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Vol. 166 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2020 No. 171 Senate The Senate met at 12 noon and was for dodging a question about the peace- Your ballot can be tracked on the called to order by the President pro ful transfer of power. Instead, Trump secretary of state’s website. Check out tempore (Mr. GRASSLEY). criticized mail-in ballots and rejected where your ballot is. f the premise that he will lose. I have great faith in Iowa’s election officials and our postal workers. PRAYER No, that doesn’t mean that he is planning some sort of coup, but it is Iowans who vote in person or absentee The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- important for any President to choose can be assured that your vote will fered the following prayer: their words very carefully. count—the same as any election. Let us pray. The same is true for partisans on the I yield the floor. Eternal God, our heavenly Father, we I suggest the absence of a quorum. cry to You, but sometimes You seem so other side whipping up fear that our The PRESIDING OFFICER. The far away. In our despair, You some- democracy is in jeopardy or that the clerk will call the roll. times seem distant, and we are tempt- ballots will not be counted. Even worse The senior assistant legislative clerk ed to surmise that we are all alone. is the rhetoric setting the stage to proceeded to call the roll. When we shout, we seem to hear the delegitimize any future Trump victory. Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, echoes of our anguish. Nonetheless, we We now hear full-blown conspiracy I ask unanimous consent that the order know that You are holy, mighty, and theories. Let me mention a few. A for the quorum call be rescinded. good. We have trusted You too long to group of Biden supporters conducted a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without let go. war game speculating that the Presi- objection, it is so ordered. Empower our Senators for these chal- dent will not leave office without a f lenging times. Remove from their Biden landslide, questioning what the minds all bitterness and contempt for military would do. RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER one another. Keep their hearts clean, The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of their spirits courageous, and their Staff stepped in with a simple civics The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- minds clear as they face these daunting lesson. The U.S. military has no role in jority leader is recognized. times. the elections, he said. f We pray in Your omnipotent Name. Democrats have doubled down on this Amen. NOMINATION OF AMY CONEY debunked theory that the Postal Serv- BARRETT f ice is plotting with Trump to disrupt Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE the election mail. The Postal Service at this time last week, the Nation did The President pro tempore led the does not answer to the President of the not know whom President Trump Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: United States. It has plenty of capacity would be nominating to the Supreme I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the to deliver election mail. Plus, the Fed- Court, but, amazingly, we did know United States of America, and to the Repub- eral Government doesn’t run elections; what kinds of false attacks the far left lic for which it stands, one nation under God, the 50 States run those elections. would deploy against whoever it was. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. A key goal of Russian ‘‘active meas- Democrats and special interests have f ures,’’ dating back to the Cold War, has been telling the country for 45 years— RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME been to get Americans to doubt their 45 years—that every Supreme Court va- government, its leaders, and demo- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. cancy under a Republican President cratic institutions. Let’s not do Rus- was going to bring about the apoca- FISCHER). Under the previous order, the sia’s dirty work for them. No American lypse. John Paul Stevens, they said, leadership time is reserved. should be questioning our free and fair The President pro tempore. was anti-woman. David Souter, they Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I elections. said, wanted to hurt vulnerable people. ask unanimous consent to speak for 1 Now to my State of Iowa. Our people John Roberts was out to get health in- minute in morning business. who have requested absentee ballots surance. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without will have ballots mailed to them start- And wouldn’t you know, the Presi- objection, it is so ordered. ing on October 5. Remember to fill it dent had barely finished saying Judge f out completely, including your driver’s Amy Coney Barrett’s name before the license or voter PIN number, and mail same old attacks began rolling in. Our ELECTION SECURITY them to your county auditor well be- 77-year-old male former Vice President Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, fore election day but not later than the and our 69-year-old male Senate Demo- President Trump was rightly criticized day before. cratic leader have tried to inform

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:43 Oct 02, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A01OC6.000 S01OCPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S6010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 1, 2020 American women that this 48-year-old anti-religious discrimination are you want to hold public office? In working mom wants to roll back her ‘‘manufactured hysterics.’’ I didn’t ex- America? own rights as a woman—roll back her pect that. The Democratic leader says these are own rights as a woman. I do not expect we will hear the lead- manufactured hysterics. He says people Democrats have tried to fearmonger er of the Democratic conference stand who call this out are hysterical. Frank- around a 4-year-old academic paper on the Senate floor and say that Amer- ly, it would be better for our country if that reinforced one unfair penalty in ica’s freedom of religion is ‘‘an imagi- that were true, but that is not the case. ObamaCare, which Congress, by the nary issue.’’ Just yesterday, 24 hours after the way, already eliminated 3 years ago. The Democratic leader claimed indig- Democratic leader swore that Demo- As an aside, if the American people nantly that his fellow Democrats crats would not make this an issue, the are interested in which Senators are would never—never—make an issue out junior Senator from Hawaii tried to serious about protecting Americans of a nominee’s personal religious be- say Judge Barrett’s faith is ‘‘irrele- with preexisting conditions, they can liefs. He took great offense that such a vant’’ but immediately proceeded to simply look up the vote Senators took thing would even be suggested. question ‘‘whether her closely held last night—just last night. Every sin- But the whole country knows that, 3 views can be separated from her ability gle Democrat voted against legislation years ago, when the Judiciary Com- to make objective, fair decisions.’’ No from Senator TILLIS that would have mittee was considering this very nomi- one—no one—should be deceived by cemented protections for these vulner- nee—this one—for her current position, these thinly veiled euphemisms. able Americans. Senate Democrats did precisely that, This is the exact form that religious Democrats voted to block protections exactly that. The senior Senator from discrimination had taken in America for preexisting conditions just like California literally implied in front of for decades—for decades—especially they voted to block hundreds of bil- the entire country that Judge Barrett when it comes to public service. lions of dollars for coronavirus relief was too Catholic—too Catholic—to be a We do not often hear people say they and just like they voted to block police judge. Here was the quote: ‘‘The dogma simply dislike a particular religion al- reform—and a thousand other things lives loudly within you,’’ she said. together. Thank goodness we are most- they tell Americans they support but ‘‘And that’s of concern.’’ ly past that kind of bigotry. No, going vote against to block bipartisan The senior Senator from Illinois all the way back to Jack Kennedy, the progress. asked Judge Barrett in the official more common accusation has been So here is another one of the made- record—listen to this—‘‘Do you con- something a little more subtle—that up attacks: Democrats are demanding sider yourself an ‘orthodox Catholic?’ ’’ people of deep faith or certain faiths that Judge Barrett commit in ad- The junior Senator from Hawaii felt are incapable of being fair or objective; vance—in advance—to recuse herself compelled to tell the nominee—listen that they are incapable of doing cer- from entire categories of cases for no to this—‘‘You would be a Catholic tain jobs well; that such Americans are reason. This is another totally in- judge.’’ ‘‘You would be a Catholic torn between divided loyalties and not vented standard. Nobody has ever sug- judge.’’ to be trusted. gested that Supreme Court Justices No one imagined these exchanges, Here is what the left is trying to say: should categorically sit on the side- but they happened on video before the Oh, we have no problems—no prob- lines until the President who nomi- entire Nation. Multiple sitting Sen- lems—with Judge Barrett’s faith in an nated them has left office. What an ab- ators fretted in an open hearing that abstract sense. We just think it dis- surd suggestion. Judge Barrett’s religious views created qualifies her from this promotion. Justices Ginsburg and Breyer were doubts about her fitness to serve. Madam President, that is the defini- confirmed during President Clinton’s Outside the Senate, it was not imagi- tion of discrimination. very first term. Justices Sotomayor nary when one faith group in which About a century ago, openly anti- and Kagan were confirmed during Judge Barrett and her family partici- Catholic political cartoons pictured President Obama’s first term. All four pate reportedly came under cyber at- the Pope or the Catholic Church as an of these Justices went on to participate tack a few days ago. Their membership octopus wrapping its tentacles around in election-related proceedings while directory was reportedly hacked, just the institutions of American Govern- the President who had nominated them as Judge Barrett emerged as a ment. Thankfully those displays are was on the ballot. frontrunner. long gone, but the core attitude clearly Justices Breyer and Ginsburg partici- Nobody had to imagine the ominous is not. pated actively in Clinton v. Jones and articles from AP, Reuters, the Wash- Americans of faith are not imagining other matters connected to President ington Post, and POLITICO, all imply- the increasingly hostile climate that Clinton’s eventual impeachment. In ing there was something questionable— the political left and the media have fact, they urged and attempted to get questionable—or problematic about spent literally years sowing. And, no, the Supreme Court even more involved. Judge Barrett’s faith practices. there is no free pass, as some com- This is a sideshow—a sideshow. If Nobody had to imagine POLITICO mentators have suggested, because Judge Barrett is confirmed, she will sending a contributing editor to snoop many prominent liberal voices or swear an oath. She will have a lifetime around the church buildings and report prominent Democrats themselves iden- appointment. Nobody seriously is sug- what a youth group had written on tify as Catholic. You don’t get a free gesting she lacks any bit of the integ- their whiteboard. pass just by calling yourself a Catholic. rity which everyone trusted Justice So, no, Americans don’t have to More than one-fifth of our country Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice imagine this elite disdain. All they belongs to the same church as Judge Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and count- have to do is read it. Barrett—one-fifth of our country. Tens less others to exercise. In fact, her in- It is not just this one nominee. No- and tens of millions of Americans—all tegrity and independence are precisely body imagined it when the junior Sen- of them—like all Americans, must be what Judge Barrett’s peers across the ator from Vermont accused a different free to live their faiths in diverse and political spectrum go out of their way nominee of hatred and Islamophobia different ways without being barred— to applaud. because he had previously expressed a without being barred—from public Judge Barrett has no obligation to personal view that Christianity gets service. These kinds of aspersions do make any of the bizarre—bizarre—pre- things right, which Islam gets wrong. not become any more acceptable if the judgments that our Democratic col- It is not imaginary when the junior call is coming from inside the house. leagues are demanding. Like I said, Senator from California cast aspersions Sadly, none of these problems are much of the script has been entirely on yet another nominee for—listen to imaginary. The American people’s con- predictable. this—belonging to the Knights of Co- cerns are not manufactured. I will tell you one thing I did not pre- lumbus. And another Democrat implied The Little Sisters of the Poor did not dict. I honestly did not expect the he should quit this mainstream Catho- wake up thinking it would be good fun Democratic leader to come to the Sen- lic group if he wanted to hold public of- if the Obama-Biden administration ate floor and say that concerns about fice. Quit the Knights of Columbus if tried to force them to violate their own

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I am the lead sponsor of the Domes- go looking for one of this cycle’s In Tuesday’s Presidential debate, tic Terrorism Prevention Act, bipar- Democratic Presidential contenders to moderator Chris Wallace asked Presi- tisan legislation that would address suggest places of workshop should lose dent Trump to condemn White su- the threat of violent White suprema- their tax exempt status if they preach premacists and rightwing militia. cists and other domestic terrorists. or practice traditional teaching. It was President Trump refused. Instead, he Our bill would establish offices to the secularizing left that went on of- replied—and I quote—‘‘Proud Boys, combat domestic terrorism at the De- fense. stand back and stand by.’’ partment of Justice, the FBI, and the If parts of the elite American left The Proud Boys, a far-right group Department of Homeland Security. It have become this out of touch with that promotes and engages in violence, would require these offices to regularly mainstream religious beliefs held by viewed President Trump’s words as a assess the domestic terrorism threat millions and millions of their fellow call to action. The group’s leader Joe and focus their limited resources on citizens, it will take more than victim Biggs said he took the President’s the most significant threats. Criti- blaming to dig out of it. They could words as a directive to ‘‘[F] . . . them cally, they would provide training re- start this week. They could start up.’’ sources to assist State, local, and Trib- today. I was appalled, but not surprised, by al law enforcement in addressing the They could commit to evaluating the President’s words. He has a long domestic terrorism threat. The House Judge Barrett on her credentials and history of inflammatory, racist re- companion to my bill was introduced her qualifications, and they could stop marks. Now, President Trump claims by my colleague and friend Congress- gawking at deeply religious Americans that violence is a ‘‘left-wing problem, man BRAD SCHNEIDER of Illinois. Just last week, the House of Rep- like they have encountered extra- not a right-wing problem’’—his words. resentatives passed our bill on a unani- terrestrial life or bought a ticket for a Let me be clear. I join Vice President mous voice vote. The Senate should safari. Biden in condemning all violence, but we know that White supremacists pose pass it today. f a great threat. An unclassified May In a few moments, staff will provide MEASURES PLACED ON THE 2017 FBI-DHS joint intelligence bul- me with the language to ask for a CALENDAR—S. 4773, S. 4774, S. 4775 letin found that ‘‘white supremacist unanimous consent. I am waiting so extremism poses [a] persistent threat there is an opportunity for both sides Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, to discuss the procedure moving for- of lethal violence.’’ This was a finding I understand there are three bills at ward. In the meantime, several of my by the lead law enforcement agencies the desk due for a second reading, en colleagues have asked to come to the of the Trump administration. They bloc. floor and address the issue. I would went on to say that White suprema- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The lead- yield to them for comment or question, cists were responsible for more homi- er is correct. through the Chair, with the hopes that cides from 2000 to 2016 than any other The clerk will read the bills by title when the procedural language arrives, I domestic extremist movement. The di- for the second time. might be able to make the unanimous rector of the FBI, Christopher Wray, in The senior assistant legislative clerk consent request. read as follows: response to a question I posed in the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- A bill (S. 4773) to establish the Paycheck Senate Judiciary Committee last year, ator from Connecticut. Protection Program Second Draw Loan, and said that the majority of domestic ter- Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Presi- for other purposes. rorism arrests involved White suprema- dent, we are here today on probably A bill (S. 4774) to provide support for air cists. one of the most serious national secu- carrier workers, and for other purposes. Now, for years, I have urged the rity issues that we will confront. I say A bill (S. 4775) to provide continued emer- Trump administration to respond to gency assistance, educational support, and that as a member of the Armed Serv- the ongoing threat of violent White su- ices Committee, having received a vari- health care response for individuals, fami- premacists and other far-rightwing ex- lies, and businesses affected by the 2020 ety of classified briefings on threats to coronavirus pandemic. tremists. Instead, they have repeatedly this country. Some of them regarding downplayed this very lethal and real Mr. MCCONNELL. In order to place ongoing foreign interference in our threat. election are truly chilling. But the the bills on the calendar under the pro- Attorney General Barr has never re- visions of rule XIV, I would object to threat to our national security from sponded to the multiple letters I have White supremacists, now operating so further proceedings, en bloc. sent, asking what the Department of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- openly that the Director of the FBI has Justice was doing to combat White su- said they are one of the paramount tion being heard, the measures will be premacist violence. placed on the calendar, en bloc. threats and an ongoing security threat Unfortunately, as we have learned to our Nation, demands that there f from former Trump administration of- should be action now. PROTECT ACT—MOTION TO ficials themselves, the Trump adminis- The bill that my colleague Senator PROCEED tration has downplayed the threat of DURBIN is offering passed unanimously violent White supremacists. POLITICO by the House of Representatives within Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, recently reported that a draft home- recent days. Let me repeat. It passed I move to proceed to Calendar No. 554, land threat assessment report from unanimously by the House of Rep- S. 4675. DHS was edited to weaken language on resentatives. It reflects the real and ur- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the threat posed by violent White su- gent danger of this threat. clerk will report the motion to pro- premacists. And a DHS whistleblower The President has refused to de- ceed. alleged that DHS officials, including nounce White supremacists. The Presi- The senior assistant legislative clerk Ken Cuccinelli, requested the modifica- dent has told one of the most promi- read as follows: tion of the report to make the threat of nent of those groups to stand by. That Motion to proceed to S. 4675, a bill to White supremacists ‘‘appear less se- failure—an abject failure on the part of amend the Health Insurance Portability and vere’’ and add information on violent the Commander in Chief—to respond to Accountability Act. leftwing groups. an ongoing security threat demands The PRESIDING OFFICER. The as- It is not enough to just stand here this action now. We must stand up for sistant Democratic leader. and condemn the President’s remarks the integrity of our elections, the secu- UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—H.R. 5602 at the infamous debate. The American rity of our Nation, and the funda- Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I people sent us to Congress to act. mental freedoms that we prize as come to the floor today to speak to one There is something we can do now. American people.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:43 Oct 02, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G01OC6.003 S01OCPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S6012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 1, 2020 We will not allow this cancer to me- I yield the floor. ate that we will not stand for this. Sup- tastasize in this country and thwart The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- port this bill. the will of Americans who are going to ator from Alabama. I yield the floor. the polls, in effect, right now. The bal- Mr. JONES. Thank you, Senator The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- lots are being cast. The threat to our DURBIN for this bill. Thank you for the ator from New Jersey. electoral will is ongoing. colleagues who are on here. Mr. BOOKER. I am really grateful, I am proud to join my colleagues who I was struck when Senator KAINE Madam President. are here on the floor who represent an rose in honor of those who died in Vir- It has been said, and it is quite true, ideological spectrum, as did the House ginia. The list goes on and on. You can that the only thing necessary for evil of Representatives in unanimously ap- go to Emmett Till. You can go to the to be triumphant is for good people to proving this bill. The paramount four girls, Addie Mae Collins, Carole do nothing. threat to our Nation and the integrity Robertson, Denise McNair, and Cynthia Here we are at a time where we know of our elections is White supremacy, Wesley. You can go to those who lost our history. Since 9/11, the greatest violent extremism, and nationalism their lives in a church in Charleston, terrorism we have seen in our country, that potentially jeopardize the very SC. The thing that connects them all is actions from a church in South Caro- pillars of our democracy. not just that they died because of the lina to a synagogue in Pittsburgh, to a I yield the floor. color of their skin, not just because of Walmart in El Paso, time and time Mr. DURBIN. The Senator from Vir- the White supremacists who were try- again, the violence that we have seen ginia. ing to change the political dynamic in and the greatest terrorist activities The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- this country. It is an unbroken stream since 9/11 have been domestic ter- ator from Virginia. that goes back decades and genera- rorism—rightwing extremists, the ma- Mr. KAINE. Madam President, I rise tions. It goes back to the time of the jority of them White supremacists. to support the efforts of my colleagues great original sin of slavery, when The warnings we are now getting to bring the unanimous House bill es- White supremacy tried to dominate from our intelligence officials, accord- tablishing legal procedures for dealing this country, and it goes back to a ing to one Judiciary hearing from the with White supremacy to the floor of string of unbroken deaths that are oc- Department of Homeland Security, are the Senate. I do so in honor of four Vir- curring even as we speak. that the most significant threat right ginians. Hate crimes across this country have now to the security of our country is In August of 2017, a group called proliferated, whether it is not just White supremacy and violent White su- Unite the Right held a White suprema- White on Black or it is the Tree of Life premacy. cist rally in Charlottesville, VA. They synagogue. It is so many things that The FBI has given a number of warn- started on a Friday evening, when Jew- we have to stop. ings. We now are heading toward an ish residents of Charlottesville were The interesting thing to me of what election where we are seeing signs of gathering in synagogues and when stu- happened this week is that the day increased activity, increased hate, in- dents were coming to the University of after the Presidential debates when the creased focus. This body—this good Virginia to start their academic ca- President of the United States refused body, friends on both sides of the reers. They rampaged through the cam- to condemn White supremacy, the Gov- aisle—this is not a time where we can pus and community chanting slogans ernor of the State of Alabama, my do nothing. We must act. We must take from Nazi rallies like ‘‘Jews will not friend Kay Ivey—Republican Governor measures and steps to end this kind of replace us’’ or ‘‘Blood and soil.’’ of the State of Alabama—apologized to violent scourge in our country. As if that were not terrorizing the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Obviously, this will not accomplish enough, on the next day, they esca- Church bombing that occurred 57 years everything. But in a time like this, we lated physical attacks against many. ago. It was an implicit acknowledge- must do something. I join my col- Heather Heyer was a Charlottesville ment that words matter, that state- leagues in support of this legislation. I resident and paralegal with an amazing ments of public officials have an effect want to, again, affirm the fact, quite background and story who was peace- on people. They give a green light to encouraging, that it passed in a bipar- fully protesting that day, and a White violence, often even unintended. tisan manner in the U.S. House of Rep- supremacist from another State revved This bill Senator DURBIN has pro- resentatives. That is so encouraging. his car up, hit her and killed her. posed that passed, as Senator We should do the same here. DeAndre Harris was a special edu- BLUMENTHAL and others said, unani- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The as- cation instructional aide in Charlottes- mously is a statement that we cannot sistant Democratic leader. ville, and he was set upon by a number allow this to continue. It is a state- ADDITIONAL COSPONSOR of White supremacists and beaten se- ment that we will—as law enforcement, Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I ask verely with objects. as citizens, as people in a free coun- unanimous consent that Senator There were two Virginia State Troop- try—we will put an end to this kind of MANCHIN’s name be added as a cospon- ers, Jay Cullen and Berke Bates, both rhetoric and this kind of hate. of whom I knew. Jay Cullen often flew sor to S. 3190. Folks, we cannot let this moment The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without me in a helicopter when I was Gov- pass in this body. The House passed ernor, and I met Berke Bates, the objection, it is so ordered. this bill unanimously and so should the Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, we trooper, because he was part of Gov- U.S. Senate. We should make a stand are asking for unanimous consent to ernor McCullough’s security detail. with our colleagues in the House—Re- pass a bill that has passed the House of They were called out on that day, publican and Democrat—that this is an Representatives unanimously by a which would have been a day off. They important statement right now be- voice vote—unanimously—to empower were called out on that day because cause what is unsaid so much right now and direct the law enforcement agen- they needed to provide extra security is that we see this playing out in this cies of the United States to use their as this White supremacist rally ran country. We see it playing out in the talents and resources to stop domestic amuck in Charlottesville. On that day, streets. And we can talk about it from terrorism, to stop the killing. We are both of them lost their lives as their the right or the left, and we can talk identifying, in the course of it, the helicopter malfunctioned. about it from Republicans or Demo- White supremacy and far-right extre- I stand on the floor of the Senate crats, but the fact is, we need to be thinking of these four Virginians—two mism as one of the sources. talking about it in terms of people and Listen to what a Trump administra- of whom I knew, three of whom lost victims—innocent victims. That is tion Department of Justice official their lives, and one who was injured se- what this bill is about—protecting the wrote last year in the New York Times: verely in this Unite the Right rally—to lives of all Americans, regardless of the say that it is time we have laws in this White supremacy and far-right extremism color of their skin, regardless of their are among the greatest domestic-security country that would enable us to appro- religion, regardless of their political threats facing the United States. Regret- priately deal with the chief source of persuasion. This bill will do that. tably, over the past 25 years, law enforce- domestic terrorism. For that, I thank Give the FBI the tools necessary. ment at the Federal and State levels have my colleague. Give the statement from the U.S. Sen- been slow to respond.

