E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 113 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

Vol. 159 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 No. 8 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause 8, taught that leaders should never ask called to order by the Speaker. rule XX, further proceedings on this others to do anything that they them- f question will be postponed. selves would be unwilling to do. Con- The point of no quorum is considered gress needs to set an example and lead PRAYER withdrawn. the way for the country. I think ending The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick f the congressional pension system is a J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: good start. God of Heaven and Earth, we give PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE My legislation will honor any retire- You thanks for giving us another day. The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman ment benefits accrued prior to the pas- We ask Your blessing upon the Mem- from Colorado (Mr. COFFMAN) come for- sage of this bill and will keep Social bers of the people’s House during these ward and lead the House in the Pledge Security and the Thrift Savings Plan opening days of the first session of the of Allegiance. in place for Members of Congress. 113th Congress. Mr. COFFMAN led the Pledge of Alle- I believe that Members of Congress Bless the Members of this assembly giance as follows: should feel the same economic pres- sures the rest of society does, and I with wisdom; inspire them to act with I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the justice; and empower them to work to- United States of America, and to the Repub- firmly believe that the current effort ward legislative solutions to the many lic for which it stands, one nation under God, to reduce spending and constrain the challenges facing our Nation. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. size and scope of government requires Bless all the people of our Nation as f that all possible solutions be taken, in- they return to their homes following cluding cuts to the congressional budg- the celebrations of the past few days. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER et. May the work of their hands issue The SPEAKER. Under clause 5(d) of I urge the passage of this bill. forth to the betterment of their own rule XX, the Chair announces to the f lives and the strength and vitality of House that, in light of the resignation IN HONOR OF PAT COLLINS of the gentlewoman from Missouri their communities. (Mr. GARCIA asked and was given (Mrs. Emerson), the whole number of And may all that is done this day be permission to address the House for 1 the House is now 432. for Your greater honor and glory. minute and to revise and extend his re- Amen. f marks.) f ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to THE JOURNAL honor a dedicated educator, a true The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- Miami treasure, a man who inspired me The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- tain up to five requests for 1-minute and many others, Mr. Pat Collins. ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- speeches on each side of the aisle. Mr. Collins has been a social studies ceedings and announces to the House f teacher and a department head at his approval thereof. Belen Jesuit Preparatory School since Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- ENDING THE CONGRESSIONAL PENSION 1971. Currently teaching AP U.S. Gov- nal stands approved. ernment and Politics and U.S. Govern- Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, pur- (Mr. COFFMAN asked and was given ment, Mr. Collins moderates Belen’s suant to clause 1, rule I, I demand a permission to address the House for 1 chapter of Amnesty International. Pat vote on agreeing to the Speaker’s ap- minute and to revise and extend his re- is instrumental in the success of Belen proval of the Journal. marks.) Jesuit’s model United Nations pro- The SPEAKER. The question is on Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, today gram, founded the overseas study pro- the Speaker’s approval of the Journal. I’m introducing legislation to put an gram in 1994, and teaches civic respon- The question was taken; and the end to the defined benefit retirement sibility to his students. Speaker announced that the ayes ap- plan currently available to Members of A charter member of the U.S. Histor- peared to have it. Congress. ical Society, Pat has received numer- Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I ob- These are extremely difficult eco- ous awards, including the Cornell Uni- ject to the vote on the ground that a nomic times. We are in a debt crisis versity Outstanding Educator and the quorum is not present and make the that will require sacrifices on the part Close Up Foundation’s Linda Myers point of order that a quorum is not of all Americans. I served in both the Chozen Award for teaching excellence present. U.S. Army and Marine Corps, and I was in civics.

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The Institute for Wom- permission to address the House for 1 en’s Policy Research found that wage 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROE V. minute.) disparity will cost women anywhere WADE Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Speaker, let me from $400,000 to $2 million over a life- (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given rise to announce bipartisan legislation time of lost wages. That means fewer permission to address the House for 1 that my good friend and colleague, resources to pay the mortgage, to send minute.) TERRI SEWELL, and I are introducing kids to college, or to have a decent re- Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the four little girls that tirement. Also, due to rising employ- today to commemorate the 40th anni- were killed in the bombing of the 16th ment rates, an unprecedented number versary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Street Baptist Church in Birmingham of women are now the family bread- Supreme Court decision that formally with the Congressional Gold Medal. winners, making pay equity even more recognized a woman’s right to make This year marks the 50th anniversary critical, not simply to family economic decisions regarding her own reproduc- of this pivotal event in the history of security but also to the Nation’s eco- tive health care. the civil rights movement, which less nomic recovery. On January 22, 1973, this monumental than a year later resulted in the pas- As we look for ways to create more decision came as a result of decades of sage of the Civil Rights Act. We know jobs and grow the economy, it is as- relentless activism and litigation on today that the evil that occurred in tounding to me that Congress has not the part of great women advocates; but this place of God on September 15, 1963, yet passed legislation ensuring equal today, there are still those who would galvanized the conscience of the Nation pay for equal work. It is a powerful pol- prefer to roll back these fundamental and led to the passage of laws to ensure icy with what would be powerful and rights and turn the clock back on wom- equal rights for every American. positive economic outcomes. That is en’s health care. We’ve seen them use The innocent young children killed why I support the Paycheck Fairness the same tactics over and over again in the bombing—Addie Mae Collins, Act. It ensures that employers who try during the last 40 years. In fact, ac- Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley, and to justify paying a man more than a cording to the Guttmacher Institute, Denise McNair—were eulogized as mar- woman for the same job must show more than 40 laws were passed to re- tyred heroines by Dr. Martin Luther that the disparity is not sex-based, but strict access to abortion in 19 States King, Jr., and it is fitting and proper job-related and necessary. It prohibits just this past year. that this Congress recognize the his- employers from retaliating against em- That’s why, as we commemorate the toric significance of their lives. ployees who discuss or disclose their 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, it is Ironically, they were studying about own salary information with their co- more important than ever to commit the love and forgiveness of God at the workers, and it strengthens the rem- ourselves to protecting these basic time of their death. Let us be mindful edies available to wronged employees. rights and to ensure that women across that despite this act of violence and Pay inequity due to gender discrimi- our country have full control over the killing of a young 16-year-old black nation is real, and it should not be tol- their personal well-being and health boy and 14-year-old black boy the same erated. The House of Representatives and that they retain access to any day, the civil rights leaders were com- should address this issue. health care services they require. mitted to nonviolence, and they kept f true to that commitment. NO BUDGET, NO PAY f Despite the violence done to them, (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina they showed forgiveness against the NO BUDGET, NO PAY people, and our colleague JOHN LEWIS asked and was given permission to ad- (Mr. MCCLINTOCK asked and was and others helped us avoid, by their dress the House for 1 minute and to re- given permission to address the House commitment to nonviolence, the ca- vise and extend his remarks.) for 1 minute.) lamities and replaying of grievances Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, the that have destroyed the fabric of many Speaker, the primary reason the gov- House is poised to pass H.R. 325 today. other countries. To them, we should be ernment is in economic turmoil and is I respect the sincerity of its sup- eternally grateful. destroying jobs is due to a lack of fis- porters, but I must firmly dissent. In closing, let this legislation bring cal responsibility. This bill accommodates spending at us together. I commend your support The House has fulfilled the most ruinous levels far beyond the limits set for it, and I ask for your cosponsorship. basic responsibility of governing and passing a budget. On the other hand, by the House budget. It sets a terrible f the liberal-controlled Senate has failed precedent by abolishing the debt limit b 0910 to complete a budget for nearly 4 for nearly 4 months, giving an unlim- years. Hardworking American families ited credit card to this administration. PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT and small businesses plan to spend I think Members will be stunned by the (Ms. ESHOO asked and was given per- within their means and abide by a borrowing that this moratorium makes mission to address the House for 1 budget. The Federal Government possible. Certainly, thousands of dol- minute and to revise and extend her re- should do so as well. lars of new debt will be heaped on marks.) Today, House Republicans will con- every household in America. Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, consider sider legislation aimed at putting this House Republicans have passed two the following: if the United States had fiscal irresponsibility to a halt by vot- budget plans that put our Nation back an adopted policy of equal pay, it ing on the No Budget, No Pay Act. This on a path toward fiscal solvency. If the would put $200 billion more into the bill will raise the debt ceiling for 3 debt limit were increased within that economy every year. That comes out to months with the provision that both trajectory at 2-month intervals, it about $137 for every white woman per Houses of Congress must pass a budget. would require only small and incre- paycheck and to approximately $300 for If either body fails to achieve the task, mental reforms each time. That would every woman of color, who is doubly the Members’ pay will be withheld. both avert default now and the fiscal discriminated against. These women It is past time to hold the President crisis that we are fast approaching. I are not going to put their money into and the liberal-controlled Senate ac- believe that it is achievable and far a Cayman Islands bank account. In- countable for out-of-control spending. preferable to the bill to be voted on stead, they’ll spend it; and this will If hardworking Americans strive to today.

