. Revisions of other laws. such Schedule except— Board. Sec. 604. Policies and procedures; non- Sec. 312. Official representation items in applicability to certain termi- (A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Im- support of the Coast Guard nations. plementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Attache´ Program. TITLE VII—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); (B) to the extent necessary to implement Sec. 313. Declassification review of certain Sec. 701. Technical amendments to the Cen- items collected during the mis- the budget; or tral Intelligence Agency Act of (C) as otherwise required by law. sion that killed Osama bin 1949. Laden on May 1, 2011. Sec. 702. Technical amendments to the Na- SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS. Sec. 314. Merger of the Foreign Counter- tional Security Act of 1947 re- (a) AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES.—The Direc- intelligence Program and the lating to the past elimination tor of National Intelligence may authorize General Defense Intelligence of certain positions. employment of civilian personnel in excess Program. Sec. 703. Technical amendments to the In- of the number authorized for fiscal year 2014 Subtitle B—Reporting telligence Authorization Act by the classified Schedule of Authorizations Sec. 321. Significant interpretations of law for Fiscal Year 2013. referred to in section 102(a) if the Director of National Intelligence determines that such concerning intelligence activi- SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. action is necessary to the performance of im- ties. In this Act: portant intelligence functions, except that Sec. 322. Review for official publication of (1) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT- the number of personnel employed in excess opinions of the Office of Legal TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence of the number authorized under such section Counsel of the Department of committees’’ means— may not, for any element of the intelligence Justice concerning intelligence (A) the Select Committee on Intelligence community, exceed 3 percent of the number activities. of the Senate; and of civilian personnel authorized under such Sec. 323. Submittal to Congress by heads of (B) the Permanent Select Committee on Schedule for such element. elements of intelligence com- Intelligence of the House of Representatives. (b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL.— munity of plans for orderly (2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term The Director of National Intelligence shall shutdown in event of absence of ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning establish guidelines that govern, for each appropriations. given that term in section 3(4) of the Na- element of the intelligence community, the Sec. 324. Reports on chemical weapons in tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). Syria. treatment under the personnel levels author- Sec. 325. Reports to the intelligence commu- TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ized under section 102(a), including any ex- nity on penetrations of net- SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. emption from such personnel levels, of em- works and information systems Funds are hereby authorized to be appro- ployment or assignment in— of certain contractors. priated for fiscal year 2014 for the conduct of (1) a student program, trainee program, or Sec. 326. Report on electronic waste. the intelligence and intelligence-related ac- similar program; Sec. 327. Promoting STEM education to tivities of the following elements of the (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed an- meet the future workforce United States Government: nuitant; or needs of the intelligence com- (1) The Office of the Director of National (3) details, joint duty, or long term, full- munity. Intelligence. time training. Sec. 328. Repeal of the termination of notifi- (2) The Central Intelligence Agency. (c) NOTICE TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE cation requirements regarding (3) The Department of Defense. COMMITTEES.—The Director of National In- the authorized disclosure of na- (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. telligence shall notify the congressional in- tional intelligence. (5) The National Security Agency. telligence committees in writing at least 15 Sec. 329. Repeal or modification of certain (6) The Department of the Army, the De- days prior to each exercise of an authority reporting requirements. partment of the Navy, and the Department described in subsection (a). TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELE- of the Air Force. SEC. 104. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGE- MENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMU- (7) The Coast Guard. MENT ACCOUNT. NITY (8) The Department of State. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— Subtitle A—National Security Agency (9) The Department of the Treasury. There is authorized to be appropriated for Sec. 401. Appointment of the Director of the (10) The Department of Energy. the Intelligence Community Management National Security Agency. (11) The Department of Justice. Account of the Director of National Intel- Sec. 402. Appointment of the Inspector Gen- (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. ligence for fiscal year 2014 the sum of eral of the National Security (13) The Drug Enforcement Administra- $528,229,000. Within such amount, funds iden- Agency. tion. tified in the classified Schedule of Author- Sec. 403. Effective date and applicability. (14) The National Reconnaissance Office. izations referred to in section 102(a) for ad- Subtitle B—National Reconnaissance Office (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence vanced research and development shall re- Agency. Sec. 411. Appointment of the Director of the main available until September 30, 2015. (16) The Department of Homeland Secu- (b) AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS.—The National Reconnaissance Of- rity. elements within the Intelligence Community fice. Sec. 412. Appointment of the Inspector Gen- SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZA- Management Account of the Director of Na- eral of the National Reconnais- TIONS. tional Intelligence are authorized 855 posi- sance Office. (a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS AND PER- tions as of September 30, 2014. Personnel Sec. 413. Effective date and applicability. SONNEL LEVELS.—The amounts authorized to serving in such elements may be permanent be appropriated under section 101 and, sub- employees of the Office of the Director of Subtitle C—Central Intelligence Agency ject to section 103, the authorized personnel National Intelligence or personnel detailed Sec. 421. Gifts, devises, and bequests. ceilings as of September 30, 2014, for the con- from other elements of the United States TITLE V—SECURITY CLEARANCE duct of the intelligence activities of the ele- Government. REFORM ments listed in paragraphs (1) through (16) of (c) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATIONS.— Sec. 501. Continuous evaluation and sharing section 101, are those specified in the classi- (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In of derogatory information re- fied Schedule of Authorizations prepared to addition to amounts authorized to be appro- garding personnel with access accompany the bill S. 1681 of the One Hun- priated for the Intelligence Community Man- to classified information. dred Thirteenth Congress. agement Account by subsection (a), there are

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Such additional LIGENCE COMMUNITY. overlap or need for de-confliction, if any, amounts for advanced research and develop- Section 103H(g)(3)(A) of the National Secu- within such intelligence function. ment shall remain available until September rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(g)(3)(A)) is ‘‘(6) A description of any efforts to inte- 30, 2015. amended by striking ‘‘undertaken;’’ and in- grate such intelligence function with other (2) AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONNEL.—In addi- serting ‘‘undertaken, and this provision shall intelligence disciplines as part of an inte- tion to the personnel authorized by sub- qualify as a withholding statute pursuant to grated intelligence enterprise. section (b) for elements of the Intelligence subsection (b)(3) of section 552 of title 5, ‘‘(7) A description of any efforts to estab- Community Management Account as of Sep- United States Code (commonly known as the lish consistency in tradecraft and training tember 30, 2014, there are authorized such ad- ‘Freedom of Information Act’);’’. within such intelligence function. ditional personnel for the Community Man- ‘‘(8) A description and assessment of devel- SEC. 305. FUNCTIONAL MANAGERS FOR THE IN- agement Account as of that date as are spec- TELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. opments in technology that bear on the fu- ified in the classified Schedule of Authoriza- (a) FUNCTIONAL MANAGERS AUTHORIZED.— ture of such intelligence function. tions referred to in section 102(a). Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 ‘‘(9) Such other matters relating to such intelligence function as the Director may TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN- (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended by insert- ing after section 103I the following new sec- specify for purposes of this section. CY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYS- ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: tion: TEM ‘‘(1) The term ‘covered intelligence func- ‘‘SEC. 103J. FUNCTIONAL MANAGERS FOR THE IN- tions’ means each intelligence function for SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. TELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. which a Functional Manager has been estab- ‘‘(a) FUNCTIONAL MANAGERS AUTHORIZED.— There is authorized to be appropriated for lished under section 103J during the year The Director of National Intelligence may the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement covered by a report under this section. establish within the intelligence community and Disability Fund for fiscal year 2014 the ‘‘(2) The term ‘Functional Manager’ means one or more positions of manager of an intel- sum of $514,000,000. the manager of an intelligence function es- ligence function. Any position so established SEC. 202. CIARDS AND FERS SPECIAL RETIRE- tablished under section 103J.’’. may be known as the ‘Functional Manager’ MENT CREDIT FOR SERVICE ON DE- (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The TAIL TO ANOTHER AGENCY. of the intelligence function concerned. table of contents in the first section of the ‘‘(b) PERSONNEL.—The Director shall des- National Security Act of 1947 is amended by (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203(b) of the Cen- ignate individuals to serve as manager of in- tral Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 inserting after the item relating to section telligence functions established under sub- 506I the following new item: U.S.C. 2013(b)) is amended— section (a) from among officers and employ- ‘‘Sec. 506J. Annual assessment of intel- (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), ees of elements of the intelligence commu- ligence community perform- by striking ‘‘service in the Agency per- nity. ance by function.’’. formed’’ and inserting ‘‘service performed by ‘‘(c) DUTIES.—Each manager of an intel- an Agency employee’’; and ligence function established under sub- SEC. 307. SOFTWARE LICENSING. (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Agency section (a) shall have the duties as follows: (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the National Se- activities’’ and inserting ‘‘intelligence ac- ‘‘(1) To act as principal advisor to the Di- curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is tivities’’. rector on the intelligence function. amended by inserting after section 108 the following new section: (b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by ‘‘(2) To carry out such other responsibil- subsection (a) shall be applied to retired or ities with respect to the intelligence func- ‘‘SEC. 109. SOFTWARE LICENSING. deceased officers of the Central Intelligence tion as the Director may specify for purposes ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT FOR INVENTORIES OF SOFTWARE LICENSES.—The chief information Agency who were designated at any time of this section.’’. officer of each element of the intelligence under section 203 of the Central Intelligence (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The community, in consultation with the Chief Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2013) prior table of contents in the first section of the Information Officer of the Intelligence Com- to the date of the enactment of this Act. National Security Act of 1947 is amended by munity, shall biennially— inserting after the item relating to section ‘‘(1) conduct an inventory of all existing TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 103I the following new item: software licenses of such element, including Subtitle A—General Matters ‘‘Sec. 103J. Functional managers for the in- utilized and unutilized licenses; telligence community.’’. SEC. 301. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSA- ‘‘(2) assess the actions that could be car- TION AND BENEFITS AUTHORIZED SEC. 306. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF INTEL- ried out by such element to achieve the BY LAW. LIGENCE COMMUNITY PERFORM- greatest possible economies of scale and as- ANCE BY FUNCTION. Appropriations authorized by this Act for sociated cost savings in software procure- (a) ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED.—Title ment and usage; and salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 for Federal employees may be increased by ‘‘(3) submit to the Chief Information Offi- U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) is amended by inserting cer of the Intelligence Community each in- such additional or supplemental amounts as after section 506I the following new section: may be necessary for increases in such com- ventory required by paragraph (1) and each ‘‘SEC. 506J. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF INTEL- pensation or benefits authorized by law. assessment required by paragraph (2). LIGENCE COMMUNITY PERFORM- ‘‘(b) INVENTORIES BY THE CHIEF INFORMA- ANCE BY FUNCTION. SEC. 302. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTEL- TION OFFICER OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMU- LIGENCE ACTIVITIES. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, NITY.—The Chief Information Officer of the The authorization of appropriations by 2016, and each year thereafter, the Director Intelligence Community, based on the inven- this Act shall not be deemed to constitute of National Intelligence shall, in consulta- tories and assessments required by sub- authority for the conduct of any intelligence tion with the Functional Managers, submit section (a), shall biennially— activity which is not otherwise authorized to the congressional intelligence committees ‘‘(1) compile an inventory of all existing by the Constitution or the laws of the United a report on covered intelligence functions software licenses of the intelligence commu- States. during the preceding year. nity, including utilized and unutilized li- ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under sub- censes; and SEC. 303. SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING section (a) shall include for each covered in- ‘‘(2) assess the actions that could be car- FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COM- telligence function for the year covered by PUTING CENTER 2. ried out by the intelligence community to such report the following: achieve the greatest possible economies of Funds appropriated for the construction of ‘‘(1) An identification of the capabilities, scale and associated cost savings in software the High Performance Computing Center 2 programs, and activities of such intelligence procurement and usage. (HPCC 2), as described in the table entitled function, regardless of the element of the in- ‘‘(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Chief In- Consolidated Cryptologic Program (CCP) in telligence community that carried out such formation Officer of the Intelligence Com- the classified annex to accompany the Con- capabilities, programs, and activities. munity shall submit to the congressional in- solidated and Further Continuing Appropria- ‘‘(2) A description of the investment and telligence committees a copy of each inven- tions Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–6; 127 Stat. allocation of resources for such intelligence tory compiled under subsection (b)(1).’’. 198), in excess of the amount specified for function, including an analysis of the alloca- (b) INITIAL INVENTORY.— such activity in the tables in the classified tion of resources within the context of the (1) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ELEMENTS.— annex prepared to accompany the Intel- National Intelligence Strategy, priorities for (A) DATE.—Not later than 120 days after ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year recipients of resources, and areas of risk. the date of the enactment of this Act, the 2013 (Public Law 112–277; 126 Stat. 2468) shall ‘‘(3) A description and assessment of the chief information officer of each element of be specifically authorized by Congress for performance of such intelligence function. the intelligence community shall complete the purposes of section 504 of the National ‘‘(4) An identification of any issues related the initial inventory, assessment, and sub- Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094). to the application of technical interoper- mission required under section 109(a) of the

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App.) is amended in para- ACTIVITIES. community under section 109(a)(1) of the Na- graph (1)— (a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National tional Security Act of 1947, as added by sub- (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.), section (a) of this section, shall be based on (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec- as added by section 309 of this Act, is further the inventory of software licenses conducted tively; amended by adding at the end the following pursuant to section 305 of the Intelligence (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the new section: Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Pub- following: ‘‘SEC. 510. SIGNIFICANT INTERPRETATIONS OF lic Law 112–277; 126 Stat. 2472) for such ele- ‘‘(B) An employee of an element of the in- LAW CONCERNING INTELLIGENCE ment. telligence community, an employee assigned ACTIVITIES. (2) CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE IN- or detailed to an element of the intelligence ‘‘(a) NOTIFICATION.—Except as provided in TELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—Not later than 180 community, or an employee of a contractor subsection (c) and to the extent consistent days after the date of the enactment of this to the intelligence community, who intends with due regard for the protection from un- Act, the Chief Information Officer of the In- to report to Congress a complaint or infor- authorized disclosure of classified informa- telligence Community shall complete the mation with respect to an urgent concern tion relating to sensitive intelligence initial compilation and assessment required may report such complaint or information to sources and methods or other exceptionally under section 109(b) of the National Security the Inspector General of the Intelligence sensitive matters, the General Counsel of Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a). Community.’’; and each element of the intelligence community (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS.—The (3) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated by shall notify the congressional intelligence table of contents in the first section of the paragraph (1)— committees, in writing, of any significant National Security Act of 1947 is amended— (A) by striking ‘‘Act or section 17’’ and in- legal interpretation of the United States (1) by striking the second item relating to serting ‘‘Act, section 17’’; and Constitution or Federal law affecting intel- section 104 (relating to Annual national se- (B) by striking the period at the end and ligence activities conducted by such element curity strategy report); and inserting ‘‘, or section 103H(k) of the Na- by not later than 30 days after the date of (2) inserting after the item relating to sec- tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. the commencement of any intelligence activ- tion 108 the following new item: 3033(k)).’’. ity pursuant to such interpretation. ‘‘Sec. 109. Software licensing.’’. SEC. 311. PUBLIC INTEREST DECLASSIFICATION ‘‘(b) CONTENT.—Each notification under SEC. 308. PLANS TO RESPOND TO UNAUTHOR- BOARD. subsection (a) shall provide a summary of IZED PUBLIC DISCLOSURES OF COV- Section 710(b) of the Public Interest De- the significant legal interpretation and the ERT ACTIONS. classification Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–567; intelligence activity or activities conducted Section 503 of the National Security Act of 50 U.S.C. 3161 note) is amended by striking pursuant to such interpretation. 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) is amended by adding at ‘‘2014.’’ and inserting ‘‘2018.’’. ‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.—A notification under the end the following new subsection: subsection (a) shall not be required for a sig- ‘‘(h) For each type of activity undertaken SEC. 312. OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION ITEMS IN nificant legal interpretation if— as part of a covert action, the President SUPPORT OF THE COAST GUARD ‘‘(1) notice of the significant legal interpre- ATTACHE´ PROGRAM. shall establish in writing a plan to respond tation was previously provided to the con- to the unauthorized public disclosure of that Notwithstanding any other limitation on gressional intelligence committees under type of activity.’’. the amount of funds that may be used for of- subsection (a); or SEC. 309. AUDITABILITY. ficial representation items, the Secretary of ‘‘(2) the significant legal interpretation (a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National Homeland Security may use funds made was made before the date of the enactment Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) is available to the Secretary through the Na- of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fis- amended by adding at the end the following tional Intelligence Program for necessary cal Year 2014. new section: expenses for intelligence analysis and oper- ‘‘(d) LIMITED ACCESS FOR COVERT ACTION.— ‘‘SEC. 509. AUDITABILITY OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS ations coordination activities for official If the President determines that it is essen- OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. representation items in support of the Coast tial to limit access to a covert action finding ´ ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL AUDITS.— Guard Attache Program. under section 503(c)(2), the President may The head of each covered entity shall ensure SEC. 313. DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW OF CER- limit access to information concerning such that there is a full financial audit of such TAIN ITEMS COLLECTED DURING finding that is subject to notification under covered entity each year beginning with fis- THE MISSION THAT KILLED OSAMA this section to those members of Congress cal year 2014. Such audits may be conducted BIN LADEN ON MAY 1, 2011. who have been granted access to the relevant by an internal or external independent ac- Not later than 120 days after the date of finding under section 503(c)(2).’’. counting or auditing organization. the enactment of this Act, the Director of (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT FOR UNQUALIFIED OPIN- National Intelligence shall— table of contents in the first section of the ION.—Beginning as early as practicable, but (1) in the manner described in the classi- National Security Act of 1947 is amended by in no event later than the audit required fied annex to this Act— inserting after the item relating to section under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2016, the (A) complete a declassification review of 509, as so added, the following new item: head of each covered entity shall take all documents collected in Abbottabad, Paki- ‘‘Sec. 510. Significant interpretations of law reasonable steps necessary to ensure that stan, during the mission that killed Osama concerning intelligence activi- each audit required under subsection (a) con- bin Laden on May 1, 2011; and ties.’’. tains an unqualified opinion on the financial (B) make publicly available any informa- tion declassified as a result of the declas- SEC. 322. REVIEW FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATION statements of such covered entity for the fis- OF OPINIONS OF THE OFFICE OF cal year covered by such audit. sification review required under paragraph LEGAL COUNSEL OF THE DEPART- ‘‘(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The chief fi- (1); and MENT OF JUSTICE CONCERNING IN- nancial officer of each covered entity shall (2) report to the congressional intelligence TELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. provide to the congressional intelligence committees— (a) PROCESS FOR REVIEW FOR OFFICIAL PUB- committees an annual audit report from an (A) the results of the declassification re- LICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the accounting or auditing organization on each view required under paragraph (1); and date of the enactment of this Act, the Attor- audit of the covered entity conducted pursu- (B) a justification for not declassifying any ney General shall, in coordination with the ant to subsection (a). information required to be included in such Director of National Intelligence, establish a ‘‘(d) COVERED ENTITY DEFINED.—In this sec- declassification review that remains classi- process for the regular review for official tion, the term ‘covered entity’ means the Of- fied. publication of significant opinions of the Of- fice of the Director of National Intelligence, SEC. 314. MERGER OF THE FOREIGN COUNTER- fice of Legal Counsel of the Department of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM AND THE Justice that have been provided to an ele- Intelligence Agency, the National Security GENERAL DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE ment of the intelligence community. Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, PROGRAM. (b) FACTORS.—The process of review of and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Notwithstanding any other provision of opinions established under subsection (a) Agency.’’. law, the Director of National Intelligence shall include consideration of the following: (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The shall carry out the merger of the Foreign (1) The potential importance of an opinion table of contents in the first section of the Counterintelligence Program into the Gen- to other agencies or officials in the Execu- National Security Act of 1947 is amended by eral Defense Intelligence Program as di- tive branch. inserting after the item relating to section rected in the classified annex to this Act. (2) The likelihood that similar questions 508 the following new item: The merger shall go into effect no earlier addressed in an opinion may arise in the fu- ‘‘Sec. 509. Auditability of certain elements than 30 days after written notification of the ture. of the intelligence commu- merger is provided to the congressional in- (3) The historical importance of an opinion nity.’’. telligence committees. or the context in which it arose.

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(4) The potential significance of an opinion (b) HEAD OF AN APPLICABLE AGENCY DE- (2) ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT AND INFORMATION to the overall jurisprudence of the Office of FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘head of an BY INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PERSONNEL.— Legal Counsel. applicable agency’’ includes the following: The procedures established pursuant to sub- (5) Such other factors as the Attorney Gen- (1) The Director of National Intelligence. section (a) shall— eral and the Director of National Intel- (2) The Director of the Central Intelligence (A) include mechanisms for intelligence ligence consider appropriate. Agency. community personnel to, upon request, ob- (c) PRESUMPTION.—The process of review (3) Each head of each element of the intel- tain access to equipment or information of a established under subsection (a) shall apply a ligence community that is within the De- cleared intelligence contractor necessary to presumption that significant opinions of the partment of Defense. conduct forensic analysis in addition to any Office of Legal Counsel should be published SEC. 324. REPORTS ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN analysis conducted by such contractor; when practicable, consistent with national SYRIA. (B) provide that a cleared intelligence con- security and other confidentiality consider- (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days tractor is only required to provide access to ations. after the date of the enactment of this Act, equipment or information as described in (d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section the Director of National Intelligence shall subparagraph (A) to determine whether in- shall require the official publication of any submit to Congress a report on the Syrian formation created by or for an element of opinion of the Office of Legal Counsel, in- chemical weapons program. the intelligence community in connection cluding publication under any circumstance (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under with any intelligence community program as follows: subsection (a) shall include the following ele- was successfully exfiltrated from a network (1) When publication would reveal classi- ments: or information system of such contractor fied or other sensitive information relating (1) A comprehensive assessment of chem- and, if so, what information was exfiltrated; to national security. ical weapon stockpiles in Syria, including and (2) When publication could reasonably be names, types, and quantities of chemical (C) provide for the reasonable protection of anticipated to interfere with Federal law en- weapons agents, types of munitions, and lo- trade secrets, commercial or financial infor- forcement efforts or is prohibited by law. cation and form of storage, production, and mation, and information that can be used to (3) When publication would conflict with research and development facilities. identify a specific person (other than the preserving internal Executive branch delib- (2) A listing of key personnel associated name of the suspected perpetrator of the erative processes or protecting other infor- with the Syrian chemical weapons program. penetration). mation properly subject to privilege. (3) An assessment of undeclared chemical (3) LIMITATION ON DISSEMINATION OF CER- (e) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE CLASSIFIED weapons stockpiles, munitions, and facili- TAIN INFORMATION.—The procedures estab- OPINIONS TO CONGRESS.— ties. lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall pro- (1) IN GENERAL.—Any opinion of the Office (4) An assessment of how these stockpiles, hibit the dissemination outside the intel- of Legal Counsel that would have been se- precursors, and delivery systems were ob- ligence community of information obtained lected for publication under the process of tained. or derived through such procedures that is review established under subsection (a) but (5) A description of key intelligence gaps not created by or for the intelligence com- for the fact that publication would reveal related to the Syrian chemical weapons pro- munity except— classified or other sensitive information re- gram. (A) with the approval of the contractor lating to national security shall be provided (6) An assessment of any denial and decep- providing such information; or made available to the appropriate com- tion efforts on the part of the Syrian regime (B) to the congressional intelligence com- mittees of Congress. related to its chemical weapons program. mittees or the Subcommittees on Defense of (2) EXCEPTION FOR COVERT ACTION.—If the (c) PROGRESS REPORTS.—Every 90 days the Committees on Appropriations of the President determines that it is essential to until the date that is 18 months after the House of Representatives and the Senate for limit access to a covert action finding under date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc- such committees and such Subcommittees to section 503(c)(2) of the National Security Act tor of National Intelligence shall submit to perform oversight; or of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093(c)(2)), the President Congress a progress report providing any ma- (C) to law enforcement agencies to inves- may limit access to information concerning terial updates to the report required under tigate a penetration reported under this sec- such finding that would otherwise be pro- subsection (a). tion. vided or made available under this sub- SEC. 325. REPORTS TO THE INTELLIGENCE COM- (d) ISSUANCE OF PROCEDURES AND ESTAB- section to those members of Congress who MUNITY ON PENETRATIONS OF NET- LISHMENT OF CRITERIA.— have been granted access to such finding WORKS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days under such section 503(c)(2). OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS. after the date of the enactment of this Act, (f) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—The determination (a) PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING PENETRA- the Director of National Intelligence shall whether an opinion of the Office of Legal TIONS.—The Director of National Intelligence establish the procedures required under sub- Counsel is appropriate for official publica- shall establish procedures that require each section (a) and the criteria required under tion under the process of review established cleared intelligence contractor to report to subsection (b). an element of the intelligence community under subsection (a) is discretionary and is (2) APPLICABILITY DATE.—The requirements not subject to judicial review. designated by the Director for purposes of of this section shall apply on the date on SEC. 323. SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS BY HEADS such procedures when a network or informa- which the Director of National Intelligence OF ELEMENTS OF INTELLIGENCE tion system of such contractor that meets establishes the procedures required under COMMUNITY OF PLANS FOR OR- the criteria established pursuant to sub- this section. DERLY SHUTDOWN IN EVENT OF AB- section (b) is successfully penetrated. (e) COORDINATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF SENCE OF APPROPRIATIONS. (b) NETWORKS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEFENSE TO PREVENT DUPLICATE REPORT- (a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the head of an SUBJECT TO REPORTING.—The Director of Na- ING.—Not later than 180 days after the date applicable agency submits a plan to the Di- tional Intelligence shall, in consultation of the enactment of this Act, the Director of rector of the Office of Management and with appropriate officials, establish criteria National Intelligence and the Secretary of Budget in accordance with section 124 of Of- for covered networks to be subject to the Defense shall establish procedures to permit fice of Management and Budget Circular A– procedures for reporting system penetrations a contractor that is a cleared intelligence 11, pertaining to agency operations in the ab- under subsection (a). contractor and a cleared defense contractor sence of appropriations, or any successor cir- (c) PROCEDURE REQUIREMENTS.— under section 941 of the National Defense Au- cular of the Office that requires the head of (1) RAPID REPORTING.—The procedures es- thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public an applicable agency to submit to the Direc- tablished pursuant to subsection (a) shall re- Law 112–239; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) to submit a tor a plan for an orderly shutdown in the quire each cleared intelligence contractor to single report that satisfies the requirements event of the absence of appropriations, such rapidly report to an element of the intel- of this section and such section 941 for an in- head shall submit a copy of such plan to the ligence community designated pursuant to cident of penetration of network or informa- following: subsection (a) of each successful penetration tion system. (1) The congressional intelligence commit- of the network or information systems of (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: tees. such contractor that meet the criteria estab- (1) CLEARED INTELLIGENCE CONTRACTOR.— (2) The Subcommittee on Defense of the lished pursuant to subsection (b). Each such The term ‘‘cleared intelligence contractor’’ Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. report shall include the following: means a private entity granted clearance by (3) The Subcommittee on Defense of the (A) A description of the technique or meth- the Director of National Intelligence or the Committee on Appropriations of the House od used in such penetration. head of an element of the intelligence com- of Representatives. (B) A sample of the malicious software, if munity to access, receive, or store classified (4) In the case of a plan for an element of discovered and isolated by the contractor, information for the purpose of bidding for a the intelligence community that is within involved in such penetration. contract or conducting activities in support the Department of Defense, to— (C) A summary of information created by of any program of an element of the intel- (A) the Committee on Armed Services of or for such element in connection with any ligence community. the Senate; and program of such element that has been po- (2) COVERED NETWORK.—The term ‘‘covered (B) the Committee on Armed Services of tentially compromised due to such penetra- network’’ means a network or information the House of Representatives. tion. system of a cleared intelligence contractor

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that contains or processes information cre- (2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Na- ated by or for an element of the intelligence term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et community with respect to which such con- the meaning given the term in section 101(a) seq.) is amended— tractor is required to apply enhanced protec- of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. (1) in the table of contents in the first sec- tion. 1001(a)). tion, by striking the item relating to section (g) SAVINGS CLAUSES.—Nothing in this sec- (3) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec- 114 and inserting the following new item: tion shall be construed to alter or limit any ondary school’’ has the meaning given the ‘‘Sec. 114. Annual report on hiring and re- otherwise authorized access by government term in section 9101 of the Elementary and tention of minority employ- personnel to networks or information sys- Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. ees.’’; tems owned or operated by a contractor that 7801). (2) in section 114 (50 U.S.C. 3050)— processes or stores government data. SEC. 328. REPEAL OF THE TERMINATION OF NO- (A) by amending the heading to read as fol- SEC. 326. REPORT ON ELECTRONIC WASTE. TIFICATION REQUIREMENTS RE- lows: ‘‘ANNUAL REPORT ON HIRING AND RETEN- (a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after GARDING THE AUTHORIZED DISCLO- TION OF MINORITY EMPLOYEES’’; the date of the enactment of this Act, the SURE OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. (B) by striking ‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT ON Director of National Intelligence shall sub- Section 504 of the Intelligence Authoriza- HIRING AND RETENTION OF MINORITY EMPLOY- mit to the congressional intelligence com- tion Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law EES.—’’; mittees a report on the extent to which the 112–277; 126 Stat. 2477) is amended by striking (C) by redesignating paragraphs (1) intelligence community has implemented subsection (e). through (5) as subsections (a) through (e), re- the recommendations of the Inspector Gen- SEC. 329. REPEAL OR MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN spectively; eral of the Intelligence Community con- REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. tained in the report entitled ‘‘Study of Intel- (a) REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— (D) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)— ligence Community Electronic Waste Dis- (1) THREAT OF ATTACK ON THE UNITED (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) posal Practices’’ issued in May 2013. Such re- STATES USING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUC- through (C) as paragraphs (1) through (3), re- port shall include an assessment of the ex- TION.—Section 114 of the National Security spectively; and tent to which the policies, standards, and Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3050) is amended by (ii) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)— guidelines of the intelligence community striking subsection (b). (I) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as governing the proper disposal of electronic (2) TREATY ON CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and waste are applicable to covered commercial IN EUROPE.—Section 2(5)(E) of the Senate res- (II) in the matter preceding subparagraph electronic waste that may contain classified olution advising and consenting to ratifica- (A) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘clauses information. tion of the Document Agreed Among the (i) and (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: States Parties to the Treaty on Conven- and (B)’’; (1) COVERED COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC tional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) of No- (E) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by WASTE.—The term ‘‘covered commercial elec- vember 19, 1990, adopted at Vienna May 31, subparagraph (C) of this paragraph), by tronic waste’’ means electronic waste of a 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105–5) (commonly referred striking ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘sec- commercial entity that contracts with an to as the ‘‘CFE Flank Document’’), 105th tion’’; and element of the intelligence community. Congress, agreed to May 14, 1997, is repealed. (F) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by (2) ELECTRONIC WASTE.—The term ‘‘elec- (b) MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIRE- subparagraph (C) of this paragraph)— tronic waste’’ includes any obsolete, broken, MENTS.— (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) or irreparable electronic device, including a (1) INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEES.— through (C) as paragraphs (1) through (3), re- television, copier, facsimile machine, tablet, Section 410(b) of the Intelligence Authoriza- spectively; and telephone, computer, computer monitor, tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (50 U.S.C. 3309) (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection,’’ and inserting laptop, printer, scanner, and associated elec- is amended to read as follows: ‘‘section’’; and trical wiring. ‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF (3) in section 507 (50 U.S.C. 3106)— DVISORY OMMITTEE SEC. 327. PROMOTING STEM EDUCATION TO A C .—The Director of Na- (A) in subsection (a)— MEET THE FUTURE WORKFORCE tional Intelligence and the Director of the (i) by striking ‘‘(1) The date’’ and inserting NEEDS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COM- Central Intelligence Agency shall each no- ‘‘The date’’; MUNITY. tify the congressional intelligence commit- (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(1)(A)’’ and (a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after tees each time each such Director creates an inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’; the date of the enactment of this Act, the advisory committee. Each notification shall (iii) by striking paragraph (2); and Director of National Intelligence shall sub- include— (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) ‘‘(1) a description of such advisory com- mit to the Secretary of Education and the through (F) as paragraphs (1) through (6), re- mittee, including the subject matter of such congressional intelligence committees a re- spectively; committee; port describing the anticipated hiring needs (B) in subsection (c)(1)— ‘‘(2) a list of members of such advisory of the intelligence community in the fields (i) by striking ‘‘(A) Except’’ and inserting of science, technology, engineering, and committee; and ‘‘Except’’; and mathematics, including cybersecurity and ‘‘(3) in the case of an advisory committee (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and computer literacy. The report shall— created by the Director of National Intel- (C) in subsection (d)(1)— (1) describe the extent to which competi- ligence, the reasons for a determination by (i) in subparagraph (A)— tions, challenges, or internships at elements the Director under section 4(b)(3) of the Fed- (I) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and in- of the intelligence community that do not eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) serting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and involve access to classified information may that an advisory committee cannot comply (II) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘March 1;’’; be utilized to promote education in the fields with the requirements of such Act.’’. (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and of science, technology, engineering, and (2) INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION SHARING.— (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as mathematics, including cybersecurity and Section 102A(g)(4) of the National Security subparagraph (B). computer literacy, within high schools or in- Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(g)(4)) is amended to stitutions of higher education in the United read as follows: TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELE- States; ‘‘(4) The Director of National Intelligence MENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMU- (2) include cost estimates for carrying out shall, in a timely manner, report to Congress NITY such competitions, challenges, or intern- any statute, regulation, policy, or practice Subtitle A—National Security Agency ships; and that the Director believes impedes the abil- SEC. 401. APPOINTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF (3) include strategies for conducting expe- ity of the Director to fully and effectively THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY. dited security clearance investigations and ensure maximum availability of access to in- (a) DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY adjudications for students at institutions of telligence information within the intel- AGENCY.—Section 2 of the National Security higher education for purposes of offering in- ligence community consistent with the pro- Agency Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 3602) is amend- ternships at elements of the intelligence tection of the national security of the United ed— community. States.’’. (1) by inserting ‘‘(b)’’ before ‘‘There’’; and (b) CONSIDERATION OF EXISTING PRO- (3) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SYS- (2) by inserting before subsection (b), as so GRAMS.—In developing the report under sub- TEM TRANSFORMATION.—Section 506D(j) of the designated by paragraph (1), the following: section (a), the Director shall take into con- National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. ‘‘(a)(1) There is a Director of the National sideration existing programs of the intel- 3100(j)) is amended in the matter preceding Security Agency. ligence community, including the education paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2015’’ and insert- ‘‘(2) The Director of the National Security programs of the National Security Agency ing ‘‘2014’’. Agency shall be appointed by the President, and the Information Assurance Scholarship (4) ACTIVITIES OF PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIB- by and with the advice and consent of the Program of the Department of Defense, as ERTIES OFFICERS.—Section 1062(f)(1) of the In- Senate. appropriate. telligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention ‘‘(3) The Director of the National Security (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee–1(f)(1)) is amend- Agency shall be the head of the National Se- (1) HIGH SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high school’’ ed in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) curity Agency and shall discharge such func- mean a school that awards a secondary by striking ‘‘quarterly’’ and inserting ‘‘semi- tions and duties as are provided by this Act school diploma. annually’’. or otherwise by law or executive order.’’.

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(b) POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSI- ‘‘SEC. 106A. DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL RECON- the National Reconnaissance Office on the BILITY.— NAISSANCE OFFICE. date of the enactment of this Act shall be el- (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may des- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is a Director of igible to be appointed by the President to a ignate the Director of the National Security the National Reconnaissance Office. new term of service under section 3 of the In- Agency as a position of importance and re- ‘‘(b) APPOINTMENT.—The Director of the spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), sponsibility under section 601 of title 10, National Reconnaissance Office shall be ap- by and with the advice and consent of the United States Code. pointed by the President, by and with the ad- Senate. (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall vice and consent of the Senate. ‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES.—The Director Subtitle C—Central Intelligence Agency take effect on the date of the enactment of SEC. 421. GIFTS, DEVISES, AND BEQUESTS. this Act. of the National Reconnaissance Office shall be the head of the National Reconnaissance Section 12 of the Central Intelligence SEC. 402. APPOINTMENT OF THE INSPECTOR Office and shall discharge such functions and Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3512) is amend- GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL SECU- ed— RITY AGENCY. duties as are provided by this Act or other- (1) by striking the section heading and in- The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. wise by law or executive order.’’. serting ‘‘GIFTS, DEVISES, AND BEQUESTS’’; App.) is amended— (b) POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSI- (2) in subsection (a)(2)— (1) in section 8G(a)(2), by striking ‘‘the Na- BILITY.— (A) by inserting ‘‘by the Director as a gift tional Security Agency,’’; and (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may des- to the Agency’’ after ‘‘accepted’’; and (2) in section 12— ignate the Director of the National Recon- (B) by striking ‘‘this section’’ and insert- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or the naissance Office as a position of importance ing ‘‘this subsection’’; Federal Cochairpersons of the Commissions and responsibility under section 601 of title (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘this sec- established under section 15301 of title 40, 10, United States Code. tion,’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a),’’; United States Code;’’ and inserting ‘‘the Fed- (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall (4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘this sec- eral Cochairpersons of the Commissions es- take effect on the date of the enactment of tion,’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a),’’; tablished under section 15301 of title 40, this Act. (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The (5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘this sec- United States Code; the Director of the Na- table of contents in the first section of the tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; tional Security Agency;’’; and National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 (6) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub- (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or the et seq.) is amended by inserting after the section (g); and Commissions established under section 15301 item relating to section 106 the following: (7) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol- of title 40, United States Code,’’ and insert- lowing: ing ‘‘the Commissions established under sec- ‘‘Sec. 106A. Director of the National Recon- naissance Office.’’. ‘‘(f)(1) The Director may engage in fund- tion 15301 of title 40, United States Code, the raising in an official capacity for the benefit National Security Agency,’’. SEC. 412. APPOINTMENT OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL RECON- of nonprofit organizations that provide sup- SEC. 403. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY. NAISSANCE OFFICE. port to surviving family members of de- (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise spe- The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. ceased Agency employees or that otherwise cifically provided, the amendments made by App.)— provide support for the welfare, education, or sections 401 and 402 shall take effect on Octo- (1) in section 8G(a)(2), as amended by sec- recreation of Agency employees, former ber 1, 2014, and shall apply upon the earlier tion 402, is further amended by striking ‘‘the Agency employees, or their family members. of— National Reconnaissance Office,’’; and ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘fund- (1) in the case of section 401— (2) in section 12, as amended by section 402, raising’ means the raising of funds through (A) the date of the first nomination by the is further amended— the active participation in the promotion, President of an individual to serve as the Di- (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or the production, or presentation of an event de- rector of the National Security Agency that Director of the National Reconnaissance Of- signed to raise funds and does not include occurs on or after October 1, 2014; or fice;’’ before ‘‘as the case may be;’’; and the direct solicitation of money by any other (B) the date of the cessation of the per- (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or the means.’’. formance of the duties of the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office,’’ before ‘‘as TITLE V—SECURITY CLEARANCE REFORM National Security Agency by the individual the case may be;’’. performing such duties on October 1, 2014; SEC. 501. CONTINUOUS EVALUATION AND SHAR- SEC. 413. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY. ING OF DEROGATORY INFORMATION and (a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by REGARDING PERSONNEL WITH AC- (2) in the case of section 402— sections 411 and 412 shall take effect on Octo- CESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. (A) the date of the first nomination by the ber 1, 2014, and shall apply upon the earlier Section 102A(j) of the National Security President of an individual to serve as the In- of— Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(j)) is amended— spector General of the National Security (1) in the case of section 411— (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SENSITIVE Agency that occurs on or after October 1, (A) the date of the first nomination by the COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION’’ and inserting 2014; or President of an individual to serve as the Di- ‘‘CLASSIFIED INFORMATION’’; (B) the date of the cessation of the per- rector of the National Reconnaissance Office (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and formance of the duties of the Inspector Gen- that occurs on or after October 1, 2014; or inserting a semicolon; eral of the National Security Agency by the (B) the date of the cessation of the per- (3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period individual performing such duties on October formance of the duties of the Director of the and inserting a semicolon; and 1, 2014. National Reconnaissance Office by the indi- (4) by adding at the end the following new (b) EXCEPTION FOR INITIAL NOMINATIONS.— vidual performing such duties on October 1, paragraphs: Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(A) or (2)(A) of 2014; and ‘‘(5) ensure that the background of each subsection (a), an individual serving as the (2) in the case of section 412— employee or officer of an element of the in- Director of the National Security Agency or (A) the date of the first nomination by the telligence community, each contractor to an the Inspector General of the National Secu- President of an individual to serve as the In- element of the intelligence community, and rity Agency on the date that the President spector General of the National Reconnais- each individual employee of such a con- first nominates an individual for such posi- sance Office that occurs on or after October tractor who has been determined to be eligi- tion on or after October 1, 2014, may continue 1, 2014; or ble for access to classified information is to perform in that position after such date of (B) the date of the cessation of the per- monitored on a continual basis under stand- nomination and until the individual ap- formance of the duties of the Inspector Gen- ards developed by the Director, including pointed to the position, by and with the ad- eral of the National Reconnaissance Office with respect to the frequency of evaluation, vice and consent of the Senate, assumes the by the individual performing such duties on during the period of eligibility of such em- duties of the position. October 1, 2014. ployee or officer of an element of the intel- (c) INCUMBENT INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The (b) EXCEPTION FOR INITIAL NOMINATIONS.— ligence community, such contractor, or such individual serving as Inspector General of Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(A) or (2)(A) of individual employee to such a contractor to the National Security Agency on the date of subsection (a), an individual serving as the determine whether such employee or officer the enactment of this Act shall be eligible to Director of the National Reconnaissance Of- of an element of the intelligence community, be appointed by the President to a new term fice or the Inspector General of the National such contractor, and such individual em- of service under section 3 of the Inspector Reconnaissance Office on the date that the ployee of such a contractor continues to General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), by and President first nominates an individual for meet the requirements for eligibility for ac- with the advice and consent of the Senate. such position on or after October 1, 2014, may cess to classified information; and Subtitle B—National Reconnaissance Office continue to perform in that position after ‘‘(6) develop procedures to require informa- SEC. 411. APPOINTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF such date of nomination and until the indi- tion sharing between elements of the intel- THE NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE vidual appointed to the position, by and with ligence community concerning potentially OFFICE. the advice and consent of the Senate, as- derogatory security information regarding (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Security sumes the duties of the position. an employee or officer of an element of the Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended (c) INCUMBENT INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The intelligence community, a contractor to an by adding after section 106 the following: individual serving as Inspector General of element of the intelligence community, or

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REQUIREMENTS FOR INTELLIGENCE independently obtain and analyze reportable expanding the Government’s use of contin- COMMUNITY CONTRACTORS. data and events; uous evaluation tools as a means of improv- (a) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 102A of the (5) the establishment of an authoritative ing the effectiveness and efficiency of proce- National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024) central repository of personnel security in- dures for confirming the eligibility of per- is amended by adding at the end the fol- formation that is accessible electronically at sonnel for continued access to classified in- lowing new subsection: multiple levels of classification and elimi- formation; and ‘‘(x) REQUIREMENTS FOR INTELLIGENCE COM- nates technical barriers to rapid access to in- (5) an analysis of how many personnel with MUNITY CONTRACTORS.—The Director of Na- formation necessary for eligibility deter- out-of-scope background investigations are tional Intelligence, in consultation with the minations and reciprocal recognition there- employed by, or contracted or detailed to, head of each department of the Federal Gov- of; each element of the intelligence community. ernment that contains an element of the in- (6) using digitally processed fingerprints, (c) PERIODIC REINVESTIGATIONS DEFINED.— telligence community and the Director of as a substitute for ink or paper prints, to re- In this section, the term ‘‘periodic reinves- the Central Intelligence Agency, shall— duce error rates and improve portability of tigations’’ has the meaning given that term ‘‘(1) ensure that— data; in section 3001(a) of the Intelligence Reform ‘‘(A) any contractor to an element of the (7) expanding the use of technology to im- and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 intelligence community with access to a prove an applicant’s ability to discover the U.S.C. 3341(a)). classified network or classified information status of a pending security clearance appli- SEC. 506. APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON- GRESS DEFINED. develops and operates a security plan that is cation or reinvestigation; and In this title, the term ‘‘appropriate com- consistent with standards established by the (8) using government and publicly avail- mittees of Congress’’ means— Director of National Intelligence for intel- able commercial data sources, including so- (1) the congressional intelligence commit- ligence community networks; and cial media, that provide independent infor- tees; ‘‘(B) each contract awarded by an element mation pertinent to adjudication guidelines of the intelligence community includes pro- (2) the Committee on Armed Services and to improve quality and timeliness, and re- the Committee on Homeland Security and visions requiring the contractor comply with duce costs, of investigations and reinvestiga- such plan and such standards; Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and tions. (3) the Committee on Armed Services and ‘‘(2) conduct periodic assessments of each (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 the Committee on Homeland Security of the security plan required under paragraph (1)(A) months after the date of the enactment of House of Representatives. to ensure such security plan complies with this Act, the Director of National Intel- the requirements of such paragraph; and ligence shall submit to the appropriate com- TITLE VI—INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ‘‘(3) ensure that the insider threat detec- mittees of Congress a report on the analysis WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS tion capabilities and insider threat policies required by subsection (a). SEC. 601. PROTECTION OF INTELLIGENCE COM- of the intelligence community apply to fa- SEC. 504. REPORT ON RECIPROCITY OF SECURITY MUNITY WHISTLEBLOWERS. cilities of contractors with access to a classi- CLEARANCES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XI of the National fied network.’’. The head of the entity selected pursuant to Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3231 et seq.) is (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made section 3001(b) of the Intelligence Reform amended by adding at the end the following by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 new section: contracts entered into or renewed after the U.S.C. 3341(b)) shall submit to the appro- ‘‘SEC. 1104. PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICES date of the enactment of this Act. priate committees of Congress a report each IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. SEC. 503. TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS TO SE- year through 2017 that describes for the pre- ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: CURITY CLEARANCE PROCESSING. ceding year— ‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ means an (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National (1) the periods of time required by author- executive department or independent estab- Intelligence, in consultation with the Sec- ized adjudicative agencies for accepting lishment, as defined under sections 101 and retary of Defense and the Director of the Of- background investigations and determina- 104 of title 5, United States Code, that con- fice of Personnel Management, shall conduct tions completed by an authorized investiga- tains an intelligence community element, an analysis of the relative costs and benefits tive entity or authorized adjudicative agen- except the Federal Bureau of Investigation. of potential improvements to the process for cy; ‘‘(2) COVERED INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ELE- investigating persons who are proposed for (2) the total number of cases in which a MENT.—The term ‘covered intelligence com- access to classified information and adjudi- background investigation or determination munity element’— cating whether such persons satisfy the cri- completed by an authorized investigative en- ‘‘(A) means— teria for obtaining and retaining access to tity or authorized adjudicative agency is ac- ‘‘(i) the Central Intelligence Agency, the such information. cepted by another agency; Defense Intelligence Agency, the National (b) CONTENTS OF ANALYSIS.—In conducting (3) the total number of cases in which a Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National the analysis required by subsection (a), the background investigation or determination Security Agency, the Office of the Director Director of National Intelligence shall evalu- completed by an authorized investigative en- of National Intelligence, and the National ate the costs and benefits associated with— tity or authorized adjudicative agency is not Reconnaissance Office; and (1) the elimination of manual processes in accepted by another agency; and ‘‘(ii) any executive agency or unit thereof security clearance investigations and adju- (4) such other information or recommenda- determined by the President under section dications, if possible, and automating and in- tions as the head of the entity selected pur- 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) of title 5, United States Code, tegrating the elements of the investigation suant to such section 3001(b) considers appro- to have as its principal function the conduct process, including— priate. of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence (A) the clearance application process; SEC. 505. IMPROVING THE PERIODIC REINVES- activities; and (B) case management; TIGATION PROCESS. ‘‘(B) does not include the Federal Bureau (C) adjudication management; (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days of Investigation. (D) investigation methods for the collec- after the date of the enactment of this Act, ‘‘(3) PERSONNEL ACTION.—The term ‘per- tion, analysis, storage, retrieval, and trans- and annually thereafter until December 31, sonnel action’ means, with respect to an em- fer of data and records; and 2017, the Director of National Intelligence, in ployee in a position in a covered intelligence (E) records management for access and eli- consultation with the Secretary of Defense community element (other than a position gibility determinations; and the Director of the Office of Personnel excepted from the competitive service due to (2) the elimination or reduction, if pos- Management, shall transmit to the appro- its confidential, policy-determining, policy- sible, of the use of databases and information priate committees of Congress a strategic making, or policy-advocating character)— sources that cannot be accessed and proc- plan for updating the process for periodic re- ‘‘(A) an appointment; essed automatically electronically, or modi- investigations consistent with a continuous ‘‘(B) a promotion; fication of such databases and information evaluation program. ‘‘(C) a disciplinary or corrective action; sources, to enable electronic access and proc- (b) CONTENTS.—The plan required by sub- ‘‘(D) a detail, transfer, or reassignment; essing; section (a) shall include— ‘‘(E) a demotion, suspension, or termi- (3) the use of government-developed and (1) an analysis of the costs and benefits as- nation; commercial technology for continuous moni- sociated with conducting periodic reinves- ‘‘(F) a reinstatement or restoration; toring and evaluation of government and tigations; ‘‘(G) a performance evaluation; commercial data sources that can identify (2) an analysis of the costs and benefits as- ‘‘(H) a decision concerning pay, benefits, or and flag information pertinent to adjudica- sociated with replacing some or all periodic awards; tion guidelines and eligibility determina- reinvestigations with a program of contin- ‘‘(I) a decision concerning education or tions; uous evaluation; training if such education or training may

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To the fullest extent pos- lieved to be covered by paragraph (1)(A)(ii); such purpose), the appropriate inspector gen- sible, such fact-finding shall include an op- ‘‘(ii) the disclosure revealed information eral of the employing agency, a congres- portunity for the employee to present rel- that had been previously disclosed; sional intelligence committee, or a member evant evidence such as witness testimony. ‘‘(iii) the disclosure was not made in writ- of a congressional intelligence committee, (b) RETALIATORY REVOCATION OF SECURITY ing; which the employee reasonably believes evi- CLEARANCES AND ACCESS DETERMINATIONS.— ‘‘(iv) the disclosure was made while the dences— Section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and employee was off duty; or ‘‘(1) a violation of any Federal law, rule, or Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. ‘‘(v) of the amount of time which has 3341) is amended by adding at the end the fol- regulation; or passed since the occurrence of the events de- lowing: ‘‘(2) mismanagement, a gross waste of scribed in the disclosure. ‘‘(j) RETALIATORY REVOCATION OF SECURITY funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial ‘‘(B) REPRISALS.—If a disclosure is made CLEARANCES AND ACCESS DETERMINATIONS.— and specific danger to public health or safe- during the normal course of duties of an em- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Agency personnel with ployee, the disclosure shall not be excluded ty. authority over personnel security clearance ‘‘(c) ENFORCEMENT.—The President shall from paragraph (1) if any employee who has or access determinations shall not take or authority to take, direct others to take, rec- provide for the enforcement of this section. fail to take, or threaten to take or fail to ‘‘(d) EXISTING RIGHTS PRESERVED.—Noth- ommend, or approve any personnel action take, any action with respect to any employ- with respect to the employee making the dis- ing in this section shall be construed to— ee’s security clearance or access determina- ‘‘(1) preempt or preclude any employee, or closure, took, failed to take, or threatened tion in retaliation for— to take or fail to take a personnel action applicant for employment, at the Federal ‘‘(A) any lawful disclosure of information Bureau of Investigation from exercising with respect to that employee in reprisal for to the Director of National Intelligence (or the disclosure. rights provided under any other law, rule, or an employee designated by the Director of regulation, including section 2303 of title 5, ‘‘(4) AGENCY ADJUDICATION.— National Intelligence for such purpose) or ‘‘(A) REMEDIAL PROCEDURE.—An employee United States Code; or the head of the employing agency (or em- or former employee who believes that he or ‘‘(2) repeal section 2303 of title 5, United ployee designated by the head of that agency she has been subjected to a reprisal prohib- States Code.’’. for such purpose) by an employee that the ited by paragraph (1) may, within 90 days (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The employee reasonably believes evidences— after the issuance of notice of such decision, table of contents in the first section of the ‘‘(i) a violation of any Federal law, rule, or appeal that decision within the agency of National Security Act of 1947 is amended by regulation; or that employee or former employee through adding at the end the following new item: ‘‘(ii) gross mismanagement, a gross waste proceedings authorized by subsection (b)(7), ‘‘Sec. 1104. Prohibited personnel practices in of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substan- except that there shall be no appeal of an the intelligence community.’’. tial and specific danger to public health or agency’s suspension of a security clearance SEC. 602. REVIEW OF SECURITY CLEARANCE OR safety; or access determination for purposes of con- ACCESS DETERMINATIONS. ‘‘(B) any lawful disclosure to the Inspector ducting an investigation, if that suspension (a) GENERAL RESPONSIBILITY.— General of an agency or another employee lasts not longer than 1 year (or a longer pe- (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3001(b) of the In- designated by the head of the agency to re- riod in accordance with a certification made telligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention ceive such disclosures, of information which under subsection (b)(7)). Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(b)) is amended— the employee reasonably believes evi- ‘‘(B) CORRECTIVE ACTION.—If, in the course (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), dences— of proceedings authorized under subpara- by striking ‘‘Not’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as ‘‘(i) a violation of any Federal law, rule, or graph (A), it is determined that the adverse otherwise provided, not’’; regulation; or security clearance or access determination (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ ‘‘(ii) gross mismanagement, a gross waste violated paragraph (1), the agency shall take after the semicolon; of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substan- specific corrective action to return the em- (C) in paragraph (6), by striking the period tial and specific danger to public health or ployee or former employee, as nearly as at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and safety; practicable and reasonable, to the position (D) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol- ‘‘(C) any lawful disclosure that complies such employee or former employee would lowing: with— have held had the violation not occurred. ‘‘(7) not later than 180 days after the date ‘‘(i) subsections (a)(1), (d), and (h) of sec- Such corrective action may include back pay of the enactment of the Intelligence Author- tion 8H of the Inspector General Act of 1978 and related benefits, travel expenses, and ization Act for Fiscal Year 2014— (5 U.S.C. App.); compensatory damages not to exceed ‘‘(A) developing policies and procedures ‘‘(ii) subparagraphs (A), (D), and (H) of sec- $300,000. that permit, to the extent practicable, indi- tion 17(d)(5) of the Central Intelligence Agen- ‘‘(C) CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.—In deter- viduals to appeal a determination to suspend cy Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5)); or mining whether the adverse security clear- or revoke a security clearance or access to ‘‘(iii) subparagraphs (A), (D), and (I) of sec- ance or access determination violated para- classified information and to retain their tion 103H(k)(5) of the National Security Act graph (1), the agency shall find that para- government employment status while such of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(k)(5)); and graph (1) was violated if a disclosure de- challenge is pending; and ‘‘(D) if the actions do not result in the em- scribed in paragraph (1) was a contributing ‘‘(B) developing and implementing uniform ployee or applicant unlawfully disclosing in- factor in the adverse security clearance or and consistent policies and procedures to en- formation specifically required by Executive access determination taken against the indi- sure proper protections during the process order to be kept classified in the interest of vidual, unless the agency demonstrates by a for denying, suspending, or revoking a secu- national defense or the conduct of foreign af- preponderance of the evidence that it would rity clearance or access to classified infor- fairs, any lawful disclosure in conjunction have taken the same action in the absence of mation, including the ability to appeal such with— such disclosure, giving the utmost deference a denial, suspension, or revocation, except ‘‘(i) the exercise of any appeal, complaint, to the agency’s assessment of the particular that there shall be no appeal of an agency’s or grievance right granted by any law, rule, threat to the national security interests of suspension of a security clearance or access or regulation; the United States in the instant matter. determination for purposes of conducting an ‘‘(ii) testimony for or otherwise lawfully ‘‘(5) APPELLATE REVIEW OF SECURITY CLEAR- investigation, if that suspension lasts no assisting any individual in the exercise of ANCE ACCESS DETERMINATIONS BY DIRECTOR OF longer than 1 year or the head of the agency any right referred to in clause (i); or NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.—

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‘‘(A) APPEAL.—Within 60 days after receiv- the transmission to the Director of National tional Intelligence shall develop policies and ing notice of an adverse final agency deter- Intelligence and, if the establishment is procedures to ensure that a personnel action mination under a proceeding under para- within the Department of Defense, to the shall not be taken against an employee of a graph (4), an employee or former employee Secretary of Defense. In such a case, the re- covered intelligence community element as may appeal that determination in accord- quirements of this section for the head of the a reprisal for any disclosure of information ance with the procedures established under establishment apply to each recipient of the described in 1104 of the National Security subparagraph (B). Inspector General’s transmission.’’; Act of 1947, as added by section 601 of this ‘‘(B) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—The Di- (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub- Act. rector of National Intelligence, in consulta- section (i); and (c) REPORT ON THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTA- tion with the Attorney General and the Sec- (3) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol- TION OF REGULATIONS.—Not later than 2 retary of Defense, shall develop and imple- lowing: years after the date of the enactment of this ment policies and procedures for adjudi- ‘‘(h) An individual who has submitted a Act, the Director of National Intelligence cating the appeals authorized by subpara- complaint or information to an Inspector shall submit a report on the status of the im- graph (A). General under this section may notify any plementation of the regulations promulgated ‘‘(C) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Con- member of the Permanent Select Committee under subsection (b) to the congressional in- sistent with the protection of sources and on Intelligence of the House of Representa- telligence committees. methods, at the time the Director of Na- tives or the Select Committee on Intel- (d) NONAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN TERMI- tional Intelligence issues an order regarding ligence of the Senate, or a staff member of NATIONS.—Section 1104 of the National Secu- an appeal pursuant to the policies and proce- either such Committee, of the fact that such rity Act of 1947, as added by section 601 of individual has made a submission to that dures established by this paragraph, the Di- this Act, and section 3001 of the Intelligence particular Inspector General, and of the date rector of National Intelligence shall notify Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 on which such submission was made.’’. the congressional intelligence committees. (50 U.S.C. 3341), as amended by section 602 of (b) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.—Sec- this Act, shall not apply if— ‘‘(6) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Nothing in this sec- tion 17(d)(5) of the Central Intelligence Agen- tion shall be construed to permit or require (1) the affected employee is concurrently cy Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5)) is amend- terminated under— judicial review of any— ed— ‘‘(A) agency action under this section; or (A) section 1609 of title 10, United States (1) in subparagraph (B)— Code; ‘‘(B) action of the appellate review proce- (A) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(B)’’; and dures established under paragraph (5). (B) the authority of the Director of Na- (B) by adding at the end the following: tional Intelligence under section 102A(m) of ‘‘(7) PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION.—Nothing in ‘‘(ii) If the Director determines that a com- the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. this section shall be construed to permit, au- plaint or information transmitted under 3024(m)), if the Director determines that the thorize, or require a private cause of action paragraph (1) would create a conflict of in- termination is in the interest of the United to challenge the merits of a security clear- terest for the Director, the Director shall re- States; ance determination.’’. turn the complaint or information to the In- (c) ACCESS DETERMINATION DEFINED.—Sec- spector General with that determination and (C) the authority of the Director of the tion 3001(a) of the Intelligence Reform and the Inspector General shall make the trans- Central Intelligence Agency under section Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. mission to the Director of National Intel- 104A(e) of the National Security Act of 1947 3341(a)) is amended by adding at the end the ligence. In such a case, the requirements of (50 U.S.C. 3036(e)), if the Director determines following: this subsection for the Director of the Cen- that the termination is in the interest of the ‘‘(9) ACCESS DETERMINATION.—The term ‘ac- tral Intelligence Agency apply to the Direc- United States; or cess determination’ means the determina- tor of National Intelligence’’; and (D) section 7532 of title 5, United States tion regarding whether an employee— (2) by adding at the end the following: Code, if the head of the agency determines ‘‘(A) is eligible for access to classified in- ‘‘(H) An individual who has submitted a that the termination is in the interest of the formation in accordance with Executive complaint or information to the Inspector United States; and Order 12968 (60 Fed. Reg. 40245; relating to ac- General under this section may notify any (2) not later than 30 days after such termi- cess to classified information), or any suc- member of the Permanent Select Committee nation, the head of the agency that em- cessor thereto, and Executive Order 10865 (25 on Intelligence of the House of Representa- ployed the affected employee notifies the Fed. Reg. 1583; relating to safeguarding clas- tives or the Select Committee on Intel- congressional intelligence committees of the sified information with industry), or any ligence of the Senate, or a staff member of termination. successor thereto; and either such Committee, of the fact that such TITLE VII—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS ‘‘(B) possesses a need to know under such individual has made a submission to the In- SEC. 701. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CEN- an Order.’’. spector General, and of the date on which TRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ACT (d) EXISTING RIGHTS PRESERVED.—Nothing such submission was made.’’. OF 1949. in this section or the amendments made by (c) NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947.—Sec- Section 21 of the Central Intelligence this section shall be construed to preempt, tion 103H(k)(5) of the National Security Act Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3521) is amend- preclude, or otherwise prevent an individual of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(k)(5)) is amended by ed— from exercising rights, remedies, or avenues adding at the end the following: (1) in subsection (b)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘sec- of redress currently provided under any ‘‘(I) An individual who has submitted a tion (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and other law, regulation, or rule. complaint or information to the Inspector (2) in subsection (c)(2)(E), by striking ‘‘pro- (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in General under this section may notify any vider.’’ and inserting ‘‘provider’’. section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and member of either of the congressional intel- SEC. 702. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE NA- Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. ligence committees, or a staff member of ei- TIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947 RE- 3341), as amended by this title, shall be con- ther of such committees, of the fact that LATING TO THE PAST ELIMINATION strued to require the repeal or replacement such individual has made a submission to the OF CERTAIN POSITIONS. Section 101(a) of the National Security Act of agency appeal procedures implementing Inspector General, and of the date on which of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(a)) is amended— Executive Order 12968 (60 Fed. Reg. 40245; re- such submission was made.’’. (1) in paragraph (5), by striking the semi- lating to access to classified information), or SEC. 604. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES; NON- APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN TERMI- colon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; any successor thereto, and Executive Order NATIONS. (2) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7); 10865 (25 Fed. Reg. 1583; relating to safe- (a) COVERED INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ELE- (3) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para- guarding classified information with indus- MENT DEFINED.—In this section, the term graph (6); and try), or any successor thereto, that meet the ‘‘covered intelligence community element’’— (4) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by requirements of paragraph (7) of section (1) means— striking ‘‘the Chairman of the Munitions 3001(b) of such Act, as added by this section. (A) the Central Intelligence Agency, the Board, and the Chairman of the Research SEC. 603. REVISIONS OF OTHER LAWS. Defense Intelligence Agency, the National and Development Board,’’. (a) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.—Sec- Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National SEC. 703. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE IN- tion 8H of the Inspector General Act of 1978 Security Agency, the Office of the Director TELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— of National Intelligence, and the National FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013. (1) in subsection (b)— Reconnaissance Office; and (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 506 of the Intel- (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and (B) any executive agency or unit thereof ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (B) by adding at the end the following: determined by the President under section 2013 (Public Law 112–277; 126 Stat. 2478) is ‘‘(2) If the head of an establishment deter- 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) of title 5, United States Code, amended— mines that a complaint or information to have as its principal function the conduct (1) by striking ‘‘Section 606(5)’’ and insert- transmitted under paragraph (1) would cre- of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence ing ‘‘Paragraph (5) of section 605’’; and ate a conflict of interest for the head of the activities; and (2) by inserting ‘‘, as redesignated by sec- establishment, the head of the establishment (2) does not include the Federal Bureau of tion 310(a)(4)(B) of this Act,’’ before ‘‘is shall return the complaint or information to Investigation. amended’’. the Inspector General with that determina- (b) REGULATIONS.—In consultation with the (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments tion and the Inspector General shall make Secretary of Defense, the Director of Na- made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if