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But we don’t have that. tions that they are needed. seriously impede its ability to work in This is not the Senate in which I How did I get involved in this? It the domestic terrorism space. Again, I worked in 1979, where there was a de- goes back to 2012. As chairman of a am not exactly sure why the Depart- liberative attempt. There were debates Senate Judiciary subcommittee, I held ment of Justice does not like this piece on the floor, and there were debates in a hearing on the threat of violent of legislation. Suffice it to say that it committee. This is not a process. rightwing extremism after a White su- doesn’t. The Department of Homeland Whether it is on the floor of this Sen- premacist murdered six worshippers at Security was not even consulted on ate or whether it is in the media or a Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, WI. Of- this. As chairman of the Homeland Se- wherever else, when someone says that ficials from the Department of Justice, curity Committee, I don’t know any- this should go through the normal Homeland Security, and FBI—even at thing about this bill. process, those processes were killed a that time—testified about the threat This is not the way to pass a serious long time ago. I have been in this body posed by violent domestic extremists. piece of legislation that deals with a for almost 3 years, and we have had When President Trump was asked serious issue. If it is a good piece of only a relatively handful of amend- and challenged to condemn this vio- legislation, the sponsors should have ments on any bill that has come here. lence, he refused. no problem running it through the nor- We have had virtually no markups and The question is whether the U.S. mal committee of jurisdiction process. debates in committees. Those don’t Senate, now given the same oppor- In this case, apparently, it is with the exist. This bill has been pending for 9 tunity, will stand as the House of Rep- Judiciary Committee, but I would months, which is more than adequate resentatives has on a unanimous, bi- think my committee would also have time for the Homeland Security Com- partisan basis to say ‘‘enough’’ when it some pretty strong equities in this mittee to have taken a look at it, more comes to domestic terrorism inspired space, not to mention the fact that I than enough time for the Committee by White supremacy and rightwing ex- have been working with my ranking on the Judiciary to have taken a look tremism. member on precisely these types of at it, and more than enough time to Let me add that there is nothing in issues. have had a hearing on it. this bill to stop the efforts of those Instead of just trying to make a po- Apparently, our colleagues in the same agencies to police and stop left- litical point, what I have always tried House felt it was OK, but this body has wing extremism—all extremism. I have to do is get a result and make law, but gotten to be so dysfunctional that, to no problem in condemning all of it, but that has to go through a thoughtful send a statement, we will not allow a we are focusing on the one that is the process that uses the full committee unanimously passed bill that has been process, which is not the case here. most significant in the words of the pending in the Senate of the United So I object. Department of Justice. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- States for 9 months to be passed. I ask unanimous consent that the There is one thing with which I tion is heard. Committee on the Judiciary be dis- Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, yes, might disagree a little bit with Senator charged from further consideration of I am trying to make a political point, DURBIN. For me, this is not a political H.R. 5602 and that the Senate proceed and it should be a bipartisan political statement. This is a statement about to its immediate consideration; fur- point. It should be Republicans and law enforcement and increasing the ther, that the bill be considered read a Democrats in the Senate, as there was ability of law enforcement. It is a third time and passed; and that the a unanimous voice vote in the House of statement to protect victims of crime. motion to reconsider be considered Representatives on that same measure, That is what this bill is about for me. made and laid upon the table with no and I am sorry my colleague from Wis- I have seen it all too often in my State intervening action or debate. consin has left. and throughout the South. Again, that The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there The Senate’s version of this bill has unbroken string—that is what I see objection? been pending for 9 months—for 9 this bill as. The Senator from Wisconsin. months. The House has moved its So I don’t need lectures about proc- Mr. JOHNSON. Madam President, re- version of it. It is a timely issue. Why ess when I see a Senate that does not serving the right to object, I just found waste a day in making America safer? function but that leapfrogs substantive out about this bill a couple of hours Why not tell our law enforcement legislation simply to ram a Supreme ago. I have been busy. I haven’t really agencies: Now, roll up your sleeves. Go Court nominee through—one that been able to really research it, and to work. Find the most dangerous hasn’t been pending for very long, ei- that is part of the problem with what things happening in this country, and ther. This is the kind of thing the Sen- our Democratic colleagues are trying stop them. ate needs to be doing and passing, and to do here in just quickly rushing it We know one of them is White su- we should be ashamed of ourselves for through the U.S. Senate. Maybe this premacists and their rightwing extre- not doing it. Hopefully, that will has had a full vetting in the House of mism. The President fumbled and change. Representatives, but here, in the U.S. couldn’t come up with an answer 2 days I yield the floor. Senate, it hasn’t gone through any ago. Today, sadly, from the Republican RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER committee process whatsoever. side, we get an objection to coming to- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Unfortunately, I also have to make gether on a bipartisan basis, as they Democratic leader is recognized. the point—because I am sure they are did in the House, to address this very Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, trying to make a political point as op- real issue. I am troubled by this. It is before I get into the subject of this posed to trying to make law today— a sad moment. pending vote, I do want to thank my that I am opposed to all forms of do- I do believe the Senator from Wis- colleagues from Illinois and Con- mestic terrorism, including White su- consin and many others will say they necticut for bringing this important premacists. I think I speak for all of are against extremism. They had a topic before the Senate. my Republican colleagues, and I think chance to prove it by passing a meas- President Trump’s refusal to con- I speak for every U.S. Senator: We all ure here and refused. demn violent White supremacist groups abhor domestic violence and terror, in- I yield the floor. in the Presidential debate has been cluding White supremacists. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- around for several days. We have hard- Again, I don’t have much knowledge ator from Alabama. ly heard anything out of most of our about this even though I am chairman Mr. JONES. Madam President, I am colleagues, and no one—no one, no of the committee of jurisdiction of one compelled to talk about this process one—is going to buy the argument that of the Departments that would be sub- that I just heard about. it came too suddenly. White supremacy

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:43 Oct 02, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G01OC6.006 S01OCPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S6014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 1, 2020 hasn’t come too suddenly. The Presi- and said that, if the Supreme Court Will Republican Senators vote to dent’s remarks have been out there for were to read the statute the way she stop President Trump’s Justice Depart- several days. It is the flimsiest of ex- does, they would have to ‘‘invalidate ment from spending taxpayer dollars cuses to avoid criticizing the President it.’’ President Trump: ‘‘terminate it.’’ trying to eliminate the taxpayers’ even when every American of de- Judge Barrett: ‘‘invalidate it.’’ Guess healthcare? We will see very shortly. cency—the overwhelming majority of what. President Trump and Republican If Senators truly want to support all Americans—would know he should attorneys general are in court right protections for Americans with pre- be condemned. now, suing to do just that—invalidate existing conditions, they would vote to They don’t care if you are a Demo- our healthcare law in a case that will damage President Trump’s legal effort crat or a Republican or are liberal or be heard 1 week after the election. to eliminate them. It is as simple as conservative. You never know how low The threat to Americans’ healthcare that. President Trump can go, but his re- is very, very real, and Senate Repub- No amount of sophistry or expla- fusal to condemn White supremacy is licans are tying themselves in knots in nation is needed. Yes or no? among the lowest things he has done, trying to explain how it is not. Leader Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that I be given a chance to fin- and—boy, oh, boy—there are lots of MCCONNELL, from the floor of the Sen- ish my remarks in the next few min- them lined up. I am ashamed of my Re- ate, called it a joke—a joke—that publican colleagues and ashamed—for utes. Judge Barrett and the far-right major- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without America, for decency—that they have ity of the Court might vote to take objection, it is so ordered. chosen to block this. away healthcare or to turn back the Mr. SCHUMER. Thank you, Madam S. 4653 clock on women’s rights. President. Madam President, now, on another Maybe he didn’t get that message It is as simple as that. Are they with issue of great importance to America, around to his conference, because the the people who want protection or not, the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Republican Senator from Utah, only a or are they standing with President Barrett to the Supreme Court has few days earlier, claimed that the Af- Trump, who wants to destroy it? It is thrust the issue of healthcare back fordable Care Act was unconstitutional that simple, because if President into the spotlight. Her confirmation to and that striking it down shouldn’t Trump and the Republican lawsuit are the highest Court in the land could put tarnish Judge Barrett if that is what successful, every single American healthcare for hundreds of millions of she chooses to do. stands to lose vital healthcare protec- Americans at risk. Another Republican Senator said he tions or access to care. Millions of As you would imagine, taking away wanted to see evidence that the nomi- Americans would see drug costs sky- healthcare is deeply unpopular with nee understood that Roe was wrongly rocket. Tens of millions of families the American people. So it seems the decided, that Roe was an act of judicial would lose healthcare coverage during strategy from the Republican majority imperialism, and I do believe Amy the worst health crisis in a century. is to invent some new distraction—a Coney Barrett’s record bears that out. More than 130 million Americans with fresh outrage—to talk about. My col- That was his quote. preexisting conditions would lose vital leagues on the other side would rather The junior Senator from Missouri ex- protections, including every American talk about anything besides the fact pressed confidence that Judge Barrett who contracted COVID, which would be that their President, their party, and believes Roe v. Wade was wrongly de- treated as a preexisting condition. their Supreme Court nominee pose a cided. On the Supreme Court, a Justice Women would see their country hurtle dire threat to Americans’ healthcare. Barrett could enforce that view. backward to a time when they could be The outrage from the Republican So which is it, Republican leader? Is charged more than men for insurance leader was directed today, once again, it absurd to think that Judge Barrett simply because they are women. at the idea that the Democrats would might strike down the Affordable Care This vote, which I was fortunate attack a nominee’s religious beliefs, Act, or is it a good thing that shouldn’t enough to obtain, will show America but of course, in their zeal to manufac- tarnish her reputation? which party stands with protecting ture this issue, the Republican Sen- Is it a joke that Judge Barrett could Americans’ healthcare and protections ators began telegraphing this line of curtail women’s fundamental rights, or for preexisting conditions and which attack even before the nominee had are Republican Senators relieved to party opposes it. been named. One Republican Senator think that she thinks Roe v. Wade is It is plain and simple. Are you with wrote me a letter to warn against anti- judicial imperialism? Leader MCCONNELL, who wants to rip Catholic attacks that hadn’t happened Americans are starting to get pretty away people’s protections? Are you yet against a nominee who had not sick of these double standards and with President Trump, who wants to been named. That is how transparent mealy-mouthed talking points—pretty wound our American healthcare by this Republican diversion—ruse—is. sick of politicians who, just 4 years eliminating ACA? Are you with the It appears the Republican majority ago, declared they couldn’t possibly American people, who desperately need will crank up the outrage machine to confirm a Democratic nominee to the these protections? Are you with the any level of absurdity to avoid talking Supreme Court in the early months of mother or father whose son or daugh- about America’s healthcare—the an election year but are now rushing to ter has cancer and the insurance com- healthcare that so many Americans confirm a Republican nominee in the pany says ‘‘You are not getting any in- desperately want and need. In fact, all middle of an election that is already surance,’’ or are you going to require week, the Republican leader has underway. Most of all, pretty sick are that company to give them the insur- mocked the idea that a far-right Su- Republicans claiming they support pro- ance that family so desperately needs? The eyes of America are on this body preme Court majority might strike tections for Americans with pre- and on Republican Senators right now. down the Affordable Care Act and that existing conditions while, at the same Whose side are you on—President Judge Barrett might play a decisive time, they support a lawsuit that Trump’s or the American people who role. Of course, President Trump prom- would eliminate them. Well, we are about to put a few of want healthcare? ised to nominate Supreme Court Jus- I yield the floor. tices who would terminate the Afford- these Senate Republicans on the I suggest the absence of a quorum. able Care Act, and he picked Judge record. Soon, the Senate will vote on a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Barrett. Those are the President’s bill that, if passed, would protect the clerk will call the roll. words. He is only going to pick Jus- healthcare of hundreds of millions of The senior assistant legislative clerk tices who would terminate the Afford- Americans and prevent efforts by the proceeded to call the roll. able Care Act, and it is no mystery why Department of Justice to advocate that Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, I ask he picked Judge Barrett. courts strike down the Affordable Care unanimous consent that the order for In both major cases brought against Act. I was able to move this measure to the quorum call be rescinded. the ACA, Judge Barrett twice sided the floor despite the fact that Repub- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. against the law. She publicly criticized licans didn’t want it, and now we will YOUNG). Without objection, it is so or- Justice Roberts for upholding the law have a vote. dered.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:01 Oct 02, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G01OC6.008 S01OCPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE October 1, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6015 Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, I ask [Rollcall Vote No. 200 Ex.] dinner Saturday night. Now, we give up unanimous consent that the manda- YEAS—51 a lot from that privilege of watching tory quorum call be waived. Baldwin Gillibrand Peters what our high school friends had for The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Bennet Hassan Reed dinner Saturday night. Facebook col- objection? Blumenthal Heinrich Rosen lects an enormous amount of informa- Booker Hirono Sanders Without objection, it is so ordered. Brown Jones Schatz tion about us. And, once again, I am CONCLUSION OF MORNING BUSINESS Cantwell Kaine Schumer not just picking on Facebook. I am Morning business is closed. Cardin King Shaheen using them as an example because it is Carper Klobuchar Sinema such a popular platform that we all f Casey Leahy Smith Collins Manchin Stabenow know about. Facebook uses that infor- EXECUTIVE SESSION Coons Markey Sullivan mation in a number of ways. Cortez Masto McSally Udall First, Facebook uses it to make Duckworth Menendez Van Hollen money. They know a lot of stuff about EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Durbin Merkley Warner Ernst Murkowski Warren us from collecting information about The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Feinstein Murphy Whitehouse us so they can sell advertisers’ ads, and the previous order, the Senate will pro- Gardner Murray Wyden they can tailor those ads to the indi- ceed to executive session to resume NAYS—43 viduals who are on Facebook according consideration of the following nomina- Barrasso Fischer Risch to the information that the social tion, which the clerk will report. Blackburn Grassley Roberts media platform—in this case, The legislative clerk read the nomi- Blunt Hawley Romney Facebook—has about them. You can nation of Michael Jay Newman, of Boozman Hoeven Rounds even sell more ads if you can keep peo- Ohio, to be United States District Braun Hyde-Smith Sasse Burr Inhofe ple who are on Facebook coming back Judge for the Southern District of Scott (FL) Capito Johnson Scott (SC) and coming back and coming back. Ohio. Cassidy Kennedy Shelby So this is what happens. Some see Cornyn Lankford CLOTURE MOTION Thune this as a virtue, and some see it as a Cotton Loeffler Tillis The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant Cramer McConnell vice. A social media platform like Toomey to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Crapo Moran Facebook gathers an enormous amount Cruz Paul Wicker Senate the pending cloture motion, Young of information about us, and they Daines Perdue learn, in intricate detail, what moti- which the clerk will state. Enzi Portman The legislative clerk read as follows: vates us and what our interests are. NOT VOTING—6 CLOTURE MOTION Another way of saying that would be We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Alexander Harris Rubio they learn what our hot buttons are. Graham Lee Tester ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the And they continually show us—what is Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this the word I am looking for—advertise- move to bring to a close debate on the mo- vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 43. ments, information, and postings of tion to proceed to Calendar No. 551, S. 4653, Three-fifths of the Senators duly cho- other people on Facebook that rein- a bill to protect the healthcare of hundreds sen and sworn not having voted in the force our beliefs, and, in some cases, of millions of people of the United States and affirmative, the motion is rejected. they show us very radical bits of infor- prevent efforts of the Department of Justice The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- mation that really push our hot but- to advocate courts to strike down the Pa- tient Protection and Affordable Care Act. ator from Louisiana. tons. Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—S. 4756 Now, why do they do that? Well, No. Patty Murray, Tim Kaine, Martin Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I want 1, it will keep us coming back to Heinrich, Jack Reed, Jeff Merkley, to talk just for a few moments about Facebook, and it will keep us on Bernard Sanders, Jon Tester, Benjamin the internet and social media, and I Facebook longer, which means that ad- L. Cardin, Brian Schatz, Debbie Stabe- want to make it clear, first, that I be- vertisers like us better because we are now, Richard Blumenthal, Angus S. seeing their ads, and it means that King, Jr., Michael F. Bennet, Edward J. lieve firmly in free will and responsi- bility. I believe that no matter what Facebook can sell more ads at a higher Markey, Chris Van Hollen, Sheldon price. I am not criticizing them. That Whitehouse, Kirsten E. Gillibrand. kind of day you are having or what is going on in your life, that you are re- is just the way the business works. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The But the downside of it is that we only sponsible for your actions. question is, Is it the sense of the Sen- see one point of view. Our point of view But I think we all know, as a matter ate that debate on the motion to pro- is reaffirmed. We never see other of experience and common sense, that ceed to S. 4653, a bill to protect the points of view. We are never encour- there are things in this world that can healthcare of hundreds of millions of aged to question our assumptions or to influence our actions. Social media, people of the United States and prevent test our assumptions against the argu- which I consider to be an American in- efforts of the Department of Justice to ments of others. advocate courts to strike down the Pa- vention, has many virtues and many Now, how does Facebook do this? tient Protection and Affordable Care advantages, and we know that. I think And, again, I don’t mean to just pick Act, shall be brought to a close? it has brought the world closer today. I on Facebook, but it is an example we The yeas and nays are mandatory think it has given many people a voice. are all aware of. They use algorithms. under the rule. I think it is an extraordinary source of I am not going to try to explain algo- The clerk will call the roll. knowledge. rithms, but that is how they show us The legislative clerk called the roll. But like other innovations in this information that pushes our hot but- Mr. THUNE. The following Senators world, it has a downside. And one of tons. are necessarily absent: the Senator those downsides is the fact that, too The social media platforms contend from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER), the often, social media becomes an endless that they are not involved in content Senator from South Carolina (Mr. GRA- electronic brawl, and rather than and that they are just publishers. So HAM), the Senator from Utah (Mr. LEE), bringing us together and exposing us to when somebody pushes your hot button and the Senator from Florida (Mr. other points of view and causing us to and you get angry and you say some- RUBIO). test our assumptions against the argu- thing that you probably shouldn’t Further, if present and voting, the ments of others, it brings us apart. I say—that is why Facebook has turned Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- think social media is, in part, respon- into an endless electronic brawl— ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ sible for that. Facebook says: Hey, it is not our fault. Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the We all know that many social media We are just a publisher. That is why, Senator from California (Ms. HARRIS) platforms are free. Let’s take under the law, Facebook enjoys what and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Facebook, for example. Facebook is a we call section 230 liability. TESTER) are necessarily absent. free service. You open an account; you But as long as these algorithms are The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 51, go on Facebook; and you can find out used to push our hot buttons, to reaf- nays 43, as follows: what your high school friends had for firm our points of view, to not show us