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Mr. Speak- ing minority member of the Committee on GUN CONTROL er, this year marks the 50th commemo- House Administration; and (2) one motion to ration of the city of Birmingham’s piv- (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given recommit with or without instructions. otal role in the civil rights movement. permission to address the House for 1 The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. We are declaring 2013 as the Year of minute.) WOMACK). The gentleman from Texas is Birmingham in order to honor the his- Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, after recognized for 1 hour. toric events that occurred in our city the massacre of 20 children and six edu- Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I yield in 1963. The city of Birmingham serves cators in Connecticut, we’ve heard the the customary 30 minutes to my friend, as a reminder to the rest of the world predictable rantings of people who are the gentleman from Worcester, Massa- that, out of despair, there is hope and convinced beyond all reason and evi- chusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN), pending that justice does, indeed, prevail. dence that the Federal Government in- which I yield myself such time as I My good friend Congressman SPEN- tends to take their guns away. may consume. All time yielded is for CER BACHUS and I, along with the en- I am sad that they have succumbed the purpose of debate only. to the fear-mongering of the National tire Alabama delegation, plan to ask GENERAL LEAVE this august body to bestow, on a bipar- Rifle Association and others who really Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I ask tisan basis, its highest civilian honor, only want to sell more guns. It’s more unanimous consent that all Members the Congressional Gold Medal, to the than sad. Frankly, it’s dangerous when may have 5 legislative days in which to four little girls who tragically lost a government leader stoops to the revise and extend their remarks on H. their lives during the 1963 bombing of same fear-mongering for political pur- Res. 39. the 16th Street Baptist Church. We be- poses. lieve it is befitting that during this Last week, Senate Minority Leader The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there year, 2013, we posthumously pay trib- MITCH MCCONNELL’s campaign sent out objection to the request of the gen- ute to Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wes- an email titled, ‘‘Watch out. They’re tleman from Texas? ley, Carole Robertson, and Denise Coming for Your Guns.’’ Among the There was no objection. McNair, for they have truly paid the email’s dishonest claims was this bla- Mr. SESSIONS. Today’s debate is ultimate sacrifice. tant distortion: about one very simple but profoundly They are, indeed, emblematic of so President Obama is spelling out the 23 dif- important goal, Mr. Speaker, and that many citizens of Birmingham who lost ferent executive orders he will take to get is restoring our vibrant economy by re- their lives for the cause of freedom. your guns. ducing the crippling weight of the They represent all of those citizens and Those 23 executive actions are so growing debt caused by our Federal all of those who fought so hard and modest that even gun rights activists Government. courageously, black and white, to have said they have no problem with In the coming months, we face a make sure that we in this Nation hold them. In fact, many of them reflect string of deadlines that will force Con- up its ideals of equality for all. proposals made by the NRA. gress and the administration to address I ask that this august body work Even if we give Senator MCCONNELL the fundamental challenge of our tril- with SPENCER BACHUS and the entire the benefit of the doubt as to whether lion-dollar deficit and its mounting ef- Alabama delegation to bipartisanly he actually knew what his campaign fect on our economy and jobs in Amer- support and bestow upon them the Con- manager was putting out, he is respon- ica. We’ve already exceeded $16 trillion gressional Medal of Honor. sible, as we all are, for what our em- in debt, and Republicans find this debt f ployees do in our name. I call on Sen- level absolutely unacceptable and that ator MCCONNELL to apologize to his is why we are here today. By contrast, NO BUDGET, NO PAY supporters, some of whom are my con- President Obama seems to be perfectly (Mrs. BLACK asked and was given stituents, for stoking totally irrational comfortable with the idea of reaching permission to address the House for 1 and unjustifiable fear. $23 trillion, which is where we’ll be at minute and to revise and extend her re- f the end of his second term if we con- marks.) tinue his policies in that direction. Mrs. BLACK. Mr. Speaker, as a char- b 0920 While $16 trillion in debt is stifling ter member of the Fix Congress Now PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION our economy, $23 trillion would crush Caucus and as an early supporter of No OF H.R. 325, NO BUDGET, NO PAY it. It would crush the dreams and hopes Budget, No Pay, I am very excited that ACT OF 2013 and aspirations of our great Nation and the people who will certainly follow us, this legislation will be voted on in the Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, by di- House later today. our children and our grandchildren. rection of the Committee on Rules, I That’s why, today, we’re considering We on the House Budget Committee call up House Resolution 39 and ask for work hard to pass a responsible budget this rule and the underlying bill in its immediate consideration. order to reverse this course. Our great each year, but the Democrat-controlled The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- Speaker, JOHN BOEHNER, and our ma- Senate refuses to do the same. In fact, lows: it has been nearly 4 years since the jority leader, ERIC CANTOR, are pleased Senate has passed a budget. Since that H. RES. 39 that this bill is on the floor today to time, the Federal Government has Resolved, That upon the adoption of this discuss not just this important activity racked up annual deficits exceeding $1 resolution it shall be in order to consider in with our Members of Congress, but to the House the bill (H.R. 325) to ensure the let the American people know we are trillion; and, in total, more than $5 complete and timely payment of the obliga- trillion has been added to our national tions of the United States Government until serious about what needs to be done to debt in just 4 years. If we stay on our May 19, 2013, and for other purposes. All save this country from this crippling current path of record deficits, big gov- points of order against consideration of the debt. ernment and unfunded entitlement pro- bill are waived. The amendment printed in We will use the upcoming weeks and grams, Greece’s present will be Amer- the report of the Committee on Rules accom- the looming deadlines before us as a ica’s future. panying this resolution shall be considered means to enacting a more meaningful A massive debt crisis is surely not as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be and lasting reform so that we can begin considered as read. All points of order the future we want for our children or against provisions in the bill, as amended, to grapple with this skyrocketing debt. our grandchildren. Fiscal responsi- are waived. The previous question shall be At the same time, today’s rule and the bility and accountability in the Halls considered as ordered on the bill, as amend- underlying bill will allow us to turn up of Congress cannot wait. Today, we ed, and on any amendment thereto to final pressure on the Senate to join the

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:11 Jan 24, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JA7.004 H23JAPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H228 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 23, 2013 House in offering real solutions. To- to prevent Members of the House and in our economy and help create more gether, these actions will help to re- the Senate from giving themselves a jobs and help create more opportunity ignite our engines to grow our econ- pay raise without first standing before for people. omy and to restore discipline and ac- the voters. You know, one of the things I have countability to our Federal budget. This bill upholds both the letter and heard from Republicans and Democrats The first of the looming deadlines we the spirit of the 27th Amendment. It who I’ve bumped into at all types of oc- face is the debt ceiling limit. The un- would not change a Member’s rate of casions, they may have differences on derlying bill would temporarily sus- compensation in any way; they just our tax policy, they may have dif- pend this limit so that we have the op- don’t get to collect it until they do ferences on our economic policy, but portunity to craft comprehensive re- their jobs. And until they get their the one thing that everybody seems to forms without risking default on the work done, we simply cannot adopt a agree on is that Congress ought to pro- debt that our Nation has incurred. permanent extension to that debt ceil- vide certainty. And this is anything Risking default would be counter- ing. but certainty, because what we are productive to our Republican agenda of This body will work to ensure that doing today, thanks to the Republican restoring economic growth, getting our the Senate performs the most basic of leadership, is to bring a short-term ex- fiscal house in order, and ensuring that tasks to pass a budget, and we’ll do our tension of the debt ceiling to the floor, we do not burden future generations job also. We will continue to work for which means that they have decided, with intolerable debt. meaningful entitlement and spending once again, to play partisan politics We will not risk the full faith and reforms to take us beyond our current with the debt ceiling. credit of the United States, but neither cycle of crisis and deadlines in favor of This is a bad idea. This is not the will we compromise a long-term exten- long-term solutions. As we do all of way a mature governing body ought to sion of this debt ceiling without slash- this in order to invigorate our economy behave. We ought to do our job. ing wasteful Federal spending, enact- and put our Nation back to prosperity Next month the United States will ing meaningful entitlement reform, for ourselves and for future genera- hit the debt ceiling and, without ac- and ending the era of trillion-dollar tions, I urge my colleagues to support tion, the United States will default on deficits. By taking this temporary ac- this rule and the underlying legisla- its debts. Now, the last time the Re- tion, we are keeping the focus where it tion. publican leadership played this dan- needs to be: resolving the coming de- I reserve the balance of my time. gerous game of economic Russian rou- bates on sequestration, the expiring Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I lette, they threatened the full faith continuing resolution, and the fiscal thank the gentleman from Texas, the and credit of the United States for the year 2014 budget through fiscal dis- new chairman of the Rules Committee, first time in our history. For some rea- cipline and entitlement reform. Sus- Mr. SESSIONS, for yielding me the cus- son they seem hell-bent on doing it pending the debt ceiling until May 19 tomary 30 minutes. again. provides the House and the Senate with I yield myself such time as I may We need to be clear about one thing. much-needed time to pass a budget and consume. The debt limit is not about new spend- then consider how best to deal with the (Mr. MCGOVERN asked and was ing, it’s not about increasing the def- sequester. given permission to revise and extend icit. The debt limit is simply the way The underlying bill also takes action his remarks.) Congress pays for things that we have to ensure that the Senate becomes an Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, first already bought, things like the wars in active partner, which we want and need of all, let me say to my colleagues, Iraq and Afghanistan, by the way, that and the American people, I think, ex- both Democratic and Republican col- my friends on the other side continue pect, in our efforts to reform Federal leagues, that they ought to vote to insist that we don’t pay for; it just spending. For nearly 4 years, the Sen- against this rule. The bill before us goes on a credit card. Things like the ate has failed to meet its most basic today was not the product of delibera- Medicare prescription drug benefit that obligation: passing a budget. During tion in either the Ways and Means was not paid forward that my friends this time, the Senate has collected its Committee or the House Administra- on the other side of the aisle cham- own paychecks despite being derelict tion Committee. There were no hear- pioned, things that the Republicans in its most important duty. ings. It was brought before the Rules have voted for over and over and over In the private sector, there are con- Committee last night, and not a single again. sequences for failing to do one’s job. amendment was made in order. This is Now, we can and we should have an This resolution will impose the same a closed rule. open and thoughtful debate about our accountability on Members of Congress spending priorities and our deficit. 