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The Islamic State of Iraq friendship. ant to the rule, the gentleman from and the Levant is attempting to build I also want to acknowledge the mem- Michigan (Mr. ROGERS) and the gen- a state across the Middle East, from bers of our committee, both Democrat tleman from Maryland (Mr. RUPPERS- Lebanon to Iraq, including Syria, Jor- and Republican, and our staff who have BERGER) each will control 20 minutes. dan, and, unfortunately, Israel as well. come together as a team in a bipar- The Chair recognizes the gentleman They already control a jihadist tisan way to do what is right for our from Michigan. Disneyland the size of Indiana. Without country. GENERAL LEAVE leadership from the United States, this Now, this Chamber passed its fiscal Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. will quickly devolve into a full-blown year 2014 and 2015 Intelligence Author- Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that sectarian war, which only helps ISIL’s ization Act less than a month ago, with all Members may have 5 legislative political ambitions. over 300 votes in favor. Today we are days to revise and extend their re- ISIL does not recognize a border be- taking up just the Senate’s fiscal year marks and to include extraneous mate- tween Syria and Iraq, and we have to 2014 bill, which the Senate recently rial on the bill, S. 1681. remain focused on ISIL across the re- passed by unanimous consent. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there gion so that a safe haven does not I hope the House passes this bill and objection to the request of the gen- emerge on either side of that border. sends it to the President’s desk today. tleman from Michigan? The goal of our counterterrorism We need these annual intelligence au- There was no objection. strategy is to deny safe haven from thorization acts to ensure the most rig- Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. which terrorists can plan attacks orous oversight and accountability Speaker, I yield myself as much time against the United States—they can fi- over all U.S. intelligence agencies and as I may consume. nance; they get breathing space; they over all U.S. intelligence activities. We All time yielded is for the purpose of can further radicalize individuals from must ensure that our intelligence agen- debate only, Mr. Speaker. around the world. cies spend money only on programs of I want to thank my colleague from Al Qaeda is also regaining a foothold which Congress is informed and ap- Maryland, DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER, for in northeast Afghanistan, just as the proves. This bill does that. the great work done by him and the en- President announced a complete with- We also need these annual intel- tire Democrat caucus of the committee drawal of United States military ligence authorizations to set the prior- as well as all of my Republican mem- forces, and the counterterrorism capa- ities for our intelligence professionals bers for what is a good bipartisan na- bility that comes with it, by the end of and their agencies and to allocate re- tional security bill. 2016. We are about to make the same sources to critical national security I also want to thank Senators DIANNE mistake in Afghanistan that we did in programs, including those that detect, FEINSTEIN and SAXBY CHAMBLISS for Iraq. prevent, and disrupt potential terrorist their work in the Senate to put a bill Uneven leadership in recent years attacks. This bill does that, also. together that I think America will and has also emboldened adversaries like And we need the intelligence author- should be proud of. Russia and China, who are increasing ization acts to promote fiscal dis- Mr. Speaker, the Intelligence Au- their military and intelligence spend- cipline. This bill makes cuts to certain thorization Act is an annual blueprint ing and are working to change the areas and adds money in other in a re- for the work of the intelligence com- international order, to the detriment sponsible, well thought-out, and fis- munity. The bill sets the priorities for of the United States and our interests. cally prudent way. The result is a our critical intelligence efforts. Pass- We rightly demand that our intel- budget below the President’s request. ing a yearly intelligence authorization ligence agencies provide policymakers In fact, since Chairman ROGERS and I bill is the primary method by which with the best and most timely informa- assumed leadership of the Intelligence Congress exerts its budgetary and over- tion possible on the threats we face. We Committee, we have reduced the Intel- sight authority over the intelligence ask them to track terrorists wherever ligence Committee’s budget by 20 per- community. they train, plan, and fund-raise. We ask cent, without reducing capability. I am As most of the intelligence budget in- them to stop devastating cyber attacks pleased to see the Senate is going along volves highly classified programs, the that steal American jobs. We ask them with us. bulk of this committee’s recommenda- to track nuclear and missile threats. I do want to acknowledge, also, Sen- tions are found in the classified annex And we demand that they get it right ators FEINSTEIN and CHAMBLISS for to the bill, which is the same fiscal every day of the year. working together with us in a partner- year ’14 annex the House recently The dedicated men and women of the ship to do what is right for our country passed as part of a combined fiscal year intelligence community are some of and our national security. ’14 and fiscal year ’15 intelligence au- the finest patriots I have had the privi- The unclassified legislative text in thorization bill. lege to meet. And within budget con- this Senate bill is very similar to what At an unclassified level, I can report straints and the often unclear policy this Chamber debated last month. It that the annex for fiscal year 2014 au- guidance from the White House, this makes substantial improvements to thorizes funding that is slightly below bill seeks to ensure that they have the the security clearance process. It re- the President’s budget request level. resources and the authorities necessary quires detailed reports on matters such Its funding levels are in line with the to keep our Nation safe. as electronic waste and chemical weap- levels appropriated by the enacted ap- I urge the passage of S. 1681 and re- ons in Syria. And it promotes edu- propriation act for the National Intel- serve the balance of my time. cation in science, technology, engi- ligence Program and the National De- Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speak- neering, and math. fense Authorization Act for the Mili- er, I yield myself as much time as I tary Intelligence Program. may consume. b 1945 The House recently passed its version I first want to thank the gentleman The Senate also added three sub- of the fiscal year ’14 bill by an over- from Michigan, Chairman ROGERS, for stantive provisions, all of which great- whelming bipartisan vote. The bill con- his leadership. Once again, he has pro- ly promote transparency, oversight, tained many of the same provisions in duced a bipartisan and bicameral Intel- and accountability. the same form as are contained in the ligence Authorization Act that we are First, the bill creates independent, Senate bill, S. 1681. And S. 1681 also taking up today. Senate-confirmed NSA and National contains a few additional provisions I know he is retiring. He has served Reconnaissance Office directors, as that were negotiated with the Senate. his country well as an FBI agent and well as independent, Senate-confirmed Mr. Speaker, we find ourselves at a on the Intelligence Committee, and NSA and NRO inspectors general. very interesting time in history. Al now as chairman. We are going to miss Second, the bill requires the Attor- Qaeda has metastasized into dangerous him. But I know that whatever he does, ney General to establish a process for

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Third, We ask hard questions in this com- greatest strength. it amends the National Security Act to mittee of our witnesses. We read and There are many parts of this bill prohibit any personnel actions against study legal authorities for U.S. engage- which cannot be discussed on the floor. a lawful intelligence community whis- ment around the world and ensure that The United States keeps secrets for a tleblower. the intelligence professionals tasked reason. However, let me say that the As for the classified schedule of au- with protecting America not only have intelligence professionals at each of thorizations, it is identical, except for the tools they need to do their jobs, the 16 IC agencies go to work every day some minor, prorated adjustments. but are held accountable for their ac- to do their jobs, keep America number We encouraged all Members to review tions. one, and to protect the homeland. the classified schedule of authoriza- Director Clapper said recently that I want to commend Chairman ROG- tions, as well as the classified text, and ‘‘at the heart of our work is our peo- ERS and Ranking Member RUPPERS- I am pleased that so many have come ple.’’ This bill makes some important BERGER for their leadership on the Intel down to the Intelligence Committee’s changes in the workforce of the intel- Committee. It was a committee assign- classified spaces to do so. ligence community. It requires the Di- ment that I was not sure I wanted to We have spent a long time poring rector of National Intelligence to en- accept at first, but I know how impor- over every aspect of this bill—in our sure that contractors have in place se- tant our national security is. I want to thank your staff, Mr. Chair- committee spaces, at the agencies, curity measures consistent with the man, and the ranking member’s staff with the Senate, and in the remotest DNI standards for intelligence commu- for helping new members come up to corners of the Earth, where our intel- nity networks. ligence professionals operate—and I It requires the DNI to ensure insider speed. Indeed, what we do here is so can say this is a very good bill, which threat capabilities of the IC apply to critically important. The Fiscal Year I am proud to support. contractors. The bill also requires the 2014 Intelligence Authorization is a For the sake of keeping the country DNI to submit a strategic plan for im- good bill. I urge my colleagues to sup- and its allies safe, for the sake of vigor- proving the process of reinvestigation, port it. Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. ously overseeing even the most classi- so those individuals who have security Speaker, I yield myself such time as I fied intelligence programs, and for the clearance are interviewed on a routine may consume. sake of our intelligence professionals basis, to ensure they continue to up- Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to thank who work 24 hours a day, 7 days a hold the standards and requirements the gentlewoman for joining us on the week, often in harm’s way, I urge my necessary to access classified informa- committee. It is sometimes long hours colleagues to pass this bill and send it tion. and thankless work, and I am fairly to the President today. On a final note about the workforce confident our IQ on the committee has Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of of the intelligence community, Direc- doubled since she has arrived on the my time. tor Clapper continued, ‘‘A diverse committee. Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. workforce is critical to the mission Penetrating questions, robust debate, Speaker, I will continue to reserve the success.’’ curiosity that has no bounds, and her balance of my time. He is right. The threats America travel around the world has been criti- Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speak- faces are complex, ranging from pro- cally important to the work we do on er, I yield as much time as she may liferation of nuclear weapons to ter- the committee, and the work that she consume to the gentlewoman from Ala- rorism, to Russian plans and inten- has done on the committee has been bama, TERRI SEWELL, who is a very tions. We need people who understand exceptional in adding to the product good member of our committee. all cultures and backgrounds and who that you see before us today. I just want to say that Ms. SEWELL is can use their unique experience for cre- I think that is one of the reasons it is a new member of the Intelligence Com- ative solutions. such a good bill. I wanted to thank the mittee, and through her dedication, in- The IC has made some progress on di- gentlewoman for her work on the 2014 tellect, and willingness to travel, she is versity. Minority representation in the fiscal bill. quickly becoming a highly influential largest intelligence agencies increased Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of member on our committee. to 24 percent in 2013; yet there is still my time. She also keeps her focus on the peo- work to be done. Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speak- ple, both the American people as a Recently, the CIA released an unclas- er, I yield myself such time as I may whole, and the intelligence profes- sified report on women in leadership consume. sionals who work every day to keep us and found that women in the CIA who Mr. Speaker, to ensure the most rig- safe. sought greater responsibility were hin- orous oversight and accountability Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speak- dered by organizational and societal over all U.S. intelligence agencies and er, I stand in support of the Fiscal Year challenges. all U.S. intelligence activities, I urge 2014 Intelligence Authorization Act. Indeed, throughout the major intel- my colleagues to vote for this impor- The annual authorization act is the ligence agencies, female hiring has re- tant bill. most substantial oversight mechanism mained below 40 percent for the fourth I also urge my colleagues to support Congress has over the intelligence consecutive year. Women made up 51 this bill for the sake of all of us, not community. percent of the general population in just in America, but around the world, Most of the work within the intel- 2013, but only 39 percent of the work- who benefit from the work of our intel- ligence community and our work on force in the IC community. ligence community in the United the Intelligence Committee happen be- In addition, the percentage of female States. hind closed doors and, therefore, far managers was only 35.5 percent. CIA is Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to from the television cameras. Let me reviewing the situation of its minority support this bill, so that our dedicated assure you, though, just because C– and women officers, and I commend intelligence professionals who work SPAN is not in the room when we have that initiative, and I strongly urge worldwide—often in harm’s way—can our regular meetings and hearings does other agencies within the IC to do the keep us safe and our allies safe. They not mean there is a lack of opinion, same. are truly the best in the world. discussion, and debate. This bill and the IC’s efforts are good We can disagree about policy, but we There is rigorous back and forth steps in the right direction. However, should never disagree about the profes- about the necessity and the necessary we have to stay in stride and look for sionalism, bravery, and devotion to the

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TERRI SEWELL for being here tonight OF CONGRESS There are a number of topics that are and for being involved in this bill. You The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- on my mind, and generally for me, Mr. were a big part of our success. fore the House the following commu- Speaker, it flows from the previous de- We debate, and we argue, but we al- nication from the Honorable JIM JOR- bate. ways negotiate, and we always keep in DAN, Member of Congress: As I listened to the deliberation and our minds what is most important: the the dialogue and I will say the coopera- CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, security, privacy, and civil liberties of HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, tive nature that came between the the American people. Washington, DC, June 24, 2014. chairman and the ranking member of Together with the Senate—and I Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, the Select Committee on Intelligence thank Senators FEINSTEIN and CHAM- Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, Wash- here this evening, Mr. Speaker, I appre- BLISS again—we have produced for the ington, DC. ciate that kind of dialogue, and I think House to consider today a truly strong DEAR MR. SPEAKER: This is to notify you our Founding Fathers would be very bill, which I am proud to support. I formally, pursuant to Rule VIII of the Rules pleased if they could see that this work urge all my colleagues to support it as of the House of Representatives, that I have been served with a subpoena, issued by the that is being done, a lot of it behind well. United States District Court for the North- closed doors in the Select Committee Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance ern District of Ohio, for my testimony in a on Intelligence, is being done in a de- of my time. criminal case. liberative process, sometimes in a clas- Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. After consultation with the Office of Gen- sified setting, but often in a non- Speaker, I yield myself such time as I eral Counsel, I will determine whether com- partisan environment. may consume. pliance with the subpoena is consistent with It seems as though, when the tele- Mr. Speaker, again, I want to thank the privileges and rights of the House. vision cameras come on, the partisan Sincerely, my ranking member, and I want to nature of this United States Congress thank all the staff—Republican and JIM JORDAN, Member of Congress. is amplified by the media’s coverage of Democrat staff. These bills don’t come the events that take place, and when together for the fond wishes of us Mem- f the doors get closed, we get serious bers alone. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION INVASION about policy in a different kind of a We have very dedicated and com- (Mr. ROHRABACHER asked and was way. mitted staff who sit down and work We are no longer messaging to Amer- given permission to address the House through the issues, just the way the ica or simply having that kind of de- for 1 minute and to revise and extend Members do, and we wouldn’t have this bate and dialogue that our Founding his remarks.) product today if it weren’t for that col- Fathers envisioned, and I don’t know Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, laboration, and I want to thank all of that it is particularly a phenomenon our current immigration policies and them for that. that is unique to the United States political rhetoric broadcast to people Mr. Speaker, I want to thank DUTCH Congress. around the world that they can come on a personal note. There is a lot to not At the time of our Founding Fathers, here illegally without consequence. In like in this town, and there is a lot to we didn’t have instantaneous media fact, if they do, they will be rewarded not like in this place, but it shows communications that went out across for it. We send this message, and then you—and I think it shows Americans— the District of Columbia or into the we act surprised when an illegal immi- that when you sit down and have mu- States or across the country, for that gration invasion into our country sky- tual respect for each other, even matter, or the world. though we disagreed on certain issues, rockets. 1945 you can come to a conclusion that is in A growing crisis at our southern bor- b the best interest of the United States. der sees tens of thousands of children As technology developed, they had Through forging that relationship, I being abandoned at our doorstep. Their the printing press. The printing press think we forged a lasting friendship parents miscalculated. They heard allowed for newspaper to be printed in that I will always be grateful for, so I someone talk about the DREAM Act a limited form, in a compressed and want to thank you for that. and thought their children would be compact form. And as that message Thank you for your work on national taken care of. went out across the country, some- security, and thanks to all the staff Ultimately, this crisis was brought times it took weeks for the actions who brought us here today. We have a on by Democrats and Republicans who here in Congress to penetrate into the lot more work to do, so we can’t be too have advocated granting legal status to public. And by then, there was another nice to them. those people who are here illegally, es- wave of action and another wave of ac- We are going to have to get a lot of pecially in terms of the so-called tion, an entirely different rhythm here pounds of flesh between now and the ‘‘DREAMers.’’ in Congress as compared to the rhythm end of the year, to get a lot of work While most of those advocating such that we have here. I think the pace of done. policies have good motives and good what we do in this Congress is related With that, Mr. Speaker, I would ask hearts, they have unintentionally cre- to the ability to translate a message and encourage this body to support a ated a humanitarian and bureaucratic out to the American people and out to bill that will provide national security crisis that our government is not the world. safety for the United States for the fol- equipped to handle. And so now going from an era when lowing years. I say we should send them home. The information traveled at its fastest Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance children and those who have come here pace, as our Founding Fathers helped of my time. illegally need to be sent home, whether shape this Nation, information trav- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The they are adults or children. eled at its fastest pace about as fast as question is on the motion offered by f a horse could gallop. That was the clos- the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. est thing they had to lightning speed of ROGERS) that the House suspend the PLAYING POLITICS FOR THE communications back in 1776. Today, rules and pass the bill, S. 1681. CAMERA information travels at the speed of The question was taken; and (two- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under light, and it is not only that there is a thirds being in the affirmative) the the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- single piece of information that goes

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President Bush was not globe and the Pacific, for example, but what we do. willing to accept that. everywhere in the world it can go at The Select Committee on Intel- He put together the surge, the coun- the speed light, which is as close to in- ligence sees a lot of this. They see the terinsurgency strategy that was draft- stantaneously as possible. And it can most immediate intel that we have. ed by General Petraeus. General be transmitted out of an iPhone. It They try to address this appropriately. used to be a BlackBerry and they got a And some of the things that we need to Petraeus took some time off from his little bit too slow for us. Now, we can do is intel on our enemies. combat leadership in Iraq to sit down send video around the world in real So I am hopeful that this bill which at Fort Leavenworth and write the time from a device that hangs from our has just been passed will contribute to counterinsurgency strategy. That belt. That has changed the posture of making it safer for Americans, and strategy, before it was actually the politics in the United States Con- make our enemies, whose simple design brought forward and published, was a gress. It has changed the messaging. It is that they would want to kill us be- strategy that was beginning to be de- has changed the civilization, and it cause we are not their culture, not veloped to be implemented in Iraq. changed the culture in different ways. their religion, not their—and when I I had the circumstance of timing to So now, we have people sitting in refer to them as ‘‘civilization,’’ I have have been in Iraq before the surge was their living rooms all over America to put that in quotes, Mr. Speaker. But a name but when the concept was being who for a long time now have been able that is the situation that is in front of discussed and developed by our com- to sit down from that desk and do us. manders in the field and pushed by email. That is a methodology that is As the Permanent Select Committee General Petraeus at the time. I saw the now more than 20 years old, the ability on Intelligence delivers a bill to the success of the surge as we went in and to transfer instantaneously a letter floor about which most of us don’t have aligned ourselves with the tribal inter- that we might write on an electronic inside knowledge of, we have to keep in ests of the Sunnis as well as the Shias, page and click the ‘‘send’’ button and mind what has happened with the in- who understood that al Qaeda was too it can go anywhere around the world at telligence community and the results brutal, that they could not be trusted roughly the speed of light. But now of the attacks that have taken place to simply allow the Iraqi people to run there are millions of people sitting around the world. That takes me to their own country and run their own there who have practiced with email what we saw, heard, and learned and government, and so they aligned them- extensively and set up their email thought we knew, to a greater degree selves with the people who they envi- trees. And now a faster way to do that than most Americans would agree did sioned would be the successful ones on is on Facebook, and a more compressed know, with regard to Iraq. the other side of the violent and bloody way is to send it out by Twitter. There We went in there to liberate them in conflict that was ensuing. March of 2003. I was here in this Con- are a number of different social media That aligned the right people on the that people are exercising, and there gress then. I remember the intelligence that was delivered. I remember the right side, on our side of that par- will be more that will be developed. ticular battle, Mr. Speaker, that par- While that happens, the American rhythm that was taking place, the ticular phase of the war in Iraq. There people are projecting their opinions message delivered by the President and were many battles. It allowed for the and their observations instantaneously the Vice President, the agreement on surge of U.S. forces to step in, sweep al to their families and to their friends, what they had for intelligence that Qaeda out and build an alliance and an to the people who are part of their dis- went from U.S. intelligence, Israeli in- allegiance with local tribal interests tribution list, those who are their fol- telligence, French intelligence, every- say, in Anbar, and in multiple prov- lowers on their friend list. This has body in the intelligence community for inces and really all of Iraq to establish changed the way we do business in this the world agreed essentially on the a peaceful foundation that would allow country, and it has brought about pub- same thing, and Saddam was removed for a legitimate government of, by, and lic opinions that are accelerated in a from power. American and coalition for the people of Iraq, and a free enter- faster way; a far, far faster way than forces went in to do that, and in the prise system to be put in place. They how public opinions were formed in, ensuing aftermath of the liberation, we had then an opportunity to succeed and say, the era of our founding. saw an ebb and flow of forces in Iraq. Because of this, it has been an expan- One of them was a surprise for me to an opportunity to build a stable democ- sion of our economy, the expansion of learn, as al Qaeda stepped in to places racy in the country of Iraq. our efficiency. We are far more produc- and took over in places like Fallujah Those were the circumstances that tive than we were before because we and Ramadi—that we allowed that to the Bush administration left for the can communicate more quickly than happen on our watch. We occupied Obama administration. However, I before. But at the same time, it has bases in Iraq. We had swept through would add one piece to this that is ap- opened us up for the kind of attacks the country and cleaned the country parently not being discussed in today’s that come from people who, in the era up. We had set up a government and news media, Mr. Speaker, and that is of our founding, in that era of say 235 turned it over to the voice of the Iraqi this: on November 17, 2008, after years ago or so, they had no capability people. Free enterprise was starting to Barack Obama was elected for his first of reaching Americans, no capability of flow. Oil was starting to flow and was term in office, President Bush, under getting to our shores, and no capability starting to go into the treasuries of his administration, I will say allowed of penetrating into the domestic life of Iraq. And yet, cities like Fallujah and or recommended or assented to our Americans. We were safe enough then Ramadi and others were taken over by U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crock- from the Barbary pirates. We had to go al Qaeda. We watched that happen. er, who is an individual who is a won- there before they would attack us. That happened under the Bush admin- derful public servant, one of the most Yet, at that era of time, 20 percent of istration. After it got to a certain knowledgeable people that we have on the Federal budget that was appro- point, President George W. Bush began that whole area of the world we call priated in this city was committed to to look for solutions. He was not will- the Middle East and whom has im- paying tribute, which was bribes, you ing to accept a capitulation in Iraq, an pressed me with the deep knowledge might say ‘‘mordida’’ in today’s terms, all-out pullout of Iraq that would have and the good judgment he has, and the to the Barbary pirates. Now we find allowed for al Qaeda and our American careful rhythm of the work that he ourselves still fighting the same kind enemies, generally Sunni-related does, someone who has an eye on the of ideology, of people who would use forces, to take Iraq back over again. moving of the organism in that part of

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As the intel- a whip check on the vote of Congress ed to put these commercials in for Am- ligence came up, Mr. Speaker, and we on whether we would authorize mili- bassador Crocker because I remain watched what was going on, we learned tary force going into Syria. very impressed with Ambassador Ryan that ISIS was growing and the conflict When the President understood he Crocker. in Syria reached a questionable peak wasn’t going to get that authorization, It came to be his task to sign, how- last September, last August, actually, then he decided apparently not to act ever, a new status of forces agreement around Labor Day in September when in Syria, and he decided apparently to with Iraq. The moment I read that sta- President Obama announced that he lead from behind—which is the defini- tus of forces agreement, which was was planning on doing a tiny little, tion of following, not leading—and he signed by Ambassador Crocker on be- itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny surgical strike decided apparently to do the things in half of President Bush, November 17, into Syria, and that was when Sec- foreign policy that we have seen him 2008, after President Obama was elect- retary of State Kerry said it would be, do continually, and that is best de- ed, so under the lame duck era of Presi- and this is not an exact quote, but scribed by the word ‘‘dither.’’ The dent-elect Obama and in the last what I remember is that the strike President has been dithering on foreign months of President Bush’s adminis- would be infinitesimally small. So a policy, especially the things that re- tration—Ambassador Crocker signed tiny, little military ding on Assad’s re- quire immediate response. the status of forces agreement, which gime to send a message to him: Don’t There is a theory in human nature agreed to pull all military forces out of use your chemical weapons any longer and philosophy that says that if you Iraq, agreed to abandon the bases that on Syrians. Well, that never happened. procrastinate, then eventually the de- we had established, abandon the air- It didn’t happen partly because we cision will be made for you, that if you strips that we had established, and the dither, the decision will be made for defensive positions, and the ability to needed the British cooperation. Or, ap- parently, the President wanted the you. project force in Iraq was not only di- Action in Syria, or the decision, was British cooperation and David Cam- minished, it was essentially eliminated resolved by dithering and waiting, and eron, the Prime Minister, went to the by that agreement. now it became clear that we can’t iden- I was alarmed that the administra- British Parliament and said, I would tify good guys on either side of this ar- tion would negotiate and agree to such like to have authorization to conduct a gument. We had good guys. And I a status of forces agreement that so military operation strike—I don’t didn’t advocate for this, Mr. Speaker, weakened our ability to project power know if he said infinitesimally small— and so I am somewhat of a Monday in Iraq; that with all of the blood and in Syria. morning quarterback looking back on treasure that was invested, it sent the b 2000 this Syrian issue. message that said either we don’t care And the British Parliament rejected We had some intelligence that identi- any longer or we have such confidence that proposal, and so David Cameron fied the people that were good people, in the Maliki regime and such con- was powerless to go forward in support those who wanted to see a free Syria. fidence in the new government that of a U.S. effort that might have been a The Free Syrian Army initially led by had been set up throughout those military strike or two, however small Syrians that believed in a free Syria bloody years in Iraq that we didn’t they might have been, in Syria. and Syrians that believe that Syria need to be there any longer. Then our President, President needed to remain a nation-state, a I think of the history of the United country unto itself, that was owned, States’ involvement, Mr. Speaker, and Obama, toyed with the idea of coming to Congress and asking us for the per- operated, and run, a government that the times we have gone into places like responded to the people of Syria, that mission or the endorsement or the au- Germany, Japan, the Philippines, was the initial ideology that drove the Korea, for example, around the world thority to conduct operations in Syria. Now, Mr. Speaker, I want to make it Free Syrian Army by the intel that I where America has invested blood and picked up. I have traveled into that clear that my opinion is, constitu- treasure, we have also established part of world a number of times, Mr. tionally, the President of the United bases to operate from, to project Speaker. power, to project force, to protect free- States is Commander in Chief of the One of the colonels who was a leader dom throughout the reaches of the in- Armed Forces of the United States. in the movement was essentially, I’ll terests of the United States of Amer- Some in this Congress would argue say, given over to the Assad regime in ica, and at the cost of hundreds of that the President can’t issue a mili- a military operation and was then thousands of lives and billions, in fact tary strike order without first getting pressed into prison, and that made him trillions of dollars, we have not in the the consent of Congress. powerless. At that point, al Qaeda and past washed our hands and walked I would argue instead that we are liv- the offshoots of al Qaeda and the fac- away as if we wanted to be finished ing in an era where the President of tions of it began to assert themselves with it, except that as I speak, Mr. the United States must have that au- and infiltrate the Free Syrian Army to Speaker, it occurs to me that we did thority. He must have the authority to, the point where we are not able any have General Winfield Scott in Mexico in an instant, order a military strike if longer to identify the positive forces in in about 1845. We signed the Treaty of that is what the circumstances and the Syria. You have al Qaeda and their af- Hidalgo which essentially gave Mexico intelligence say is required. It is the filiates, including ISIS, that are oper- back to Mexico after the Americans President’s decision. If the President ating there, that have established the had invaded and occupied the state of orders our military into operations and foundations for what they believe is to Mexico, including Mexico City. We over a period of time—and I think that be the future caliphate of Islam. could have stayed. We could have es- an appropriate period of time today is As a result, partly the result of the tablished an American presence there. a 30-day window—then if it is going to U.S. not asserting itself, partly the re- We could have brought the American go beyond that, he should come back to sult of perhaps not having intelligence civilization into Mexico. Looking back Congress and ask for our support and that was good enough in that part of on it historically, perhaps we should ask for our endorsement of those mili- the world, the U.S. didn’t act. The have done so, but that was the time tary operations. But the initial strikes, President led from behind. The U.S. when American blood and American the President has to have the author- didn’t act. The British Parliament said treasure was just packaged up and ity, and has the authority under the ‘‘no’’ to David Cameron, and we have a brought back home again, although out Constitution, to order an immediate mess in Syria. We have had multiple of that bargain came the Gadsden Pur- and military strike. executions and beheadings taking chase and also a new line of American The President didn’t do that. He fol- place, Christians being persecuted and border between the United States and lowed David Cameron’s request before killed in Syria as well. Now the founda- Mexico. So there was something gained the British Parliament, and then when tion of ISIS has flowed out of Syria and from that. the British Parliament said, no, he is flowing across Iraq. In this case, we sacked up our bats toyed with the idea of asking Congress. This group, the ISIS, has asserted and went home. We left a few marines Congress sent enough messages out themselves to the point where some are

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They have long been the most press conference and he said—I am engaged and it is closer to the point aggressive, the most militant, the most going to give this my summary where it could be over, resulting in an brutal, and the most violent force of version, the STEVE KING interpretation ISIS invasion and occupation of nearly the Islamic world, in that part of the of the President’s speech that day, a the entire nation-state of Iraq. They world, in Iraq in particular. week ago last Friday at noon. He es- pushed that far into the countryside ISIS has apparently and, according sentially conveyed this message to us: where the majority of the real estate is to some news accounts, are so violent Things aren’t going as well in Iraq as controlled and occupied by them. and so brutal that they have even we had hoped. There is an enemy that This is an astonishing development, caused al Qaeda itself to step back has penetrated into Iraq. We are not especially considered in light of the from them and say: You are too violent going to have boots on the ground in President’s statements 3 or 4 months and too brutal. Now, that is going a Iraq. I have several options. We are ago when he told America and the long way to think that people that going to study the options for a few world that we didn’t need to worry would fly planes into the Twin Towers days. It will take at least that long to very much about ISIS because they are on September 11, 2001, and burn to evaluate. There will be no boots on the simply the junior varsity—the junior death the Americans that they did ground. We have options, but we are varsity, Mr. Speaker. How could a would find that the brutality of ISIS is not going to deploy any options until force, a junior varsity that doesn’t so brutal that they would want to dis- such time as there are political solu- have an identifiable source of military tance themselves from it. tions. If there is not a political solu- supplies and munitions—although we I am not sure I believe that analysis. tion, there is not going to be peace in have some intel on where that comes I think that that is one of those con- Iraq. from—that doesn’t have a confident, clusions du jour that we come to; once So he says: I am going to require the identifiable source of funding to pay you hear somebody say it, it gets re- Iraqis to produce a political solution their people or buy their equipment peated again and again, and pretty before we will use any of the options munitions—although we have some soon others pick it up, no one chal- that we have that might—he didn’t say fairly good sources on where that lenges it, and now we think that al this—but that might help them, was comes from—how could this junior var- Qaeda has been repulsed by the bru- the implication. There will be no boots sity rise up in a period of 3 to 4 months tality of ISIS. I am not convinced of on the ground. We are going to study from the time that the President said that. this for a few days. Then after we study that they are the JV, how could they Mr. Speaker, I can say this: I am re- it, we are going give the Iraqis an as- rise up and take over that much of pulsed by their brutality. I am repulsed signment, and the assignment will be: Syria and flow into Iraq and invade and by the beheadings that they do. I am produce a political solution and then occupy Anwar province, for example, repulsed by the videos. I am repulsed maybe we can get around to helping and now take the refinery at Baiji, the by the pictures. I am repulsed by the you. largest refinery in Iraq, and shut down summary executions of hundreds, and Huh. Well, that is the formula, Mr. or control the oil supply in Iraq? Now probably thousands, of people that Speaker, for dithering. That is the for- they have diverted it back to their own don’t fit their religious sect that find mula for dithering rather than fiddling. uses. Now we are at gas rationing in themselves within the enforcement ca- And while Iraq is being invaded by the Iraq. Baghdad is threatened to be sur- pability now of the black-flagged ISIS. black flag, radical Islamists to estab- rounded. The President has announced I am repulsed by what has come out lish a caliphate, the President is some days ago that he is willing to of there. If we could see the actual re- dithering in a very similar way that send up to 300 military personnel into ality of all the things that are going on Nero was fiddling while Rome was Iraq presumably to prepare to evacuate within that part of the battle zone and burning. Americans. in the aftermath of it as they go down Iraq is collapsing. The soil in Iraq This is a calamity of colossal propor- through the streets and do their ethnic has been sanctified by the blood of our tions, Mr. Speaker. Apparently, it was cleansing, I think we will find that warriors and our heroes to the tune of unforeseen by the White House and the thousands of people have been sum- billions upon billions of U.S. dollars, President of the United States, the marily executed by ISIS. much of it borrowed from foreign coun- wise Commander in Chief and the peo- I think we will find that at least hun- tries to keep this budget and this econ- ple in the White House who have the dreds have been beheaded. I think we omy afloat. All of that price, and we maximum access to the entire intel- will find that thousands have been shot don’t know how this is going to come ligence community, the intelligence in the back of the head as they have out? community that is being discussed and their hands tied behind them and they I actually don’t expect that the en- reauthorized here on the floor of the are forced to kneel. I think we will find tire nation-state of Iraq will be House tonight by the chair and the that in those numbers there will also swamped by the black flag ISIS. I don’t ranking member, the Permanent Se- be hundreds, and perhaps thousands, actually expect that, but it is a signifi- lect Committee on Intelligence. that have been forced to lay on the cant threat that that happens—a sig- I would think that the question that ground in a ditch and simply executed nificant threat. As we watch the map, it doesn’t take much intelligence to with AK–47 fire into the back of their as the flood and the takeover of that ask is: Mr. President, how did you miss heads or wherever. I think we will find sanctified sand in Iraq is getting great- this? How did you declare ISIS the jun- that some—in fact, the videos are out er and greater on the side of ISIS and ior varsity? How could they have there now—have been forced to kneel smaller and smaller for the Shi’as, and emerged as this powerful force that is beside a pit in a hole in the ground while the confusion within what I sweeping across Iraq? that has a fire burning in it from gas would call the legitimized Government This isn’t a civil war. This is a blitz- poured into the hole, had gas poured of Iraq causes them to retreat and back krieg by the enemy that is taking over onto their heads and then pushed into up, it looks like their last redoubt is the civilian governments and invading the hole to be burned to death in a pit. likely to be Baghdad. and occupying the towns in Iraq and That is the kind of brutality that we The President has dithered, and the executing the people who do not fit have that is taking over that part of opportunities for air strikes from the their particular religious sect. They the world. That is the kind of people military have diminished and now the are persecuting Christians. They are that have raced across the desert, in opportunities to actually bring what driving Christians out of that part of the open desert, and faced no air power would otherwise be a cheap delay, at the world, and they are killing those from the United States of America least, of that invasion, an invasion that they choose to. whatsoever. They have only faced this: that runs at the speed that is as fast as It isn’t that alone. They bragged over the President sitting in the White an American military, an American a week ago that they had executed House dithering, a President who has armor penetrated into Iraq when we

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They are very equipment, without nearly the plan- world, a Putin who took the glory of nervous because they wonder: Do they ning, without nearly the communica- the Olympics and the Russian have an ally in the United States? tions as the Iraqis peel backwards in hypernationalism that flowed from it They wonder if they can hang on for front of them. and decided that he would imme- another 21⁄2 years until a new President b 2015 diately, after the Olympics in Sochi, is elected that is going to believe in went in and invaded and occupied Cri- America, in a robust America, an This is something more similar to— mea. America that defends itself, an Amer- well, I will put it this way: when Desert He had a base there with a lease on ica that has bonded with its allies, an Storm came about and needed to be it. If it was just a place to operate America that has tax and regulatory done, there was much discussion in the from, he could have done that peace- policies that allows for the growth over public airways in this country about fully, without violating international a free enterprise system, so that we the Republican Guard in Iraq, these law and without going and invading can see an economic vigor that will crack troops that were highly trained and occupying. He could have operated drive our economy here and give us and well equipped. Even though their tanks were a little freely out of his naval base there in confidence in who we are again and go bit on the old side, they were sup- Crimea. He chose not to do that. to the furthest outreaches of the world I think it is ironic that Yalta was in- posedly well maintained and well posi- where Americans are doing business in vaded and occupied by Putin. That was tioned, and their armor could not be country after country. the location where Stalin and Church- The AmCham, the American Cham- penetrated. To send U.S. forces against them in the desert was going to be a ill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt ne- ber of Commerce, and nation after na- bloodbath supposedly, if you listen to gotiated the line across Europe that tion become the ambassadors of the some of the pundits here in this coun- was to be the line in the aftermath of United States. They teach the world try, generally the liberal ones. the Second World War, which became about trade and free enterprise. They I am listening to this dialogue and the Iron Curtain and became the divid- teach the world about we have an have been to the locations now a num- ing line between east and west. American—it is not a ber of times, and I see where they have Yalta was invaded and occupied as a hypernationalism. What it is is a very dug their tank pits, and they take a component of Crimea, by Putin riding active commercial style. I would give bulldozer, dig the sand out in two di- on the wave of Russian an example. rections, pull the tank down in, they hypernationalism that came from the As I deal with the Australians, for set that tank in, in a fighting position, success of the Olympics, and now, he is example—and I have a special affection and it can fire. pushing into Ukraine and testing them. for the Aussies—they will come and It can fire from that fighting posi- We know that—no, let’s just say this, make contact, and they will make tion, and any kind of horizontal fire Mr. Speaker: we believe that, when friends, and they will be sociable. Then will be blocked by the dirt that sur- troops show up and they are wearing they will go away, come back again, rounds it, but from the air, they are Russian uniforms and they are car- and do that same thing. sitting ducks. rying Russian weapons and they appear On the third time, they are more That seemingly did not occur to the to be deployed as Russian troops in ev- likely to bring up the discussion about liberal people who were pontificating erything except a lacking of insignias the business that they want to con- about how fearsome the Republican on their uniforms and not flying a Rus- duct, Mr. Speaker, but Americans are Guard was, but we know what hap- sian flag, who do we think these people not like that. We are a little bit dif- pened when the American Air Force are? Do we think they are something ferent. began to fly sorties over the Repub- other than Russians? We are more like the Donald Trumps, lican Guard and over their armored di- Why would we think that some force where we come in, we figure out what visions. that looks, for all the world, like Rus- we want to do businesswise, we think A similar, in fact, a greater vulnera- sian forces—because Putin doesn’t we understand what the other party bility existed for ISIS, as they traveled admit that they are Russian, somehow needs and wants in a business deal, we down the paths through the desert and they might have come from someplace believe that all parties involved in a the roads—easy, easy targets for the else. Who do we think they are? The business deal need to have an oppor- U.S. Air Force. Russians, the Russians in Russian uni- tunity to profit. While this is going on, the President forms, with Russian equipment, Rus- So if $1 is going to change hands with had decided: I am going to spend some sian supplies, Russian systems, every- one other person, two people need to days thinking about this, we have to thing except the Russian insignias. benefit from that, the buyer and the study this, we will gather all this intel Meanwhile, we don’t hear from the seller. If it is a three-way deal, then together, and then I am going to re- President of the United States in a three entities benefit. If it is thousands quire a political solution for the Iraqis, strong way, and meanwhile, Ukrain- or tens of thousands of people—share- I am going to dither. ians wonder what is going to happen. holders, for example—everybody is de- Frustrating and infuriating, it should They wonder if they have a chance of signed to benefit from that. send a message to the Iraqis there isn’t defending themselves. They wonder if We go in and we say: Here is the deal. a will there. Our enemies know that, so any other part of the world is going to This is our proposal. This is why it is they push on us. They push on us in do that. Are we going to see the Iron good for you. This is why it is good for Iraq, and we are watching the real es- Curtain be pushed westerly again? us. This is why we ought to sign here tate be taken over, with black flags When the Berlin Wall came down No- on the dotted line. We will get around flying over it. vember 9, 1989, that was the crashing to all the niceties and discussion after- We are watching the will of the Iraqi down of the Iron Curtain. For a time, wards. Maybe we will have a meal or a troops to collapse in the face of the freedom echoed across Europe, all the drink together, but let’s do the busi- enemy. We have watched, as I said, the way across Europe. In fact, it echoed, ness, and then we will talk about the refinery of Baiji is now invaded and oc- at least theoretically, all the way social side. cupied, Fallujah is, and Ramadi is— across Asia, to the Pacific Ocean, and That is the American way. We do multiple cities—Tal Afar, on and on, it has been pushed back again by the business fast. We do business effi- multiple cities in Iraq taken over, who strong arm of Vladimir Putin. ciently. It is a culture that has devel- now have a black flag of al Qaeda’s af- Now, we are seeing a line of demarca- oped in this country because we have filiate, ISIS, flying over it. tion between east and west that is had an unfettered ability to buy, sell, The influence of America is dimin- being redefined by Putin with his trade, make, gain—here in America, ished and pushed backwards. Iraq looks hypernationalism, in his effort to re- without a government interference, to Iran as an ally. They wonder if the store the old Soviet Union—the former without the belief that we had to set at U.S. is going to do anything. Soviet Union. the table negotiators that represented

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Labor gets the ben- They believe, as I watch their reac- President Reagan, you know you can’t efit from that profit by increasing tion, that somehow the capital, the reward lawbreakers. If you do that, you wages and benefits to hire the best peo- employers, are victimizing both em- are going to get more lawbreakers— ple to produce that good or service that ployees and customers and that there just like if you subsidize any activity, has a marketable value. is plenty of money there and plenty of you are going to get more of that ac- That is what has made America’s profit there to pay for more regulation, tivity, and if you tax it, you are going economy great, is our attitude about to pay for more taxation, and to pay to get less of it. buy, sell, trade, make, gain, do good, for more raises and wages and benefits Well, the penalty for violating the produce goods and services with a mar- for employees that could be dictated by law is equivalent to a taxation. It is a ketable value here and abroad. the White House. deterrent for violating the law. The Let’s send our Americans abroad to That is not the American way. It has greater the penalty, the less law viola- do business, let them take our values got to be free enterprise. The relation- tors that you have. there, let them encourage people to ship between the employer and the em- b 2030 come here and do business with us, and ployee is up to them, not up to the gov- The less the penalty, the greater the let’s open up our trade wherever we can ernment. The government can’t set incentive, the more law violators you all over the world, with a free and wages. have. So, if you wanted to subsidize smart trade system, that if we are A government can’t determine that lawbreakers, you are going to get lots going to grant access to our markets, one work is comparable to another more lawbreakers. what we ask is let us also have access work. Only supply and demand can do These arguments, I thought, were so to your markets. that effectively and efficiently. That is clear that I didn’t need to go stand out- We don’t believe etiologically in the American way, Mr. Speaker. side the White House with a sign. I trade protectionism. We believe in free There are other things that are the could just write a letter here and there and smart trade. We don’t believe in American way. For example, we don’t and with great confidence raise my stupid trade. Stupid trade would be, support lawbreakers. We don’t believe family, run my business, and have well, you have access to our markets, that people who habitually, in a cal- trust that the President of the United but it is okay with us if we don’t have culated way, systematically violate States would veto that Amnesty Act access to yours. No deal. America’s laws should be rewarded for that was to come to his desk in 1986. Americans make a lot of deals, and doing so. It came to his desk and the people we make them efficient, we make them We understand that, when Ronald around him strongly encouraged Presi- smart, we make them fast, and we Reagan said, what you tax, you get less dent Reagan to sign the Amnesty Act make them all over the world. That of; what you subsidize, you get more of; and take all of this disagreement and has been a foundation of the bur- and if you subsidize lawbreakers—if all of this angst off the table that had geoning growth of the American econ- you reward lawbreakers, you get more to do with the million illegal aliens omy and the American civilization. lawbreakers. who had entered the United States ille- It has been restrained in recent years I was disappointed with Ronald gally or were unlawfully present in because we have a leadership that has Reagan. I was disappointed twice dur- America, give them a legal presence failed to convince me that they believe ing his administration. I watched him and be done with it, and INS will en- in free enterprise. closely. I believe that Ronald Reagan force this law at the border—Border We should remember that, even on understood the founding principles of Patrol—and internally at Immigration the immigration flashcards that we this country so confidently and so and Naturalization Services. have, Mr. Speaker, when legal immi- clearly that no amount of lobbying, no Ronald Reagan signed the Amnesty grants come to America and they want amount of rhetoric, no amount of mis- Act. In my construction office, as an to study to become citizens of the information was going to change his employer, I hit the high levels of frus- United States, they will study the his- adherence to the fundamental prin- tration, at least for that stage of my tory of this country and the things ciples that are the pillars of American life, but I began to comply with the that are necessary to be prepared to exceptionalism. law. take the naturalization test. So here in this Congress, in 1986, in When we had applicants for jobs that USCIS, the Citizenship and Immigra- the House and down through the ro- came in, I made sure that I took the tion Services, has a collection of tunda and the Senate, there was an in- records that they have. I made sure flashcards that they can study from, so tense debate about amnesty. that I evaluated their documents and they can be prepared for the test. The debate went something like this: their Social Security card, if I could These flashcards are laminated. They There are 1 million illegal immigrants get it. Most of the times, I could then. are about this big. They are mostly red in America. They have come across the And a driver’s license. At least two in their base with white letters on border—generally across the border forms of identification. them, and you can look at them and from Mexico—and it is too difficult, we I made sure that our job application ask this question: Who is the Father of can’t deport them all—I think I have form collected the records necessary our Country? Flip that card around. heard that before—so we must make an that were required by that 1986 Am- The answer: George Washington. accommodation to them. nesty Act. I made sure that I kept Who emancipated the slaves? Other We are having difficulty getting en- those records for every applicant. I was side of the card: Abraham Lincoln. forcement at the border because there prepared for our employees and the ap- What is the economic system of the are competing interests in those who plicants for the jobs that wanted to United States of America? Flip the would drag down the effort to enforce come in and work for King Construc- card over: free enterprise capitalism, our immigration laws, especially se- tion, and I made sure that I had all Mr. Speaker. cure the border, but we can get full co- those records up to snuff. I was meticu- Now, I wish that the White House be- operation on border security and full lous in keeping those records and mak- lieved in it as much we ask our legal cooperation on domestic enforcement ing sure that my executive secretary immigrants to believe in it as they pre- if we just give amnesty to the million kept those records because I feared—or pare for the test for the naturalization people that are here illegally, and from I was concerned—I don’t know that I to citizenship of the United States. this point forward hereafter, we will all was afraid, because I did it right—but I That is part of who we are; yet our enthusiastically join together and en- expected INS, or Immigration and Nat- economy is stagnant, it is flat. force immigration law, and INS will be uralization Services, the forerunner to

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We want to there were about 4.6 billion people on times they come on jet skis, sometimes make sure that you have collected the the planet that had a lower standard of in rafts, sometimes in inner tubes. documentation so that you are not en- living than the average person from They come across the river. abling the employment of illegal aliens Mexico. The staging that is there and the in America. So if you think about alleviating pushing of the people that are in here, Well, you all know this, Mr. Speaker. poverty, there are many places to draw the mix of the population that are Nobody ever showed up from INS, as people from where the poverty is being picked up at McAllen, Texas, is they didn’t show up in millions of em- worse. And there are many places to reported in the Guatemalan newspaper ployers’ offices around the country. draw people from where the perpetra- to be this. Of that mix of unaccom- The enforcement didn’t materialize do- tors of violence come in significantly panied minors—certainly, they aren’t mestically. It didn’t really get en- greater numbers. all unaccompanied minors, but it is a hanced at the border either. The prom- However, even the violent death rate special category—of that mix, 80 per- ise of enforcement came unfilled, but in the United States is only one-third cent are male—that is, 8 out of 10 are the promise of amnesty for a million of the violent death rate in Mexico. If boys, 2 out of 10 are girls—younger people came in triplicate. you compare violent death rates in than 18. They are 17 and younger. Three times the number of people other countries, Mexico is one of the Eighty percent boys, 20 percent girls. that were projected to be amnestied by safer countries from Central America Of the country of origin, two-thirds the 1986 Amnesty Act were actually and on south. I think you actually have of them are from the three countries granted amnesty. Over 3 million of to get down to Chile before you find a that we have defined as OTMs, or other them were granted amnesty. I have country that has a violent death rate than Mexicans—Guatemala, El Sal- met with a respectable number of them in the Western Hemisphere comparable vador, and Honduras. That is two- at random and happenstance over the to the lower death rate of the United thirds of them. We see pictures of little kids. We years, and I asked them, What do you States. hear stories of a 3-year-old, a 2-month- think of amnesty? They will look at At one time, Colombia had a violent old, 4, 5, 6, and 7-year-olds. Yes, they me and they will say, I support am- death rate 15.4 times that of the United are there. They are there in some kind nesty. I think it was a good idea. Am- States. Our rate today is 6.5 violent of numbers. Mostly, those younger kids nesty was good me for, amnesty was deaths per 100,000. Roughly 10 years are in the company of, generally, a good for my family. Amnesty is a good ago, our violent death rates was 4.5 vio- mother or a parent. lent deaths per 100,000. At that time, policy. Of those unaccompanied minors, 83 So I say, What do you think about Mexico’s violent death rate was 13.2. A percent of them—let me get my num- the rule of law and what do you think 4.6 violent death rate in the U.S., a 13.2 bers right here—80 percent are boys. about the reward when people break violent death rate in Mexico. Eighty-three percent of them fit this Drug wars and the massive killings the law? Should they be rewarded for age group, Mr. Speaker, and that is that have taken place that have ex- it? they are either 15, 16, or 17 years old. Well, that takes them off in a place ceeded 50,000 people in Mexico—maybe Eighty percent are boys and 83 percent they don’t want to discuss. They just 70,000 or more that have died in the fit those three ages—prime ages for know what was good for them. I don’t drug wars—that is part of the statistic gang recruitment. disagree. It was good for them, but it that has taken Mexico at a higher vio- It isn’t all innocents that are coming was bad for America. It was really bad lent death rate now of over 18 per into America through this. Yet we for America, because here we are 28 100,000, and perhaps there is some index have a heart, we have an obligation. years later and we are still debating here that the U.S. violent death rate The first thing we have to do is stop the issue. The carrot of amnesty still has gone in that period of time from 4.6 this, and we have to send them back hangs out in front of people from all on up to 6.5 violent deaths per 100,000, and we have to require the countries of over the world that says, Well, Ameri- but the ratio remains the same. Mexico origin to distribute them in the places cans have a soft heart. They are the is about three times more violent than they want them to live in their coun- most generous Nation in the world, the U.S., but it is significantly less vio- try of origin. welcoming immigrants to the tune of lent than countries like Honduras, El We have an agreement. The reason 1.2 million legal immigrants a year. Salvador, and Guatemala. only 12 percent are from Mexico is we We don’t even care about the quality It has been stated here in this Con- have an agreement forged by a bill that of the standards of those who are com- gress that the highest murder rate, I passed this Congress in 2008 that re- ing into America legally—not very believe, in the world, is Honduras. I quires Health and Human Services to much, anyway—because between 7 and have not seen those numbers, Mr. negotiate a repatriation policy. So 11 percent of the legal immigration in Speaker, and I don’t know that that is when we pick up the unaccompanied America is immigration that is meas- true, but I can tell you the violent minors, within 48 hours they are to be ured by some kind of a standard that death rate in Guatemala is 74.9 violent turned over to Mexican authorities and might be an index of what they can do deaths per 100,000 compared to 6.5 vio- taken back to their homes in Mexico, to contribute to our country. lent deaths per 100,000 in the United to a significant degree. And not always Every nation in the world should States. within 48 hours. That does work, which have an immigration policy that is de- It is easy enough to do the math. It is why we don’t see a larger number of signed to enhance the economic, social, is a little more than 11 times the vio- Mexicans coming in on that. and the cultural well-being of that lent death rate of the United States in But the OTMs—the other than Mexi- country. Guatemala. So there is significant vio- cans—are exploiting a loophole because I have long stated and continue to lence there, but some of the people we don’t have an agreement with those believe that we must have an immigra- that are the perpetrators of that vio- countries. We need to change the stat- tion policy here that is designed to en- lence are also migrants. ute here in Congress and send a bill to hance the economic, social, and cul- If we look at McAllen, Texas, and the the President that negotiates an agree- tural well-being of the United States of housing that is taking place as illegal ment so those countries can receive America. We can’t operate an immigra- immigrants come across the border, it those unaccompanied minors. They tion policy that seems to be designed looks like thousands and probably tens will be required to do so. And if we fail to become the safety valve for those in of thousands of what I will call mi- to reach those agreements, we should poverty in the world—over 7 billion grants that appear to be coming from then freeze the foreign aid to those people. The poverty in the world grows Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, countries so that that amount cannot at a faster rate than we have the abil- they come a thousand miles through increase to provide them an incentive.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:27 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.119 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5719 I would remind the people, Mr. in our own country and we are not even In a few minutes, I will turn this over Speaker, who are sending their chil- keeping up with other countries, such to my colleague from Oregon (Mr. BLU- dren here, releasing a child and saying, as China, which is building everything MENAUER), who will talk about that in Go across a thousand miles of Mexico, everywhere and laying in place an in- some more detail. Also joining us to- go with enough pesos to pay mordida frastructure that will carry them into night is my colleague from Kansas to get to the United States, and the future. City, Missouri (Mr. CLEAVER), who will present yourself to the Border Patrol b 2045 be talking about his transportation and say, I am afraid that I’ll be killed system in that area. in my country, I remind them that in Here is why we are not keeping up. But this is a real plan—a real pro- this country, if a mother or a father Here is why we are falling down. Here posal—all of the details that we would loses track of their child and their is why we have potholes. Here is why need on how we could develop the child wanders off down the street, they cars are losing their ability to stay on freight programs: where you would are guilty of child endangerment. They the road. It is not because the drivers connect the ports to the rail systems, are guilty of child abandonment. can’t drive but because we are not how you would provide those inter- If they are guilty of that, maybe not spending the money that we once did. modal proposals, how we could repair always on the first offense, but on sub- Way back in 2002, we were spending the bridges—the funding for it—over a sequent offenses we do this. We take some $325 billion a year. Right now, we period of time, and the highways. It is those children into the custody of our are down to somewhere below $250 bil- all coordinated around fixing the Health and Human Services, whichever lion on infrastructure. That is why we things that are broken, not necessarily the State may be, and we can termi- see bridges collapsing. That is why we adding but fixing first, fixing what is nate the parental rights and we can have the transportation snarls and all broken. place that child into foster care and we of the problems in our transportation For the rail systems, critically im- can transfer that child into adoption. system. portant is the intercity rail, which is Because we in this country do not tol- As they say in the Middle East, just the Amtrak system here on the east erate parents who abandon their chil- wait. It will get worse. Here in Amer- coast. Then this happens to be the Cap- dren or fail to take care of their chil- ica, we are just 2 months away from itol Corridor in my own district, which dren or endanger their children. this happening. We are going to fall off runs from Roseville, all the way That is the very description of what the transportation bridge. The funding through San Jose and through San happens if you send a child across a for transportation programs, funded by Francisco. It is one of the most heavily thousand miles of a country. That has the Federal Government, will run out used rail corridors in the entire sys- got to stop, Mr. Speaker. I will be in- of money sometime in August, perhaps tem. troducing legislation very soon that in early September, depending on sev- One of the things that we also talk addresses that very topic. eral factors that are simply unknown, about here in the Make It In America I appreciate your attention and in- but the funding for the maintenance is that we spend our tax money on dulgence, and I yield back the balance and construction of our roads and American-made goods. If we are going of my time. bridges by the Federal Government to spend $302 billion of American tax- will be over. There will be no more f payer money, my legislation would in- Federal funding available unless this crease the Buy American provisions, MAKE IT IN AMERICA: Congress acts. and I want to give you just one brief INFRASTRUCTURE We have a roadmap. We have a plan. example of what it means: The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. We have a program. President Obama This is the most modern locomotive FRANKS of Arizona). Under the Speak- and the Transportation Department, in the United States, and it is, argu- er’s announced policy of January 3, with Secretary Foxx, recently laid out ably, one of the most modern electric 2013, the gentleman from California a program called the GROW AMERICA locomotives in the entire world. It is (Mr. GARAMENDI) is recognized for 60 Act. It is a program that would provide built in Sacramento. This is money minutes as the designee of the minor- $302 billion over the next 4 years, which that was made available in the Amer- ity leader. is money that is desperately needed for ican Recovery Act, the stimulus bill. Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I rail, buses, ports, the freight system— Written into that bill was a provision have to catch my breath after listening ‘‘buses’’ meaning light rail, heavy rail. that said that money—some $800 mil- the last hour to an unbelievable stream It is for the transit systems in our cit- lion—for Amtrak locomotives had to be of consciousness. ies and the rail systems—Amtrak— spent 100 percent on American-made lo- I want to be very specific about some bridges and highways. All of this is comotives. Siemens, the big German things that we really need to do here in available. The GROW AMERICA Act is manufacturing company, looked at Congress. a real proposal. It is one that this Con- that, and it said: $800 million and 100 Often, we come to the floor in the gress should take up. If there are some percent American made? We could do evening and we talk about the subject who have better ideas and better plans, that. So they took their factory in Sac- of making it in America, rebuilding the bring them forward. For highways, it is ramento and expanded it, and this is American economy brick by brick, about $199 billion. For bridges and the first locomotive among those that road by road, job by job, and putting buses, it is about $79 billion and about will come off the lines—some 70 or 80 of the manufacturing sector back on its $10 billion for the freight systems. For them—that will be 100 percent Amer- feet. the rail, it is another $10 billion to $12 ican made. This locomotive will soon Today, my colleagues and I want to billion. be operating here on the East Coast talk about one part of that Make It in All of this is possible, but we need to Corridor. Eventually, we will get those America agenda, and that is not the do this. We need to finance it, and this in Sacramento, but those will be diesel trade, taxes, energy, labor, education, program by the President is fully fi- elective. or research, but rather the infrastruc- nanced. The $302 billion relies upon the The final point I want to make before ture part of that equation. existing excise tax that all of us pay turning this over to my colleague Mr. Infrastructure is the foundation upon for our gasoline, for our diesel fuel. The BLUMENAUER is this. These were men which any economy grows. And the President would add another $100 bil- and women in my district—Fairfield, American infrastructure has a prob- lion or so to fill up the pot so that we California—in December of last year, lem. would have the $302 billion, which is who attended a job fair that I put on in Here is the problem. some 27 percent more than we pres- Fairfield. I expected to find a few of my The American infrastructure is fall- ently are spending on the transpor- fellow citizens attending that. This job ing down, falling apart, overused, tation system. Where does that extra fair took place in December, and the overworn, and in desperate need of re- money come from? It comes from cor- temperature was just below 40 degrees. building. We can do it. America once porate reforms, but that is not the only It was a foggy and rather cold day. built the greatest infrastructure in the proposal on how to finance our trans- More than 1,000 people lined up outside world. We are falling way, way behind portation system. our job fair seeking a job.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:33 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.120 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5720 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 Americans want to go to work. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the oppor- terways in my district and in districts Americans want to work. They want tunity to be here, particularly with Mr. around the country. those good, middle class jobs that come BLUMENAUER and Mr. GARAMENDI, who Investments in transportation and from building the infrastructure. It is spoke earlier, because they have long infrastructure generate growth and just not the hard hat jobs. These are histories—longer, in fact, than I have jobs during initial design, construc- the technicians, the engineers, the ac- been in the House—of pushing for tion, and then postconstruction. I can countants, the secretaries, the people transportation issues. tell you that, at a time like this when who are working on the software. I think that this is a rather sad and we are still having some healing need- There are all of those jobs, and these somewhat tragic moment in our his- ed with our economy, this is the time are the men and women who want tory. The interstate highway system to pump it up. We don’t need QE4. We them. was developed and put in place in 1956, don’t need to do another Dodd-Frank. So our plea today to our colleagues and who would have thought when we We need to pass a transportation and on the Republican side is: Let’s go to entered the 21st century that the Con- infrastructure bill. That will begin to work. Let’s go to work here in the Con- gress of the United States would fail to help heal this economy because it is a gress. Let’s put forward a transpor- keep that system in top condition? job creator. tation bill that avoids that transpor- The transportation bill affects Amer- According to the American Society tation cliff, that allows the American icans in every State of this country. A of Civil Engineers’ 2013 report card— public to go back to work—tens of robust Federal investment in transpor- and I hope the people at home get thousands of jobs. Indeed, 3.5 million tation is an economic engine, strength- this—3,500 bridges in Missouri alone Americans will lose their jobs in the ening hundreds of communities. The are considered structurally deficient. coming year if we fail to put together thing that I have said often in my dis- There are 3,500 bridges in my State a transportation bill. That 3.5 million trict and, frankly, in hearings is that that are considered structurally defi- plus thousands upon thousands more the best stimulus for the economy—the cient. will be able to go to work if we get this very best stimulus—is a transportation transportation program moving. bill. The weird thing is that the infra- b 2100 The President has given us a pro- structure is the backbone of our econ- Over 3,300 are considered functionally gram, the GROW AMERICA Act. If omy upon which businesses, families, obsolete. That is 14 percent of the there are those with better ideas, they and communities thrive. Everyone is bridges in the State of Missouri are should come forward. We should act involved in this. Red or blue, urban or functionally obsolete, and every day, upon that legislation, improve upon it rural, we all rely on transportation and Kansas Cityans and Missourians are and figure out the financing. If the infrastructure. Ensuring economic driving over those bridges. President’s notion of ending unneces- prosperity is of paramount importance. That is a tragedy because it is not sary corporate tax loopholes and give- It is not a Republican or a Democratic only bad in Missouri, it is that way all aways isn’t the best way, then let’s put goal but one that we all share. over this country—all over the coun- together a better way. One of the things that has troubled try, and this body is the only body that With that, Mr. Speaker, I would yield me most since being elected to Con- can address the problem. back my share of the time and, if pos- gress 10 years ago is that we have While I agree that States should step sible, turn it over to my colleague, the somehow narrowed everything down to up to raise the necessary revenues and gentleman from Oregon (Mr. BLU- the point at which it is either red or make crucial investments themselves, MENAUER), to manage the remaining blue—it is either Republican or Demo- it should be no surprise that interstate portion of this session. cratic. I am not sure how we can look commerce is a duty in which this Con- f at highway systems in terms of polit- gress is uniquely poised to fulfill. TRANSPORTATION—A VISION FOR ical tribalism. I served as the mayor of We are a nation of red States and A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Kansas City for 8 years during the blue States, urban communities and 1990s, and I can truthfully say that I rural communities. I represent both. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under While each State must make invest- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- had no idea on a day-to-day basis, ments within the communities, the re- uary 3, 2013, the gentleman from Or- based on what people said and did, who the Republicans were and who the sponsibility to ensure our Nation re- egon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) is recognized mains connected and globally competi- for the remainder of the hour. Democrats were. We were all interested Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I in trying to preserve Kansas City. tive falls on this Congress. would like to begin, if I could, by When there was a pothole in one of the Bridge after bridge after bridge is in thanking my friend from California for streets in Kansas City—and Kansas danger. Highways are crumbling, and his ongoing leadership, advocacy, and City is a huge city. It’s 322 square we cannot sit by and play partisan pol- focus on how we are going to rebuild miles. To give you an idea, you can put itics and argue while our infrastruc- and renew the country—making these San Francisco inside our city limits 30 ture continues to deteriorate. critical investments, putting people to times or St. Louis three times. It is a So, Mr. Speaker, I am here tonight, work, and calling upon this Congress to huge city—what we all were interested hoping that these words are not falling get in gear to be able to move the in is making sure that it was fixed be- on the floor and will not be impactful. country forward. I appreciate his cour- cause there was no Republican way of When we come in here like this, we are tesy and his leadership. fixing it, and there was no Democratic hoping that these words matter and I would like to begin, if I could, by way of fixing it. We fixed the pothole. that things can change and that they turning to another of my colleagues One of my great disappointments when will change. from Kansas City, Missouri, Reverend I arrived here was that there was a Re- It is my hope that this Congress will EMANUEL CLEAVER, who is a gentleman publican or a Democratic philosophy act and act quickly because we cannot who was kind enough to give me a visa on everything, including on transpor- wait until the last minute, going into to visit his district recently. I watched tation and infrastructure. August, when we will end up looking at not just the affection that his constitu- Every dollar invested in Missouri a highway trust fund becoming insol- ents had for him but the big plans, evi- transportation generates $4 of eco- vent, and that means it will drop below denced in his community, that were nomic activity. The Federal Highway the $4 billion funding level as soon as dealing with how we put the pieces to- Administration actually estimates next month, July. We must do some- gether for a more sustainable future— that, for every $1 billion spent on thing, Mr. Speaker. a vision for transportation. It was fas- transportation, 34,000 direct and indi- I would like to thank Mr. BLU- cinating for me to watch, and I appre- rect jobs are created. Just think about MENAUER for all the work that he has ciate his allowing me to be a part of it. that. There are 34,000 indirect and di- done on this issue over the years, and I I yield to the gentleman from Kansas rect jobs that are generated. That is hope that the American people will City at this time. why I take every opportunity I can to just saturate us with letters telling us: Mr. CLEAVER. Thank you, Mr. BLU- talk about infrastructure and improve- Pass a highway and transportation in- MENAUER. ments to our roads and bridges and wa- frastructure bill.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:33 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.121 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5721 Thank you, Mr. BLUMENAUER. would increase overall economic activ- partment of Transportation admin- Mr. BLUMENAUER. Thank you very ity in the United States a third more isters. They were going to take away much, Congressman CLEAVER. I appre- than the $1.3 billion invested. The $1.3 that guaranteed funding. ciate your painting a very powerful billion gives you, overall, $2 billion rip- I find that somewhat ironic because picture, taking it home, as an example, pling through the economy. that guaranteed funding came from and the work that you have done, both While we are slowly falling apart, Ronald Reagan. In the Reagan adminis- in Congress and as a local leader, a while we are struggling with a jobless tration, they decided that they were mayor, a member of the city council. recovery, and how we could desperately going to have 20 percent in the transit You understand this. You understand use these family-wage jobs that will be account and 80 percent in the highway that the infrastructure in Kansas City, created in every State in the Union, account, so you wouldn’t have uncer- Missouri, used to be a point of pride. It there is also ongoing damage to indi- tainty. You wouldn’t have people bat- was something that brought people to- viduals. They don’t have to be on a tling every year, year in and year out, gether, but that is not unique to your bridge that collapsed. about going forward on major projects. community or mine. AAA tells us—and that is the pre- Most important, if you are going to Infrastructure used to be a point of eminent organization nationally that deal with major transit and highway pride that united Americans across represents motorists—they have fol- projects, you need certainty; and Presi- this great Nation. 152 years ago, the lowed this very closely. Their estimate dent Reagan and his administration, in Transcontinental Railroad under, I is that the average motorist incurs $323 their wisdom, promoted a program that might say, a Republican President— a year of damage to their cars because established the highway trust fund and President Lincoln—helped us be able to of inadequately maintained roads, so it had a separate account for transit. develop the United States. is not just that they are not getting Well, last Congress, the gimmick It tied the country together. It the service. was: we will just strip away all that helped in terms of the opening up of It is not just that they are trapped in guaranteed funding, and we will have the west, and the United States from congestion. It is actually costing them some theoretical money to keep the that point, until the end of World War money every month, in terms of dam- transportation program afloat. II, had the finest passenger rail system age to what, for most Americans, is It blew up in their face. They were in the world—not there anymore. their second or third most valuable able to get it through the Ways and As was referenced, under the leader- asset. Means Committee on a party line vote, ship, signed into law by President Ei- Last Congress gave up on a 6-year re- by the way, never having a hearing on senhower, there was a bipartisan ini- authorization. They just couldn’t do it. it, just moved to a work session, and it tiative, a Democratically-controlled They walked around it, but they was roundly attacked. Congress, a Republican President, who couldn’t deal with the funding ques- Groups, truckers, business, environ- tion, so they settled for a short-term, initiated the interstate highway sys- mental groups, local governments, 27-month extension that expires in 98 tem. transit, the entire infrastructure com- The United States, over the course of days. September 30, it is over, but the munity rose up in rebellion against a quarter century, had the largest pub- money in the transportation trust fund this goofy idea that was not going to lic works project in our history to that will not last nearly that long. deal with the fully funding needs, and point. It was in every State in the My colleague mentioned that, next it was going to pit people against one Union. It created more economic value month or so, we are going to drop another. than it cost, and it was a point of pride below the trust fund balance that the The outrage was so strong that our to have the finest road system in the Department of Transportation tells us Republican friends couldn’t even bring world. is necessary to be able to manage the Similarly, we have made great ad- hundreds and hundreds of contracts all their own bill to the floor, and it col- vancements in our history dealing with across the country that are part of the lapsed, and we were ending up with this water and sewage systems. unique Federal-State-local partner- 27-month gimmick. The simple fact is, as was referenced ship. It was funded by simply draining by both my colleagues already this They can’t take the trust fund down every dollar out of the highway trust evening, the United States is falling to zero, so they are going to start cut- fund, and in so doing, they thought behind. We are no longer rated number ting back this summer, and because they could maybe last for 27 months. one in the world. The last survey I saw our partners around the country in Well, as we are finding out, they can’t. put us at 14th and falling. State and local government understand The next gimmick that we are hear- We are investing the smallest what is happening, they are starting to ing about—and I love this one—it is amount of percentage of our economy cut back now. fascinating. Our Republican friends as we have in 20 years—less than 2 per- More than eight States are already have required the post office, unlike cent—and far less than our competitors signaling what they are going to have any other agency—or near as I can tell, in China, in Europe, Japan, India. to forego this summer, so we have got any business—to prefund the health in- The United States is in trouble. Un- a summer slowdown, and it is only surance of future employees, so they less and until we are able to get our act going to get worse, and Congress, in are charging the post office an extra $5 together to be able to protect, main- the meantime, spins its wheels. billion a year for employees that aren’t tain, and enhance our infrastructure, It is hard to be meaningful in efforts even on the payroll, let alone their re- we are not going to be able to meet the to reauthorize the surface transpor- tirement in the future. needs of the American people, and in tation bill, which is on the verge of ex- So the post office has some chal- fact, we are going to lose our competi- piring, if you don’t even know what lenges in terms of different patterns, in tive position around the world. your resources are. terms of this prefunding obligation, On top of this, we are in the midst of We have no idea what the resources shifting use of the post office, and the a funding crisis for our infrastructure, are that are available to the House refusal of some in Congress to allow and this could not come at a worse Transportation Committee and the the post office to operate like a busi- time. Senate Committee on Environment and ness, so it has got a funding crisis. As both my colleagues indicated, in- Public Works because we haven’t es- The Republican alternative is to take vesting in infrastructure is one of the tablished how we are going to pay for a post office that has a funding crisis— best ways to create family-wage jobs. it. it is a real one, it was artificially cre- The estimates are between 25,000 and Now, we have heard gimmicks from ated, but it is a real crisis—and to over 30,000 jobs for each billion dollars our Republican friends. You know, last eliminate Saturday mail delivery for 10 that is invested. Congress, their solution was to take years and take these theoretical sav- The most recent report I saw from away all the guaranteed funding for ings by eliminating Saturday home Standard & Poor’s said, for $1.3 billion, transit and for transportation enhance- service and use these theoretical sav- it is 29,000 jobs. ments. ings from an agency that they claim is That investment would actually The enhancements, by the way, are going bankrupt, and they are actually lower the deficit $200 million, and it the most popular program that the De- trying to make go bankrupt, and use it