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It sets tough that if you are a social media platform Very significantly, our reading is privacy and cyber security standards and you use algorithms based on the that the Kennedy bill only requires for companies that collect Americans’ information you, the social media pro- consent if user data is both collected private data, gives the Federal Trade vider, have collected about us, if you and used by the same company, and it Commission more authority to issue use that information to push our hot has a massive loophole for data brokers serious fines, and it is backed up with buttons by continuously showing us in- and other shady middlemen who are al- the strongest enforcement provisions formation that just reaffirms our point ready compiling dossiers of Americans’ on offer if a CEO lies to the govern- of view without showing us other sensitive data and selling it to just ment. points of view, that is fine. That is per- about anybody with a credit card. It is not as if you can’t write tough fectly legal. That is your business For the last several years, I have privacy proposals. It certainly can be model. But in return, you are no longer been blowing the whistle on these data done, and others have ideas on how to going to enjoy section 230 liability. brokers and these shady middlemen. do it. But based on everything I have This would not eliminate section 230 We have investigated sector after sec- read, and particularly this provision liability in a pervasive manner, but it tor where we are seeing these people that is going to be a holiday for data would say that if you are going to use who really adhere to some of the slea- brokers and shady middlemen to be algorithms to push hot buttons and to ziest business practices engaging in able to get people’s sensitive data, for keep other points of view away from us these tactics where they can get their all of those reasons and, frankly, oth- and monetize that practice, then you hands on Americans’ sensitive data and ers that are too numerous to mention, shouldn’t enjoy section 230 liability. basically just sell it to anybody with a I object. That is all my bill does. credit card. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ob- For that reason, as if in legislative I guarantee you, there is not a Sen- jection is heard. session, I ask unanimous consent that ator in this body who is going to go The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the Committee on Commerce be dis- home this weekend and tell their con- ator from Massachusetts. charged from further consideration of stituents: Gee, I want those data bro- UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—H.R. 451 S. 4756, which is my Don’t Push My kers and those middlemen to be able to Mr. MARKEY. Mr. President, I rise Buttons Act, to which I just referred, sell my sensitive data to hither and today on behalf of the first responders and the Senate proceed to its imme- yon, whatever nefarious purposes in our country. Every day, brave diate consideration. I further ask unan- somebody might want to buy it for. women and men on the frontlines of imous consent that the bill be consid- The Facebooks, the Googles, and the the COVID–19 pandemic rely on T- ered read a third time and passed and Twitters of the world have all the re- Band, a spectrum that makes it pos- that the motion to reconsider be con- sources to pay these guys to outsource sible for them to communicate with sidered made and laid upon the table, their data collection and be A-OK. Yet each other. all in the vein of, we have talked now again, as I have said for some time, it T-Band is the radio frequency that is for years about section 230 liability, is the startups and the little guys who set aside for these public safety offi- and I think we ought to actually try to are going to be left behind. cials so that they can talk to each do something about it. I have been working on these issues other to keep all of us safe, all of us The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there since I came to the Senate, and the healthy. In 11 metropolitan areas, the objection? only person here, really, who knew how T-Band system enables our courageous Mr. WYDEN. Reserving the right to to use the computer was the wonderful public safety personnel to work quick- object. Senator from Vermont, Senator LEAHY. ly and effectively during life-and-death The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- So as we began to write these forma- situations. ator from Oregon. tive laws, I said that my interest is the T-Band allows emergency medical Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, this bill startup and the little guy because the service teams to relay important infor- is, on its surface, a privacy bill. It ap- big guys always do great. mation about patients’ conditions. T- pears to have been introduced 2 days That is why, when we were on the Band permits 9–1–1 dispatchers to send ago, and the sponsor has arrived on the floor talking about the change to 230 first responders to emergency scenes. floor of the Senate and says that this before, who sold out the little guys? Firefighters use T-Band to quickly co- bill ought to be passed immediately Facebook. And all that happened was ordinate strategy. and without debate. the bad guys went off to the dark web. After the Boston bombing, after the My guess is that a small circle of So this is another bill where the marathon bombing, first responders beltway insiders have seen the text, Facebooks and the Googles all have the used T-Band to communicate with each but I just want the Senator to know resources to pay the guys to outsource other during the ensuing manhunt. that passing this bill this way would data collection, as I have been talking This resource is nothing short of a just make a mockery of the proposition about, and the little guy is going to be lifesaver. T-Band really stands for that we ought to have open, public de- left behind. ‘‘trusted band.’’ It is the resource pub- bate on significant laws. We are deal- This bill does not require consent to lic safety can rely upon. ing with a rush job here. collect your data. It doesn’t require Unfortunately, the Middle Class Tax I will just tell you that based on consent to use it and follow you around Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 re- what we have picked up, the legislation the internet. It wouldn’t stop Chinese quired the Federal Communications certainly leaves more questions than companies from harvesting American Commission to begin to auction off the answers. data and selling it to the Chinese Gov- T-Band, the trusted band, by February First, who does the Senator from ernment. of 2021, but it would cost between $5 Louisiana intend to target with the If the Senator from Louisiana wants billion and $6 billion for first respond- bill? On a first reading, it could apply to protect Americans’ sensitive data, I ers—police and fire—to relocate from to anybody, from Glassdoor, to Spotify, have a bill for doing that. I have com- the T-Band. That is much more money to Cloudflare, to my neighbor’s blog, to prehensive privacy legislation. It is than an auction of that spectrum local media outlets. called the Mind Your Own Business would ever generate. At a higher level, if my colleague Act. We have been soliciting input on Plus, for many first responders, there wants to protect Americans’ data from it literally for years. It is the toughest is simply no alternative to the T-Band; collection and abuse, this bill certainly bill in terms of holding the executives this is their only option. That is why doesn’t do that. On the contrary, his actually accountable, for example, if this body must pass the Don’t Break

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They serving the right to object, I am here Law School where she distinguished shouldn’t be left in limbo. today to object to this unanimous con- herself again as editor-in-chief of the My legislation has support from an sent request on behalf of the junior Nebraska Law Review. inspiring coalition of advocates and Senator from Texas, Senator CRUZ. Before becoming a Federal judge, she public safety groups. The International As the Senator from Massachusetts served her State through a series of Association of Fire Chiefs, the Inter- knows, Senator CRUZ is also deeply in- jobs that spanned the legal profession. national Association of Chiefs of Po- terested in this issue. Both Senators She began her career in private prac- lice, the National Sheriffs’ Association, have complementary pieces of legisla- tice but soon moved on to become gen- the National League of Cities, the tion. They have had the language of eral counsel for the Nebraska Depart- United States Conference of Mayors, their legislation agreed to unani- ment of Correctional Services, the the National Association of Counties, mously by both the majority and the head of the Nebraska attorney gen- the Association of Public-Safety Com- minority of the Commerce Committee. eral’s civil rights section, and then the munications Officials, the National So I would ask the Senator from chief deputy attorney general for Public Safety Telecommunications Massachusetts to reach out to the Sen- criminal matters for the Nebraska at- Council, and many others are demand- ator from Texas, and I understand he is torney general. These wide-ranging ex- ing that we preserve the T-Band. fully willing to work with the Senator periences were part of what made her These groups and the people they from Massachusetts on amending the an exceptional Federal judge. represent are not asking for a favor; House bill to ensure that it passes the Another part was her love for the law they are just asking to be allowed to do Senate with the Cruz amendment that and the compassion that flowed from their jobs effectively. would not be objectionable to sup- it. She was well known for her dedica- I thank Leader SCHUMER for his part- porters of this bill. tion to equal treatment for all, regard- nership on this issue and his long- As a result, I object. less of background, and for a sen- standing commitment to the public The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- tencing philosophy that preferred reha- safety community. I also want to tion is heard. bilitation to punishment. thank Ranking Member CANTWELL and Mr. MARKEY. Mr. President, I just She also understood that success Ranking Member SCHATZ for their think that we are missing an enormous isn’t just about achieving your profes- work and dedication to this effort. opportunity here. It is a shame the sional goals. She was profoundly gen- But don’t just take our word for it. Senate is not acting with the urgency erous with her time and, when she Listen to what the current Republican it needs in order to help our brave men wasn’t leading Nebraska’s district chairman of the Federal Communica- and women who are first responders in court, she could be found promoting tions Commission recently said about our country. women’s participation in the legal pro- T-Band. Earlier this year, Chairman We can work on issues of spectrum fession or mentoring young Nebraska Ajit Pai stated: ‘‘An FCC auction of going to the private sector. We can do attorneys. This was in addition to re- the T-Band is a bad idea.’’ that in a separate bill, and we can do it cently being elected president of the This is not a partisan issue. It is a together. But, here, we have an oppor- Omaha Bar Association—a job that she public safety imperative. There is no tunity to help our first responders, the had held since June. cost associated with stopping the T- brave men and women who every day Laurie was also my friend. She spoke Band auction, and Congress must en- risk their lives, and we have to make at an event I held in 2016 called Bridg- sure that the people who step up to sure they have the spectrum they need ing the Gap, which aims to encourage keep us safe are taken care of. to communicate. women to engage in their communities If we fail to act, the FCC will have no I yield the floor. at the local, State, and Federal level. I choice but to move forward and strip I suggest the absence of a quorum. am lucky to have known her personally this resource from our first responders. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The and to have seen up close the wise ad- To allow that to happen during a pub- clerk will call the roll. vice and the quick wit that made her lic health crisis like the one we face The bill clerk proceeded to call the famous among her colleagues and those today would be reckless. roll. she mentored. First responders already face enor- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Through her example, she inspired a mous strain economically and enor- ator from Nebraska. generation of young women in Ne- mous pressure to address the pandemic, Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, I ask braska and beyond to pursue careers as as well as deadly natural disasters unanimous consent that the order for attorneys, advocates, and community across the country. The last thing we the quorum call be rescinded. leaders, just as Justice Ginsburg did. should be doing is saddling them with The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Both of these extraordinary women millions or billions of dollars in costs objection, it is so ordered. blazed a trail that today’s young to needlessly alter their critical com- REMEMBERING LAURIE SMITH CAMP women and girls can follow. I join with munications system. Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, less both their families in mourning their Congress can no longer drag its feet. than 2 weeks ago, this country lost one passing and celebrating their lives. We have run out of time. The FCC has of its most brilliant legal minds—Jus- I yield the floor. called on this body to stop the T-Band tice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Her passing I suggest the absence of a quorum. auction, but the Commission has no has left a void that can be felt all The PRESIDING OFFICER. The choice but to start laying the ground- across our Nation from Nebraska to clerk will call the roll. work to auction the T-Band. We can Washington. The senior assistant legislative clerk and we must resolve this problem Sadly, Nebraska recently lost an- proceeded to call the roll. today. Today is the day to do it. other great jurist—Judge Laurie Smith Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, Mr. President, as in legislative ses- Camp. Judge Smith Camp was the first I ask unanimous consent that the order sion, I ask unanimous consent that the woman to serve my State as a Federal for the quorum call be rescinded. Committee on Commerce, Science, and judge, a position she had held since The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Transportation be discharged from fur- 2001. This body voted 100 to 0 to con- objection, it is so ordered. ther consideration of H.R. 451 and that firm her just 6 weeks after President ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROUTE 91 HARVEST the Senate proceed to its immediate George W. Bush nominated her. That FESTIVAL SHOOTING consideration. I further ask that the doesn’t happen very often anymore, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, bill be read a third time and passed and and her unanimous approval was a tes- immediately after a tragedy, we wake that the motion to reconsider be con- tament to her incredible talent. up each day and feel the full force of it