0930 that private sector workers face. Oh, b That is what we’re supposed to do. But yes, and we’re putting that same obli- So if my friend from Texas wants to playing games with the debt limit, gation on the House as we would want usher in a new policy of openness in threatening to default, should not be them to accept in the Senate. That is, this Congress, we should have had this an option. But that’s just what the bill if you don’t get your work done, you rule open so that Members could have before us does. It, once again, kicks the don’t get paid. an opportunity to express themselves can down the road. The power of the purse is the most and to have their viewpoints made Now, instead of passing a clean, long- fundamental duty the Constitution known. But, again, it is a completely term debt ceiling bill, one that could places upon Congress. For far too long, closed rule. ensure that America doesn’t default on this power has not been wielded with So this rule should be defeated. It its debt and obligations, the Repub- the discipline and accountability nec- should go back to the Rules Com- licans have chosen to bring a bill up essary to do so responsibly and mittee. We ought to come back with that would put us right back in the sustainably. There are a host of chal- something that allows this Chamber to same place that we’re in now in May, 3 lenges that must be addressed, but the be able to do its deliberation. months from now. entire process begins with a joint budg- And Mr. Speaker, we ought to be here So what’s next, Mr. Speaker? A 3- et resolution. As long as the Senate is today to raise the debt ceiling, not be- week extension of the debt ceiling? unwilling or unable to do its job, our cause we like the idea of raising the Three days? Three hours? efforts in the House to deliver real so- debt ceiling, but because that’s the My Republican friends go on and on lutions to the American people will right thing to do. It is the right thing about how the business community continue to be impeded. to do for our country and for our econ- needs and deserves certainty from Some have questioned whether the omy. Washington, but treating the full faith action we are taking is constitutional. It is the right thing to do for the and credit of the United States like The 27th Amendment of the Constitu- businesses of this country, so that they just another political talking point is tion prohibits legislation that varies have some certainty that we will not no way to create certainty. the salary of Members of the current default on our debts. And if they had How ironic, Mr. Speaker, that the Congress. This provision was intended that certainty, they would then invest Republican Party, the party that took

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It icy. pay its bills. doesn’t cut job creation enough. I reserve the balance of my time. The same group of people that got us There are people on the other side of [From the Washington Post, Jan. 22, 2013] into this mess are now telling us that the aisle, Mr. Speaker, who are using REID SAY’S HE’S PLEASED WITH HOUSE GOP’S they want to get us out of this mess. this not as an opportunity to balance ‘CLEAN DEBT CEILING BILL’ The fact is, on the issue of the deficit our budget, but they’re using this as an (By Rosalind S. Helderman) and on the issue of the debt, my friends opportunity to gut government, to end Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D– on the other side of the aisle, I do not the public sector. They see this as their Nev.) praised House leaders Tuesday for mov- believe, have any credibility. opportunity. And as a result, we have ing ahead with a bill that would give the You know, there’s an old show busi- this uncertainty. And as a result, the government borrowing authority into May, ness saying, Mr. Speaker: you got to American people pay the price. As a re- without demanding deep spending cuts in re- have a gimmick. And my Republican sult, this economy is not recovering as turn. He said Democrats will discuss in coming friends never cease to disappoint me. quickly as it needs to be. days how to deal with a House provision, at- They always have a gimmick. They be- I would urge my colleagues to vote tached to the bill, that would require the lieve in government by gimmicks. And ‘‘no’’ on this rule, this closed rule. This Senate to adopt a budget for the first time in this No Budget, No Pay bill is another is not the way we should begin this ses- four years or see their pay docked. He said gimmick. sion. he would be meeting with the Senate Budget Let’s kind of play this out. What Mr. Speaker, I would urge my col- Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D– their bill says is if the House doesn’t leagues on the other side of the aisle, Wash.) to discuss the Republicans’ ‘‘no budg- pass a budget bill by April 15, we don’t enough of the gimmicks. It’s time to et, no pay provision.’’ ‘‘I’m very glad that they’re going to send get paid. If the Senate doesn’t pass a get serious about doing the people’s us a clean debt ceiling bill,’’ Reid told re- budget bill by April 15, they don’t get business, and this is not doing the peo- porters. ‘‘The other stuff on it, we’ll ap- paid. ple’s business. proach that when we need to. But I’m glad Now, I have no doubt that they have I reserve the balance of my time. we’re not facing crisis here in the matter of the votes to ram whatever they want Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I will a few days.’’ through the House of Representatives, insert into the RECORD an article from The government hit the $16.4 trillion debt and I expect that they will bring us yet The Washington Post dated January 22, ceiling in December. The Treasury Depart- another budget bill that has the same 2013. ment has been using extraordinary measures Mr. Speaker, I’d like to now discuss, to extend the limit but has said that if Con- extreme, excessive spending cuts in gress doesn’t act to raise the limit by the programs that benefit the middle class if I can, this Washington Post article end of February, the United States will be and poor that they brought before us which is out today, which says the Sen- unable to meet its spending obligations and last year. So I think they will bring a ate Majority Leader HARRY REID will default. bill to the floor. praised House leaders for moving ahead Republicans had been threatening to refuse And let’s say the Senate does bring a with a bill that would give the govern- to raise the limit unless Democrats offered budget bill to the floor and they pass ment borrowing authority into the fu- deep entitlement cuts in return. They an- it. This bill does not require that there ture. nounced a new strategy Monday: Suspend He further said that he not only is the debt ceiling until May 19, while pres- be a conference report that is voted on suring the Senate to adopt a budget. The by both the House and the Senate as a very glad that we’re going to send a House will vote on the temporary lifting of condition of whether or not Members clean debt ceiling bill, but that he felt the debt ceiling on Wednesday. get paid. like it would be good for the Senate to Reid stopped short of saying the Senate So, again, this is not a solution. be able to take up this action. would adopt the measure without changes if What this is just more political games- Well, Mr. Speaker, what we’re trying it passes the House on Wednesday. But by manship. You pass something in the to do is to empower those things that characterizing the House bill as a ‘‘clean’’ in- House that may be totally irreconcil- we know this institution, the House crease in the nation’s borrowing limit—a and the Senate—where we work closer longtime demand of the White House and able, something that will never be able Democrats—he suggested its passage in the to be conferenced with the Senate. Sen- together, where we both do our work. Senate will not be difficult. ate, you pass whatever you want, it And yesterday, the gentleman rep- ‘‘I’m happy they sent us a debt ceiling not doesn’t have to be conferenceable with resenting the Ways and Means Com- tied to entitlement cuts and dollar-for-dollar the House, and there we are. And there mittee, Mr. RYAN, who’s also PAUL [cuts],’’ Reid said. ‘‘That’s a big step in the we are, 3 months from now, in the same RYAN, the chairman of the House Budg- right direction. The other stuff on it, Sen. position that we are in now. et Committee, in testimony said that Murray is going to be the spokesperson on You know, the way this should be he intended to make sure that he that for the next 24 hours or so. We’ll see would produce a bill exactly supporting how she wants to proceed.’’ done, and I know this is a radical idea, The result of the House action, he said, was but the way this should be done is the what we are trying to do here today, to buy time: ‘‘We have many months to work leadership of the Republican side and would bring that to the floor, and through this,’’ he said. should speak with the leadership of the would be faithful in doing that. Reid’s review was far more positive than Democratic side, and let’s see if we can Look, maybe people are upset that that of House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer kind of agree on a way to proceed. we’re putting their pay at risk. Maybe (D–Md.), who blasted the GOP measure as a There ought to be serious discussions. people are upset because it wasn’t their diversion tactic to reporters Tuesday. If I’ll also point out for my colleagues idea. But the bottom line is that PAUL House Speaker John A. Boehner (R–Ohio) has support from fellow Republicans, however, RYAN, JOHN BOEHNER, ERIC CANTOR, the and for those who are watching, there he can pass the bill Wednesday without the were a couple of occasions over the last Rules Committee, yesterday said we votes of House Democrats. year and a half where Speaker BOEHNER think it’s a good bill, and we were came very close to coming to agree- joined by HARRY REID, the Senate Ma- b 0940 ment with the White House on a bigger jority Leader. Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield deal. And on those two occasions the When the Senate Majority Leader myself such time as I may consume. Speaker walked away and said no after can agree with Republicans about a I’m glad the gentleman from Texas he came very close to saying yes. great direction to go that will empower agrees with HARRY REID. I hope he Why did he say no? the Senate and join with them in try- agrees with HARRY REID on more It had nothing to do with the Senate ing to make sure that we get our job things in the future. But the fact of the not having passed a budget resolution. done, I think that’s a rare day. I think matter is this show business before us It had everything to do with the fact that’s a good day when we can work to- does nothing other than postpone this

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And then nothing point, again, that despite what we tried and we’ll take it back next week. We’re else is required. There’s no require- to do, we said, Nobody’s talked about only going to work a couple of days so ment for a deal in order to get your this. There’s been no discussion on let’s rush it through and get it through pay. this. Let’s have an open rule. Let’s let and maybe by the time we get to 3 This is show business. And what we not just the people on our side but the months, something will have straight- should be doing is providing certainty people on the Republican side who’ve ened out. Or, more likely, Mr. Speaker, to the business community that we’re had no input here as well, let’s open it in 3 months we will have thought of an- not going to default on our obligations up and have a real debate and see other way that we can kick the can in 3 months. And we ought to come to- what’s going on here. down the road. gether and figure out a way to be able What is going on here? What’s going Now it’s important to note that this to get this budget in balance without on here, as my colleague points out, is is not an extension of debt limit. It is destroying the social safety net in this a circus of dubious constitutional va- a suspension of debt limit. That makes country. Again, the problem has al- lidity, frankly. Some people may say a difference, I think, as well, but we ways been—and let’s be clear about what they’re doing is okay. Other peo- didn’t get a chance to discuss that part this—as much as I get frustrated with ple say, Absolutely not. We certainly of it either. We did away with all no- the Senate, the problem on this is not should have had that decision before tions of regular order. I really thought the Senate. The problem is the rank- we got this far. What will the Senate the Plan B, as I’d said earlier—and I and-file Republicans in the House Re- do with it? Heavens to Betsy, I don’t don’t want anybody to miss this—that publican Conference who, every time know. They have to have 60 votes over bill was being written while the Rules the Speaker of the House goes to them there before they can get to anything. Committee was meeting. I know that with a deal, they say, No. They always It is the only legislative body in the all students of government, all the col- say it doesn’t cut deep