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:33 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K24JN7.123 H24JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H5722 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 24, 2014 for another bankrupt institution—that sions, highway departments. Let’s hear SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED is the highway trust fund. from the men and women who work in The Speaker announced his signature Ludicrous—10 years’ savings of elimi- the maintenance and construction of to enrolled bills of the Senate of the nating home delivery, which are theo- our infrastructure—the bridges, the following titles: retical, no sense at all that they are roads, the transit. Let’s hear from the S. 1044. An act to direct the Secretary of going to materialize, but for 10 years— engineers, the truckers, the representa- the Interior to install in the area of the and it would just produce enough tives of the automobiles. They have got World War II Memorial in the District of Co- money to get us into the next fiscal some strong opinions. They have po- lumbia a suitable plaque or an inscription year, and leave the post office worse off tential solutions. They have done re- with the word that President Franklin D. than it is now. search that the committee should hear Roosevelt prayed with the United States on Luckily, I think our friends on the about, that every Member of Congress D-Day, June 6, 1944. other side of the aisle have realized should hear about. S. 2086. An act to address current emer- that is not a solution, and I think they Sadly, as the clock winds down, as we gency shortages of propane and other home heating fuels and to provide greater flexi- have dropped that, realizing it is not look at the summer shutdown and the pending bankruptcy of the highway bility and information for Governors to ad- going to go anywhere. dress such emergencies in the future. There are actual proposals that trust fund, the House is frozen in place. would meet this challenge. I have got Time is slipping away. We have just a f legislation that has been endorsed by few dozen legislative days before the ADJOURNMENT the AFL–CIO, by the U.S. Chamber of House is scheduled to adjourn for the Commerce, by both the truckers and election, and we have not one thing on Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I AAA, the contractors, engineers, local the agenda to deal with this. move that the House do now adjourn. government, transit, to just—straight I hope that my Republican colleagues The motion was agreed to; accord- up—deal with the fact that we haven’t on the Ways and Means Committee will ingly (at 9 o’clock and 19 minutes raised the gas tax for 21 years—pretty join us in at least having a hearing, lis- p.m.), under its previous order, the straightforward. It works. tening to alternatives, working to- House adjourned until tomorrow, gether to analyze the pros and cons of Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at 10 a.m. for b 2115 the various approaches going forward. I morning-hour debate. My colleague, PETER DEFAZIO from hope that every Republican and every f Oregon, a senior member on the Trans- Democrat makes a commitment that portation Committee, has proposed we are not going to adjourn for the EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, looking at a barrel tax for oil and year until we provide the American ETC. makes a strong case that this would people, the businesses and communities Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive have significant advantages and would that depend on it, a robust, well-fund- communications were taken from the allow us to go forward. ed, stable highway transportation trust Speaker’s table and referred as follows: You know, I don’t care what solution fund with dedicated funding. That was 6114. A letter from the Acting Assistant we come up with. There are a number the key to President Eisenhower and Secretary, Department of Defense, transmit- of good ideas. Last week, Senator MUR- the success of the interstate freeway ting Biennial Core Report to Congress, pur- PHY of Connecticut and Senator system. That has helped us with avia- suant to Public Law 112-81, section 2464(B)(e) CORKER of Tennessee came up with a tion. It has made a difference in terms (125 Stat. 1368); to the Committee on Armed proposal in the Senate that they of transit. Services. thought would provide those resources. The American people deserve no less 6115. A letter from the Acting Under Sec- What is interesting is that the House than us our doing our job—robust fund- retary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter notifying that the Department in- has been AWOL on this. We have not ing, stable funding, dedicated funding tends to assign women to previously closed had a single hearing in Ways and that will allow American communities positions in the Marine Corps; to the Com- Means this year, last year, the year be- to have the partnership of the Federal mittee on Armed Services. fore that, or the year before that. It Government that they need for the in- 6116. A letter from the Acting Under Sec- has been 42 months since the Repub- frastructure they deserve. I strongly retary, Department of Defense, transmitting licans took over. We haven’t had a sin- urge my colleagues to reflect on this, authorization of 14 officers to wear the au- gle hearing on transportation finance. I and I hope each American makes clear thorized insignia of the grade of rear admiral find that shocking. I find it embar- their desires and their expectations (lower half); to the Committee on Armed Services. rassing as a member of the committee about how Congress meets this respon- 6117. A letter from the Under Secretary, and as a Member of the House of Rep- sibility. Department of Defense, transmitting the De- resentatives. As an American, I find it Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the oppor- partment’s report on the amount of pur- shameful that we are not doing our tunity to speak this evening, and I chases from foreign entities in FY 2013; to part. yield back the balance of my time. the Committee on Armed Services. Luckily, the other body is moving. f 6118. A letter from the General Counsel, My friend and colleague, Senator RON Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, LEAVE OF ABSENCE transmitting the Corporation’s final rule — WYDEN of Oregon, the chair of the Sen- Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Em- ate Finance Committee, is moving By unanimous consent, leave of ab- sence was granted to: ployer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Pay- ahead with some alternatives that ing Benefits received June 9, 2014, pursuant Mr. FITZPATRICK (at the request of would help keep the trust fund afloat to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on so that we can avoid the summer shut- Mr. CANTOR) for today on account of Education and the Workforce. down and we don’t have to stop the travel delays. 6119. A letter from the Director, Regula- Mrs. NAPOLITANO (at the request of programs and put these people out of tions Policy and Management Staff, Depart- Ms. PELOSI) for June 24 after 5 p.m., work. It will give us breathing room so ment of Health and Human Services, trans- June 25 and June 26 on account of a that the people in the House can step mitting the Department’s final rule — Estab- family emergency. lishing a List of Qualifying Pathogens Under up and do our job. f the Food and Drug Administration Safety Mr. Speaker, every single Democrat and Innovation Act [Docket No.: FDA-2012- on the House Ways and Means Com- ENROLLED BILL SIGNED N-1037] (RIN: 0910-AG92) received June 9, 2014, mittee requested the Republican lead- Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- ership—months ago—to at least give us reported and found truly enrolled a bill mittee on Energy and Commerce. a hearing. You don’t have to buy into 6120. A letter from the Director, Office of of the House of the following title, Government Relations, Corporation for Na- any solution, but let’s come together, which was thereupon signed by the look at the problem, and hear solutions tional Community Service, transmitting the Speaker: Corporation’s semiannual report from the of- from the Americans who are dealing H.R. 316. An act to reinstate and transfer fice of the Inspector General for the period with it. Let’s hear from the Governors. certain hydroelectric licenses and extend the October 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014; to the Let’s hear from the transit agencies, deadline for commencement of construction Committee on Oversight and Government from the State transportation commis- of certain hydroelectric projects. Reform.

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A letter from the Specialist, Depart- Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of ment of Health and Human Services, trans- ment of Transportation, transmitting the mitting the semiannual report on the activi- Department’s final rule — Amendment of Re- committees were delivered to the Clerk ties of the Office of Inspector General for the stricted Areas R-5001A and R-5001B, Fort Dix; for printing and reference to the proper period ending March 31, 2014; to the Com- NJ [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0260; Airspace calendar, as follows: mittee on Oversight and Government Re- Docket No. 13-AEA-19] (RIN: 2120-AA66) re- Mr. BISHOP of Utah: Committee on Rules. form. ceived June 6, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. House Resolution 641. Resolution providing 6123. A letter from the Acting Assistant 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4899) to Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Depart- tation and Infrastructure. lower gasoline prices for the American fam- ment of Homeland Security, transmitting 6134. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- ily by increasing domestic onshore and off- the Department’s annual report for Fiscal cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- shore energy exploration and production, to Year 2013 prepared in accordance with Sec- mitting the Department’s final rule — streamline and improve onshore and offshore tion 203 of the Notification and Federal Em- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Akutan, AK energy permitting and administration, and ployee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0032; Airspace Docket for other purposes; providing for consider- Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act), Public Law 107- No. 13-AAL-5] received June 6, 2014, pursuant ation of the bill (H.R. 4923) making appro- 174; to the Committee on Oversight and Gov- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on priations for energy and water development ernment Reform. Transportation and Infrastructure. and related agencies for the fiscal year end- 6124. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 6135. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- ing September 30, 2015, and for other pur- Department of Transportation, transmitting cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- poses; and for other purposes (Rept. 113–493). a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies mitting the Department’s final rule — Modi- Referred to the House Calendar. Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on fication of the Philadelphia, PA, Class B Air- f Oversight and Government Reform. space Area [Docket No.: FAA-2013-0922; Air- 6125. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, space Docket No. 13-AWA-5] (RIN: 2120-AA66) PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Department of Transportation, transmitting received June 6, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Under clause 2 of rule XII, public a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- bills and resolutions of the following Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on tation and Infrastructure. Oversight and Government Reform. 6136. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- titles were introduced and severally re- 6126. A letter from the Administrator, En- cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- ferred, as follows: vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- mitting the Department’s final rule — Estab- By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for him- ting the Agency’s semiannual report from lishment of Class E Airspace; Blairsville, GA self and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey): the Office of the Inspector General during [Docket No.: FAA-2013-0731; Airspace Docket H.R. 4944. A bill to require the submission the 6-month period ending March 31, 2014 and No. 13-ASO-18] received June 6, 2014, pursu- of a report to the Congress on parasitic dis- the OIG’s Compendium of Unimplemented ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee ease among poor Americans; to the Com- Recommendations; to the Committee on on Transportation and Infrastructure. mittee on Energy and Commerce. Oversight and Government Reform. 6137. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- By Mr. BENTIVOLIO: 6127. A letter from the President and Chief cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- H.R. 4945. A bill to authorize the Secretary Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank mitting the Department’s final rule — Estab- of the Treasury to issue Transportation of Cincinnati, transmitting the 2013 manage- lishment of Class E Airspace; Bois Blanc Is- Bonds to fund transportation projects in ment report and statements on system of in- land, MI [Docket No.: FAA-2013-0986; Air- each State, and for other purposes; to the ternal controls of the Federal Home Loan space Docket No. 13-AGL-25] received June 6, Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi- Bank of Cincinnati; to the Committee on 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the tion to the Committees on Appropriations, Oversight and Government Reform. Committee on Transportation and Infra- and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a 6128. A letter from the Chairman, National structure. period to be subsequently determined by the Labor Relations Board, transmitting the 6138. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- Speaker, in each case for consideration of Board’s semiannual report from the office of cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- the Inspector General for the period October mitting the Department’s final rule — tion of the committee concerned. 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014; to the Com- Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; By Ms. KELLY of Illinois: mittee on Oversight and Government Re- Grand Forks, ND [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0214; H.R. 4946. A bill to promote the tracing of form. Airspace Docket No. 14-AGL-10] received firearms used in crimes, and for other pur- 6129. A letter from the Principal Deputy June 6, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and to the Committee on Transportation and In- By Mr. SALMON (for himself and Mr. Parks, Department of the Interior, transmit- frastructure. OLSON): ting the Department’s final rule — Native 6139. A letter from the Director, Regula- H.R. 4947. A bill to amend the Clean Air American Graves Protection and Repatri- tion Policy and Management, Office of the Act to delay the review and revision of the ation Act Regulations, Definition of Indian General Counsel, Department of Veterans Af- national ambient air quality standards for Tribe [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-15507; fairs, transmitting the Department’s final ozone; to the Committee on Energy and PPWOCRADN0, PCU00RP14.R50000] (RIN: rule — Burial Benefits (RIN: 2900-A082) re- Commerce. 1024-AD98) received June 9, 2014, pursuant to ceived June 6, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. By Ms. BROWNLEY of California: 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Veterans’ H.R. 4948. A bill to provide for emergency Natural Resources. Affairs. supplemental appropriations for the Office of 6130. A letter from the Principal Deputy 6140. A letter from the Director, Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Ap- Parks, Department of the Interior, transmit- Security Administration, transmitting the propriations, and in addition to the Com- ting the Department’s final rule — National Administration’s final rule — Technical Cor- mittee on the Budget, for a period to be sub- Cemeteries, Demonstration, Special Event rections to Regulations [Docket No.: SSA- sequently determined by the Speaker, in [NPS-WASO-REGS-14841; 2013-0005] (RIN: 0960-AH55) received June 9, each case for consideration of such provi- PX.XVPAD0517.00.1] (RIN: 1024-AE01) re- 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the ceived June 9, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Committee on Ways and Means. committee concerned. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural 6141. A letter from the Director, Office of By Mr. CA´ RDENAS (for himself and Resources. Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN): 6131. A letter from the Director, Regula- Security Administration, transmitting the H.R. 4949. A bill to establish the National tions Policy and Management Staff, Depart- Administration’s final rule — Obtaining Evi- Office of New Americans to support the inte- ment of Health and Human Services, trans- dence Beyond the Current ‘‘Special Arrange- gration of immigrants to the United States mitting the Department’s final rule — Max- ment Sources’’ [Docket No.: SSA-2011-0099] into the economic, social, cultural, and civic imum Civil Money Penalty Amounts; Civil (RIN: 0960-AH44) received June 9, 2014, pursu- life of their local communities and the Na- Money Penalty Complaints; Confirmation of ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee tion, and for other purposes; to the Com- Effective Date [Docket No.: FDA-2014-N-0113] on Ways and Means. mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to received June 9, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 6142. A letter from the Acting Assistant the Committee on Education and the Work- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judici- Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Depart- force, for a period to be subsequently deter- ary. ment of Homeland Security, transmitting mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- 6132. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- the Department’s report for the Office of sideration of such provisions as fall within ment of Transportation, transmitting the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties for the the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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By Mr. HECK of Washington (for him- ington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of Article I, § 8, clause 3, the Commerce self, Mr. BARBER, Mr. BARROW of California, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMP- Clause Georgia, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. SON of Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of By Mr. BENTIVOLIO: BERA of California, Mr. BISHOP of California, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. TITUS, H.R. 4945. Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN Congress has the power to enact this legisla- Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. HOLLEN, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, tion pursuant to the following: BORDALLO, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl- Mr. VELA, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. WALZ, The Congress shall have Power To lay and vania, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to BROWN of Florida, Ms. BROWNLEY of WATERS, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WELCH, pay the Debts and provide for the common California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, Defence and general Welfare of the United BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPU- Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. States.... ANO, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. CHRISTENSEN, and Mr. RAHALL): ARTICLE I, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 1 CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, H.R. 4950. A bill to reauthorize the Export- By Ms. KELLY of Illinois: Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Import Bank of the United States for 7 H.R. 4946. Texas, Ms. CHU, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. years, and for other purposes; to the Com- Congress has the power to enact this legis- CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE mittee on Financial Services. lation pursuant to the following: US Const. Art. II, Sec. 3, Cl. 3 (‘‘[The Presi- of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, By Mr. BERA of California (for himself dent] shall take Care that the Laws be faith- Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CON- and Mr. MEADOWS): fully executed[.]’’); US Const. Art. I, Sec. 8, NOLLY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. H.R. 4951. A bill to provide incentives to Cl. 18 (‘‘Congress shall have the power . . . COSTA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, physicians to practice in rural and medically To make all Laws which shall be necessary Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. underserved communities, and for other pur- and proper for carrying into Execution . . . DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. all other Powers vested by this Constitution DAVIS of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. By Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia: in the Government of the United States, or DEGETTE, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. H.R. 4952. A bill to prohibit the unauthor- in any Department or Officer thereof.’’) (This DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DEUTCH, ized remote shut down of a cellular phone; to bill would instruct the Attorney General to Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. the Committee on the Judiciary. give preferential treatment to police forces DUCKWORTH, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLI- By Mrs. NOEM: SON, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ENYART, Ms. H.R. 4953. A bill to grant a Federal charter that meet certain criteria when distributing ESHOO, Ms. ESTY, Mr. FARR, Mr. to the National American Indian Veterans, grant money, therefore this bill is a valid ex- FATTAH, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. Incorporated; to the Committee on the Judi- ercise of Congressional authority per the FOSTER, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. ciary. Necessary and Proper Clause provided the FUDGE, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. GALLEGO, By Mr. ROSS: Attorney General’s duties, as an agent of the Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GARCIA, Mr. AL H.R. 4954. A bill to amend the Employee President, to enforce federal law and punish GREEN of Texas, Mr. GENE GREEN of Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 to provide criminal wrongdoing). US Const. Art. I, Sec. 9, Cl. 7 (‘‘No Money Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ, an exemption from the protections of that shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Ms. HAHN, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HAS- Act with regard to certain prospective em- Consequence of Appropriations made by TINGS of Florida, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. ployees whose job would include caring for or Law[.]’’); US Const. Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18 HIMES, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. interacting with unsupervised children; to (‘‘Congress shall have the power . . . To HONDA, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. HOYER, the Committee on Education and the Work- make all Laws which shall be necessary and Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. JACK- force. proper for carrying into Execution the fore- SON LEE, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. EDDIE By Mr. SOUTHERLAND (for himself BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHN- going Powers, and all other Powers vested by and Mr. MILLER of Florida): this Constitution in the Government of the SON of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. H.R. 4955. A bill to amend the Harmonized United States, or in any Department or Offi- KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. Tariff Schedule of the United States to ex- cer thereof’’) (This bill would instruct the KENNEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, tend the tariff preference level on imports of Attorney General to give preferential treat- Mr. KIND, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, USTER ANGEVIN ARSEN ment to police forces that meet certain cri- K , Mr. L , Mr. L apparel, and made-up goods from Bahrain of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Con- teria when distributing grant money, there- under the United States-Bahrain Free Trade necticut, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. fore this bill is a valid exercise of Congres- Agreement; to the Committee on Ways and LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. sional authority per the Necessary and Prop- Means. LOEBSACK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. er Clause to instruct how the Executive By Mr. WALZ (for himself, Mr. COSTA, LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. BEN Branch can spend appropriated monies). and Mr. CARTWRIGHT): RAY LUJA´ N of New Mexico, Ms. H.R. 4956. A bill to greatly enhance Amer- By Mr. SALMON: MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New H.R. 4947. ica’s path toward energy independence and Mexico, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MAFFEI, Mrs. Congress has the power to enact this legis- economic and national security, to conserve CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, lation pursuant to the following: energy use, to promote innovation, to Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 [The Congress achieve lower emissions, cleaner air, cleaner York, Mr. MATHESON, Ms. MATSUI, shall have Power] To regulate Commerce water, and cleaner land, to rebuild our Na- Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. with foreign Nations, and among the several tion’s aging roads, bridges, locks, and dams, MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. states and the Indian Tribes. and for other purposes; to the Committee on MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. By Ms. BROWNLEY of California: Natural Resources, and in addition to the MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. H.R. 4948. Committees on Ways and Means, the Judici- GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis- ary, Energy and Commerce, Transportation MOORE, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MURPHY of lation pursuant to the following: and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Florida, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLI- Article I, Section 8 and Section 9 Technology, Oversight and Government Re- ´ TANO, Mr. NEAL, Mrs. NEGRETE By Mr. CARDENAS: form, the Budget, Rules, and Education and H.R. 4949. MCLEOD, Mr. NOLAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. the Workforce, for a period to be subse- Congress has the power to enact this legis- O’ROURKE, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, quently determined by the Speaker, in each lation pursuant to the following: Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR of Ari- case for consideration of such provisions as Article 1, Section 1. zona, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee All legislative powers herein granted shall PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERS of Michi- concerned. be vested in a Congress of the United States, gan, Mr. PETERS of California, Mr. which shall consist of a Senate and House of PETERSON, Mr. PIERLUISI, Ms. PIN- f Representatives. GREE of Maine, Mr. POCAN, Mr. POLIS, CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY By Mr. HECK of Washington: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. STATEMENT H.R. 4950. QUIGLEY, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RICHMOND, Congress has the power to enact this legis- Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of lation pursuant to the following: RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN the Rules of the House of Representa- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to of Ohio, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of tives, the following statements are sub- the general welfare of the United States); California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of mitted regarding the specific powers and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHA- granted to Congress in the Constitu- regulation of interstate commerce). KOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCHNEIDER, tion to enact the accompanying bill or By Mr. BERA of California: Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. H.R. 4951. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT joint resolution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- of Georgia, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia: lation pursuant to the following: of Alabama, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. H.R. 4944. Article 1, Section 8 SHERMAN, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. SIRES, Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia: SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Wash- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4952.

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Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1225: Mr. GRIJALVA and Mr. MULLIN. H.R. 4521: Mr. LUCAS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1289: Ms. NORTON. LONG, and Mr. BRIDENSTINE. Article I, § 8, clause 3 of the United States H.R. 1509: Mr. FATTAH. H.R. 4558: Mr. LUETKEMEYER and Mr. Constitution. H.R. 1518: Mr. COOK. JOLLY. By Mrs. NOEM: H.R. 1563: Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. THOMPSON H.R. 4577: Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia and H.R. 4953. of Mississippi, and Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. MCALLISTER. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1620: Mrs. LOWEY. H.R. 4578: Mr. MEEKS, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. KIL- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1751: Ms. TSONGAS. MER, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Ms. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress H.R. 2001: Mr. PETERSON. BONAMICI, and Ms. SCHWARTZ. shall have power to regulate commerce with H.R. 2144: Mr. WALZ. H.R. 4612: Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. LABRADOR, H.R. 2170: Mr. PIERLUISI. foriegn nations, and among the several Mr. ROONEY, and Mr. COFFMAN. H.R. 2263: Mr. LABRADOR. states, and with Indian Tribes H.R. 4640: Mr. POE of Texas. H.R. 2283: Mr. MICA, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, By Mr. ROSS: H.R. 4646: Mr. PETERSON. Mr. CLAY, Mr. CAMP, and Ms. MENG. H.R. 4954. H.R. 4653: Mr. CICILLINE. H.R. 2368: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 4664: Ms. NORTON, Ms. MOORE, Mr. H.R. 2415: Mr. GRIMM and Mr. RODNEY lation pursuant to the following: PRICE of North Carolina, and Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5: MCDERMOTT. H.R. 2453: Mr. WENSTRUP and Mr. ROKITA. All persons born or naturalized in the H.R. 2500: Mrs. BEATTY. H.R. 4698: Mr. MICA and Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT United States, and subject to the jurisdic- H.R. 2521: Mr. FATTAH. of Georgia. tion thereof, are citizens of the United H.R. 2529: Mr. RUSH. H.R. 4704: Mr. MCNERNEY. States and the State wherein they reside. No H.R. 2663: Mr. BARLETTA. H.R. 4707: Mr. TIERNEY. State shall make or enforce any law which H.R. 2673: Mr. LUCAS and Mr. CRAMER. H.R. 4723: Mr. MCGOVERN. shall abridge the privileges or immunities of H.R. 2734: Mr. GRIMM. H.R. 4727: Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. citizens of the United States; nor shall any H.R. 2835: Mr. CA´ RDENAS. H.R. 4740: Mr. HANNA, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. RAN- State deprive any person of life, liberty, or H.R. 2841: Ms. ESTY and Mr. CARTWRIGHT. GEL, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California, and property, without due process of law; nor H.R. 2959: Mr. DENHAM, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. Mr. KIND. deny to any person within its jurisdiction YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. YODER, and Mr. COOK. H.R. 4741: Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. the equal protection of the laws. H.R. 3221: Mr. FATTAH. H.R. 4749: Mr. FINCHER and Mr. ROKITA. The Congress shall have power to enforce, H.R. 3320: Mr. PRICE of Georgia. H.R. 4780: Mr. LATHAM and Mr. AMODEI. by appropriate legislation, the provisions of H.R. 3382: Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. H.R. 4781: Mrs. HARTZLER. this article. H.R. 3403: Mr. DENHAM. H.R. 4792: Mr. NUNNELEE and Mr. SMITH of By Mr. SOUTHERLAND: H.R. 3482: Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Nebraska. H.R. 4955. H.R. 3489: Mr. SOUTHERLAND. H.R. 4807: Mr. ROSS. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3505: Ms. TITUS. H.R. 4841: Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3544: Mr. PETERS of California and Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ENGEL. GARAMENDI, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. The Congress shall have Power to lay and H.R. 3620: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. LOWENTHAL, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. O’ROURKE, collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, H.R. 3649: Mr. PETERSON. and Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mexico. to pay the Debts and provide for the common H.R. 3680: Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. H.R. 4864: MR. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mex- Defence and general Welfare of the United FARR, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. ico. States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. BERA of California, H.R. 4881: Mr. PEARCE. ´ shall be uniform throughout the United Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California, Mr. KING H.R. 4882: Mr. YOHO. States. of New York, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CUELLAR, H.R. 4899: Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas and Mr. By Mr. WALZ: Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. WATERS, Ms. FRANKEL LATTA. H.R. 4956. of Florida, Mr. LYNCH, and Mr. HINOJOSA. H.R. 4904: Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS of H.R. 3708: Mr. JOYCE. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Florida, Ms. SLAUGHTER and Mr. SERRANO. H.R. 3712: Ms. PINGREE of Maine. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4927: Mr. PETERSON. H.R. 3722: Mr. HECK of Nevada and Mr. This bill is enacted pursuant to Section 8 H.R. 4930: Mr. REICHERT. SHIMKUS. of Article I of the United States Constitu- H.J. Res. 20: Ms. LOFGREN. tion. H.R. 3963: Mr. MURPHY of Florida. H. Res. 30: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. H.R. 3989: Mr. PALAZZO. H. Res. 109: Mr. FORBES and Mr. COFFMAN. f H.R. 3992: Mr. MATHESON. H. Res. 281: Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. H.R. 4012: Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. MASSIE, ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H. Res. 416: Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. LUCAS, and Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 4041: Mr. CAPUANO and Mr. MURPHY of H. Res. 456: Mr. HIMES. were added to public bills and resolu- Florida. H. Res. 503: Mr. CAPUANO. H. Res. 529: Mr. RUIZ. tions, as follows: H.R. 4103: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, and Ms. WATERS. H. Res. 587: Mr. DELANEY. H.R. 25: Mr. DESJARLAIS. H.R. 4119: Mr. NADLER, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. H. Res. 601: Mrs. NOEM, Mr. JOYCE, Mr. H.R. 279: Mr. BARBER, Mr. GARCIA, and Mr. COSTA, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. MORAN, and Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. HIMES and Mr. ROG- VALADAO. ISRAEL. ERS of Alabama. H.R. 411: Mr. NUGENT and Ms. MATSUI. H.R. 4123: Mr. COHEN and Mr. RICHMOND. H. Res. 620: Mr. SOUTHERLAND, Mr. GOH- H.R. 517: Mrs. BEATTY. H.R. 4148: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. MERT, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. FINCHER, and H.R. 543: Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia and H.R. 4166: Mr. LAMALFA. Mrs. LUMMIS. Mr. CARTWRIGHT. H.R. 4190: Ms. MOORE and Mr. POE of Texas. H. Res. 621: Mr. FORBES and Mr. RODNEY H.R. 594: Mr. GRIMM. H.R. 4217: Mr. BISHOP of Utah. DAVIS of Illinois. H.R. 688: Mr. PERLMUTTER. H.R. 4234: Ms. DEGETTE and Mr. PETERSON. H. Res. 630: Mr. WALZ and Ms. LOFGREN. H.R. 713: Mr. RIBBLE. H.R. 4286: Mr. MCCAUL. H.R. 787: Mr. SCHOCK. H.R. 4325: Mr. RANGEL and Mr. ISRAEL. f H.R. 812: Mrs. DAVIS of California. H.R. 4347: Ms. TITUS. H.R. 831: Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. CLARKE of New H.R. 4349: Mr. BRIDENSTINE and Mr. POE of York, and Mr. ROSS. Texas. CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS, LIM- H.R. 920: Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. H.R. 4351: Mr. POE of Texas. ITED TAX BENEFITS, OR LIM- H.R. 942: Mr. WALZ, Mr. BARR, Ms. LEE of H.R. 4411: Mr. FORBES. ITED TARIFF BENEFITS California, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. H.R. 4415: Mr. DELANEY. HOLT, and Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. H.R. 4432: Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. CAMPBELL, Under clause 9 of rule XXI, lists or H.R. 958: Mr. PETERSON. Mr. CRAMER, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. LONG, Mr. statements on congressional earmarks, H.R. 963: Mr. DELANEY. LATHAM, Mr. COOK, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mrs. limited tax benefits, or limited tariff H.R. 975: Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. ELLMERS, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. benefits were submitted as follows: H.R. 988: Mr. MCINTYRE. BYRNE, Mr. TERRY, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. BARR, OFFERED BY MR. WITTMAN H.R. 997: Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. PRICE of Mr. ROSS, Mr. NUNES, Mr. SHUSTER, and Mr. Georgia, and Mr. BENISHEK. VALADAO. The amendment to be offered by myself or H.R. 1136: Mr. GARCIA, Ms. MOORE, and Mr. H.R. 4450: Mr. OLSON and Mr. STIVERS. a designee, to H.R. 4899, the Lowering Gaso- MCGOVERN. H.R. 4474: Mr. POLIS. line Prices to Fuel an America That Works H.R. 1150: Ms. MATSUI. H.R. 4475: Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Act of 2014 does not contain any congres- H.R. 1180: Ms. SEWELL of Alabama and Ms. H.R. 4491: Mr. WENSTRUP. sional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or lim- KELLY of Illinois. H.R. 4510: Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. SPEIER, and ited tariff benefits as defined in clause 9 of H.R. 1189: Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. GRIMM. rule XXI.

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Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014 No. 99 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY nate. We have never had a situation called to order by the President pro LEADER such as this before. tempore (Mr. LEAHY). The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The As everyone knows, we changed the majority leader is recognized. rules as they related to judges, and PRAYER f thank goodness we did that. Justice can move forward in our country with- The guest chaplain, Reverend Gloria BIPARTISAN SPORTSMEN’S ACT out the delay and obstruction that has Chaney-Robinson, Senior Pastor of OF 2014—MOTION TO PROCEED taken place over the last number of Shiloh Baptist Church in Scranton, Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to years with Republicans holding up PA, offered the following prayer: proceed to Calendar No. 384, S. 2363, the judges. We, through the chairman of Let us pray. Hagan Sportsmen’s Act. the committee, have moved lots of Eternal Lord God, we pause in these The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The judges. We now have four circuit court revered halls to give thanks and to clerk will report the motion. judges we have to move toward, and we offer petition. We acknowledge in this The legislative clerk read as follows: will do that, even though each one of place You have called humankind to Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 384, S. those takes 30 hours. We are nearly exhibit righteousness and justice. You 2363, a bill to protect and enhance opportuni- caught up with district court judges, ties for recreational hunting, fishing, shoot- which speaks well for the Judiciary desire harmony, accord, peace, and ing, and for other purposes. wholeness. Bless now the representa- Committee and the Senators who are SCHEDULE tives who gather in this place of policy forwarding names to the President for Mr. REID. Mr. President, following and procedure. submission to the committee. my remarks and those of the Repub- We ask, O God, that You would im- lican leader, the Senate will be in a pe- WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT part the gift of now vision and future riod of morning business until 11 a.m. Mr. President, tomorrow we are sights. We pray for Your gifts of vision, this morning, with the time equally di- going to turn to the Workforce Invest- discernment, sensitivity, and percep- vided and controlled between the two ment Act—a nice, important piece of tiveness. For those assembled present leaders or their designees. legislation. It is a picture of what we and those to come, grant the posture of At 11 a.m. the Senate will proceed to should be doing here on legislation in patience and of cooperation. To those executive session, and we will have five general. The Workforce Investment Act in debate, discussion, discourse, and rollcall votes which will be to confirm is a very complicated piece of legisla- duty, allow calm clarity. three judges from Florida, one from tion. We are not going to spend a lot of Allow truth to reign, justice to re- Vermont, and also a very important time on it, but that should not in any side, and mercy to resonate. Keep ever cloture vote on the Rodriguez nomina- way take away from the importance of before us the broken, the disappointed, tion, to be the Director of U.S. Citizen- this legislation. It is very important those in despair, and the destitute. Set ship and Immigration Services at the legislation. It is an example of how we ears to hear the cries of the poor, the Department of Homeland Security. should be able to get done in the Sen- needs of the sick, and the afflicted. NOMINATIONS ate. Please allow hearts assembled to do Mr. President, it is unfortunate that I commend Senators MURRAY, HAR- that which is best for all. we still have scores and scores of good KIN, and ALEXANDER for working to get In advance, for what You will do, we men and women on the Executive Cal- this bill to us. They have spent unto- say thank You. We pray in Your holy endar waiting to be confirmed. The ward hours and hours of time to get us Name. Amen. delay by the Republicans is untoward. here. Everyone knows LAMAR ALEX- It has never happened before, and we ANDER is a peacemaker, and I appre- f are working through these as quickly ciate his work. I was told a few min- as we can. The judges only take an utes ago that he came to the floor and hour of postcloture time, but the nomi- said: Why don’t we go ahead on the ap- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE nations take 8 hours of postcloture propriations bills and on amendments The President pro tempore led the time. We can yield back 4 hours, which that appear to be controversial, and we Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: we do almost every time, but these can have a 60-vote threshold on those? I suggested the same thing yesterday. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the stalling tactics by the Republicans United States of America, and to the Repub- have added to our doing nothing here We voted here approximately 50 lic for which it stands, one nation under God, in the Senate not by hours or days or times. I have been forced to have, be- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. weeks but by months. It is so unfortu- cause of the McConnell rule, 60 votes

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They receive from falsifying the information they pro- VOTING RIGHTS the Federal Government 20 percent of vided to the Federal Government. In I will talk to the press about the next all the Federal aid to education be- some cases it turns out they even paid issue in more detail at a subsequent cause the tuition they charge is very employers to hire Everest graduates time, but I wish to congratulate RAND high, and these for-profit colleges have for a short period of time so they could PAUL, the junior Senator from Ken- another distinction—their students ac- report to the government that their tucky. count for 46 percent of all college stu- graduates had found jobs, and then About 15 years ago, I offered an dent loan defaults. They enroll 10 per- after the report was made, the people amendment on the Senate floor that cent of the students and account for 46 were let go. They didn’t have a job. said if someone has been convicted of a percent of the student loan defaults. Everest was asked to send additional crime or felony and completed their What is going on here? What is going information to the Federal Govern- sentence, if they go to jail, and their on here is they are charging these stu- ment about this fraudulent practice, probation, if they got probation, they dents a high tuition for these for-profit and for 5 months they failed to do it. should be able to vote, and that is what schools, and they are not preparing Then last week the U.S. Department of RAND PAUL said. them to go to work or at least not to Education said: Because Everest won’t RAND PAUL offered legislation that work at jobs where they can pay off provide us with the data they are sup- said if it is a nonviolent crime, they those student loans. As a result stu- posed to under the law, we are going to should be able to vote when they have dents will drop out before they finish suspend new student loan money to completed their time. I went a little or they will finish with a diploma that them for 21 days. Everest Colleges—or farther than that with my legislation, is worthless. They can’t find a job, Corinthian, their parent corporation— but I appreciate his suggestion. I will they can’t pay back their student announced that because of this, they have more to say about that later, and loans, and now they are in the worst of will not have enough money and may I hope I don’t get him in trouble with all possible worlds—deep in debt with not be able to continue their oper- the Republican caucus for congratu- no education to speak of. ations. The value of stock in this cor- lating him. The reason I am raising the point poration, Corinthian Corporation, went This is something that is long over- about the for-profit colleges and uni- down to the range of 28 cents last due. As a country, we should allow peo- versities is because there have been week. Nobody would loan them money. ple who have served their time and several significant developments. Edu- Right now some 75,000 students penance, or however you want to state cation Management Corporation owns across America are enrolled in Everest it, the ability to vote. I have said it be- a group of schools called the Art Insti- Colleges with student loans, and there fore, and I now have said it for a third tutes. I have run into them in the is a very good chance that Everest Col- time. I will have a lot more to say Chicagoland area. Argosy is another leges—Corinthian as we know it—will about it later today. one of these for-profit schools, as is not survive. ITT Tech, and I mentioned Kaplan and RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME My obvious question is: What will Apollo. happen to these students? They have Will the Chair announce the business Career Education Corporation has the debt to go to this worthless school of the day? schools such as the American Inter- that appears to be going out of busi- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. continental University and the Har- ness. BOOKER). Under the previous order, the rington College of Design. They sound leadership time is reserved. very appealing. We are working with the U.S. Depart- f I met one of the students who at- ment of Education right now. I am con- cerned about where these students are MORNING BUSINESS tended Harrington. Her name is Han- nah Moore. She is a young woman from going to end up. I contacted the com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Chicago. She went to community col- munity colleges in my State and said: the previous order, there will be a pe- lege for 2 years, and then she trans- Reach out to the Everest College stu- riod of morning business until 11 a.m. ferred into the Harrington College of dents and see if you can rescue these with Senators permitted to speak Design in the suburbs of Chicago to get kids. therein for up to 10 minutes each, with a degree in design. When it was all But when we look at this and put it the time equally divided and controlled over, after she received her degree, she in perspective, we see this is only one between the two leaders or their des- could not find a job—not in that field. of many for-profit colleges and univer- ignees. It turned out the degree was basically sities. Most parents and most students The assistant majority leader. worthless. don’t know this whole brand of higher f When she left Harrington College of education is out there. They think it is Design, she had a college debt of just like every other college. It is not, FOR-PROFIT SCHOOLS AND $125,000. She could not find a job, and and we are not doing a good enough job UNIVERSITIES she could not make the payments. She at the Federal level to regulate these Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, for a had to move back in with her parents for-profit colleges and universities that number of years I have come to this because that is all she could do, and be- are exploiting these students. floor to talk about an issue I wish to cause she could not keep up with the Let me tell my colleagues one story bring up again this morning, and the payments, her college loan debt grew that was reported recently that I think issue is for-profit colleges and univer- to $150,000. Her father came out of re- is horrible, involving Corinthian Col- sities. tirement to help her pay for it. leges. It is an article written by David Many people, when they hear me de- Think about it. She did what she Halperin entitled ‘‘For-profit College scribe this, don’t understand which thought was a good thing in going to Enrolls ‘Exploits’ Student Who Reads schools I am talking about. It is not college, went to one of these worthless at Third-grade Level.’’ the public and private universities that for-profit schools, and now her life has A 37-year-old man with what ap- you would think of automatically, such literally changed forever because of peared to be a developmental dis- as the University of Illinois and North- this mountain of debt. ability—he was described as shaking, western University and others. It is the Then there is a group called Corin- speaking haltingly, reading at an ele- for-profit world of higher education. thian College, which I want to focus on mentary school level—37-years-old— The for-profit colleges and univer- here. Corinthian College is based out of was allowed to enroll in Everest Col- sities are led by the Apollo Group, California. The local college’s name, lege’s criminal justice program.

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She was worried about his ability bipartisan solutions for the middle This is the kind of stuff that makes to even understand the debt he was class. It was all campaigning, all the Americans so very mad at Washington. signing on for, the student loan debt at time. I mean, how do we justify stifling the one of these Everest Colleges. On the rarest of occasions when he voices of so many Senators and the It apparently didn’t matter to Ever- did come to Congress, it was for inter- tens of millions of Americans they est. They were ready to sign him up nal campaign rallies with his party. were sent here to represent? It is inde- into college. As long as this man was Well, it has actually only gotten worse. fensible. It has gotten worse and worse eligible to take out Federal loans, Ev- Since last summer he has barely under current Democratic leaders. erest was going to get paid. The man picked up the phone and his bill-sign- Of course, every now and then, when was just an ATM machine spitting out ing pen is literally starting to rust. we push hard enough, we are able to dollars to Everest Colleges. Here is the reason: This summer the force our Democratic friends to allow a Is that outrageous, to think they Democratic-controlled Senate seems to few—a few—bipartisan ideas to go would lure someone with a disability have put out a ‘‘Gone Campaignin’’’ through, such as the job training and into signing up? sign of its own. That is why the Demo- workforce development bill we expect The list goes on and on, including cratic Senate has become a veritable to pass tomorrow. But, boy, that is the Ashford University, another one of graveyard of good ideas. rare exception around here—a very these for-profit colleges and univer- Most people assume the purpose of rare exception. Instead, we usually just sities. the Senate is to pass legislation to help see the game playing on important The obvious question we have to ask the American people, but these days issues. is this: When will our Department of the Democrats who run the Senate On energy, Democratic leadership Education and when will this Congress seem to think their role is actually to blocked every attempt to provide relief address this travesty? What is existing just bury good legislation. They are to blue collar families who have been across the United States with these bulldozed by the administration’s for-profit colleges and universities is more interested in pleasing their far elitist war on coal jobs. They will not an outrage, and it is exploiting the stu- left political patrons—patrons who ap- help the millions of Americans who dents and their families. pear to oppose everything that could Sadly, a couple of weeks ago we tried actually help the American middle struggle every single day with high to pass a bill on the floor of the Senate class. utility bills, and they will not allow a so that students could renegotiate Case in point: The Republican-led serious vote on shovel-ready projects their student loans and bring down the House of Representatives has already such as the Keystone Pipeline, either. interest rates. Every Democrat voted passed hundreds of pieces of legislation Senate Democrats have blocked just for it. We needed 5 Republicans out of this Congress—legislation introduced about every effort to move forward on 45 to join us so that students in States by Members of both parties, including these issues. In so doing the Demo- such as New Jersey and Illinois could dozens of jobs bills, that remain stuck cratic leadership actually embarrasses renegotiate their student loan rates here in the Senate. That means Presi- the handful of Democratic Senators down and make them more affordable. dent Obama has not had to sign or veto who still call for action on energy and We got three Republicans: Senator them, and the Senate majority leader Keystone—even veteran Members who COLLINS of Maine, Senator CORKER of has been all too happy to protect him chair committees. It just shows what Tennessee, and Senator MURKOWSKI of from choosing between helping the far- little influence those Members actually Alaska. We needed two more to start left fringe and the vast American mid- have under the current Democratic the debate about renegotiating college dle. In other words, Senate Democrats leadership. loans. are on a mission this summer to ob- It all lays bare a very simple truth I think we have to wake up here. struct solutions for the middle class at about today’s Democratic Senate: If This debt families across America are every turn and to prevent almost any the far left hates it, it ain’t happening. facing—44 million individuals paying serious legislating from occurring at That is true with health care too. college loans—is an outrage. Part of it all—at all. The middle class is being plummeted was started by these for-profit schools, Over in the House the minority party by ObamaCare. A recent study showed but another part of it just reflects a has been offered more than 160 votes on that an average 27-year-old Kentuckian debt that is out of control, and we their amendments since last July. Here from Taylor County saw his premiums ought to be more sensitive to it. in the Senate the Democratic leader- skyrocket by almost 60 percent this We are going to call this again. ELIZ- ship has blocked all but nine Repub- year. Constituents such as he are look- ABETH WARREN brought the bill to the lican rollcall votes. ing to Washington for leadership and floor. This time we are going to hope And it is not just Republican amend- for solutions, but Senate Democrats that some of our Republican colleagues ments getting squashed either. The will not even allow sensible bipartisan go home to their States and in town Democrats who run the Senate are so health care solutions to come to a meetings actually speak with families scared of legislating these days they vote. who are paying college student loans. are blocking virtually every amend- Instead, we just get more politics, If they will, I think they will under- ment on both sides. It has gotten to the such as the legislation we hear may be stand they should join us in this effort: point where one House Democrat, a coming up later this week—a tactic de- to give these college students and their Congresswoman from Texas, has now signed by the Democratic campaign families a fighting chance to pay off had twice as many rollcall votes on committee to make Americans forget— their loans and to reform this higher amendments since last July—15—as the forget—that Democrats voted to raid education system to stop the out- entire Senate Democratic caucus com- Medicare—voted to raid Medicare—by rageous conduct by these for-profit col- bined. One Member of the House in the $700 billion to fund new ObamaCare leges and universities. minority party has had more votes spending. Every Democrat in the Sen- Mr. President, I yield the floor. than all of the Democratic Senators ate, on Christmas Eve, 2009, without f combined over the last year. Between exception, voted to take $700 billion the 55 Senate Democrats, they have out of Medicare to help fund RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY had seven amendments in a year. ObamaCare. LEADER In other words, the majority leader is Senate Democrats are actually try- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Re- treating his one caucus even worse ing to distract from their votes to raid publican leader is recognized. than he is treating us. Medicare by making it even harder to

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Thanks to this project and the 42,000-plus jobs it pened last week either when Repub- this tax, energy bills could rise to crip- would support. Instead, he has ignored licans advanced a series of bills aimed pling levels for many families in the American workers and union leaders at increasing flexibility in the work- next few years. That is not what fami- and chosen to pander to the wishes of place and boosting upward mobility. lies need, especially—especially—when his extremist environmental base. We thought Democrats might want to they are already paying huge amounts The American people need jobs— work with us in a bipartisan manner to for health care. steady, good-paying, long-term jobs move these bills forward, but appar- ObamaCare was supposed to make with opportunities for advancement. ently the far left will not let them. things better for American families. Democrats and the President are not Democratic leadership will not even The President assured the American giving that to them. Instead of spend- consider legislation I have introduced people that his health care law would ing time on real job-creation measures, that would help more moms and dads reduce premiums by $2,500. But since the majority leader has chosen to work from home while caring for young ObamaCare passed, not only have pre- waste the Senate’s time on gimmicky, children. My bill aims to bring tax pol- miums not fallen, they have actually politically motivated legislation. icy in line with what life is really like risen—gone up—by $2,500. If Democrats were serious about pro- for working parents, and it would help Millions of Americans were forced off viding real relief to American families, young families save on child care costs the health plans they were promised they would be working with Repub- too. But as I said, Senate Democrats they could keep and into exchange licans on the many bills we have pro- have just gone campaigning. plans that frequently cost more money posed to spur job creation and to sup- For the Democratic leadership, help- and offer less. Too many American port American workers—bills such as ing the middle class seems to be far families now have exchange plans with Senator COLLINS’ Forty Hours Is Full- from priority one. But the middle class massive deductibles—some as high as Time Act, which would repeal the needs help right now, and the only way $12,000 or more. ObamaCare 30-hour workweek rule, to offer working moms and struggling What middle-class family can afford which is resulting in lower wages and college graduates real solutions is to to pay $12,000 a year for medical care— fewer hours for American workers; or break through the Senate Democratic $12,000 on top of their premiums? That Senator FISCHER’s workplace advance- logjam. is like having an additional mortgage ment amendment, which would further There are two ways to accomplish payment every single month. It is no equip women with the tools and knowl- that. Either our friends on the other wonder 54 percent of Americans do not edge they need to fight discrimination side can get serious about working for think the President ‘‘is able to lead the in the workplace; and Senator RUBIO’s the people who elected them or the country and get the job done,’’ accord- RAISE Act, which would amend the people who elected them can make the ing to a recent Wall Street Journal/ National Labor Relations Act to allow decision for them. NBC News poll. employers to give merit-based pay in- Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I So what can you do if you are a creases to individual employees, even if suggest the absence of a quorum. working family living paycheck to pay- those increases are not part of a collec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The check and struggling with the high tive bargaining agreement; and Sen- clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to cost of everything from health care to ator MCCONNELL’s Working Parents call the roll. gasoline? Well, over the past few years Home Office Act, which would fix a Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask the answer has been not much because flaw in the Tax Code that prevents men unanimous consent that the order for opportunities are few and far between and women from claiming a home of- the quorum call be rescinded. in the Obama economy. Instead of pro- fice deduction if their home office has The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without moting policies to create jobs, too a baby crib so they can care for their objection, it is so ordered. often the President has proposed poli- child while they are working. President Obama has talked about f cies that kill jobs. The nonpartisan Congressional Budg- the importance of flextime for parents THE ECONOMY et Office has reported that ObamaCare so they can adjust their work hours for Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, yester- will cause 2.5 million full-time workers parent-teacher conferences or soccer day the White House held its Summit to leave the workforce. Mr. President, games. Well, Senator LEE has a bill on Working Families. On the summit’s 2.6 million Americans earning less than that would help workers handle the Web site, the White House notes: ‘‘Too $30,000 are in danger of having their constant challenge of work-life balance many working Americans—both men hours and wages cut thanks to by allowing private-sector employers and women—are living paycheck to ObamaCare’s 30-hour workweek rule. to offer all individuals who work over- paycheck, struggling to make ends Mr. President, 63 percent of those time a choice between monetary com- meet and respond to the competing de- workers are women. pensation and comp time. Unfortu- mands of work and family.’’ That, un- The President and his party have nately, like so many other Republican fortunately, is the truth. also pushed hard for a minimum wage bills, the Lee Working Families Flexi- But what the White House does not hike the Congressional Budget Office bility Act is buried in the majority acknowledge is how much its policies said would destroy up to 1 million jobs. leader’s Senate graveyard. have done to create that situation. Low-income Americans would be hit Traditionally thought of as a place Working families have not fared well the hardest by that. where bills go to be debated, the Sen- under the Obama administration. Then there is the President’s na- ate has, instead, become the place Household income has fallen by $3,500 tional energy tax. In addition to rais- where bills go to die. But it is not just on the President’s watch. Meanwhile, ing energy bills for all Americans, the bills that go to die here; it is the solu- prices for nearly everything have risen. President’s energy tax would result in tions to improve the lives of millions Food prices have gone up. Tuition costs the loss of tens of thousands, if not of Americans. In addition to the many are soaring. Airline fares are rising. hundreds of thousands, of jobs. The Senate Republican jobs bills that the The cost of recreational activities, rule would gut the coal industry, put- majority leader has prevented from such as going to the movies, has risen. ting tens of thousands of workers out seeing the light of day, there are doz- And energy prices are placing a huge of work there. ens—literally dozens—of House-passed burden on American families. It is difficult to reconcile the Presi- jobs bills—several of them bipartisan— Gas prices have nearly doubled since dent’s ostensible commitment to fami- that the majority leader refuses to the President took office. Low-income lies with a policy that would put thou- bring up. The Senate historically has

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Democrats have brought up the people of their State and to make vocacy of the International Campaign bills designed to win votes, not solve sure their concerns are represented in to Ban Landmines and three-quarters problems. the Senate. When Senators cannot add of the world’s governments, many of The Democratic leadership has their voices to the process, the Amer- whose people have suffered from the worked hard to protect its vulnerable ican people’s concerns are not getting scourge of landmines. Members from ever having to take heard. But the problem is far from solved. challenging votes. They do not want The American people have had a There are still thousands of deaths and Democrats in tough campaigns to have tough time getting their voices heard injuries from mines each year, and to choose between the American people over the past few years. Over and over, most are innocent civilians. and the Democratic Party’s far-left po- they have made it clear they need good Twenty years ago this week, in a litical base. jobs and more economic opportunity. speech at the United Nations that in- spired people around the world, Presi- One of Congress’s most basic duties is Instead, they have gotten 51⁄2 years of to consider appropriations, yet over higher costs and low job creation, and dent Clinton called for a global ban on the past 2 weeks the majority leader the jobs that are being created are not antipersonnel mines. I was proud of has pulled not one but two appropria- the kinds of jobs that were lost—the President Clinton for doing that, but tions bills from committee consider- good-paying jobs that provide opportu- his Presidency, his administration, was ation because he did not want his Mem- nities for advancement. outmaneuvered by the Pentagon, and it bers to have to take votes on Republicans have proposed numerous failed to join the treaty. Then, during ObamaCare or on the President’s na- bills to expand opportunities for Amer- the 8 years of the last Bush administra- tional energy tax. ican families and workers. It is time tion, nothing happened. In fact, during That is wrong. We are here to take for the Senate to vote on these bills. those years, the White House reneged tough votes. If you do not want to have The American people have spent on some of the pledges of the Clinton administration. to take hard votes, do not run for the enough time being ignored. It is high When President Obama was elected, I Senate. There is a lot of stuff that— time for the Senate to change the way thought we would finally see the amendments get offered by our col- it is conducting its business. United States get on the right side of leagues on the other side that I do not I yield the floor. this issue. After all, we fought two long like to vote on either, but that is what The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- wars without using antipersonnel we are here for. We are here to debate. ator from Vermont. mines. All our NATO allies and most of We are here to take votes. We are here f our coalition partners have banned to offer amendments, to put legislation MINE BAN TREATY them. on the floor. But that has not happened. All of us have different ideas. I may Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, yester- Now we rightly condemned, and I do not agree with some of the things that day in Maputo, Mozambique, represent- condemn, the Taliban for using victim- are offered up by my colleagues on the atives of many of the 161 countries that activated IEDs, which are also banned other side, but the fact of the matter have joined the treaty banning the pro- by the treaty, but we still insist on re- is, they have a right, on behalf of the duction, stockpiling, export, and use of taining our right to use antipersonnel constituents they represent, to bring antipersonnel landmines convened the mines. the issues to the floor that are impor- third review conference in the 15 years Eighteen years ago, President Clin- tant to their constituents, and for us to since the treaty came into force. ton charged the Pentagon to develop debate them, and for us to vote on The impact of that treaty, once ridi- alternatives to antipersonnel mines. them. culed as a naive dream by many in the Instead, the Pentagon has fought every In fact, the majority leader has ex- U.S. defense establishment, has been attempt to get rid of these indiscrimi- erted such tight control over the Sen- extraordinary. The vast majority of nate weapons, even if they do not use ate that over the past year he has not landmine use and production has them. only blocked almost all Republican stopped. New casualties have dropped As I have said many times, no one ar- amendments, he has blocked almost all significantly. Many countries have gues that antipersonnel mines have no of his party’s amendments as well. cleared the mined areas in their terri- military utility. Every weapon does. Since July of 2013—almost a year tories. Poison gas has a military utility, but ago—the majority leader has allowed Of the 35 countries that have not yet we outlawed it a century ago. Are we votes on just 9 Republican amend- joined the treaty, including the United incapable of renouncing, as our closest ments, and just 7 Democratic amend- States, almost all abide by its provi- allies have, tiny explosives that are the ments—out of 1,500 amendments that sions. We can be proud that the United antithesis of precision-guided weapons, have been filed on the floor of the Sen- States has been the largest contributor weapons we have rightly not used dur- ate. to programs to clear mines and to help ing two long wars, weapons that kill Think about that. The world’s great- mine victims. Those programs have children and innocent civilians, and est deliberative body—open to amend- saved countless lives. In fact, the weapons that should bring condemna- ment, open to debate—1,500 amend- Leahy War Victims Fund was first used tion to anybody using them? ments get filed; Republicans get 9 in Mozambique. We talk about the importance of votes. I understand the whole idea, the But I remember during the negotia- avoiding civilian casualties. We all be- political motivation of the leader in tions on the treaty how officials in the lieve in that. We have seen how civil- trying to protect his Members from U.S. administration at the time urged, ian casualties can turn a local popu- having to take tough votes. But how even warned, their counterparts in lation against us. We do not export are you as a majority Member—how do other countries, including our NATO antipersonnel landmines. We do not use the Democrats in the Senate go back allies, against signing the treaty. In them. We can drive a robot on Mars by to their constituents at home and say: the end, every member of NATO except remote control, but we say we cannot It is advantageous for us to be in the the United States joined it. solve this problem. It begs credulity. majority in Washington, when you Some in our government said it was This is not an abstract issue. This have only had votes on seven amend- a meaningless gesture that would ac- girl is who I am talking about. I have ments? Think about that. How do you, complish nothing. I think they re- met countless people like her. She is with a straight face, go back to your sented that other governments, espe- lucky. She survived, even though with- constituents and say: Being in the ma- cially Canada, and nongovernmental out hands and legs. Many others like jority matters in the Senate, when organizations from around the world her bleed to death.