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This is one of the rea- families, to firefighters, nurses, and of us. sons I am so committed to getting volunteers. Let us move toward an Three years ago tonight, bullets split more funding and support for mental America that protects its communities the air at the Route 91 Harvest Music health and substance abuse treatment from violence and that helps those who Festival in my hometown of Las Vegas, in this country. Just because you can’t lived through it heal. NV. They sounded like fireworks, like see many of the scars from the Route I yield the floor. a celebration, but these were the first 91 festival, it doesn’t mean they are The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- shots in the worst mass shooting in not there. That is true for mental ator from Nevada. modern American history. health in general. So many Americans Ms. ROSEN. Mr. President, 3 years Within minutes, those present at the deal, on a daily basis, with challenges ago on this very date, in my hometown outdoor festival understood at least that even their closest loved ones can of Las Vegas, a gunman opened fire some of what was happening. A gun- struggle to understand. from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay man, high up in a hotel room, had Many first responders, for instance, Bay Hotel onto the unsuspecting crowd taken aim at the people blow. Hun- carry the trauma they see at scenes of below. This horrific attack lasted just dreds of people were shot, and hundreds crime, disaster, and tragedy with them. over 10 minutes, but in that brief win- more wounded trying to get to safety. I introduced legislation to provide con- dow of time, 58 innocent lives were Fifty-eight people lost their lives that fidentiality to Federal law enforce- taken and over 400 were injured. It was night and 2 more have passed from ment who use peer counseling services the worst mass shooting in American grievous wounds since. and to track law enforcement suicides history. I stand here today to recognize Within minutes, Nevadans began in order to develop more effective pre- the third anniversary of this act of ter- working together to save lives and help vention programs for our first respond- ror. those in need. From those with years of ers. I want to speak today about how that training as first responders to just by- For everyone struggling with mental October 1 shooting changed Nevada. standers whose only qualification to health concerns, peer support can be This mass shooting irrevocably altered help was a car at the ready, Las Vegans key, which is why I have introduced the lives of countless families in Las pulled together. Nurses and doctors the Virtual Peer Support Act to help Vegas, NV, and across the country for- rushed to hospitals, and ordinary Ne- these key behavioral health programs ever. vadans stood in line to give blood. Indi- move online to meet huge community Many of that night’s victims are still viduals and corporations donated their needs during this pandemic because it dealing with the injuries, visible and time and energy, as well as blankets, really does take a community of sup- not visible. Many are still grieving and food, and other support. port to help people through tough working through the effects of this In the 3 years since, many all over times. devastating trauma. All of them have the State of Nevada have worked to Treating the wounds, visible and in- suffered through a pain that no family, mark what happened through memo- visible, from the Route 91 Harvest Fes- no friend, no spouse, no child should rial crosses, sculpture, a commemora- tival shooting is only one part of what ever, ever have to endure. tive community center, and many we owe the survivors. The other part is In the 3 years since the shooting, two scholarships honoring the memory of to take more action at the Federal more victims have passed away due to those who lost their lives. level, to prevent attacks likes this in injuries they sustained that night—1 in Those 3 years have not erased the the first place, to reduce the gun vio- 2019 and 1 earlier this year—bringing loss of the victims, the pain of the sur- lence that we have become far too ac- the number of lives lost up to 60—sons, vivors, or the scars of the first respond- customed to. daughters, parents, friends, neighbors— ers who rushed into danger to save Overwhelming majorities of Ameri- people who were loved, people who were lives. If anything, the legacy of the cans want commonsense gun reform, part of our community, people who Route 91 shooting has expanded during including many responsible gun owners were taken from us far too soon, 60 that time, not contracted. like those in my own family. We can do families who will forever have an Like ripples on a pond, the impacts this here in Congress. Nevada has done empty chair at their Thanksgiving of this shooting linger. It affects dif- it. At the State level, we have banned table. ferent people in different ways. For the bump stocks used in the Route 91 Amidst the violence and the terror, many, fireworks on the Fourth of July shooting; we have closed the loophole there were also heroes who made the are a reminder of what they went that lets private sellers sell guns with- choice to run toward danger and help through that day. Geena Marano has out background checks. others, like the courageous first re- learned to prepare herself for Independ- We can and should do all of these sponders who risked their lives to pro- ence Day and New Year’s Eve, but if a things at the Federal level. I have vide aid and everyday citizens who car backfires unexpectedly, she has to pushed for all of these things during helped others escape in their cars. start the process of reminding herself: my time here in the Senate because no Nevada remembers October 1 because You are safe. It is OK. family should have to go through what it showed us the darkest side of hu- Her sister Marisa, who was also at I saw that Monday night at the Reuni- manity, but in the aftermath, it also the festival with her, says that her own fication Center in Las Vegas when fam- showed us the brightest and best of daughter has picked up the habit of re- ilies were waiting to hear what hap- who we are. acting to loud noises. She says: ‘‘It pened to their loved ones the night be- Today we commemorate the 60 lives breaks my heart because my trauma fore at that concert. No one should that were lost. Today we recognize has passed to her.’’ have to struggle for years with chronic those who were injured and are still The fear resurfaces for these sisters pain, physical or mental, when we can struggling. Today we celebrate. We cel- in so many situations—on anniver- take sensible measures to prevent it. ebrate the heroism of our community— saries, including of all the shootings To all of the families I met who have not just in the immediate aftermath of since then; at high schools where been touched by this tragedy and for that attack but in the days, weeks, Geena was doing outreach to students the hundreds more that I have spoken months, and years since. We saw heroes and feared that she was putting herself with, I want you to know that Nevad- spring into action that night and the at risk of another shooting; passing the ans haven’t forgotten you. We are all following days to save lives. In the fol- Strip, eerily empty during the pan- still Vegas Strong. We are all still here lowing days, we saw so many members demic like it was on the days after the with you. We are still working together of our community display incredible

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While we hold a variety of views regarding other than Harvard or Yale and bring The phrase ‘‘Vegas Strong’’ came how best to interpret statutes in the Con- much needed educational diversity to into being after that time, and let me stitution, we all agree on this: The nation the Bench. assure you, it is a phrase that could could not ask for a more qualified candidate I have always thought it bizarre that, than the professor we have come to know among all the highly qualified lawyers not be more true. The strength of our and revere. city is simply astounding. We work to and judges in America, for some rea- We have also seen support for Judge build ourselves back up from crisis, son, it is overly populated with people Barrett from unlikely sources. Harvard side by side, arm in arm. It has taken educated in the Northeast, on the University Law Professor Noah Feld- time. It hasn’t been easy. Even now, we coast. man clerked with Judge Barrett at the are still not all the way there, but On top of that, she would join Justice Supreme Court more than 20 years ago. every day, the people of Las Vegas Thomas as the only Justice born in the He was also a prominent witness for show unparalleled resilience. Nevadans South and bring another perspective to Democrats during the impeachment carried that resilience with them. They the Court, whose members largely hail process earlier this year. But he has carry it in every challenge and in every from the coast. written an opinion piece titled ‘‘Amy If confirmed, Judge Barrett would crisis that we face. Coney Barrett Deserves to Be on the I stand here today to honor the men bring an underrepresented view to the Supreme Court.’’ He wrote that he and women who lost their lives on Oc- Supreme Court. I know we would all be knows her to be a ‘‘brilliant and con- tober 1, those who were injured in the proud to have somebody like her—a scientious lawyer who will analyze and woman of such strong character—serv- attack, and the heroes who helped decide cases in good faith, applying the ing our Nation in this very important bring our city back. jurisprudential principles to which she I also call on Congress to show the capacity. is committed. Those are the basic cri- I want to commend President Trump same kind of strength that the people teria for being a good justice. Barrett for selecting this outstanding nominee. of Las Vegas have shown. Our Nation meets them and exceeds them.’’ I was glad to spend some time with her currently faces many challenges. How- There is really no question that yesterday. She has an unquestionable ever, my colleagues must recognize the Judge Barrett has a brilliant legal character, a brilliant mind, and the threat that gun violence poses to our mind and deep respect for the Constitu- kind of temperament needed to serve communities. We must honor the tion and an unwavering commitment on the Court. I am eager for the Amer- memories of those who were lost. We to the law, but these qualities alone ican people to see that for themselves must take commonsense action to re- are not what set this exceptional judge as we begin the public confirmation duce gun violence and ensure that apart. Both Republicans and Demo- process. more lives aren’t lost. crats who have worked with Judge Bar- As we know, this is the second time As a legislative body, we must act. rett throughout her career have spoken Judge Barrett has appeared before the The Bipartisan Background Checks about her personal qualities, like hu- Judiciary Committee in the last few Act—a bill passed by the House 582 mility and integrity. These make her years. It was 3 years ago when the com- days ago—has been waiting for a vote an ideal candidate for this influential mittee and the Senate confirmed her to here in the Senate. Today, in honor of position. her current position on the Seventh the memories of the lives that were A group of her former students wrote Circuit Court of Appeals. However, lost, I request that the Senate bring about the kindness that she has shown there were some warning flags. this bill, this important bill, for a vote. to them, both in the classroom and During her confirmation hearing I yield the floor. during meals they shared at her home. back then, 3 years ago, the Democrats I suggest the absence of a quorum. They said: on the committee raised questions over The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Judge Barrett’s strong Catholic faith clerk will call the roll. Her genuine interest in the personal lives of her students outside the classroom, and and questioned whether it would some- The senior assistant legislative clerk the seamless way that she modeled for all of how disqualify her or impair her abil- proceeded to call the roll. us the integration of her professional and ity to discharge her responsibilities. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask family life, reinforces that there is more to One Senator went so far as to say: unanimous consent that the order for life than the pursuit of professional acco- ‘‘The dogma lives loudly within you, the quorum call be rescinded. lades. and that’s of concern.’’ Another asked The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without She has certainly proven that to be her whether she was an ‘‘orthodox objection, it is so ordered. the case. In addition to rising to the Catholic.’’ Well, this statement and NOMINATION OF AMY CONEY BARRETT very top of her field, Judge Barrett is a that insinuation were discriminatory Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, yester- mother of seven children ranging from at best and unconstitutional at worst. day I had the pleasure of meeting—or the age of 8 to 19. Following her nomi- The Constitution itself includes that should I say re-meeting—Judge Amy nation on Saturday, Judge Barrett there is no religious test. Article VI Coney Barrett, who has been nomi- credited her family’s ability to balance reads: ‘‘No religious Test shall ever be nated, as we all know, to the U.S. Su- her and her husband’s successful ca- required as a Qualification to any Of- preme Court, to the vacancy left by the reers with the needs of their children fice or public Trust under the United death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. to the unwavering support of her hus- States.’’ Over the last few days, Judge band Jesse, who is also an accom- This is not the first time somebody Barrett’s nomination has been ap- plished attorney. has been targeted for one’s Catholic plauded by people across the political In every respect, Judge Barrett is an faith. I was reminded of the speech spectrum—and for good reason. Her inspiring role model for young people that John Fitzgerald Kennedy gave in background in practicing law and aca- and I could say as the father of two 1960 in Houston, TX, to the Greater demia and on the Federal bench has daughters, of young women in par- Houston Ministerial Association. In ad- provided her with an unquestionable ticular, who are pursuing their profes- dressing some of the explicit and im- knowledge of the law. Much of the sional and personal ambitions with plicit arguments that somehow he praise has come from her colleagues equal vigor. would be beholden to the Vatican rath- who worked closely with her over the If confirmed, Judge Barrett—soon-to- er than be able to discharge his respon- years. be Justice Barrett—would become the sibilities as President of the United Marcus Cole, who is dean of the Uni- first mother of school-age children to States, he pointed out, as a Catholic, it versity of Notre Dame Law School, serve as a Justice and only the fifth was not the only concern because, if where she teaches, said: woman throughout American history people would do that to a Catholic, Judge Amy Coney Barrett is an absolutely to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. why not do it to a Baptist or a Muslim brilliant legal scholar and jurist. She is also Considering the woman whose seat she or a Jew?

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It was Virginia’s har- facilities, gyms, convenience stores, that A&M is trying to pinpoint poten- assment of Baptist preachers, for example, that helped lead to Jefferson’s statute of re- and with, in some cases, full-service tial outbreaks as soon as possible. ligious freedom. Today I may be the victim, utility companies. A&M has adopted the practice of but tomorrow it may be you—until the Lee Tyner, who serves as general wastewater surveillance, which has whole fabric of our harmonious society is counsel for Texas Christian University been used for years as a way to detect ripped at a time of great national peril. in Fort Worth, testified before the Ju- viruses or diseases within a commu- He made the important point that diciary Committee earlier this year nity. Now it is being used to find the seems so obvious that he shouldn’t and compared running a campus to source of individual COVID–19 cases or have had to make. leading a small city. You have a vast clusters of cases in student housing, He said: set of responsibilities that extend far particularly dormitories. The univer- I am not the Catholic candidate for presi- beyond the education you are providing sity takes wastewater samples from dent. I am the Democratic Party’s candidate to your students, and those responsibil- sewage systems on campus, and a posi- for president, who happens also to be a ities have only grown more challenging tive test allows them to then go back Catholic. during the pandemic. and target individuals for testing. Finally, he said: Back in July, I spoke with some of Obviously, if there is no virus de- But if this election is decided on the basis the chancellors of our public colleges tected, they know there is no need for that 40 million Americans lost their chance and universities to learn more about that conditional testing, at least at of being president on the day they were bap- how they were preparing to deal with this time. This practice can help to de- tized, then it is the whole nation that will be the immense challenges higher edu- the loser—in the eyes of Catholics and non- tect an outbreak at a dorm that can cation was facing, and last Friday, I otherwise go unnoticed for several days Catholics around the world, in the eyes of was able to catch up and see how history, and in the eyes of our own people. and, thus, be spread far and wide. things had gone—whether they had Throughout her career, Judge Bar- Our colleges and universities across gone according to plan or whether they the State have gone to great lengths to rett has impressed the brightest legal had encountered problems they had not minds with her deep understanding of manage the crisis that did not come been able to anticipate. with a manual. They have implemented the law and commitment to judicial I learned about the University of the best practices to protect the health independence. She made it clear at her Texas System’s comprehensive plan to and safety of students and staff mem- hearing 3 years ago that she would be keep students and staff safe at each of bers and to ensure that their students loyal to her oath, and that is to uphold their campuses across the State, which have access to a quality education, and defend the Constitution and laws involves a serious testing infrastruc- which is the very purpose for which of the United States. ture. Four institutions have built labs they exist. It is clear, under the appropriate can- on their own campuses to conduct the In our conversation last week, these ons of judicial ethics, that if for some testing that is necessary, and each has chancellors told me how helpful the reason a judge can’t apply the law be- the capacity to test between 500 and CARES Act funding has been over the cause of some personal opinion or con- 2,000 people each day. Other campuses last several months, and they reiter- viction, then one needs to disqualify are partnering with the UT Health ated that they need more help. They oneself. President Kennedy said that, if Science Center institutions for their need Congress to come together and it violates your conscience and your own testing, and these are providing a provide more help. It is not just col- faith and you can’t reconcile the two, no-out-of-pocket cost testing oppor- leges and universities. It is also our el- you should resign. tunity for students, faculty, and staff. Well, there is just no legitimate rea- The University of North Texas Sys- ementary, middle, and high schools. son to question whether Judge tem has reopened campuses with a mix Congress has already provided more Barrett’s religious beliefs would make of in-person, online, and hybrid in- than $30 billion in emergency relief for her unfit to serve on the Supreme struction, and it has been very effec- education, including $2.6 billion in Court, and I hope our colleagues on the tive at stopping the transmission of Texas alone. This funding has gone a other side will refrain from, once the virus. If a student or any close rel- long way to prepare for this school again, imposing a religious test on ative tests positive, there are clear year and to allow these leaders to man- Judge Barrett as we consider her nomi- guidelines for isolating and then con- age the risks associated with the nation. tact tracing to minimize the spread. spread of the virus. CORONAVIRUS When I spoke last week with the They say they need more help, and it Mr. President, on another matter, chancellors, UNT had only 27 active is incredibly frustrating that, despite with the school year well underway, I, cases on campus, and it has seen no this being a bipartisan goal and some- like, I am sure, many of my colleagues, evidence of COVID–19 transmission in thing we were able to do together in am continuing to listen to and learn the classrooms or buildings where they four separate bills, we have now been from our teachers and administrators conduct face-to-face activities. unable to pass another relief bill to about how this unprecedented school This is the trend most campuses are give our schools and our children the year is unfolding. Whether kicking off seeing. There is a low to zero trans- resources they need in order to be safe. the year in person or online or with mission rate in classrooms, thanks to You would think this would be a pri- some hybrid model, educators are fac- these preparations and these pre- ority. ing a whole new range of challenges cautions. The biggest risk to students, The two House proposals we have that have made the past several weeks staff, and the surrounding communities seen—one of which passed the House anything but ordinary. actually comes from off-campus activi- earlier this year and the other of which Over August, I spent some time talk- ties or people who bring it onto the was introduced last week—did include ing to kindergarten through 12th grade campus who are not part of that stu- additional funding for education, and a teachers and students to learn how dent body or administration. bill we proposed over the summer in- they were preparing to overcome the In Texas and States across the coun- cluded another $105 billion for edu- hurdles brought on by this pandemic. I try, we have seen news articles about cation—more than tripling the invest- also visited our colleges and univer- how off-campus parties and gatherings ment that has already been made in sities to see how they were handling have been linked to clusters of these the CARES Act. the start of the new year, and since new cases. Appropriately, the univer- History has proven that legislation then, I have stayed in close contact sities have cracked down on these cam- gets harder to do the closer we get to with all of them to learn more about pus groups or individuals hosting those an election, and perhaps nothing is bet- how it is proceeding. events, and they are trying to do what ter evidence of that than where we find