enough, it world where 60 is the majority, not 51, leges and universities in this country, doesn’t eliminate programs that help as it is in every other legislature. they’re out there teaching people how the poor, it doesn’t eliminate programs So we’ve just reached, I think, a new America runs, how carefully and won- that help the middle class, it doesn’t low today. I am very depressed by the derfully put together it was by the eliminate programs that help create fact that the Constitution of the Founding Fathers, how our Constitu- jobs. Because the ultimate goal of so United States, which is very specific, tion is our guiding light. We just cele- many on the other side is not about a that the rules of the Congress, which brated that. Because without doubt, balanced budget. They don’t care about are extremely specific, are meaningless the President’s inaugural speech, based balanced budgets. They’re the ones who here. We have all these people on the so closely on the Declaration of Inde- took this balanced budget that Bill committees, people with expertise, and pendence and talking about the Con- Clinton had and turned it into one of wonderful staff. We can draw on re- stitution, made us understand that the worst deficits and debt in our coun- sources from all over probably the that is what we are here to uphold. And try. They don’t care about that. They world, not just America. But we’ve got indeed we all held up our hands and care about eliminating the public sec- plenty of them here just a block away. swore we would uphold it. tor. That’s what this is about. Three All the people we can talk to, all the But when it comes to a piece of legis- months? Please. Three months? What people we can ask, What is the mean- lation like this—and this is the same kind of certainty is that? ing of this? What will it do to the econ- as I said last night in the Rules Com- I yield such time as she may consume omy of the United States of America? mittee—it’s just lurching around and to the gentlewoman from New York Are we on the right track? Should we jerking around and coming up with any (Ms. SLAUGHTER), the distinguished be doing something different? Do we kind of crazy gimmick we can think of ranking member of the Rules Com- need a debt limit law? and making smart remarks. But I will mittee. What are we doing? Why can’t we tell you that kicking the can down the Ms. SLAUGHTER. I thank my col- have those kinds of discussions in this road for 3 more months is not a solu- league for yielding to me. And I want Congress ever again? It’s as though if tion. It gives us some breathing room. to continue what he was saying, de- we give them time to think about it But I don’t have any reason in the spite the fact I’ve got a greet speech and everybody has a chance to weigh in world to believe from past performance here. But it’s terribly important, I on it, then maybe we won’t be able to that the future is going to be any think, that we try to make the point move this the way we would like to and clearer for us. one more time that process here is play another ‘‘gotcha’’ game, which is Until the leaders of the House can turned upside down and is totally really what it comes down to. start to include the fellow Members in meaningless. So JOHN BOEHNER and I don’t care if The Washington Post the majority—because they have been PAUL RYAN and HARRY REID and the loves it. They’re probably so pleased to cut out as well—and the minority in Rules Committee all agree. That leaves see the fact that people believe there’s the legislative process, the regular out about 500 more people who have something in the fact that HARRY REID order will be little more than a dream. been sent here from the districts to said he liked it, which is not anything And today’s bill drops the majority’s represent what the people who live that’s been heard here lately, and that insistence that increasing the debt there think. they thought they would like it as limit be matched by cuts to Medicare This is not the first time this has well. But I don’t know what it is, and or reductions to education funding. happened. A couple of weeks ago, on I don’t think any of the rest of my That’s a step forward. But it doesn’t the fiscal cliff, we had a thing that Members did. And we certainly did not answer our questions. came up from nowhere called Plan B. yesterday in the Rules Committee. We My Democrat colleagues and I are JOHN BOEHNER liked that. I guess PAUL did not have the benefit of the knowl- eager to participate in the legislative RYAN liked that. I’m not sure what edge of any of the other Members of process for which we came to Wash- HARRY REID thought about that. The the Congress or the committee process, ington. And the American people are Rules Committee thought it was okay. which could have answered the ques- certainly eager—if not eager, maybe But the fact of the matter is that that tions for us that came up yesterday. desperate would be a better word—to bill was written while the Rules Com- In fact, all of us know where this see an end to the dysfunction in this mittee was in session. There are 13 of came from. Charles Krauthammer Congress. I hope that at some point the us on the Rules Committee. We love wrote a column in The Washington majority will realize that a completely the enormous power that we’ve got. Post. They maybe like that a whole partisan approach, which is what we’ve

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I think my col- ocrat colleagues and I will happily join gentlewoman from Michigan, CANDICE leagues on the Rules Committee would in the effort to craft the serious legis- MILLER, representing the House Ad- agree. So often we get so used to the lative answers our country needs, our ministration Committee; and the gen- controversy that if we can’t fight constituents deserve, and the world ex- tleman from the Ways and Means Com- about something, we start to wonder pects of us. mittee, Mr. RYAN—adequately not only what’s wrong, what’s wrong that we The bill before us today isn’t a serious solu- spoke about, Mr. Speaker, a five-page can’t fight about something. I’ll tell tion—it is a gimmick of dubious constitutional bill—five pages that we could not only you, Mr. Speaker, we’re going to have validity. The legislation is the product of a understand, but offer the idea, regard- that opportunity to fight. We don’t weekend retreat, and contains all the serious- less of who came up with the idea, that have that roadmap yet. Of course, the ness one would expect from such origins. represents what I hope will be and be- House has laid out its budget roadmap For the last year, the majority has alter- lieve will be more than 218 votes and I year after year after year after year. natively taken the full faith and credit of our think will be bipartisan. These ideas Certainly, the 2 years I’ve been here, Nation hostage and put forth extreme pro- don’t just belong to somebody and we the House has done its job—much to posals that do nothing to reduce our deficit in can’t share them—they belong to the the credit of my colleagues on both a balanced way. American people—about a way to move sides of the aisle—and passed a budget. In the process they have done away with forward, avoiding conflict, working to- This year, rumor has it the Senate is any notion of regular order. Just weeks ago, a gether, coming up with ideas that you going to do the same thing. so-called ‘‘Plan B’’ to the fiscal cliff was being can express with great confidence that This bill certainly puts an incentive written at the same time the Rules Committee we believe will work. in place for both the House and the was meeting—thus forcing us to debate a bill Yesterday, during the hearing, we Senate to get their job done, but how is no one had ever seen. also had some thoughtful conversation. it that we’re going to tackle those Now we meet to debate a bill that failed to I’d like to yield 5 minutes to the tough decisions that my friend from go through a single committee hearing before Rules Committee designee to Chairman New York, the ranking member of the landing on the Rules Committee desk yester- RYAN and the Budget Committee, the Rules Committee, talked about, those day afternoon. gentleman from Georgia (Mr. really difficult financial decisions, Under the process forged by the majority, WOODALL). talking about those obligations we the Rules Committee has become the place Mr. WOODALL. I thank my chairman have in the future that we have abso- where legislation is unveiled by the majority for yielding. lutely no plan or means to pay for. and brought to the floor 24 hours later, with no I used to come to this podium, Mr. How are we going to grapple with those input from their colleagues on the other side of Speaker, and say I’m just a House decisions? Well, I’ll tell you, I wish we the aisle. freshman, but this is what I think had gotten a big deal in the debt ceil- This is about as far away from regular order about things. I’m now a House sopho- ing debate of August of 2011. We got a as it gets. Until the leaders of the House start more. It’s been 2 years and 1 month step in the right direction, but we including their fellow members of the majority since I arrived here; and if you told me didn’t get it all done. I wish we had and minority in the legislative process, regular 2 years ago when I arrived that we were gotten it in the Joint Select Com- order will be little more than a dream. going to be bringing five-page pieces of mittee. We didn’t get it done. I wish we Mr. Speaker, today’s bill drops the majority’s legislation to this floor for up-or-down had gotten it in the fiscal cliff debate insistence that any increase in the debt limit votes by this body, I wouldn’t have be- of last year. We didn’t get it done. be matched by cuts to Medicare or reductions lieved it because I’ve watched the way But I believe—maybe it’s just a hope, to education funding. This is certainly a note- this House has operated for over a dec- Mr. Speaker—but I believe that if the worthy step forward. ade. Senate has the courage to lay out its But kicking the can down the road for three I see these bills—and Mr. Speaker, path for America—its path for Amer- months is not the solution that the American you’ve seen them too—these bills that ica’s budget and dealing with Amer- people deserve. If today’s legislation had been folks have to carry down here on a ica’s obligations—and if the House has crafted in the halls of Congress, with input dolly, those bills that they drop them the courage to lay out its vision for from both sides of the aisle, I believe that we down here on the rostrum with just a America, its vision of dealing with could be voting on a serious measure to pre- thump. Folks can’t read those bills; America’s obligations, that we’re going vent a debt-limit crisis and reduce our deficit folks can’t analyze those bills; folks to find that opportunity to come to- starting today. can’t digest those bills. But this one gether to make those decisions that My Democratic colleagues and I are eager that we have today deals with an in- have to happen. to participate in the legislative process, and credibly complicated topic, the debt Now, I hope I’m not speaking out of the American people are eager to see an end ceiling, an incredibly controversial school, Mr. Speaker, but I had a chance to the dysfunction in Congress. topic—how it is that the House and the for some constituents in town—some of I hope that at some point the majority will Senate get their business done—and my business leaders, some of the great realize that a completely partisan approach is yet we bring it in five pages that every entrepreneurs from my district, they’re a dead end. Meaningful solutions can only Member of this body has had a chance in town. I took them by to meet with come from negotiation and compromise with to read and digest, every Member of Speaker JOHN BOEHNER. I’ll tell you, I those on the other side of the aisle. this body. come from one of the most conserv- When the majority comes to that realization, We had a hearing on it in the Rules ative districts in the United States of my Democratic colleagues and I will happily Committee yesterday. And here on the America; Speaker JOHN BOEHNER is not join in the effort to craft the serious legislative floor today we’re going to debate this always the most popular name in my answers that our country needs and our con- bill not just with one committee of ju- district. But I brought them by to meet stituents deserve. risdiction, with the Ways and Means him because I wanted them to hear Committee getting time, but with two from him directly and he said this to b 0950 committees of jurisdiction, the Ways them, he said: We have real opportuni- Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I appre- and Means Committee getting time ties in divided government, real oppor- ciate the gentlewoman, the ranking and the House Administration Com- tunities to come together and do the member of the committee, who was mittee getting time. big things that matter; that only in di- very faithful and sat through not only You know, it’s unusual, Mr. Speaker, vided government can you bring to- the hearing yesterday, but offered her that we have a bill that the Speaker of gether the best ideas from both sides feedback to our speakers who came to the House has decided to bring forward, and put everybody’s fingerprint and the Rules Committee representing the that the majority leader of the Senate stamp of approval on them and do