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What a missed opportunity, the Vietnam Veterans of America Founda- but I wish there was absolutely no need what a stain on the country that tion, who was a key organizer of the original for that. should be the moral leader. movement to ban the weapons. ‘‘But the I visited a young girl in a hospital The next review conference is in 2019, United States is shamefully behind the after the Bosnia war. Her parents had the 25th anniversary of President Clin- curve.’’ sent her away so she could be safe. The ton’s speech. What an anniversary it THE KILLING CONTINUES war ended. The soldiers returned home. would be if that next review conference In late May, a six-year-old girl was killed She was running down the road calling were held in Washington, with the and five other villagers wounded in Myanmar out to her parents, and she stepped on United States attending as a party to when they came upon a land mine near the a mine. Both her legs were blown off. the treaty. border with Thailand. The war was over, but not for her. I ask unanimous consent that a June The same week the US State Department dispatched a ‘‘quick reaction force’’ to Ser- We recently sent people to that part 22 article in the Boston Globe and a of the world after flooding. Why? Be- bia and Bosnia-Herzegovina where flooding June 23 article in the New York Times had dislodged land mines left over from the cause thousands of landmines still in on this subject be printed in the civil war in the former Yugoslavia. the ground had washed up and moved RECORD. Advocates for the ban believe America’s around. Schoolchildren now face the There being no objection, the mate- continued reluctance to embrace the treaty danger again, because even though rial was ordered to be printed in the is slowing momentum to render politically they had mapped where the landmines RECORD, as follows: unacceptable a weapon that kills or injures an estimated 10 people every day in the 60- were that was before the floods. [From the Boston Globe, June 22, 2014] As in the past, the White House hides some countries where they remain in the behind their failure to act by pointing FORMERLY A LEADER ON LAND MINE BAN, ground. For example, US allies Ukraine and OBAMA NOW BALKS at North Korea. Who is not concerned Finland have recently signaled they might about North Korea? But are we so de- (By Bryan Bender) withdraw from the treaty out of military ne- WASHINGTON.—In 2005, then-Senator cessity. pendent on antipersonnel landmines Three dozen countries still remain outside that we cannot develop war plans to Barack Obama wrote to a constituent that he would use his influence to help advance the treaty, according to a recent report by defend South Korea without them? I an international treaty banning land mines, the Arms Control Association, a nonprofit reject that just as former commanders decrying what he called the ‘‘horrific inju- advocacy group, including the United States, of our forces in South Korea rejected it ries and loss of life’’ among civilians long China, Russia, India, and Pakistan. Together long ago. after wars end. they collectively account for an estimated Last week, after a cursory 2-minute But in his five-plus years as president, stockpile of 160 million landmines, while ex- debate that inaccurately described the Obama has not asked the US Senate to ratify perts say there is no reliable way to estimate landmines in the Korean DMZ as U.S. the pact signed by 161 other nations, showing how many landmines are still littering glob- al battlefields. mines, which they are not, and that in- an unwillingness to take on military offi- accurately asserted, based on erro- cials who assert that the devices, which the AT FIRST, SOME HIGH HOPES Pentagon last used in battle in 1991, are still neous press reports, that the White The ‘‘Convention on the Prohibition of the needed. Instead, his administration has re- Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of House is about to join the mine ban peatedly delayed a review of the issue initi- Antipersonnel Mines and on Their Destruc- treaty, which it is not, the House De- ated early in his first term. tion’’ was proposed in 1997, requiring member fense Appropriations Subcommittee Senator Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Dem- nations to no longer use land mines, destroy adopted by voice vote a prohibition on ocrat who has spent more than two decades all remaining supplies, and remove those the use of funds to implement the trea- directing federal funding to clear minefields planted on their territory. ty. and provide victims with wheelchairs, pros- The so-called Ottawa Treaty was heralded The amendment’s sponsor even thetics, and job training, is so frustrated at as the first global arms treaty to emerge claimed that the one thing—the only Obama’s lack of action that he is com- from civil society, as opposed to govern- plaining bitterly and publicly about it. ments. The International Campaign to Ban thing—stopping a North Korean inva- ‘‘I think of children who have gone to sion is U.S. antipersonnel mines. Bal- Landmines, a coalition of 1,400 nongovern- something shiny on the side of the road mental organizations from around the derdash. Did the Pentagon tell them thinking it was a toy and instead having world—led by American Jody Williams—was that? Of course not. I wonder how their legs blown off,’’ Leahy said in a blunt awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for spear- many, if any, Members of that sub- floor speech in late March, the first in a se- heading the effort, which also benefited from committee have even read the treaty. ries he has delivered to focus attention on high-profile advocates like the late Princess One would think, 61 years after the the issue. ‘‘President Obama, you know what Diana. Korean war, that the Pentagon would you should do.’’ The treaty’s unique evolution is viewed as not still be arguing that the defense of Indeed, what is most vexing to many trea- a possible reason why the American military ty supporters is that the United States has brass is still resisting; the thinking goes South Korea depends on tiny, indis- done more than other countries to address criminate explosives that would pose a that commanders fear that giving up land the problem, but still hasn’t taken up the mines could encourage similar efforts by threat to U.S. forces if we counter- treaty. human rights groups to seek to ban other attacked. It makes you wonder. In addition to spending more than $2 bil- types of controversial weapons, such as This country, with the most powerful lion over the last two decades to reduce the drones. army, that spends far more money on threat and aid victims, the United States has The United States initially was a leading its armed forces than any country in halted the production and export of so-called advocate of the pact; then-US President Bill the world, has to rely on antipersonnel ‘‘persistent’’ or ‘‘dumb’’ mines that have no Clinton called the land mine problem ‘‘a landmines? Oh, come on. disarming mechanism and can remain a dan- global tragedy.’’ President Obama can still put the ger for unsuspecting villagers for decades. ‘‘In all probability, land mines kill more ‘‘The United States has actually probably United States on a path to join the children than soldiers, and they keep killing lived up to about 90 percent of the require- after wars are over,’’ Clinton said. treaty, but time is running out. It will ments of the treaty,’’ said Lloyd Axworthy, But he opted not to sign the treaty and require some revision of our Korea war the former foreign minister of Canada who seek its ratification after US military lead- plans. That can be done in a manner hosted the treaty negotiations, expressing ers insisted that they needed time to develop that protects the security of South incredulity that the United States has none- alternatives to mines. Korea and our troops. It needs to be theless long resisted giving up the weapons. The Bush administration also adhered to done, because without the participa- Although it was among the first to call for that position, while the US Army began de- tion and support of the United States, a treaty banning land mines, the United veloping so-called ‘‘smart’’ mines as a re- States is now the only member of the NATO placement, devices officials say are now the most powerful Nation on Earth, no military alliance that has not joined the ready to be part of the arsenal. international treaty can achieve its po- pact. The only other nation in the Western One alternative, called the Spider, is de- tential. Hemisphere to refuse is Cuba. When treaty signed to detonate only by command and to I commend the participants at the signatories meet on June 23 in Mozambique self-defuse after a limited period. It is de- Maputo review conference. I regret the to discuss ways to accelerate the destruction signed and built in part by Textron Systems

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Textron officials did chairs, another a woman hobbling along with incide with the Third Review Conference of not respond to a request for comment. the help of a stick. the Mine Ban Treaty, which convened Mon- When Obama came into office in 2009 there The images were all captured by Leahy, an day in Maputo, Mozambique, where rep- were high hopes that he would seek to join amateur photographer who has personally resentatives from its 161 signers and other the treaty; he instead ordered up a review chronicled dozens of innocent war victims participants will spend five days discussing that has gone on for five years. from Central America to Southeast Asia. how to further strengthen enforcement of Asked about the assessment, Edward Price, His crusade against land mines began more the agreement. a spokesman for the White House’s National than two decades ago in a jungle village in Antipersonnel mines are hidden explosive Security Council, said, ‘‘We are pressing for- Nicaragua, at the height of its civil war. devices that are buried in the ground and de- ward to conclude our review of US land mine ‘‘There was a little boy, probably 12 years signed to be detonated when a person steps policy’’ but declined to provide details. old, one leg, homemade crutch. He’d lost his on or near them, causing indiscriminate ‘‘The United States shares the humani- leg from a landmine,’’ Leahy recalled in an death and grievous injury. They can lie dor- tarian concerns of the parties to the Ottawa interview in his Senate office, where some of mant for decades, long after a conflict has Convention,’’ Price added, noting that ‘‘the his war victim photos hang at eye level ended. Many of their victims are children. United States is the single largest financial above his desk. The United States, which was among the supporter of global humanitarian demining Leahy asked the boy if he was injured by original countries to call for a treaty ban- efforts.’’ the forces loyal to the Sandinista govern- ning mines and has done much to help other A Pentagon spokeswoman, Lieutenant ment or the so-called Contra rebels. ‘‘Well, countries purge them, has not signed the Commander Amy Derrickfrost, defended the he had no idea. He just knew that his life was treaty. It is among the 36 countries that military’s position. She said that in addition forever ruined.’’ have not signed it and is the only NATO to ending the use of so-called ‘‘dumb’’ mines Leahy later used his perch on the panel member outside the treaty. (Russia and in 2010, the US military also no longer uses overseeing the State Department budget to China also have not signed.) plastic mines, which cannot be identified establish a US fund to help the most vulner- An American delegation is attending the with a metal detector or other mine surveil- able victims of war, which was later named Maputo conference only as observers. lance technologies. the Leahy Victims Fund. He also provided Human rights advocates criticize the But the military continues to say that it money for mine clearance groups around the United States for what they call a con- must have the ability to use anti-personnel world. spicuous lapse that may be dissuading other land mines. Leahy later proposed legislation prohib- countries from joining the treaty. ‘‘I consider them to be an important tool iting the United States from exporting land The Obama administration, which says it in the arsenal of the armed forces of the mines. To help convince a skeptical Senate, has been evaluating the treaty’s provisions United States,’’ General Martin Dempsey, he persuaded DC Comics to publish a Batman since 2009, has issued conflicting signals the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, comic edition in which the caped crusader, in about its intentions. told a congressional hearing in March, espe- his effort to rescue a child, had to walk ‘‘It’s going to be embarrassing for the U.S. cially on the Korean penninsula, where they through a minefield. to have to explain to the high-level officials are intended to help blunt an invasion by the The last panel depicted the child reaching at the summit meeting why it has been re- North Korean army. for a shiny object and being warned by Bat- viewing its land mine policies for five years The Pentagon position has its share of sup- man not to pick it up before there was a without making a decision,’’ said Stephen porters on Capitol Hill, including Represent- ‘‘Kaboom.’’ Goose, the executive director of the arms di- ative Randy Forbes, a Virginia Republican, Leahy provided a copy of the special issue vision at Human Rights Watch and the who calls land mines ‘‘vitally important to to every senator; his legislation passed by chairman of the United States Campaign to the defense of South Korea.’’ Fearing that voice vote without opposition. He now re- Ban Landmines, a coalition of groups that Obama will sign the treaty, he has proposed mains optimistic that if Obama would sign has been pressing the United States to join. an amendment to a new defense bill that the land mine treaty and send it to the Sen- American defense officials have resisted a would prohibit the administration from im- ate for ratification it has a good chance of blanket renunciation of land mines. Gen. plementing the treaty. garnering the required two-thirds, or 67 Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Many observers, however, remain surprised votes, to pass—despite the overall partisan Chiefs of Staff, told a congressional hearing at the extent of opposition at the Pentagon rancor. in March that he considered such weapons to the treaty. ‘‘I don’t want to sound like I am on a cru- ‘‘an important tool’’ in the American arse- ‘‘Some of the guys that wrote the [Korean] sade but nothing has gripped me as much nal, citing as an example their use in South war plans were advocates of the mine ban,’’ since I have been here,’’ Leahy said, tearing Korea to deter an invasion from North said retired Army Lietenant General G. Rob- up when recalling how he lifted a Viet- Korea. ert Gard, who traveled to South Korea in the namese landmine victim into his wheelchair. Others, however, have expressed frustra- late 1990s at Leahy’s request to make an as- (‘‘He grabbed my shirt, he pulled me down, tion over what they regard as an inexcusable sessment. and he kissed me’’.) American refusal to join the treaty. Senator Gard, who is chairman of the Center for ‘‘This is today’s poison gas,’’ Leahy said. Patrick J. Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and Arms Control and Nonproliferation, a non- Failing to join the treaty, he believes, ‘‘is a a prominent supporter of the treaty, has profit think tank, said commanders asserted moral failure of our country.’’ pressed the administration in speeches this ‘‘we could accomplish the things that land year to endorse it. mines were purported to do for us by other [From the New York Times, June 23, 2014] ‘‘If land mines were littering this coun- try—in schoolyards, along roads, in corn- means.’’ TREATY IS MAKING LAND MINES WEAPON OF fields, in our national parks—and hundreds A veteran of the Korean and Vietnam PAST, GROUP SAYS of American children were being crippled’’ Wars, Gard believes that the continued Pen- (By Rick Gladstone) tagon resistance is driven by fear that giving like children in Cambodia, Mr. Leahy said in Despite the conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Af- in could embolden human rights groups to an April 9 statement, ‘‘how long would it ghanistan, the armed uprising in Ukraine try to ban other weapons. take before the White House sent the Mine and turmoil in other hot spots in the Middle He described the argument: ‘‘If you give in Ban Treaty to the Senate for ratification.’’ East and Africa, one of war’s most insidious to those flaky nongovernmental organiza- Despite its apparent reluctance to join the weapons—antipersonnel land mines—have tions they will try to to make us get rid of treaty, the United States has spent more been largely outlawed and drastically re- other weapons we really need.’’ than $2 billion in the past two decades to duced, a monitoring group said in a report Meanwhile, the ongoing land mine policy help clear mines and aid victims, more than released Monday. review—the third such assessment since the any other country. In the 15 years since a global treaty pro- Clinton years—has treaty advocates such as The United States also has stopped produc- hibiting these weapons took effect, the use Williams, the peace prize recipient, deeply tion and export of so-called dumb mines that and production of the mines has nearly frustrated. cannot be disarmed, and it no longer uses stopped, new casualties have plummeted, and She said in an e-mail that she ‘‘does not plastic materials that can foil metal detec- more than two dozen countries once con- understand why this review has taken place tors used to decontaminate mine-infested taminated by land mines buried since old at all and even less do we understand or ac- areas. wars have removed them, said the report by cept why it has taken five years already and The report by the International Campaign the group, the International Campaign to President Obama still seems unable to bring to Ban Landmines said that only five coun- Ban Landmines. it to a conclusion that can be shared with tries—Israel, Libya, Myanmar, Russia and ‘‘The Mine Ban Treaty remains an ongoing the American public.’’ Syria, all nonsigners of the treaty—had used success in stigmatizing the use of land mines antipersonnel land mines since 2009. ‘LIFE FOREVER RUINED’ and mitigating the suffering they cause,’’ But it also reported that Yemen, which has The gruesome photographs, blown up to said Jeff Abramson, the project manager of signed the treaty, disclosed last November nearly life size for maximum effect, line a Landmine Monitor, the group’s research that it violated its pledge against land mine small, cluttered office of the Senate Appro- unit. use in 2011. priations Committee. One depicts a pair of The group, which won a Nobel Peace Prize The report said global stockpiles of mines legless men looking up from their wheel in 1997 for its work, released the report to co- had dropped sharply, with 87 signers of the

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Yet in the Begich Hagan roughly 60 countries where contamination Paul NOMINATION OF CARLOS Bennet Harkin Portman from land mines and other explosive rem- EDUARDO MENDOZA TO BE Blumenthal Hatch Reed nants of war remains a problem, an esti- Blunt Heitkamp Reid UNITED STATES DISTRICT Booker Heller mated 4,000 people a year are killed or Risch Boozman Hirono wounded. JUDGE FOR THE MIDDLE DIS- Roberts The report said nearly half the victims TRICT OF FLORIDA Boxer Hoeven Brown Inhofe Rubio were children. In Afghanistan, it said, chil- Burr Isakson Sanders dren constitute 61 percent of all such casual- Cantwell Johnson (SD) Schumer ties since 1999. NOMINATION OF BETH BLOOM TO Cardin Johnson (WI) Scott Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, what is BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT Carper Kaine Sessions JUDGE FOR THE SOUTHERN DIS- Casey King Shaheen the parliamentary situation? Chambliss Kirk Shelby The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- TRICT OF FLORIDA Coats Klobuchar Stabenow ate is in morning business until 11 a.m. Coburn Landrieu Tester Mr. LEAHY. I yield the floor. Collins Leahy Thune NOMINATION OF GEOFFREY W. Coons Lee Toomey The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- CRAWFORD TO BE UNITED Corker Levin Udall (CO) Cornyn Manchin ator from Florida. STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR Udall (NM) Crapo Markey Vitter THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT Cruz McCain Walsh f Donnelly McCaskill Warner The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Durbin McConnell Warren the previous order, the Senate will pro- Enzi Menendez Whitehouse NOMINATIONS ceed to executive session to consider Feinstein Merkley Wicker Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, I inform the following nominations, which the Fischer Mikulski Flake Moran Wyden the Senate that the three judges from clerk will report. Florida we are about to vote on have The legislative clerk read the nomi- NOT VOTING—6 the support of Senator RUBIO and I. It nations of Paul G. Byron, of Florida, to Cochran Johanns Rockefeller is as a result of a bipartisan process. It be United States District Judge for the Heinrich Pryor Schatz is actually a nonpartisan process as to Middle District of Florida; Carlos The nomination was confirmed. how we select our judges in Florida. Eduardo Mendoza, of Florida, to be VOTE ON MENDOZA NOMINATION Senator RUBIO and I appoint a judicial United States District Judge for the The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is nominating commission in the three Middle District of Florida; Beth Bloom, now 2 minutes equally divided prior to judicial districts in Florida. They then, of Florida, to be United States District a vote on the Mendoza nomination. when there is a vacancy of a judge or Judge for the Southern District of The Senator from Florida is recog- U.S. attorney or U.S. marshal, receive Florida; and Geoffrey W. Crawford, of nized. the applications, do the interviews, and Vermont, to be United States District Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, just to make—for one vacancy—three rec- Judge for the District of Vermont. remind the Senate, this judge and the ommendations. Senator RUBIO and I The PRESIDING OFFICER. There next one—as was the previous one— then take these three recommenda- will be 2 minutes of debate prior to the were done by the Judicial Nominating tions, the two of us together interview Byron nomination. Commission process that Senator The Senator from Florida. the applicants. The arrangement we RUBIO and I use in order to take any Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, I ask have with the White House—and of unanimous consent to yield back all kind of politics out of the selection of course we know the President could se- time. judges. It has worked very well for lect whomever he wants, but the White The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without years, and this judge and the next one House has graciously agreed, and this objection, it is so ordered. are part of that process. has been a longstanding practice with Thank you very much, Mr. President. VOTE ON BYRON NOMINATION the Federal judge selections from Flor- The question is, Will the Senate ad- I yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ida, the White House has agreed they vise and consent to the nomination of objection, all time is yielded back. will pick from among the three we Paul G. Byron, of Florida, to be United Under the previous order, the ques- send. States District Judge for the Middle tion is, Will the Senate advise and con- Senator RUBIO and I send comments District of Florida? to the White House about the three, Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I ask sent to the nomination of Carlos even though what we primarily do is for the yeas and nays. Eduardo Mendoza, of Florida, to be tell the White House if we have an ob- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a United States District Judge for the jection to any one of the three who sufficient second? Middle District of Florida? come through the judicial nominating There appears to be a sufficient sec- Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I ask for commission process. ond. the yeas and nays. Therefore, what we do is we take pol- The clerk will call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a itics out of the selection of judges. The legislative clerk called the roll. sufficient second? I highly recommend to the Senate Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the There appears to be a sufficient sec- Paul Byron and Carlos Eduardo Men- Senator from New Mexico (Mr. HEIN- ond. doza, both of the Middle District, and RICH), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. The clerk will call the roll. Beth Bloom of the Southern District. PRYOR), the Senator from West Vir- The assistant legislative clerk called Mr. President, I yield the floor. ginia (Mr. ROCKEFELLER), and the Sen- the roll. ator from Hawaii (Mr. SCHATZ) are nec- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the f essarily absent. Senator from New Mexico (Mr. HEIN- Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators RICH), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. are necessarily absent: the Senator PRYOR), the Senator from West Vir- CONCLUSION OF MORNING from Mississippi (Mr. COCHRAN) and the ginia (Mr. ROCKEFELLER), and the Sen- BUSINESS Senator from Nebraska (Mr. JOHANNS). ator from Hawaii (Mr. SCHATZ) are nec- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there essarily absent. WALSH). any other Senators in the Chamber de- Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators Morning business is closed. siring to vote? are necessarily absent: the Senator

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Baldwin Graham Murphy Baldwin Graham Murray Barrasso Grassley Murray Barrasso Grassley Nelson The result was announced—yeas 94, Begich Hagan Nelson Begich Hagan Paul nays 0, as follows: Bennet Harkin Paul Bennet Harkin Portman Blumenthal Hatch Blumenthal Hatch [Rollcall Vote No. 207 Ex.] Portman Reed Blunt Heinrich Reed Blunt Heinrich Reid YEAS—94 Booker Heitkamp Reid Booker Heitkamp Risch Boozman Heller Boozman Heller Risch Roberts Alexander Franken Murkowski Boxer Hirono Boxer Hirono Roberts Rockefeller Ayotte Gillibrand Murphy Brown Hoeven Brown Hoeven Rubio Rubio Baldwin Graham Murray Burr Inhofe Burr Inhofe Sanders Sanders Barrasso Grassley Nelson Cantwell Isakson Cantwell Isakson Schumer Schumer Begich Hagan Paul Cardin Johnson (SD) Cardin Johnson (SD) Scott Scott Bennet Harkin Portman Carper Johnson (WI) Carper Johnson (WI) Sessions Blumenthal Hatch Reed Casey Kaine Sessions Casey Kaine Shaheen Blunt Heitkamp Reid Chambliss King Shaheen Chambliss Kirk Booker Heller Shelby Risch Coats Kirk Shelby Coats Klobuchar Boozman Hirono Stabenow Stabenow Roberts Coburn Klobuchar Coburn Landrieu Boxer Hoeven Tester Tester Rubio Collins Landrieu Collins Leahy Brown Inhofe Thune Thune Sanders Coons Leahy Coons Lee Burr Isakson Toomey Toomey Schumer Corker Lee Corker Levin Cantwell Johnson (SD) Udall (CO) Udall (CO) Scott Cornyn Levin Cornyn Manchin Cardin Johnson (WI) Udall (NM) Crapo Udall (NM) Sessions Crapo Manchin Markey Carper Kaine Cruz Markey Vitter Cruz McCain Vitter Shaheen Casey King Donnelly McCain Walsh Donnelly McCaskill Walsh Shelby Chambliss Kirk Durbin McCaskill Warner Durbin McConnell Warner Stabenow Coats Klobuchar Enzi McConnell Warren Enzi Menendez Warren Coburn Landrieu Tester Feinstein Menendez Whitehouse Feinstein Merkley Whitehouse Collins Leahy Thune Fischer Merkley Wicker Fischer Mikulski Wicker Coons Lee Toomey Flake Mikulski Wyden Flake Moran Wyden Corker Levin Udall (CO) Cornyn Manchin Udall (NM) NOT VOTING—5 NOT VOTING—5 Crapo Markey Vitter Cochran King Schatz Cruz McCain Cochran Pryor Schatz Walsh Johanns Pryor Donnelly Johanns Rockefeller McCaskill Warner Durbin McConnell Warren The nomination was confirmed. The nomination was confirmed. Enzi Menendez Whitehouse The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under Feinstein Merkley VOTE ON CRAWFORD NOMINATION Fischer Mikulski Wicker the previous order, with respect to the Wyden The PRESIDING OFFICER. There Flake Moran will now be 2 minutes equally divided confirmed nominations, the motions to NOT VOTING—6 prior to the vote on the Crawford nomi- reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table. Cochran Johanns Rockefeller nation. Heinrich Pryor Schatz The Senator from Vermont. The President will be immediately notified of the Senate’s action. The nomination was confirmed. Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, is f VOTE ON BLOOM NOMINATION this the Crawford nomination? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is CLOTURE MOTION ator is correct. now 2 minutes equally divided prior to Mr. LEAHY. Let me say he is strong- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. There the vote on the Bloom nomination. ly supported by both Senators from are now 2 minutes equally divided prior Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I ask Vermont, and I might say also by the to a cloture vote on the Rodriguez unanimous consent to yield back all people of Vermont. nomination. time. I yield back the remaining time. Who yields time? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I yield objection, all time is yielded back. objection, all time is yielded back. back all time. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. With- The question is, Will the Senate ad- The question is, Will the Senate ad- out objection, all time is yielded back. vise and consent to the nomination of vise and consent to the nomination of Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays Beth Bloom, of Florida, to be United Geoffrey W. Crawford, of Vermont, to before the Senate the pending cloture States District Judge for the Southern be United States District Judge for the motion, which the clerk will state. District of Florida? District of Vermont? The bill clerk read as follows: Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask for Mr. INHOFE. I ask for the yeas and the yeas and nays. nays. CLOTURE MOTION The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- sufficient second? sufficient second? ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move There appears to be a sufficient sec- There appears to be a sufficient sec- ond. to bring to a close debate on the nomination ond. There is a sufficient second. of Leon Rodriguez, of Maryland, to be Direc- The clerk will call the roll. The clerk will call the roll. tor of the United States Citizenship and Im- The bill clerk called the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called migration Services, Department of Home- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the the roll. land Security. Senator from Arkansas (Mr. PRYOR), Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Patty Murray, Jack Reed, the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Senator from Maine (Mr. KING), the ROCKEFELLER), and the Senator from Sheldon Whitehouse, Christopher A. Senator from Arkansas (Mr. PRYOR), Coons, Sherrod Brown, Tom Harkin, Hawaii (Mr. SCHATZ) are necessarily and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Richard Blumenthal, Benjamin L. absent. SCHATZ) are necessarily absent. Cardin, Angus S. King, Jr., Thomas R. Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators Carper, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klo- are necessarily absent: the Senator are necessarily absent: the Senator buchar, Debbie Stabenow, Charles E. from Mississippi (Mr. COCHRAN) and the from Mississippi (Mr. COCHRAN) and the Schumer. Senator from Nebraska (Mr. JOHANNS). Senator from Nebraska (Mr. JOHANNS). The PRESIDENT pro tempore. By The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Are unanimous consent, the mandatory HEITKAMP). Are there any other Sen- there any other Senators in the Cham- quorum call is waived. ators in the Chamber desiring to vote? ber desiring to vote? The question is, Is it the sense of the The result was announced—yeas 95, The result was annuonced—yeas 95, Senate that debate on the nomination nays 0, as follows: nays 0, as follows: of Leon Rodriguez, of Maryland, to be

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I announce that the TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE the error in the New York Times edi- Senator from Arkansas (Mr. PRYOR) UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP torial. I strongly support criminal jus- and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, tice reform, including sentencing re- SCHATZ) are necessarily absent. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE- form. My concerns about the sen- Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators CURITY tencing reform bill cosponsored by are necessarily absent: the Senator The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator DURBIN and Senator LEE are from Mississippi (Mr. COCHRAN) and the clerk will report the nomination. that I believe the criteria it uses are Senator from Nebraska (Mr. JOHANNS). The legislative clerk read as follows: excessively broad in deciding whose The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Nomination of Leon Rodriguez, of Mary- prison terms to shorten. But I think HEITKAMP). Are there any other Sen- land, to be Director of the United States those are the sorts of things that could ators in the Chamber desiring to vote? Citizenship and Immigration Services, De- be worked out through an open amend- The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 52, partment of Homeland Security. ment process on the Senate floor. nays 44, as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under And—I am sure we all agree on this— [Rollcall Vote No. 210 Ex.] the previous order, the time until 4:30 we don’t want to prematurely release YEAS—52 p.m. will be equally divided in the dangerous, higher level drug traf- Baldwin Harkin Nelson usual form. fickers. That is my concern, that the Begich Heinrich Reed The Republican whip. bill is overly broad and would include Bennet Heitkamp Reid CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM them. Those kinds of concerns should Blumenthal Hirono Rockefeller Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, not be taken lightly—and I am sure Booker Johnson (SD) Sanders Boxer Kaine Schumer there are two things I wish to address they are not—and I look forward to Brown King Shaheen here briefly on the floor of the Senate. working with my colleagues to address Cantwell Klobuchar Stabenow The first, strangely enough, has to do Cardin Landrieu them. Tester Carper Leahy with an editorial that appeared in the To reiterate, my opinions about the Udall (CO) Casey Levin New York Times this weekend. sentencing bill have nothing to do with Udall (NM) Coons Markey I remember one of the people who the majority leader’s prerogative to Donnelly McCaskill Walsh Durbin Menendez Warner was influential to me when I was com- schedule a vote. He could schedule that Feinstein Merkley Warren ing up through the political system in vote anytime he wants. I would like to Franken Mikulski Whitehouse Bexar County, TX, and in Austin, and think the New York Times editorial Gillibrand Murphy Wyden now working here in Washington and board is knowledgeable enough to Hagan Murray back home in Texas. One of my men- know that, but apparently they need a NAYS—44 tors said: Don’t ever get into a fight reminder. Alexander Fischer Moran with somebody who buys ink by the IMMIGRATION POLICY Ayotte Flake Murkowski barrel. In the last week I have come to the Barrasso Graham Paul Blunt Grassley Portman That seemed like pretty sage advice, floor a number of times to talk about Boozman Hatch Risch but maybe it is a little dated these the humanitarian crisis in South Burr Heller Roberts days because so much of what we see in Texas. This of course is caused in large Chambliss Hoeven Rubio the news is not in written newsprint part by 52,000 unaccompanied minors, Coats Inhofe Scott Coburn Isakson itself. Sessions mostly from Central America, who Collins Johnson (WI) Shelby The point is, the editorial in the New have shown up on America’s doorstep, Corker Kirk Thune York Times this weekend I am refer- Cornyn Lee on our border, saying they want to live Crapo Manchin Toomey ring to was talking about criminal jus- in the United States. It is estimated Cruz McCain Vitter tice reform, a topic that in recent those numbers could rise to as many as Wicker Enzi McConnell months has produced some genuine bi- 60,000 to 90,000 this year alone and NOT VOTING—4 partisan legislation. I am proud to be a maybe double next year unless some- Cochran Pryor cosponsor of one of those reform bills, thing is done. Johanns Schatz along with my colleague, the junior I have to say I am somewhat encour- The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this Senator from Rhode Island, SHELDON aged because the Obama administra- vote the yeas are 52, the nays are 44. WHITEHOUSE. tion is finally acknowledging—some- The motion is agreed to. Our bill would allow low-risk Federal what belatedly, but finally they are ac- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- prisoners to earn credit toward com- knowledging their policies may have jority leader. pleting a portion of their sentence out- contributed to this crisis in the first side of prison walls—for example, f place. through home confinement, through This past weekend Department of ORDER OF PROCEDURE halfway houses or community super- Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent vision. Johnson published what he called an that following my remarks, the Senate Strangely enough, the Times edi- open letter to the parents of children recess until 2:15 p.m.; that when the torial praises our bill as an example crossing our Southwest border. This Senate reconvenes, the time until 4:30 ‘‘of significant progress toward a legis- letter ran as an op-ed in Spanish lan- p.m. be equally divided and controlled lative solution.’’ guage media outlets, and it warned in the usual form; and that at 4:30 p.m. Unfortunately, it then proceeds to parents of the extraordinary dangers all postcloture time be considered ex- blame Senate Republicans, including facing Central American migrants who pired and the Senate vote on confirma- me, for stalling progress on the bill and travel through Mexico, including the tion of the Rodriguez nomination. preventing a vote on the sentencing danger of kidnapping, sexual assault, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without bill introduced by the distinguished torture, and murder. objection, it is so ordered. majority whip, DICK DURBIN of Illinois. Secretary of Homeland Security f The strange thing about it is, as Johnson also made clear that the chil- every Senator and everybody within dren who have been pouring into South RECESS the sound of my voice knows, it is Ma- Texas will not be eligible for the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under jority Leader REID who determines Obama administration’s so-called de- the previous order, the Senate stands what legislation comes up on the Sen- ferred action programs. This is what he in recess until 2:15 p.m. ate floor, and this editorial didn’t men- said:

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3913 There is no path to deferred action or citi- northern Mexico to try to go after the tinez, a journalist, traveled I think zenship, or one being contemplated by Con- narco drug lords, we squeeze that bub- eight different times with the migrants gress, for a child who crosses our border ille- ble and they go somewhere else—they from Central America and wrote in this gally today. head south. They have made life miser- book about their experiences and, un- In other words, Secretary Johnson’s able in those countries for a lot of peo- fortunately, the unspeakable brutal- op-ed implicitly acknowledged that ple. ities these migrants encounter on a President Obama’s policies have cre- So as we secure our borders and do daily basis—again, because they are ated a perception that children who all the work there, sending a strong, traveling through a smuggling corridor make it across the border will be al- clear message, as Secretary Johnson controlled by the cartels, in this in- lowed to stay. I must say it is a very has said, to those parents of those in stance the Zetas. The Zetas are a spin- dangerous perception and one that sim- Guatemala and El Salvador, it is also off of the Sinaloa cartel. They used to ply has to be corrected, not only for important to figure out how we partner traffic in drugs, but now they realize the sake of U.S. border security and for with Colombia and those folks in Mex- they can make money off these mi- the rule of law but for the sake of the ico and Guatemala, El Salvador and grants—and they do, in terrible sorts of very children who now constitute the Honduras, to improve the hellacious ways. Of course they are lawless, and humanitarian crisis on our south- lives many are living, with a lack of the brutalities they exact on these mi- western border. hope, lack of safety, lack of jobs, lack grants are shocking. In discussing this matter with a of opportunity, lack of education. We For example, Mr. Martinez in his number of our colleagues on a bipar- can do that. We can do that while at book ‘‘The Beast’’ tells a story of one tisan basis, it has been observed that the same time securing our borders. We migrant woman who was raped on the the drug cartels, which used to just have to do both. And the underlying dirt-and-straw floor of a cardboard traffic in drugs, now traffic in people. cause is important. shack before being strangled to death They have changed their business I have no questions, but I want to in a Mexican town along the Guate- model. Essentially, they control the thank the Senator for his thoughts this malan border. This woman’s picture corridors by which drugs, people, and evening, for yielding, and for giving me was subsequently published in a local weapons traverse Mexico and, in this a chance to join him. newspaper on a half page, with two instance, come from Central America. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- other pictures of tortured bodies. In The fact is there should be a lot of ator from Texas. the meantime, an epitaph was written concern on our part that this flood of Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, the on a small cross that read: The young unaccompanied children will prove to chairman of the Homeland Security mother and her twins died November be a distraction from the interdiction Committee is exactly right to say we 2008. of dangerous drugs coming across the can’t just look at the border in dealing I realize this is shocking and really same borders. In fact, in the Rio with this crisis. horrible, and we prefer not to even Grande sector of the Border Patrol, in My friend HENRY CUELLAR from La- think about it. But I think we need to the Rio Grande Valley, as the distin- redo, TX, a Member of the House of acknowledge—and certainly the par- guished chairman of the Homeland Se- Representatives, likened this to a foot- ents who send their young children un- curity Committee knows, there has ac- ball game. He said: You can’t only do accompanied on this long, perilous tually been a drop in the number of goal line defense. We need to find ways journey need to understand—what they drug interdictions coming across the of deterring people from leaving their are vulnerable to. southwestern border in part because homes in the first place and coming to The dangers of the trans-Mexican mi- the Border Patrol and other law en- the United States. gration journey have become far worse forcement have been diverted to deal I know Vice President BIDEN was in over the past decade as powerful drug with this humanitarian crisis. Guatemala this last week and Sec- cartels have effectively taken over the I see the chairman on the floor, and retary Johnson was in the Rio Grande human trafficking business. As Caitlin it looks as though he has a question on Valley, and I know they are looking at Dickson in the Daily Beast reported his mind. I yield to him for a question all of this. There is no simple, single- yesterday: if he has one. shot answer to it. But the fact is there While the journey north was always The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- are a lot of people who want to come to treacherous and costly, in the hands of the ator from Delaware. cartels it has become deadlier than ever. The the United States, for obvious reasons. entire border, and the routes leading up to Mr. CARPER. Madam President, I But I look at it as even though we it, are controlled by some combination of thank the Senator from Texas for his are a nation of immigrants, we are a Los Zetas, Sinaloa, and Knights of Templar thoughtful comments. nation of legal immigration, one of the cartels, along with a few smaller groups— When I was Governor, and long before most generous in the world. I think we making it impossible to cross without their that, and certainly in the Senate, I naturalize roughly 800,000 people a year permission. have liked to focus on underlying now because they want to become What they have to pay to exact their causes, not just the symptoms or prob- American citizens through the legal permission is a tax or a fee—basically, lems but how do we solve the under- system. protection money—to allow them to lying challenge that is before us. But to have this mass of humanity pass more or less safely through their In this case we focus so much on the come at such a great flood and in such territory. As I have said many times, border and what we are doing on the a short period of time, particularly as there is nothing at all humane about border. We have tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors, threatens to encouraging mothers, daughters, fa- men and women arrayed there, drones, capsize the boat. It creates a lot of thers, and sons to put their lives in the all kinds of technology to stop people hardship in local communities, States, hands of such vicious criminals. Yet from coming in. It is important for us and places around the country we when the President has talked as he to defend and secure our borders. The wouldn’t expect to be dealing with this, has over the years about dealing hu- Senator from Texas has been a cham- because they are going to have to be manely with migrants, he acts as if the pion for that, and I would like to think taken care of. We are committed to decision to demonstrate more and more I have as well, also, having been to making sure these children are taken leniency or deferred action when it Guatemala and El Salvador in the last care of, but we have to send a message comes to our enforcement or immigra- couple of months, and Mexico and Co- very clearly that if you are a parent tion laws is itself a humanitarian act. lombia, trying to understand what is contemplating this circumstance, you Yet perversely what it does is it en- the underlying cause here. should not send your children, particu- courages this sort of illegal immigra- As the Senator from Texas knows larly on the perilous and dangerous tion and encourages mothers and fa- probably better than most of us, a big journey leading from Central America. thers to subject their children to these part of the underlying cause is the I have mentioned in recent days a tremendous brutalities. lives the folks are being forced to live book written in 2013 called ‘‘The I can only hope the ongoing crisis we in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Hon- Beast’’ by a courageous Salvadoran are seeing now along the southwestern duras. As we squeeze that bubble in writer named Oscar Martinez. Mr. Mar- border will dispel any illusions that

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Please do not come companied children. this is the sort of consequence that unlawfully to America. If you do come So this is what they said 95 percent sort of action produces. I hope it will unlawfully, you will be deported. This of the people who came illegally be- dissuade the President from announc- is what we expect from our Chief Exec- lieve. This memo that leaked out of the ing yet another unilateral suspension utive, the chief law enforcement officer Department of Homeland Security con- of immigration enforcement later this in America and, for that matter, the tinued: summer. head of Homeland Security, the office The information is apparently common There are various stories written and in charge of Border Patrol and ICE offi- knowledge in Central America and is spread rumors told that the President, if im- cers. by word of mouth and international and migration reform doesn’t pass this year But President Obama and Secretary local media. A high percentage of the sub- jects interviewed stated that their family in Congress, will take action unilater- Johnson at the Department of Home- members in the United States urged them to ally through an Executive order. He land Security refused—just refused—to travel immediately, because the United has encouraged that perception, say- plainly make this statement. How can States government was only issuing immi- ing, ‘‘I have a pen and I have a phone,’’ they not? It is their duty. It is the law gration ‘permisos’ until the end of June 2014. and he has issued a number of Execu- of the United States, and it is causing On June 10, 2014, newspapers in Hon- tive orders in a number of different people around the world, particularly duras and Guatemala quoted Secretary areas, but I hope the President doesn’t in Central America, to believe they can of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson as compound the problem by further send- come unlawfully to America. It is en- saying this—this is what he is being ing the message that he is going to uni- couraging this to happen. They are get- quoted as saying in Central America: laterally suspend enforcement of our ting wrong messages from the leader- ‘‘Almost all agree that a child who immigration laws because the con- ship in our country. crossed the border illegally with their sequences will be big and they will fur- So let’s review the evidence. parents or in search of a father or a ther jeopardize the health, welfare, and On March 20, 2014, the University of better life, was not making an adult well-being of the people he thinks he is Texas at El Paso did a study that was choice to break our laws, and should be trying to help. funded and supported by the U.S. De- treated differently than adult violators I would ask the President: What is partment of Homeland Security of the law.’’ more important, is it political pos- Science and Technology Directorate, This conveys a message. Isn’t it clear turing—trying to show to an important and it states that ‘‘both Border Patrol that people who are not students of the constituency that you are sympathetic and ICE officers agreed that the lack of esoteric aspects of American law would to their concerns—or are we going to deterrence for crossing the U.S./Mexi- hear the Secretary of Homeland Secu- focus primarily on people’s lives and can border has impacted the rate at rity basically saying if you are a young their welfare? which they have apprehended UACs.’’ person and you come you will be treat- Given all that has happened in this UACs are unaccompanied alien chil- ed differently? Then they hear they humanitarian crisis, how on Earth dren. will be given a ‘‘permiso’’ and allowed could the President possibly justify an- Officers assert that ‘‘UACs are aware of the to stay and be taken care of, that there other unilateral change in immigration relative lack of consequences they will re- is no risk or danger in coming to the enforcement that will likely lead to ceive when apprehended at the U.S. border.’’ United States unlawfully. another surge like we have seen on the Get this: Officers are certain the On June 13, the Washington Post pub- border. UACs are aware of this. lished an article entitled ‘‘Influx of mi- It is pretty simple. Unless we send a UTEP [University of Texas El Paso] was nors across Texas border driven by be- clear message that our borders are informed that smugglers of family members lief they will be allowed to stay in being enforced and that our laws are of unaccompanied alien children understand U.S.’’ How hard is it to reverse that be- being upheld, we will continue to face that once a UAC is apprehended for illegal lief? We have not done it. crisis after crisis after crisis. Mean- entry into the United States, the individual On June 19, Democratic Congressman will be reunited with a U.S.-based family while, untold numbers of migrants will HENRY CUELLAR of Texas said, ‘‘As long member pending the disposition of the immi- continue suffering and dying in Central gration hearing. as they know they are going to be re- America and Mexico just trying to get leased and allowed to stay here, they There will be some sort of hearing set here or get here—showing up on our are going to keep coming.’’ Isn’t that for them. doorstep—and overwhelm our capacity true? to deal with them in a responsible way. This process appears to be exploited by il- The New York Times quoted one legal alien smugglers and family members in teenager from Honduras whose mother I yield the floor, and I would suggest the United States who wish to reunite with the absence of a quorum. separated children. It was observed by the had sent for him: ‘‘If you make it, they The PRESIDING OFFICER. The researchers that the current policy is very take you to a shelter and take care of clerk will call the roll. similar to the ‘‘catch and release’’ problem you and let you have permission to The legislative clerk proceed to do that the Department of Homeland Security stay.’’ call the roll. faced prior to the passage of the Intelligence Records show the administration The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of knew this surge we are seeing at the ator from South Carolina. 2004. border, which is unprecedented in our Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, I If we catch somebody in the United history, was coming, and they knew of ask unanimous consent that the order States unlawfully, they will be given it for some time and did nothing to for the quorum call be rescinded. some minimal process and then re- stop it or to send the message: Don’t do The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without leased on bail and told to return back this. Do not come to America unlaw- objection, it is so ordered. to court in so many weeks or months. fully. Make your application if you feel Mr. SESSIONS. Colleagues, there is In many cases, they do not show up. you are justified in coming, and it will an unprecedented crisis unfolding on They enter the country unlawfully be processed in regular order. Indeed, our border. The crisis threatens the against the laws of the United States. the administration sought, rather than very integrity of our national border, They are apprehended but released— to stop this dramatic surge, to accom- our laws, and our system of justice. It and why would they show up? modate it. is something I have been talking about Recently Border Patrol agents in the Even before the public became aware for a number of years, but it has Rio Grande Valley questioned 230 ille- of the beginning of the surge of this na- reached unusual and dangerous propor- gal immigrants about why they came. ture at our border, on January 29 of tions. It is a crisis of this administra- These are particularly related to chil- this year, the Federal Government—

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That is what hap- again the reality on the ground—not in January of this year they posted an pened in 1986—amnesty was given. merely rumor, talk, or policy—of the advertisement to handle 65,000. So this There were 3 million people who were lax enforcement has influenced deci- raises serious questions. Why would given legal status, and the message was sionmaking in Central America. the administration claim to be sur- heard. It is obvious to me. I have been a prised by the current influx of unac- Some say that today, we have over 11 Federal prosecutor. You have to send companied minors when they were tak- million illegal aliens in the country. the message, and if the message is ing bids in January for a contract to Even a 2009 internal Department of heard that if you violate a certain law, handle the exact situation—almost the Homeland Security report on ap- you will be disciplined, the number of exact number—we are seeing? This proaches for implementing immigra- people who violate the law will drop. If year it is expected to hit about 90,000 tion reform recognizes this funda- you never enforce speeding tickets, children; whereas, in 2011 it was 6,000. mental fact. This 2009 report said: people will speed. If you enforce them Projections from official sources say Virtually all immigration experts agree systematically, people will slow down. we may hit 130,000 next year. How did that it would be counterproductive to offer York quotes ex-ICE official Gary the administration anticipate the very an explicit or implied path to permanent Mead: numbers it seems we have at least to resident status (or citizenship) during any le- If you’re getting 90,000 a year, or 50,000 a date? galization program. That would simply en- year, or even 25,000 a year, and you only re- In March of this year the Department courage the fraud and illegal border cross- move 1,200, you’re not eliminating the back- of Health & Human Services estimated ings that other features of the program seek log. to discourage. In fact, for that reason and in its fiscal year 2014 budget proposal How obvious is that? that the number of unaccompanied il- from that perspective, it would be best if the legislation did not even address future per- Additionally, those here illegally legal alien children apprehended in 2014 manent resident status or citizenship. have taken advantage of an asylum this year would rise to 60,000, which is That is from an official government system that is easily open to abuse and up 814 percent from the 6,560 who were report. that the administration has sought to apprehended in the United States only Contrary to the administration’s widen rather than narrow. This asylum 3 years ago. claims that illegal immigrants are act- question is very serious. House Judici- Over the weekend the Secretary of ary Committee Chairman GOODLATTE the Department of Homeland Security ing on mere rumor and misinforma- tion, it is the sad reality of lax enforce- recently stated: published an ‘‘open letter to the par- Many of the children, teenagers, and ents of children crossing our Southwest ment plus the lack of a clear message that is driving the surge. The reality is adults, arriving at the border are able to border’’ on a Spanish language wire game our asylum and immigration laws be- service. I had demanded of him in the if you get into the country today, you cause the Obama administration has se- Senate Judiciary Committee that he are not going to be deported. That is verely weakened them and many thousands send a clear message, and he actually true. have already been released into the interior refused to do so. I had to ask him about A leaked May 30 internal memo writ- of the United States. What does President three or more times before he would fi- ten by the top border official, Deputy Obama plan to do with those who have al- nally say: It is unlawful to come here, Chief Ronald Vitiello, said: ready been released from custody? and that is the reason you shouldn’t. Currently only 3 percent of apprehensions That is a good question. We have a He said: You shouldn’t come because it from countries other than Mexico are being situation now where illegal immigrants repatriated to their countries of citizenship, seek out and turn themselves in to the is dangerous. He said: You shouldn’t which are predominately located in Central come. It is not a good idea. But he was Border Patrol officer. They come America. across the border and go straight to not simply saying: Do not come unlaw- I repeat, only 3 percent are being re- fully. them and turn themselves in. That is a patriated back home. In newspapers in Central and South fact. What happens then? They are According to the former head of En- America and on Univision’s Web site taken farther into the United States to forcement and Removal Operations for the letter noted, in part, that the Sen- be reunited with family members, ICE, the Immigration and Customs En- ate comprehensive immigration bill apply for a job, attend school, have forcement agency, Gary Mead: ‘‘provides for an earned path to citizen- children in U.S. hospitals, and stay in ship, but only for certain people who It’s taking a year or more in some places the United States—whether through for people to come up on a hearing and many skipping court hearings, receiving asy- came into this country on or before De- times, they don’t have an attorney, or cember 31, 2011.’’ they’ve lost an attorney, and they get an ex- lum, or simply ignoring orders to The Senate bill died in the House and tension, and maybe it’s two years before leave. will not become a law, and it was they have a hearing. And in the interim pe- We can all expect that 5 or 10 years wrong to have done that very thing. riod, they enroll in school, or they get a job, from now—and correct me if I am That is what the law said, but it wasn’t or they are reunited with family members, wrong—politicians in this body will passed. But the very fact that Mr. and then they are no longer an enforcement probably say these illegal immigrants Johnson is advertising in foreign coun- priority. ‘‘came here through no fault of their tries an earned path to citizenship for That is significant. Even if after 2 or own’’ and are entitled to citizenship. Is illegal immigrants undermines his pri- 3 years a judge finally orders removal— this a policy of a great nation? It is a mary responsibility, which is to en- assuming the individuals show up in policy of a nation that believes and ad- force the law. The most primary re- court at all—many illegal immigrants vocates for open borders, but it is not a sponsibility for Mr. Johnson is not to simply ignore that order, and having policy that is compatible with a sys- see how many people he can apprehend been here for a period of years, no one tem of law, duty, and order. and actually go through the cost and makes them leave. If people apply and wait in line, why process of deporting; the primary job is As former ICE Director John should other people be able to come to deter criminal activity to begin Sandweg said: ‘‘If you are a run-of-the- from the outside, break in line, move with, to send a message and back it up mill immigrant here illegally, your ahead of them unlawfully, and then ul- that people cannot come successfully odds of getting deported are close to timately receive the very thing they illegally. Don’t come. Then you will zero.’’ sought unlawfully? The chaos con- see a large dropoff instead of this 800- Yesterday, Byron York published in tinues. percent increase we see today. the Washington Examiner the findings Indeed, the President actively con- Human beings are rational actors, of Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy tinues to incentivize even more illegal and if they believe the United States is Studies at the Center for Immigration immigrants. That is the effect of what

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And, of from the immigration laws of the but it is unacceptable to have a lawless course, that entails the use of tax- United States. He held a White House system—as we have today—that is payers’ money to accomplish that goal. ceremony in the White House honoring placing children at risk and over- Their efforts are in direct conflict 10 DACA recipients. DACA recipients whelming our enforcement officers. with the mission of the U.S. Citizen- are people who enter the country ille- One TV program today said the Bor- ship and Immigration Service. That gally. He also unilaterally authorized der Patrol officers, instead of doing agency has to ensure the integrity of an additional 100,000 guest workers, their duty, are changing diapers. We immigration programs and benefits. and now the Justice Department is hir- have gone from 6,000 to maybe 90,000 to Casa de Maryland believes that anyone, ing lawyers to represent unaccom- 100,000-plus next year. The cost of the even those who are here in contraven- panied alien children in immigration budget item last year for these kinds of tion of our law, should be eligible for court to maximize the number of those things was about $800 million. I think benefits. The organization has pushed who will receive permission to stay in they are now saying they need $2.28 bil- for driver’s licenses for people here un- the country. lion a year just to handle this overflow. lawfully. They have worked to under- Claims that DACA—this policy of We don’t have money to do that. It is mine REAL ID, a Federal law that nonenforcement unilaterally carried not the right thing. It is dangerous for needs to be fully implemented by the out by the President of the United children, it is corrosive of the law. States. They have organized rallies States not to enforce the law—does not The President must send a clear mes- that promote legal status for people apply to these new arrivals is simply a sage: Do not come. Please follow the who have broken the law. They have distraction. DACA is a unilateral ac- law, and if you come anyway, contrary trained undocumented workers to un- tion that established the precedent to the law, you will be apprehended, derstand their rights and published a that those who come to America at a you will be deported, and you will be cartoon pamphlet advising people not certain age will receive special exemp- required to return home. to speak to law enforcement when ap- tions from the law. That is what it I thank the Chair, yield the floor, proached. They go so far as to encour- says. and note the absence of a quorum. age them not to even provide their ICE officers report they are often The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. names. forced to release even high-risk indi- MANCHIN). The clerk will call the roll. Mr. Rodriguez claimed that he had no viduals of unknown ages and dates of The assistant legislative clerk pro- knowledge of this pamphlet put out by entry who simply assert DREAM Act ceeded to call the roll. Casa de Maryland. Yet, he was on the privileges. Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask board at the time the pamphlet was In the internal Border Patrol memo, unanimous consent that the order for published and disseminated. Deputy Border Patrol Chief Vitiello the quorum call be rescinded. Mr. Rodriguez doesn’t disavow their stressed the only way to stop the flow The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without work or their contempt for law en- is to show potential illegal immigrants objection, it is so ordered. forcement. In fact, he stated in one re- that there will be real consequences for Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, sponse that he was ‘‘supportive of the their action. He said: today, I would like to discuss the nomi- use of local tax measures to support If the U.S. government fails to deliver ade- nation of Leon Rodriguez to be the Di- the day labor centers’’ that Casa de quate consequences to deter aliens from at- rector of the U.S. Citizenship and Im- Maryland established. tempting to illegally enter the U.S. the re- migration Service. Mr. Rodriguez was So it is concerning that he could sult will be an even greater increase in the appointed on December 19 and approved bring this same philosophy to an agen- rate of recidivism and first-time illicit en- by the Judiciary Committee on April cy whose mission is to oversee legal tries. 3rd by a vote of 11–7. immigration in the United States. And Our immigration system is unravel- I want to explain my opposition. we all know that we are a welcoming ing before our very eyes. It is unbeliev- First and foremost, Mr. Rodriguez Nation of immigrants because about a able. The American people have been lacks adequate immigration experience million people come here every year le- denied the protections they are enti- to lead this agency. I only say that be- gally, and they are welcomed, and our tled to under our immigration system. cause his nomination comes on the laws allow that. Washington is failing the citizens of heels of potentially sweeping immigra- Now, a third reason to oppose him is this country in a most dramatic and tion reform legislation. When we read my concern about Mr. Rodriguez’s open way. Laws are passed by elected his responses to my questions, it be- commitment to responding to congres- representatives of the people. We have comes clear that he has little apprecia- sional oversight, and my colleagues passed laws that say you can’t come to tion for what this job as director en- know how strongly I feel about America without permission, and you tails. He basically says that he has a Congress’s doing its constitutional job need to file your papers and follow the lot of studying to do. I think, with the of oversight; in other words, to be a rules. It is unlawful to just walk across situation of immigration in this coun- check on the executive branch of gov- the border because you want to come try—the need for immigration reform— ernment, to make sure that the laws to this country. That is not lawful in that we need to do better than have a are faithfully executed. Despite assur- this country. director of the agency who says he has ances given during his hearing, Mr. I am calling on all the leaders and of- a lot of studying to do. Rodriguez repeatedly failed to provide ficials in this town to take the firm, Second, his previous experience with responsive answers to many of my bold, and decisive steps that are nec- Casa de Maryland is a concern as well. questions. Mr. Rodriguez was not re- essary to restore order and restore our He was a member of the board of direc- sponsive to the questions I posed even borders. It is important for the chil- tors there from 2005 to 2007. The mis- in writing. While he repeatedly stated dren who are at risk. Many of them are sion of Casa de Maryland is to help im- he would review the programs and poli- having a difficult time. They have run prove quality of life and fight for equal cies if confirmed, Mr. Rodriguez claims out of money and the coyotes and treatment for low-income Latinos. not to be privy—that is his word—to smugglers have taken their money and There is surely nothing wrong with internal functions or have knowledge mistreated them. We have heard a lot that. That is a very noble cause. But if of how the agency works. He refused to of horrible stories. we peel back their mission statement, provide his opinions on very critical What is the best way to fix this prob- we will see that the activities they are matters facing the agency, and I will lem? The best way to fix it is to have involved in are a lot greater than just give my colleagues examples. the President of the United States and improving the quality of life for low-in- In his initial responses he stated the the Secretary of Homeland Security come people. They aid people here ille- following response not once, not twice,

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Con- During his hearing, Mr. Rodriguez this matter.’’ gress should know this man’s views on admitted he was aware of emails be- We are talking about a person who those very important matters. tween political employees and career gives that response, and he is directing In connection to DACA, I asked prosecutors discussing the decision to an agency of 18,000 people. He is not about information sharing with USCIS decline to prosecute that case. At that going to be ready to go to work on day and other Federal entities. My col- time, Mr. Rodriguez was serving as Mr. one, and they need somebody who is leagues know I rely on whistleblowers Perez’s chief of staff and personally as- ready to go to work yesterday. for a lot of information. Just recently, sisted in preparing Mr. Perez for his The second time around asking ques- a whistleblower brought me a case in testimony before Congress. Yet, after tions, he responded a bit differently in which the FBI asked for information Mr. Perez testified that the political each question, but always alluded to on a DACA applicant. The FBI agent, appointees were not involved in the de- the fact that he was ‘‘not privy to the in an email, said this: cision when Mr. Rodriguez said that internal factors upon which USCIS and I am checking to see if there was any infor- they were involved in that decision, its leadership base its decisions.’’ mation available regarding fugitive ‘‘john Mr. Rodriguez made no effort to cor- I wish to give my colleagues one ex- smith’’? We would love to get him in cus- rect the testimony after the fact. ample. I asked about whether drunk tody. I was interested in knowing where he The U.S. Citizenship and Immigra- drivers or sex offenders should be eligi- submitted his fingerprints and if he left a tion Service can be a very powerful home address. ble for legal status and immigration agency. They grant benefits to foreign benefits. He responded in both in- Now, that is the Federal Bureau of nationals and are implementing the stances saying, ‘‘In most cases, individ- Investigation doing its work. Here is President’s weak prosecutorial discre- uals who have been found guilty of a what the USCIS provided in response tion initiatives. This agency will have serious crime should not receive immi- to the FBI: a lot of responsibility if an immigra- gration benefits.’’ We cannot confirm that a DACA request tion reform bill is passed by Congress. Well, that is a big question mark. has been filed without reason to believe that We are talking about 12 to 30 million What does he mean by ‘‘in most the requestor would represent an enforce- undocumented people applying for ben- cases’’? I would read that this way: So ment priority. However, according to your efits if this legislation is passed. They when should these individuals be al- email, the agent can see what form was filed. will carry out an administrative am- lowed to receive benefits and legal sta- As such, you could also direct him to our website for additional publicly available in- nesty if a bill is not passed. tus? That is the question that is unan- formation regarding immigration forms. Under President Obama, this agency swered by his response. By not answering the questions about The USCIS’s response to the FBI was has implemented very controversial felons, drunk drivers, or even gang essentially this: Sorry. We can’t help policies and practices. Many of the members, he is essentially toeing Casa you. We must protect the confiden- policies this agency has undertaken de Maryland’s line that no one should tiality of the applicant. That is not were included in the July 2010 internal be deported. quoting anybody; that is the hypo- memo I obtained entitled ‘‘Administra- He could not offer an opinion of his thetical answer I think our immigra- tive Alternatives to Comprehensive own or elaborate when such people tion agency gave to the FBI. Immigration Reform.’’ That sounds a should get benefits. He said he would But this isn’t the only case we have little bit like ‘‘I have got a pen and a be forthcoming with Congress, but his like this. I have been informed about phone, and if Congress won’t, I will.’’ repetitive answers show, No. 1, he is the lack of information sharing by the The purpose of the memo was to ‘‘pro- avoiding the questions, and No. 2, he USCIS since DACA began in 2012. I mote family unity, foster economic has a lot of studying to do before he asked Mr. Rodriguez about his commit- growth, achieve significant process im- takes this job. ment to provide law enforcement with provements and reduce the threat of A fourth reason: He wasn’t forth- information on people who apply for removal for certain individuals present coming with his views on what we call immigration benefits. Now, I didn’t ask in the United States without author- around here DACA, the Deferred Ac- about the statutory or regulatory hur- ization.’’ The memo highlighted cre- tion for Child Arrivals program that dles in information sharing, but he re- ative ways to achieve ‘‘meaningful im- grants work authorizations and stays fused to answer. I asked about his com- migration reform absent legislative ac- of deportation for anyone under the mitment to making sure people who tion.’’ age of 31. defraud the government—or who are Remember when the President said: I One of the most pressing items on lawfully denied benefits—are turned have got a pen and a phone, and if Con- the agency’s plate right now is whether over to law enforcement for removal. gress won’t, I will. we are going to renew the President’s In one instance, he said it depended on That is a perfect example of it. DACA directive. In his hearing and the person’s circumstances. While the administration suggested twice afterwards in questions for the The immigration agency is part of this memo was only an internal delib- record, I asked Mr. Rodriguez about his the Department of Homeland Security. erative document concocted by some plans with DACA and whether he would Its core mission is, as we would expect, bored bureaucrats, the Department has expand the program. I couldn’t get a to protect the homeland. Yet, this already undertaken many of these pro- straightforward answer from him. I agency has a culture that I call ‘‘get- posals. They will do even more under asked if he had any discussions about ting to yes.’’ In other words, cut a the new Director’s leadership if the the program, and he stated that he was whole bunch of red tape and don’t President decides to act unilaterally only ‘‘generally aware’’ of the renewal worry about what the law says. Just regarding immigration. process. He clearly knew the agency get people approved to be in this coun- Remember the President who said: I published a renewal form for public try. have a pen and a phone, and if Congress comment, yet he claimed to have little Mr. Rodriguez’s nonresponsive an- won’t, I will. knowledge or opinion on the matter. swer on this matter of ‘‘getting to yes’’ The agency’s culture of ‘‘getting to What is more, I am told by employees concerns me, because it is not con- yes’’ must change before any legaliza- within the agency that he has a person sistent with the mission of the depart- tion program is carried out. The Home- at the table who is reporting to him di- ment. I wanted a firm commitment he land Security inspector general has re- rectly on the agency’s decisions. I am would change that culture, and I ported on this culture. Their own inter- told he has a conduit during discus- couldn’t get that from him. nal watchdog, the IG, admonished the sions on the deferred action program. Let me also address his connection to leadership for appearing to pressure It is not clear how much he is driving Mr. Perez, former head of the Civil line adjudicators to ‘‘get to yes.’’ Their the policies, but it concerns me that he Rights Division at the Department of report clearly shows that the immigra- claims no knowledge of this matter. Justice, now the Secretary of Labor. tion service has a lot of work to do to

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We need to keep that up. felt they did not have sufficient time illegally now, employer enforcement— But what we really need right now is to complete interviews of those who many items. But if we cannot get to for President Obama himself to make seek benefits certainly warrants sig- that yet—I wish we could, but if we such a statement. In all deference to nificant changes be made immediately. cannot get to that yet, then we need to the Vice President and the Secretary of It does not appear Mr. Rodriguez is in- have better policies for dealing with Homeland Security, they simply do not clined to do that. those who have come across the border carry the weight of the President of This culture stems from the leader- and whom we are going to hold. If we the United States making a statement ship suggesting that line adjudicators are going to grant them asylum—or and then following up that statement lean toward approval and focus on eli- some of them—then that needs to be with a concerted effort in those coun- gibility and less on fraud. Unfortu- done. If not, we cannot just assume tries to let people know they should nately, I did not get any sense from that we are going to release them and not come north. That would make a Mr. Rodriguez that he was committed assume they will come back for their tremendous difference. I call upon the to changing the culture. court date or at their appointed time. President to make such a statement Mr. Rodriguez’s appointment to this So this is a situation with which we and to follow up that statement with agency concerns me a great deal. I have to deal. One thing we need to ad- efforts in those countries to make sure hope my colleagues, before voting this dress immediately is to try to stem the people understand this. afternoon, will have that same con- tide of those who are coming. Inter- First and foremost, we need to stem cern. I question his experience and his views suggest overwhelmingly—in fact, the tide of those coming. It is esti- managerial judgment to lead an agency in one case there were 250 crossers dur- mated that this year there could be as of 18,000 Federal employees. Unfortu- ing a 1-week period or a 2-week period many as 90,000 unaccompanied minors nately, I doubt his sincerity in working into Texas. I believe 95 percent of them who come across the border. That fig- with Congress on oversight requests. I indicated that the main motivation for ure may be higher next year. We have wish he had been more forthcoming. them coming across the border—this is to stem that tide and then quickly fig- For these reasons and others, I op- largely unaccompanied minors—was ure out how we can deal with those pose the nomination. that they would be granted some kind who cross the border and whom we ap- I yield the floor. of legal status that would allow them prehend. We simply do not now have The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- to stay. This is contrary to our law. the infrastructure or policies that ator from Arizona. This is contrary to the President’s de- allow us to deal with them in a ration- Mr. FLAKE. Mr. President, later this ferred action program. To qualify for ale, humane way. afternoon the Senate will vote on Leon that program, you would have had to I would call upon the President to Rodriguez as head of the U.S. Citizen- have been here for 7 years. You cannot make such a statement. ship and Immigration Services. While I I yield the floor. just arrive today or yesterday or to- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- am unable to support this nomination, morrow and qualify for this program. this is the prime time to raise some of ator from Montana. Nor was this contemplated by any leg- (The remarks of Mr. WALSH per- the issues that are happening on the islation that has been passed by either taining to the submission of S. Res. 483 southwest border. I will summarize body. The legislation we passed in the are printed in today’s RECORD under some of my remarks. Senate does not allow those who come We have an incredible situation, as ‘‘Resolutions Submitted.’’) now to stay. You will have had to have Mr. WALSH. I suggest the absence of we all know, happening on the border been here since, I believe, December of a quorum. today. We have had thousands of kids 2011. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cross the border. In fact, from October But what is happening is cartel mem- clerk will call the roll. 1 to mid-May, there were 148,017 appre- bers, human smugglers, and others are The assistant legislative clerk pro- hensions. Of those, a significant num- misinterpreting or willingly telling ceeded to call the roll. ber—this is just the Rio Grande Valley people they will receive some kind of Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask in Texas—a significant number of those legal status when they come. Too unanimous consent that the order for were unaccompanied minors. In fact, many people believe that, particularly the quorum call be rescinded. there were so many that we did not from the countries of El Salvador, Hon- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without have the capacity to deal with them duras, and Guatemala. objection, it is so ordered. there, and many, to the great chagrin Some suggest it is just economic con- Mr. BARRASSO. I ask unanimous of many in Arizona, were shipped to ditions or violence in those countries consent to speak for up to 20 minutes Arizona to process and then released that is driving people northward. That, in a colloquy with a number of my col- into the custody of a guardian or some- no doubt, has some truth to it. There leagues. one. are some who come for those reasons. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The Border Patrol and others are try- But we have seen a massive spike just objection, it is so ordered. ing to make the best of a very tragic in the last couple of months that can- KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE and unfortunate circumstance. I do not not be explained by economic condi- Mr. BARRASSO. I come to the floor think anybody faults them for the big tions or violence in those countries. It today with the ranking member of the burden they have. I think they are is because they believe they will be af- Senate energy committee to discuss doing the best they can. forded some legal status. the issues of the Keystone XL Pipeline. But what the situation really points Senator MCCAIN, I, and many others I turn to my colleague from Alaska out is that not only do we have insuffi- in this body have raised this with the to invite her to share with the Senate cient resources on the border itself to administration and have asked the ad- some of her observations, consider- deal with those trying to cross, but ministration to make it clear that ations, and concerns as we seek ap- once people get here, we have insuffi- those who come now will not be al- proval of an opportunity to create cient resources, infrastructure, and lowed to stay. more jobs in America and improve our policies to actually deal with them in a I have a letter that has been—I think economy, as well as energy security for timely fashion. They are actually re- this is an advertisement or has been our country. I turn to the Senator from leased—most of them—and asked to ap- translated into Spanish. It is being cir- Alaska and ask her concerns, com- pear at a later date. It is estimated culated in the affected countries from ments, and solutions that she may that quite a few do not. In fact, very Secretary Jeh Johnson at the Depart- have regarding the Keystone XL Pipe- few will show up at their court date. ment of Homeland Security. It is a line.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3919 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- these past 6 weeks, but he has chosen the United States to take swift action ator from Alaska. not to. to increase energy production here in Ms. MURKOWSKI. I appreciate that It seems very clear to me that he has North America. Energy security is key. my friend and colleague from Wyoming no intention of moving to it, especially President Obama essentially con- is helping to lead this discussion about if we just kind of sit back on this and ceded the point last week during a the Keystone XL Pipeline and really to don’t push. It may be that is the will of press conference when he announced he encourage the Senate to move on it, to some in this body—that they don’t was sending troops back into Iraq. He do something on this rather than just want us to do anything, they don’t was asked what Iraq’s civil war is in talk about it. want us to push forward. But I think terms of national security interests to We are sitting here Tuesday after- that is contrary to the will, to the wish the United States, and he gave a couple noon. We had a series of votes on of 56 Members of this Chamber, and it of reasons: judges here this morning, and it looks is contrary to our national interests. Obviously issues like energy and global en- like we are going to have some more It is interesting to note Democrats ergy markets continue to be important. this week. But from the view of so were not always opposed to importing Despite the urgency, the President many around this country who are wor- crude oil from Canada, as they would refuses to take steps to reduce the ef- ried about jobs, worried about the appear today. Back in 1970 the Nixon fect that Iraq’s oil can have on Amer- economy, worried about what is hap- administration announced that it ican national security in the future. pening with the IRS, with the VA—and would place a quota on Canadian oil The President admits energy is a na- not to mention what has happened on imports, and it was none other than tional security interest but he refuses the world scene—it looks like we are Senator Ted Kennedy who led the fight to do anything about it that is mean- going to have yet another unproductive against this decision. ingful. week in the Senate. Senator Kennedy said in a Senate What do the President and the ad- Since we are here and we have time, hearing in March of 1970: ministration think should happen? The I can’t think of a better time on a bet- The reason why Canadian oil has never President was asked a week or so ago, ter issue to take up than this Keystone been restricted in the past is obvious. Cana- as a result of a huge spike in oil prices XL Pipeline. dian oil is as militarily and politically se- per barrel of oil as a result of what was The bill that we are asking to be cure as our own and thus there can be no na- happening with ISIS in the Middle brought up is Senate bill S. 2280. It was tional security justification for limiting its East: What about all of this? introduced by our colleague from importation. He said he was concerned, but he North Dakota, Senator HOEVEN. He in- Those were pretty telling words back said: The gulf should pick up the slack troduced it on May 1. then, and I think they still hold true and produce more oil. Not North Amer- It was placed on the legislative cal- today. It wasn’t only Ted Kennedy. ica, not the United States. The gulf. He endar a few days later. It has 55 co- There were other Democrats who op- was talking about the Persian Gulf sponsors. When we talk about bipar- posed the Nixon administration’s re- should pick up the slack. tisan issues and initiatives within the striction on trade with Canada: Sen- Vice President BIDEN put out a plan Senate, 55 is a very good number. It in- ator Proxmire of Wisconsin and Sen- last week to support energy produc- cludes 11 Democrats, including the ator McIntyre of New Hampshire. tion—but not in the United States, in chair of the Energy and Natural Re- I think we have had such an oppor- the Caribbean. sources Committee. tunity on this floor to debate the mer- America shouldn’t be asking for more We are well behind the House of Rep- its of the Keystone XL Pipeline and to energy from the Caribbean or the Per- resentatives, though, on this initiative. debate not only how many good-paying sian Gulf. We should be producing more They passed a Keystone bill over 1 year jobs it can bring to us but how it can energy on our own, in our own gulf ago, but we have been working in the help this Nation and Canada as we coast, offshore, on Federal lands, in energy committee. We had a Keystone work to promote our North American Alaska. bill that was reported out of the energy energy independence. That is why last week the Energy committee just last week. Our energy partnership with Canada and Natural Resources Committee We passed an original bill on a bipar- has taken decades to develop. It has passed legislation approving construc- tisan basis. It has not yet been filed, had some rocky times, but all good and tion of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The but it is virtually identical to Senator worthy relationships take a little bit of bill passed the committee. The ranking HOEVEN’s bill, which we are discussing work to maintain. member said there was bipartisan sup- today. So if the Obama administration is port. Even Democrats voted for it. But I did vote. I know my colleague unwilling to do the hard work of diplo- That bill would send oil from Canada from Wyoming and I know the Pre- macy and make this remarkably easy into States such as North Dakota. The siding Officer voted for Senator LAN- decision—approving a job-creating and Senator from North Dakota is here on DRIEU’s original bill. I did so because I a security-enhancing pipeline—then I the floor. It will send oil from Canada think it is good policy to approve the think it is time for Congress to act. and North Dakota to refiners in Texas Keystone XL Pipeline. I committed at That is why a few of us have gathered and Louisiana. that hearing, and I certainly commit here today to move this issue forward, Last week Democrats in the com- now, that I am going to do everything to do more than just talking about it, mittee voted for this bill and talked I can to help advance this initiative. If but to get the Senate to the point about how important it is. The Key- and when her bill is placed on the cal- where we might actually have an op- stone XL Pipeline application has been endar, I intend to support that as well. portunity to vote on it and do some pending for more than 5 years. The But the problem that we have—and it good for this country. State Department has done five envi- should be no surprise to most—is no So we are sitting here waiting. We ronmental reviews of the project. All matter how many Keystone bills are have an opportunity to do it, and I five have found the Keystone XL Pipe- added to the calendar, it appears that think we should end the delay. I think line will cause no significant environ- the majority leader is going to ignore we should move forward with this bill. mental impact. We should not delay them. It doesn’t matter how long Key- Mr. BARRASSO. I agree, Mr. Presi- this project any longer. Democrats stone has been under review, it doesn’t dent. Just think about what happened should push their party leaders to vote matter how many new jobs will be cre- last week. Extremists from the Islamic on this bill. ated, and it doesn’t matter that the State of Iraq and Syria, a terrorist I am disappointed—I know my col- delays are political and not sub- group, attacked the largest oil refinery leagues are—that Senate Democrats up stantive. in Iraq. This terrorist group was actu- to this point have chosen to block this The fact of the matter is we cannot ally kicked out of Al Qaeda for being important bill. I think it is outrageous get to that point where we can take up too extreme. the way a small group of Democrats this important initiative. The majority It is a striking reminder to all of us— refuse even to consider having a debate leader could have offered us a vote on all of us in this Chamber and all of us on this vital measure—energy security Senator HOEVEN’s bill at any point over in this Nation—how important it is for for our country, energy at home.