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National Mall to those Black Revolu- rabbeinu, Moses our teacher, literally mod- els teshuva, repentance, return, when after I spoke to Secretary Mnuchin less tionary War patriots who fought for the first tablets lay shattered at his feet he than an hour ago, and he continues our founding ideals. turned around and returned to once again talking to Speaker PELOSI, but at some I commend to all Americans the in- climb Mount Sinai. point, while talking is good—it is bet- sights of the founder of the organiza- We are no different, as the echo of Yom ter than not talking—sometimes it is tion working to build this memorial, Kippur is always with us, pushing us to important not just to talk but to actu- who argues that these patriots’ service climb the mountain all year long. Yom Kippur Katan, the small Yom Kippur, ob- ally do something. In this case, that and sacrifice completed the Founders’ served by some in most months on the day would mean the House and the Senate vision. preceding Rosh Hodesh, is one of those working with the President to agree on (At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the echoes. It includes a daylight-hours’ fast and another bill. So I hope we are at a following statement was ordered to be special liturgy. point at which we can see some relief printed in the RECORD.) Rabbi Shefa Gold elucidates the origins of Yom Kippur Katan, teaching, ‘‘Kabbalists soon. f were moon watchers. The lenses through I am thinking about the airline in- VOTE EXPLANATION which they gazed were intensely focused on dustry and the tens of thousands of air- ∑ issues of exile and redemption. And so as the line employees who are being fur- Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, I was moon waned, the exile of the Shechina (the loughed, actually, starting today. absent due to an urgent family matter Divine Presence) was noted and mourned. American Airlines and Southwest Air- requiring my attention when the Sen- With the moon’s return came the celebra- lines are headquartered in my State. I ate voted on vote No. 200 on the motion tion of the miracle of redemption, a redemp- tion that could be tasted and known but know, through no fault of their own, to invoke cloture on the motion to pro- ceed to Calendar No. 551, S. 4653. On briefly before the cycle of exile continued. the airlines are struggling. We have They based their custom on a legend that tried to help them, and we have helped vote No. 200, had I been present, I was recorded in the Babylonian Talmud in them, but we need to help the airlines’ would have voted yea.∑ which God says to Israel, ‘‘Bring atonement employees by providing them with f upon me for making the moon smaller.’’ (Hullin 60b) THAT EPISODE in the Talmud more assistance during this chal- YOM KIPPUR lenging time. We can do that if we is fascinating in and of itself. There God ad- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, Rabbi mits after God made the moon smaller than would get off of dead center and work Michael Cohen is a longtime friend of the sun that God had wronged the moon, and out some mutually agreeable com- Marcelle and me. He occasionally sends because of that God needed to do teshuva! promise. Implied within that radical text: If God can me a Sunday sermon, which I thor- Nobody is going to get everything admit to wrongdoing and address trans- oughly enjoy and share with family one wants. It is not the nature of life or gression, who are we not to? members. Following a week of mourn- In addition to Yom Kippur Katan, another the nature of this business, but the ing the passing of Justice Ginsburg, it echo of Yom Kippur is the sixth paragraph of American people are depending on us was comforting to have this sermon to the weekday Amidah prayer. There we say to do our jobs, and we cannot let them read after church this last Sunday. the confessional selach lanu, forgive us, in down. the same manner that we say the confes- I ask unanimous consent that this I yield the floor. sional prayers ashamnu and al chet of Yom sermon be printed in the RECORD. I suggest the absence of a quorum. Kippur. Interspersed within the al chet Yom There being no objection, the mate- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Kippur liturgy itself we also say selach lanu rial was ordered to be printed in the as we do during the rest of the year: ‘‘Ve’al SCOTT of Florida). The clerk will call RECORD, as follows: kulam eloha selichot selach lanu. Mechal the roll. [From the Jerusalem Post, Sept. 24, 2020] lanu. Kaper lanu,’’ And for them all, God of The senior assistant legislative clerk forgiveness, please forgive, pardon us, help proceeded to call the roll. THE ECHOES OF YOM KIPPUR us atone.’’ The selach lanu paragraph follows Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I (By Rabbi Michael M. Cohen) the fourth and fifth paragraphs of the ask unanimous consent that the order When the gates of heaven close during the Amidah. We first ask for binah, under- for the quorum call be rescinded. Ne’ila service of Yom Kippur, many of us put standing, including self-understanding, so we can ask in the next prayer for help with The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. the avodah, the work, of Yom Kippur behind us. But that is an illusion. As the expression teshuvah, repentance. There is a logic within SCOTT of Florida). Without objection, goes, when one door closes, another opens. the order of the Amidah: first self-under- it is so ordered. Commentating on the Kol Nidre service at standing followed by repentance, and only f the beginning of Yom Kippur, when the gates then forgiveness. are open wide, Rabbi Max Arzt teaches the Three times a day the weekday Amidah is LEGISLATIVE SESSION goal of Yom Kippur is, ‘‘to lessen the dis- said. This means three times a day—evening, tance between what we are and what we morning, and afternoon—we ask for forgive- ought to be.’’ ness. In Judaism there is the concept of not MORNING BUSINESS If the long day of introspection has saying a bracha levatala, a blessing whose worked, then at Ne’ila those gates close on purpose is not going to be fulfilled. This Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I means that when we ask for forgiveness ask unanimous consent that the Sen- who we were and open to a lighter, better and more refined version of who we are. throughout the day there is the implied un- ate proceed to legislative session for a But that too is an illusion. It is a fleeting derstanding, since we can’t say the bracha in period of morning business, with Sen- moment of personal triumph. Like the sun- vain, that we did something wrong in the morning, afternoon and evening. ators permitted to speak therein for up set that gives way to the night, the dawn to For some this is proof Judaism is a reli- to 10 minutes each. the morning, the moon and its phases, the gion of guilt. Rabbi Art Green teaches the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without high tide and the low tide; stasis is not opposite when he says that Judaism is actu- objection, it is so ordered. derech haolam, the way of the world. ally about guilt relief. This system provides Each morning the siddur, the prayer book, f us precious moments throughout the day to reminds us, ‘‘Day after day You renew cre- check in with ourselves and recalibrate as BLACK REVOLUTIONARY WAR ation.’’ In that unfolding story we are, truth needed. PATRIOTS be told, composed of stardust. Most of the Elaborating, Rabbi Daniel Kamesar, z’’l (of elements of our bodies originated in stars blessed memory), looks to the past daily sac- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, and the Big Bang. rificial system of the Temple in Jerusalem America’s founding principles, includ- Like the rest of the universe, our course is as a model for that guilt relief when we ing that all men are created equal and one of continual renewal. Yom Kippur high- would bring a chatat or an asham offering as endowed by our Creator with lights that awareness and the work we began expiation for our wrong choices, for missing unalienable rights, are timeless and on Rosh Hodesh Elul, the beginning of the the mark. Watching the smoke rise heavenly apply equally to all Americans. month of Elul, 40 days earlier. Our work could be a cathartic, like watching the reaches a higher level on Rosh Hashanah and Commitment to these founding prin- breadcrumbs of the Tashlich service float the Ten Days of Repentance, aseret yomei downstream away from us. ciples is what ties us together as Amer- teshuva, culminating with Yom Kippur. ‘‘Burn it up and let it go,’’ Daniel points icans, so it is vital that all Americans Those 40 days parallel the period when out. ‘‘Most therapists are trying desperately feel connected to them. Moses returned to Mount Sinai to receive to help us achieve that.’’

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:45 Oct 02, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G01OC6.029 S01OCPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S6022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 1, 2020 While we are talking about the echoes of ARMS SALES NOTIFICATION porting equipment; Intelligent Fiber Intru- Yom Kippur throughout the year, we also sion Detection System; twelve (12) Vertical note on Yom Kippur itself we have echoes of Mr. RISCH. Mr. President, section Take Off and Landing UAV with six (6) the Temple service. The chatat offering be- 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act Ground Stations; fourteen (14) Mobile Mari- came the al chet prayer, and the asham of- requires that Congress receive prior no- time Surveillance Vehicles; and, three (3) fering became the ashamnu of the Yom tification of certain proposed arms Aerostat ISR Integrated Platform with sup- Kippur liturgy. sales as defined by that statute. Upon porting equipment. One of the most profound moments in our such notification, the Congress has 30 (iv) Military Department: Navy (EG–P– daily prayer life emanates from the Ne’ila calendar days during which the sale LGQ). service. The Talmud (Yoma 87b) discusses may be reviewed. The provision stipu- (v) Prior Related Cases. if any: EG–D–DAB. the wording for the service. Shmuel and Ulla (vi) Sales Commission. Fee. etc., Paid, Of- lates that, in the Senate, the notifica- fered, or Agreed to be Paid: None. bar Rav suggest we say, ‘‘What are we? What tion of proposed sales shall be sent to is our life? What is our kindness? What is our (vii) Sensitivity of Technologv Contained righteousness? What is our salvation? What the chairman of the Senate Foreign in the Defense Article or Defense Services is our power? What is our might?’’ THOSE Relations Committee. Proposed to be Sold: None. QUESTIONS eventually migrated into the In keeping with the committee’s in- (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: daily morning prayers of the siddur. In the tention to see that relevant informa- October 1, 2020. context of the Talmud and the siddur they tion is available to the full Senate, I * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms are traditionally understood as questions ask unanimous consent to have printed Export Control Act. arising from a sense of ‘‘our iniquities too in the RECORD the notifications which POLICY JUSTIFICATION many to count,’’ as Rav Judah states. have been received. If the cover letter Egypt—Maritime Domain Awareness System However, they can also be read as seven ex- references a classified annex, then such The Government of Egypt has requested a istential questions addressing the essence of annex is available to all Senators in possible sale of a Maritime Domain Aware- our lives. We start by asking, ‘‘What are the office of the Foreign Relations ness (MDA) system that includes multi-site we?’’ The ultimate question, but in some Committee, room SD–423. Acquisition Radars (fixed and mobile) with ways too immense to answer, and so we fine supporting facilities, Electro-Optical/Infra- tune and arrive at, ‘‘What is our life?’’ That There being no objection, the mate- red Sensors (fixed, mobile, airborne), Radio is to say, what do we do with our lives, this rial was ordered to be printed in the Communications suites, Hybrid Power Gen- precious gift? We want to define who we are. RECORD, as follows: eration Systems, Closed Circuit Television, To answer that question, we realize our lives DEFENSE SECURITY Power and Data Distribution Units, Auto- are measured by how we treat others, and so COOPERATION AGENCY, matic Identification System, and various we ask, ‘‘What is our kindness?’’ and ‘‘What Arlington, VA. other surveillance and communications sys- is our righteousness?’’ In other words, what Hon. JAMES E. RISCH, tems; and other related elements of care and consideration do we bring to others, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, logistical and program support. Equipment and in a broader social reach, how do we U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. includes: thirty-four (34) Integrated Fixed strengthen justice in our communities and DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Pursuant to the re- Towers with supporting equipment; twenty- the world? porting requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of eight (28) Communication Towers with sup- Our lives are also measured and grounded the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, porting equipment; twelve (12) Relay Towers by our inner spiritual lives, and so we ask, we are forwarding herewith Transmittal No. with supporting equipment; six (6) Naval ‘‘What is our salvation?’’ Answering and liv- 20–17 concerning the Navy’s proposed Let- Base Operations Rooms, two (2) regional Op- ing by the answers to these questions takes ter(s) of Offer and Acceptance to the Govern- erations Centers, and one (1) Strategic Oper- energy, and so we conclude by asking, ‘‘What ment of Egypt for defense articles and serv- ation Center all with supporting equipment; is our power? What is our might?’’ ices estimated to cost $417 million. After this six (6) Harbor Protection Systems with sup- While they are the final questions, they letter is delivered to your office, we plan to porting equipment; Intelligent Fiber Intru- are both cautionary, giving us pause to issue a news release to notify the public of sion Detection System; twelve (12) Vertical think how we use our strength and efficacy this proposed sale. Take Off and Landing UAV with six (6) while at the same time reminding us that we Sincerely, Ground Stations; fourteen (14) Mobile Mari- have agency. HEIDI H. GRANT, time Surveillance Vehicles; and, three (3) Director. Aerostat ISR Integrated Platform with sup- There is another lesson with these ques- Enclosures. porting equipment. The estimated total pro- tions. Only the first two actually appear in TRANSMITTAL NO. 20–17 gram cost is $417 million. the Talmud. As the scholar of Jewish liturgy This proposed sale will support the foreign Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Lawrence Hoffman points out, ‘‘Frequently, policy and national security of the United Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the prayers were ad libbed. They began with a States by helping to improve the security of Arms Export Control Act, as amended starting point, like Mah anu? Mah chayeinu? a Major Non-NATO Ally country that con- What are we? What is our life? But they then (i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of tinues to be an important strategic partner moved in whatever direction the prayer lead- Egypt. in the Middle East. er preferred. It could be made up on the spot. (ii) Total Estimated Value: Egypt intends to use this Maritime Do- What was done one year would not have been Major Defense Equipment* $0 million. main Awareness system to provide the Egyp- the same as in later years. There were no Other $417 million. tian Armed Forces with a maritime surveil- ‘‘right’’ and ‘‘wrong’’ as we think of them. TOTAL $417 million. lance capability with real-time situational (iii) Description and Quantity or Quan- ‘‘Right’’ was just making up the prayer awareness in the defense of Egypt maritime tities of Articles or Services under Consider- and delivering it on the proper theme, with, boundary, natural resources, and ports. ation for Purchase: ideally, some biblical texts to support the Egypt will have no difficulty absorbing this Major Defense Equipment (MDE): idea. Congregants would recognize the bib- equipment into its armed forces. None. lical support and nod in recognition. So the The proposed sale of this equipment and Non-MDE: A Maritime Domain Awareness Talmudic writer of this section might have support will not alter the basic military bal- (MDA) system that includes multi-site Ac- had his own practice in mind, or no practice ance in the region. quisition Radars (fixed and mobile) with sup- in mind at all, other than the idea that we The prime contractor will be the Advanced porting facilities, Electro-Optical/Infrared start with the citation in question, and then Technology Systems Company (ATSC), Sensors (fixed, mobile, airborne), Radio Com- develop the theme in a way that makes sense McLean, VA. There are no known offset munications suites, Hybrid Power Genera- at the time. agreements proposed in connection with this tion Systems, Closed Circuit Television, potential sale. Such a process invites us to go deeper than Power and Data Distribution Units, Auto- Implementation of this proposed sale will the printed words on the page of the siddur. matic Identification System, and various require annual trips to Egypt involving U.S. It asks us to drink from the essence of its other surveillance and communications sys- Government and contractor representatives message. What a liberating, creative, em- tems; and other related elements of for technical reviews, support, and oversight powering approach; an approach with im- logistical and program support. Equipment for approximately five years. mense responsibility as well. includes: thirty-four (34) Integrated Fixed There will be no adverse impact on U.S. de- Ne’ila metaphorically suggests the gates of Towers with supporting equipment; twenty- fense readiness as a result of this proposed heaven close at the end of Yom Kippur, while eight (28) Communication Towers with sup- sale. at the same time we remember those daily porting equipment; twelve (12) Relay Towers Yom Kippur touch points and messages with supporting equipment; six (6) Naval f throughout the year. They remind us Base Operations Rooms, two (2) regional Op- ARMS SALES NOTIFICATION throughout the year that we always have the erations Centers, and one (1) Strategic Oper- gift and opportunity to improve who we are, ation Center all with supporting equipment; Mr. RISCH. Mr. President, section as well as to repair our shared world. six (6) Harbor Protection Systems with sup- 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:01 Oct 02, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A01OC6.004 S01OCPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE October 1, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6023 requires that Congress receive prior no- POLICY JUSTIFICATION NOMINATION OF AMY CONEY tification of certain proposed arms Korea—AIM–9X Block II Tactical Sidewinder BARRETT sales as defined by that statute. Upon Missiles Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, I such notification, the Congress has 30 The Republic of Korea has requested to don’t think I am overstating the sever- calendar days during which the sale buy one hundred fifteen (115) AIM–9X Block ity of the situation when I say that may be reviewed. The provision stipu- II Tactical Sidewinder missiles; fifty (50) this past week has been one of the lates that, in the Senate, the notifica- AIM–9X Block II Captive Air Training Mis- siles (CATM): twenty (20) AIM–9X Block II most chaotic and divisive in our Na- tion of proposed sales shall be sent to tion’s history. The American people the chairman of the Senate Foreign Tactical Missile Guidance Units; and twenty (20) AIM–9X Block II CATM Guidance Units. met the news of Supreme Court Justice Relations Committee. Also included are containers, weapon system Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death with an In keeping with the committee’s in- support, software, surface transportation, outpouring of sympathy; but, of course, tention to see that relevant informa- missile technical assistance, and other tech- rather than let an opportunity go to tion is available to the full Senate, I nical assistance: and other related elements waste, radicals and activists, fueled by ask unanimous consent to have printed of program support. The estimated total cost the same hatred that still fills our in the RECORD the notifications which is $158.1 million. This proposed sale will support the foreign streets with violence, emerged from have been received. If the cover letter the shadows and exploited a nation’s references a classified annex, then such policy goals and national security objectives of the United States by helping to improve grief. annex is available to all Senators in the security of a treaty ally that continues Rarely—or perhaps, never before—in the office of the Foreign Relations to be an important force for political sta- the history of this country have the so- Committee, room SD–423. bility, peace, and economic progress in North called progressive movement, the ac- There being no objection, the mate- East Asia. tivist left, and even some members of rial was ordered to be printed in the The proposed sale will assist the Republic the Senate minority worked so tire- RECORD, as follows: of Korea in developing and maintaining a strong and ready self-defense capability. The lessly to scare the American people DEFENSE SECURITY Republic of Korea will have no difficulty ab- into submission. COOPERATION AGENCY, Their willingness to use differences Arlington, VA. sorbing these missiles into its armed forces. in family, religion, and personal moral- Hon. JAMES E. RISCH, The proposed sale of this equipment and Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, support will not alter the basic military bal- ity to impugn the integrity and com- U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. ance in the region. petence of Supreme Court Associate DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Pursuant to the re- The principal contractor will be Raytheon Justice nominee Judge Amy Coney porting requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of Corporation, Tucson, AZ. There are no Barrett without giving her the benefit the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, known offset agreements proposed in connec- of even a single conversation shocks tion with this potential sale. we are forwarding herewith Transmittal No. the conscience. It is a scandal beneath Implementation of this proposed sale will 20–60 concerning the Navy’s proposed Let- the dignity of this body. ter(s) of Offer and Acceptance to the Repub- not require the assignment of any additional lic of Korea for defense articles and services U.S. Government or contractor representa- In the coming weeks, I would encour- estimated to cost $158.1 million. After this tives to the Republic of Korea. age my colleagues on both sides of the letter is delivered to your office, we plan to There will be no adverse impact on U.S. de- aisle to meet with Judge Barrett, as I issue a news release to notify the public of fense readiness as a result of this proposed did today. I think you will find that this proposed sale. sale. she is not trying to get off easy. As a Sincerely, TRANSMITTAL NO. 20–60 fellow conservative woman who cher- HEIDI H. GRANT, Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of ishes a deep faith and commitment to Director. Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the family, I can assure you, she has al- Enclosures. Arms Export Control Act ready been tested by fire and passed TRANSMITTAL NO. 20–60 Annex Item No. vii with flying colors. Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(l) of the (vii) Sensitivity of Technology: f Arms Export Control Act, as amended 1. The AIM–9X Block II SIDEWINDER Mis- sile is a short-range, air-to-air missile. The ONLINE FREEDOM AND VIEWPOINT (i) Prospective Purchaser: Republic of AIM–9X Block II SIDEWINDER Missile pro- DIVERSITY ACT Korea. vides a high off-boresight seeker, enhanced Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, (ii) Total Estimated Value: countermeasure rejection capability, low Major Defense Equipment* $135.9 million. drag/high angle of attack airframe and the this week, the Senate Committee on Other $22.2 million. ability to integrate the Helmet Mounted Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Total $158.l million. Cueing System. The software algorithms are tation subpoenaed testimony from Mr. (iii) Description and Quantity or Quan- the most sensitive portion of the AIM–9X tities of Articles or Services under Consider- Jack Dorsey of Twitter, Mr. Sundar missile. The software continues to be modi- ation for Purchase: Pichai of Alphabet, Inc., and Mr. Mark fied via a pre-planned product improvement Zuckerberg of Facebook. Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 3 One hundred fifteen (115) AIM–9X Block II (P I) program in order to improve its I supported the issuance of these sub- Tactical Sidewinder Missiles. counter-countermeasure capabilities. No poenas, and I look forward to hearing software source code or algorithms will be Fifty (50) AIM–9X Block II Captive Air testimony on the content moderation Training Missiles (CATM). released. 2. The highest level of classification of de- policies used by their respective plat- Twenty (20) AIM–9X Block II Tactical Mis- forms. sile Guidance Units. fense articles, components, and services in- Twenty (20) AIM–9X Block II CATM Guid- cluded in this potential sale is SECRET. Over the past few months, I have ance Units. 3. If a technologically advanced adversary worked with many members of this Non-MDE: were to obtain knowledge of the specific body on a statutory fix to section 230 of Also included are containers, weapon sys- hardware and software elements, the infor- the Communications Decency Act, spe- tem support, software, surface transpor- mation could be used to develop counter- cifically to the ingrained liability tation, missile technical assistance, and measures that might reduce weapon system effectiveness or be used in the development shield that platforms like Facebook other technical assistance; and other related use to defend their content moderation elements of program support. of a system with similar or advanced capa- (iv) Military Department: Navy (KS-P- bilities. policies. Over the years, we have seen AMV). 4. A determination has been made that the Big Tech’s biggest players stretch this (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: KS-P-ALE. Republic of Korea can provide substantially shield beyond all recognition, far be- (vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Of- the same degree of protection for the sen- yond the limits Congress envisioned fered, or Agreed to be Paid: None. sitive technology being released as the US. when they passed the original act in (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained Government. This sale is necessary in fur- 1996. in the Defense Article or Defense Services therance of the U.S. foreign policy and na- Now, content moderators wield their Proposed to be Sold: See Attached Annex. tional security objectives outlined in the (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: Policy Justification. power with abandon, banning and de- October l, 2020. 5. All defense articles and services listed in leting content they disagree with right * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms this transmittal have been authorized for re- alongside content of the most vile, uni- Export Control Act. lease and export to the Republic of Korea. versally repulsive nature. Last month,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:01 Oct 02, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G01OC6.026 S01OCPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S6024 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 1, 2020 in response to growing outcries over While Mr. Calvelli has shouldered the and courage. Major Gregory joined the censorship, I introduced the Online responsibility of overseeing large, com- LMPD in 1999 and leads Louisville Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Act plex government acquisition programs, Metro Police Special Operations Unit. with Chairman LINDSEY GRAHAM and his fondest memories will be of the Serving to keep the peace in Louisville Chairman ROGER WICKER to introduce NRO’s people. Like any successful or- during a time of uncertainty, Major accountability into our dealings with ganization, the NRO relies on its tal- Gregory has led his fellow officers with digital platforms and services. ented and skilled workforce to accom- class and courage during this difficult This bill is unique because it doesn’t plish its national security mission. time. Dedicated service from officers do specifically what so many here in Their wellbeing and success have al- like Major Gregory during times of Washington would like it to do: It ways been a top priority for him, and it protest is important to keep protests doesn’t delete section 230 from the U.S. is especially important that the women peaceful instead of a riot. Major Greg- Code, nor does it put the power to de- and men of the NRO have leadership ory and his fellow officers deserve and cide what information should and that backs them in their primary im- have our respect and admiration. Major should not be available online in perative as intelligence professionals: Gregory was shot on Wednesday night Congress’s or regulators’ hands. All it to speak truth to power. during the protest in Louisville. Fortu- does is remove ambiguities from the I also understand that Frank’s love nately, Major Gregory is expected to original statutory language to help of NASCAR is well known at the NRO. make a full recovery. I join my fellow companies and consumers better under- I, too, share an appreciation of Kentuckians in wishing Major Gregory stand when that liability shield is and NASCAR and hope he has greater op- a speedy recovery. is not applicable. portunities to enjoy racing and more Still, as we move forward with legis- time with his family. On behalf of a f lation, it is important to remember grateful nation, as he transitions to fu- ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS that we are creating policy for the ture opportunities, I would like to pub- internet we have now and will have in licly thank Mr. Calvelli for his valu- the future and not the internet we had able contributions to the Nation and THE MAGIC CITY DISCOVERY back in 1996, hence the reason for the our national security, and I personally CENTER subpoenas we are sending to those thank the Calvelli family for their crit- ∑ three Silicon Valley executives. They ical role in supporting him throughout Mr. CRAMER. Mr. President, I rec- are the ones who created the internet his service to the Nation. ognize today the city of Minot, the Minot Air Force Base, and other com- we have today, and their justifications f and perspectives regarding the future munity members who have come to- of content moderation could prove use- TRIBUTE TO ROBINSON gether to present their youngest citi- ful. Subpoenas do change the tone of DESROCHES zens a gift they will enjoy for genera- the conversation, but we view this as a Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, I rise tions to come. rare opportunity to glean both insight today to honor one of Louisville’s fin- Groundbreaking will be held on Octo- and accountability from the tech in- est, Louisville Metro Police Officer ber 7 for the Magic City Discovery Cen- dustry. Robinson Desroches. Police work is an ter, a children’s museum that will de- velop 12 interactive galleries on math, f unquestionably difficult and dangerous job, but it is among the noblest engineering, technology, science, and TRIBUTE TO FRANK CALVELLI callings. Each and every day, officers art for children up to 14 years old. The Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise risk their lives to keep our commu- musuem will encourage children of all today to recognize and celebrate the nities safe. Officers such as Louisville ages to learn both independently and in career of an outstanding civil servant, Metro Police Officer Robinson groups as they invent, play, discover, Mr. Frank Calvelli, who is one of my Desroches meet the challenges they en- and create. constituents. Mr. Calvelli recently an- counter every day with profes- Making this center a reality has been nounced his plan to retire after 34 sionalism, class, and courage. Officer a significant challenge to its sup- years of government service, most re- Desroches joined the LMPD in 2019. porters, and only with many partners cently as the Principal Deputy Direc- Serving to keep the peace in Louisville could the nearly $14 million in con- tor for the National Reconnaissance during a time of uncertainty, Officer struction costs be met. A large boost Office, where he has provided com- Desroches has served his community came from the Minot Air Force Base, mendable leadership and operational with class and courage during this dif- which worked with the community to management for the past 8 years. Mr. ficult time. Dedicated service from of- secure a $6.3 million grant from the De- Calvelli will complete his government ficers like Officer Desroches during fense Community Infrastructure Pilot service at the end of this year. times of protest is important to keep Program. This Department of Defense During Frank’s 30-year tenure at the protests peaceful instead of a riot. Offi- program helps fund projects that NRO, he has been responsible for lead- cer Desroches and his fellow officers prioritize quality of life for Active ing various internal organizations and deserve and have our respect and admi- military families. The commanders of overseeing the acquisition and oper- ration. Officer Desroches was shot on the Minot Air Force Base supported ation of many of our Nation’s most Wednesday night during the protest in this grant so their more than 1,300 chil- vital overhead reconnaissance assets. Louisville. Fortunately, he is expected dren of military families from kinder- These platforms perform essential in- to make a full recovery. I join my fel- garten through fifth grade have year- telligence collection roles to better in- low Kentuckians in wishing Officer round learning opportunities. form U.S. Government and allied part- Desroches a speedy recovery. I congratulate the city of Minot and ner nation defense policies and deter f Minot Air Force Base on another suc- potential aggressors. Frank contrib- cessful community partnership. The uted to 11-plus-years of consecutive TRIBUTE TO AUBREY GREGORY men and women stationed at the base clean financial audits, an unequaled Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, I rise perform exemplary work every day record within the U.S. intelligence today to honor one of Louisville’s fin- critical to the safety of our Nation. We community. Mr. Calvelli has played an est, Louisville Metro Police Major Au- must do all we can to support them and important role developing a permanent brey Gregory. Police work is an un- their families during their time as employee cadre and leading the more questionably difficult and dangerous North Dakota residents. than 3,000 people who work at the NRO. job, but it is among the noblest North Dakota’s quality of life is con- When called upon in 2019 to take on the callings. Each and every day, officers sistently ranked as one of the best in responsibility of acting in the capacity risk their lives to keep our commu- the Nation. An excellent example of of the Director, he often testified on nities safe. Officers such as Louisville why we have this high ranking is the behalf of the NRO before Congress and Metro Police Major Aubrey Gregory dedication of the citizens of Minot to specifically the Senate Select Com- meet the challenges they encounter give their children a Magic City Dis- mittee on Intelligence. every day with professionalism, class, covery Center.∑