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And if giving this 90-day extension so At this point, Mr. Speaker, I would This bill says if you don’t vote for that budgets can be passed gives him like to yield 2 minutes to the gen- the Ryan budget—because we know the that opportunity, I’ll do it. tleman from California (Mr. GEORGE votes are on the other side of the aisle A colleague of mine yesterday said, MILLER), the distinguished ranking to pass the Ryan budget—then we go ‘‘That stuck with me.’’ He said, ‘‘I’ve member of the Committee on Edu- back to putting the credit of the had people I respect a whole lot less cation and the Workforce. United States at risk. The last time ask me for a whole lot more.’’ (Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California the American people looked at the I have great respect for our Budget asked and was given permission to re- Ryan budget they rejected it over- Committee chairman, PAUL RYAN. I vise and extend his remarks.) whelmingly. Do you remember the have great respect for our Rules Com- Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. election of November, just a couple of mittee chairman, PETE SESSIONS. I Mr. Speaker and Members of the months ago? They rejected those cuts have great respect for the Speaker of House, at the end of the day when we in Medicare, those cuts in Medicaid, the House. If they tell me another 90 vote today, we will simply be voting to and the tax cuts for the wealthy. days is going to give us that oppor- kick the can down the road—which Yet all of this is being put back on tunity to do those big things I think we every Member of this House has told the table by holding the debt limit hos- on both sides of the aisle want to do, their constituents they no longer want- tage, holding the credit hostage, and I’m there. ed to do—but we will kick the can holding American jobs hostage. So if I support this resolution, Mr. Speak- down the road on the question of the you don’t vote for that budget, then er, and I hope folks will support the un- debt limit of the United States and they get to play with the debt limit derlying bill. whether or not the full faith and credit again. They get to play with the debt Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield of the United States will stand behind limit again. myself such time as I may consume. the bills that we owe the rest of the We have got big lifts to make be- I want to tell the gentleman from world, the businesses and our compa- tween now and then, folks. We have se- Georgia that I appreciate his many, nies, individuals, people’s retirement questration, we have tax reform, and many, many, many years working here plans. That’s all this bill does. Under we have a budget to write. Let’s just in Washington, not only as a Member some sort of camouflage about with- get down to business and do it. Just do of Congress, but his many years as a holding pay, what have you, they kick it. Don’t play with the credit of this congressional aide. So you have a per- the can down the road. country. Don’t play with people’s pen- spective here based on many, many You know, Americans are starting to sion plans. Don’t play with the interest years of service in Washington. But I realize that the economy is starting to rates that corporations have to pay to would just say that if someone were to recover after the devastation of the borrow. Don’t play with the interest tell me that the Republican leadership housing scandals, of the Wall Street rates that your local municipalities were to bring yet another closed rule scandals. Small businesses are starting have to pay to borrow for projects in to the floor, I’m sad to say that I’d re- to hire; spending over Christmas was their districts. spond: I’m not surprised. reasonably good; the stock market is This has got to stop. If you really be- This is a closed rule. This is a bill— at a 5-year high; the housing market is lieve that America is a great country, whether it’s five pages or a hundred coming back; builders are in fact build- if you really believe that we’re an pages, it doesn’t make any difference— ing new homes because of the demand international power, then we ought to that did not come out of a committee in housing. start acting like one, and the Congress process. The Ways and Means Com- of the United States ought to start act- b 1000 mittee didn’t hold hearings or a mark- ing like it. And 90-day extensions on up. The House Administration Com- All of a sudden, enter the Congress of the creditworthiness of the United mittee didn’t hold hearings or a mark- the United States and it says that States is not the picture you paint up. This did, as my colleague from New we’re going to put the full faith and when you’re an international power. York said, basically come out of your credit of the United States of America It has to stop. It has to stop. We can- retreat, and you hand a bill to all of us on a 90-day leash. We’re going to take not continue to go through this and here. What’s even more startling is the greatest economy in the greatest put all of this at risk and put this re- that you do not allow anybody, Demo- country with the greatest responsi- covery that is, in fact, happening at crats or Republicans, to amend it. bility in the world and we’re going to risk because of the actions of the ma- Completely closed. Completely closed. put them on a 90-day leash. jority here in this House, once again, Look, I would say to my colleagues How does a great country respond on to fool with the credit. on the other side of the aisle—espe- a 90-day leash? We know how it re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The cially the freshmen who campaigned on sponded last time the world saw this time of the gentleman has again ex- the platform of openness and trans- happen. We got downgraded in the pired. parency—you vote for this rule, you’re credit rating. That drove up the bor- Mr. MCGOVERN. I yield the gen- the problem. You’re the problem if you rowing cost of the United States. That tleman an additional 1 minute. vote for this rule. So I would again drove up the borrowing cost of corpora- Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. urge my colleagues, just on the process tions. That drove up the borrowing Do you want to shut down the govern- alone, this is not the way that we cost of counties and cities—the coun- ment? Have at it. I was here when it should proceed. ties and the cities that we represent. happened before. You’ll find all your The other thing I would remind my And we’re told again that should we constituents up close and personal. friends who are saying that somehow falter on the credit debt of the United You’ll get to know them. That’s a lot this is going to produce a result, this States, that we can expect a downgrade different. That’s a lot different action. doesn’t require a result. This requires and we can expect a further downgrade You want to go off with sequestration? the House to once again pass its budg- in cities and counties all over the coun- You don’t like the cuts that come up et—which, as we all know from last try, and somehow we’re supposed to be- with its substitute? Fine. We voted for year’s experience, represents the ex- lieve that this is a good plan. sequestration. You told the American treme of the extreme; I mean, it’s ir- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The people with your votes you were pre- reconcilable with the Senate—and the time of the gentleman has expired. pared to have sequestration if we didn’t Senate can pass whatever they want, Mr. MCGOVERN. I yield the gen- do the job. So you’ve got a lot of tough but it doesn’t require a finished prod- tleman an additional 2 minutes. votes to make. Don’t try to avoid them uct. What the American people want is Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. by holding the creditworthiness of the a finished product, not a gimmick to What this plan does is hold the jobs of United States at risk.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:11 Jan 24, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JA7.012 H23JAPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE January 23, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H233 It has got to stop, and it should stop President, and I think that gives us an Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I re- today on the floor of the House of Rep- opportunity to put a good foot forward serve the balance of my time. resentatives. We should say to the in this new Congress rather than one Mr. MCGOVERN. I yield 2 minutes to world that we are prepared to have this where we’re fighting, disagreeing, and the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. country pay the bills. The deficits have can’t get our act together. JACKSON LEE). been incurred by our actions. It has got The American people demand that we Ms. JACKSON LEE. I thank the gen- to stop today with a ‘‘no’’ vote against get things done. The American people tleman very much from Massachusetts, this legislation. are asking, hey, when possible, can you and I thank my friend from Texas. Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, as al- guys work together? Yes, we can. I would hope that all of us would ways, this floor is open to people who Today is the day where we can say, Mr. commit to doing our job. And I know have ideas. I’d like to say to the Amer- Speaker, people from Nebraska, people that my good friend recognizes that ican people and to my colleagues that from Texas, people from Ohio, people the Constitution in article I, section 8, are listening that the Republican lead- from all over this country, can you requires the Congress to have the ership has decided to bring this bill to work together? We’re trying to find a power to collect taxes and duties and the floor today. We have no clue ex- way, and I’m proud of that. And with to pay the debts, but also to be con- actly what date the United States ac- great respect to anybody who would cerned about the general welfare. tually needs to make sure that we pass disagree with that, we’re going to Really what the administration says this bill to avoid not paying our bills. stand behind our product today with a is that they support a long-term in- The Secretary of the Treasury is in ac- money-back guarantee—a money-back crease in the debt ceiling. And the rea- son why the people of the United tive notification with our leadership guarantee: if we don’t get our job done, States have not heard of this con- and the leadership of the Senate and we’re not going to take the pay. troversy is because the normal course perhaps all Members because of his I reserve the balance of my time. of business constitutionally is for the openness to speak about this in the Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield Congress to consult with the Treasury, press. myself 30 seconds. Let’s be clear. This We don’t know when that day is, and House is not open to new ideas. If it the Treasury to consult with the Con- because we don’t know when that day was, we would not be coming to the gress, and the debt ceiling is raised in a manner that protects the general is, that’s a good reason to begin work- floor with a bill that is a completely welfare of the American people. ing on ideas to see whether we can even closed rule so that Members cannot offer their ideas in the form of amend- But now we have a proposal that is pass this bill. I think we’re going to. I driven by polling and brinksmanship. think it’s going to be a bipartisan bill. ments. Secondly, their gimmick even has a This is not the way to run a country. I I don’t think everybody necessarily has gimmick to it. They say that if the heard a comedian some years ago say, the same concerns that the gentleman Senate doesn’t act or the House doesn’t What a great country. We are a great from California spoke of, but what act on a budget, they don’t get paid. country. I love America. The Constitu- we’re trying to do is work together. Really what they do is they get paid at tion emphasizes the greatness of this Conservative Republicans in our party the end of the year. So their pay is not Nation, but we don’t play politics with do support this bill. I support this bill taken away. something that is the ordinary course as a conservative Republican. Our This is show business. Instead of of business. Speaker, as a conservative Republican, show business and instead of gimmicks, Spending cuts is the responsible way supports this bill. we ought to be coming to the House to govern, but it is to govern in a way What it’s about is avoiding the prob- floor in a bipartisan way trying to fig- that we sit at the table of reconcili- lems of chaos, avoiding the problems of ure out how to solve some of these ation and we don’t break the backs of doing things at the last minute, avoid- budgetary problems. I regret very seniors who utilize Medicare and Social ing the problems of not addressing the much that this is the best we can do, Security and veterans benefits. What issue, and avoiding the problems where kicking the can down the road for 3 we do is we sit at the table and we un- the marketplace loses confidence in months. derstand how to deal with the