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He is ica—not what the President said, insights from a State that produces an very liberal. He is from the State of where they will pick up the slack in incredible amount of energy, and where California. He is a good friend of the the Persian Gulf. actually hydraulic fracturing started junior Senator from California, and he The bill is on the calendar right now. in this country and has been done safe- has made the statement that he is The Democratic majority leader can ly since I think the 1950s; somebody going to put up $100 million to spend in bring it up for a vote, and we are going who understands not only that we have campaigns of people who would do two to ask him to do so today. The Chair of to produce energy so we can get to en- things: one, try to resurrect the issue the Energy Committee should call on ergy independence, but that we have to of global warming—which is dead. I can the majority leader and demand that have the infrastructure to move that remember when global warming would he act on the bill. product safely to market. be polled as the No. 1 or No. 2 problem We are here in the Senate and we get With that, I turn to the distinguished in the country. Right now, according elected to the Senate to vote. The Key- Senator from Oklahoma and ask his to last week’s Gallup poll, it is No. 14 stone XL Pipeline is important. This thoughts on this important issue as out of 15. So that is a dead issue. bill is important. Democrats who want well. But $100 million would do two things: to vote against it can make their argu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- first, to resurrect that issue; secondly, ments and cast their vote. ator from Oklahoma. to stop the Keystone Pipeline. So I turn to my friend and colleague, Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I do ap- A few weeks ago he said explicitly— preciate that. I might elaborate a little the Senator from North Dakota—a and these are his words, not mine: bit. Senator who has been an incredible It is true that we expect to be heavily in- Oklahoma is not just the place where leader, a former Governor of his State, volved in midterm elections. We are looking they first started hydraulic fracturing, at a bunch of races. My guess is that we will a Senator who knows the issue well, it was done in Oklahoma in 1948, and, end up being involved in eight or more races. who knows the value of American en- according to Lisa Jackson, who was We just learned this week that as the ergy—U.S. energy, North American en- the Obama-appointed EPA Director, President marks his 1-year anniversary ergy—the impact on jobs, the impact never has there been a confirmed case of his climate action plan, Tom Steyer on the economy, the impact of energy of groundwater contamination. is going to meet personally with him. as a geopolitical weapon in what is I know we are getting strapped for So there is $100 million at work right happening around the world. time here and I regret that. I draw the there, if that is what it takes for a I ask my friend and colleague from Presiding Officer’s attention to the meeting. And we all know what the North Dakota if he thinks there is any chart I am holding up here. cost would be. reason whatsoever to delay action on It happens that Cushing, OK, is con- This is very important. One thing this bill or if we should move ahead. sidered to be the crossroads of the pipe- that has not been refuted, way back in I see the Senator from Oklahoma has lines throughout the United States. In the beginning of the whole global also joined us. So there are obviously Cushing, OK, we had I guess the only warming thing they talked about the significant and growing voices coming trip President Obama has ever made to cost is going to be somewhere between to the floor to say it is time to vote Oklahoma. He came to Oklahoma. $300 billion and $400 billion a year. The now, not additional delay, not addi- Looking in the background, there are Wharton Economics Foundation, MIT, tional studies, not additional talk. It is all the tubes up there to dramatically Charles Rivers, everyone agreed with time to vote. make a statement. And that state- that. I turn to my friend and colleague ment: The Keystone Pipeline, which Tom from North Dakota, the former Gov- I’m directing my administration to Steyer wants to stop, would create ernor of North Dakota—I think the cut through the red tape, break 42,000 jobs, and tens of thousands more longest serving Governor in the history through the bureaucratic hurdles, and would be supported in the manufac- of the State—for his impression of why make this project a priority, to go turing sector. But Keystone is just the it is time to vote today. ahead and get it done. tip of the iceberg. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- That is what the President said in If we look at this chart, No. 3, we can ator from North Dakota. Oklahoma. I wasn’t there, but that is see all of the domestic energy re- Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I thank what he said. That is a direct quote. sources being developed around the the esteemed Senator from Wyoming Then he did everything he could do to country right now. We are going not only for being here today to talk destroy the Keystone Pipeline. through a shale revolution in America, about this important issue but for his He made the statement down there: and the only thing that is getting in tremendous leadership on energy I’m not going to do anything to create the way is the Federal Government. issues. a problem for the southern leg that This is interesting: In the last 6 Wyoming produces an incredible goes from Cushing down into Texas. years, oil production on private and amount of energy for this country, and Well, there is a reason for that. The State lands is up 61 percent. On Federal the Senator from Wyoming well knows reason is, he couldn’t do it. The reason land, however, oil production is down 6 that you not only have to produce that he is stopping up there, because it percent. Now how could that be? energy, you have to get it to market, crosses the country line from Canada This map shows throughout the and you need pipelines to move oil and into the United States. He has some ju- United States—not all in the western gas to market. We move some by risdiction there. But there is nothing part. Look at New York and Pennsyl- truck, some by train. But we can’t he could do to stop it. So he came down vania. This is where the development is move everything by truck and by train. to tell us that he wasn’t going to do coming from, all of it on State and pri- We have to have pipelines, and that is that. vate land, an increase in 5 years, 51⁄2 what this is all about. I have to say to the President: People years, of 61 percent. At the same time, The Keystone XL Pipeline is the lat- in Oklahoma aren’t that dumb. They on Federal land it is down by 6 percent. est, greatest technology that is the know you didn’t have that authority or The IFC International, a well-re- most efficient and the safest way to you would have stopped it. spected consulting firm, released a re- move this product to market. It will The portion between Canada and port last month which said U.S. compa- actually result in less greenhouse gas Cushing is the part that remains nies would need to invest $641 billion of than if we don’t build the pipeline, as stalled. At this point I think the rea- infrastructure over the next 20 years to was determined by the administra- son is one guy named Tom Steyer. Let keep up with the growing oil and gas tion’s own environmental impact state- me introduce him. production.

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Reserving the right to Now I want to talk about the human So keeping this from happening object, I wish to explain how I come to health impacts. Tar sands is one of the would be a great impact for imposing my conclusion at the end by saying a filthiest kinds of oil on the planet— anti-energy, global warming policies. couple of things. filthy dirty oil. That is why Senator We need to build the Keystone Pipeline I see that my dear friend—and these WHITEHOUSE and I called on the State and provide regulatory certainty for are all my friends whom I particularly Department to conduct a comprehen- the entire energy infrastructure sector. enjoy working with—I say to my friend sive health impact study—because the Without it, we will never reach energy from Oklahoma, he said Tom Steyer is pipeline itself is one thing; it is the independence. from California. This is correct. So is type of oil that is going through the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time Justice Kennedy, and so is Richard pipeline, this dirty, filthy tar sands oil. If you don’t believe me, ask our for the colloquy has expired. Nixon, who signed the Clean Air Act. Mr. INHOFE. How much time is re- Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air health professionals. A Gallup Poll found 12 years in a row that the most maining on our side? Act, and I was a cosponsor of that act. trusted profession is America’s nurses. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is And Republican Herbert Walker Bush National Nurses United—the Nation’s 33 minutes remaining on the Repub- signed the Clear Air Act Amendments. largest professional association of reg- lican side. But the question of the col- Mr. INHOFE. Would the Senator istered nurses, with 185,000 nurses—also loquy time has expired. yield to that point, because I was a co- called for a health impact study of Mr. INHOFE. I ask unanimous con- sponsor of that act. Keystone because we know if this pipe- sent I be given 4 more minutes. Mrs. BOXER. I will not yield. line is built, immediately we will see a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there The fact is that Republican objec- 45-percent increase in the tar sands objection? tions to controlling carbon pollution coming in. Eventually we will see a 300- Mrs. BOXER. Reserving the right to took that all the way to the Supreme percent increase in the filthiest, dirti- object. Court. est of oils coming into our country. We The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Another thing on which I need to cor- also know this oil has higher levels of ator from California. rect the record is my friend Senator dangerous oil pollutants and carcino- Mrs. BOXER. What time do we have BARRASSO talked about our President gens because we documented that in the vote? as if our President doesn’t care about our own country where they burn tar The PRESIDING OFFICER. At 4:30. our being energy self-sufficient. The sands oil. Mrs. BOXER. That is the reason we United States is producing more oil at Mr. INHOFE. A parliamentary in- were very careful with the time. And home than it is buying from the rest of quiry, I ask of the Chair. we gave my good friends—and they are the world for the first time in nearly The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- my good friends—a lot of extra time. two decades. Let me repeat that. The ator will state his inquiry. I will allow the Senator to proceed United States is producing more oil at Mr. INHOFE. Our point is, I believe for 1 minute. But after that, we need home than it is buying from the rest of the distinguished Senator from Cali- equal time on this. So I give 1 minute. the world for the first time in nearly fornia is reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without two decades. And PolitiFact marked I would ask her does she object. objection, the Senator asked for 4 min- that as true and accurate. Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, may I utes. I want to say to my friend who has complete my remarks before I make a Mrs. BOXER. I ask for 1 minute. left the floor, Senator MURKOWSKI—an- decision on the pending request. Mr. INHOFE. If I could ask my friend other good friend of mine—we offered a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there if we could compromise: 2 minutes. vote on Keystone as part of Senator objection? Mrs. BOXER. Let me think it over. SHAHEEN and Senator PORTMAN’s bill Mr. INHOFE. A further parliamen- OK. on energy efficiency, and we said we tary inquiry: Is the time unlimited to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without would treat it the way MITCH MCCON- finish remarks before objecting or not objection, it is so ordered. NELL recommends treating controver- objecting? Mr. INHOFE. I appreciate my good sial amendments. We offered a 60-vote The PRESIDING OFFICER. A res- friend from California thinking it over. threshold. Now they come to the floor ervation for the right to object occurs Anyway, 432,000 direct jobs. And decrying the fact that we didn’t offer a at the suffering of other Senators. when we stop and think about it, keep- vote, but we did. Mrs. BOXER. I didn’t understand ing it from happening would have the Here is the point: Whenever America what the Chair said. impact and effect of stopping us from considers building a major infrastruc- The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is becoming oil independent. We could do ture project, we make sure there is a no right to reserve the right to object. that. process in place, and we have done that Mrs. BOXER. All right. Then I would ask unanimous consent that I complete The Keystone Pipeline needs to be since 1968. It is a well-established proc- my remarks—the other side had many built. We all know about the jobs. More ess, and that process was updated by minutes—and then object. importantly, there is not a single good George W. Bush in 2004. So this unani- reason why it shouldn’t happen. And I would also ask the Chair, do we mous consent request that would ap- not have time on our side at this point Tom Steyer’s goal is to stop the oil prove the pipeline would bypass the en- in Canada from being developed, but he in the debate? tire process we have set up in this The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- can’t do it. We have seen this just in country for these kinds of major infra- ator does, but there is a unanimous the last week. The Canadians have con- structure projects that has been in consent request pending. versations going with China to have place since 1968. Mrs. BOXER. OK. Well, just to allay them accept it if we don’t complete our We need to know whether the build- my friend’s concern and his excitement Keystone Pipeline. ing of this pipeline is in the national about whether or not I will object, I With that, I yield the floor. interest, and it is critical that the will absolutely object. I do object be- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- process not be circumvented because cause we know that misery—— ator from North Dakota. there are major issues on behalf of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ob- UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—S. 2280 America’s families. Frankly, the re- jection is heard. Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I ask quest that is before us would cut short Mrs. BOXER. Misery follows the tar unanimous consent to call up Calendar the process that protects our families. stands from extraction, to transpor- No. 371, S. 2280, to approve the Key- So rhetorically I ask, why would any- tation, to refining, to waste storage.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S3922 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 24, 2014 We are going to show you some pic- ticles can increase the number and se- George Herbert Walker Bush, and tures, folks, in case you don’t know verity of asthma attacks, cause or ag- George W. Bush spoke out on the need what it looks like when you refine this gravate bronchitis and other lung dis- to address climate change. oil. We are going to show you photos eases, and reduce the body’s ability to I thank Senator WHITEHOUSE, my from Port Arthur, TX. fight infections. subcommittee chair on the committee, This is what it looks like. There is a Do you know the Federal Govern- who called these four incredible—it was playground where this filthy, dirty ment has said that asthma is a na- an iconic moment, frankly. Let’s see if stuff is burned. This is not a good place tional epidemic? I am quoting. It af- I remember them all. There was to be. We had people at a press con- fects 1 of every 12 people or 26 million Ruckelshaus, who started off with ference with the nurses from Port Ar- Americans. I know if I asked people in Nixon. There was Christie Todd Whit- thur, TX, and they brought us these this Chamber—which I cannot do be- man, who worked for George W. Bush. pictures and said this is what it is like cause it is against the rules of the Sen- There was William Reilly, who worked when they burn the tar sands. ate—to raise their hands if they have for George Herbert Walker Bush. Then Now let’s talk about the types of can- asthma or they know someone who has there was Mr. Thomas, who worked for cers that are linked to these toxic asthma, I guarantee half of the people Ronald Reagan—Ronald Reagan. There chemicals, including leukemia, non- in the room would raise their hands. they sat, and there they spoke, and Hodgkin lymphoma. We don’t need more asthma. We have there they said very clearly: Wake up, Why would anyone want to short-cir- a very important system in place to Republicans. This is a serious matter. cuit a process? Just because the oil look at the effects of tar sands oil, and Now today a bipartisan group of companies want it? We have to think I don’t think we should be pushing this former Treasury Secretaries released a about our people. Tar sands oil from project forward. Exposing Americans report showing that the U.S. economy the Keystone Pipeline will flow to our to pollutants linked to cancer and res- is already feeling the negative finan- gulf refineries, increasing this toxic air piratory illness is not in the national cial impacts of climate change. These pollution that already plagues commu- interest. respected leaders say climate change is nities such as Port Arthur, TX. I ask Lastly I want to talk about the cli- real and we must act. So why would we want to short-cir- you to meet with some of those kids, mate change impacts. For those people cuit a critical review process when ap- meet with some of their parents, meet who are listening to the news, they proval of the Keystone Pipeline would with some of those health profes- must be surprised to see how many be a major step in the wrong direction? sionals, and they will tell you the asth- former Republican Environmental Pro- It is the equivalent of 300,000 cars ma rates that are happening, the res- tection Agency officials have come out added back on our roads after we strug- piratory illnesses, the skin irritations, and said to their colleagues who are gled so hard to clean up carbon pollu- the cancer. All they talk about is the here now: Wake up. Climate change is pipeline. What about what flows tion. here, it is real, and human activity is Another concern that remains to be through it? What about the toxins that adding to it. addressed is the Keystone Pipeline’s get burned into our air? The planet is in trouble. Tar sands impact on national security. I met We know a pipeline does burst. We oil has at least 17 percent more carbon with a former SEAL Team 6 leader, and know a pipeline does burst. We have pollution than domestic oil. The State he was involved in the assessment of seen many of those incidents, and we Department concluded even in their the Keystone tar sands pipeline and the know one did burst with tar sands oil flawed study that the annual carbon risk of that pipeline becoming a high- in Kalamazoo, MI. They still haven’t pollution from just the daily operation profile target vulnerable to attack. cleaned up the river—3 years, they still of the pipeline, should it be built, will They concluded it absolutely was a haven’t cleaned it up. And we know be the equivalent of adding 300,000 new high-profile target, and it would be vul- that the pipeline goes through commu- cars on our roads. nerable to an attack that could trigger nities and environmentally sensitive So why do we want to short-circuit a a catastrophic tar sand spill. areas in six States. process which has been in place since As I said, the last tar sand spill 3 Why would my friends want to bypass 1968 and which was then renewed by years ago in Michigan has still not a process that is going to look at the George W. Bush in 2004 to protect our been cleaned up. This stuff is filthy, potential damage to the health of our people from just this kind of a project? dirty oil—the dirtiest. Why on Earth citizens, to the safety of our drinking If you walk up to an average Amer- would we want to see an eventual 300- water, and the effect on kids and asth- ican and say ‘‘Should we build the Key- percent increase in the importation? ma and cancer? stone Pipeline?’’ they will say ‘‘Pipe- The nurses don’t want it and the public And let’s not forget the tar sands line? A pipeline is a pipeline.’’ But health doctors don’t want it. They waste, by the way. Here is a picture of when you explain the kind of oil you came to the press conference with us. that, in case my friends don’t know are putting through the pipeline, that We cannot afford to take a shortcut in what it looks like. This is called is a different situation because this is the Keystone tar sands pipeline review petcoke, petroleum coke. Already, be- the filthiest, dirtiest oil—more carbon project when so much is at stake—the cause we have increased tar sands im- intensive. The oil is linked to all kinds health of our communities and the im- portation, it is lining up around our of illness. pact on climate change. cities—in Chicago, in Detroit—massive I stood next to people from Canada, Finally, I have a picture that I show open piles of tar sands, waste products doctors who were so glad I was raising a lot these days, and it is a picture of known as petcoke, billowing black these issues. Even the newspapers in what it looks like when you throw the clouds containing heavy metals. There Alberta have called for a much better environment under the bus. This is a was a story that was told to our com- study on health impact. picture of a province in China where mittee. Children playing baseball have So outside of this Chamber more and the people walk out with masks over been forced off the field to seek cover more Republicans are coming out in their faces because everybody says: from the clouds of black dust that pelt support of doing something serious Who cares? We can just do anything we homes and cars. about climate change. want. Who cares? So you have problems when you ex- My friend showed a picture of Tom I recently went to China. Over the tract, you have problems when you Steyer. Let me thank him from the course of 2 weeks, I never saw the Sun. transport, you have problems when you bottom of my heart. This is someone I did not see the Sun. On one day when refine, and you have problems when who is a very successful businessperson we had a little bit of Sun peeking you store the waste. Why do my col- who realized he has to step up to the through—I mean barely at all—the peo- leagues want to bypass a process that plate and preserve the planet for his ple there got so excited. The people has been put in place since 1968 so we kids and his grandkids. Thank you, who work in our embassy there get can look at the impact on our people? Tom Steyer. hazardous duty pay because it is so Petcoke dust is particulate matter. It Just last week four former Repub- dangerous for their families. They is among the most harmful of all air lican EPA Administrators who served can’t go out and breathe the air be- pollutants. When inhaled, these par- under Presidents Nixon, Reagan, cause they can get sick.

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You know what hap- would know when the vote would take Mrs. BOXER. My understanding is pened since then? Tens of millions of place, and again it would have a 60-vote the Senator is using the time of the jobs have been created. The air is threshold. Sadly, some of the sponsors Senators on this side of the aisle to clean. Thousands and millions of lives of that legislation who worked with us make a speech before he objects. Am I over time have been saved. Heart at- to try and get a bill put forward re- correct? Is it our time? tacks, asthma attacks, and cancer have fused to vote to consider the bill, and it The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is reduced. We can quantify it. went down. It is unfortunate because correct. When colleagues come here and try we could have had a vote on the Key- Mrs. BOXER. I ask that the Senator to do something to bypass a procedure stone Pipeline at that time. It was an object, and then Senator SHAHEEN have to protect human health and the envi- agreement I thought we had all agreed the rest of the time because we are ronment, you can count on me stand- made sense. running out of time. Mr. INHOFE. I am reserving the ing right here. I am proud to do it. UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—S. 2262 I can report that California—under right to object. Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the great leadership of our Governor sent that at a time to be determined by Jerry Brown—is moving to clean en- ator does not have the right to reserve the majority leader, after consultation the right to object. ergy. We are moving to thousands and with the Republican leader, the Senate millions of new jobs. We have added Mr. INHOFE. I recall that a few min- resume consideration of S. 2262, the utes ago, the distinguished Senator more jobs over the last couple of re- Shaheen-Portman energy efficiency porting periods than any other State. from California reserved the right to bill; that the motion to commit be object and gave her reasons. Is that in- We are balancing our budget. We have withdrawn; that amendment Nos. 3023 a surplus because we are moving to en- correct? and 3025 be withdrawn; that the pend- ergy efficiency, and that means people The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time ing substitute amendment be agreed are going to work. was under Democratic control at that I understand that my friend from to; that there be no other amendments, time. New Hampshire is interested in making points of order, or motions in order to Mr. INHOFE. Very well. I object. a few remarks, so at this time I wish to the bill other than budget points of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ob- say to my Republican friends that it is order and the applicable motions to jection is heard. The Senator from New Hampshire. with great respect and friendship, waive; that there be up to 4 hours of de- bate on the bill equally divided be- Mrs. SHAHEEN. I wish to say I am truly, that we see the world dif- disappointed we can’t move forward to ferently, and that is OK. That is what tween the two leaders or their des- address the concern on both voting on makes this the greatest country on ignees; that upon the use or yielding the Keystone Pipeline as well as the Earth. We can come here and speak back of time, the Senate proceed to concern Senator PORTMAN and I have out. vote on passage of the bill, as amended; I wish to say to the American people that the bill be subject to a 60-affirma- to consider the Shaheen-Portman en- today that this rush to build the pipe- tive-vote threshold; that if the bill is ergy efficiency bill. Shaheen-Portman is legislation that line before the process is completed is passed, the Senate proceed to the con- would go very far to address our energy dangerous to the health of people and sideration of Calendar No. 371, S. 2280, needs. After all, energy efficiency is to the health of the planet and to the at a time to be determined by the ma- the first fuel. It is the cheapest, fastest importance of our national security. jority leader, after consultation with I yield the floor. the Republican leader, but no later way to deal with this country’s energy The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- than Thursday, July 17, 2014; that there needs. It has support from those people ator from New Hampshire. be no amendments, points of order, or who believe in fossil fuels and from Mrs. SHAHEEN. Mr. President, I ap- motions in order to the bill other than those people who support alternatives, preciate my colleague from California budget points of order and the applica- such as wind and solar. It is something giving me an opportunity to respond. ble motions to waive; that there be up everybody benefits from, and it is As those of us on the floor probably to 4 hours of debate on the bill equally something that would move us in a di- remember, several weeks ago we were divided between the two leaders or rection that would help address the talking about trying to address the En- their designees; that upon the use or pollution we are seeing—not just from ergy Efficiency and Industrial Com- yielding back of time, the Senate pro- carbon but from so many other pollut- petitiveness Act, also known as Sha- ceed to vote on passage of the bill; fi- ants that are being thrown into the air. heen-Portman, an effort that Senator nally, that the bill be subject to a 60- It is a reasonable way to address both PORTMAN and I had worked on for 31⁄2 affirmative-vote threshold. our concerns as well as the concerns of years to try and put in place a com- THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there those people who support the Keystone prehensive energy efficiency strategy objection? Pipeline. for this country. The bill has no man- Mr. INHOFE. Reserving the right to Let’s have this vote—up or down— dates in it and no new spending. It has object. with a 60-vote threshold. I believe we the support of over 260 groups—every- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ob- have strong bipartisan support for Sha- body from the U.S. Chamber of Com- jection is heard. heen-Portman. We saw that in the mo- merce to the National Association of Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I do re- tion to proceed when it got more than Manufacturers to the NRDC to several serve the right to object. I have lis- 70 votes here on the floor. We had trade unions, companies from Johnson tened carefully to my very good friend strong bipartisan cosponsors on the Controls to Honeywell, the American from California, and it affects my deci- legislation. I think we could have those Chemistry Council. It has the support sion as to whether to object. votes now, everybody would be happy, of a broad coalition of people. The reason the American people are and let the votes fall where they may. According to the American Council no longer interested in all the hype and I am disappointed to hear the objec- for an Energy-Efficient Economy, if all the world coming to an end on glob- tion. I hope we will have an oppor- the legislation of Senator PORTMAN and al warming is for four reasons. No. 1, tunity to reconsider, and I hope we can myself were to pass this year, by 2030 it according to the IPCC—let’s keep in all agree that there is a benefit to both would help create 192,000 jobs, save con- mind, the IPCC, the Intergovernmental sides of the aisle in voting on both of sumers $16.2 billion a year, and it Panel on Climate Change, is the these issues in a way that gives the would be the equivalent of taking 22 science that is behind this opinion. American people some idea of where we million cars off the road. They even admit today that there has stand.

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He said that I don’t know how many Mr. Rodriguez understands the need Ms. HEITKAMP. I am obviously not times, but I have the quotes. All of a for both a comprehensive and compas- as schooled in the procedures of the sudden, when it comes to repealing sionate response to the humanitarian Senate, but I want to better under- President Obama’s Climate Action crisis facing children seeking refuge in stand what happened here. Obviously Plan or Keystone, somehow that our country. With parents who fled an the Senator moved to bring forward a doesn’t qualify as controversial from oppressive regime in Cuba, and grand- bill she and Senator PORTMAN worked his point of view, but the thing about parents who fled anti-Semitism and tirelessly on, which is critical to jobs ‘‘controversial’’ is it is in the eye of poverty in Turkey and Poland before in America and to energy efficiency, the beholder. I don’t think it is con- that, Mr. Rodriguez understands the while also agreeing to allow a number troversial to raise the minimum wage. challenges and remarkable potential of of amendments, which included an It hasn’t been raised in years, but my immigration, both for the immigrant amendment this Senator would have friends on the other side don’t like it. and for our country. This process be- loved a vote on, the Keystone Pipeline. They demand 60 votes. So we had a 60- gins with the fair, swift adjudication of Obviously I don’t believe the Senator vote threshold. asylum, refugee, and visa petitions. and I share the same opinion, but I That is where we are, and that is why think it is important to have a discus- we are in this mess. Mr. Rodriguez also understands how sion about it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time important the USCIS-administered EB– With all of the discussion about how has expired. 5 jobs program is to States like we are not moving legislation forward Mrs. BOXER. I thank the Chair. Vermont. This important economic in the Senate, I am curious as to why Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I applaud program has transformed parts of our someone would object to that consider- the Senate today for voting on the con- State, providing much-needed capital ation and moving that bill forward. It firmation of Leon Rodriguez to be Di- and creating jobs. I have spoken to Mr. seems as though it is a reasonable and rector of the United States Citizenship Rodriguez about the challenges facing appropriate consequence. and Immigration Services, USCIS. This the program, including long applica- Mrs. SHAHEEN. I know my colleague is a vital leadership position within the tion processing delays that have from California wishes to answer, but I Department of Homeland Security, re- threatened to undermine important will say that I share the Senator’s dis- sponsible for administering and proc- projects. He is committed to working appointment. I think this was a great essing asylum and refugee applications, with us in Congress to strengthen the opportunity for us to address both en- immigration benefits, and naturaliza- program and make it permanent. ergy efficiency in the Shaheen- tion and visa petitions, including the He has the strong support of law en- Portman legislation and to also get a EB–5 Regional Center Program. forcement, including the Major Cities vote on the Keystone Pipeline, which is Mr. Rodriguez’s confirmation comes Chiefs Association, as well as a coali- something we discussed several weeks at a critical time. Nearly 1 year after tion of 37 Latino organizations from ago when the energy efficiency legisla- the Senate’s historic vote on the Bor- across the country. I too support Mr. tion came to the floor. I thought we der Security, Economic Opportunity Rodriguez. I was proud to advance his had an agreement where we would vote and Immigration Modernization Act, nomination through the Senate Judici- on the bill and then separately vote on House Republicans have failed to pass ary Committee and on the Senate Keystone, and they would both have a comprehensive immigration reform, floor. He is uniquely suited to lead this 60-vote threshold. Sadly, some of those and have maintained a status quo that important office, and I look forward to sponsors of the legislation didn’t vote leaves our immigration system in tat- seeing the progress to come at USCIS. ters. We are now seeing the human cost for it when the bill was filibustered, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The of this inaction, as tens of thousands of and so it did not pass. I am hopeful we question is, Will the Senate advise and young, unaccompanied alien children can still bring it back. I am happy to consent to the nomination of Leon flood our Southwest border. Many of bring it back in a way that allows us to Rodriguez, of Maryland, to be Director these children fled their homes to es- have the same 60-vote threshold for a of the United States Citizenship and cape unimaginable violence, only to vote on the Keystone Pipeline. Immigration Services, Department of endure a harrowing journey and, once Mrs. BOXER. Will the Senator yield. Homeland Security? Mrs. SHAHEEN. I will. here, yet another humanitarian crisis. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- House Republicans must act to fix our Mrs. BOXER. I ask for the yeas and ator from California. broken immigration system, as we did nays. Mrs. BOXER. I wish to say through in the Senate 1 year ago this week. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a the Chair, I spoke for quite a while on Until then, our borders will be under- sufficient second? why I feel it is not good governance to manned, our immigration courts over- There appears to be a sufficient sec- come to the floor and ask unanimous whelmed, our economy will lag, and ond. consent to move to a bill and to short millions of people who have lived and circuit a process that is in place and worked in our country for years will be The clerk will call the roll. has been in place since 1968. The proc- left in limbo. The legislative clerk called the roll. ess was renewed by President George Although he will face these extraor- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the W. Bush to make sure when we build an dinary challenges, I am confident that Senator from Arkansas (Mr. PRYOR) American infrastructure project that it Mr. Rodriguez will ably lead USCIS. He and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. is safe, that it is in our national secu- currently serves as the Director for the SCHATZ) are necessarily absent. Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. De- rity interests, that public health is Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators partment of Health and Human Serv- considered, and all the rest. are necessarily absent: the Senator I have said all along on an amend- ices. He previously served as the Dep- from Mississippi (Mr. COCHRAN) and the ment of controversy—I am ready to uty Assistant Attorney General and Senator from Nebraska (Mr. JOHANNS). vote on the Keystone Pipeline, and I Chief of Staff for the Justice Depart- support Senator SHAHEEN and Senator ment’s Civil Rights Division. Prior to The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. WAR- PORTMAN’s bill. What a great bill. What joining the administration, Mr. Rodri- REN). Are there any other Senators in a win-win. Senator SHAHEEN is willing guez was the county attorney for Mont- the Chamber desiring to vote? to take a 60-vote threshold for that, gomery County, Maryland. Before that The result was announced—yeas 52, and those of us who worry about the he was in private practice here in nays 44, as follows:

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3925 [Rollcall Vote No. 211 Ex.] The legislative clerk read as follows: the latest news that Vermont’s chil- YEAS—52 CLOTURE MOTION dren rank as the healthiest. Recent Baldwin Harkin Nelson We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- data released by the Centers for Dis- Begich Heinrich Reed ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the ease Control and Prevention shows Bennet Heitkamp Reid Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move that Vermont ranks at the top or near Blumenthal Hirono Rockefeller to bring to a close debate on the nomination the top of the list on a variety of Booker Johnson (SD) Sanders of Cheryl Ann Krause, of New Jersey, to be Boxer Kaine Schumer metrics, including a child’s access to Brown King United States Circuit Judge for the Third health care, and percentage of children Shaheen Circuit. Cantwell Klobuchar Stabenow who exercise regularly. We all know Cardin Landrieu Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Tester Carper Leahy that healthy habits begin in childhood, Udall (CO) Durbin, Patty Murray, Jack Reed, Casey Levin and Vermont has worked for years to Udall (NM) Sheldon Whitehouse, Christopher A. Coons Markey Walsh Coons, Jeff Merkley, Sherrod Brown, ensure that all Vermont children have Donnelly McCaskill Tom Harkin, Richard Blumenthal, Ben- Durbin Menendez Warner access to healthy beginnings. Feinstein Merkley Warren jamin L. Cardin, Angus S. King, Jr., Vermont has long been a trailblazer Franken Mikulski Whitehouse Thomas R. Carper, Debbie Stabenow, on health care, particularly for chil- Gillibrand Murphy Wyden Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar. dren. Recognizing that access to health Hagan Murray Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent care for children and pregnant women NAYS—44 that the mandatory quorum under rule is critical to a healthy society, Alexander Fischer Moran XXII be waived. Vermont created the Dr. Dynasaur Ayotte Flake Murkowski The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Program in 1989 to help families who Barrasso Graham Paul objection, it is so ordered. could not afford health insurance but Blunt Grassley Portman Boozman Hatch Risch f could not qualify for Medicaid. The Burr Heller Roberts LEGISLATIVE SESSION program was such a success, Governor Chambliss Hoeven Rubio Howard Dean expanded Dr. Dynasaur in Coats Inhofe Scott Mr. REID. I move to proceed to legis- Coburn Isakson 1991 to cover all children and teens. Sessions Collins Johnson (WI) lative session. Shelby Governor Dean’s success with the pro- Corker Kirk The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Thune gram and leadership on the issue paved Cornyn Lee question is on agreeing to the motion. Toomey the way for Congress to create the Crapo Manchin The motion was agreed to. Cruz McCain Vitter Children’s Health Insurance Program. Enzi McConnell Wicker f Vermont has taken other steps as NOT VOTING—4 MORNING BUSINESS well to ensure all children can grow up healthy. In addition to having one of Cochran Pryor Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask Johanns Schatz unanimous consent that the Senate the lowest rates of uninsured children, Vermont has worked hard to give chil- The nomination was confirmed. proceed to a period of morning busi- dren access to healthy meals at school. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under ness, with Senators allowed to speak Vermont brings local food into schools the previous order, the motion to re- therein for up to 10 minutes each. and teaches children about healthy consider is considered made and laid The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without eating through the Farm to School upon the table. The President will be objection, it is so ordered. Program. And in order to make sure all immediately notified of the Senate’s f children have access to school meals, action. RECOGNIZING BISHOP DON DIXON Vermont gives those eligible for re- f WILLIAMS duced-price lunches those meals for LEGISLATIVE SESSION Mr. REID. Madam President, today I free. By working in a coordinated fash- ion across agencies and with advocacy The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- honor and recognize the career of groups, Vermont reaches out to chil- jority leader. Bishop Don diXon Williams, a member dren in need to help those families re- Mr. REID. I ask that the Senate now of the organization Bread for the World ceive access to health care, nutrition resume legislative session. and the face of antihunger advocacy for assistance, and other vital safety net The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without over 25 years. At Bread for the World, programs. objection, it is so ordered. Bishop Williams has been the national associate for African-American church Unfortunately, there are still some f engagement and a globally recognized troubling national trends related to EXECUTIVE SESSION advocate for the poorest among us. children’s health of which Vermont is During his tenure at Bread for the not immune. Larger serving sizes and Mr. REID. I move to proceed to exec- greater access to junk food combined utive session to consider Calendar No. World, Bishop Williams traveled across the world confronting the problem of with sedentary lifestyles have contrib- 738. uted to the steady rise in childhood The PRESIDING OFFICER. The hunger both at home and abroad. Bishop Williams also served as a US obesity rates. Additionally, we are see- question is on agreeing to the motion. ing a rise in the number of children liv- The motion was agreed to. delegate to the G8 summit, and he has traveled to Israel and Palestine to help ing in poverty and without consistent f engage Muslim, Jewish, and Christian access to nutritious food and health NOMINATION OF CHERYL ANN leaders in discussions about peace. care. If we fail to reverse these trends, KRAUSE TO BE UNITED STATES In addition to his service for Bread we are setting our children up for CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE THIRD for the World, Bishop Williams has health problems that will last well into CIRCUIT been the consummate churchman. He adulthood. was consecrated a bishop in 2007 for the We must continue to support the ef- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The United Church of Jesus Christ, and he forts of our States and so many fami- clerk will report the nomination. has served in various capacities with lies who are trying to help their chil- The legislative clerk read the nomi- other faith-based organizations dren make healthy choices. Instead of nation of Cheryl Ann Krause, of New throughout his career. working to undermine the efforts we Jersey, to be United States Circuit On behalf of the Senate, I commend have made to ensure children can eat Judge for the Third Circuit. Bishop Don diXon Williams on a life- nutritious meals in school or to repeal CLOTURE MOTION time of public service and wish him the the Affordable Care Act, or reducing Mr. REID. Madam President, I send a best in all his future endeavors. eligibility in the Special Supplemental cloture motion to the desk. f Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- and Children Program or other nutri- ture motion having been presented CHILDREN’S HEALTH tion programs, we should be working under rule XXII, the Chair directs the Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I am together to ensure all American chil- clerk to report the motion. pleased, although not surprised, with dren have the chance to succeed.

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ship in this area, and I hope we can all LANCE CORPORAL ADAM WOLFF really loved it. Every time he came back, he couldn’t wait to go back.’’ He learn from its model. Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I served two tours in Iraq and two in Af- I ask unanimous consent that the fol- have the sad task of paying tribute to ghanistan. ‘‘He died loving what he lowing Washington Post article, ‘‘Best a fellow Iowan who has given his life in does. Serving the country.’’ state in America: Vermont, for its service to his country. LCpl Adam healthy kids,’’ be printed in the ‘‘He was just one of the nicest people Wolff was killed while supporting com- you could possibly be around . . . He RECORD. bat operations in Helmand province, was the definition of what a hero is. He There being no objection, the mate- Afghanistan. He was 25 years old. Adam served his country well,’’ said Amanda rial was ordered to be printed in the was a native of Eldon, IA, and lived in Morrison, Billings’ cousin. RECORD, as follows: Cedar Rapids. Eldon is home to the A memorial service was held January [From the Washington Post, June 21, 2014] house depicted in Grant Wood’s famous 4, 2014, at Cornerstone Baptist Church painting ‘‘American Gothic,’’ which in Inverness, FL, and he was buried at BEST STATE IN AMERICA: VERMONT, FOR ITS has come to symbolize a certain indom- HEALTHY KIDS Florida National Cemetery. Oklahoma itable American spirit. Certainly there Governor Mary Fallin ordered flags on A lifetime of good health starts in child- can be no greater representation of the State property to fly at half-staff from hood. Health insurance, access to health care spirit of self-sacrifice that has pre- 3–6 January, 2014. and regular exercise make for fit kids with served American liberty through the ‘‘He’s pushed me to be a better per- long life expectancies. And nowhere in Amer- generations than patriots like Lance ica are kids healthier than in Vermont. son for myself every single day of my Corporal Wolff. We can never repay life,’’ his wife Ashley said. ‘‘That’s the Across a range of metrics, the Green Moun- him for his sacrifice, but we as a coun- tain State excels, according to the latest kind of person he was.’’ data collected by the Centers for Disease try must remember him and all those Chief Warrant Officer Billings’ wife Control and Prevention. Fewer than one in who have given their lives in defense of Ashley Billings resides in Manhattan, four Vermont children are overweight or freedom. My thoughts and prayers go KS; mother Eva Cooper in Poteau, OK; obese. More than 81 percent have access to out to his family and friends who are and father Robert Billings in Heavener, medical and dental care. Nearly 99 percent feeling his loss very deeply, particu- OK. have health insurance. And one-third of all larly his father Nicholas, his mother Today we remember Army CW2 Vermont children report exercising at least Deborah, and his siblings. We cannot Randy L. Billings, a young man who 20 minutes a day. begin to comprehend their loss, but loved his family and country and gave Vermont’s relatively small and prosperous they should know that Adam’s service his life as a sacrifice for freedom. population makes it easier than in some other states for officials to reach out to po- and sacrifice have earned the gratitude f tentially vulnerable children, said Cathy of an entire nation. COMMENDING TOM CARPER CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER TWO RANDY L. Hess, managing director for coverage and ac- Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, on cess at the National Academy for State BILLINGS June 4, 2014, I was proud to participate Health Policy. What’s more, Vermont has Mr. INHOFE. Madam President, I with the National Energy Resource Or- been a pioneer in children’s health reform. wish to remember the life and sacrifice ganization in bestowing its Distin- The state’s Dr. Dynasaur program, created of a remarkable young man, Army CW2 guished Service Award to Senator TOM in 1989, covered tens of thousands of low-in- Randy L. Billings. Randy died Decem- CARPER. come children long before the federal Chil- ber 17, 2013, of injuries he sustained dren’s Health Insurance Program came into NERO has, since 1978, recognized in a being. Congressional authors modeled the when his helicopter crashed in Zabul nonpartisan manner outstanding federal program in part on Vermont’s plan. Province, Afghanistan, in support of achievements in the energy field, par- Vermont policymakers have also worked Operation Enduring Freedom. ticularly in the areas of public aware- for years to build partnerships between pub- Randy was born September 1, 1979, in ness regarding energy development, lic and private institutions to promote chil- Poteau, OK, and later moved to supply, and use. dren’s health. There’s the Vermont Child Heavener, OK. After graduating Senator CARPER was recognized for Health Improvement Program, run through Heavener High School in 1997, he joined his long career of honorable public the University of Vermont; Children’s Inte- the military and served our country for grated Services, run through the state De- service and his leadership. In the Sen- 16 years. ate, Senator CARPER has served as a partment for Children and Families, which While attending flight school to works to connect low-income families with senior member of the Senate Environ- young children to social services; and the Rucker, AL, Randy met his wife Ash- ment and Public Works Committee and Blueprint for Health, established in 2006 to ley. Bonding through a mutual enjoy- as one of the wisest supporters of nu- improve health-care services and control ment of the outdoors, they were mar- clear power. Senator CARPER is the costs. ried in 2008. past chair of the Clean Air and Nuclear ‘‘They’re focusing on the child and the In September 2009, Randy transferred Safety Subcommittee. In that role he family, and not so much trying to fit the to the 3rd Assault Helicopter Bat- led the effort to pass the Diesel Emis- child in different bureaucratic holes,’’ Hess talion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st sions Reduction Act with Senator said. Combat Aviation Brigade, and 1st In- George Voinovich and conducted vig- Other states can brag about their suc- fantry Division in Fort Riley, KS. orous oversight of the Nuclear Regu- cesses: Children in West Virginia, Missouri, The couple made a home in Manhat- Tennessee and Oklahoma report getting latory Commission. It has been my tan, KS, but they planned to move privilege to work with him on this more exercise than their compatriots in south after he retired from the mili- Vermont. Kids in Utah and Colorado are less committee as his ranking member. likely to be obese or overweight. And Hawaii tary and start a family. As we all know, Senator CARPER has and Massachusetts insure a greater propor- Ashley and her family are suffering been willing to work across the aisle on tion of their children. their second loss to war. Ashley Bil- energy issues, and he is simply one of States with higher percentages of low-in- lings’ brother died in a 2004 helicopter the best people we have in this body. come families tend to fall at the less healthy crash in Iraq. ‘‘It’s much harder be- He lives by the Golden Rule and sets end of the spectrum, especially if those fami- cause we’ve been through this before,’’ the kind of example on a daily basis lies are minorities with less access to health she said. However, they were comforted that we all admire and should seek to care. Nearly 40 percent of children in Lou- by the knowledge that Randy ‘‘loved emulate. I wanted to share this good isiana and Mississippi are obese or over- what he did and was going to do it news with my colleagues. weight. Only 56 percent of children in Nevada right.’’ and 59 percent in Idaho have access to med- f On December 17, 2013, Randy trag- ical and dental care. Just 18 percent of Utah COMMENDING JIM INHOFE children say they get 20 minutes of daily ex- ically died of injuries he sustained ercise. when his Black Hawk U–60 helicopter Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, I Perhaps those states should study crashed in southern Afghanistan. Five was proud to participate on June 4, Vermont’s model. The Green Mountain State other soldiers on board were killed 2014, with the National Energy Re- is a lap ahead of the rest of the field. alongside of Randy. source Organization when it presented

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Overall for all four plans—bronze, silver, nonpartisan manner outstanding fact, they are losing sales to foreign gold and platinum—68 percent of enrollees achievements in the energy field, par- competitors, with imports of OCTG had premiums of $100 or less after factoring ticularly in the areas of public aware- doubling since 2008 and increased by 61 in tax credits and 47 percent found plans ness regarding energy development and percent this year compared to the pre- with premiums of $50 a month or less, the re- use. In addition to working for 30 years vious year. This is already having an port said. in the private sector, JIM is the past impact in American facilities with re- ‘‘What we’re finding is that the market- mayor of Tulsa, U.S. Congressman, and place is working for Pennsylvanians,’’ said duced hours and the threat of layoffs HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell in a release. has represented the State of Oklahoma for workers. ‘‘Consumers have more choices, and they’re in the U.S. Senate since 1994. Dumping of steel products has na- paying less for their premiums.’’ Senator INHOFE was recognized for tionwide economic implications. The More than 300,000 Pennsylvanians have his service as the lead Republican on OCTG steel produced for the U.S. en- signed up for a marketplace health plan the Senate Environment & Public ergy market accounts for approxi- since enrollment began Oct. 1. Nationally, the number of enrollees has surpassed 8 mil- Works Committee for 10 years, 4 of mately 10 percent of domestic steel those years as its chairman. He has lion who HHS says have collectively saved production. U.S. OCTG producers di- nearly $1.2 billion in premiums from what in- been a strong proponent of Oklahoma’s rectly employ nearly 8,000 workers surers had originally sought. energy resources and truly believes in across the country, and every one of The exchanges are an integral part of the an ‘‘all of the above’’ approach to those jobs in turn supports another 7 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care American energy. Through his work on jobs in the supply chain. Here in Min- Act, designed to give people, and particu- larly the uninsured, access to low-cost both of his committees, he has dem- nesota, where the steelmaking process onstrated that energy independence is health insurance. begins, there are more than 10,000 high- The tax credits for lower income enrollees not just an economic issue but a na- quality, steel-related jobs. are a major factor in plan affordability, as tional security issue. That is why I recently joined 58 of the HHS report said; Pennsylvanians who Senator INHOFE is well respected in my colleagues in sending a bipartisan were eligible for tax credits saw their month- the Senate on energy issues, and he has letter to the Secretary of Commerce ly premiums decrease by 74 percent, from been in the forefront of every energy $330 to $84. expressing concern at the antidumping and environmental issue in the Senate Information about the tax credits, includ- investigation of OCTG imports from for the last 20 years. ing eligibility requirements, can be found at South Korea. The letter asks the ad- the IRS website: www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/ All of us know of Senator INHOFE’s ministration to more closely examine Questions-and-Answers-on-the-Premium- dedication to this Nation, his faith, Tax-Credit. and to a strong energy production. We these imports for any misrepresenta- also know of his giving spirit and his tions in origin and nature of the prod- f heart for Africa. We are amazed at all ucts and to take action against any un- LITTLE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL he accomplishes. Every day he gives fair dumping practices. ANNIVERSARY We all know our industries need to be his total and relentless effort towards Mr. TOOMEY. Madam President, I competitive—but they also need to be making America a better place. wish to recognize Little League Inter- competing on fair terms. It is critical I wanted to share this good news with national on its 75th anniversary. Little that our trade laws serve as the last our colleagues. League International was founded in line of defense for American companies f Williamsport, PA, in 1939 by Carl Stotz and workers. I will continue fighting to FOREIGN DUMPING as a means for area youth to learn the ensure that we have a level playing sport at a time when they were consid- Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Madam President, field for this Minnesota industry vital ered too young to play organized base- I wish to speak about the importance to the economic prosperity of our ball. The basic goal of Little League of a level playing field for Minnesotan State. was, and remains, to introduce children miners and American steel. My State’s f to a game that teaches its set of val- iron ore mines and the thousands of ues, including courage, character and Minnesota jobs they support are the PENNSYLVANIA’S ACA MARKETPLACE loyalty, that will guide them through- backbone of the Iron Range. It started out their lives. Congress recognized the in the days when miners like my Mr. CASEY. Madam President, I wish valuable role Little League has played grandfather worked in the underground to speak about encouraging news from in America’s communities when it mines with picks and shovels and con- Pennsylvania. A June 17 article from unanimously granted Little League a tinues today in open-pit mines with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette details Federal charter on July 16, 1964. That giant electric shovels and haul trucks. how Pennsylvania’s health insurance charter was signed into law by Presi- Through the generations, these Min- marketplace, established through the dent Lyndon B. Johnson the very next nesotans have earned a reputation for Affordable Care Act, is working as in- day. possessing a strong work ethic. They tended for enrollees. I would like to Over the course of its 75 years, Little have proven that our miners on the enter this article into the RECORD as League Baseball has become the range can compete with anybody in the evidence of how the Affordable Care world’s largest organized youth sports world on a level playing field. Unfortu- Act is expanding access to health in- program, growing from 3 teams in 1939 nately, that fairness is being com- surance, in Pennsylvania and through- to nearly 200,000 teams located in all 50 promised by foreign trading practices out our Nation. I ask unanimous con- States and more than 80 countries that are putting steelworker jobs in sent that the full text of the article be worldwide. Each year, more than 2.4 jeopardy. printed in the RECORD. million children participate in Little The U.S. Department of Commerce is There being no objection, the mate- League Baseball in various divisions, currently investigating the trading rial was ordered to be printed in the including baseball, softball, and a chal- practices of countries that are dumping RECORD, as follows: lenger division for physically and de- steel products in the U.S. market. This [From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 17, velopmentally challenged children. flood of foreign oil country tubular— 2014] Some notable Little League alumni in- OCTG—goods is causing our Nation’s PA. HEALTH MARKETPLACE ‘WORKING’ FOR clude former U.S. President George W. steel industry to lose sales and market ENROLLEES Bush, two Vice Presidents, numerous to underpriced foreign competitors. An 68% HAD PREMIUMS OF $100 OR LESS: REPORT U.S. Senators and Representatives, two example is South Korea, which is the (By Steve Twedt) Nobel Prize laureates, and a Medal of world’s largest steel industry but has Pennsylvanians who selected midrange Honor recipient. Also, several profes- no domestic OCTG market. The result coverage ‘‘silver’’ plans in the new private sional athletes and Hall of Fame base- is Korean producers exporting more to health insurance marketplace created as ball players began their journey in Lit- the United States, creating a drop in part of the federal Affordable Care Act paid tle League. In keeping with the tradi- the price of steel. an average monthly premium of $60 with tax tion of our national pastime, thousands

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Since the very first game was played my work across four decades rep- Agricultural and rural development: on June 6, 1939, Little League Inter- resenting Iowa in Congress. I take Because I grew up in a small town in national has made an invaluable con- pride in accomplishments that have rural Iowa, I have always been a loyal tribution to the lives of millions of been national in scope—for instance, friend and fierce advocate for family children across the globe. I wish Little passing the Americans with Disabil- farmers and rural communities. I have League International all the best as it ities Act and spearheading successful been a member of the House or Senate continues to grow and fulfill its mis- farm bills. But I take a very special Agriculture Committee for 40 years— sion by laying a strong foundation for pride in projects that have made a big including more than 10 years as chair- today’s youth. difference in local communities across man of the Senate Agriculture Com- f my State. mittee. Across the decades, I have Today, I would like to give an ac- championed farm policies for Iowans ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS counting of my work with leaders and that include effective farm income pro- residents of Van Buren County to build tection and commodity programs; a legacy of a stronger local economy, strong, progressive conservation assist- CONGRAULATING SOUTHEAST better schools and educational oppor- ance for agricultural producers; renew- ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT tunities, and a healthier, safer commu- able energy opportunities; and robust ∑ Mr. BEGICH. Madam President, I nity. economic development in our rural wish to pay tribute to the hard work of Between 2001 and 2013, the creative communities. Since 1991, through var- the students and faculty of the South- leadership in your community has ious programs authorized through the east Island School District, their local worked with me to successfully acquire farm bill, Van Buren County has re- community members, and their Super- financial assistance from programs I ceived more than $5 million from a va- intendent, Lauren Busch. have fought hard to support, which riety of farm bill programs. In response to high food costs, the have provided more than $13 million to Keeping Iowa communities safe: I school district sought funding and the local economy. also firmly believe that our first re- community support to build green- Of course, one of my favorite memo- sponders need to be appropriately houses for students at each of its four ries of working together is the success trained and equipped, able to respond schools: Thorne Bay, Coffman Cove, that the Van Buren County Hospital to both local emergencies and to state- Naukati, and Barry Stewart. Students has had in securing funds for wellness wide challenges such as, for instance, and community members found fund- activities and facilities expansions the methamphetamine epidemic. Since ing, purchased and constructed green- through programs I fought for as chair 2001, Van Buren County’s fire depart- houses and are now using locally of the Senate Agriculture Committee. ments have received over $2,000,000 for sourced biomass to heat them. Among the highlights: firefighter safety and operations equip- While building a few greenhouses Main Street Iowa: One of the greatest ment. may not sound like much to those in challenges we face—in Iowa and all Wellness and health care: Improving the lower 48, things are different in across America—is preserving the char- the health and wellness of all Ameri- Alaska. High transportation costs, acter and vitality of our small towns cans has been something I have been high energy costs, the lack of access to and rural communities. This isn’t just passionate about for decades. That is raw materials, and sometimes severe about economics. It is also about main- why I fought to dramatically increase weather all combine to make for a high taining our identity as Iowans. Main funding for disease prevention, innova- cost of living. This makes this district- Street Iowa helps preserve Iowa’s heart tive medical research, and a whole wide greenhouse project a tremendous and soul by providing funds to revi- range of initiatives to improve the achievement. talize downtown business districts. health of individuals and families not A central part of my job is to explain This program has allowed towns like only at the doctor’s office but also in how different Alaska is to my col- Bonaparte to use that money to lever- our communities, schools, and work- leagues here and to help them under- age other investments to jumpstart places. I am so proud that Americans stand these high costs our Alaska com- change and renewal. I am so pleased have better access to clinical preven- munities face. These are the central that Van Buren County has earned tive services, nutritious food, smoke- challenges of our State and, in one $55,000 through this program. These free environments, safe places to en- project, have been smartly and cre- grants build much more than buildings. gage in physical activity, and informa- atively addressed through the South- They build up the spirit and morale of tion to make healthy decisions for east Island School District greenhouse people in our small towns and local themselves and their families. These program. In addition, the program also communities. efforts not only save lives, they will teaches students many other valuable School grants: Every child in Iowa also save money for generations to skills, including entrepreneurship. deserves to be educated in a classroom come thanks to the prevention of cost- I am proud to congratulate these that is safe, accessible, and modern. ly chronic diseases, which account for hard-working and resourceful Alaskans That is why, for the past decade and a a whopping 75 percent of annual health and I wish them continued success.∑ half, I have secured funding for the in- care costs. I am pleased that Van f novative Iowa Demonstration Con- Buren County has recognized this im- struction Grant Program—better portant issue by securing more than VAN BUREN COUNTY, IOWA known among educators in Iowa as $350,000 in grants for community ∑ Mr. HARKIN. Madam President, the Harkin grants for public schools con- wellness activities. strength of my State of Iowa lies in its struction and renovation. Across 15 Disability Rights: Growing up, I vibrant local communities, where citi- years, Harkin grants worth more than loved and admired my brother Frank, zens come together to foster economic $132 million have helped school dis- who was deaf. However, I was deeply development, make smart investments tricts to fund a range of renovation and disturbed by the discrimination and ob- to expand opportunity, and take the repair efforts—everything from updat- stacles he faced every day. That is why initiative to improve the health and ing fire safety systems to building new I have always been a passionate advo- well-being of residents. Over the dec- schools. In many cases, these Federal cate for full equality for people with ades, I have witnessed the growth and dollars have served as the needed in- disabilities. As the primary author of revitalization of so many communities centive to leverage local public and the Americans with Disabilities Act, across my State. And it has been deep- private dollars, so it often has a tre- ADA, and the ADA Amendments Act, I

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3929 have had four guiding goals for our fel- Floyd County worth over $600,000 and same predictable flood or other catas- low citizens with disabilities: equal op- successfully acquire financial assist- trophe from recurring in the future. portunity, full participation, inde- ance from programs I have fought hard The hazard mitigation program that I pendent living and economic self-suffi- to support, which have provided more helped create in 1993 provided critical ciency. Nearly a quarter century since than $9 million to the local economy. support to Iowa communities impacted passage of the ADA, I see remarkable Of course, one of my favorite memo- by the devastating floods of 2008. Floyd changes in communities everywhere I ries of working together is their work County has received over $2.8 million go in Iowa—not just in curb cuts or to combine several issues I care deeply to remediate and prevent widespread closed captioned television, but in the about by renovating a former Carnegie destruction from natural disasters. full participation of people with dis- Library to serve the community as the Agricultural and rural development: abilities in our society and economy, Charles City Art Center, and by mak- Because I grew up in a small town in folks who at long last have the oppor- ing it accessible to people with disabil- rural Iowa, I have always been a loyal tunity to contribute their talents and ities. friend and fierce advocate for family to be fully included. These changes Among the highlights: farmers and rural communities. I have have increased economic opportunities Main Street Iowa: One of the greatest been a member of the House or Senate for all citizens of Van Buren County, challenges we face—in Iowa and all Agriculture Committee for 40 years— both those with and without disabil- across America—is preserving the char- including more than 10 years as chair- ities, and they make us proud to be a acter and vitality of our small towns man of the Senate Agriculture Com- part of a community and country that and rural communities. This isn’t just mittee. Across the decades, I have respects the worth and civil rights of about economics. It is also about main- championed farm policies for Iowans all of our citizens. taining our identity as Iowans. Main that include effective farm income pro- This is at least a partial accounting Street Iowa helps preserve Iowa’s heart tection and commodity programs; of my work on behalf of Iowa, and spe- and soul by providing funds to revi- strong, progressive conservation assist- cifically Van Buren County, during my talize downtown business districts. ance for agricultural producers; renew- time in Congress. In every case, this This program has allowed towns like able energy opportunities; and robust work has been about partnerships, co- Charles City and Hampton to use that economic development in our rural operation, and empowering folks at the money to leverage other investments communities. Since 1991, through var- State and local level, including in Van to jumpstart change and renewal. I am ious programs authorized through the Buren County, to fulfill their own so pleased that Floyd County has farm bill, Floyd County has received dreams and initiatives. And, of course, earned $72,000 through this program. more than $4.8 million from a variety this work is never complete. Even after These grants build much more than of farm bill programs. I retire from the Senate, I have no in- buildings. They build up the spirit and Keeping Iowa communities safe: I tention of retiring from the fight for a morale of people in our small towns also firmly believe that our first re- better, fairer, richer Iowa. I will always and local communities. sponders need to be appropriately be profoundly grateful for the oppor- School grants: Every child in Iowa trained and equipped, able to respond tunity to serve the people of Iowa as deserves to be educated in a classroom to both local emergencies and to state- their Senator.∑ that is safe, accessible, and modern. wide challenges such as, for instance, That is why, for the past decade and a f the methamphetamine epidemic. Since half, I have secured funding for the in- 2001, Floyd County’s fire departments FLOYD COUNTY, IOWA novative Iowa Demonstration Con- have received over $500,000 for fire- ∑ Mr. HARKIN. Madam President, the struction Grant Program—better fighter safety and operations equip- strength of my State of Iowa lies in its known among educators in Iowa as ment. vibrant local communities, where citi- Harkin grants for public schools con- Disability rights: Growing up, I loved zens come together to foster economic struction and renovation. Across 15 and admired my brother Frank, who development, make smart investments years, Harkin grants worth more than was deaf. But I was deeply disturbed by to expand opportunity, and take the $132 million have helped school dis- the discrimination and obstacles he initiative to improve the health and tricts to fund a range of renovation and faced every day. That is why I have al- well-being of residents. Over the dec- repair efforts—everything from updat- ways been a passionate advocate for ades, I have witnessed the growth and ing fire safety systems to building new full equality for people with disabil- revitalization of so many communities schools. In many cases, these Federal ities. As the primary author of the across my State. And it has been deep- dollars have served as the needed in- Americans with Disabilities Act and ly gratifying to see how my work in centive to leverage local public and the ADA Amendments Act, I have had Congress has supported these local ef- private dollars, so it often has a tre- four guiding goals for our fellow citi- forts. mendous multiplier effect within a zens with disabilities: equal oppor- I have always believed in account- school district. Over the years, Floyd tunity, full participation, independent ability for public officials, and this, my County has received $538,648 in Harkin living and economic self-sufficiency. final year in the Senate, is an appro- grants. Similarly, schools in Floyd Nearly a quarter century since passage priate time to give an accounting of County have received funds that I des- of the ADA, I see remarkable changes my work across four decades rep- ignated for Iowa Star Schools for tech- in communities everywhere I go in resenting Iowa in Congress. I take nology totaling $55,000. Iowa—not just in curb cuts or closed pride in accomplishments that have Disaster mitigation and prevention: captioned television, but in the full been national in scope—for instance, In 1993, when historic floods ripped participation of people with disabilities passing the Americans with Disabil- through Iowa, it became clear to me in our society and economy, folks who ities Act and spearheading successful that the national emergency-response at long last have the opportunity to farm bills. But I take a very special infrastructure was woefully inadequate contribute their talents and to be fully pride in projects that have made a big to meet the needs of Iowans in flood- included. These changes have increased difference in local communities across ravaged communities. I went to work economic opportunities for all citizens my State. dramatically expanding the Federal of Floyd County, both those with and Today, I would like to give an ac- Emergency Management Agency’s haz- without disabilities. And they make us counting of my work with leaders and ard mitigation program, which helps proud to be a part of a community and residents of Floyd County to build a communities reduce the loss of life and country that respects the worth and legacy of a stronger local economy, property due to natural disasters and civil rights of all of our citizens. better schools and educational oppor- enables mitigation measures to be im- This is at least a partial accounting tunities, and a healthier, safer commu- plemented during the immediate recov- of my work on behalf of Iowa, and spe- nity. ery period. Disaster relief means more cifically Floyd County, during my time Between 2001 and 2013, the creative than helping people and businesses get in Congress. In every case, this work leadership in your community has back on their feet after a disaster, it has been about partnerships, coopera- worked with me to secure funding in means doing our best to prevent the tion, and empowering folks at the