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:45 Oct 02, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A01OC6.009 S01OCPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE October 1, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6025 MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT nounced that the House has passed the H.R. 5987. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located Messages from the President of the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: at 909 West Holiday Drive in Fate, Texas, as United States were communicated to the ‘‘Ralph Hall Post Office’’. H.R. 2454. An act to designate the facility the Senate by Ms. Roberts, one of his H.R. 5988. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located secretaries. of the United States Postal Service located at 123 East Sharpfish Street in Rosebud, in 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as f South Dakota, as the ‘‘Ben Reifel Post Office the ‘‘Audie Murphy Post Office Building’’. PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE Building’’. H.R. 6270. An act to amend the Securities H.R. 3005. An act to designate the facility Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to of the United States Postal Service located make certain disclosures relating to the at 13308 Midland Road in Poway, California, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and TRANSMITTING AS OUTLINED IN as the ‘‘Ray Chavez Post Office Building’’. THE ENCLOSED LIST OF AC- H.R. 3680. An act to designate the facility for other purposes. COUNTS—PM 60 of the United States Postal Service located H.R. 7340. An act to ensure that personal protective equipment and other equipment The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be- at 415 North Main Street in Henning, Ten- nessee, as the ‘‘Paula Croom Robinson and and supplies needed to fight coronavirus are fore the Senate the following message Judy Spray Memorial Post Office Building’’. provided to employees required to return to from the President of the United H.R. 4725. An act to designate the facility Federal offices, and for other purposes. States, together with an accompanying of the United States Postal Service located H.R. 7496. An act to require Federal agen- report; which was referred to the Com- at 8585 Criterion Drive in Colorado Springs, cies to submit plans for responding to any resurgence of COVID–19, and far other pur- mittee on the Budget: Colorado, as the ‘‘Chaplain (Capt.) Dale Goetz Memorial Post Office Building’’. poses. To the Congress of the United States: H.R. 4764. An act to reauthorize the Stem The message also announced that In accordance with section 114(b) of Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1011c, and the division A of the Continuing Appro- and for other purposes. order of the House of January 3, 2019, priations Act, 2021 and Other Exten- H.R. 4875. An act to designate the facility the Speaker appoints the following in- sions Act (H.R. 8337; the ‘‘Act’’), I here- of the United States Postal Service located at 2201 E. Maple Street in North Canton, dividuals on the part of the House of by designate as emergency require- Ohio, as the ‘‘Lance Cpl. Stacy ‘Annie’ Dry- Representatives to the National Advi- ments all funding (including the rescis- den Post Office’’. sory Committee on Institutional Qual- sion of funds) so designated by the Con- H.R. 4971. An act to designate the facility ity and Integrity for a term of 6 years: gress in the Act pursuant to section of the United States Postal Service located Upon the recommendation of the Mi- 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and at 15 East Market Street in Leesburg, Vir- nority Leader: Dr. Arthur E. Keiser of Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, ginia, as the ‘‘Norman Duncan Post Office Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Ms. Jennifer Building’’. as outlined in the enclosed list of ac- H.R. 5307. An act to designate the facility Blum of Washington, DC, Mr. Robert G. counts. of the United States Postal Service located Mayes. Jr., of Elberta, Alabama; Upon The details of this action are set at 115 Nicol Avenue in Thomasville, Ala- the recommendation of the Majority forth in the enclosed memorandum bama, as the ‘‘Postmaster Robert Ingram Leader: Ms. Kathleen Sullivan Alioto from the Director of the Office of Man- Post Office’’. of New York, New York, Mr. Robert agement and Budget. H.R. 5736. An act to direct the Under Sec- Shireman of Berkeley, California, Dr. retary for Intelligence and Analysis of the DONALD J. TRUMP. Roslyn Clark Artis of Columbia, South Department of Homeland Security to de- THE WHITE HOUSE, October 1, 2020. velop and disseminate a threat assessment Carolina. f regarding threats to the United States asso- f PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE ciated with foreign violent white suprema- MEASURES REFERRED cist extremist organizations, and for other purposes. The following bills were read the first H.R. 5780. An act to enhance stakeholder TRANSMITTING AS OUTLINED IN and the second times by unanimous outreach to and operational engagement consent, and referred as indicated: THE ENCLOSED LIST OF AC- with owners and operators of critical infra- H.R. 2454. An act to designate the facility COUNTS—PM 61 structure and other relevant stakeholders by of the United States Postal Service located the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu- The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be- at 123 East Sharpfish Street in Rosebud, rity Agency to bolster security against acts fore the Senate the following message South Dakota, as the ‘‘Ben Reifel Post Office of terrorism and other homeland security Building’’; to the Committee on Homeland from the President of the United threats, including by maintaining a clearing- Security and Governmental Affairs. States, together with an accompanying house of security guidance, best practices, H.R. 3005. An act to designate the facility report; which was referred to the Com- and other voluntary content developed by of the United States Postal Service located mittee on the Budget: the Agency or aggregated from trusted at 13308 Midland Road in Poway, California, sources, and for other purposes. To the Congress of the United States: H.R. 5804. An act to amend the Homeland as the ‘‘Ray Chavez Post Office Building’’; to In accordance with section 114(b) of Security Act of 2002 to enhance the Blue the Committee on Homeland Security and division A of the Continuing Appro- Campaign of the Department of Homeland Governmental Affairs. priations Act, 2021 and Other Exten- Security, and for other purposes. H.R. 3680. An act to designate the facility H.R. 5811. An act to require the Transpor- of the United States Postal Service located sions Act (H.R. 8337; the ‘‘Act’’), I here- at 415 North Main Street in Henning, Ten- by designate for Overseas Contingency tation Security Administration to provide nursing facilities and paid parental leave for nessee, as the ‘‘Paula Croom Robinson and Operations/Global War on Terrorism all Administration personnel, and for other pur- Judy Spray Memorial Post Office Building’’; funding (including the rescission of poses. to the Committee on Homeland Security and funds) so designated by the Congress in H.R. 5822. An act to amend the Homeland Governmental Affairs. the Act pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) Security Act of 2002 to establish an acquisi- H.R. 4725. An act to designate the facility of the Balanced Budget and Emergency tion professional career program, and for of the United States Postal Service located Deficit Control Act of 1985, as outlined other purposes. at 8585 Criterion Drive in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the ‘‘Chaplain (Capt.) Dale in the enclosed list of accounts. H.R. 5823. An act to establish a program to make grants to States to address cybersecu- Goetz Memorial Post Office Building’’; to the The details of this action are set rity risks and cybersecurity threats to infor- Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- forth in the enclosed memorandum mation systems of State, local, Tribal, or ernmental Affairs. from the Director of the Office of Man- territorial governments, and for other pur- H.R. 4875. An act to designate the facility agement and Budget. poses. of the United States Postal Service located DONALD J. TRUMP. H.R. 5901. An act to establish a program to at 2201 E. Maple Street in North Canton, THE WHITE HOUSE, October 1, 2020. facilitate the adoption of modern technology Ohio, as the ‘‘Lance Cpl. Stacy ‘Annie’ Dry- by executive agencies, and for other pur- den Post Office’’; to the Committee on f poses. Homeland Security and Governmental Af- MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE H.R. 5954. An act to designate the facility fairs. of the United States Postal Service located H.R. 4971. An act to designate the facility At 12:20 p.m., a message from the at 108 West Maple Street in Holly, Michigan, of the United States Postal Service located House of Representatives, delivered by as the ‘‘Holly Veterans Memorial Post Of- at 15 East Market Street in Leesburg, Vir- Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- fice’’. ginia, as the ‘‘Norman Duncan Post Office