oncom- what we’re doing. Mr. Speaker, at this point, I yield 1 ing issue of the deficit. How do we do Chairman PAUL RYAN, chairman of minute to the gentleman from Cali- that? We do it with growth. But the our Budget Committee, a bright young fornia (Mr. BERA). Constitution has nothing in here that leader for our country, forthrightly suggests, under this article, that we brought this idea to our conference and b 1010 are to do brinksmanship and do 2 has sold it. It’s the right thing to do. Mr. BERA of California. Mr. Speaker, weeks or 3 weeks or to May. What hap- We are trying to do here today the I rise to address Congress’ failure to pens in May, a crisis where we can’t right thing, talking with the American pass a responsible budget. pay our military? The debt ceiling is people, letting people see that we’re As an original cosponsor of H.R. 310, paying the debt, and I am troubled by moving forward to avoid conflict and the standalone and original No Budget, the fact that we would use this tactic. avoid problems. No Pay Act, I’m pleased to see the I want bipartisanship. In fact, some- So it was accomplished with this 5- 113th Congress begin to address our one who raises issues about the vulner- page bill, a 5-page bill which we will core obligations to pass a responsible able, like myself, has worked with my then have two committee chairmen, budget that not only honors the prom- Republican friends. I look forward to PAUL RYAN representing the Ways and ises that we have made to our parents do it. I’m an American. I believe in the Means committee, perhaps DAVE CAMP, and grandparents, but also secures a Constitution, but you do not raise the the chairman of the committee, and prosperous future for our children and debt ceiling in increments. The admin- CANDICE MILLER of House Administra- grandchildren. istration says, We won’t stop it, but we tion, work through meticulous, We can do this, but we must do so in want a long-term increase so that we thoughtful ideas that really are not a bipartisan way. The great Speaker of can begin the rebuilding of this Nation. difficult to get because it’s a 5-page the House, the Honorable Tip O’Neill, Growth, the Constitution, that’s bill. was able to work with President Ron- what we should be talking about, mak- We think we’re doing the right thing, ald Reagan to revamp our Tax Code ing America better. we think we’ve got the votes, and we and strengthen Social Security. The Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I yield think it’s going to provide this country Honorable Speaker Newt Gingrich was myself such time as I may consume. and the Senate and this administra- able to work with President Bill Clin- The gentlewoman from Houston, tion, us all working together, the right ton to not only balance our budget, but Texas, is absolutely correct. We do thing. So if you want to oppose it, I get to create a budget surplus. need long-term growth of our economy. that. I can understand the positions We can do this, but we must do so in We need jobs. We need job creation. We held. But passing the bill will be a posi- a bipartisan fashion, taking the best need to be able to reduce the debt of tive thing. It will offer working-to- ideas from both sides of the aisle, find- this country. gether relationships with the Senate. ing common ground, and moving for- The President is well aware, we’re It is supported and not opposed by the ward. well aware here in Congress that each

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:11 Jan 24, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JA7.013 H23JAPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H234 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 23, 2013 of the years that the President has Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, I doubt that the obligations of the United been our President he increased spend- very much that anyone in America is States are taken care of. We’re not try- ing. He wants a massive tax increase, sitting around today saying, I hope ing to stand in the way. Even the and we have a deficit. We have a deficit Congress sets up another fiscal cliff; I United States Senate majority leader of $1.3 trillion each of these years. hope they put us in a position again said, Great job, House. Thank you very We’re trying to work together. We’re where no one knows what’s going to much. We can work with this bill. We trying to, as the President said as he happen the next couple of months. can work with you. addressed a luncheon just an hour after We ought to listen, but that’s what Members of my party have said we he was sworn in, that he wants to learn we are doing with this bill. We should think this is a responsible way to begin from some of the things that he’s done listen to the President who said this: the process to avoid having to make and he wants to do better. Some of Unfortunately, Congress consistently difficult decisions at the very end. doing that better is a chance to per- brings the government to the edge of default We’ve laid out a process. Yesterday, haps reassess: Did I do the right thing before facing its responsibility. This the gentleman from Wisconsin, our brinksmanship threatens the holders of gov- young leader, PAUL RYAN, who is the the first time? Did I do the right thing ernment bonds, those who rely on Social Se- when I continue to raise taxes and de- curity and veterans benefits. Interest rates chairman of the House Budget Com- mand that we do that? would skyrocket, instability would occur in mittee, was asked in testimony, Will Higher taxes diminish jobs and op- financial markets, and the Federal deficit you produce your end of the bargain portunity and growth in this country, would soar. The United States has a special that is in here? Will you take care of and that’s why we are trying to suggest responsibility to itself and the world to meet your part with the knowledge that openly, Mr. President, let’s grow some its obligations. we’re counting on that? jobs. Let’s do the things I think that We should listen to this President. The Senate has said, as to their part are more in line with what President Ronald Reagan said this in 1986. In of the bargain, whether they pass this George W. Bush did, who is referred to 1986, the Congress listened to him, ex- bill or not, they can step up to the re- as No. 43 in Dallas, Texas. No. 43 had 60 tended the debt ceiling, and acted re- sponsibility. Those leaders have said, straight months of economic growth, sponsibly. So should we. This legisla- Yes, we think we can. with the underpinning of reducing tion sets up another fiscal cliff, an- It’s not perfect. By golly, I’m not taxes so that Americans would go and other financial nightmare, another sure what ‘‘perfect’’ is anymore be- work harder and see the incentive for problem for the American people that cause ‘‘perfect’’ may not get passed in creating jobs and would want to buy we should avoid. this House, but the fair and proper way into the philosophy that the harder I urge all Members to vote ‘‘no.’’ to handle things is so the American Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I re- that we work, our country benefits. people have confidence in what we’re serve the balance of my time, as I have The underpinnings of Social Security, doing, so the markets have confidence no additional speakers. of Medicare, of Medicaid, systems that in what we’re doing, and so the budget Mr. MCGOVERN. We have a gimmick are very important to our country; re- is handled. All of these things are before us that withholds pay if we ducing the number of people who have placed in a systematic order so that don’t pass a budget, but not if you to receive government assistance is our Members, the Members of this don’t get a deal. It doesn’t matter what happens when you have job body, can go home and communicate whether the budget is irreconcilable or growth; protecting the long-term inter- with people as to here is what we think partisan. Here is the other gimmick. It ests of this country and growing the is going to happen next. doesn’t really withhold anybody’s pay. American Dream. Avoiding problems is what Speaker It just delays when you get the check. BOEHNER and our great majority lead- The gentlewoman from Houston is The problem is not the United States er, ERIC CANTOR, are trying to do. They absolutely correct. And the method- Senate, I want to tell my friends. It is are bringing legislation to this floor ology towards getting there is not my friends on the other side of the that adequately begins the process be- higher taxes, and it is not higher aisle who do not want a deal, who want fore we get in trouble. It’s a 5-page bill. spending. It is giving more freedom and instead to basically annihilate and It’s ordered up exactly as the doctor opportunity. It is having a reduced size eviscerate the public sector. I say to would have wanted—in English, where of government, not a bigger govern- my friends, if you want to balance the you can understand it, where it doesn’t ment. It is giving people an oppor- budget, pay for your wars, pay for your take a legal degree or for you to have tunity to have fewer rules and regula- tax cuts, pay for your giveaways to the to be in the House for 30 years to figure tions, not more rules and regulations. very wealthy in this country. What is So the process that the Republican out what we’re trying to say. before us is not a solution. What we’re trying to say is right Party believes in deeply is the rights of I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no,’’ to here, and that is for the House and the individuals, freedom and opportunity, not kick the can down the road, to deal Senate to work together. We do a budg- and reducing the size of government, with the problems as we see them right et. We lay out to the American people which gives more people opportunities now. And I also urge my colleagues on what we’re trying to do. We work with to empower their freedom and oppor- both sides of the aisle, those especially the President, and we tell this adminis- tunity for their American Dream. who call for transparency, vote ‘‘no’’ tration and the government what we’re It’s part of what we’re doing here on this closed rule. This is a closed doing. The American people can have today. I think we believe and I think it rule. Nobody has an opportunity to confidence in this. works. Look at Texas and you will see offer any other ideas. This is not the I support this. In fact, as chairman of where we have job growth, job cre- way we should be dealing with budget the Rules Committee, I am asking for ation, a healthier economy than other issues. Vote ‘‘no’’ on this closed rule. places in the country, and an oppor- With that, I yield back the balance of our Members and all Members of this tunity to say we want more of it for all my time. body to please see this as a responsible of America. way to deal with the problems that are Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of b 1020 immediately in front of us but before it my time. Mr. SESSIONS. I yield myself the becomes a crisis, before it becomes Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, how balance of my time. something that we cannot deal with as much time do I have remaining? I appreciate my colleagues—the gen- effectively, and bringing the American The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. tleman, Mr. MCGOVERN; the ranking people along. TERRY). The gentleman from Massa- member of the committee, Ms. SLAUGH- I also want to thank the President of chusetts has 2 minutes remaining. TER; and those Democrat Members who the United States, President Obama, Mr. MCGOVERN. I yield 1 minute to came down to express themselves. I because President Obama said he could the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. also appreciate the Republicans who live with this. ANDREWS). came down to talk about this impor- I want to congratulate Senator (Mr. ANDREWS asked and was given tant issue. HARRY REID, the Senate majority lead- permission to revise and extend his re- Mr. Speaker, what we’re doing is de- er. Yes, I’ll say that here on the floor marks.) bating a bill, H.R. 325, that ensures because he says it’s the right thing to