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S3930 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 24, 2014 State and local level, including in LAKE CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- Floyd County, to fulfill their own ∑ Mr. THUNE. Madam President, today nounced that the House agrees to the dreams and initiatives. And, of course, I recognize Lake City, SD. The town of amendment of the Senate to the bill this work is never complete. Even after Lake City will be celebrating its cen- (H.R. 316) to reinstate and transfer cer- I retire from the Senate, I have no in- tennial on July 4–5, 2014. Lake City will tain hydroelectric licenses and extend tention of retiring from the fight for a host centennial events which include a the deadline for commencement of con- better, fairer, richer Iowa. I will always community history display, bake-off, struction of certain hydroelectric be profoundly grateful for the oppor- line dancing, all-school gathering, var- projects. tunity to serve the people of Iowa as ious tournaments, and a parade. The message also announced that the their Senator.∑ Located in Marshall County, Lake House has passed the following bills, City was founded in 1914. Lake City has without amendment: f long been known as the location for the S. 1044. An act to direct the Secretary of LAKE CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA annual Fort Sisseton Historical Fes- the Interior to install in the area of the World War II Memorial in the District of Co- ∑ tival, as well as being a community Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. with deep ties to South Dakota’s agri- lumbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with the words that President Franklin D. Madam President, today I rise to rec- culture economy. Since its beginning ognize the 100th anniversary of the Roosevelt prayed with the United States on 100 years ago, the community of Lake D-Day, June 6, 1944. founding of Lake City, SD. In 1885, City continues to serve as a strong ex- Marshall County separated from Day S. 2086. An act to address current emer- ample of South Dakota values and tra- gency shortages of propane and other home County and became a separate entity. ditions. heating fuels and to provide greater flexi- A man named Stout bought the Lake I offer my congratulations to the bility and information for Governors to ad- City area land and divided it into lots citizens of Lake City on its centennial dress such emergencies in the future. to be sold to Lake City settlers. When and wish them continued prosperity in The message further announced that the railroad came through in 1914, resi- the years to come.∑ the House passed the following bills, in dents voted to split from Eden City and f which it requests the concurrence of create the township of Lake City in the Senate: WIBAUX COUNTY, MONTANA Marshall County. This close-knit com- H.R. 412. An act to amend the Wild and munity will celebrate its centennial ∑ Mr. WALSH. Madam President, I Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of July 4–5, 2014. wish to recognize Wibaux County in the mainstem of the Nashua River and its Part of a resilient community, the eastern Montana on the occasion of its tributaries in the Commonwealth of Massa- residents of Lake City have overcome 100th birthday. Founded by bold pio- chusetts for study for potential addition to several large fires. The largest of these neers at the turn of the century, the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, broke out in 1949 and quickly spread to Wibaux is living proof of the strength and for other purposes. the local pool hall and then throughout H.R. 4002. An act to revoke the charter of of the American prairie spirit. incorporation of the Miami Tribe of Okla- the town. After this, and every other The county was founded in August of homa at the request of that tribe, and for fire, the people of Lake City came to- 1914 by Pierre Wibaux, a Frenchman other purposes. gether and rebuilt their town. who left the family textile business to H.R. 4092. An act to amend the Energy Pol- On Friday night the celebration will try to tame the Wild West. When those icy and Conservation Act to establish the of- kick off with a street dance. Festivities like Wibaux first settled in eastern fice of Energy Efficiency and Renewable En- will continue the following day with a Montana, they brought with them a ergy as the lead Federal agency for coordi- parade, team watermelon-eating con- strong work ethic. That resilience be- nating Federal, State, and local assistance test, a tug-of-war competition, and provided to promote the energy retrofitting came apparent when Wibaux’s W-Bar of schools. many other fun-filled activities. That Ranch grew to cover 70,000 acres in H.R. 4801. An act to require the Secretary evening, another street dance will Wibaux County. The lively community of Energy to prepare a report on the impact bring the event to a close. attracted Theodore Roosevelt, whose of thermal insulation on both energy and Today, this small town in Marshall famed ranch was nearby across the water use for potable hot water. County symbolizes what it means to be North Dakota border. ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED a South Dakota community. I am Since its founding, Wibaux County At 4:17 p.m., a message from the proud to honor the successes of Lake has undergone many changes. Farmers House of Representatives, delivered by City and to offer my congratulations to have experienced agricultural booms, Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks an- the residents of the town on this his- and the local schools are known state- nounced that the Speaker has signed toric milestone.∑ wide for academic and athletic excel- the following enrolled bills: lence. The discovery of oil in the region f S. 1044. An act to direct the Secretary of as well as the recent introduction of the Interior to install in the area of the EDEN, SOUTH DAKOTA hydraulic fracking have transformed World War II Memorial in the District of Co- the local economy and brought the lumbia a suitable plaque or an inscription ∑ Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I wish county into the international spot- with the words that President Franklin D. recognize Eden, SD. The town of Eden light. Through it all, the people who Roosevelt prayed with the United States on will be celebrating its centennial on call the county home share the core D-Day, June 6, 1944. June 27–29, 2014. Eden will host centen- S. 2086. An act to address current emer- values of service, honesty, and the will- gency shortages of propane and other home nial events which include a tractor and ingness to help a neighbor in need. car show, school reunion, 5K color run, heating fuels and to provide greater flexi- Perhaps the greatest quality of the bility and information for Governors to ad- beard contest, fireworks, and a veteran county is its kind citizens who are al- dress such emergencies in the future. recognition ceremony. ways willing to lend a hand to a neigh- H.R. 316. An act to reinstate and transfer Located in Marshall County and bor. The residents of Wibaux County certain hydroelectric licenses and extend the founded in 1914, Eden was named by its still exhibit the same generosity, dili- deadline for commencement of construction residents based on its beautiful setting. gence, and drive that Pierre Wibaux of certain hydroelectric projects. Eden has long been known as a commu- and other pioneers brought to the area The enrolled bills were subsequently nity with deep ties to South Dakota’s 100 years ago. signed by the President pro tempore agriculture economy. Since its begin- I congratulate Wibaux County on 100 (Mr. LEAHY). ning 100 years ago, the community of wonderful years. We look forward to f Eden continues to serve as a strong ex- the next century being as exciting as MEASURES REFERRED ample of South Dakota values and tra- the last.∑ ditions. f The following bills were read the first I offer my congratulations to the and the second times by unanimous citizens of Eden on its centennial and MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE consent, and referred as indicated: wish them continued prosperity in the At 11:40 a.m., a message from the H.R. 412. An act to amend the Wild and years to come.∑ House of Representatives, delivered by Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of

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An act to revoke the charter of Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory incorporation of the Miami Tribe of Okla- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Ninety- Programs, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, homa at the request of that tribe, and for Day Waiting Period’’ ((RIN0938–AR77) (CMS– Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- other purposes; to the Committee on Indian 9952–F2)) received in the Office of the Presi- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled Affairs. dent of the Senate on June 23, 2014; to the ‘‘Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fish- H.R. 4092. An act to amend the Energy Pol- Committee on Finance. eries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast icy and Conservation Act to establish the Of- EC–6208. A communication from the Assist- Groundfish Fishery; Annual Specifications fice of Energy Efficiency and Renewable En- ant General Counsel, General Law, Ethics, and Management Measures for the 2014 Trib- ergy as the lead Federal agency for coordi- and Regulation, Department of the Treasury, al and Non-Tribal Fisheries for Pacific Whit- nating Federal, State, and local assistance transmitting, pursuant to law, a report rel- ing’’ (RIN0648–BD75) received in the Office of provided to promote the energy retrofitting ative to a vacancy in the position of Mem- the President of the Senate on June 19, 2014; of schools; to the Committee on Energy and ber, IRS Oversight Board within the Depart- to the Committee on Commerce, Science, Natural Resources. ment of the Treasury, received in the Office and Transportation. H.R. 4801. An act to require the Secretary of the President of the Senate on June 18, EC–6218. A communication from the Attor- of Energy to prepare a report on the impact 2014; to the Committee on Finance. ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of thermal insulation on both energy and EC–6209. A communication from the Dep- of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- ant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Spe- water use for potable hot water; to the Com- uty Secretary of Defense, transmitting, pur- cial Local Regulations; ODBA Draggin’ on mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. suant to law, the Department of Defense Semiannual Report of the Inspector General the Waccamaw, Atlantic Intracoastal Water- f for the period from October 1, 2013 through way; Bucksport, SC’’ ((RIN1625–AA08) (Dock- EXECUTIVE AND OTHER March 31, 2014; to the Committee on Home- et No. USCG–2013–0097)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 18, COMMUNICATIONS land Security and Governmental Affairs. EC–6210. A communication from the Acting 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, The following communications were Inspector General of the General Services Science, and Transportation. laid before the Senate, together with Administration, transmitting, pursuant to EC–6219. A communication from the Dep- accompanying papers, reports, and doc- law, the Semiannual Report of the Inspector uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, uments, and were referred as indicated: General for the period from October 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014; to the Committee on Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- EC–6201. A communication from the Asso- Homeland Security and Governmental Af- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled ciate Administrator of the Fruit and Vege- fairs. ‘‘Fisheries Off West Coast States; Highly Mi- table Programs, Agricultural Marketing EC–6211. A communication from the Assist- gratory Fisheries; California Drift Gillnet Service, Department of Agriculture, trans- ant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Depart- Fishery; Sperm Whale Interaction Restric- mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to tions’’ (RIN0648–BD57) received in the Office entitled ‘‘Olives Grown in California; De- law, a report prepared by the Department of of the President of the Senate on June 18, creased Assessment Rate’’ (Docket No. AMS– State on progress toward a negotiated solu- 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, FV–14–0002; FV14–932–1 FIR) received in the tion of the Cyprus question covering the pe- Science, and Transportation. EC–6220. A communication from the Dep- Office of the President of the Senate on June riod February 1, 2014 through March 31, 2014; uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory 18, 2014; to the Committee on Agriculture, to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Programs, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC–6212. A communication from the Gen- Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- EC–6202. A communication from the Sec- eral Counsel, Peace Corps, transmitting, pur- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled retary of the Army, transmitting, pursuant suant to law, a report relative to a vacancy ‘‘Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fish- to law, a report on the mobilizations of se- in the position of Deputy Director of the eries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast lect reserve units, received in the Office of Peace Corps, received in the Office of the Groundfish Fishery; 2013–2014 Biennial Speci- the President of the Senate on June 18, 2014; President of the Senate on June 18, 2014; to fications and Management Measures; Correc- to the Committee on Armed Services. the Committee on Foreign Relations. tion’’ (RIN0648–BE14) received in the Office EC–6203. A communication from the Chair- EC–6213. A communication from the Assist- of the President of the Senate on June 18, man of the Appraisal Subcommittee, Federal ant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Financial Institutions Examination Council, Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Appraisal Science, and Transportation. pursuant to law, an addendum to a certifi- EC–6221. A communication from the Acting Subcommittee’s 2013 Annual Report; to the cation, of the proposed sale or export of de- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, De- fense articles and/or defense services to a partment of Commerce, transmitting, pursu- Affairs. Middle East country (OSS–2014–0887); to the EC–6204. A communication from the Assist- ant to law, the report of a rule entitled Committee on Foreign Relations. ‘‘Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, ant Secretary for Export Administration, EC–6214. A communication from the Dep- Bureau of Industry and Security, Depart- and South Atlantic; 2014 Limited Commer- uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory cial and Recreational Fishing Seasons for ment of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant Programs, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Red Snapper in Southern Atlantic States’’ to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Export Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- (RIN0648–XD307) received in the Office of the Administration Regulations (EAR): Addition suant to law, the report of a rule entitled President of the Senate on June 19, 2014; to of Certain Persons to the Unverified List ‘‘International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fish- the Committee on Commerce, Science, and (UVL) and Making a Correction’’ (RIN0694– eries; Fishing Restrictions for Pacific Transportation. AG20) received in the Office of the President Bluefin Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean’’ EC–6222. A communication from the Attor- of the Senate on June 18, 2014; to the Com- (RIN0648–BD55) received in the Office of the ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- President of the Senate on June 19, 2014; to of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- fairs. the Committee on Commerce, Science, and ant to law, the report of a rule entitled EC–6205. A communication from the Assist- Transportation. ‘‘Safety Zone; Alleghany River; Pittsburgh, ant Secretary for Export Administration, EC–6215. A communication from the Dep- PA’’ ((RIN1625–AA00) (Docket No. USCG– Bureau of Industry and Security, Depart- uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory 2014–0157)) received in the Office of the Presi- ment of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant Programs, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, dent of the Senate on June 18, 2014; to the to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Update Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- Committee on Commerce, Science, and of Short Supply Export Controls: Unproc- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled Transportation. essed Western Red Cedar, Crude Oil, and Pe- ‘‘Emergency Rule To Revise the Rec- EC–6223. A communication from the Attor- troleum Products’’ (RIN0694–AG06) received reational Measures and Revise the 2014 Rec- ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department in the Office of the President of the Senate reational Fishing Season for Red Snapper in of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- on June 18, 2014; to the Committee on Bank- the Gulf of Mexico’’ (RIN0648–BE18) received ant to law, the report of a rule entitled ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. in the Office of the President of the Senate ‘‘Safety Zone; Monongahela River; Pitts- EC–6206. A communication from the Acting on June 19, 2014; to the Committee on Com- burgh, PA’’ ((RIN1625–AA00) (Docket No. Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage- merce, Science, and Transportation. USCG–2014–0231)) received in the Office of the ment, Department of the Interior, transmit- EC–6216. A communication from the Acting President of the Senate on June 18, 2014; to ting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Es- Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, De- the Committee on Commerce, Science, and timates of Natural Gas and Oil Reserves, Re- partment of Commerce, transmitting, pursu- Transportation. serves Growth, and Undiscovered Resources ant to law, the report of a rule entitled EC–6224. A communication from the Attor- in Federal and State Waters off the Coasts of ‘‘Fisheries of the Northeastern United ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department

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A communication from the Acting which would, if enacted, be known as the Na- 18, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Deputy Chief Counsel (Regulations and Secu- tional Commission on the Structure of the Science, and Transportation. rity Standards), Transportation Security Ad- Army Act of 2014; and be it further EC–6225. A communication from the Attor- ministration, Department of Homeland Se- Resolved, That a suitable copy of this Reso- ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department curity, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- lution be transmitted to the presiding offi- of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- port of a rule entitled ‘‘Adjustment of Pas- cers of the Senate and the House of Rep- ant to law, the report of a rule entitled senger Civil Aviation Security Service Fee’’ resentatives of the Congress of the United ‘‘Safety Zone: Village West Marina 4th of (RIN1652–AA68) received in the Office of the States of America and to each member of the July Fireworks Display, Fourteenmile President of the Senate on June 23, 2014; to Louisiana congressional delegation. Slough, Stockton, CA’’ ((RIN1625–AA00) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and (Docket No. USCG–2014–0307)) received in the Transportation. POM–259. A concurrent resolution adopted Office of the President of the Senate on June EC–6234. A communication from the Dep- by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana 18, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, uty Director, Regulatory Management Divi- memorializing the United States Congress to Science, and Transportation. sion, Environmental Protection Agency, take such actions as are necessary to ensure EC–6226. A communication from the Attor- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of proper expenditures and the restoration of ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department a rule entitled ‘‘Control of Air Pollution the Gulf Coast for the benefit of all the citi- of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- From Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle zens of the United States; to the Committee ant to law, the report of a rule entitled Emission and Fuel Standards’’ ((RIN2060– on Environment and Public Works. ‘‘Safety Zone; Cincinnati Reds Fireworks AQ86) (FRL No. 9906–86–OAR)) received in the HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 50 Displays Ohio River, Mile 470.1–470.4; Cin- Office of the President of the Senate on June Whereas, on April 20, 2010, an explosion oc- cinnati, OH’’ ((RIN1625–AA00) (Docket No. 24, 2014; to the Committee on Environment curred on the mobile offshore drilling unit USCG–2014–0080)) received in the Office of the and Public Works. President of the Senate on June 18, 2014; to Deepwater Horizon which resulted in the fire f the Committee on Commerce, Science, and that eventually sank the rig, killing eleven Transportation. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS crewmen, and destroying Louisiana’s deli- EC–6227. A communication from the Attor- cate coast and industries that rely on the ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department The following petitions and memo- coast with an estimated 4.1 million barrels of of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- rials were laid before the Senate and oil released over an eighty-seven day period ant to law, the report of a rule entitled were referred or ordered to lie on the from the Macondo well five thousand feet ‘‘Safety Zone; Cincinnati Symphony Orches- table as indicated: below on the ocean bottom; and Whereas, this incident has had a long-last- tra Fireworks Displays Ohio River, Mile POM–258. A concurrent resolution adopted ing impact on the state’s natural resources, 460.9–461.3; Cincinnati, OH’’ ((RIN1625–AA00) by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana including land, water, fish, wildlife, fowl, and (Docket No. USCG–2014–0238)) received in the memorializing the United States Congress to other biota, and likewise on the livelihoods Office of the President of the Senate on June review and support H.R. 3930, the National of Louisiana’s citizens living along the coast; 18, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Commission on the Structure of the Army and Science, and Transportation. Act of 2014; to the Committee on Armed Whereas, the Federal Water Pollution Con- EC–6228. A communication from the Attor- Services. ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department trol Act also known as the Clean Water Act, HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 69 of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- 33 U.S.C. 1321, provides for administrative ant to law, the report of a rule entitled Whereas, H.R. 3930 was introduced on Janu- and civil penalties for parties responsible for ‘‘Safety Zone: Petaluma River Closure for ary 27, 2014, and seeks to establish the Na- unauthorized discharge of pollutants into Highway Widening, Petaluma River, tional Commission on the Structure of the United States waters as occurred during the Petaluma, CA’’ ((RIN1625–AA00) (Docket No. Army to undertake a comprehensive study of Deepwater Horizon disaster; and USCG–2014–0311)) received in the Office of the the structure of the Army; and Whereas, these fines estimated between President of the Senate on June 18, 2014; to Whereas, the focus of this study is to de- $5.4 billion and $21.1 billion would ordinarily the Committee on Commerce, Science, and termine two factors, which include the prop- be deposited into the Oil Spill Liability Transportation. er force mixture of the active component and Trust Fund pursuant to the Clean Water Act; EC–6229. A communication from the Attor- reserve component, and how the structure however, congress passed the Resources and ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department should be modified to best fulfill mission re- Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportu- of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- quirements in a manner that is consistent nities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf ant to law, the report of a rule entitled with available resources; and Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE) that re- ‘‘Safety Zone: Vallejo 4th of July Fireworks, Whereas, H.R. 3930 also directs the com- quires eighty percent of the fines to be de- Mare Island Strait, Vallejo, CA’’ ((RIN1625– mission to give careful consideration in eval- posited into the Gulf Coast Restoration AA00) (Docket No. USCG–2014–0394)) received uating a structure that meets current and Trust Fund (trust fund) for restoration ef- in the Office of the President of the Senate anticipated requirements of combat com- forts in the five coastal states damaged by on June 18, 2014; to the Committee on Com- mands, achieves a cost-efficient balance be- the spill: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mis- merce, Science, and Transportation. tween the regular and reserve components sissippi, and Texas; and EC–6230. A communication from the Attor- with particular focus on fully burdened and Whereas, the monies from the trust fund ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department lifestyle costs of Army personnel, and en- will be principally divided into three funding of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- sures that the regular and reserve compo- mechanisms, the Direct Component that ant to law, the report of a rule entitled nents possess the capacity needed to support evenly distributes thirty-five percent to the ‘‘Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Pelican homeland defense and disaster assistance five affected states; the Comprehensive Plan Island Causeway, Galveston Channel, TX’’ missions in the United States; and Component that directs thirty percent to the ((RIN1625–AA09) (Docket No. USCG–2014– Whereas, H.R. 3930 further provides for suf- Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council 0063)) received in the Office of the President ficient numbers of regular members of the to implement a comprehensive Gulf Coast of the Senate on June 18, 2014; to the Com- Army to provide a base of trained personnel wide recovery plan; and the Spill Impact mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- from which the personnel of the reserve com- Component that distributes thirty percent to tation. ponents could be recruited; maintains a the affected states based upon a formula cal- EC–6231. A communication from the Attor- peacetime rotation force to support oper- culated on the miles of coastline affected by ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department ational tempo goals of a ratio of one to two the oil spill, distance from Deepwater Hori- of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- for regular members and a ratio of one to zon, and the average 2010 population; and ant to law, the report of a rule entitled five for members of the reserve components; Whereas, unfortunately, Louisiana has re- ‘‘Drawbridge Operation Regulation; West and further maximizes and appropriately cent experience in administering restoration Pearl River, Pearl River, LA’’ ((RIN1625– balances affordability, efficiency, effective- and recovery programs in the wake of disas- AA09) (Docket No. USCG–2014–0197)) received ness, capability, and readiness; and ters such as hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gus- in the Office of the President of the Senate Whereas, H.R. 3930 further prohibits the tav, and Isaac and has learned the value of on June 18, 2014; to the Committee on Com- use of any funds made available for the 2015 real-time audit practices in terms of ensur- merce, Science, and Transportation. Fiscal Year for the Army to divest, retire, or ing proper expenditures, providing guidance EC–6232. A communication from the Attor- transfer any aircraft of Army assigned units to program administrators, and assuring ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of the Army National Guard as of January transparency of decisions for the public; and of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- 15, 2014, or to reduce personnel below the au- Whereas, auditing after the fact provides ant to law, the report of a rule entitled thorized end strength levels of three hundred little assistance for parish and county gov- ‘‘Drawbridge Operation Regulation; fifty thousand members of the Army Na- ernments with minimal resources to recoup

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3933 large sums in the case of improper expendi- employment not covered under Social Secu- dress concerns that a public employee who tures; and rity; and had worked primarily in federal, state, or Whereas, the RESTORE Act provides for Whereas, the WEP causes hardworking in- local government employment might receive up to three percent for administrative costs; dividuals to lose a significant portion of the a public pension in addition to the same So- there remains uncertainty whether those Social Security benefits that they earn cial Security benefit as a worker who has funds are only for the cost of the United themselves; and worked only in employment covered by So- States Treasury Department administering Whereas, the WEP negatively impacts over cial Security throughout his career; and the RESTORE Act and whether those funds thirty thousand Louisianans; and Whereas, congress enacted these reduction can be utilized by state and local govern- Whereas, in certain circumstances both the provisions to provide a disincentive for pub- ments for real-time audits: Now, therefore, WEP and GPO can be applied to a qualifying lic employees to receive two pensions; and be it survivor’s benefit, each independently reduc- Whereas, the GPO negatively affects a Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana ing the available benefit and in combination spouse or survivor receiving a federal, state, does hereby memorialize the United States eliminating a large portion of the total So- or local government retirement or pension Congress to take such actions as are nec- cial Security benefit available to the sur- benefit who would also be entitled to a So- essary for the proper allocation of resources vivor; and cial Security benefit earned by a spouse; and on the federal, state, and local level to fund Whereas, the calculation characteristics of Whereas, the GPO formula reduces the real-time audit practices in developing, plan- the GPO and the WEP have a disproportion- spousal or survivor Social Security benefit ning, constructing, and executing projects ately negative effect on employees working by two-thirds of the amount of the federal, funded by the RESTORE Act’s Gulf Coast in lower-wage government jobs, like police- state, or local government retirement or Restoration Trust Fund to ensure proper ex- men, firefighters, teachers, and state em- pension benefit received by the spouse or penditures and the restoration of the Gulf ployees; and survivor, in many cases completely elimi- Coast for the benefit of all the citizens of the Whereas, Louisiana is making every effort nating the Social Security benefit even United States; and be it further to improve the quality of life of its citizens though their spouses paid Social Security Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be and to encourage them to live here lifelong, taxes for many years; and Whereas, the GPO has a harsh effect on transmitted to the presiding officers of the yet the current GPO and WEP provisions hundreds of thousands of citizens and under- Senate and the House of Representatives of compromise their quality of life; and mines the original purpose of the Social Se- the Congress of the United States of America Whereas, individuals drastically affected by the GPO or WEP may have no choice but curity dependent/survivor benefit; and and to each member of the Louisiana con- Whereas, according to the Social Security gressional delegation. to return to work after retirement in order to make ends meet, but the income earned Administration, in 2013, at least 614,644 indi- during this post-retirement employment viduals nationally were affected by the GPO; POM–260. A concurrent resolution adopted and by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana may cause additional reductions to the So- cial Security benefits to which the indi- Whereas, the WEP applies to those persons memorializing the Congress of the United who have earned federal, state, or local gov- States to review the Government Pension vidual is entitled; and Whereas, retired individuals affected by ernment retirement or pension benefits, in Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provi- both GPO and WEP have significantly less addition to working in employment covered sion Social Security benefit reductions and money to support their basic needs and under Social Security and paying into the to consider eliminating or reducing them by sometimes must rely on government assist- Social Security system; and enacting the Social Security Fairness Act of ance programs to bridge the gap; and Whereas, WEP reduces the earned Social 2013; to the Committee on Finance. Whereas, the GPO and the WEP penalize Security benefit using an averaged indexed SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 5 individuals who have dedicated their lives to monthly earnings formula and may reduce Whereas, the Congress of the United States public service by taking away benefits they Social Security benefits for affected persons of America has enacted both the Government have earned; and by as much as one-half of the retirement Pension Offset (GPO), reducing the spousal Whereas, our nation should respect, not pe- benefit earned as a public servant in employ- and survivor Social Security benefit, and the nalize, public servants; and ment not covered under Social Security; and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), re- Whereas, the number of people affected by Whereas, the WEP causes hardworking in- ducing the earned Social Security benefit for the GPO and WEP is growing daily as the dividuals to lose a significant portion of the any person who also receives a public pen- baby boomers attain retirement age and ad- Social Security benefits that they earn sion benefit; and vances in health care increase longevity; and themselves; and Whereas, congress enacted these reduction Whereas, the GPO and WEP are established Whereas, according to the Social Security provisions to provide a disincentive for pub- in federal law, and repeal of the GPO and the Administration, in 2013, at least 1,549,544 in- lic employees to receive two pensions; and WEP can only be enacted by congress: Now, dividuals nationally were affected by the Whereas, the GPO negatively affects a therefore, be it WEP; and Whereas, in certain circumstances both the spouse or survivor receiving a federal, state, Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana WEP and GPO can be applied to a qualifying or local government retirement or pension does hereby memorialize the Congress of the survivor’s benefit, each independently reduc- benefit who would also be entitled to a So- United States of America to review the Gov- ing the available benefit and in combination cial Security benefit earned by a spouse; and ernment Pension Offset and the Windfall eliminating a large portion of the total So- Whereas, the GPO formula reduces the Elimination Provision Social Security ben- cial Security benefit available to the sur- spousal or survivor Social Security benefit efit reductions and to consider eliminating vivor; and by two-thirds of the amount of the federal, or reducing them by enacting the Social Se- Whereas, because of the calculation char- state, or local government retirement or curity Fairness Act of 2013 (S. 896 and H.R. acteristics of the GPO and the WEP, they pension benefit received by the spouse or l795); and be it further have a disproportionately negative effect on survivor, in many cases completely elimi- Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be employees working in lower-wage govern- nating the Social Security benefit earned by transmitted to the presiding officers of the ment jobs, like policemen, firefighters, the spouse even though the spouse paid So- Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America teachers, and state employees; and cial Security taxes for many years; and Whereas, Louisiana is making every effort Whereas, the GPO often reduces spousal and to each member of the Louisiana con- gressional delegation. to improve the quality of life of its citizens benefits so significantly it makes the dif- and to encourage them to live here lifelong, ference between self-sufficiency and poverty; POM–261. A concurrent resolution adopted yet the current GPO and WEP provisions and compromise their quality of life; and Whereas, the GPO has a harsh effect on by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana memorializing the Congress of the United Whereas, the number of people affected by thousands of citizens and undermines the GPO and WEP is growing every day as more original purpose of the Social Security de- States to review the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provi- and more people reach retirement age; and pendent/survivor benefit; and Whereas, individuals drastically affected sion Social Security benefit reductions and Whereas, the GPO negatively impacts over by the GPO or WEP may have no choice but to consider eliminating or reducing them; to thirty thousand Louisianians; and to return to work after retirement in order the Committee on Finance. Whereas, the WEP applies to those persons to make ends meet, but the earnings accu- who have earned federal, state, or local gov- HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 33 mulated during this return to work can fur- ernment retirement or pension benefits, in Whereas, the Congress of the United States ther reduce the Social Security benefits the addition to working in employment covered of America has enacted both the Government individual is entitled to; and under Social Security and paying into the Pension Offset (GPO), reducing the spousal Whereas, the GPO and WEP are established Social Security system; and and survivor Social Security benefit, and the in federal law, and repeal of the GPO and the Whereas, the WEP reduces the earned So- Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), re- WEP can only be enacted by congress: Now, cial Security benefit using an averaged in- ducing the earned Social Security benefit for therefore, be it dexed monthly earnings formula and may re- any person who also receives a public pen- Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana duce Social Security benefits for affected sion benefit; and does hereby memorialize the Congress of the persons by as much as one-half of the retire- Whereas, the intent of congress in enacting United States of America to review the Gov- ment benefit earned as a public servant in the GPO and the WEP provisions was to ad- ernment Pension Offset and the Windfall

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Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution Congress to take such actions as are nec- shall be transmitted to the President of the essary to raise awareness of human traf- POM–262. A resolution adopted by the Sen- United States of America, the secretary of ficking and sex trafficking to abolish this ate of the Legislature of the State of Lou- the United States Senate, the clerk of the modern-day slavery and continue to aid Ni- isiana expressing sympathy in support of the United States House of Representatives, and geria in the plight of finding the remaining families of victims of massacres and atroc- each member of the Louisiana delegation to two hundred seventy-six missing girl; and be ities perpetrated against the Armenian peo- the United States Congress. it further ple in Azerbaijan and requesting that the Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be President of the United States and the Con- POM–263. A concurrent resolution adopted transmitted to the presiding officers of the gress exert all available influence on the by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana Senate and the House of Representatives of government of Azerbaijan to cease the fal- memorializing the United States Congress to the Congress of the United States of America sification of the historical facts and bring to take such actions as are necessary to raise and to each member of the Louisiana con- justice those responsible in Azerbaijan; to awareness of human trafficking and sex traf- gressional delegation. the Committee on Foreign Relations. ficking to abolish this modern-day slavery POM–264. A concurrent resolution adopted SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 166 and continue to aid Nigeria in the plight of finding the remaining two hundred seventy- by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana Whereas, the Armenian populated area of six missing girls; to the Committee on For- memorializing the United States Congress to Nagorno-Karabakh is located between the eign Relations. take such actions as are necessary to pass Republic of Armenia and the Republic of the Diabetic Testing Supply Access Act; to HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 138 Azerbaijan; and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, Whereas, in 1920 the Soviet Union forcibly Whereas, on April 14, 2014, three hundred and Pensions. established control over the areas of Arme- twenty-nine girls were kidnapped from their HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 122 nia and Azerbaijan; and school in Chibok, Nigeria, by dozens of gun- Whereas, the Soviet Union created the men who stormed the girls dormitories while Whereas, the Diabetic Testing Supply Ac- Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast with- they were sleeping; and cess Act would allow Medicare to reimburse in Azerbaijan in 1923 and this region became Whereas, in a region where only four per- retail community pharmacies for delivery of a source of dispute between Armenia and cent of girls complete secondary schooling, diabetic testing supplies to Medicare recipi- Azerbaijan; and the kidnapped girls were the best and the ents’ homes; and Whereas, seniors would be safe from enter- Whereas, in 1988, the Armenians in brightest; looking forward to bright futures ing hazardous circumstances, risking debili- Nagorno-Karabakh peacefully demonstrated as global leaders, teachers, or lawyers; and against Azerbaijan for the right of self-deter- Whereas, the girls were abducted by a rad- tating falls, or other comparable inconven- mination and individual freedom from re- ical Islamic group called Boko Haram, which iences to obtain diabetic testing supplies be- pression and discrimination; and in English, means ‘‘Western education is sin- cause of lack of supply delivery; and Whereas, the cost of delivery of diabetic Whereas, in February 1988, in the seaside ful’’; and testing supplies may be equivalent regard- town of Sumgait in Soviet Azerbaijan a po- Whereas, on January 31, 2012, in testimony less of whether they are delivered same-day grom targeted the Armenian population before United States Congress, the director by local pharmacies or through the mail; and when mobs composed of largely ethnic Azer- of national intelligence, James Clapper, in- Whereas, the integrity of health care ac- baijans formed groups which attacked and cluded Boko Haram in his worldwide threat cess to seniors in need of diabetic testing killed hundreds of Armenians on the streets, assessment, stating, ‘‘There are also fears supply access would be increased; and in their apartments in a situation that was that Boko Haram, elements of which have Whereas, in July 2013, the Diabetic Testing allowed to continue by Soviet and Azer- engaged al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb, is Supply Access Act of 2013 was introduced as baijan officials for three days before govern- interested in hitting Western targets, such H.R. 2845 by United States Representative ment forces imposed a state of martial law as the United States Embassy and hotels fre- Peter Welch of Vermont, and and curfew bringing the crisis to an end; and quented by Westerners’’; and Whereas, in January 2014, Senator John Whereas, the crimes committed against Whereas, the United States has offered a Thune of South Dakota introduced the Dia- Armenians in Sumgait remain unpunished seven million dollar bounty for the group’s betic Testing Supply Access Act of 2014 as S. thereby opening the door for similar atroc- elusive leader, Abubakar Shekau; and 1935; and ities against the Armenian people starting in Whereas, the Department of State des- Whereas, the percentage of people diag- the capital Baku and spreading to other ignated Boko Haram as a Foreign Terrorist nosed with diabetes from 1980–2011 for those areas of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh; Organization in November 2013, recognizing aged sixty-five to seventy-four years in- and the threat posed by the group’s large-scale creased one hundred forty percent, and one Whereas, Azerbaijan seeks to avoid respon- and indiscriminate attacks against civilians, hundred twenty-five percent for those age sibility for the violence and atrocities by fal- including women and children; and seventy-five years and older, and the overall sifying historical events and by portraying Whereas, fifty-three girls were able to es- prevalence of diagnosed diabetes has risen the involvement of Soviet troops to Baku to cape and have described their experiences as sharply among all groups for which data is restore order on the seventh day of the Ar- extremely distressing; and available; and menian atrocities as a crackdown on the al- Whereas, concern is growing about the Whereas, community pharmacies play a leged independence movement in Azerbaijan; safety of those who are still missing; and pivotal role in affordable and accessible and Whereas, Nigerian President Goodluck health care within rural and other under- Whereas, it is well known that there was Jonathan has accepted offers from the served communities by providing delivery no large scale movement for independence in United States of military personnel, law en- services: Now, therefore, be it Azerbaijan due to the fact in a March 1991, forcement officials, and other experts; and Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana referendum that more than 94% of the Azer- Whereas Boko Haram’s militant leader, does hereby memorialize the United States baijan constituencies favored preserving the Abubakar Shekau, released a video in which Congress to take such actions as are nec- Soviet Union; and he expresses his abhorrence of Western edu- essary to pass the Diabetic Testing Supply Whereas, Azerbaijan continues to distort cation, saying that the girls should be mar- Access Act; and be it further events of other atrocities, including the ried instead of being educated and further Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be events in the village of Khojaly in which claims that he will sell the women as he has transmitted to the presiding officers of the Azerbaijan troops fired on their own popu- been commanded by Allah; and Senate and the House of Representatives of lation and the deportation of Armenian vil- Whereas, Abubakar Shekau referred to the the Congress of the United States of America lages in Nagorno-Karabakh: Now, therefore, girls as slaves and stated that he plans to and to each member of the Louisiana con- be it kidnap more girls; and gressional delegation. Resolved, That the Senate of the Legisla- Whereas, United Nations and the United ture of Louisiana does hereby express sym- States have both stressed an absolute prohi- POM–265. A concurrent resolution adopted pathy in support of the families of victims of bition against slavery and sexual slavery in by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana massacres and atrocities perpetrated against international law, making these actions memorializing the United States Congress to the Armenian people in Azerbaijan; and be it crimes against humanity; and take such actions as are necessary to pass further Whereas, the White House press secretary the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Resolved, That the Senate requests that the has said that appropriate action must be Act of 2013; to the Committee on Health, President of the United States and the Con- taken to locate and to free these young Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 153 essary to pass the Helping Families in Men- *Monica C. Regalbuto, of Illinois, to be an Whereas, according to the Centers for Dis- tal Health Crisis Act of 2013; and be it fur- Assistant Secretary of Energy (Environ- ease Control and Prevention, mental illness ther mental Management). is defined as ‘‘health conditions that are Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be *Gordon O. Tanner, of Alabama, to be Gen- characterized by alterations in thinking, transmitted to the presiding officers of the eral Counsel of the Department of the Air Force. mood, or behavior (or some combination Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America *Debra S. Wada, of Hawaii, to be an Assist- thereof) associated with distress and/or im- ant Secretary of the Army. paired function’’; and and to each member of the Louisiana con- gressional delegation. Marine Corps nominations beginning with Whereas, approximately sixty-one million Colonel Julian D. Alford and ending with five hundred thousand Americans experience Colonel Joseph F. Shrader, which nomina- mental illness in a given year; and POM–266. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana tions were received by the Senate and ap- Whereas, approximately thirteen million peared in the Congressional Record on Feb- six hundred thousand Americans live with a memorializing the United States Congress to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act ruary 12, 2014. serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, Navy nomination of Capt. Shane G. of 1990 or to take such actions as are nec- major depression, or bipolar disorder; and Gahagan, to be Rear Admiral (lower half). Whereas, more than eleven million Ameri- essary to require that places of public ac- Navy nomination of Rear Adm. (lh) Raquel cans have severe schizophrenia, bipolar dis- commodation and commercial facilities be C. Bono, to be Rear Admiral. order, and major depression; and equipped with seating for persons who are Air Force nomination of Maj. Gen. John F. Whereas, one-half of all chronic mental ill- unable to rise from a seated position without Thompson, to be Lieutenant General. ness begins by the age of fourteen; and assistance; to the Committee on Health, Navy nomination of Rear Adm. (lh) Ma- Whereas, fewer than one-third of adults Education, Labor, and Pensions. thias W. Winter, to be Rear Admiral. and one-half of children with a diagnosed HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 95 Navy nomination of Capt. Thomas W. mental disorder receive mental health serv- Whereas, Title III of the Americans with Luscher, to be Rear Admiral (lower half). Navy nomination of Rear Adm. (lh) Eric C. ices in a given year; and Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181) re- Young, to be Rear Admiral. Whereas, individuals living with mental quires places of public accommodation and Navy nomination of Capt. Keith M. Jones, health challenges and their families soon commercial facilities to be designed, con- to be Rear Admiral (lower half). discover that the illness affects many as- structed, and altered in compliance with the Navy nomination of Rear Adm. (lh) Janet pects of their lives and that they need more accessibility standards established by federal R. Donovan, to be Rear Admiral. than medical help; and regulation; and Navy nominations beginning with Rear Whereas, many loved ones are left feeling Whereas, as our population ages and our Adm. (lh) Martha E. G. Herb and ending with hopeless in receiving effective and appro- veterans return home from overseas, there is Rear Adm. (lh) John F. Weigold, which nomi- priate treatment for their family members a growing population who are unable to rise nations were received by the Senate and ap- who suffer from mental illness; and from the seated position without physical peared in the Congressional Record on April Whereas, there is a need to better allocate hands-on assistance from others, including 10, 2014. current resources to focus on the most effec- strangers; and Navy nominations beginning with Rear tive services and most severe mental ill- Whereas, the need to require assistance Adm. (lh) Althea H. Coetzee and ending with nesses; and from others to complete the task of rising Rear Adm. (lh) Valerie K. Huegel, which Whereas, it is prudent to promote stronger from a seated position robs persons of their nominations were received by the Senate and interagency coordination, increase data col- independence and dignity; and appeared in the Congressional Record on lection on treatment outcomes, and raise ef- Whereas, if seating accommodations were April 10, 2014. forts to drive evidence-based care; and to be equipped with raised arms or parts Navy nominations beginning with Captain Whereas, Congressman Tim Murphy of from which a person could push when rising Kevin C. Hayes and ending with Captain Pennsylvania has introduced the Helping then this would eliminate the need for per- Matthew A. Zirkle, which nominations were Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013 sons to obtain assistance from others: Now, received by the Senate and appeared in the as H.R. 3717; and therefore, be it Congressional Record on April 10, 2014. Whereas, the bill will create within the De- Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana Navy nominations beginning with Rear partment of Health and Human Services a does hereby memorialize the United States Adm. (lh) Sean S. Buck and ending with Rear new assistant secretary for mental health Congress to amend the Americans with Dis- Adm. (lh) Joseph E. Tofalo, which nomina- and substance-abuse disorders who would abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181) or to tions were received by the Senate and ap- lead federal mental illness efforts, be respon- take such actions as are necessary to require peared in the Congressional Record on April sible for promoting the medically oriented that places of public accommodation and 10, 2014. Army nominations beginning with Colonel models of care adopted by the National Insti- commercial facilities be equipped with seat- Francis M. Beaudette and ending with Colo- tute of Mental Health, and oversee the grant ing for persons who are unable to rise from nel Brian E. Winski, which nominations were process while holding community centers ac- a seated position without assistance; and be received by the Senate and appeared in the countable by ensuring they are meeting evi- it further Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be Congressional Record on May 20, 2014. dence-based standards; and Marine Corps nomination of Maj. Gen. Whereas, H.R. 3717 would push states to ef- transmitted to the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of David H. Berger, to be Lieutenant General. ficiently allocate funds towards modernizing Army nominations beginning with Briga- the Congress of the United States of America mental illness state laws and raise support dier General Daniel R. Ammerman and end- and to each member of the Louisiana con- for community mental health centers and ing with Colonel Donna R. Williams, which gressional delegation. hospital psychiatric care; and nominations were received by the Senate and Whereas, to address issues regarding the f appeared in the Congressional Record on shortage of psychiatric professionals, the REPORTS OF COMMITTEES May 21, 2014. (minus 1 nominee: Colonel Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Leela J. Gray) Act of 2013 would advance medical tools like The following reports of committees Air Force nomination of Col. Warren H. telepsychiatry which links primary physi- were submitted: Hurst, Jr., to be Brigadier General. cians in underserved areas to psychiatric By Mr. TESTER, from the Committee on Navy nomination of Rear Adm. Walter E. professionals in order to decrease the aver- Indian Affairs, without amendment: Carter, Jr., to be Vice Admiral. Air Force nomination of Maj. Gen. William age span of time between an initial episode H.R. 2388. To take certain Federal lands lo- of psychosis for a patient and his prelimi- J. Bender, to be Lieutenant General. cated in El Dorado County, California, into Army nominations beginning with Briga- nary evaluation and treatment procedures; trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs and dier General Bradley A. Becker and ending Band of Miwok Indians, and for other pur- with Brigadier General Cedric T. Wins, which Whereas, H.R. 3717 would give physicians poses (Rept. No. 113–197). legal safe harbor to volunteer at under- nominations were received by the Senate and staffed mental health centers; and f appeared in the Congressional Record on Whereas, the Helping Families in Mental EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF June 16, 2014. Health Crisis Act of 2013 will adjust the fed- COMMITTEES Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, for the eral privacy law known as the Health Insur- Committee on Armed Services I report ance Portability and Accountability Act, by The following executive reports of favorably the following nomination nominations were submitted: allowing mental health professionals and lists which were printed in the RECORDs families to share information about loved By Mr. LEVIN for the Committee on on the dates indicated, and ask unani- ones to promote more appropriate and effec- Armed Services. mous consent, to save the expense of tive treatment procedures: Now, therefore, *Miranda A. A. Ballentine, of the District be it of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of reprinting on the Executive Calendar Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana the Air Force. that these nominations lie at the Sec- does hereby memorialize the United States *Laura Junor, of Virginia, to be a Prin- retary’s desk for the information of Congress to take such actions as are nec- cipal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. Senators.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S3936 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 24, 2014 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without which nominations were received by the Sen- ate and appeared in the Congressional objection, it is so ordered. ate and appeared in the Congressional Record on May 20, 2014. Navy nominations beginning with Jeffrey Air Force nominations beginning with Record on May 5, 2014. Navy nominations beginning with Chad E. G. Ant and ending with Donna M. Williams, Christine R. Berberick and ending with Baker and ending with Chris F. White, which which nominations were received by the Sen- Deedra L. Zabokrtsky, which nominations nominations were received by the Senate and ate and appeared in the Congressional were received by the Senate and appeared in appeared in the Congressional Record on Record on May 20, 2014. the Congressional Record on May 7, 2014. Navy nominations beginning with Paul J. Air Force nomination of Troy R. Harting, May 5, 2014. Navy nominations beginning with Scott W. Brochu and ending with Gary D. West, which to be Colonel. Air Force nomination of William E. Bundy, Alexander and ending with James A. Young, nominations were received by the Senate and to be Colonel. which nominations were received by the Sen- appeared in the Congressional Record on Air Force nomination of David V. ate and appeared in the Congressional May 20, 2014. Eastham, to be Colonel. Record on May 5, 2014. Navy nominations beginning with Bradley Army nominations beginning with Ralf C. Navy nomination of Roger F. Wilbur, to be A. Appleman and ending with Joseph Ro- Beilhardt and ending with Richard L. Wil- Captain. mero, which nominations were received by liams, which nominations were received by Navy nominations beginning with Todd A. the Senate and appeared in the Congres- the Senate and appeared in the Congres- Abrahamson and ending with David A. sional Record on May 20, 2014. sional Record on February 10, 2014. Youtt, which nominations were received by Navy nominations beginning with Jeffrey Army nominations beginning with Michael the Senate and appeared in the Congres- W. Bledsoe and ending with Susan A. Union, P. Abel and ending with D001883, which nomi- sional Record on May 7, 2014. which nominations were received by the Sen- nations were received by the Senate and ap- Navy nominations beginning with Timothy ate and appeared in the Congressional peared in the Congressional Record on Feb- A. Barney and ending with Robert A. Wolf, Record on May 20, 2014. ruary 10, 2014. which nominations were received by the Sen- Navy nominations beginning with Kristin Army nominations beginning with Robert ate and appeared in the Congressional Acquavella and ending with Jerome R. L. Boyles and ending with Tyler B. Smith, Record on May 7, 2014. White, which nominations were received by which nominations were received by the Sen- Navy nominations beginning with Douglas the Senate and appeared in the Congres- ate and appeared in the Congressional S. Belvin and ending with Laura A. sional Record on May 20, 2014. Record on June 4, 2014. Schuessler, which nominations were received Navy nominations beginning with Chris- Army nominations beginning with Jeremy by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- topher G. Adams and ending with Nicolas D. J. Bearss and ending with Jodi L. Nicklas, sional Record on May 7, 2014. I. Yamodis, which nominations were received which nominations were received by the Sen- Navy nominations beginning with Jerry L. by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- ate and appeared in the Congressional Alexander, Jr. and ending with Jason L. sional Record on May 20, 2014. Record on June 5, 2014. Webb, which nominations were received by Navy nomination of Thor Martinsen, to be Army nominations beginning with Norman the Senate and appeared in the Congres- Commander. W. Ayotte and ending with D005191, which sional Record on May 7, 2014. Navy nomination of Christopher S. nominations were received by the Senate and Navy nominations beginning with Robert Mayfield, to be Lieutenant Commander. appeared in the Congressional Record on L. Calhoun, Jr. and ending with Thaddeus O. Navy nominations beginning with Robert June 5, 2014. Walker III, which nominations were received Arias and ending with Bobby L. Woods, Army nominations beginning with Dawud by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- which nominations were received by the Sen- A. A. Agbere and ending with Robert K. sional Record on May 7, 2014. ate and appeared in the Congressional Walker, which nominations were received by Navy nominations beginning with Chris- Record on June 16, 2014. the Senate and appeared in the Congres- topher J. Couch and ending with Nathan D. Navy nominations beginning with Adam L. sional Record on June 5, 2014. Schneider, which nominations were received Albarado and ending with Eric D. Wyatt, Army nominations beginning with Denise by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- which nominations were received by the Sen- K. Askew and ending with Bret G. Witt, sional Record on May 7, 2014. ate and appeared in the Congressional which nominations were received by the Sen- Navy nominations beginning with Gregory Record on June 16, 2014. ate and appeared in the Congressional S. Ireton and ending with Cynthia V. Mor- Navy nominations beginning with Joshua Record on June 5, 2014. gan, which nominations were received by the J. Burkholder and ending with Jimmy J. Army nominations beginning with Doreene Senate and appeared in the Congressional Stork, which nominations were received by R. Aguayo and ending with George J. Record on May 7, 2014. the Senate and appeared in the Congres- Zeckler, which nominations were received by Navy nominations beginning with Charles sional Record on June 16, 2014. the Senate and appeared in the Congres- W. Brown and ending with Scott E. Norr, Navy nominations beginning with Adrian sional Record on June 5, 2014. which nominations were received by the Sen- Z. Bejar and ending with Deborah B. Yusko, Navy nominations beginning with Colin ate and appeared in the Congressional which nominations were received by the Sen- Campbell and ending with Jay T. Young, Record on May 7, 2014. ate and appeared in the Congressional which nominations were received by the Sen- Navy nominations beginning with Jeffrey Record on June 16, 2014. ate and appeared in the Congressional D. Buss and ending with Braulio Paiz, which Navy nominations beginning with Charles Record on May 5, 2014. nominations were received by the Senate and R. Allen and ending with Ricardo A. Trevino, Navy nomination of Joseph M. Acosta, to appeared in the Congressional Record on which nominations were received by the Sen- be Captain. May 7, 2014. ate and appeared in the Congressional Navy nominations beginning with John Navy nominations beginning with Michael Record on June 16, 2014. Bellissimo and ending with Randall J. L. Baker and ending with Robert F. Ogden, Navy nominations beginning with Gregory Wroblewski, which nominations were re- which nominations were received by the Sen- R. Adams and ending with David R. Wilcox, ceived by the Senate and appeared in the ate and appeared in the Congressional which nominations were received by the Sen- Congressional Record on May 5, 2014. Record on May 7, 2014. ate and appeared in the Congressional Navy nominations beginning with Daryl S. Navy nominations beginning with Nonito Record on June 16, 2014. Borgquist and ending with John Filostrat, V. Blas and ending with David S. Warner, Navy nominations beginning with David A. which nominations were received by the Sen- which nominations were received by the Sen- Benham and ending with James D. Stock- ate and appeared in the Congressional ate and appeared in the Congressional man, which nominations were received by Record on May 5, 2014. Record on May 7, 2014. the Senate and appeared in the Congres- Navy nomination of David R. Storr, to be Navy nominations beginning with Anthony sional Record on June 16, 2014. Captain. T. Butera and ending with Miriam K. Smyth, Navy nominations beginning with Jeffrey Navy nomination of Billy C. Young, to be which nominations were received by the Sen- A. Brown and ending with Michael D. Wag- Captain. ate and appeared in the Congressional ner, which nominations were received by the Navy nomination of Mark J. Mouriski, to Record on May 7, 2014. Senate and appeared in the Congressional be Captain. Navy nominations beginning with Bryan E. Record on June 16, 2014. Navy nominations beginning with Phillip Braswell and ending with Tyrone L. Ward, Navy nominations beginning with Jeffery H. Burnside and ending with Eric M. Thom- which nominations were received by the Sen- A. Barrett and ending with Cecily E. Walsh, as, which nominations were received by the ate and appeared in the Congressional which nominations were received by the Sen- Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on May 7, 2014. ate and appeared in the Congressional Record on May 5, 2014. Navy nominations beginning with Reginald Record on June 16, 2014. Navy nominations beginning with Robert T. King and ending with Kevin L. Steck, Navy nominations beginning with Chris- Dryman and ending with Jeri L. Oneill, which nominations were received by the Sen- topher D. Addington and ending with Kurt A. which nominations were received by the Sen- ate and appeared in the Congressional Young, which nominations were received by ate and appeared in the Congressional Record on May 7, 2014. the Senate and appeared in the Congres- Record on May 5, 2014. Navy nominations beginning with Addie sional Record on June 16, 2014. Navy nominations beginning with Timothy Alkhas and ending with Patrick E. Young, Navy nominations beginning with Keith M. Baker and ending with John E. Sedlock, which nominations were received by the Sen- Archibald and ending with Mckinnya J.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3937 Williamsrobinson, which nominations were –10/28/2010, –Markey, Betsy; $250, –10/28/2010, 6. Brothers and Spouses: Robert M. received by the Senate and appeared in the –McNerney, Jerry; $250, –10/28/2010, –Perriello, Nealon—brother: $120.00, yearly, United Air- Congressional Record on June 16, 2014. Tom; $250, –10/28/2010, –Sestak, Joe; $250, –10/ lines Pilot Pac; Jean Marie Nealon—his wife: Navy nominations beginning with Jere- 28/2010, –Bennet, Michael; $250, –10/27/2010, None; Thomas R. Nealon—brother: None; miah V. Adams and ending with Charles B. –Giannoulias, Alexi; $250, –10/15/2010, –McNer- Doris Nealon—his wife: None; David E. Zuhoski, which nominations were received ney, Jerry; $250, –10/15/2010, –Conway, Jack; Nealon—brother: None; Elizabeth Nealon— by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- $250, –10/15/2010, –Sestak, Joe; $250, –10/15/2010, his wife: None; Patrick J. Nealon—brother: sional Record on June 16, 2014. –McAdams, Scott; $250, –09/24/2010, –Coons, $300.00, yearly, Deloitte Political Action Navy nominations beginning with Kath- Chris; $500, –09/08/2010, –Reid, Harry (Reid Committee; Susan B. Nealon—his wife: None. erine E. Boyce and ending with Jon C. Wat- Victory Fund); $250, 09/02/2010, Hall, John; 7. Sisters and Spouses: Suzanne E. Nealon: son, which nominations were received by the $250, 07/27/2010, Hodes, Paul; $1,000, 04/29/2010 None; Richard Rodriguez—her husband: Senate and appeared in the Congressional –Bennet, Michael; $1,000, 04/22/2010, Boxer, None. Record on June 16, 2014. Barbara; $1,000, 04/22/2010, DNC; $200, 01/13/ * Dana Shell Smith, of Virginia, a Career Navy nominations beginning with Michael 2010, Coakley, Martha; $250, 06/29/2009, Ben- Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class S. Giles and ending with Marty E. Griffin, net, Michael. of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Ex- which nominations were received by the Sen- 2. Spouse: None. traordinary and Plenipotentiary of the ate and appeared in the Congressional 3. Children and Spouses: None. United States of America to the State of Record on June 16, 2014. 4. Parents: Mildred Mamet (Mother): $30 10/ Navy nominations beginning with Robert Qatar. 08/2012, Obama Victory Fund; $30, 08/29/2012, Nominee: Dana Shell Smith. H. Carpenter and ending with Joseph V. Obama for America; $90, 07/09/2012, Obama for Post: Qatar. Sheldon III, which nominations were re- America; $30, 09/09/2010, Obama for America; (The following is a list of all members of ceived by the Senate and appeared in the $25, 10/20/2010, Obama for America. my immediate family and their spouses. I Congressional Record on June 16, 2014. 5. Grandparents: –None. have asked each of these persons to inform Navy nominations beginning with James 6. Brothers and Spouses: None. me of the pertinent contributions made by F. Croom and ending with Todd L. Smith, 7. Sister: Lisa Mamet: $35, 2012, Obama for them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- which nominations were received by the Sen- America. formation contained in this report is com- ate and appeared in the Congressional plete and accurate.) Record on June 16, 2014. * Mark William Lippert, of Ohio, to be Am- Contributions, Amount, Date, and Donee: Navy nominations beginning with Timothy bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1. Self: $55, 9-2012, Obama; $20, 7-2012, K. Atmajian and ending with Rumei Yuan, of the United States of America to the Re- Obama. which nominations were received by the Sen- public of Korea. 2. Spouse: none. ate and appeared in the Congressional Nominee: Mark William Lippert 3. Children and Spouses: none. Record on June 16, 2014. Post: U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of 4. Parents: William Shell, $1000, 4-2012, Navy nominations beginning with Ramesh Korea Romney; Susan Shell, $100, 4-2012, Obama. S. Durvasula and ending with Ben M. Smith, (The following is a list of all members of 5. Grandparents: none. 6. –Brothers and Spouses: Jeff Shell: $500, which nominations were received by the Sen- my immediate family and their spouses. I 10/26/2010, Alexi for Illinois; $200, 9/24/2010, ate and appeared in the Congressional have asked each of these persons to inform Allen West for Congress; $1250, 11/10/2011, Ben Record on June 16, 2014. me of the pertinent contributions made by Nelson 2012; $1150, 6/30/2009, Bennet for Colo- Navy nominations beginning with Francis them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- rado; $2400, 1/23/2010, Bennet for Colorado; F. Derk and ending with Katherine T. formation contained in this report is com- $1250, 2/10/2009, Bennet for Colorado; $2400, 6/ Ormsbee, which nominations were received plete and accurate.) 26/2009, Bob Casey for Senate Inc.; $1000, 6/28/ by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- Contributions, amount, date, and donee: 2010, Boucher for Congress Committee; $1000, sional Record on June 16, 2014. 1. Self: $0.00. 6/17/2010, Boucher for Congress Committee; Navy nominations beginning with Thomas 2. Spouse: Robin E. Lippert (Schmidch): $250, 9/4/2010, Buck for Colorado; $500, 6/30/ P. Belsky and ending with Jeffrey J. Truitt, $250.00, 6/13/13, Patrick J. Leahy; $282.41, 12/18/ 2010, Carney for Congress; $250, 3/9/2010,–Char- which nominations were received by the Sen- 12, Earl ‘‘Ben’’ Nelson; $2,059.00, 6/30/11, lie Melancon Campaign Committee Inc.; ate and appeared in the Congressional United Health Grp PAC; $250.00, 6/30/10; Pat- $1000, 10/22/2010, Chris Coons for Delaware; Record on June 16, 2014. rick J. Leahy; $300.00, 9/30/10, United Health $500, 1/1/2008, Chris Gregoire for Governor; Navy nominations beginning with Julio C. Grp PAC. $500, 2/21/2008, Citizens for Altmire; $2400, 6/30/ Albornoz and ending with Eric L. Peterson, 3. Children and Spouses: N/A. 2009, Citizens for Arlen Specter; $2400, 6/30/ which nominations were received by the Sen- 4. Parents: James W Lippert, Susan 2009, Citizens for Arlen Specter; $1000, 10/11/ ate and appeared in the Congressional Lippert: $0.00. 2010, Debbie Wasserman Schultz for Con- Record on June 16, 2014. 5. Grandparents: N/A—deceased. gress; $500, 6/7/2010, Fisher for Ohio; $1000, 5/5/ By Mr. MENENDEZ for the Committee on 6. Brothers and Spouses: N/A. 2009, Friends for Harry Reid; $1000, 6/30/2010, Foreign Relations. 7. Sisters and Spouses: Amy Lippert: $0.00; Friends for Harry Reid; $1000, 10/13/2010, *Noah Bryson Mamet, of California, to be Anne Lippert: $0.00; Brandon Collier (spouse): Friends of Blanche Lincoln; $1250, 2/10/2009, Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- $0.00; Susan Collier (sister): $0.00. Friends of Blanche Lincoln; $1000, 2/6/2008, potentiary of the United States of America Friends of Byron Dorgan; $2000, 3/31/2008, to the Argentine Republic. * James D. Nealon, of New Hampshire, a Friends of Max Baucus; $225, 9/10/2010, Nominee: Noah Bryson Mamet. Career Member of the Senior Foreign Serv- Friends of Sharron Angle; $1000, 3/4/2010, Post: U.S. Ambassador to the Argentine ice, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Am- Gillibrand for Senate; $1000, 1/1/2008, Hagan Republic. bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for US Senate; $500, 6/10/2009, Hodes for Sen- (The following is a list of all members of of the United States of America to the Re- ate; $1000, 11/30/2009, Hoffman for Illinois; my immediate family and their spouses. I public of Honduras. $750, 4/24/2008, Jeanne Shaheen for Senate; have asked each of these persons to inform Nominee: James D. Nealon. $500, 6/30/2010, Kathy Dahlkemper for Con- me of the pertinent contributions made by (The following is a list of all members of gress; $1500, 3/31/2012, Klobuchar for Min- them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- my immediate family and their spouses. I nesota 2012; $250, 3/23/2011, Klobuchar for Min- formation contained in this report is com- have asked each of these persons to inform nesota 2012; $2000, 5/10/2010, Leahy for U.S. plete and accurate.) me of the pertinent contributions made by Senator Committee; $500, 3/5/2008, Levin for Contributions, amount, date, and donee: them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- Congress; $2400, 6/11/2010, Levin for Congress; 1. Self: $2,600, 03/24/2013, Ruiz, Raul; $1,000, formation contained in this report is com- $1500, 3/29/2012, McCaskill for Missouri 2012; –11/01/2012, Berkley, Shelley; $500, –11/01/2012, plete and accurate.) $250, 3/23/2011, McCaskill for Missouri 2012; Donnelly, Joe; $500, 11/01/2012, McCaskill, Contributions, amount, date, donee: $1250, 1/9/2011, Montanans for Tester; $2000, 9/ Claire; $250, –11/01/2012, Brown, Sherrod; $250, 1. Self: None. 14/2008, Obama for America; $2500, 6/13/2011, –11/01/2012, Heitkamp, Heidi; $1,500, –10/29/2012, 2. Spouse: Kristin F. Nealon: None. Obama for America; $2500, 6/13/2011, Obama Tester, Jon; $250, –09/14/2012, Carmona, Rich- 3. Children and Spouses; Rory P. Nealon— for America; $2300, 8/31/2008, Obama for Amer- ard; $250, –08/24/2012, Cherny, Andrei; $1,000, son: None; Katherine G. Nealon—daughter: ica; $300, 11/3/2008, Obama for America; $1000, –07/30/2012, Voices for Progress PAC; $30,000, $50.00, 2008, Barack Obama; Maureen S. 10/4/2010, Onorato for Governor; $4000, 4/9/2010, 07/16/2012, DNC (Obama Victory Fund); $250, Nealon—daughter: None; Liam J. Nealon— Onorato for Governor; $2500, 3/15/2012, Patrick –07/05/2012, Duckworth, Tammy; $250, –06/21/ son: None. Murphy for Attorney General; $700, 4/2/2008, 2012, Delaney, John; $500, –11/10/2011, Berman, 4. Parents: James D. Nealon—father: De- Patrick Murphy for Congress; $2300, 4/2/2008, Howard; $500, –06/04/2011, Kaine, Tim; $5,000, ceased—2000; Barbara H. Nealon—mother: Patrick Murphy for Congress; $1000, 9/29/2008, –06/02/2011, Obama, Barack (Obama Victory Deceased—1987. Patrick Murphy for Congress; $600, 10/21/2008, Fund); $30,800, 06/02/2011, DNC (Obama Vic- 5. Grandparents: George A. Nealon—grand- Patrick Murphy for Congress; $2400, 6/29/2009, tory Fund); $1,000, 05/09/2011, Landrieu, Mary; father: Deceased—1937; Loretta A. Ahearn— Patrick Murphy for Congress; $1000, 12/22/ –$500, 05/02/2011, Gillibrand, Kirsten; $350, 11/ grandmother: Deceased—1973; William A. 2009, Patrick Murphy for Congress; $1400, 2/1/ 01/2010, McAdams, Scott; $500, –10/31/2010, Holland—grandfather: Deceased—1935; Alice 2010, Patrick Murphy for Congress; $500, 1/1/ –DCCC; $500, –10/28/2010, –Conway, Jack; $250, P. DeVaney—grandmother: Deceased—1994. 2008, Rob McCord for State Treasurer; $900, 6/