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:45 Oct 02, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A01OC6.011 S01OCPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S6026 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 1, 2020 Building’’; to the Committee on Homeland S. 4433. A bill to authorize the National EC–5607. A communication from the Assist- Security and Governmental Affairs. Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to es- ant Attorney General, Office of Legislative H.R. 5307. An act to designate the facility tablish a commemorative work in the Dis- Affairs, Department of Justice, transmit- of the United States Postal Service located trict of Columbia and its environs, and for ting, pursuant to law, three (3) reports rel- at 115 Nicol Avenue in Thomasville, Ala- other purposes. ative to vacancies in the Department of Jus- bama, as the ‘‘Postmaster Robert Ingram tice, received in the Office of the President f Post Office’’; to the Committee on Homeland of the Senate on September 29, 2020; to the Security and Governmental Affairs. MEASURES PLACED ON THE Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 5736. An act to direct the Under Sec- CALENDAR EC–5608. A communication from the Attor- retary for Intelligence and Analysis of the ney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland Security to de- The following bills were read the sec- Department of Justice, transmitting, pursu- velop and disseminate a threat assessment ond time, and placed on the calendar: ant to law, a legislative proposal relative to regarding threats to the United States asso- S. 4773. A bill to establish the Paycheck modernizing and clarifying the immunity ciated with foreign violent white suprema- Protection Program Second Draw Loan, and that 47 U.S.C. section 230 provides to online cist extremist organizations, and for other for other purposes. platforms that host and moderate content; purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Se- S. 4774. A bill to provide support for air to the Committee on Commerce, Science, curity and Governmental Affairs. carrier workers, and for other purposes. and Transportation. H.R. 5780. An act to enhance stakeholder S. 4775. A bill to provide continued emer- f outreach to and operational engagement gency assistance, educational support, and with owners and operators of critical infra- health care response for individuals, fami- PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS structure and other relevant stakeholders by lies, and businesses affected by the 2020 The following petition or memorial the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu- coronavirus pandemic. was laid before the Senate and was re- rity Agency to bolster security against acts ferred or ordered to lie on the table as of terrorism and other homeland security The following bills were read the first threats, including by maintaining a clearing- and second times by unanimous con- indicated: house of security guidance, best practices, sent, and placed on the calendar: POM–243. A petition from a citizen of the and other voluntary content developed by H.R. 5987. An act to designate the facility State of Texas relative to credit history and the Agency or aggregated from trusted of the United States Postal Service located employment; to the Committee on Health, sources, and for other purposes; to the Com- at 909 West Holiday Drive in Fate, Texas, as Education, Labor, and Pensions. mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- the ‘‘Ralph Hall Post Office’’. f mental Affairs. H.R. 5988. An act to designate the facility H.R. 5804. An act to amend the Homeland of the United States Postal Service located REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Security Act of 2002 to enhance the Blue at 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as The following reports of committees Campaign of the Department of Homeland the ‘‘Audie Murphy Post Office Building’’. were submitted: Security, and for other purposes; to the Com- f By Mr. WICKER, from the Committee on mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- Commerce, Science, and Transportation, mental Affairs. EXECUTIVE AND OTHER with an amendment in the nature of a sub- H.R. 5811. An act to require the Transpor- COMMUNICATIONS stitute: tation Security Administration to provide S. 1046. A bill to establish the Office of nursing facilities and paid parental leave for The following communications were Internet Connectivity and Growth, and for Administration personnel, and for other pur- laid before the Senate, together with other purposes (Rept. No. 116–274). poses; to the Committee on Commerce, accompanying papers, reports, and doc- By Mr. WICKER, from the Committee on Science, and Transportation. uments, and were referred as indicated: Commerce, Science, and Transportation, H.R. 5822. An act to amend the Homeland EC–5602. A communication from the Under with amendments: Security Act of 2002 to establish an acquisi- Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readi- S. 2203. A bill to extend the transfer of tion professional career program, and for ness), transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- Electronic Travel Authorization System fees other purposes; to the Committee on Home- port relative to the administration of Work- from the Travel Promotion Fund to the Cor- land Security and Governmental Affairs. place and Gender Relations Surveys; to the poration for Travel Promotion (Brand USA) H.R. 5823. An act to establish a program to through fiscal year 2027, and for other pur- make grants to States to address cybersecu- Committee on Armed Services. EC–5603. A communication from the Sec- poses (Rept. No. 116–275). rity risks and cybersecurity threats to infor- By Mr. JOHNSON, from the Committee on retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- mation systems of State, local, Tribal, or Homeland Security and Governmental Af- ant to law, a six-month periodic report on territorial governments, and for other pur- fairs, without amendment: poses; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- the national emergency with respect to the S. 4138. A bill to amend title 5, United rity and Governmental Affairs. situation in or in relation to the Democratic States Code, to make permanent the author- H.R. 5954. An act to designate the facility Republic of the Congo that was declared in ity of the United States Patent and Trade- of the United States Postal Service located Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006; to mark Office to conduct a telework travel ex- at 108 West Maple Street in Holly, Michigan, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and penses program (Rept. No. 116–276). as the ‘‘Holly Veterans Memorial Post Of- Urban Affairs. By Mr. JOHNSON, from the Committee on fice’’; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- EC–5604. A communication from the Direc- Homeland Security and Governmental Af- rity and Governmental Affairs. tor of Regulations and Policy Management fairs, with an amendment in the nature of a H.R. 6270. An act to amend the Securities Staff, Food and Drug Administration, De- substitute: Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to partment of Health and Human Services, S. 4200. A bill to establish a program to fa- make certain disclosures relating to the transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of cilitate the adoption of modern technology Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and a rule entitled ‘‘Postmarketing Safety Re- by executive agencies, and for other purposes for other purposes; to the Committee on ports for Approved New Animal Drugs; Elec- (Rept. No. 116–277). tronic Submission Requirements; Correc- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. f H.R. 7340. An act to ensure that personal tion’’ (RIN0910–AH51) received during ad- protective equipment and other equipment journment of the Senate in the Office of the INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND and supplies needed to fight coronavirus are President of the Senate on September 25, JOINT RESOLUTIONS provided to employees required to return to 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The following bills and joint resolu- Federal offices, and for other purposes; to tions were introduced, read the first the Committee on Homeland Security and EC–5605. A communication from the Chief Governmental Affairs. of Negotiations and Restructuring, Pension and second times by unanimous con- H.R. 7496. An act to require Federal agen- Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting, sent, and referred as indicated: cies to submit plans for responding to any pursuant to law, a notification that the Cor- By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mr. resurgence of COVID–19, and for other pur- poration has issued an order partitioning the MANCHIN): poses; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Local 7 S. 4778. A bill to require the Secretary of rity and Governmental Affairs. Pension Plan pursuant to section 4233 of the Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a re- Employee Retirement Income Security Act f port on the use of security cameras in med- of 1974, as amended; to the Committees on ical centers of the Department of Veterans MEASURES DISCHARGED Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; and Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- The following bill was discharged Finance. fairs. EC–5606. A communication from the Gen- By Mr. YOUNG: from the Committee on Agriculture, eral Counsel, Railroad Retirement Board, S. 4779. A bill to authorize additional dis- Nutrition, and Forestry, and referred transmitting, pursuant to law, the Board’s trict judges for the district courts and con- to the Committee on Energy and Nat- 2020 Annual Report; to the Committee on vert temporary judgeships; to the Committee ural Resources: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. on the Judiciary.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:45 Oct 02, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A01OC6.015 S01OCPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE October 1, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6027 By Mr. KENNEDY: gency in accordance with a qualifying eco- sponsor of S. 578, a bill to amend title S. 4780. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- nomic development plan; to the Committee II of the Social Security Act to elimi- enue Code of 1986 to provide for qualified on Finance. nate the five-month waiting period for Hurricane Laura recovery opportunity zones, By Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mrs. disability insurance benefits under and for other purposes; to the Committee on BLACKBURN): Finance. S. 4793. A bill to authorize the imposition such title for individuals with By Mr. SCHUMER (for Ms. HARRIS of sanctions with respect to certain activi- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (for herself, Mr. BROWN, Ms. BALDWIN, ties that threaten the national security, for- S. 633 Ms. WARREN, and Mr. MERKLEY)): eign policy, public health, economic health, At the request of Mr. MORAN, the S. 4781. A bill to direct the Occupational or financial stability of the United States, names of the Senator from Washington Safety and Health Administration to issue and for other purposes; to the Committee on (Mrs. MURRAY) and the Senator from an occupational safety and health standard Foreign Relations. to protect workers from heat-related injuries By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mr. Indiana (Mr. BRAUN) were added as co- and illnesses; to the Committee on Health, ROUNDS): sponsors of S. 633, a bill to award a Education, Labor, and Pensions. S. 4794. A bill making emergency supple- Congressional Gold Medal to the mem- By Mr. HEINRICH: mental appropriations for the COVID–19 bers of the Women’s Army Corps who S. 4782. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Telehealth Program of the Federal Commu- were assigned to the 6888th Central Education to award grants to improve indoor nications Commission for the fiscal year Postal Directory Battalion, known as air quality in elementary schools and sec- ending September 30, 2020; to the Committee the ‘‘Six Triple Eight’’. ondary schools in response to the COVID–19 on Appropriations. public health emergency using proven tech- By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. S. 1125 nologies; to the Committee on Health, Edu- HOEVEN): At the request of Mr. TILLIS, the cation, Labor, and Pensions. S. 4795. A bill to require the Secretary of name of the Senator from Mississippi By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Energy to establish a voluntary Cyber Sense (Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) was added as a co- Mr. WICKER): program to test the cybersecurity of prod- sponsor of S. 1125, a bill to amend the S. 4783. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- ucts and technologies intended for use in the enue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for eco- Health Insurance Portability and Ac- bulk-power system, and for other purposes; countability Act. nomic activity in possessions of the United to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- States; to the Committee on Finance. sources. S. 1163 By Mr. GRASSLEY: f At the request of Mr. CRAPO, the S. 4784. A bill to extend the Generalized name of the Senator from Arkansas System of Preferences, and for other pur- SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND (Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon- poses; to the Committee on Finance. SENATE RESOLUTIONS By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. sor of S. 1163, a bill to amend the Inter- PETERS): The following concurrent resolutions nal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for S. 4785. A bill to require the Director of the and Senate resolutions were read, and an exclusion for assistance provided to Office of Management and Budget to develop referred (or acted upon), as indicated: participants in certain veterinary stu- a model for risk-based budgeting, and for By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. dent loan repayment or forgiveness other purposes; to the Committee on Home- HAWLEY, Mr. REED, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. programs. land Security and Governmental Affairs. SCOTT of South Carolina, and Mr. By Mr. WYDEN: S. 2815 S. 4786. A bill to require the Secretary of GRAHAM): At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the the Interior to convey to, and take into trust S. Res. 742. A resolution designating Sep- names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. for the benefit of, the Burns Paiute Tribe tember 2020 as ‘‘National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month’’; considered and agreed WYDEN), the Senator from South Da- certain land in the State of Oregon; to the kota (Mr. THUNE), the Senator from Committee on Indian Affairs. to. By Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, Virginia (Mr. WARNER), the Senator By Ms. MCSALLY: S. 4787. A bill to amend the Indian Child Ms. COLLINS, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. ALEX- from Arkansas (Mr. BOOZMAN), the Sen- Protection and Family Violence Prevention ANDER, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. HASSAN, ator from West Virginia (Mrs. CAPITO), Act; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. and Mr. BARRASSO): the Senator from Iowa (Mr. GRASSLEY) By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. S. Res. 743. A resolution supporting the and the Senator from Georgia (Mrs. goals and ideals of National Retirement Se- CRAMER, Mrs. LOEFFLER, Mr. SASSE, LOEFFLER) were added as cosponsors of and Mr. PERDUE): curity Month, including raising public awareness of the various tax-preferred retire- S. 2815, a bill to require the Secretary S. 4788. A bill to prohibit States and local- of the Treasury to mint coins in com- ities that seek to impede the free formation ment vehicles, increasing personal financial of education pods from receiving Federal literacy, and engaging the people of the memoration of the National Purple emergency education funds, to provide a United States on the keys to success in Heart Honor Mission. teacher expense deduction for home edu- achieving and maintaining retirement secu- S. 2981 rity throughout their lifetimes; considered cators, and for other purposes; to the Com- At the request of Mr. SULLIVAN, the and agreed to. mittee on Finance. name of the Senator from Washington By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and (Ms. CANTWELL) was added as a cospon- MANCHIN): Mr. CARDIN): S. 4789. A bill to amend the Communica- S. Res. 744. A resolution congratulating the sor of S. 2981, a bill to reauthorize and tions Act of 1934 to provide funding to States National Federation of Federal Employees amend the National Oceanic and At- for extending broadband service to unserved on the celebration of its 51st Convention on mospheric Administration Commis- areas in partnership with broadband service October 5, 2020, and recognizing the vital sioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, and for providers, and for other purposes; to the contributions to the United States made by other purposes. the members of the National Federation of Committee on Commerce, Science, and S. 3190 Transportation. Federal Employees for 103 years; to the Com- By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the and Mr. SCOTT of Florida): mental Affairs. name of the Senator from West Vir- S. 4790. A bill to improve the ability of sep- By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. ginia (Mr. MANCHIN) was added as a co- arating or retiring members of the Armed PORTMAN, Mr. LEAHY, Mrs. CAPITO, sponsor of S. 3190, a bill to authorize Forces to seek services provided by accred- Mr. MURPHY, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. FEIN- dedicated domestic terrorism offices ited veterans service officers, and for other STEIN, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. KAINE): within the Department of Homeland purposes; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- S. Res. 745. A resolution honoring the life, legacy, and example of former Israeli Prime Security, the Department of Justice, fairs. and the Federal Bureau of Investiga- By Mr. VAN HOLLEN: Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the 25th anniver- S. 4791. A bill to provide for a Community- sary of his death; to the Committee on For- tion to analyze and monitor domestic Based Emergency and Non-Emergency Re- eign Relations. terrorist activity and require the Fed- sponse Grant Program; to the Committee on f eral Government to take steps to pre- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. vent domestic terrorism. By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS S. 3471 ROBERTS): S. 578 S. 4792. A bill to extend the availability of At the request of Mr. INHOFE, his Coronavirus Relief Fund payment funds for At the request of Mr. COTTON, the name was added as a cosponsor of S. States or governments that use such funds to name of the Senator from North Da- 3471, a bill to ensure that goods made respond to the COVID–19 public health emer- kota (Mr. HOEVEN) was added as a co- with forced labor in the Xinjiang