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:11 Jan 24, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JA7.015 H23JAPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE January 23, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H235 do, and thank you for passing us a [Roll No. 26] Duckworth Lipinski Rahall Edwards Loebsack Rangel clean bill that will give them the au- YEAS—232 Ellison Lofgren Richmond thority and the responsibility to do Aderholt Gowdy Paulsen Engel Lowenthal Roybal-Allard what they really want to do—not play- Alexander Granger Pearce Enyart Lowey Ruiz ing hardball, not throwing rocks. As a Amash Graves (GA) Perry Eshoo Lujan Grisham Ruppersberger Amodei Graves (MO) Peters (CA) Esty (NM) Ryan (OH) matter of fact, Senator HARRY REID ´ ´ Bachmann Griffin (AR) Petri Farr Lujan, Ben Ray Sanchez, Linda said, A clean bill—a good thing. Now Bachus Griffith (VA) Pittenger Fattah (NM) T. it’s up to them. It’s up to them to take Barber Grimm Pitts Foster Lynch Sanchez, Loretta Barletta Guthrie Poe (TX) Frankel (FL) Maffei Sarbanes up their activities that are for us, and Fudge Maloney, Schakowsky it’s up to this House of Representa- Barr Hall Pompeo Barton Hanna Posey Gabbard Carolyn Schiff Gallego Maloney, Sean tives. Benishek Harper Price (GA) Schneider Garamendi Markey Schrader So, as we finish this, PAUL RYAN, the Bentivolio Harris Radel Garcia Matheson Schwartz Bilirakis Hartzler Reed young leader of the Ways and Means Grayson Matsui Scott (VA) Bishop (UT) Hastings (WA) Reichert AVE AMP Green, Al McCarthy (NY) Scott, David Committee, D C , and others Black Heck (NV) Renacci Green, Gene McCollum Serrano will be here debating these ideas. Im- Blackburn Hensarling Ribble Grijalva McDermott Sewell (AL) Bonner Herrera Beutler Rice (SC) mediately after that, you will see that Gutierrez McGovern Shea-Porter Boustany Holding Rigell CANDICE MILLER, the House Adminis- Hahn McIntyre Sherman Brady (TX) Hudson Roby Hanabusa McNerney Sinema tration chairwoman, will come and Bridenstine Huelskamp Roe (TN) Hastings (FL) Meeks Sires talk with this House and the American Brooks (AL) Huizenga (MI) Rogers (AL) Heck (WA) Meng Slaughter people about the responsibility that Brooks (IN) Hultgren Rogers (KY) Broun (GA) Hunter Higgins Michaud Smith (WA) she has to ensure that what we do is Rogers (MI) Himes Miller, George Speier Buchanan Hurt Rokita correct and proper. Then this body will Bucshon Issa Hinojosa Moore Swalwell (CA) Rooney Holt Moran Takano have a chance to vote ‘‘yes’’ or ‘‘no,’’ Burgess Jenkins Ros-Lehtinen Calvert Johnson (OH) Honda Murphy (FL) Thompson (CA) and that will be an authority and a re- Roskam Horsford Nadler Thompson (MS) Camp Johnson, Sam Ross sponsibility once again for PAUL RYAN, Campbell Jones Hoyer Napolitano Tierney Rothfus Israel Neal Titus as the chairman of our Budget Com- Cantor Jordan Royce Capito Joyce Jackson Lee Negrete McLeod Tonko mittee, and for those members of the Runyan Carter Kelly Jeffries Nolan Tsongas Ryan (WI) committee, Republicans and Demo- Cassidy King (IA) Johnson (GA) O’Rourke Van Hollen Salmon Chabot King (NY) Johnson, E. B. Owens Vargas crats, to do their work, get it done and Scalise Chaffetz Kingston Kaptur Pallone Veasey to produce a bill. We will then comply, Schock Coble Kinzinger (IL) Keating Pascrell Vela Schweikert but if we don’t: no work, no pay. That’s Coffman Kirkpatrick Kennedy Pastor (AZ) Vela´ zquez Scott, Austin something the American people can un- Cole Kline Kildee Payne Visclosky Sensenbrenner Collins (GA) Labrador Kilmer Pelosi Walz derstand. It’s simple. It goes back to Sessions Collins (NY) LaMalfa Kind Perlmutter Wasserman 1607: no work, no food. Shimkus Conaway Lamborn Kuster Peters (MI) Schultz Members of Congress need to under- Cook Lance Shuster Langevin Peterson Waters stand we’ve got to get our job done, so Cotton Lankford Simpson Larsen (WA) Pingree (ME) Watt Smith (NE) I’m proud of what we’re doing here Cramer Latham Larson (CT) Pocan Waxman Crawford Latta Smith (NJ) Lee (CA) Polis Welch today. I can stand behind this product Crenshaw LoBiondo Smith (TX) Levin Price (NC) Wilson (FL) and proudly say that I think this will Culberson Long Southerland Lewis Quigley Yarmuth Daines Lucas Stewart pass the smell test of the American Stivers NOT VOTING—6 people and that it’s something they Davis, Rodney Luetkemeyer Denham Lummis Stockman Ca´ rdenas Huffman Rush can understand and something they Dent Marchant Stutzman DeLauro Rohrabacher Young (AK) will look forward to. Watch us as we do DeSantis Marino Terry our job. DesJarlais Massie Thompson (PA) b 1050 Diaz-Balart McCarthy (CA) Thornberry I yield back the balance of my time, Duffy McCaul Tiberi Messrs. HOLT and RUIZ changed and I move the previous question on Duncan (SC) McClintock Tipton their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ the resolution. Duncan (TN) McHenry Turner Messrs. BACHUS, WILSON of South Ellmers McKeon Upton Carolina, and WHITFIELD changed PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY Farenthold McKinley Valadao Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I have Fincher McMorris Wagner their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ a parliamentary inquiry. Fitzpatrick Rodgers Walberg So the previous question was ordered. Fleischmann Meadows Walden The result of the vote was announced The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Walorski Fleming Meehan as above recorded. tleman will state his inquiry. Flores Messer Weber (TX) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, isn’t Forbes Mica Webster (FL) Wenstrup it true that no matter what happens Fortenberry Miller (FL) question is on the resolution. Foxx Miller (MI) Westmoreland The question was taken; and the with this bill that Members will get Franks (AZ) Miller, Gary Whitfield paid no matter what? Frelinghuysen Mullin Williams Speaker pro tempore announced that Gardner Mulvaney Wilson (SC) the ayes appeared to have it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Garrett Murphy (PA) Wittman RECORDED VOTE Chair cannot respond to that. It is not Gerlach Neugebauer Wolf a proper parliamentary inquiry. Gibbs Noem Womack Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I de- The question is on ordering the pre- Gibson Nugent Woodall mand a recorded vote. Gingrey (GA) Nunes Yoder A recorded vote was ordered. vious question. Gohmert Nunnelee Yoho The question was taken; and the Goodlatte Olson Young (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Speaker pro tempore announced that Gosar Palazzo Young (IN) 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic de- the ayes appeared to have it. NAYS—193 Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, on that vice, and there were—ayes 234, noes 190, Andrews Capps Cooper not voting 7, as follows: I demand the yeas and nays. Barrow (GA) Capuano Costa The yeas and nays were ordered. Bass Carney Courtney [Roll No. 27] The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Beatty Carson (IN) Crowley AYES—234 Becerra Cartwright Cuellar ant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, Bera (CA) Castor (FL) Cummings Aderholt Bentivolio Broun (GA) this 15-minute vote on ordering the Bishop (GA) Castro (TX) Davis (CA) Alexander Bilirakis Buchanan previous question will be followed by 5- Bishop (NY) Chu Davis, Danny Amash Bishop (UT) Bucshon Blumenauer Cicilline DeFazio Amodei Black Burgess minute votes on adoption of House Res- Bonamici Clarke DeGette Bachmann Blackburn Calvert olution 39, if ordered, and approval of Brady (PA) Clay Delaney Bachus Bonner Camp the Journal, if ordered. Braley (IA) Cleaver DelBene Barber Boustany Campbell Barletta Brady (TX) Cantor The vote was taken by electronic de- Brown (FL) Clyburn Deutch Brownley (CA) Cohen Dingell Barr Bridenstine Capito vice, and there were—yeas 232, nays Bustos Connolly Doggett Barton Brooks (AL) Carter 193, not voting 6, as follows: Butterfield Conyers Doyle Benishek Brooks (IN) Cassidy

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Watt Capps Kline Schneider Flores McCaul Simpson McNerney Sanchez, Loretta Waxman Carney Kuster Schock Forbes McClintock Smith (NE) Meeks Sarbanes Welch Carson (IN) Labrador Schrader Fortenberry McHenry Smith (NJ) Meng Schakowsky Wilson (FL) Carter LaMalfa Michaud Schiff Yarmuth Schwartz Foxx McKeon Smith (TX) Cartwright Lamborn Franks (AZ) McKinley Schweikert Southerland Cassidy Lankford Frelinghuysen McMorris NOT VOTING—7 Scott (VA) Stewart Castro (TX) Larsen (WA) Gardner Rodgers Ca´ rdenas Rush Young (AK) Scott, Austin Stivers Chabot Larson (CT) Garrett Meadows Davis, Danny Vargas Scott, David Stockman Chaffetz Levin Gerlach Meehan DeLauro Webster (FL) Sensenbrenner Stutzman Chu Lipinski Gibbs Messer Serrano Terry Cicilline Loebsack Gibson Mica ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Sessions Thompson (PA) Clay Lofgren Gingrey (GA) Miller (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Shea-Porter Thornberry Clyburn Long Gohmert Miller (MI) Sherman Tiberi the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Coble Lowenthal Goodlatte Miller, Gary Tipton Shimkus Gosar Moran ing. Cohen Lucas Turner Shuster Gowdy Mullin Cole Luetkemeyer Upton Simpson Granger Mulvaney b 1059 Collins (GA) Lujan Grisham Valadao Graves (GA) Murphy (PA) Collins (NY) (NM) Smith (NE) Wagner Graves (MO) Neugebauer So the resolution was agreed to. Connolly Luja´ n, Ben Ray Smith (NJ) Walberg Griffin (AR) Noem The result of the vote was announced Cook (NM) Smith (TX) Walden Griffith (VA) Nugent Cooper Lummis Smith (WA) Walorski as above recorded. Grimm Nunes Cramer Maffei Southerland Weber (TX) A motion to reconsider was laid on Guthrie Nunnelee Crenshaw Maloney, Sean Speier Wenstrup the table. Hall Olson Culberson Marino Stewart Westmoreland Hanna Palazzo Stated for: Daines Massie Stivers Whitfield Harper Paulsen Davis (CA) Matheson Stockman Williams Mr. WEBSTER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, on Harris Pearce Davis, Danny McCarthy (CA) Stutzman Wilson (SC) rollcall No. 27, I was unavoidably detained off Hartzler Perry DeGette McCarthy (NY) Swalwell (CA) Hastings (WA) Wittman of the House floor. Therefore, I was unable to Peterson DelBene McCaul Takano Heck (NV) Petri Wolf cast my vote on H. Res. 39 providing for con- DeSantis McClintock Thompson (PA) Hensarling Pittenger Womack sideration of the bill (H.R. 325). Had I been DesJarlais McHenry Thornberry Herrera Beutler Pitts Woodall Diaz-Balart McIntyre Tiberi Holding Poe (TX) Yoder present, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ McKeon Tierney Hudson Pompeo Yoho Doggett f McKinley Tipton Huelskamp Posey Young (FL) Doyle Titus Huizenga (MI) Price (GA) Young (IN) Duckworth McMorris THE JOURNAL Duncan (SC) Rodgers Tonko NOES—190 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Duncan (TN) McNerney Tsongas Ellison Meadows Upton Andrews Cohen Gallego finished business is the question on Ellmers Meng Van Hollen Barrow (GA) Connolly Garamendi agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of Engel Messer Vargas Bass Conyers Garcia the Journal, which the Chair will put Eshoo Mica Vela Beatty Courtney Grayson de novo. Esty Michaud Wagner Becerra Crowley Green, Al Farenthold Miller (FL) Walden Bera (CA) Cuellar Green, Gene The question is on the Speaker’s ap- Farr Miller (MI) Walorski Bishop (GA) Cummings Grijalva proval of the Journal. Fattah Miller, Gary Walz Bishop (NY) Davis (CA) Gutierrez Fleischmann Moran Wasserman Blumenauer DeFazio Hahn The question was taken; and the Fleming Mullin Bonamici DeGette Hanabusa Speaker pro tempore announced that Schultz Flores Mulvaney Brady (PA) Delaney Hastings (FL) Waters the ayes appeared to have it. Forbes Murphy (FL) Braley (IA) DelBene Heck (WA) Watt Mr. CHAFFETZ. Mr. Speaker, on Fortenberry Nadler Brown (FL) Deutch Higgins Waxman Brownley (CA) Dingell Himes that I demand the yeas and nays. Foster Neugebauer Weber (TX) Bustos Doggett Hinojosa The yeas and nays were ordered. Frankel (FL) Noem Webster (FL) Butterfield Doyle Holt The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Franks (AZ) Nugent Welch Capps Duckworth Honda Fudge Nunes Wenstrup Capuano Edwards Horsford 5-minute vote. Gabbard Nunnelee Westmoreland Carney Ellison Hoyer The vote was taken by electronic de- Gallego O’Rourke Whitfield Carson (IN) Engel Huffman vice, and there were—yeas 291, nays Garamendi Olson Williams Cartwright Enyart Israel Garcia Palazzo Wilson (FL) 129, answered ‘‘present’’ 2, not voting 9, Garrett Pascrell Castor (FL) Eshoo Jackson Lee Wilson (SC) as follows: Gerlach Payne Castro (TX) Esty Jeffries Wolf Gibbs Pearce Chu Farr Johnson (GA) [Roll No. 28] Womack Cicilline Fattah Gingrey (GA) Perlmutter Johnson, E. B. Yarmuth Clarke Foster Jones YEAS—291 Goodlatte Perry Yoho Clay Frankel (FL) Kaptur Aderholt Bachmann Barletta Gosar Peters (CA) Young (FL) Cleaver Fudge Keating Alexander Bachus Barr Gowdy Petri Clyburn Gabbard Kennedy Amodei Barber Barrow (GA) Granger Pingree (ME) Young (IN)