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Grandparents: Nellie Wassel (deceased); $15000, 6/1/2009, COMPAC—USA; $15000, 9/1/ Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class John Wassel (deceased); Mary Polaschik (de- 2010, COMPAC—USA; $15000, 1/25/2011, of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Ex- ceased); John Polaschik, Sr. (deceased). COMPAC—USA; $5000, 4/1/2008, COMPAC Fed- traordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 6. Brothers and Spouses: none. eral; $5000, 6/11/2009, COMPAC Federal; $5000, United States of America to the Republic of 7. Sisters and Spouses: Anne M. Barcal, 9/28/2010, COMPAC Federal; $5000, 1/31/2011, Iraq. none; Keith B. Barcal, none. *Karen Kornbluh, of New York, to be a COMPAC Federal; $4600, 6/26/2008, DNC Serv- Nominee: Stuart E. Jones. Post: Iraq. Member of the Broadcasting Board of Gov- ices Corporation; $30800, 6/13/2011, DNC Serv- (The following is a list of all members of ernors for a term expiring August 13, 2016. ices Corporation; $5000, 3/31/2012, DSCC; $3200, my immediate family and their spouses. I *Jonathan Nicholas Stivers, of the District 9/29/2009, DSCC; $500, 3/14/2011, Minnesota & have asked each of these persons to inform of Columbia, to be an Assistant Adminis- Missouri Victory Fund; $900, 6/17/2009, Mis- me of the pertinent contributions made by trator of the United States Agency for Inter- souri New Hampshire Victory Fund; $2500, 11/ them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- national Development. 3/2011, Montana–Nebraska Victory Fund; formation contained in this report is com- *Gentry O. Smith, of North Carolina, a Ca- $2000, 2/19/2008, NCTA; $2000, 3/20/2008, NCTA; plete and accurate.) reer Member of the Senior Foreign Service, $2000, 3/11/2009, NCTA; $2000, 3/3/2010, NCTA; Contributions, amount, date, and donee: Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Director of $5000, 5/13/2011, NCTA; $2,500.00, 3/20/2013, 1. Self: 0. the Office of Foreign Missions, and to have Friends for Harry Reid; $1,000.00, 3/20/2013, 2. Spouse: 0. the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of 3. Children and Spouses: 0. The Markey Committee; $2,600.00, 10/2/2013, service. Mark Udall for Colorado; $2,600.00, 10/2/2013, 4. Parents: 0. Udall for All of Us; $32,400.00, 12/3/2013, 5. Grandparents: 0. *Nomination was reported with rec- 6. Brothers and Spouses: 0. ommendation that it be confirmed sub- DSCC—Democratic Senatoral Campaign 7. Sisters and Spouses: 0. Committee; $5,000.00, 12/12/2013, NCTA—Na- ject to the nominee’s commitment to tional Cable & Telecommunications Associa- * Theodore G. Osius III, of Maryland, a Ca- respond to requests to appear and tes- tion; $2,600.00, 3/27/2014, Mark Pryor for US reer Member of the Senior Foreign Service, tify before any duly constituted com- Senate; $2,600.00, 3/27/2014, Alaskans for Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambas- mittee of the Senate. Begich. Laura Shell: $2400, 6/30/2009, Bennet sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of (Nominations without an asterisk for Colorado; $2400, 5/26/2010, Bennet for Colo- the United States of America to the Social- were reported with the recommenda- rado; $2400, 7/17/2010, Citizens for Arlen Spec- ist Republic of Vietnam. tion that they be confirmed.) ter; $2400, 6/30/2009, Citizens for Arlen Spec- Nominee: Theodore George Osius III. ter; $2400, 6/30/2009, Citizens for Arlen Spec- Post: Vietnam. ter; $1000, 1/8/2012, Gillibrand for Senate; (The following is a list of all members of f $1000, 9/22/2008, Hagan Senate Committee my immediate family and their spouses. I Inc.; $2300, 8/31/2008, Obama for America; $200, have asked each of these persons to inform INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND 6/13/2011, Obama for America; $2500, 6/13/2011, me of the pertinent contributions made by JOINT RESOLUTIONS Obama for America; $2300, 9/14/2011, Obama them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- for America; $1200, 2/1/2010, Patrick Murphy formation contained in this report is com- The following bills and joint resolu- for Congress; $2400, 2/1/2010, Patrick Murphy plete and accurate.) tions were introduced, read the first for Congress; $400, 8/25/2010, Sestak for Sen- Contributions, amount, date, and donee:––– and second times by unanimous con- ate; $1000, 2/22/2008, The Bob Roggio for Con- – sent, and referred as indicated: 1. Self: $250, 2008, Obama for America; $450 gress Committe; $500, 4/21/2008, The Bob By Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Rogglo for Congress Committee; $1000, 9/29/ (with spouse), 2012, Obama for America/ MCCAIN, Mr. RISCH, Mr. WICKER, Mr. 2008, The Bob Roggio for Congress Com- Obama Victory Fund; $185, 2012, Mark CRAPO, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. JOHNSON of mittee; $500, 3/25/2010, Trivedi for Congress; Takano campaign; $200, 2014, Mark Takano Wisconsin, Mr. VITTER, Mr. ENZI, Mr. $1500, 6/30/2010, Trivedi for Congress; $900, 10/ campaign. BARRASSO, Mr. COATS, Mr. CORNYN, 7/2010, Trivedi for Congress; $5000, 6/26/2008, 2. Spouse: Clayton A. Bond—no Federal contributions. and Mr. THUNE): DNC Services Corporation; $2700, 9/14/2011, 3. Children and Spouses: Theodore Alan S. 2514. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act DNC Services Corporation; $5000, 10/20/2010, Bond-Osius—none. to delay the review and revision of the na- Pennsylvania Democratic party; $250, 9/29/ 4. Parents: Nancy Osius Zimmerman: $305, tional ambient air quality standards for 2008, Republican National Committee; 2008, –DNC, DCCC, and Obama for America; ozone; to the Committee on Environment $2,600.00, 10/9/2013, Alison for Kentucky. $515, 2009, –Democratic National Committee, and Public Works. 7. Sisters and Spouses: none. DCCC, Al Franken; $440, 2010, Democratic By Mr. HARKIN: * Robert Stephen Beecroft, of California, a National Committee, DCCC Kratovil for Con- S. 2515. A bill to ensure that Medicaid Career Member of the Senior Foreign Serv- gress; $305, 2011, Democratic National Com- beneficiaries have the opportunity to receive ice, Class Of Minister-Counselor, to be Am- mittee, DCCC, Obama for America; $855, 2012, care in a home and community-based set- bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Obama for America, Elizabeth for Massachu- ting; to the Committee on Finance. of the United States of America to the Arab setts, DCCC, Ben Cardin for Senate, Senate By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Republic of Egypt. Democrats, DSCC; $754, 2013, Al Franken, LEAHY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BENNET, Nominee: Robert Stephen Beecroft. DCCC, DSCC, Organizing for Action, House Mr. KING, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Post: Cairo, Egypt. Democrats. Frederick Zimmerman—none. Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. (The following is a list of all members of 5. Grandparents: deceased. HAGAN, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. REED, Mrs. my immediate family and their spouses. I 6. Brothers and Spouses: N/A. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BROWN, 7. Sisters and Spouses: Margaret E. Osius: have asked each of these persons to inform Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. $1000, 2009, Rick Lazio; $250, 2010, Rick Lazio; me of the pertinent contributions made by MARKEY, Mr. JOHNSON of South Da- $100, 2011, Mitt Romney; $1500, 2012, Mitt them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- kota, Mr. TESTER, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. Romney. Alison K. Osius and Michael formation contained in this report is com- NELSON, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. Benge—none. Lucile L. Osius—none. plete and accurate.) ROCKEFELLER, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. Contributions, amount, date, and donee: SANDERS, Ms. WARREN, Mrs. FEIN- 1. Self: none. *Joan A. Polaschik, of Virginia, a Career STEIN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. 2. Spouse: Anne Tisdel Beecroft, none. Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class 3. Children and Spouses; Blythe A. of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraor- COONS, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. Beecroft, none; Robert Warren Beecroft, dinary and Plenipotentiary of the United MENENDEZ, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. KAINE, none; Sterling S. Beecroft, none; Grace A. States of America to the People’s Demo- Mr. WARNER, Mr. WALSH, Ms. BALD- Beecroft, none. cratic Republic of Algeria. WIN, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. CARPER, Mr. 4. Parents: Robert L. Beecroft (Deceased), Nominee: Joan A. Polaschik. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. REID, none; Emma Lou Beecroft, none. Post: Algeria. Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. 5. Grandparents: Irl R. Beecroft (Deceased), (The following is a list of all members of MANCHIN, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. BOOKER, none; Ruth V. Beecroft (Deceased), none; my immediate family and their spouses. I Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. LEVIN, and Ms. John E. Warren (Deceased), none; Emma have asked each of these persons to inform LANDRIEU): Warren (Deceased), none. me of the pertinent contributions made by S. 2516. A bill to amend the Federal Elec- 6. Brothers and Spouses: Warren E. them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- tion Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for ad- Beecroft: $100, May 2012, Romney; $100, June formation contained in this report is com- ditional disclosure requirements for corpora- 2012, Romney; Frances Beecroft, none; Regan plete and accurate.) tions, labor organizations, Super PACs and

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3939 other entities, and for other purposes; to the Federal land in order to reduce the deficit; to sponsor of S. 1692, a bill to require the Committee on Rules and Administration. the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- Secretary of Transportation to modify By Mr. CORNYN: sources. the final rule relating to flightcrew S. 2517. A bill to prohibit bonuses to senior- f level IRS executives until all Congressional member duty and rest requirements for requests for documents, including electronic ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS passenger operations of air carriers to communications, related to the investiga- apply to all-cargo operations of air car- S. 709 tion of IRS targeting of taxpayers are com- riers, and for other purposes. At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the plete; to the Committee on Finance. S. 1738 By Mr. FRANKEN: name of the Senator from New Hamp- S. 2518. A bill to establish a grant program shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a co- At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the to incentivize States to implement com- sponsor of S. 709, a bill to amend title name of the Senator from New Mexico prehensive reforms and innovative strategies XVIII of the Social Security Act to in- (Mr. UDALL) was added as a cosponsor to significantly improve postsecondary out- crease diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease of S. 1738, a bill to provide justice for comes for low-income and first generation and related dementias, leading to bet- the victims of trafficking. college students, including increasing post- S. 1799 secondary enrollment and graduation rates, ter care and outcomes for Americans to reduce the need of postsecondary students living with Alzheimer’s disease and re- At the request of Mr. COONS, the for remedial education, to increase align- lated dementias. name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. ment of elementary, secondary, and postsec- S. 1049 COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. ondary education, and to promote innova- At the request of Mr. HELLER, the 1799, a bill to reauthorize subtitle A of tion in postsecondary education, and for name of the Senator from Montana the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990. other purposes; to the Committee on Health, (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor Education, Labor, and Pensions. S. 2141 By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. of S. 1049, a bill to direct the Secretary At the request of Mr. REED, the name COBURN): of the Interior and Secretary of Agri- of the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. S. 2519. A bill to codify an existing oper- culture to expedite access to certain PAUL) was added as a cosponsor of S. ations center for cybersecurity; to the Com- Federal lands under the administrative 2141, a bill to amend the Federal Food, mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- jurisdiction of each Secretary for good Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide an mental Affairs. Samaritan search-and-recovery mis- alternative process for review of safety By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. sions, and for other purposes. CORNYN): and effectiveness of nonprescription S. 2520. A bill to improve the Freedom of S. 1091 sunscreen active ingredients and for Information Act; to the Committee on the At the request of Ms. MIKULSKI, the other purposes. Judiciary. name of the Senator from Michigan S. 2188 By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. (Ms. STABENOW) was added as a cospon- ESTER COBURN): At the request of Mr. T , the sor of S. 1091, a bill to provide for the name of the Senator from Michigan S. 2521. A bill to amend chapter 35 of title issuance of an Alzheimer’s Disease Re- 44, United States Code, to provide for reform (Ms. STABENOW) was added as a cospon- to Federal information security; to the Com- search Semipostal Stamp. sor of S. 2188, a bill to amend the Act mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- S. 1307 of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the author- mental Affairs. At the request of Ms. LANDRIEU, the ity of the Secretary of the Interior to By Ms. KLOBUCHAR: name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. take land into trust for Indian tribes. S. 2522. A bill to designate the James L. BEGICH) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 2472 Oberstar Memorial Highway and the James 1307, a bill to provide for evidence- L. Oberstar National Scenic Byway in the At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the State of Minnesota; to the Committee on En- based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal names of the Senator from Pennsyl- vironment and Public Works. vania (Mr. CASEY) and the Senator By Ms. KLOBUCHAR: street gang activity prevention and from Vermont (Mr. SANDERS) were S. 2523. A bill to designate the facility of intervention to help build individual, the United States Postal Service located at family, and community strength and added as cosponsors of S. 2472, a bill to 14 3rd Avenue, NW, in Chisholm, Minnesota, resiliency to ensure that youth lead establish in the Bureau of Democracy, as the ‘‘James L. Oberstar Memorial Post Of- productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, Human Rights, and Labor of the De- fice Building’’; to the Committee on Home- and law-abiding lives. partment of State a Special Envoy for land Security and Governmental Affairs. the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples. By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. S. 1318 S. 2496 KAINE): At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the S. 2524. A bill to support access to career name of the Senator from Pennsyl- At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the and technical education programs of study vania (Mr. CASEY) was added as a co- names of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. that provide students with education and sponsor of S. 1318, a bill to amend title MORAN), the Senator from South Caro- training combining rigorous academics with XIX of the Social Security Act to cover lina (Mr. SCOTT), the Senator from Ari- technical curricula focused on specific high- zona (Mr. MCCAIN) and the Senator skill, high-wage, high-demand and high- physician services delivered by from Arizona (Mr. FLAKE) were added growth occupations and industries; to the podiatric physicians to ensure access Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and by Medicaid beneficiaries to appro- as cosponsors of S. 2496, a bill to pre- Pensions. priate quality foot and ankle care, to serve existing rights and responsibil- ities with respect to waters of the f amend title XVIII of such Act to mod- ify the requirements for diabetic shoes United States. SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND to be included under Medicare, and for S. 2502 SENATE RESOLUTIONS other purposes. At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the The following concurrent resolutions S. 1534 name of the Senator from Massachu- and Senate resolutions were read, and At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the setts (Mr. MARKEY) was added as a co- referred (or acted upon), as indicated: name of the Senator from Wisconsin sponsor of S. 2502, a bill to establish in By Mr. CRUZ: (Ms. BALDWIN) was added as a cospon- the United States Agency for Inter- S. Res. 482. A resolution expressing the sor of S. 1534, a bill to provide a frame- national Development an entity to be sense of the Senate that the area between known as the United States Global De- the intersections of International Drive, work establishing the rights, liabil- Northwest Van Ness Street, Northwest Inter- ities, and responsibilities of partici- velopment Lab, and for other purposes. national Drive, Northwest and International pants in closing procedures for certain S. 2508 Place, Northwest in Washington, District of types of consumer deposit accounts, to At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the Columbia, should be designated as ‘‘Liu protect individual consumer rights, names of the Senator from Maryland Xiaobo Plaza’’; to the Committee on Home- and for other purposes. (Mr. CARDIN) and the Senator from New land Security and Governmental Affairs. S. 1692 Hampshire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) were added By Mr. WALSH (for himself, Mr. HEIN- RICH, and Mr. UDALL of Colorado): At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the as cosponsors of S. 2508, a bill to estab- S. Res. 483. A resolution establishing a name of the Senator from New Hamp- lish a comprehensive United States point of order against legislation selling shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a co- Government policy to assist countries

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S3940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 24, 2014 in sub-Saharan Africa to improve ac- (6) Thirty-eight studies published from 2005 ‘‘(i) is owned or leased by the individual or cess to and the affordability, reli- to 2012 concluded that providing services in a member of the individual’s family; ability, and sustainability of power, home and community-based settings is less ‘‘(ii) ensures the individual’s privacy, dig- costly than providing care in a nursing home nity, respect, and freedom from coercion; and for other purposes. or other institutional setting. and S. 2510 (7) No clear or centralized reporting sys- ‘‘(iii) maximizes the individual’s autonomy At the request of Mr. CRUZ, the name tem exists to compare how effectively States and independence; of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. SES- are meeting the Olmstead mandate. ‘‘(B) is integrated in, and provides access SIONS) was added as a cosponsor of S. SEC. 3. ENSURING MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES to, the general community in which the set- 2510, a bill to establish a temporary MAY ELECT TO RECEIVE CARE IN A ting is located so that the individual has ac- HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SET- cess to the community and opportunities to limitation on the use of funds to trans- TING. seek employment and work in competitive fer or release individuals detained at (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1902(a) of the So- integrated settings, participate in commu- United States Naval Station, Guanta- cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is nity life, control and utilize personal re- namo Bay, Cuba. amended— sources, benefit from community services, (1) in paragraph (80), by striking ‘‘and’’ at S. RES. 447 and participate in the community in an over- the end; all manner that is comparable to that avail- At the request of Mr. CASEY, the (2) in paragraph (81), by striking the period able to individuals who are not individuals name of the Senator from New Hamp- and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and with disabilities; and shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a co- (3) by inserting after paragraph (81) the fol- ‘‘(C) has the services and supports that the sponsor of S. Res. 447, a resolution rec- lowing new paragraph: individual needs in order to live as independ- ognizing the threats to freedom of the ‘‘(82) in the case of any individual with re- ently as possible. spect to whom there has been a determina- press and expression around the world ‘‘(4) INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIV- tion that the individual requires the level of and reaffirming freedom of the press as ING.—The term ‘instrumental activities of care provided in a nursing facility, inter- daily living’ means activities related to liv- a priority in the efforts of the United mediate care facility for the mentally re- States Government to promote democ- ing independently in the community and in- tarded, institution for mental disease, or cludes, but is not limited to, meal planning racy and good governance. other similarly restrictive or institutional and preparation, managing finances, shop- f setting— ping for food, clothing, and other items, per- ‘‘(A) provide the individual with the choice STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED forming household chores, communicating and opportunity to receive such care in a by phone or other media, and traveling BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS home and community-based setting, includ- around and participating in the community. ing rehabilitative services, assistance and ‘‘(5) PUBLIC ENTITY.—The term ‘public enti- support in accomplishing activities of daily ty’ means a public entity as defined in sub- By Mr. HARKIN: living, instrumental activities of daily liv- paragraphs (A) and (B) of section 201(1) of the S. 2515. A bill to ensure that Medicaid ing, and health-related tasks, and assistance Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. in acquiring, maintaining, or enhancing beneficiaries have the opportunity to ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDING SERV- skills necessary to accomplish such activi- receive care in a home and community- ICES IN HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SET- ties, tasks, or services; based setting; to the Committee on Fi- TINGS.—With respect to the availability and nance. ‘‘(B) ensure that each such individual has provision of services under the State plan an equal opportunity (when compared to the under this title, or under any waiver of State Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask receipt and availability of nursing facility unanimous consent that the text of the plan requirements (subject to section 3(d) of services) to receive care in a home and com- the Community Integration Act of 2014), in a bill be printed in the RECORD. munity-based setting, if the individual so home and community-based setting to any There being on objection, the text of chooses, by ensuring that the provision of individual who requires a level of care pro- the bill was ordered to be printed in such care in a home and community-based vided in a nursing facility, intermediate care the RECORD, as follows: setting is widely available on a statewide facility for the mentally retarded, institu- S. 2515 basis for all such individuals within the tion for mental disease, or other similarly State; and restrictive or institutional setting, any pub- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ‘‘(C) meet the requirements of section lic entity that receives payment under the resentatives of the United States of America in 1904A (relating to the provision of care in a State plan or waiver for providing services to Congress assembled, home and community-based setting).’’. such an individual shall not— SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNITY CARE ‘‘(1) impose or utilize policies, practices, or This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community OPTIONS.—Title XIX of the Social Security procedures, such as unnecessary require- Integration Act of 2014’’. Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) is amended by in- ments or arbitrary service or cost caps, that SEC. 2. FINDINGS. serting after section 1904 the following new limit the availability of services in home and Congress finds the following: section: community-based settings to an individual (1) The Supreme Court’s 1999 decision in ‘‘PROVISIONS RELATED TO HOME AND with a disability (including individuals with Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999), held that COMMUNITY-BASED CARE the most significant disabilities) who need the unnecessary segregation of individuals ‘‘SEC. 1904A. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes such services; with disabilities is a violation of the Ameri- of this section, section 1902(a)(82), and sec- ‘‘(2) impose or utilize policies, practices, or cans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. tion 1905(a)(4)(A): procedures that limit the availability of 12101 et seq.). ‘‘(1) ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING.—The term services in a home and community-based set- (2) Under Olmstead, individuals generally ‘activities of daily living’ includes, but is not ting (including assistance and support in ac- have the right to receive their supports and limited to, tasks such as eating, toileting, complishing activities of daily living, instru- services in home and community-based set- grooming, dressing, bathing, and transfer- mental activities of daily living, health-re- tings, rather than in institutional settings, ring. lated tasks, and rehabilitative services) if they so choose. ‘‘(2) HEALTH-RELATED TASKS.—The term based on the specific disability of an other- (3) Olmstead envisioned that States would ‘health-related tasks’ means specific tasks wise eligible individual; provide appropriate long-term services and related to the needs of an individual, includ- ‘‘(3) impose or utilize policies, practices, or supports to individuals with disabilities ing, but not limited to, bowel or bladder procedures that arbitrarily restrict an indi- through home and community-based services care, wound care, use and care of ventilators vidual with a disability from full and mean- and end forced segregation in nursing homes and feeding tubes, and the administration of ingful participation in community life; and other institutions. medications and injections, which, in the ‘‘(4) impose or utilize policies, practices, or (4) While there has been progress in rebal- opinion of the individual’s physician, can be procedures that unnecessarily delay or re- ancing State spending on individuals with delegated to be performed by an attendant. strict the provision of services in a home and disabilities in institutions as compared to ‘‘(3) HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SETTING.— community-based setting to any individual home and community-based settings, more The term ‘home and community-based set- who requires such services; than 75 percent of States continue to spend ting’ means, with respect to an individual ‘‘(5) fail to establish and utilize adequate the majority of their long-term care dollars who requires a level of care provided in a payment structures to maintain a sufficient on nursing homes and other institutional nursing facility, intermediate care facility workforce to provide services in home and settings, and the number of individuals with for the mentally retarded, institution for community-based settings to any individual disabilities under age 65 in nursing homes in- mental disease, or other similarly restrictive who requires such services; creased between 2008 and 2012. or institutional setting, a setting that— ‘‘(6) fail to provide information, on an on- (5) As of June 2013, there were more than ‘‘(A) includes a house, apartment, town- going basis, to help any individual who re- 200,000 individuals younger than age 65 in house, condominium, or similar public or ceives care in a nursing facility, inter- nursing homes – almost 16 percent of the private housing where the individual resides mediate care facility for the mentally re- total nursing home population. that— tarded, institution for mental disease, or

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Mr. President, today, I facility for the mentally retarded, institu- services and assistance and support in ac- join with several Democratic Senators tion for mental disease, or other similarly complishing activities of daily living, instru- to reintroduce the DISCLOSE Act, re- restrictive or institutional setting, prior to mental activities of daily living, and health- newing—for the third time—our fight the individual’s placement in such a facility related tasks, that are provided, at the indi- to curtail some of the worst abuses re- or institution, understand the individual’s vidual’s option, in a home and community- sulting from the Supreme Court’s deci- right to choose to receive such care in a based setting (as defined in section sion in Citizens United. Republicans 1904A(a)(3)), but not including’’. home and community-based setting. mounted filibusters of this common- ‘‘(c) PLAN TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE AND (d) APPLICATION TO WAIVERS.—Notwith- sense bill when it was first introduced ACCESSIBLE HOUSING.—Not later than 180 standing section 1904A of the Social Security days after the enactment of this section, Act (as added by subsection (b)), such sec- in 2010 and then again when it was re- each State shall develop a statewide plan to tion, and sections 1902(a)(82), and introduced in 2012. This was the case increase the availability of affordable and 1905(a)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 even though Republicans claim to sup- accessible private and public housing stock U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), as amended by sub- port disclosure. for individuals with disabilities (including sections (a) and (c), respectively, shall not Earlier this month, I chaired a hear- accessible housing for individuals with phys- apply to any individuals who are eligible for ing on a proposed constitutional ical disabilities and those using mobility de- medical assistance for home and community- amendment to repair the damage done based services under a waiver under section vices). by Citizens United and a series of other ‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES AND PROCE- 1115 or 1915 of the Social Security Act (42 flawed Supreme Court decisions that DURES.— U.S.C. 1315, 1396n) and who are receiving such ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The remedies and proce- services, to the extent such sections (as so have eviscerated our campaign finance dures set forth in sections 203 and 505 of the added or amended) are inconsistent with any laws. At this hearing, even Floyd Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 shall such waiver. Abrams, the noted First Amendment be available to any person aggrieved by the (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.— attorney who testified against the pro- failure of— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in posed amendment argued that he sup- ‘‘(A) a State to comply with this section or paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2014. ported greater disclosure. And yet, Re- section 1902(a)(82); or publicans have already filibustered this ‘‘(B) a public entity (including a State) to (2) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION comply with the requirements of subsection REQUIRED.—In the case of a State plan under bill twice and are likely to continue (b). section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 filibustering it. I am hoping that Re- ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in U.S.C. 1396a) which the Secretary of Health publicans have come to their senses paragraph (1) shall be construed to limit any and Human Services determines requires after seeing how Citizens United has al- remedy or right of action that otherwise is State legislation (other than legislation ap- lowed unlimited, undisclosed money to available to an aggrieved person under this propriating funds) in order for the plan to pollute our elections. title. meet the additional requirements imposed Since that decision, our elections ‘‘(e) ENFORCEMENT BY THE SECRETARY.— by the amendments made by this section, the State plan shall not be regarded as fail- have been defined by corporations and ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may re- billionaires spending vast amounts of duce the Federal matching assistance per- ing to comply with the requirements of such centage applicable to the State (as deter- section 1902 solely on the basis of the failure secret money to influence elections. In mined under section 1905(b)) if the Secretary of the plan to meet such additional require- the 2012 election cycle, spending from determines that the State has violated the ments before the 1st day of the 1st calendar undisclosed sources exceeded $310 mil- requirements of subsection (b). quarter beginning after the close of the 1st lion, a massive increase from the $69 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in regular session of the State legislature that million from undisclosed sources in the paragraph (1) shall be construed to limit any begins after the date of enactment of this previous presidential election cycle in remedy or right of action that is otherwise Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legis- 2008. And this number will only in- available to the Secretary. crease. No one doubts that. ‘‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—With re- lative session, each year of such session shall be deemed to be a separate regular session of While states like Vermont and Con- spect to fiscal year 2016, and for each fiscal gress continue their heavy lift of pass- year thereafter, each State shall submit to the State legislature. the Administrator of the Administration for ing a constitutional amendment to ad- Community Living of the Department of By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for him- dress the flawed Supreme Court deci- Health and Human Services, not later than self, Mr. LEAHY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, sions that have gutted our campaign fi- April 1 of the succeeding fiscal year, a re- Mr. BENNET, Mr. KING, Mr. nance laws, the Senate can take more port, in such form and manner as the Sec- UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. immediate action today. By passing retary shall require, that includes— FRANKEN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. the DISCLOSE Act, we can restore ‘‘(1) the total number of individuals en- HAGAN, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. REED, transparency and accountability to rolled in the State plan or under a waiver of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. BOXER, campaign finance laws by ensuring the plan during such fiscal year that re- Mr. BROWN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, quired the level of care provided in a nursing that all Americans know who is paying facility, intermediate care facility for the Ms. HIRONO, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. for campaign ads. This is a crucial step mentally retarded, institution for mental JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. toward restoring the ability of disease, or other similarly restrictive or in- TESTER, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. Vermonters and all American voters to stitutional setting, disaggregated by the NELSON, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CASEY, be able to speak, be heard and to hear type of facility or setting; Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mrs. MCCAS- competing voices, and not be drowned ‘‘(2) with respect to the total number de- KILL, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. WAR- out by powerful corporate interests. scribed in paragraph (1), the total number of REN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. MUR- We know disclosure laws can work individuals described in that paragraph who RAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. COONS, received care in a nursing facility, inter- because they do work for individual mediate care facility for the mentally re- Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. Americans donating directly to polit- tarded, institution for mental disease, or MENENDEZ, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. ical campaigns. When you or I give other similarly restrictive or institutional KAINE, Mr. WARNER, Mr. WALSH, money directly to a political can- setting, disaggregated by the type of facility Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. didate, our donation is not hidden. It is or setting; and CARPER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. publicly disclosed. Yet those who op- ‘‘(3) with respect to the total number de- SCHATZ, Mr. REID, Mr. pose the DISCLOSE Act are standing scribed in paragraph (2), the total number of MERKLEY, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. up for special rights for corporations individuals described in that paragraph who MANCHIN, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. were transitioned from a nursing facility, in- and wealthy donors that you and I do termediate care facility for the mentally re- BOOKER, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. not have. tarded, institution for mental disease, or LEVIN, and Ms. LANDRIEU): Recently, the Washington Post docu- other similarly restrictive or institutional S. 2516. A bill to amend the Federal mented a trend whereby politically ac- setting to a home and community-based set- Election Campaign Act of 1971 to pro- tive organizations manipulate and use

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S3942 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 24, 2014 their tax-exempt status to keep its the Faster FOIA Act, which responded ‘‘(D) copies of all records, regardless of donor lists private even though these to the concerns of FOIA requestors and form or format— organizations are pouring millions of addressed agency delays in processing ‘‘(i) that have been released to any person requests. under paragraph (3); and dollars of undisclosed money into our ‘‘(ii)(I) that because of the nature of their elections. The increase of secret money The FOIA Improvement Act we are subject matter, the agency determines have can only harm our political process. introducing today will make additional become or are likely to become the subject The DISCLOSE Act would fix this improvements to the law. It will en- of subsequent requests for substantially the problem. This bill would require any shrine into law the presumption of same records; or organization spending money on polit- openness that the President laid out on ‘‘(II) that have been requested not less ical ads, including 501(c)(4)s and Super his first day in office. He said, ‘‘The than 3 times; and’’; and PACs, to disclose donors who had given Freedom of Information Act should be (iii) in the undesignated matter following administered with a clear presumption: subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘public inspec- $10,000 or more. This is a commonsense tion and copying current’’ and inserting transparency measure that everyone In the face of doubt, openness pre- ‘‘public inspection in an electronic format, should be willing to support. vails.’’ Our bipartisan legislation will and current’’; When the race is on for secret money require that Federal agencies consider (B) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking clause and election campaigns are won or lost the public interest in the disclosure of (viii) and inserting the following: by who can collect the largest amount government information before invok- ‘‘(viii)(I) Except as provided in subclause of unaccountable, secret donations, it ing a FOIA exemption. It will provide (II), an agency shall not assess any search fees (or in the case of a requester described puts at risk government of, by and for additional independence for the Office of Government Information Services, under clause (ii)(II) of this subparagraph, du- the people. In a democracy, our ballots plication fees) under this subparagraph if the should be secret not massive corporate OGIS, created by the OPEN Govern- agency has failed to comply with any time campaign contributions. Disclosure of ment Act in 2007, and reduce the over- limit under paragraph (6). who is paying for election ads should use of Exemption 5 to withhold infor- ‘‘(II)(aa) If an agency determines that un- not be kept secret from the public. mation by adding a public interest bal- usual circumstances apply (as the term is de- Vermont is a small state. It would ancing test. fined in paragraph (6)(B)) and the agency not take more than a tiny fraction of There has been significant progress provides a timely written notice to the re- in improving the FOIA process over the quester in accordance with paragraph (6)(B), the corporate money flooding the air- a failure described in subclause (I) is excused waves in other states to outspend all of years, but I am concerned that the growing trend towards relying upon for an additional 10 days. If the agency fails our local candidates combined. I know to comply with the extended time limit, the that the people of Vermont, like all FOIA exemptions to withhold large agency may not assess any search fees (or in Americans, take seriously their civic swaths of government information is the case of a requester described under duty to choose wisely on Election Day. hindering the public’s right to know. clause (ii)(II) of this subparagraph, duplica- Like all Vermonters, I cherish the vot- According to the tion fees). ‘‘(bb) If a court determines that excep- ers’ role in the democratic process and OpenTheGovernment.org 2013 Secrecy Report, Federal agencies used Exemp- tional circumstances exist (as that term is am a staunch believer in the First tion 5 more than 79,000 times in 2012— defined in paragraph (6)(C)), a failure de- Amendment. The rights of Vermonters an incredible 41 percent increase from scribed in subclause (I) shall be excused for and all Americans to speak to each the length of time provided by the court the previous year. This does not exem- other and to be heard should not be un- order.’’; plify the presumption of openness that dercut by corporate spending. (C) in paragraph (6)— I hope that Republicans who have we expect from our Government, and (i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking seen the impact of waves of unaccount- that is why Senator CORNYN and I are ‘‘making such request’’ and all that follows introducing the FOIA Improvement through ‘‘determination; and’’ and inserting able corporate campaign spending will the following: ‘‘making such request of—’’ join us to take up this important legis- Act today. Both Democrats and Republicans un- ‘‘(I) such determination and the reasons lation. I hope Republican Senators will derstand that a commitment to trans- therefore; let us vote on the DISCLOSE Act and ‘‘(II) the right of such person to seek as- parency is a commitment to the Amer- help us take an important step to en- sistance from the FOIA Public Liaison of the ican values of openness and account- sure the ability of every American to agency; and ability, and to the public’s right to be heard and to be able to meaningfully ‘‘(III) in the case of an adverse determina- know what their government is doing. tion— participate in free and fair elections. I value the strong partnership that I ‘‘(aa) the right of such person to appeal to the head of the agency, within a period de- By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and have formed with Senator CORNYN on open government matters. Ensuring an termined by the head of the agency that is Mr. CORNYN): not less than 90 days after the receipt of such S. 2520. A bill to improve the Free- open government should be a non- adverse determination; and dom of Information Act; to the Com- partisan issue, and I invite all Members ‘‘(bb) the right of such person to seek dis- mittee on the Judiciary. to support the FOIA Improvement Act pute resolution services from the FOIA Pub- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, the Free- of 2014. lic Liaison of the agency or the Office of dom of Information Act, FOIA, is one Mr. President I ask unanimous con- Government Information Services; and’’; and of our Nation’s most important laws, sent that the text of the bill be printed (ii) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking in the RECORD. ‘‘the agency.’’ and inserting ‘‘the agency, established to give Americans greater and notify the requester of the right of the access to their government and protect There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in requester to seek dispute resolution services their ability to hold government ac- from the Office of Government Information the RECORD, as follows: countable. In keeping with my com- Services.’’; and mitment to support this law and ex- S. 2520 (D) by adding at the end the following: pand its mission, today I join with Sen- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ‘‘(8) An agency— resentatives of the United States of America in ‘‘(A) shall— ator JOHN CORNYN to introduce bipar- Congress assembled, tisan legislation that will improve the ‘‘(i) withhold information under this sec- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. tion only if— implementation of FOIA. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FOIA Im- ‘‘(I) the agency reasonably foresees that I have sought for decades to make provement Act of 2014’’. disclosure would harm an interest protected our government more open and trans- SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO FOIA. by an exemption described in subsection (b) parent. Senator CORNYN has been an Section 552 of title 5, United States Code, or other provision of law; or important partner in these efforts, and is amended— ‘‘(II) disclosure is prohibited by law; and our collaboration has resulted in the (1) in subsection (a)— ‘‘(ii)(I) consider whether partial disclosure enactment of several improvements to (A) in paragraph (2)— of information is possible whenever the agen- FOIA: the OPEN Government Act, the (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph cy determines that a full disclosure of a re- (A), by striking ‘‘for public inspection and quested record is not possible; and first major reform to FOIA in more copying’’ and inserting ‘‘for public inspec- ‘‘(II) take reasonable steps necessary to than a decade; the OPEN FOIA Act, tion in an electronic format’’; segregate and release nonexempt informa- which increased the transparency of (ii) by striking subparagraph (D) and in- tion; and legislative exemptions to FOIA; and serting the following: ‘‘(B) may not—

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3943 ‘‘(i) withhold information requested under ‘‘(III) the cost, fees, and penalties assessed do not necessarily represent the views of the this section merely because the agency can under subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G) of sub- President. demonstrate, as a technical matter, that the section (a)(4); and ‘‘(5) The Director of the Office of Govern- records fall within the scope of an exemption ‘‘(iii) a description of the efforts under- ment Information Services may submit addi- described in subsection (b); or taken by the Department of Justice to en- tional information to Congress and the ‘‘(ii) withhold information requested under courage agency compliance with this sec- President as the Director determines to be this section because the information may be tion. appropriate. embarrassing to the agency or because of ‘‘(B) The Attorney General of the United ‘‘(6) Not less frequently than annually, the speculative or abstract concerns.’’; States shall make— Office of Government Information Services (2) in subsection (b), by amending para- ‘‘(i) each report submitted under subpara- shall conduct a meeting that is open to the graph (5) to read as follows: graph (A) available for public inspection in public on the review and reports by the Of- ‘‘(5) inter-agency or intra-agency memo- an electronic format; and fice and shall allow interested persons to ap- pear and present oral or written statements randums or letters that would not be avail- ‘‘(ii) the raw statistical data used in each at the meeting.’’; and able by law to a party other than an agency report submitted under subparagraph (A) (6) by striking subsections (i), (j), and (k), in litigation with the agency, if— available for public inspection in an elec- tronic format, which shall be made avail- and inserting the following: ‘‘(A) in the case of deliberative process ‘‘(i) The Government Accountability Office able— privilege or attorney work-product privilege, shall— ‘‘(I) without charge, license, or registra- the agency interest in protecting the records ‘‘(1) conduct audits of administrative agen- tion requirement; or information is not outweighed by a public cies on compliance with and implementation ‘‘(II) in an aggregated, searchable format; interest in disclosure; of the requirements of this section and issue ‘‘(B) in the case of attorney-client privi- and reports detailing the results of such audits; lege, the agency interest in protecting the ‘‘(III) in a format that may be downloaded and records or information is not outweighed by in bulk.’’; ‘‘(2) catalog the number of exemptions de- a compelling public interest in disclosure; (4) in subsection (g), in the matter pre- scribed in subsection (b)(3) and the use of and ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘publicly such exemptions by each agency. ‘‘(C) the requested record or information available upon request’’ and inserting ‘‘avail- ‘‘(j)(1) Each agency shall designate a Chief was created less than 25 years before the able for public inspection in an electronic FOIA Officer who shall be a senior official of date on which the request was made;’’; format’’; such agency (at the Assistant Secretary or (3) in subsection (e) (5) in subsection (h)— equivalent level). (A) in paragraph (1)— (A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end ‘‘(2) The Chief FOIA Officer of each agency (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph the following: ‘‘The head of the Office shall shall, subject to the authority of the head of (A), by inserting ‘‘and to the Director of the be the Director of the Office of Government the agency— Office of Government Information Services’’ Information Services.’’; ‘‘(A) have agency-wide responsibility for after ‘‘United States’’; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking subpara- efficient and appropriate compliance with (ii) in subparagraph (N), by striking ‘‘and’’ graph (C) and inserting the following: this section; at the end; ‘‘(C) identify procedures and methods for ‘‘(B) monitor implementation of this sec- (iii) in subparagraph (O), by striking the improving compliance under this section.’’; tion throughout the agency and keep the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; (C) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting head of the agency, the chief legal officer of and the following: the agency, and the Attorney General appro- (iv) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(3) The Office of Government Information priately informed of the agency’s perform- ‘‘(P) the number of times the agency de- Services shall offer mediation services to re- ance in implementing this section; nied a request for records under subsection solve disputes between persons making re- ‘‘(C) recommend to the head of the agency (c); and quests under this section and administrative such adjustments to agency practices, poli- ‘‘(Q) the number of records that were made agencies as a non-exclusive alternative to cies, personnel, and funding as may be nec- available for public inspection in an elec- litigation and may issue advisory opinions at essary to improve its implementation of this tronic format under subsection (a)(2).’’; the discretion of the Office or upon request section; (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting of any party to a dispute.’’; and ‘‘(D) review and report to the Attorney the following: (D) by adding at the end the following: General, through the head of the agency, at ‘‘(4)(A) Not less frequently than annually, ‘‘(3) Each agency shall make each such re- such times and in such formats as the Attor- the Director of the Office of Government In- port available for public inspection in an ney General may direct, on the agency’s per- formation Services shall submit to the Com- electronic format. In addition, each agency formance in implementing this section; mittee on Oversight and Government Reform shall make the raw statistical data used in ‘‘(E) facilitate public understanding of the of the House of Representatives, the Com- purposes of the statutory exemptions of this each report available in a timely manner for mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and section by including concise descriptions of public inspection in an electronic format, the President— the exemptions in both the agency’s hand- which shall be made available— ‘‘(i) a report on the findings of the informa- book issued under subsection (g), and the ‘‘(A) without charge, license, or registra- tion reviewed and identified under paragraph agency’s annual report on this section, and tion requirement; (2); by providing an overview, where appropriate, ‘‘(B) in an aggregated, searchable format; ‘‘(ii) a summary of the activities of the Of- of certain general categories of agency and fice of Government Information Services records to which those exemptions apply; ‘‘(C) in a format that may be downloaded under paragraph (3), including— ‘‘(F) offer training to agency staff regard- in bulk.’’; ‘‘(I) any advisory opinions issued; and ing their responsibilities under this section; (C) in paragraph (4)— ‘‘(II) the number of times each agency en- ‘‘(G) serve as the primary agency liaison (i) by striking ‘‘Government Reform and gaged in dispute resolution with the assist- with the Office of Government Information Oversight’’ and inserting ‘‘Oversight and ance of the Office of Government Informa- Services and the Office of Information Pol- Government Reform’’; tion Services or the FOIA Public Liaison; icy; and (ii) by inserting ‘‘Homeland Security and’’ and ‘‘(H) designate 1 or more FOIA Public Liai- before ‘‘Governmental Affairs’’; and ‘‘(iii) legislative and regulatory rec- sons. (iii) by striking ‘‘April’’ and inserting ommendations, if any, to improve the admin- ‘‘(3) The Chief FOIA Officer of each agency ‘‘March’’; and istration of this section. shall review, not less frequently than annu- (D) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting ‘‘(B) The Director of the Office of Govern- ally, all aspects of the administration of this the following: ment Information Services shall make each section by the agency to ensure compliance ‘‘(6)(A) The Attorney General of the United report submitted under subparagraph (A) with the requirements of this section, in- States shall submit to the Committee on available for public inspection in an elec- cluding— Oversight and Government Reform of the tronic format. ‘‘(A) agency regulations; House of Representatives, the Committee on ‘‘(C) The Director of the Office of Govern- ‘‘(B) disclosure of records required under Judiciary of the Senate, and the President a ment Information Services shall not be re- paragraphs (2) and (8) of subsection (a); report on or before March 1 of each calendar quired to obtain the prior approval, com- ‘‘(C) assessment of fees and determination year, which shall include for the prior cal- ment, or review of any officer or agency of of eligibility for fee waivers; endar year— the United States, including the Department ‘‘(D) the timely processing of requests for ‘‘(i) a listing of the number of cases arising of Justice, the Archivist of the United information under this section; under this section; States, or the Office of Management and ‘‘(E) the use of exemptions under sub- ‘‘(ii) a listing of— Budget before submitting to the Congress, or section (b); and ‘‘(I) each subsection, and any exemption, if any committee or subcommittee thereof, ‘‘(F) dispute resolution services with the applicable, involved in each case arising any reports, recommendations, testimony, or assistance of the Office of Government Infor- under this section; comments, if such submissions include a mation Services or the FOIA Public Liaison. ‘‘(II) the disposition of each case arising statement indicating that the views ex- ‘‘(k)(1) There is established in the execu- under this section; and pressed therein are those of the Director and tive branch the Chief FOIA Officers Council

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S3944 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 24, 2014 (referred to in this subsection as the ‘Coun- (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol- (C) should be placed on— cil’). lowing: (i) the parcel Federal property that is clos- ‘‘(2) The Council shall be comprised of the ‘‘(2) procedures for identifying records of est to 1 Liu Xiaobo Plaza (as described in following members: general interest or use to the public that are paragraph (2)); and ‘‘(A) The Deputy Director for Management appropriate for public disclosure, and for (ii) the street corners of International of the Office of Management and Budget. posting such records in a publicly accessible Drive, Northwest and Van Ness Street, ‘‘(B) The Director of the Office of Informa- electronic format;’’. Northwest and International Drive, North- tion Policy at the Department of Justice. SEC. 5. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. west and International Place, Northwest, ‘‘(C) The Director of the Office of Govern- No additional funds are authorized to carry Washington, District of Columbia. ment Information Services. out the requirements of this Act or the ‘‘(D) The Chief FOIA Officer of each agen- amendments made by this Act. The require- f cy. ments of this Act and the amendments made ‘‘(E) Any other officer or employee of the by this Act shall be carried out using United States as designated by the Co- amounts otherwise authorized or appro- SENATE RESOLUTION 483—ESTAB- Chairs. priated. LISHING A POINT OF ORDER ‘‘(3) The Director of the Office of Informa- f AGAINST LEGISLATION SELLING tion Policy at the Department of Justice and SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS FEDERAL LAND IN ORDER TO the Director of the Office of Government In- REDUCE THE DEFICIT formation Services shall be the Co-Chairs of the Council. SENATE RESOLUTION 482—EX- ‘‘(4) The Administrator of General Services Mr. WALSH (for himself, Mr. HEIN- shall provide administrative and other sup- PRESSING THE SENSE OF THE RICH, and Mr. UDALL of Colorado) sub- port for the Council. SENATE THAT THE AREA BE- mitted the following resolution; which ‘‘(5)(A) The duties of the Council shall in- TWEEN THE INTERSECTIONS OF was referred to the Committee on En- clude the following: INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, NORTH- ergy and Natural Resources: ‘‘(i) Develop recommendations for increas- WEST VAN NESS STREET, S. RES. 483 ing compliance and efficiency under this sec- NORTHWEST INTERNATIONAL tion. Resolved, ‘‘(ii) Disseminate information about agen- DRIVE, NORTHWEST AND INTER- cy experiences, ideas, best practices, and in- NATIONAL PLACE, NORTHWEST SECTION 1. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST SELLING novative approaches related to this section. IN WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF FEDERAL LAND IN ORDER TO RE- ‘‘(iii) Identify, develop, and coordinate ini- COLUMBIA, SHOULD BE DES- DUCE THE DEFICIT. tiatives to increase transparency and com- IGNATED AS ‘‘LIU XIAOBO (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in pliance with this section. PLAZA’’ subsection (b), it shall not be in order in the ‘‘(iv) Promote the development and use of Mr. CRUZ submitted the following Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, common performance measures for agency amendment, motion, amendment between compliance with this section. resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and the houses, or conference report that sells ‘‘(B) In performing the duties described in any Federal land and uses the proceeds of subparagraph (A), the Council shall consult Governmental Affairs: the sale to reduce the Federal deficit. on a regular basis with members of the pub- S. RES. 482 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not lic who make requests under this section. Whereas June 4, 2014, marked the 25th an- ‘‘(6)(A) The Council shall meet regularly apply to the sale of Federal land as part of a niversary of the brutal crackdown on and such meetings shall be open to the pub- program that acquires land in the same protestors at Tiananmen Square in Beijing; lic unless the Council determines to close State that is of comparable value or contains Whereas Dr. Liu Xiaobo is a Chinese the meeting for reasons of national security exceptional resources. human rights activist and Nobel Laureate or to discuss information exempt under sub- who is currently serving an 11-year prison (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL IN section (b). THE SENATE.— ‘‘(B) Not less frequently than annually, the sentence for inciting subversion against the (1) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or Council shall hold a meeting that shall be Government of the People’s Republic of suspended only by the affirmative vote of open to the public and permit interested per- China; sons to appear and present oral and written Whereas in recognition of Dr. Liu Xiaobo’s three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and statements to the Council. long and non-violent struggle for funda- sworn. ‘‘(C) Not later than 10 business days before mental human rights in the People’s Repub- (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three- a meeting of the Council, notice of such lic of China, he was awarded the Nobel Peace fifths of the Members, duly chosen and meeting shall be published in the Federal Prize in October 2010; and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal Register. Whereas renaming a portion of the street of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order ‘‘(D) Except as provided in subsection (b), in front of the Embassy of the People’s Re- raised under this section. the records, reports, transcripts, minutes, public of China in the District of Columbia appendixes, working papers, drafts, studies, after Dr. Liu Xiaobo serves as an expression Mr. WALSH. Mr. President, I rise agenda, or other documents that were made of solidarity between the people of the today to talk about one of our greatest available to or prepared for or by the Council United States and the people of the People’s treasures in this country: our public shall be made publicly available. Republic of China who are, like Dr. Liu lands. Growing up in Butte, MT, I woke ‘‘(E) Detailed minutes of each meeting of Xiaobo, engaged in a long and non-violent the Council shall be kept and shall contain a up every day under the morning shad- struggle for fundamental human rights: Now, ow of the Continental Divide, part of record of the persons present, a complete and therefore, be it accurate description of matters discussed Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate the Deerlodge National Forest. When I and conclusions reached, and copies of all re- that— was a kid, my dad would take me fish- ports received, issued, or approved by the (1) the area between the intersections of ing on the Big Hole River. On the liv- Council. The minutes shall be redacted as International Drive, Northwest and Van Ness ing room wall in my parents’ home, necessary and made publicly available.’’. Street, Northwest and International Drive, there were pictures of three people: a SEC. 3. REVIEW AND ISSUANCE OF REGULA- Northwest and International Place, North- picture of Jesus, a picture of JFK, and TIONS. west in Washington, District of Columbia, (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days a picture of George Meany. I have car- should be known and designated as ‘‘Liu after the date of enactment of this Act, the Xiaobo Plaza’’, and any reference in a law, ried the values my parents instilled in head of each agency (as defined in section 551 map, regulation, document, paper, or other me to this day. of title 5, United States Code) shall review record to that area should be deemed to be a the regulations of such agency and shall I grew up in a Catholic home similar reference to Liu Xiaobo Plaza; issue regulations on procedures for the dis- to Montana writer Norman Maclean, (2) the address of 3505 International Place, closure of records under section 552 of title 5, who wrote in his famous book ‘‘A River Northwest, Washington, District of Colum- United States Code, in accordance with the Runs Through It’’ that his father, a bia, should be redesignated as 1 Liu Xiaobo amendments made by section 2. Plaza, and any reference in a law, map, regu- Presbyterian minister, ‘‘told us about (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The regulations of Christ’s disciples being fishermen, and each agency shall include procedures for en- lation, document, paper, or other record of gaging in dispute resolution through the the United States to that address should be we were left to assume, as my brother FOIA Public Liaison and the Office of Gov- deemed to be a reference to 1 Liu Xiaobo and I did, that all first-class fishermen ernment Information Services. Plaza; and on the Sea of Galilee were fly fisher- SEC. 4. PROACTIVE DISCLOSURE THROUGH (3) the Administrator of General Services men, and that John, the favorite, was a RECORDS MANAGEMENT. should construct street signs that— dry-fly fisherman.’’ Section 3102 of title 44, United States Code, (A) contain the phrase ‘‘Liu Xiaobo Plaza’’; is amended— (B) are similar in design to the signs used As an adult serving in the Montana (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) by Washington, District of Columbia, to des- National Guard, I would ride my moun- as paragraphs (3) and (4); and ignate the location of Metro stations; and tain bike almost daily all over trails in

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:11 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\S24JN4.REC S24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3945 the Helena National Forest that con- In the year 2000 I led the response of fiscal year, and for other purposes; which nect our streets in the capital city of the Montana National Guard to the was ordered to lie on the table. Helena. One day my granddaughter wildfires that consumed over 1 million f Kennedy will fish and bike these same acres of Montana land. The Depart- TEXT OF AMENDMENTS lands and waters. These places all have ments of Agriculture and Interior have one thing in common beyond being gor- spent about $1.8 billion annually to SA 3375. Mr. VITTER submitted an geous and being in Montana; they be- fight wildfires in the past 5 years. amendment intended to be proposed by long to you and me. We all own them. States simply cannot afford that him to the bill S. 2363, to protect and They are part of what makes living in pricetag. One bad wildfire season could enhance opportunities for recreational Montana and in America so special. bankrupt a State. hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for Other countries and other States have I want to share a little more about other purposes; which was ordered to lost this heritage but not in Montana. what is at stake. lie on the table; as follows: Maintaining and improving access to Under the Ryan budget in the House At the end, add the following: these lands is one of the most impor- of Representatives, with an auction of TITLE III—GULF OF MEXICO RED tant things we can do. That is why our public lands, Montana hunters SNAPPER FISHERY today I submitted legislation to make could lose access to elk wallows of the SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. it harder to sell off this land. My bill Pioneer Mountains. You might hear In this title: will create a budget point of order in elk bugling on Tenderfoot Creek in the (1) GULF STATES.—The term ‘‘Gulf States’’ the Senate to block attempts to sell off Little Belt Mountains, but it could be means the States of Alabama, Florida, Lou- public land to pay for Congress’s bills. on private land instead of land pro- isiana, Mississippi, and Texas. There is no question that Washington (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ tected by the Land and Water Con- means the Secretary of Commerce. has a spending problem. Since arriving servation Fund. SEC. 302. FISHERY MANAGEMENT RIGHTS. in the Senate, I have proposed several Montanans could be shut out of the (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), ways to rein in out-of-control spending. Missouri River Breaks, locked out of But selling off our kids’ and grandkids’ not later than 120 days after the date of en- putting a canoe in or hunting a mule actment of this Act, the Secretary shall heritage is a terrible idea. Jeopardizing deer or sheep. grant to the Gulf States exclusive fishery the countless jobs that rely on our out- We could lose the Rocky Mountain management authority over the red snapper doors is also a terrible idea. Front, facing padlocks and orange fish (lutjanus campechanus) in the Gulf of There is a theory circulating in some signs instead of open space and the Mexico in the area located between the coast parts of the West that the Federal Gov- chance for a bighorn sheep tag. line of each Gulf State and the point that is ernment has a continuing duty to dis- Under the House plan, anglers in 200 miles seaward of the coast line of each Gulf State, consistent with the jurisdictional pose of its lands in Western States. Montana could lose the headwaters of What this really means is handing over limit of the exclusive economic zone. Rock Creek or the Smith River and the (b) AGREEMENT BETWEEN GOVERNORS.— our most popular recreation areas to chance to sink a perfect fly from a the highest out-of-State bidder. That is (1) IN GENERAL.—The grant of authority streamside the public owns. under subsection (a) is contingent on the good for copper barons and trophy- Despite years of effort to secure ac- condition that not later than 180 days after home developers, but it is bad for us. cess, we could be shut out of land the date on which the Secretary grants the This theory is as radical as it is around the Three Dollar Bridge south authority, the Governors of each of the Gulf wrong, as court rulings have repeatedly of Bozeman that helped kids like me— States— found, but it is getting real traction. (A) agree on a fishery management plan Our colleagues in the House of Rep- growing up, fishing in our own blue-rib- governing management of the red snapper resentatives have passed a budget that bon streams. The same thing could fish (lutjanus campechanus); and could sell off millions of acres of public happen to the centennials and swan. (B) certify in writing to the Secretary that land—our land—in Montana. We could lose the best eastern Mon- the Governors have entered into that agree- I want you to know that I will fight tana has to offer, from the monster ment. any similar attempts in this Chamber. bucks and turkeys in the Custer Na- (2) REVERSION.—If the Governors fail to enter into an agreement under paragraph (1), I want my granddaughter Kennedy to tional Forest to the duck factory of the BLM’s prairie potholes. the authority granted to the Governors grow up in Montana with the same under subsection (a) shall revert to the Sec- easy access to streams and forests I en- Under the House plan, we could be retary. joyed, whether she wants to hunt, hike, facing closed roads, closed trails, and fish or bike. closed land in the Gallatin National SA 3376. Mr. VITTER submitted an We also need to get our forests Forest that thousands of Montanans amendment intended to be proposed by healthy and working again, creating worked together 20 years ago to keep him to the bill S. 2363, to protect and good jobs and making our forests more open and keep public forever. enhance opportunities for recreational resilient to wildfires. Montana is the last best place be- hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for Like many Montanans, I am frus- cause we can hunt, fish, hike, and play other purposes; which was ordered to trated with how long it takes to con- on the land that we all own. I will fight lie on the table; as follows: duct a timber sale or complete an envi- to keep it that way. At the appropriate place, insert the fol- ronmental analysis of potential f lowing: projects. Even simple projects get tied AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND SEC. ll. TRANSPARENCY OF REGIONAL FISH- up in court, and our rural communities ERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL MEET- PROPOSED and the land itself suffer for it. INGS. But the solution isn’t to hand the SA 3375. Mr. VITTER submitted an amend- (a) OPEN MEETINGS.—Section 302(i)(2) of the keys over to special interests and walk ment intended to be proposed by him to the Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and away. The solution is to manage the bill S. 2363, to protect and enhance opportu- Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1852(i)(2)) is amended— land—from the ground up. nities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes; which was (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘ses- In Montana, tourism is critical to ordered to lie on the table. sion,’’ and inserting ‘‘session that is not sub- our economy. Outdoor recreation sup- SA 3376. Mr. VITTER submitted an amend- ject to paragraph (3)(C),’’; and ports 64,000 jobs and generates over $5.8 ment intended to be proposed by him to the (2) by adding at the end the following new billion in revenue annually. Cutting off bill S. 2363, supra; which was ordered to lie subparagraph: access or selling the land to out-of- on the table. ‘‘(G) Any member of a Council, committee, State development is a direct threat to SA 3377. Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. or panel who intends to use a document, ex- jobs in Montana. MCCAIN, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, and Mr. COBURN) hibit, fact, or statistic at an open or closed Turning over land in the State is just submitted an amendment intended to be pro- meeting of the Council, committee, or panel one step away from privatizing. There posed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize shall provide to all other members of the appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for mili- Council, committee, or panel the source of is no question that private land is the tary activities of the Department of Defense, the document, exhibit, fact, or statistic not misguided ultimate goal of many who for military construction, and for defense ac- less than 48 hours prior to the meeting.’’. don’t understand our outdoor heritage tivities of the Department of Energy, to pre- (b) CLOSED MEETINGS.—Section 302(i)(3) of in the West. scribe military personnel strengths for such the Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation

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(g) that is closed under this paragraph on the (B) facilitates, supports, fails to prosecute, (5) OWN.—The term ‘‘own’’, with respect to basis that the meeting concerns matters or or otherwise permits such espionage by— a trade secret or proprietary information, information that pertains to employment (i) individuals who are citizens or residents means to hold rightful legal or equitable matters, the Council, committee, or panel of the foreign country; or title to, or license in, the trade secret or pro- shall maintain detailed minutes as described (ii) entities that are organized under the prietary information. in paragraph (2)(E) and complete transcripts. laws of the foreign country or are otherwise (6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an Such minutes and transcripts shall be avail- subject to the jurisdiction of the government individual or entity. able to any court of competent jurisdic- of the foreign country. (7) PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.—The term tion.’’. (3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required ‘‘proprietary information’’ means competi- by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in un- tive bid preparations, negotiating strategies, SA 3377. Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. classified form but may contain a classified executive emails, internal financial data, MCCAIN, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, and Mr. annex. strategic business plans, technical designs, COBURN) submitted an amendment in- (b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— manufacturing processes, source code, data tended to be proposed by him to the (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, pursu- derived from research and development in- ant to the International Emergency Eco- bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations vestments, and other commercially valuable nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), information that a person has developed or for fiscal year 2015 for military activi- block and prohibit all transactions in all ties of the Department of Defense, for obtained if— property and interests in property of each (A) the person has taken reasonable meas- person described in paragraph (2), if such military construction, and for defense ures to keep the information confidential; property and interests in property are in the activities of the Department of Energy, and United States, come within the United to prescribe military personnel (B) the information is not generally known States, or are or come within the possession strengths for such fiscal year, and for or readily ascertainable through proper or control of a United States person. means by the public. other purposes; which was ordered to (2) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person de- (8) TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘technology’’ lie on the table; as follows: scribed in this paragraph is a foreign person has the meaning given that term in section At the end of subtitle D of title XVI, add the President determines knowingly re- 16 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 the following: quests, engages in, supports, facilitates, or (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as in effect pursuant to SEC. 1647. ACTIONS TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC OR benefits from the significant appropriation, the International Emergency Economic Pow- INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE IN CYBER- through economic or industrial espionage in SPACE. cyberspace, of technologies or proprietary ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)). (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— information developed by United States per- (9) TRADE SECRET.—The term ‘‘trade se- (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days sons. cret’’ has the meaning given that term in section 1839 of title 18, United States Code. after the date of the enactment of this Act, (3) EXCEPTION.—The authority to impose and annually thereafter, the President shall sanctions under paragraph (1) shall not in- (10) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term submit to the appropriate congressional clude the authority to impose sanctions on ‘‘United States person’’ means— committees a report on foreign economic the importation of goods. (A) an individual who is a citizen or resi- and industrial espionage in cyberspace dur- (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: dent of the United States; or ing the 12-month period preceding the sub- (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT- (B) an entity organized under the laws of mission of the report that— TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional the United States or any jurisdiction within (A) identifies— committees’’ means— the United States. (i) foreign countries that engage in eco- (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the f nomic or industrial espionage in cyberspace Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban with respect to trade secrets or proprietary Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Secu- AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO information owned by United States persons; rity and Governmental Affairs, the Com- (ii) foreign countries identified under mittee on Finance, the Committee on For- MEET clause (i) that the President determines en- eign Relations, and the Select Committee on COMMITTEE ON FINANCE gage in the most egregious economic or in- Intelligence of the Senate; and Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- dustrial espionage in cyberspace with re- (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the imous consent that the Finance Com- spect to such trade secrets or proprietary in- Committee on Homeland Security, the Com- formation (in this section referred to as ‘‘pri- mittee on Financial Services, the Committee mittee be authorized to meet during ority foreign countries’’); on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Ways the session of the Senate on June 24, (iii) technologies or proprietary informa- and Means, and the Permanent Select Com- 2014, at 10 a.m., in Room SD–215 of the tion developed by United States persons mittee on Intelligence of the House of Rep- Dirksen Senate Office Building, to con- that— resentatives. duct a hearing entitled ‘‘Less Student (I) are targeted for economic or industrial (2) CYBERSPACE.—The term ‘‘cyberspace’’— Debt from the Start: What Role Should espionage in cyberspace; and (A) means the interdependent network of the Tax System Play?’’ (II) to the extent practicable, have been ap- information technology infrastructures; and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without propriated through such espionage; (B) includes the Internet, telecommuni- (iv) articles manufactured or otherwise cations networks, computer systems, and objection, it is so ordered. produced using technologies or proprietary embedded processors and controllers. COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS information described in clause (iii)(II); and (3) ECONOMIC OR INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE.— Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- (v) to the extent practicable, services pro- The term ‘‘economic or industrial espio- imous consent that the Committee on vided using such technologies or proprietary nage’’ means— Foreign Relations be authorized to information; (A) stealing a trade secret or proprietary meet during the session of the Senate (B) describes the economic or industrial es- information or appropriating, taking, car- pionage engaged in by the foreign countries rying away, or concealing, or by fraud, arti- on June 24, 2014, at 2:15 p.m. identified under clauses (i) and (ii) of sub- fice, or deception obtaining, a trade secret or The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without paragraph (A); and proprietary information without the author- objection, it is so ordered. (C) describes— ization of the owner of the trade secret or COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, (i) actions taken by the President to de- proprietary information; AND PENSIONS crease the prevalence of economic or indus- (B) copying, duplicating, downloading, Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- trial espionage in cyberspace; and uploading, destroying, transmitting, deliv- imous consent that the Committee on (ii) the progress made in decreasing the ering, sending, communicating, or conveying prevalence of such espionage. a trade secret or proprietary information Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- (2) DETERMINATION OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES without the authorization of the owner of sions be authorized to meet, during the ENGAGING IN ECONOMIC OR INDUSTRIAL ESPIO- the trade secret or proprietary information; session of the Senate, on June 24, 2014, NAGE IN CYBERSPACE.—For purposes of or at 2:30 p.m., in room SD–106 of the