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:45 Oct 02, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A01OC6.021 S01OCPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S6028 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 1, 2020 Uyghur Autonomous Region of the sylvania (Mr. CASEY) and the Senator tion furnished to promotion selection People’s Republic of China do not enter from Illinois (Mr. DURBIN) were added boards for commissioned officers of the the United States market, and for as cosponsors of S. 4548, a bill to direct Armed Forces, and for other purposes. other purposes. the Administrator of the United States S. RES. 684 At the request of Mr. SCOTT of Flor- Agency for International Development At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the ida, his name was added as a cosponsor to submit to Congress a report on the name of the Senator from New Jersey of S. 3471, supra. impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on (Mr. BOOKER) was added as a cosponsor S. 3595 global basic education programs. of S. Res. 684, a resolution calling on At the request of Ms. ROSEN, the S. 4609 the Government of Cameroon and sepa- names of the Senator from Arizona At the request of Mr. COTTON, the ratist armed groups from the English- (Ms. SINEMA) and the Senator from name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. speaking Northwest and Southwest re- gions to end all violence, respect the Maine (Ms. COLLINS) were added as co- MCSALLY) was added as a cosponsor of sponsors of S. 3595, a bill to require a S. 4609, a bill to withdraw normal trade human rights of all Cameroonians, and longitudinal study on the impact of relations treatment from, and apply pursue a genuinely inclusive dialogue COVID–19. certain provisions of title IV of the toward resolving the ongoing civil con- flict in Anglophone Cameroon. S. 4106 Trade Act of 1974 to, products of the S. RES. 689 At the request of Mr. BRAUN, the People’s Republic of China, and to ex- pand the eligibility requirements for At the request of Mr. RISCH, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. SULLIVAN) was added as a cosponsor of products of the People’s Republic of COLLINS) and the Senator from North S. 4106, a bill to amend the Public China to receive normal trade relations Carolina (Mr. TILLIS) were added as co- treatment in the future, and for other Health Service Act to provide for hos- sponsors of S. Res. 689, a resolution purposes. pital and insurer price transparency. condemning the crackdown on peaceful S. 4150 S. 4634 protestors in Belarus and calling for At the request of Mr. REED, the name At the request of Mr. WICKER, the the imposition of sanctions on respon- of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. name of the Senator from South Caro- sible officials. HOEVEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. lina (Mr. SCOTT) was added as a cospon- S. RES. 701 4150, a bill to require the Secretary of sor of S. 4634, a bill to provide support At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the the Treasury to provide assistance to for air carrier workers, and for other names of the Senator from New Jersey certain providers of transportation purposes. (Mr. BOOKER), the Senator from Wash- services affected by the novel S. 4694 ington (Ms. CANTWELL), and the Sen- coronavirus. At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the ator from Maine (Ms. COLLINS) were At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the names of the Senator from Indiana added as cosponsors of S. Res. 701, a name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. (Mr. BRAUN) and the Senator from resolution urging the Government of PORTMAN) was added as a cosponsor of Idaho (Mr. CRAPO) were added as co- Burma to hold free, fair, inclusive, S. 4150, supra. sponsors of S. 4694, a bill to extend and transparent, participatory, and cred- S. 4166 expand limitations on the importation ible elections on November 8, 2020. At the request of Ms. SINEMA, the of uranium from the Russian Federa- S. RES. 709 name of the Senator from Arkansas tion, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. SCOTT of Flor- (Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon- S. 4708 ida, his name was added as a cosponsor sor of S. 4166, a bill to require the Sec- At the request of Mr. LANKFORD, the of S. Res. 709, a resolution expressing retary of Veterans Affairs to secure name of the Senator from Wyoming the sense of the Senate that the August medical opinions for veterans with (Mr. BARRASSO) was added as a cospon- 13, 2020, and September 11, 2020, an- service-connected disabilities who die sor of S. 4708, a bill to establish a com- nouncements of the establishment of from COVID–19 to determine whether mission to review certain regulatory full diplomatic relations between the their service-connected disabilities obstacles to preparedness for, response State of Israel and the United Arab were the principal or contributory to, and recovery from the Coronavirus Emirates and the State of Israel and cases of death, and for other purposes. SARS–CoV–2 pandemic and other the Kingdom of Bahrain are historic S. 4272 pandemics, and for other purposes. achievements. At the request of Mr. RISCH, the S. 4730 f name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. At the request of Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS SULLIVAN) was added as a cosponsor of the names of the Senator from Dela- S. 4272, a bill to advance a policy for ware (Mr. COONS) and the Senator from managed strategic competition with Alaska (Ms. MURKOWSKI) were added as SENATE RESOLUTION 742—DESIG- the People’s Republic of China. cosponsors of S. 4730, a bill to amend NATING SEPTEMBER 2020 AS S. 4384 title 31, United States Code, to require ‘‘NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER At the request of Mr. SULLIVAN, the the Secretary of the Treasury to mint AWARENESS MONTH’’ name of the Senator from Minnesota and issue quarter dollars in commemo- Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. (Ms. SMITH) was added as a cosponsor ration of the Nineteenth Amendment, HAWLEY, Mr. REED, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. of S. 4384, a bill to require the Sec- and for other purposes. SCOTT of South Carolina, and Mr. GRA- retary of Veterans Affairs to address S. 4757 HAM) submitted the following resolu- exposure by members of the Armed At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the tion; which was considered and agreed Forces to toxic substances at Karshi- names of the Senator from New Jersey to: Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, and (Mr. BOOKER) and the Senator from S. RES. 742 for other purposes. New York (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) were Whereas each year more than 15,700 chil- S. 4453 added as cosponsors of S. 4757, a bill to dren in the United States, and more than 300,000 children under the age of 19 globally, At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the amend the Animal Welfare Act to es- are diagnosed with cancer; name of the Senator from Washington tablish additional requirements for Whereas every year more than 1,700 chil- (Mrs. MURRAY) was added as a cospon- dealers, and for other purposes. dren in the United States, and 328,000 chil- sor of S. 4453, a bill to protect the con- S. 4765 dren under the age of 19 globally, lose their tinuity of the food supply chain of the At the request of Mr. YOUNG, the lives to cancer; United States in response to COVID–19, name of the Senator from Arkansas Whereas childhood cancer is the leading cause of death from disease and the second and for other purposes. (Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon- overall leading cause of death for children in S. 4548 sor of S. 4765, a bill to amend title 10, the United States; At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the United States Code, to eliminate the Whereas the 5-year survival rate for chil- names of the Senator from New Jersey inclusion of certain personally identi- dren with cancer has increased from 58 per- (Mr. BOOKER), the Senator from Penn- fying information from the informa- cent in the mid-1970s to 84 percent in 2020,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:45 Oct 02, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A01OC6.023 S01OCPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE October 1, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6029 representing significant improvement from curity during retirement years, and the im- sionals through all lawful means, including previous decades; portance of financial literacy in planning for collective bargaining, legislative activities, Whereas 2⁄3 of children who survive cancer retirement must be advocated; and contributing to civic and charitable or- will develop at least 1 chronic health condi- Whereas many workers may not— ganizations; tion, and 1⁄4 of all survivors will face a late- (1) be aware of their various options in sav- Whereas the contributions of the NFFE are effect from treatment that could be consid- ing for retirement; or noted in history through a century of ered severe or life-threatening; (2) have focused on the importance of, and achievements for the Federal labor move- Whereas cancer patients face a higher risk need for, saving for retirement and success- ment, including numerous reforms to work- of contracting the Coronavirus Disease 2019 fully achieving retirement security; force policies and working conditions; (COVID–19) due to a weakened immune sys- Whereas, although many employees have Whereas members of the NFFE serve the tem; and access to defined benefit and defined con- United States by performing critical func- Whereas cancer occurs regularly and ran- tribution plans through their employers to tions throughout Federal agencies, including domly and spares no racial or ethnic group, assist such employees in preparing for retire- the Department of Defense, the Department socioeconomic class, or geographic region: ment, many of those employees may not be of Housing and Urban Development, the De- Now, therefore, be it taking advantage of those plans at all or to partment of Veterans Affairs, the Bureau of Resolved, That the Senate— the full extent allowed by Federal law; Land Management, the Forest Service, the (1) designates September 2020 as ‘‘National Whereas saving for retirement is necessary National Park Service, the Federal Aviation Childhood Cancer Awareness Month’’; even during economic downturns or market Administration, the General Services Ad- (2) requests that the Federal Government, declines, underscoring the importance of ministration, the Indian Health Service, the States, localities, and nonprofit organiza- continued contributions; Passport Service of the Bureau of Consular tions observe the month with appropriate Whereas all workers, including public and Affairs, and the Corps of Engineers; programs and activities, with the goal of in- private sector employees, employees of tax- Whereas, through a partnership with the creasing public knowledge of the risks of exempt organizations, and self-employed in- International Association of Machinists and cancer; dividuals, can benefit from developing per- Aerospace Workers and the American Fed- (3) encourages survivors of childhood can- sonal budgets and financial plans that in- eration of Labor and Congress of Industrial cer to continue to receive ongoing moni- clude retirement savings strategies that Organizations, the NFFE promotes better toring and physical and psychosocial care take advantage of tax-preferred retirement working conditions and an improved quality throughout their adult lives; savings vehicles; of life for working families across the United (4) recognizes the human toll of cancer and Whereas effectively and sustainably with- States; pledges to make the prevention and cure of drawing retirement resources throughout an Whereas the NFFE represents more than cancer a public health priority; and individual’s retirement years is as important 110,000 Federal employees; and (5) reminds the people of the United States and crucial as saving and accumulating Whereas the NFFE continues to ensure that these children are the definition of funds for retirement; and that the voices of Federal civil servants are bravery, and commends and honors their Whereas the month of October 2020, has properly represented: Now, therefore, be it courage. been designated as ‘‘National Retirement Se- Resolved, That the Senate— f curity Month’’: Now, therefore, be it (1) congratulates and honors the National Resolved, That the Senate— Federation of Federal Employees on the SENATE RESOLUTION 743—SUP- (1) supports the goals and ideals of Na- celebration of its 51st Convention; and PORTING THE GOALS AND tional Retirement Security Month, including (2) recognizes the vital contributions of the IDEALS OF NATIONAL RETIRE- raising public awareness of the importance members of the National Federal of Federal MENT SECURITY MONTH, IN- of saving adequately for retirement; Employees to the United States during the CLUDING RAISING PUBLIC (2) acknowledges the need to raise public 103-year period since the founding of the Na- AWARENESS OF THE VARIOUS awareness of the variety of tax-preferred re- tional Federation of Federal Employees. tirement vehicles that are used by many peo- TAX-PREFERRED RETIREMENT ple in the United States, but remain under- f VEHICLES, INCREASING PER- utilized; and SENATE RESOLUTION 745—HON- SONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY, (3) calls on States, localities, schools, uni- ORING THE LIFE, LEGACY, AND AND ENGAGING THE PEOPLE OF versities, nonprofit organizations, busi- EXAMPLE OF FORMER ISRAELI nesses, other entities, and the people of the THE UNITED STATES ON THE PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK KEYS TO SUCCESS IN ACHIEVING United States to observe National Retire- ment Security Month with appropriate pro- RABIN ON THE 25TH ANNIVER- AND MAINTAINING RETIREMENT SARY OF HIS DEATH SECURITY THROUGHOUT THEIR grams and activities, with the goal of in- creasing the retirement savings and personal Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. LIFETIMES financial literacy of all people in the United PORTMAN, Mr. LEAHY, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, States and enhancing the retirement secu- MURPHY, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. ALEX- rity of the people of the United States. Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. KAINE) submitted ANDER, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. HASSAN, and f the following resolution; which was re- Mr. BARRASSO) submitted the following SENATE RESOLUTION 744—CON- resolution; which was considered and ferred to the Committee on Foreign GRATULATING THE NATIONAL agreed to: Relations: FEDERATION OF FEDERAL EM- S. RES. 743 S. RES. 745 PLOYEES ON THE CELEBRATION Whereas Yitzhak Rabin was born March 1, Whereas people in the United States are OF ITS 51ST CONVENTION ON OC- living longer, and the cost of retirement is 1922, in Jerusalem; increasing significantly; TOBER 5, 2020, AND RECOGNIZING Whereas Yitzhak Rabin served as Ambas- Whereas Social Security remains the bed- THE VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO sador to the United States from 1968 to 1973, rock of retirement income for the great ma- THE UNITED STATES MADE BY Minister of Defense from 1984 to 1990, and jority of the people of the United States but THE MEMBERS OF THE NA- Prime Minister from 1974 to 1977 and from was never intended by Congress to be the TIONAL FEDERATION OF FED- 1992 until his assassination in 1995; sole source of retirement income for fami- Whereas, in 1975, Prime Minister Yitzhak ERAL EMPLOYEES FOR 103 Rabin signed the interim agreement with lies; YEARS Whereas data from the Employee Benefit Egypt which laid the groundwork for the 1979 Research Institute indicates that, in the Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Camp David Peace Treaty between Israel and United States— Mr. CARDIN) submitted the following Egypt; (1) up to 40 percent of households in which resolution; which was referred to the Whereas, on September 13, 1993, in Wash- the head of household is between the ages of Committee on Homeland Security and ington, D.C., Yitzhak Rabin signed the Dec- laration of Principles framework agreement 35 and 64 are likely to run out of money in Governmental Affairs: retirement; and between Israel and the Palestinians, also (2) the amount that workers have saved for S. RES. 744 known as the Oslo Accords; retirement is much less than the amount Whereas the National Federation of Fed- Whereas Yitzhak Rabin, along with those workers need to adequately fund their eral Employees (referred to in this preamble Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat, received retirement years; as the ‘‘NFFE’’) was created in 1917 as the the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to Whereas the financial literacy of workers first union in the United States to exclu- create peace in the Middle East; in the United States is important so that sively represent civil service Federal em- Whereas, in his acceptance speech for the those workers understand the need to save ployees; Nobel Prize, Rabin said, ‘‘We will pursue the for retirement; Whereas the NFFE preserves, promotes, course of peace with determination and for- Whereas saving for retirement is a key and improves the rights and working condi- titude. We will not let up. We will not give component of overall financial health and se- tions of Federal employees and other profes- in. Peace will triumph over all our enemies,

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POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLA- an amendment between the Houses in rela- peace treaty between Israel and Jordan, say- TION MODIFYING THE NUMBER OF tion to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT ing at the time: ‘‘There is only one radical OF THE UNITED STATES. point of order being made by any Senator means of sanctifying human lives. Not ar- (a) POINT OF ORDER.— pursuant to subsection (a)(1), and such point mored plating, or tanks, or planes, or con- (1) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, it shall not of order being sustained, such material con- crete fortifications. The one radical solution be in order to consider a provision in a bill, tained in such conference report or House is peace.’’; joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate Whereas, on November 4, 1995, Yitzhak amendment between the Houses, or con- shall proceed to consider the question of Rabin was assassinated after attending a ference report amending section 1 of title 28, whether the Senate shall recede from its peace rally in Tel Aviv, where his last words United States Code, to modify, or that other- amendment and concur with a further were, ‘‘I have always believed that the ma- wise modifies, the total number of Justices amendment, or concur in the House amend- jority of the people want peace, are prepared of the Supreme Court of the United States. ment with a further amendment, as the case to take risks for peace . . . Peace is what the (2) POINT OF ORDER SUSTAINED.—If a point may be, which further amendment shall con- Jewish People aspire to.’’; of order is made by a Senator against a pro- sist of only that portion of the conference re- Whereas Yitzhak Rabin dedicated his life vision described in paragraph (1), and the port or House amendment, as the case may to the cause of peace and security for the point of order is sustained by the Chair, that be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the State of Israel by defending his nation provision shall be stricken from the measure Senate shall be debatable. In any case in against all threats, including terrorism and and may not be offered as an amendment which such point of order is sustained invasion, and undertaking courageous risks from the floor. against a conference report (or Senate in the pursuit of peace; (b) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Sen- amendment derived from such conference re- Whereas, in the years following Yitzhak ate is considering a conference report on, or port by operation of this subsection), no fur- Rabin’s assassination, successive United an amendment between the Houses in rela- ther amendment shall be in order. States administrations have sought to help tion to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— Israel and the Palestinians achieve a nego- point of order being made by any Senator In the Senate, this section may be waived or tiated two-state solution that ends their pursuant to subsection (a)(1), and such point suspended only by an affirmative vote of conflict; and of order being sustained, such material con- two-thirds of the Members, duly chose and Whereas, twenty-five years later, the lead- tained in such conference report or House sworn. An affirmative vote of two-thirds of ership of Yitzhak Rabin can be a model for amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate Members of the Senate, duly chosen and securing peace during a time of conflict: shall proceed to consider the question of sworn shall be required to sustain an appeal Now, therefore, be it whether the Senate shall recede from its of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order Resolved, That the Senate— amendment and concur with a further raised under this section. (1) honors the historic role of Yitzhak amendment, or concur in the House amend- f Rabin for his distinguished service to the ment with a further amendment, as the case Israeli people and extends its deepest sym- may be, which further amendment shall con- AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO pathy and condolences to the family of sist of only that portion of the conference re- MEET Yitzhak Rabin and the people of Israel on port or House amendment, as the case may Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I have 3 the 25th anniversary of his death; be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the (2) recognizes and reiterates its continued Senate shall be debatable. In any case in requests for committees to meet during support for the close ties and special rela- which such point of order is sustained today’s session of the Senate. They tionship between the United States and against a conference report (or Senate have the approval of the Majority and Israel; amendment derived from such conference re- Minority leaders. (3) expresses support and admiration for port by operation of this subsection), no fur- Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph community leaders and government officials ther amendment shall be in order. 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Sen- who work tirelessly to encourage co-exist- (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— ate, the following committees are au- ence and cooperation between the Israelis In the Senate, this section may be waived or and Palestinians; and suspended only by an affirmative vote of thorized to meet during today’s session (4) reaffirms its strong support for a nego- two-thirds of the Members, duly chose and of the Senate: tiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian sworn. An affirmative vote of two-thirds of COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND conflict resulting in two states—a demo- Members of the Senate, duly chosen and TRANSPORTATION cratic Jewish State of Israel, and a viable, sworn shall be required to sustain an appeal The Committee on Commerce, democratic Palestinian state—living side-by- of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order Science, and Transportation is author- side in peace, security, and mutual recogni- raised under this section. tion. ized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, October 1, 2020, at f SA 2679. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing. AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND him to the bill S. 4653, to protect the COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY PROPOSED healthcare of hundreds of millions of The Committee on the Judiciary is SA 2678. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amend- people of the United States and prevent authorized to meet during the session ment intended to be proposed by him to the efforts of the Department of Justice to of the Senate on Thursday, October 1, bill S. 4653, to protect the healthcare of hun- advocate courts to strike down the Pa- 2020, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing. dreds of millions of people of the United tient Protection and Affordable Care SUBCOMMITTEE ON READINESS AND States and prevent efforts of the Department Act; which was ordered to lie on the MANAGEMENT SUPPORT of Justice to advocate courts to strike down table; as follows: The Subcommittee on Readiness and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table. At the end, add the following: Management Support of the Com- SA 2679. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amend- SEC. 2. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION mittee on Armed Services is authorized ment intended to be proposed by him to the MODIFYING THE NUMBER OF JUS- to meet during the session of the Sen- bill S. 4653, supra; which was ordered to lie TICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ate on Thursday, October 1, 2020, at 9:15 THE UNITED STATES. on the table. (a) POINT OF ORDER.— a.m., to conduct a hearing. f (1) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, it shall not f be in order to consider a provision in a bill, TEXT OF AMENDMENTS joint resolution, motion, amendment, NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER SA 2678. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment between the Houses, or con- AWARENESS MONTH amendment intended to be proposed by ference report amending section 1 of title 28, Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I him to the bill S. 4653, to protect the United States Code, to modify, or that other- ask unanimous consent that the Sen- wise modifies, the total number of Justices healthcare of hundreds of millions of of the Supreme Court of the United States. ate proceed to the consideration of S. people of the United States and prevent (2) POINT OF ORDER SUSTAINED.—If a point Res. 742, submitted earlier today. efforts of the Department of Justice to of order is made by a Senator against a pro- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without advocate courts to strike down the Pa- vision described in paragraph (1), and the objection, it is so ordered.

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There being no objection, the com- There being no objection, the com- There being no objection, the Senate mittee was discharged, and the Senate mittee was discharged and the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution. proceeded to consider the bill. proceeded to consider the bill, which Mr. MCCONNELL. I know of no fur- Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous was reported from the Committee on ther debate on the measure. consent that the Wicker substitute Veterans’ Affairs. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there amendment at the desk be agreed to; Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous further debate? that the bill, as amended, be considered consent that the bill be considered read If not, the question is on agreeing to read a third time and passed; and that a third time and passed and the motion the resolution. the motion to reconsider be considered to reconsider be considered made and The resolution (S. Res. 742) was made and laid upon the table. laid upon the table. agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous objection, it is so ordered. objection, it is so ordered. consent that the preamble be agreed to The amendment in the nature of a The bill (H.R. 4183) was ordered to a and that the motions to reconsider be substitute, was agreed to. third reading, was read the third time, considered made and laid upon the The bill (S. 4462), as amended, was or- and passed. table with no intervening action or de- dered to be engrossed for a third read- f bate. ing, was read the third time, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without passed. DISCHARGE AND REFERRAL—S. objection, it is so ordered. f 4433 The preamble was agreed to. (The resolution, with its preamble, is WHOLE VETERAN ACT Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Com- mitted Resolutions.’’) ask unanimous consent that the Sen- mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and f ate proceed to the immediate consider- Forestry be discharged from further ation of H.R. 2359, which was received consideration of S. 4433 and the bill be SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND from the House. referred to the Committee on Energy IDEALS OF NATIONAL RETIRE- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and Natural Resources. MENT SECURITY MONTH objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The clerk will report the bill by title. objection, it is so ordered. ask unanimous consent that the Sen- The bill clerk read as follows: f ate proceed to the consideration of S. A bill (H.R. 2359) to direct the Secretary of Res. 743, submitted earlier today. Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without port on the Department of Veterans Affairs UNANIMOUS CONSENT objection, it is so ordered. advancing of whole health transformation. AGREEMENT—S. 4462 The clerk will report the resolution There being no objection, the Senate Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I by title. proceeded to consider the bill. ask unanimous consent that we vitiate The bill clerk read as follows: Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous action on S. 4462. A resolution (S. Res. 743) supporting the consent that the bill be considered read The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without goals and ideals of National Retirement Se- a third time. objection, it is so ordered. curity Month, including raising public The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without awareness of the various tax-preferred retire- f ment vehicles, increasing personal financial objection, it is so ordered. literacy, and engaging the people of the The bill was ordered to a third read- ing and was read the third time. ORDERS FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, United States on the keys to success in 2020 achieving and maintaining retirement secu- Mr. MCCONNELL. I know of no fur- rity throughout their lifetimes. ther debate on the bill. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I There being no objection, the Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there ask unanimous consent that when the proceeded to consider the resolution. further debate on the bill? Senate completes its business today, it Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous Hearing none, the bill having been adjourn until 4:30 p.m., Monday, Octo- consent that the resolution be agreed read the third time, the question is, ber 5; further, that following the pray- to, the preamble be agreed to, and that Shall the bill pass? er and pledge, the morning hour be the motions to reconsider be consid- The bill (H.R. 2359) was passed. deemed expired, the Journal of pro- ered made and laid upon the table with Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous ceedings be approved to date, and the no intervening action or debate. consent that the motion to reconsider time for the two leaders be reserved for The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without be considered made and laid upon the their use later in the day; finally, that objection, it is so ordered. table. following leader remarks, the Senate The resolution (S. Res. 743) was The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without proceed to executive session for the agreed to. objection, it is so ordered. consideration of the Newman nomina- The preamble was agreed to. f tion. (The resolution, with its preamble, is The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without IDENTIFYING BARRIERS AND BEST printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- objection, it is so ordered. PRACTICES STUDY ACT mitted Resolutions.’’) f f Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Com- FLOODS ACT mittee on Veterans’ Affairs be dis- ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I charged from further consideration of OCTOBER 5, 2020, AT 4:30 P.M. ask unanimous consent that the Com- H.R. 4183 and the Senate proceed to its Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, if mittee on Commerce, Science, and immediate consideration. there is no further business to come be- Transportation be discharged from fur- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without fore the Senate, I ask unanimous con- ther consideration of S. 4462 and that objection, it is so ordered. sent that it stand adjourned under the the Senate proceed to its immediate The clerk will report the bill by title. previous order. consideration. The bill clerk read as follows: There being no objection, the Senate, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The A bill (H.R. 4183) to direct the Comptroller at 4:31 p.m., adjourned until Monday, clerk will report the bill by title. General of the United States to conduct a October 5, 2020, at 4:30 p.m.

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