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RECOGNIZING ROBIN LEA HUTTON land and across the country. David is a Pro- PERSONAL EXPLANATION fessor of Population, Family and Reproductive HON. JULIA BROWNLEY Health with joint appointments in International HON. GREGG HARPER OF CALIFORNIA Health and Human Nutrition at the Johns Hop- OF MISSISSIPPI kins Bloomberg School of Public Health and in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Medicine. He is a member of the Maryland Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Ms. BROWNLEY of California. Mr. Speaker, State WIC Advisory Panel and the Director of Mr. HARPER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. today I rise to recognize Robin Lea Hutton, the Johns Hopkins WIC Program. 294, I inadvertently voted ‘‘yea,’’ I intended to President of Angels Without Wings, Inc., a Through his work as a physician, researcher vote ‘‘nay.’’ non-profit corporation dedicated to giving relief and professor, David has made indelible f to the poor, the distressed and underprivi- marks on the state of public health in this na- leged, and honoring those people and groups tion. In response to a crisis of malnourishment RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBU- who help others in need. among low-income infants and pregnant TIONS OF MICHAEL FARMER It is through her leadership and vision that women in Baltimore in the 1960s, David cre- Angels Without Wings has spearheaded the ated a voucher system for food assistance HON. ALAN GRAYSON development and dedication of a national me- that served as the prototype for the federal OF FLORIDA morial monument to the remarkable Korean Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Women, Infants and Children. This program War hero horse, Sgt. Reckless. This memorial Tuesday, June 24, 2014 serves to honor all animals that have served provides essential food assistance to almost 9 our country in times of war—whether as mas- million individuals each month and more than Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in cots for our servicemembers, or ammunitions 143,000 people in Maryland alone. David re- honor of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and carriers, like Sgt. Reckless. mains a vigilant defender of this critical pro- Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month, to recog- Ms. Hutton has also brought further recogni- gram and has testified more than 20 times be- nize Michael Farmer. tion to these animals by authoring Sgt. Reck- fore House and Senate committees. Michael Farmer began his advocacy at the less: America’s War Horse. This book tells the David has also produced significant re- young age of 17. He and a group of friends incredible story of Reckless, who is listed in search on the increasing prevalence of lactose started a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) at Life Magazine’s ‘‘Celebrate our Heroes,’’ as intolerance in children and young adults. His Apopka High School, a conservative part of one of our all-time great heroes and whose findings have had far-reaching effects on the Central Florida. While attending Valencia antics make her a revered part of the history availability of lactose free foods and prenatal Community College, Michael served as the and lore of the United States Marine Corps. nutrition for lactose-intolerant mothers. He is Valencia College Campus Organizer for the For her patriotic service and exceptional also the recipient of numerous awards, includ- Fairness For All Families (FFAF) Campaign. work, Ms. Hutton is being bestowed with the ing the March of Dimes National Agnes Hig- This campaign aimed to defeat a constitutional Patriotic Citizen of the Year award and will re- gins Award for Distinguished Achievement in amendment to ban marriage equality and civil ceive the Silver Patrick Henry medal from the Maternal-Fetal Nutrition. unions in Florida. He went on to serve as the Conejo Valley Chapter of the Military Order of On a personal note, it has been my privilege Orlando Area Field Organizer for FFAF. the World Wars. to know David for over twenty years and to In 2009, Michael joined the staff of Equality It is my honor to offer my sincere congratu- benefit from his passionate advocacy on Florida (EQFL) as the organization’s Safe lations to Ms. Hutton on this special occasion issues of public health. At all times, David’s Schools Policy and GSA Network Coordinator. and to thank her for her dedication to telling service to his profession and to the broader As Equality Florida’s GSA Network Coordi- the story of America’s war horse. community have been characterized by a gen- nator, Michael trained hundreds of students f erosity of spirit and a selfless dedication to im- and teachers across the state on best prac- proving the lives of those too often left behind. tices for making schools safe for LGBT youth. PERSONAL EXPLANATION I am proud to call David my friend and I com- From 2010 to 2012, Michael served as mend the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of EQFL’s Statewide Field Coordinator. In this HON. J. RANDY FORBES Public Health for recognizing David’s long and role, Michael helped to increase the organiza- OF VIRGINIA distinguished record of accomplishment. This tion’s pro-equality voter file by more than 20,000 voters. Additionally, he raised EQFL’s IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tribute could not go to a more deserving per- son. profile at community events and mobilized Tuesday, June 24, 2014 f members and pro-equality voters to support Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, on June 23, pro-equality and openly LGBT candidates. 2014, I was unavoidably absent from the PERSONAL EXPLANATION In 2013, Michael transitioned into the role of House due to a family emergency involving Statewide Field Director. As Statewide Field my elderly mother, and missed rollcall votes. HON. MARTHA ROBY Director, Michael led EQFL’s field staff on pro- Had I been present, I would have voted as fol- OF ALABAMA grams related to voter education and mobiliza- lows: roll 339; ‘‘aye’’; roll 340; ‘‘aye.’’ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion, and increased EQFL’s member engage- f ment. Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Currently, Michael serves as Equality Flor- CONGRATULATING DR. DAVID M. Mrs. ROBY. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, June ida’s Director of Development for Central and PAIGE 23, 2014, I was absent because of travel North Florida. In this capacity, he leads delays due to weather related activities. EQFL’s development programs and staff in HON. JOHN P. SARBANES If I had been present, I would have voted Orlando, Sarasota, Jacksonville and Tallahas- OF MARYLAND the following on June 23, 2014: see. Since 2012, Michael and his teams IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Rollcall 339 on the motion to suspend the across the state have raised over one million rules and pass, S. 1044, the World War II Me- dollars in the pursuit of LGBT equality in Flor- Tuesday, June 24, 2014 morial Prayer Act, I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ ida. Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Rollcall 340 on the motion to suspend the Through his work at Equality Florida, Mi- to honor and congratulate Dr. David M. Paige rules and concur to the Senate amendment, chael has been able to play a leadership role for his more than forty years of dedication to H.R. 316, the Collinsville Renewable Energy in changing the policy landscape for the LGBT patients, students and public health in Mary- Production Act, I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ community in Florida. Michael also played an

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VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:51 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K24JN8.001 E24JNPT1 dlhill on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1058 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 24, 2014 integral role in the passage of Domestic Part- through upgrading and modernizing their food Giles began his career on Capitol Hill serv- ner Registries in both the City of Orlando and services environment. ing as Legislative Counsel for Congressman Orange County. These registries provide crit- Sue’s greatest source of joy however is her JAMES MCGOVERN from 1999 to 2002. Since ical protections for unmarried couples in times family. She is blessed with two loving children that time, Giles has served on the Sub- of emergency. To date, more than 1,000 cou- and six grand children that she loves dearly. committee in various positions including Coun- ples have registered. Michael helped pass Or- Anshe Shalom in honoring Sue Merims at sel, Senior Counsel and Staff Director, since ange County’s Human Rights Ordinance, their Annual Testimonial Dinner and I can’t 2009. which bans discrimination against the LGBT think of a more deserving honoree. Her dedi- Giles is a true public servant and his dedi- community in housing, public accommoda- cation to and hard work for the Anshe Shalom cation to the country extends beyond the halls tions, and the workplace. He also contributed community has been an inspiration. It is my of Congress. Giles is a lieutenant commander to the passage of Orange County’s Domestic great pleasure to congratulate her on receiving in the U.S. Navy Reserve where he has Partner Benefits for county workers, which this recognition. served since 2004. allow the spouses of county workers to access f His understanding of complex technical and important health benefits. Additionally, he legal aviation issues, policy and politics, has HONORING TERRY J. HURNE helped spearhead the passage of Domestic been an asset to the Committee for over a Partner Benefits and a Nondiscrimination Pol- decade. Giles has been instrumental in draft- icy at Orange County Public Schools HON. JIM COSTA ing significant pieces of legislation including (OCPS)—the nation’s ninth largest school dis- OF CALIFORNIA The Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Ad- trict. These policies provide important IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ministration Extension Act of 2010. healthcare benefits to the spouses of OCPS Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Last month, Giles was appointed federal teachers and protect LGBT teachers and stu- Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy transportation liaison at the California Depart- dents from discrimination. heart that I rise today to honor the life of Terry ment of Transportation and the California In 2012, The Advocate nominated Michael J. Hurne, United States Army Specialist, who High-Speed Rail Authority. His expertise and as one of ‘‘40 under 40’’ activists in the nation. died on June 9, 2014, at the young age of 34. counsel will be truly missed. I join my colleagues on the Transportation He regularly represents Equality Florida’s ini- Terry was an American hero who made the ul- Committee in wishing Giles, his wife Jolynn, tiatives and programs on local TV and print timate sacrifice while serving the United States and daughter, Kathryn Maribel, all the best. media, and is a member of the Orlando Anti- in the Logar Province of Afghanistan in sup- Discrimination Ordinance Committee. port of Operation Enduring Freedom. f Michael is a graduate of the University of Spc. Hurne was born to Norman and Shirley PERSONAL EXPLANATION Central Florida and holds a bachelor’s degree Hurne on April 9, 1980. He was raised in in Political Science with a concentration on Atwater, California. He graduated from Atwater HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS American Politics and Public Policy. High School in 1998 and joined the military in OF TEXAS I am happy to honor Michael Farmer, during 2007 after working for Central Valley Electric IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LGBT Pride Month, for his work to secure and various construction jobs. equality for LGBT individuals in Central Florida During his time in the Army, Terry served Tuesday, June 24, 2014 and throughout the state of Florida. two tours of duty in Afghanistan. For the past Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I did not par- f five years he served as a generator mechanic ticipate in the vote of S. 1044 on June 23, HONORING SUE MERIMS and builder. He was assigned to B Company, 2014. Unfortunately, I was traveling back from 710 Brigade Support Battalion, 10th Mountain Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL Division stationed in Fort Drum, New York. Texas, and due to inclement weather, I could Terry will undoubtedly be remembered na- not get back from my trip in time to vote. OF NEW YORK tionwide as a hero who fought for our free- However, had I been present, I would have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES doms. His family and friends will hold memo- voted ‘‘yea’’ on S. 1044. Tuesday, June 24, 2014 ries of Terry in their hearts forever. His smile, f laugh, and kindness will never be forgotten. Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, the strength of Eight years ago, Terry married the love of his OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL any religious institution comes from the love life, Natalie, and they built a beautiful life to- DEBT and devotion of its congregation. For Sue gether. Natalie as well as Terry’s father; moth- Merims, that love and devotion to Congrega- er; stepmother; Ruth, three sisters; Cheryl, tion Anshe Shalom is a family tradition. Sue’s HON. MIKE COFFMAN Christina, and Sam, and brother; Bryon will sister, Carolyn, was the first to join the syna- OF COLORADO miss him dearly. gogue, followed by her parents, Muriel and Ely IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, it is with great respect that I Cohen, who were long-time members. Sue ask my colleagues in the U.S. House of Rep- Tuesday, June 24, 2014 was next to join the Anshe Shalom family and resentatives to honor the life of our fallen sol- Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January has been a standout member now for over 40 dier, Army Specialist Terry Hurne. He was an 20, 2009, the day President Obama took of- years. exemplary individual, and we will always be fice, the national debt was Following a 1996 meeting of the Anshe grateful for his service to our country. $10,626,877,048,913.08. Shalom Board of Directors, Sue became the f Today, it is $17,529,945,473,040.66. We’ve synagogue’s treasurer, a role she still serves added $6,903,068,424,127.58 to our debt in 5 in today. She worked tirelessly to sustain and TRIBUTE TO GILES GIOVINAZZI years. This is over $6.9 trillion in debt our na- modernize the synagogue’s operations, by tion, our economy, and our children could computerizing its administrative and account- HON. RICK LARSEN have avoided with a balanced budget amend- ing systems, coordinating events, organizing OF WASHINGTON ment. the Community Seder, and working on the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f monthly bulletin. Being part of Anshe Shalom has brought joy and comfort to Sue and she Tuesday, June 24, 2014 PERSONAL EXPLANATION considers her special relationship with Rabbi Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I Weinberger and his beloved wife, Hannah, to rise today to recognize Giles F. Giovinazzi, HON. TOM MARINO be a major blessing. Democratic Staff Director of the Subcommittee OF PENNSYLVANIA Beyond her work at the synagogue, Sue on Aviation for the U.S. House of Representa- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES taught at Millis High School in Millis, Massa- tives’ Committee on Transportation and Infra- chusetts before pursuing new opportunities in structure. As Ranking Democrat of the Sub- Tuesday, June 24, 2014 the travel and food services industry. After 13 committee, I had the pleasure of working with Mr. MARINO. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. years with ARA Services Inc., Sue took a leap Giles on many issues that came before the 339, I was unable to get to D.C. to make of faith and started her own school food serv- Subcommittee. His hard work and wise coun- votes due to a personal conflict, a friend’s fu- ice consulting business. For over 25 years, sel over the past 12 years has been invalu- neral. school districts have sought out Sue’s exper- able, and I look forward to continuing to work Had I been present, I would have voted tise, as she has successfully guided them with him as he embarks on a new endeavor. ‘‘yea.’’

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:51 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN8.001 E24JNPT1 dlhill on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1059 RECOGNIZING THE THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY FEDERAL The 1970s brought about great change to CONTRIBUTIONS OF TOM DYER CREDIT UNION ACT credit unions as they broadened their services to meet the expanding needs of their mem- HON. ALAN GRAYSON HON. EDWARD R. ROYCE bers. Legislation permitting mortgage lending OF CALIFORNIA by credit unions was passed and the total OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES number of credit union members more than IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, June 24, 2014 doubled during the decade. Tuesday, June 24, 2014 As consumer needs evolved and became Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to more complex, many credit unions merged to Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Federal increase their ability to pool resources and im- honor of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Credit Union Act and to use this occasion to prove member services. While the total num- Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month, to recog- honor the contributions that the credit union ber of actual credit unions decreased with nize Tom Dyer. Tom was born in Lancaster, movement has made to the United States. mergers, the number of consumer members of Ohio in 1955. His family moved from Madison, The Act, which was passed by Congress and credit unions soared, and is now on the cusp Wisconsin to the Orlando area in 1969. One of signed into law by President Franklin Roo- of 100 million across the nation. his first summer jobs was as a character at sevelt in 1934, permits credit unions to be Credit unions continue to innovate with new Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Tom is a formed anywhere in the United States. The services and tools to help their members build graduate of Winter Park High School, DePauw legislation bolstered the development of credit economic security. University and the University of Florida, Levin unions as a way to promote thrift among the The work Congress did 80 years ago in College of Law. American people while setting in place federal passing the Federal Credit Union Act con- Tom is the founder and publisher of Water- oversight of these financial institutions. tinues to serve the country well. Eighty years later, credit unions in the mark, Orlando and Tampa Bay’s award-win- In fact, the influence credit unions have on United States claim nearly 100 million mem- ning LGBT newspaper. Founded in 1994, the the entire financial system saves all con- bers. If the credit unions those members own newspaper distributes 20,000 newspapers to sumers money with generally lower rates for were a single financial institution, it would be more than 500 locations every other Thursday. loans and higher rates for savings—no matter the fifth largest bank in America. where they bank. An impressive $8 billion dol- The web site, WatermarkOnline.com, is visited But thankfully, those credit unions are more by more than 5,000 users every week. The lars in savings in 2013 alone is attributed to than 6,600 independent, consumer-owned, credit unions. company donates more than $200,000 annu- volunteer-led, democratically controlled finan- ally in free and sponsor advertising to worthy Today, credit unions are utilized by their cial institutions, vital to the well-being of their members for the convenience, prices, product local and national LGBT non-profits. members. In 1997 Watermark Media produced Beach choice, and financial education they offer. Credit unions are part of the great fabric Credit unions are living up to the promise Ball at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon, the first that makes our country strong. outlined in their principles. They are institu- large-scale nighttime party associated with They are cooperatives—bound together by tions that their members and all Americans Gay Days Weekend. Watermark publishes a a common set of business principles and val- can choose to be their best financial partner. glossy guide to Gay Days Weekend, the larg- ues: voluntary membership; democratic con- est annual LGBT gathering in the nation, as trol; economic participation; autonomy and f well as programs for St. Pete Pride in June independence; member education; coopera- RECOGNIZING THE ORANGE COUN- and Orlando’s Come Out With Pride in Octo- tion among cooperatives; and concern for TY SANITATION DISTRICT ON 60 ber. community. YEARS OF EXCELLENCE Watermark sought to hang rainbow flags A Canadian, Alphonse Desjardins, brought throughout downtown Orlando during Gay the idea for credit unions west from Europe in HON. DANA ROHRABACHER Pride Month in 1998. The city reluctantly ac- 1900 and by 1909 he had successfully orga- OF CALIFORNIA quiesced, but the controversy made national nized the first American credit union in New IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Hampshire. Two Americans, Pierre Jay, the news when televangelist, Pat Robertson, pre- Tuesday, June 24 2014 dicted Orlando would be beset by hurricanes Massachusetts banking commissioner and Ed- as punishment. ward Filene, a Boston merchant, took up the Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, I rise Tom has interviewed such luminaries as cause of promoting credit unions in those today to recognize and commend the Orange Gloria Steinem, Billie Jean King, Lily Tomlin early years. County Sanitation District (OCSD) on its 60th and Martina Navratilova for Watermark. His re- In 1908 a national conference on credit anniversary. Since June 30, 1954, the OCSD cent interview with former governor, and now unions was held in Boston that brought to- has provided residents in North and Central candidate for governor, Charlie Crist, went gether Desjardins, Filene, Jay and others in- Orange County outstanding wastewater collec- viral after it was picked up by HuffPost.com, terested in the formative stages of the move- tion, treatment and recycling services. CNN.com and MSNBC.com. ment. That conference led to the 1909 draft of The OCSD services approximately 2.5 mil- lion people, 21 cities and has two operating In addition to publishing Watermark, Tom is legislation in Massachusetts that became the facilities that treat wastewater from residential, a practicing attorney and senior partner in nation’s first state credit union act. The movement developed slowly during the commercial and industrial sources. Through Dyer & Blaisdell, PL. He is a former board following decade and by 1921 Filene become innovative technologies, the OCSD has served member of the Metropolitan Business Associa- convinced that federal legislation was needed as a leader and model for communities around tion and the Tampa International Gay & Les- in addition to existing state legislation. He the world as they battle to protect public bian Film Festival. He currently serves on the hired Massachusetts attorney Roy Bergengren health and the environment from the harms of advisory board for the Harvey Milk Founda- to help. The Credit Union National Extension untreated wastewater. tion. Bureau was formed. Four years later, 15 However, the OCSD does not just simply Tom has received the Vice Versa Award for states had passed credit union enabling laws treat wastewater. In fact, by utilizing all prac- excellence in LGBT journalism, the Spectrum and 419 credit unions were serving 108,000 tical and effective means, the OCSD is pro- Award for Male Role Model and Equality Flor- consumers. ducing an average of 10,000 kilowatts of elec- ida’s Voice for Equality Award. In 2004, the After the 1934 passage of the Federal Cred- tricity per day, monitoring the water quality of City of Orlando presented Tom with the ‘‘Key it Union Act, credit unions recognized their local beaches, and recycling 268,000 tons of to the City’’ in honor of Watermark’s 10th anni- need for stronger national representation and biosolids per year. Yet, these are only the sec- versary. In 2014, he was named a Champion unity. The Credit Union National Association ondary benefits of its highest achievement. of Equality by the Harvey Milk Foundation. was formed—replacing the Credit Union Na- In a joint venture with the Orange County Tom lives in Winter Park, where he enjoys tional Extension Bureau. Water District, the OCSD facilitated the cre- spending time with nine nieces and nephews Robust credit union growth continued until ation of the world’s largest water purification and his beloved Welsh corgi, Seamus. He’s World War II. Wartime slowed the expansion system, the Orange County Groundwater Re- also working on his downward dog at regular of the movement considerably. Interest picked plenishment System (GWRS). Using a three- Yoga sessions. up again once the conflict ended and by 1955 step advanced treatment process, the GWRS I am happy to honor Tom Dyer, during there were more than 16,000 credit unions purifies 70 million gallons of high quality pota- LGBT Pride Month, for his contributions to the across the United States. By 1969, that num- ble water per day that would otherwise be un- Central Florida LGBT community. ber had swelled to nearly 24,000. usable. This is the equivalent to the daily

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:51 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A24JN8.008 E24JNPT1 dlhill on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1060 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 24, 2014 water use of 600,000 people. The GWRS has HONORING WARREN EUSAN PERSONAL EXPLANATION since received more than 35 awards, including the Stockholm Industry Water Award, which is HON. GARY C. PETERS the highest international honor bestowed upon HON. JOAQUIN CASTRO OF MICHIGAN water projects, and the 2014 U.S. Water Prize OF TEXAS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Award from the U.S. Water Alliance. Tuesday, June 24, 2014 I am proud of the work, dedication, and ac- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. PETERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, on complishments of the Orange County Sanita- Tuesday, June 24, 2014 tion District over the past 60 years and wish Monday June 23, 2014 I was not present for them further success as they continue to lead Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise 2 votes. I wish the record to reflect my inten- the world in effective wastewater collection, today to honor the late Warren Eusan, an edu- tions had I been present to vote. treatment and recycling. cator and community leader in San Antonio Had I been present for rollcall No. 339, I and a member of the legendary Tuskegee Air- would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Had I been present for rollcall No. 340, I f men. From Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute, this was the famed pursuit squadron who emerged would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ RELIABLE HOME HEATING ACT from the Army Air Corps program that trained f African-American pilots, navigators, instructors SPEECH OF RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBU- and support staff and who helped secure vic- TIONS OF MARK CHARLES CADY HON. BILL SHUSTER tory for the allies in World War II. OF PENNSYLVANIA Mr. Eusan was born and raised in San An- HON. ALAN GRAYSON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tonio in 1920. After graduating from Wiley Col- OF FLORIDA Monday, June 23, 2014 lege in Dallas in 1940 with B.A. Degrees in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sociology and Education, he enlisted in the Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I submit the Army Air Corps. After initial assignment to following exchange of letters: Tuskegee Army Air Field he was sent to Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Bryan, Texas where he integrated the Base honor of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, Instrument Command Flying School. Upon Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month, to recog- Washington, DC, June 20, 2014. graduation, he returned to Tuskegee where he nize Mark Charles Cady. Hon. BILL SHUSTER, taught instrument flying until his discharge in Born to Lealond H. Cady, Jr. and Jacqueline Chairman, Committee on Transportation and C. Cady on December 11, 1964 in Jackson- Infrastructure, Washington, DC. 1946. ville, Florida, Mark is the youngest of three. DEAR CHAIRMAN SHUSTER: I write con- The heroic exploits of the Tuskegee Airmen cerning S. 2086, the ‘‘Reliable Home Heating Mark had a typical Florida childhood. He are now well-known, having been portrayed in played cars and trucks, cops and robbers, Act,’’ which passed the Senate on May 21, feature films, documentaries, books and news- 2014. I wanted to notify you that the Com- swam in local lakes, ran around with dirt on paper and magazine articles. Because of rac- mittee on Energy and Commerce will forgo his face, and played in the rain. action on the bill so that it may proceed ex- ism and discriminatory laws the men and At an early age, Mark started to consider peditiously to the House floor for consider- women who were part of the ‘‘Tuskegee Expe- the plight of the less fortunate. While his fam- ation. rience’’ were denied rights in the country of ily was by no means wealthy, his faith and up- This is being done with the understanding their birth yet rose above injustice. In pre- bringing inspired him to do what was in his ca- that the Committee on Energy and Com- serving a freedom that had not yet been ex- merce is not waiving any of its jurisdiction, pacity to help others. Running on a platform of tended to them, they displayed courage and a ‘‘Let’s help each other,’’ he was elected stu- and the Committee will not be prejudiced largeness of spirit that helped liberate and with respect to the appointment of conferees dent council president at his high school in or its jurisdictional prerogatives on this or save the lives of countless women and men. 1981. similar legislation. In 2007, Mr. Eusan was among the Immediately after high school, Mark entered I would appreciate your response to this Tuskegee Airmen who received the Congres- the United States Navy and began 12 years of letter, confirming this understanding, and sional Gold Medal from President George W. service as a Religious Programs Specialist. ask that a copy of our exchange of letters on Bush. While stationed in Okinawa, Japan, Mark co- this matter be included in the Congressional Record during consideration of S. 2086 on the When he returned to San Antonio, Mr. ordinated programs to provide food and serv- House floor. Eusan began a 44-year career in education. ices to the host Japanese nationals in con- Sincerely, He was first a school teacher and then the junction with various non-profit organizations. FRED UPTON, School Liaison to the Superintendent of the As an accomplished performer, he also per- Chairman. San Antonio Independent School District. Dur- formed more than 20 concerts for military ing that time he earned his Masters of Edu- members, their families, and the host nation- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COM- cation degree from Atlanta University and als. His outstanding career in the Navy earned MITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND completed additional post-grad studies at Our him a Navy Achievement Medal from the Sec- INFRASTRUCTURE, retary of the Navy and various other awards, Washington, DC, June 20, 2014. Lady of the Lake University, Trinity University Hon. FRED UPTON, and the University of Texas. commendations, and newspaper and maga- zine articles highlighting his accomplishments. Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Always concerned about his community and As a gay man, Mark chose to leave the Navy Washington, DC. its youth, Mr. Eusan was an adjunct faculty DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Thank you for your in protest of ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’’ in 1994. member at St. Philip’s College and worked for letter regarding S. 2086, the Reliable Home He earned an Honorable Discharge. Heating Act, which passed the Senate on the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Depart- Over the years, Mark’s career led him into May 21, 2014. I appreciate your willingness to ment, San Antonio Neighborhood Youth Orga- advertising and marketing, but he always support expediting the consideration of this nization and the Department of Economic De- maintained his desire to help others and legislation on the House floor. velopment of San Antonio. As a member of strengthen his Christian faith. In his late 20’s, I acknowledge that by forgoing action on the San Antonio Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen, this legislation, the Committee on Energy he was ordained a Deacon at Joy Metropolitan Inc. Mr. Eusan had a ubiquitous presence Community Church, Orlando. He began serv- and Commerce is not waiving any of its ju- throughout his community, helping to preserve risdiction and will not be prejudiced with re- ing with various community organizations and spect to the appointment of conferees or its and share the rich legacy of the Tuskegee Air- continued his career as a singer and enter- jurisdictional prerogatives on this or similar men. Through the chapter’s annual Edu- tainer. legislation. cational Assistance Awards Banquet he At age 34, Mark’s father died. He withdrew I appreciate your cooperation regarding helped provide scholarships to dozens of col- from community service and began a down- this legislation and I will include our letters lege-bound students. ward spiral that led him into drug addiction. At on S. 2086 in the Congressional Record during consideration of this measure on the House Mr. Eusan passed away June 14 at the age age 44, he entered drug rehabilitation with the floor. of 93. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to have the VA Medical System and got his life back on Sincerely, opportunity to recognize the life and achieve- track. BILL SHUSTER, ments of a Warren Eusan, a great San Since his recovery, he has given back to the Chairman. Antonian and a great American. community that has provided him with so

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:51 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A24JN8.010 E24JNPT1 dlhill on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1061 much support. He has served as Vice Presi- courses at academic institutions, training facili- and was heavily involved in their lives until his dent and President of the Board of Directors ties, and the New York State Fire Academy. death on June 12, 2014. for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual (GLBCC) Com- Bill Gallow exemplifies selfless service and Mr. Speaker, Ben Weindling gave his family munity Center, Marketing Chair of the GLBCC true leadership. His generosity and willingness and the Pueblo community all he had to offer Community Center, Secretary of the Board of to assist anyone in need has earned him the and served as a selfless and dedicated public Directors of Lakeside Behavioral Healthcare, highest level of respect within the Van Etten servant throughout his life. I stand with the Philanthropic Chair of Aspire Health Partners, community and throughout all of Chemung residents of Pueblo County in giving thanks for Marketing Chair of Come Out With Pride, County. He consistently goes above and be- his service to the community, and pay tribute Chair of the Metropolitan Business Associa- yond through his volunteer work and commu- to him for a life well lived. tion’s Referral Exchange Development Group, nity service. Mr. Gallow has served as a f and Founder of Out & Proud Veterans of medic at the Special Olympics and the Susan CUSTOMER PROTECTION AND END America. He also coordinated the donations B. Komen ‘‘Race for the Cure’’ on multiple oc- USER RELIEF ACT for and oversaw the erection of the first LGBT casions. In recognition of his excellent and Veterans Memorial in Florida located at the selfless service, he was awarded the Southern SPEECH OF GLBCC and acts as a liaison for the Orlando Tier Regional Emergency Service Award in VA Medical Center for LGBT Veterans and 1997 and the Richard Habbershaw Commu- HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN other LGBT service organizations. nity Service Award in 2007. OF MARYLAND In October 2013, Mark was ordained into I commend Mr. Gallow for all the great work IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Diaconate of the independent Catholic he has done at the Van Etten Volunteer Fire Monday, June 23, 2014 Church and in January 2015 he will be or- Company and throughout his community. He dained into the Catholic priesthood. Mark is in is a selfless and generous individual who has The House in Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union had under a committed relationship with his partner Dr. made countless positive contributions to New consideration the bill (H.R. 4413) to reauthor- Carlos Archilla. York’s 23rd Congressional District, and I am ize the Commodity Futures Trading Com- I am happy to honor Mark Charles Cady, proud to recognize him today. mission, to better protect futures customers, during LGBT Pride Month, for his service to f to provide end users with market certainty, our country and to the Central Florida to make basic reforms to ensure trans- community. PERSONAL EXPLANATION parency and accountability at the Commis- sion, to help farmers, ranchers, and end users f manage risks to help keep consumer cost HON. GEORGE MILLER low, and for other purposes: PERSONAL EXPLANATION OF CALIFORNIA Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chair, I support re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES authorizing the Commodity Futures Trading HON. JOHN R. CARTER Commission, CFTC, and believe a properly Tuesday, June 24, 2014 OF TEXAS resourced CFTC has a critical role to play in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. promoting fair and transparent markets that ef- Speaker, I was unavoidably detained yester- fectively serve end users and consumers with- Tuesday, June 24, 2014 day and missed roll Nos. 339 and 340. Had I out putting taxpayers or our financial system Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, on June 23, been present, I would have voted ‘‘aye’’ on roll at risk. Unfortunately, H.R. 4413 departs from 2014, I was unable to be present for all votes Nos. 339 and 340. this vital objective in several important ways. due to an unexpected travel delay due to in- f First, Title II of H.R. 4413 imposes onerous clement weather. new administrative burdens on the CFTC If present, I would have voted accordingly BEN WEINDLING CONGRESSIONAL whose practical effect will be to delay the on the following votes: TRIBUTE Commission’s ongoing Dodd-Frank rulemaking S. 1044, World War II Memorial Prayer Act and encourage costly litigation. We need more of 2013—‘‘yea.’’ HON. SCOTT R. TIPTON certainty—not less certainty—when it comes H.R. 316, Collinsville Renewable Energy to regulating our derivatives markets, and H.R. OF COLORADO Production Act—‘‘yea.’’ 4413 would take us in precisely the opposite IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES direction. f Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Second, Title III of H.R. 4413 would make it RECOGNIZING WILLIAM M. much more difficult for the CFTC to regulate Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to GALLOW cross-border derivatives transactions that pose recognize Ben Weindling, a longtime busi- a risk to the U.S. economy. The legislation nessman from Pueblo, Colorado. Mr. creates this vulnerability by substituting foreign HON. TOM REED Weindling, a loving father and husband, not derivatives rules for U.S. law unless the CFTC OF NEW YORK only created a successful men’s clothing store, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES but was also greatly involved in the Pueblo SEC, jointly determine that a foreign country’s community. Tuesday, June 24, 2014 regulatory regime is not broadly equivalent to Mr. Weindling created ‘‘Burling’s Clothing’’ our own. While I support international efforts Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- with his partner Sheldon Burstein. As owner to harmonize effective rules of the road for de- ognize the extensive and highly decorated ca- and manager, Mr. Weindling was named rivatives transactions, I do not support pre- reer of a constituent, William ‘‘Bill’’ Gallow. Mr. ‘‘Dress Apparel Retailer of the Year’’ in 1972. suming an equivalency in this area that does Gallow has dedicated his life to serving his He was equally involved in his community as not currently exist. Six years after unregulated neighbors throughout the Southern Tier and he was in his business, serving as president derivatives transactions contributed to the Finger Lakes regions of New York. of the Pueblo Country Club, participating on sharpest downturn in our economy since the Mr. Gallow served as a Combat Infantryman many boards and clubs including Pueblo Great Depression, we simply cannot afford to in the United States Army during World War II, Housing Authority, the Pueblo Chamber of outsource the protection of our financial sys- under the command of General George Pat- Commerce, and multiple-hospital boards such tem to foreign regulators. ton. Upon returning home, Mr. Gallow began as Parkview. In 1977, he was appointed to the Third, neither this legislation—nor the FY working with the Arnold Ambulance Service, a Colorado Health Facilities Authority by Gov- 2015 House Agriculture-FDA Appropriations volunteer EMT position that he held for over ernor Richard Lamm, where he served until bill, which proposes to slash the CFTC’s budg- 25 years. In 1963, he embarked on a remark- 2013. Additionally, Mr. Weindling worked as a et by 22 percent below the President’s re- able 60-year career with the Van Etten Volun- member of the University of Southern Colo- quest—does anything to provide the CFTC teer Fire Company. During his tenure, Mr. rado board of trustees and later served a term with the resources it needs to police fraud and Gallow held the positions of Chief, President, as president in 1981. He made noteworthy do- excessive speculation in our derivatives mar- Secretary, Trustee, and Senior Medic. In addi- nations to Colorado State University—Pueblo. kets on behalf of end users and consumers. tion, he passed down his knowledge and ex- Above all else, Mr. Weindling found time to For these reasons, I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on pertise to other first responders by teaching care of his wife, children, and grandchildren H.R. 4413.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:51 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JN8.014 E24JNPT1 dlhill on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1062 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 24, 2014 RECOGNIZING MR. ALLEN ative team since its inception, serving as pro- However, had I been present, I would have MCQUARRIE ducer, director, post-supervisor, and creative voted ‘‘yea’’ on H.R. 316. consultant. She currently serves as Vice Presi- f dent of Media Production and leads the cre- HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK HONORING PHILMORE GRAHAM OF PENNSYLVANIA ative team on all IDEAS media projects. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Metaxas is both a longtime supporter and volunteer for the Human Rights Campaign. As HON. MIKE THOMPSON Tuesday, June 24, 2014 a Federal Club member, she played an inte- OF CALIFORNIA Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today gral role in creating the Orlando HRC commu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to recognize one of our constituents. His name nity and continues to help nurture its growth. Tuesday, June 24, 2014 is Allen McQuarrie and his contribution to our She has served in a volunteer capacity at a community has been invaluable. For the past variety of local events over the years and at- Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, fifteen years, Mr. McQuarrie has served as the tended the HRC National Dinner in Wash- I rise today in memory of Philmore Graham, Chair of the Bucks County chapter of Pro-Act, ington, DC with other national leaders. who passed away on June 12, 2014, after 75 a grassroots advocacy and recovery support Metaxas has a special place in her heart for remarkable years. initiative of The Council of Southeast Pennsyl- dogs. For many years, she has volunteered Born in North Carolina, Mr. Graham went on vania. In 2002, Allen chaired a meeting to plan for Florida Little Dog Rescue and has fostered to graduate from Tennessee State University, PRO-ACT’s first Recovery Walk, an event at- too many puppies and dogs to count. She serve our country in the Air Force and finally, tended by 125 people. Today the Recovery takes great pride in helping to rehabilitate res- build a career at the Mare Island Naval Ship- Walk is attended by more than 20,000 people cued dogs, and feels great joy in seeing them yard. Notably, he was the first, and to this day in public view at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, recover and thrive. The care she takes in en- remains the only, African American to hold the making it the nation’s largest recovery walk. suring her foster dogs are adopted into great position of supervisor at Mare Island’s Depart- Furthermore, he organized a coalition to pur- homes is commendable. As a sign of gratitude ment of Nuclear Energy. Throughout his life, sue state enforcement of PA Act 106, which for her commitment, many of the new families Mr. Graham was steadfastly dedicated to mandates insurance coverage for addiction keep in touch long after the adoption. bettering the lives of young people in our com- treatments by medical professionals. Metaxas can often be seen around Orlando munity, particularly the lives of young African- Additionally, Mr. McQuarrie assists our vet- on her vintage-style scooter. She has utilized American men. erans as they transition back to civilian life. this passion to help raise money for Libby’s Mr. Graham founded the Continentals of Sadly, it has been reported that an estimated Legacy Breast Cancer Foundation’s annual Omega Boys and Girls Club in Vallejo, Cali- one-third of returning veterans suffer from ‘‘Scooters for Hooters’’ events. She was fornia, in 1966. What began as six young boys post-traumatic stress disorder and/or traumatic named 2010 Fundraising Freak for raising the meeting in Mr. Graham’s garage has become brain injury. The medications used to treat most donations and has served as captain of a thriving organization that enriches the lives these problems can lead to addiction. Without the multi-year highest fundraising team. She of approximately 300 boys and girls today. He treatment, individuals may self-medicate with continues to ride in memory of her beloved mentored scores of young people, offering drugs or alcohol. PRO-ACT and Mr. mother who passed away in 2001. them support and encouragement and instill- McQuarrie have granted veterans a support Metaxas is an active member of the Orlando ing in them the values and principles they system that allows them to maintain a healthy community and supports a variety of other needed to succeed. Mr. Graham provided aca- life after their service. Mr. McQuarrie is a local non-profit and political organizations in- demic support, encouraged involvement in strong voice for recovery in PA 08, serving as cluding Hope and Help of Central Florida, Met- sports and taught young people the impor- a mentor, trainer, and advocate. I am pleased ropolitan Business Association, Planned Par- tance of perseverance, hard-work and self-re- to honor the achievements of Allen McQuarrie. enthood of Greater Orlando, and the Zebra spect. Mr. Graham’s unwavering passion and f Coalition. dedication to ensuring that our youth had Metaxas resides in Orlando, Florida with her every opportunity to succeed is an inspiration RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBU- spouse Jennifer Foster. On their 10-year anni- to all. And in turn, Mr. Graham was beloved TIONS OF MARY ANNE METAXAS versary in 2013, the couple was honored to be by all those who were fortunate enough to able to legally marry. They live happily with have known him. HON. ALAN GRAYSON their three dogs (Matti, Maci, and Patrick), and For his good work, Mr. Graham was named OF FLORIDA two cats (Graci and Kevin). the NAACP’s Outstanding Citizen of the Year, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I am happy to honor Mary Anne Metaxas, was awarded the Good Neighbor Award, Sa- during LGBT Pride Month, for her professional lute to America Lifetime Merit Award, Profile of Tuesday, June 24, 2014 and civic contributions to the Central Florida Excellence Award, Martin Luther King Jr. Hu- Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in community. manitarian Award, the ‘‘Who’s Who’’ among honor of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and f Black Americans and was repeatedly named Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month, to recog- the Omega Man of the Year and Citizen of the PERSONAL EXPLANATION nize Mary Anne Metaxas. Born to William and Year. Mary Jane Metaxas in Columbus, Ohio, she is Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate at this time the youngest of five children. She grew up in HON. TOM MARINO that we honor and thank Mr. Graham for his New Jersey and spent many of her summers OF PENNSYLVANIA life of service to a grateful community. at the Jersey shore. Metaxas enjoyed growing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f up in a large family and maintains a very close Tuesday, June 24, 2014 relationship with all of her siblings and their re- SUPPORT OF H.R. 1098, 1281, 3548, Mr. MARINO. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. spective families. 4080, AND 4631 340, had I been present, I would have voted Metaxas earned a Bachelor of Arts degree ‘‘yea.’’ in Psychology from the Florida State Univer- HON. FRED UPTON f sity and is a proud Seminoles football fan. OF MICHIGAN After college, Metaxas entered the video pro- PERSONAL EXPLANATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES duction industry and quickly realized her pas- sion for creating entertaining and effective HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS Tuesday, June 24, 2014 media. OF TEXAS Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in Metaxas soon joined i.d.e.a.s. at Disney support of five bipartisan public health bills IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MGM Studios, as a freelance Producer. that will help individuals with traumatic brain Through this role, she worked on a variety of Tuesday, June 24, 2014 injuries, newborns, burn patients, and those projects for Fortune 500 companies, theme Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I did not par- with autism. The Energy and Commerce Sub- parks, the Disney Company, museums, and ticipate in the vote of H.R. 316 on June 23, committee on Health, under the leadership of broadcast television. Metaxas stayed with the 2014. Unfortunately, I was traveling back from Rep. JOE PITTS, has been a workhorse that company, now known as IDEAS, when it Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, boasts an outstanding record of bipartisan ac- transitioned to private ownership in 2001. She Texas, and due to inclement weather, I could complishment on legislation that truly touches has been an integral part of the IDEAS cre- not get back from my trip in time to vote. people’s lives. With a number of bills already

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:51 Jun 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A24JN8.020 E24JNPT1 dlhill on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS June 24, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1063 signed into law, and these under consideration gency Care Reauthorization. Introduced by IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL this evening, the 113th Congress is shaping Energy and Commerce Committee members SUNGLASS DAY up to be known as the public health Congress. Dr. BURGESS and Rep. GREEN, the bill reau- I would like to take this opportunity to high- thorizes two programs related to the planning HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS light each of the five bills before us this and development of regional emergency care. OF TEXAS evening. H.R. 1098, the Traumatic Brain Injury Reau- Both of these programs will improve trauma IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES thorization Act, would address a problem that care so that Americans can promptly receive Tuesday, June 24, 2014 specialized, life-saving treatment after a trau- affects millions of Americans, including both Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to veterans and children. Introduced by Mr. PAS- matic injury. recognize National Sunglass Day and to honor CRELL, this bill would assist states in devel- Finally we will consider H.R. 4631, the Au- the sunglass manufacturers and suppliers oping and expanding service delivery capacity tism CARES Act of 2014, introduced and throughout my Dallas Congressional District, for individuals with a traumatic brain injury. Ac- championed by Reps. CHRIS SMITH and MIKE the State of Texas and around the country. cording to some estimates, the economic bur- Texas and the Dallas area are home to a vari- den of such injuries is more than $70 billion, DOYLE. The sad reality is that in the United ety of optical industry leaders including 24 op- and the physical and emotional toll endured by States, autism now affects 1 in 68 children tical laboratories that manufacture prescription patients and their families is even more bur- and can cost a family approximately $60,000 sun wear, 3 lens manufacturers that supply densome. This bill would help alleviate the annually. H.R. 4631 continues autism-related UV filtering lenses, and 6 sun wear frame sup- problems associated with this unique and research, early identification and intervention, pliers. As a physician, I commend the sun- complex health problem, providing peace of education, and the activities of the Interagency glass industry and their trade association The mind to families across the country. Autism Coordinating Committee. It also asks Vision Council (TVC) for ongoing outreach H.R. 1281, the Newborn Screening Saves the Secretary of Health and Human Services Lives Reauthorization Act, introduced by campaigns to educate consumers regarding to collaborate with other federal agencies to Reps. ROYBAL-ALLARD and SIMPSON, funds the damaging effects of ultraviolet (UV) rays to grants to allow states to expand their newborn prepare and submit a report concerning young the eye and healthy vision. screening programs, educate parents and adults with autism spectrum disorder and the In the case of eye protection, what you don’t health care providers, and improve follow-up challenges related to their transition into adult- know can hurt you. When it comes to the care for infants diagnosed with a condition. hood. Finally, the research funded by this leg- human eye and the sun’s rays, it’s what we Before the first passage of this bill in 2008, the islation also permits diagnosing and inter- can’t see that matters most. UV radiation that number and quality of newborn screening vening earlier and thus help improve the qual- reaches the earth’s surface, made up of two types of invisible rays, UVA and UVB, endan- tests varied from state to state. Today, with ity of life for children with autism. guidelines created by the bill, screenings gers an unprotected eye. The effects of long- reach 4 million babies in the United States This bill is supported by the American Acad- term exposure can include cataracts, macular every year. Reauthorization will continue this emy of Pediatrics, the Autism Society, and the degeneration, abnormal growths on the eye’s important program and encourage more timely Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, which surface and even cancer of the eye. While ev- efforts to identify diseases, such as Spinal includes over thirty different organizations in- eryone should shield their eyes from UV rays, Muscular Atrophy, and ensure best practices. cluding Autism Speaks, the Autism National certain risk factors like age and eye color in- Early screening and diagnosis often means Committee, and the Council for Learning Dis- crease an individual’s vulnerability to UV re- better disease management and better out- abilities. lated eye disorders. Where you live and travel comes for these children. can also make a big difference in the level of H.R. 3548, the Improving Trauma Care Act, We began our day in a bipartisan manner UV exposure. Since UV damage can’t be re- introduced by Energy and Commerce Com- advancing the 21st Century Cures initiative versed, prevention through protection is key. mittee member Rep. BILL JOHNSON, is de- and I am pleased to conclude the day by con- Later this summer, sunglass manufacturers signed to correct the inconsistencies in the tinuing our efforts to advance legislation to im- and distributors from my home district in definitions of trauma that have resulted in prove the public health. It is through these bills Texas and The Vision Council (TVC) will be gaps in care and coverage. This bill will help and this initiative that we can truly have an im- convening a Capitol Hill briefing on the topic of important trauma centers like Bronson Meth- pact on the lives of all Americans. UV danger and protecting your eye health. I odist Hospital’s Burn Center in Kalamazoo, encourage my colleagues to attend and ap- Michigan to better care for their patients. I urge my colleagues to support these bills. plaud the sunglass community and The Vision We will also consider H.R. 4080, the Trau- Council for their leadership in promoting ma Systems and Regionalization of Emer- healthy vision.

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VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:51 Mar 25, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\D24JN4.REC D24JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE D698 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST June 24, 2014 Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and ad- COMBATING VIOLENCE AND journed at 5:02 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Wednes- DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN day, June 25, 2014. (For Senate’s program, see the Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on remarks of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on International Operations and Organizations, Human page S3947.) Rights, Democracy and Global Women’s Issues con- cluded a hearing to examine combating violence and Committee Meetings discrimination against women, focusing on a global call to action, after receiving testimony from Sen- (Committees not listed did not meet) ators Warren, Hirono, Heitkamp, Baldwin, Stabe- APPROPRIATIONS: HOMELAND SECURITY now, Klobuchar, and Murray; Catherine M. Russell, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- Department of State; Susan Markham, Senior Coordi- ment of Homeland Security approved for full com- nator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empower- mittee consideration an original bill making appro- ment, U.S. Agency for International Development; priations for Homeland Security for fiscal year 2015. Gary Barker, Promundo-US, and Jacqueline O’Neill, APPROPRIATIONS: FINANCIAL SERVICES The Institute for Inclusive Security, both of Wash- AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT ington, DC; and Hauwa Ibrahim, Harvard Univer- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Finan- sity Radcliffe Institute, Abuja, Nigeria. cial Services and General Government approved for BUSINESS MEETING full committee consideration an original bill making Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered fa- appropriations for Financial Services and General vorably reported the following business items: Government for fiscal year 2015. H.R. 3212, to ensure compliance with the 1980 BUSINESS MEETING Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Inter- Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favor- national Child Abduction by countries with which ably reported the nominations of Miranda A. A. the United States enjoys reciprocal obligations, to es- Ballentine, of the District of Columbia, to be Assist- tablish procedures for the prompt return of children ant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Envi- abducted to other countries, with an amendment; ronment, and Energy, Laura Junor, of Virginia, to be S. 2508, to establish a comprehensive United a Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Personnel States Government policy to assist countries in sub- and Readiness, Gordon O. Tanner, of Alabama, to be Saharan Africa to improve access to and the afford- General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, ability, reliability, and sustainability of power, with and Debra S. Wada, of Hawaii, to be Assistant Sec- an amendment; retary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Af- S. 1933, to impose sanctions with respect to for- fairs, all of the Department of Defense, Monica C. eign persons responsible for gross violations of inter- Regalbuto, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of nationally recognized human rights, with an amend- Energy for Environmental Management, and 1,815 ment; nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Ma- S. 1104, to measure the progress of recovery and rine Corps. development efforts in Haiti following the earth- quake of January 12, 2010, with an amendment; BUSINESS MEETING S. Res. 447, recognizing the threats to freedom of Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably the press and expression around the world and re- reported the nomination of Shaun L. S. Donovan, of affirming freedom of the press as a priority in the New York, to be Director of the Office of Manage- efforts of the United States Government to promote ment and Budget. democracy and good governance, with amendments; S. Res. 462, recognizing the Khmer and Lao/ STUDENT DEBT Hmong Freedom Fighters of Cambodia and Laos for Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing supporting and defending the United States Armed to examine less student debt from the start, focusing Forces during the conflict in Southeast Asia and for on what role the tax system should play, after receiv- their continued support and defense of the United ing testimony from Mark J. Mazur, Assistant Sec- States, with an amendment; and retary of the Treasury for Tax Policy; Jayne Caflin The nominations of Robert Stephen Beecroft, of Fonash, Loudoun Academy of Science, Sterling, Vir- California, to be Ambassador to the Arab Republic ginia; Scott A. Hodge, Tax Foundation, and Dean A. of Egypt, Dana Shell Smith, of Virginia, to be Am- Zerbe, alliantgroup, both of Washington, DC; and bassador to the State of Qatar, Stuart E. Jones, of Amber Lee, Eugene, Oregon. Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq,

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Rejected the Kuster motion to recommit the bill North American Energy Infrastructure Act: The to the Committee on Agriculture with instructions House passed H.R. 3301, to require approval for the to report the same back to the House forthwith with construction, connection, operation, or maintenance an amendment, by a recorded vote of 191 ayes to of oil or natural gas pipelines or electric transmission 220 noes, Roll No. 348. Pages H5663–65 facilities at the national boundary of the United Agreed to: States for the import or export of oil, natural gas, Garrett amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. or electricity to or from Canada or Mexico, by a re- 113–476) that was debated on June 23rd that ex- corded vote of 238 ayes to 173 noes, Roll No. 354. empts Registered Investment Companies (RICs) that are currently registered with the Securities and Ex- Pages H5665–88 change Commission (SEC) under the Investment Rejected the Schneider motion to recommit the Company Act of 1940 from duplicative registration bill to the Committee on Energy and Commerce requirements with the Commodity Futures Trading with instructions to report the same back to the Commission (CFTC). The SEC will continue to have House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded full regulatory oversight and enforcement authority vote of 185 ayes to 227 noes, Roll No. 353. over RICs. Amendment does not remove the juris- Pages H5686–87 diction and regulatory authority that the CFTC has Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature over all futures, options and swaps transactions that of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Com- the RICs invest in on behalf of their customers who mittee Print 113–49 shall be considered as an origi- are pensioners, retirees, and savers (by a recorded nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the vote of 252 ayes to 158 noes, Roll No. 347). five-minute rule, in lieu of the amendment in the Pages H5662–63 nature of a substitute recommended by the Com- Rejected: mittee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the Jackson Lee amendment (No. 2 printed in H. bill. Page H5672 Rept. 113–476) that was debated on June 23rd that Rejected: sought to require a study on entities regulated by Pallone amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (by a H. Rept. 113–492) that sought to ensure that the recorded vote of 163 ayes to 249 noes, Roll No. complete length of cross-border projects would be 343); Page H5660 subject to full environmental review under the Na- Waters amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. tional Environmental Policy Act (by a recorded vote 113–476) that was debated on June 23rd that of 176 ayes to 233 noes, Roll No. 350); sought to prohibit judicial review of any consider- ages H5673–74, H5683–84 ation by the CFTC of the costs and benefits of its Waxman amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of rules and orders (by a recorded vote of 168 ayes to H. Rept. 113–492) that sought to exclude any 242 noes, Roll No. 344); Pages H5660–61 Moore amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. project with a pending permit application from the 113–476) that was debated on June 23rd that new approval requirements in the bill (by a recorded sought to strike Section 203, and replace with the vote of 171 ayes to 240 noes, Roll No. 351); and Sense of Congress that the Commodities Future Pages H5674–75, H5684–85 Trading Commission is already required by law to Welch amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. consider costs and benefits when promulgating rules Rept. 113–492) that sought to ensure pipeline and issuing orders, and is held accountable to this modifications receive a thorough environmental re- requirement by courts (by a recorded vote of 173 view process (by a recorded vote of 176 ayes to 234 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 345); and Pages H5661–62 noes, Roll No. 352). Pages H5675–76, H5685–86 Jackson Lee amendment (No. 6 printed in H. H. Res. 636, the rule providing for consideration Rept. 113–476) that was debated on June 23rd that of the bills (H.R. 6) and (H.R. 3301), was agreed sought to preserve existing law by striking ‘‘United to by a recorded vote of 221 ayes to 186 noes, Roll States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia No. 342, after the previous question was ordered by Circuit or the United States Court of Appeals for the a yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 184 nays, Roll circuit,’’ and replace with ‘‘United States District No. 341. Pages H5652–59

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In section 6, the rule provides that pose of amendment an amendment in the nature of the Committee on Appropriations may, at any time a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Com- before 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2014, file privi- mittee Print 113–50 and provides that it shall be leged reports to accompany measures making appro- considered as read. The rule waives all points of priations for the fiscal year ending September 30, order against that amendment in the nature of a 2015. Testimony was heard from Representatives substitute. The rule makes in order only those fur- Simpson, Kaptur, Hastings (WA), Sanford, and Jack- ther amendments printed in the Rules Committee son Lee. report. Each such amendment may be offered only in MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be con- Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Com- sidered as read, shall be debatable for the time speci- mittee held a markup on H.R. 4012, the ‘‘Secret fied in the report equally divided and controlled by Science Reform Act of 2014’’. The bill was ordered the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject reported, without amendment. to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The rule waives all Joint Meetings points of order against the amendments printed in NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION the report. The rule provides one motion to recom- mit with or without instructions. Additionally, the Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a rule grants a modified-open rule for H.R. 4923. The hearing to examine the economic impact of increased rule provides one hour of general debate equally di- natural gas production, after receiving testimony vided and controlled by the chair and ranking mi- from Daniel Yergin, IHS, Jim Bruce, UPS, Diana nority member of the Committee on Appropriations. Furchtgott-Roth, Manhattan Institute for Policy Re- The rule waives all points of order against consider- search, and Elgie Holstein, Environmental Defense ation of the bill. The rule waives points of order Fund, all of Washington, DC; and Charles A. Meloy, against provisions in the bill for failure to comply Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, The Woodlands, with clause 2 of rule XXI. The rule provides that Texas. after general debate the bill shall be considered for VETERANS’ ACCESS TO CARE THROUGH amendment under the five-minute rule. During con- CHOICE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND sideration of the bill for amendment: (1) amend- TRANSPARENCY ACT ments shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally di- Conferees met to resolve the differences between the vided and controlled by the proponent and an oppo- Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 3230, to nent and shall not be subject to amendment; and (2) improve the access of veterans to medical services no pro forma amendments shall be in order except from the Department of Veterans Affairs, but did that the chair and ranking minority member of the not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to Committee on Appropriations or their respective the call. designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate. The rule f provides that under the rules of the House the bill COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, shall be read for amendment by paragraph. The rule JUNE 25, 2014 authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) in the Congressional Record. The rule provides one Senate motion to recommit with or without instructions. In Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic section 3, the rule provides that on any legislative Forces, to receive a closed briefing on United States nu- day during the period from June 27, 2014, through clear deterrence policy, 2:30 p.m., SVC–217. July 7, 2014: the Journal of the proceedings of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: busi- previous day shall be considered as approved; and the ness meeting to consider the nominations of Julian Cas- Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned tro, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban De- to meet at a date and time to be announced by the velopment, and Laura S. Wertheimer, of the District of

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Columbia, to be Inspector General of the Federal Hous- States Code, to change the default investment fund under ing Finance Agency; to be immediately followed by a the Thrift Savings Plan, S. 1347, to provide transparency, hearing to examine the Financial Stability Oversight accountability, and limitations of Government sponsored Council annual report to Congress, 10 a.m., SH–216. conferences, H.R. 1376, to designate the facility of the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold hearings to United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther examine young workers and recent graduates in the King, Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the ‘‘Judge United States economy, 2:30 p.m., SD–538. Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office Building’’, H.R. 1813, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Sub- to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal committee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, Service located at 162 Northeast Avenue in Tallmadge, to hold hearings to examine NextGen, focusing on a re- Ohio, as the ‘‘Lance Corporal Daniel Nathan Deyarmin, view of progress, challenges, and opportunities for im- Jr., Post Office Building’’, S. 2056, to designate the facil- proving aviation safety and efficiency, 10:30 a.m., ity of the United States Postal Service located at 13127 SR–253. Broadway Street in Alden, New York, as the ‘‘Sergeant Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee Brett E. Gornewicz Memorial Post Office’’, S. 2057, to on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 1971, to establish an interagency coordination committee located at 198 Baker Street in Corning, New York, as the or subcommittee with the leadership of the Department ‘‘Specialist Ryan P. Jayne Post Office Building’’, and the of Energy and the Department of the Interior, focused on nomination of Shaun L. S. Donovan, of New York, to be the nexus between energy and water production, use, and Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 10 efficiency, 2:30 p.m., SD–366. a.m., SD–342. Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hear- nominations of D. Nathan Sheets, of Maryland, to be ing to examine economic development, focusing on en- Under Secretary, and Ramin Toloui, of Iowa, to be Dep- couraging investment in Indian country, 2:15 p.m., uty Under Secretary, both of the Department of the SD–628. Treasury, 10 a.m., SD–215. Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine trade en- S. 1945, to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to re- forcement, focusing on using trade rules to level the play- vise the criteria for determining which States and polit- ing field for United States companies and workers, 2 ical subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, fo- p.m., SD–215. cusing on updating the ‘‘Voting Rights Act’’ in response Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to exam- to Shelby County v. Holder, 10 a.m., SD–106. ine the future of United States-China relations, 2:15 Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings p.m., SD–419. to examine how early and absentee voting can benefit Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: busi- citizens and administrators, focusing on election adminis- ness meeting to consider S. 2449, to reauthorize certain tration, 2 p.m., SR–301. provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine autism, and the nominations of William D. Adams, of brain injuries and diseases of aging, 2:15 p.m., SD–562. Maine, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Robert M. Gordon, of the District of House Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, and any Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, additional nominations cleared for action, Time to be an- Rural Development, and Credit, hearing on a review of nounced, Room to be announced. credit availability in rural America, 10 a.m., 1300 Long- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: worth. business meeting to consider S. 2521, Federal Information Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, markup on Security Modernization Act of 2014, S. 2519, National Financial Services and General Government Appropria- Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center tions Bill FY 2015, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn. Act of 2014, H.R. 1232, to amend titles 40, 41, and 44, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on United States Code, to eliminate duplication and waste in Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ‘‘Medicare information technology acquisition and management, S. Program Integrity: Screening Out Errors, Fraud, and 1691, to amend title 5, United States Code, to improve Abuse’’, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. the security of the United States border and to provide Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing for reforms and rates of pay for border patrol agents, entitled ‘‘Examining Reauthorization of the Export-Im- H.R. 4194, to provide for the elimination or modification port Bank: Corporate Necessity or Corporate Welfare?’’, of Federal reporting requirements, S. 2061, to prevent 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. conflicts of interest relating to contractors providing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Mid- background investigation fieldwork services and inves- dle East and North Africa, ‘‘Libya at a Crossroads: A Fal- tigative support services, S. 231, to reauthorize the Mul- tering Transition’’, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. tinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging S. 1214, to require the purchase of domestically made Threats, hearing entitled ‘‘Reviewing the Administra- flags of the United States of America for use by the Fed- tion’s FY 2015 Budget Request for Europe and Eurasia’’, eral Government, S. 2117, to amend title 5, United 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.

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Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing enti- Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Public tled ‘‘Children Migrating from Central America: Solving Lands and Environmental Regulation, oversight hearing a Humanitarian Crisis’’, 2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn. entitled ‘‘Increasing Carbon Soil Sequestration on Public Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cy- Lands’’, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth. bersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Tech- Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Com- nologies; and Committee on Education and the Work- mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘Management Failures: Oversight force, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and of the EPA’’, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Secondary Education, joint hearing entitled ‘‘How Data Committee on Rules, Subcommittee on Legislative and Mining Threatens Student Privacy’’, 11 a.m., 311 Can- Budget Process, legislative hearing on H.R. 1869, the non. ‘‘Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, 2014’’, 10 a.m., H–313 Capitol. hearing on H.R. 186, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit candidates for election Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Com- for Federal office to designate an individual who will be mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘Pathways to Exploration: A Re- authorized to disburse funds of the authorized campaign view of the Future of Human Space Exploration’’, 10 committees of the candidate in the event of the death of a.m., 2318 Rayburn. the candidate, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth. Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Full Committee, hearing Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, In- entitled ‘‘VBA and VHA Interactions: Ordering and Con- tellectual Property and the Internet, ‘‘Music Licensing ducting Medical Examinations’’, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon. Under Title 17 Part Two’’, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘An Administration on H.R. 3393, the ‘‘Student and Family Tax Simplifica- Made Disaster: The South Texas Border Surge of Unac- tion Act’’; and H.R. 4935, the ‘‘Child Tax Credit Im- companied Alien Minors’’, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn. provement Act of 2014’’, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 25 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 25

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Wednesday: After the transaction of any Program for Wednesday: Complete consideration of morning business (not to extend beyond 12 noon), Senate H.R. 6—Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act. will begin consideration of H.R. 803, Supporting Knowl- edge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act. At approxi- mately 2:30 p.m., Senate will vote on or in relation to Flake amendment, Lee amendment, a managers’ amend- ment, and passage of the bill.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Fitzpatrick, Michael G., Pa., E1062 Roby, Martha, Ala., E1057 Forbes, J. Randy, Va., E1057 Rohrabacher, Dana, Calif., E1059 Brownley, Julia, Calif., E1057 Grayson, Alan, Fla., E1057, E1059, E1060, E1062 Royce, Edward R., Calif., E1059 Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E1058, E1062, E1063 Harper, Gregg, Miss., E1057 Sarbanes, John P., Md., E1057 Carter, John R., Tex., E1061 Larsen, Rick, Wash., E1058 Shuster, Bill, Pa., E1060 Castro, Joaquin, Tex., E1060 Marino, Tom, Pa., E1058, E1062 Thompson, Mike, Calif., E1062 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E1058 Miller, George, Calif., E1061 Tipton, Scott R., Colo., E1061 Costa, Jim, Calif., E1058 Peters, Gary C., Mich., E1060 Upton, Fred, Mich., E1062 Engel, Eliot L., N.Y., E1058 Reed, Tom, N.Y., E1061 Van Hollen, Chris, Md., E1061

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