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NAYS—129 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DEBT CEIL- (c) PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR DEFINED.—In ING. Amash Hastings (FL) Neal this section, the ‘‘payroll administrator’’ of Andrews Heck (NV) Negrete McLeod (a) SUSPENSION.—Section 3101(b) of title 31, a House of Congress means— Bass Herrera Beutler Nolan United States Code, shall not apply for the (1) in the case of the House of Representa- Benishek Higgins Pallone period beginning on the date of the enact- tives, the Chief Administrative Officer of the Bishop (NY) Holt Pastor (AZ) ment of this Act and ending on May 18, 2013. House of Representatives, or an employee of Brady (PA) Honda Paulsen (b) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer Burgess Horsford Pelosi ISSUED DURING SUSPENSION PERIOD.—Effec- who is designated by the Chief Administra- Capuano Hoyer Peters (MI) tive May 19, 2013, the limitation in section tive Officer to carry out this section; and Castor (FL) Hudson Peterson 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, as in- (2) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary Clarke Huelskamp Poe (TX) creased by section 3101A of such title, is in- Cleaver Huffman Posey of the Senate, or an employee of the Office of Coffman Hunter creased to the extent that— the Secretary of the Senate who is des- Price (GA) (1) the face amount of obligations issued Conaway Israel Radel ignated by the Secretary to carry out this under chapter 31 of such title and the face Costa Jeffries Rahall section. Cotton Jenkins Reed amount of obligations whose principal and Courtney Johnson (OH) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Debate Reichert interest are guaranteed by the United States Crawford Johnson, E. B. Renacci Government (except guaranteed obligations shall not exceed 1 hour with 40 minutes Crowley Jordan Ribble held by the Secretary of the Treasury) out- equally divided and controlled by the Cuellar Joyce Rigell Cummings Keating standing on May 19, 2013, exceeds chair and ranking minority member of Roybal-Allard Davis, Rodney Kennedy (2) the face amount of such obligations the Committee on Ways and Means and DeFazio Lance Ryan (OH) outstanding on the date of the enactment of Sa´ nchez, Linda 20 minutes equally divided and con- Delaney Langevin this Act. trolled by the chair and ranking minor- Denham Latham T. Sanchez, Loretta An obligation shall not be taken into ac- ity member of the Committee on House Dent Latta count under paragraph (1) unless the Deutch Lee (CA) Sarbanes Administration. Dingell Lewis Schakowsky issuance of such obligation was necessary to The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Sewell (AL) fund a commitment incurred by the Federal Duffy LoBiondo CAMP) and the gentleman from Michi- Edwards Lowey Sinema Government that required payment before Enyart Lynch Sires May 19, 2013. gan (Mr. LEVIN) each will control 20 Slaughter Fincher Maloney, SEC. 3. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF minutes. The gentlewoman from Michi- Terry Fitzpatrick Carolyn CONGRESS IN ESCROW UPON FAIL- gan (Mrs. MILLER) and the gentleman Foxx Marchant Thompson (CA) URE TO AGREE TO BUDGET RESOLU- from Pennsylvania (Mr. BRADY) each Gardner Markey Thompson (MS) TION. Turner will control 10 minutes. Gibson Matsui (a) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.— Graves (GA) McCollum Valadao The Chair recognizes the gentleman (1) IN GENERAL.—If by April 15, 2013, a Graves (MO) McDermott Veasey from Michigan (Mr. CAMP). Green, Al McGovern Vela´ zquez House of Congress has not agreed to a con- Green, Gene Meehan Visclosky current resolution on the budget for fiscal GENERAL LEAVE Griffin (AR) Meeks Walberg year 2014 pursuant to section 301 of the Con- Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- Grimm Miller, George Wittman gressional Budget Act of 1974, during the pe- mous consent that all Members have 5 Gutierrez Moore Woodall riod described in paragraph (2) the payroll legislative days in which to revise and Hanna Murphy (PA) Yoder administrator of that House of Congress Hartzler Napolitano Young (AK) extend their remarks and to include ex- shall deposit in an escrow account all pay- traneous material on H.R. 325. ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—2 ments otherwise required to be made during The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Gohmert Owens such period for the compensation of Members objection to the request of the gen- of Congress who serve in that House of Con- NOT VOTING—9 gress, and shall release such payments to tleman from Michigan? Brooks (AL) DeLauro Jones such Members only upon the expiration of There was no objection. Ca´ rdenas Frelinghuysen Kind such period. Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- Conyers Grijalva Rush (2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—With respect to a self such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE House of Congress, the period described in support of H.R. 325, the No Budget, No The SPEAKER pro tempore (during this paragraph is the period which begins on April 16, 2013, and ends on the earlier of— Pay Act of 2013. This legislation directs the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- (A) the day on which the House of Congress Members of the House and Senate to ing. agrees to a concurrent resolution on the adopt a budget resolution by April 15, budget for fiscal year 2014 pursuant to sec- 2013. If either body does not adopt a b 1107 tion 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of budget resolution by April 15, 2013, So the Journal was approved. 1974; or Members of that body will have their The result of the vote was announced (B) the last day of the One Hundred Thir- pay withheld until they pass a budget. as above recorded. teenth Congress. (3) WITHHOLDING AND REMITTANCE OF It’s simple: no budget, no pay. The f AMOUNTS FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW.— American people understand that they The payroll administrator shall provide for don’t get paid if they don’t do their NO BUDGET, NO PAY ACT OF 2013 the same withholding and remittance with job, and neither should Members of Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to respect to a payment deposited in an escrow Congress. House Resolution 39, I call up the bill account under paragraph (1) that would In addition, to ensure the complete (H.R. 325) to ensure the complete and apply to the payment if the payment were not subject to paragraph (1). and timely payment of the obligations timely payment of the obligations of (4) RELEASE OF AMOUNTS AT END OF THE of the U.S. Government, this legisla- the United States Government until CONGRESS.—In order to ensure that this sec- tion allows Treasury to issue debt be- May 19, 2013, and for other purposes, tion is carried out in a manner that shall not tween the date of enactment and May and ask for its immediate consider- vary the compensation of Senators or Rep- 18, 2013. However, Treasury may only ation. resentatives in violation of the twenty-sev- issue enough debt necessary to pay The Clerk read the title of the bill. enth article of amendment to the Constitu- bills coming due before May 18. I want The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tion of the United States, the payroll admin- to be perfectly clear on this point: this ant to House Resolution 39, the amend- istrator of a House of Congress shall release for payments to Members of that House of bill does not allow Treasury to run up ment printed in House Report 113–2 is Congress any amounts remaining in any es- an unlimited amount of debt between considered adopted, and the bill, as crow account under this section on the last now and May 18. amended, is considered read. day of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress. The debt authorized under this bill The text of the bill, as amended, is as (5) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.— must be tied to bills coming due during follows: The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide that timeframe. Further, on May 19, a H.R. 325 the payroll administrators of the Houses of new debt limit is automatically estab- Congress with such assistance as may be nec- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- lished. essary to enable the payroll administrators So that’s what this bill does. The resentatives of the United States of America in to carry out this section. Congress assembled, (b) TREATMENT OF DELEGATES AS MEM- larger question is, why are we even SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. BERS.—In this section, the term ‘‘Member’’ talking about the debt and debt limit? This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Budget, includes a Delegate or Resident Commis- Our Nation’s debt is not just some ab- No Pay Act of 2013’’. sioner to the Congress. stract number. It has a direct impact

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If you didn’t do the work Think about that. If Washington got 8. S&P downgraded the U.S. credit rat- you didn’t get paid. It’s that simple. its debt and spending under control, ing for the first time in history. Here’s the point. We have a law, and then 1 million more Americans would Leading Republicans in June, 2011, it’s called the Budget Control Act. It be working today. criticized the notion of a short-term requires that Congress pass a budget by And if that wasn’t sobering enough, debt ceiling increase as providing a April 15. All we’re saying is: Congress, Fitch Ratings recently warned that the lack of certainty. The majority leader follow the law. Do your work. Budget. failure to come up with a plan for re- said: The reason for this extension is so ducing our debt would likely still re- We feel very strongly that one of the rea- that we can have the debate we need to sult in a downgrade of the U.S. credit sons why we continue to see an ailing econ- have. It’s been a one-sided debate. The rating. A lower credit rating is sure to omy is that people have very little con- House of Representatives has passed mean higher interest rates. That fidence, have very little certainty in terms budgets. The other body, the Senate, means higher credit card payments, of where we are headed. hasn’t passed a budget for almost 4 higher car payments, higher student Our Ways and Means chairman years. We owe our constituents more loans, and certainly higher mortgage echoed that feeling only days later say- than that. We owe them solutions. payments. ing about the prospect of a short-term When both parties put their solutions Despite these nonpartisan warnings, debt ceiling increase, It does not give on the table, then we can have a good the Democrat-controlled Senate has you certainty. and clear debate about how to solve the not produced a budget in more than This bill does not give certainty, but problem. The problem is not going 1,300 days. That’s 4 years without a uncertainty. away no matter how much we wish it budget. How can we begin to get our The action we took New Year’s Day away. The problem of debt, of deficits, debt under control when Democrats to avoid the fiscal cliff brought our of a debt crisis is here. won’t even produce a budget? This bill total deficit reduction over the past 2 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The is the first step in forcing Democrats years to $2.5 trillion. What’s more, it time of the gentleman has expired. to put forward a budget so we can start set the stage for future further bal- Mr. CAMP. I yield an additional 30 holding Washington accountable for its anced agreements that include both seconds to the gentleman from Wis- out-of-control spending. spending cuts and new revenue. We consin. Every day, American families have to should proceed with that effort, not Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. We owe it to make decisions about their household plunge into further uncertainty. our children and our grandchildren and finances. They have to adjust their I reserve the balance of my time. we owe it to our constituents to fix spending to cover a whole host of this. things: groceries, student loan pay- b 1120 This isn’t a Republican or Democrat ments, braces for children, and a re- Mr. CAMP. I yield myself 15 seconds thing. This is a math thing. And the placement for that aging refrigerator. just to say that Standard & Poor’s math is vicious, and it’s hurting our Of course, they can’t buy everything downgraded the U.S. credit rating on country, and it’s hurting the next gen- they want. Every day, they have to August 5, after the Budget Control Act eration, and it’s hurting our economy. make tough choices. was passed. In doing so: The sooner we can solve this problem, It’s time for Congress—the House and The downgrade reflects our opinion that the better off everybody is going to be. the Senate—to make some tough the fiscal consolidation plan that Congress That’s why this needs to pass. choices. To be honest, Mr. Speaker, and the administration recently agreed to Mr. LEVIN. I now yield 2 minutes to this isn’t a tough choice where I come falls short of what, in our view, would be the ranking member of the Budget from. Where I grew up, if you didn’t do necessary to stabilize the government’s me- Committee, Mr. VAN HOLLEN. dium-term debt dynamics. your job, you didn’t get paid. It’s time Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I for Congress to start living with the With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 thank the gentleman from Michigan. same facts of life everyone else in minutes to a distinguished member of This resolution contains some good America has to live with. I support the the Ways and Means Committee and news, but lots of bad news for the No Budget, No Pay Act because it chairman of the House Budget Com- American people. The good news is brings back a bit of accountability and mittee, the gentleman from Wisconsin that our congressional Republican col- common sense to Washington. I urge (Mr. RYAN). leagues have finally recognized that my colleagues to join me in passing (Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin asked and America must pay its bills and meet its this bill. was given permission to revise and ex- financial obligations without condi- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of tend his remarks.) tion. The bad news is they only want to my time. Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. I thank the do that for 3 months. Just read the Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- chairman. title: To ensure the complete and time- self such time as I shall consume. Mr. Speaker, you know what we ly payment of the obligations of the This Republican bill is not a change know with certainty? We know with United States Government until May in policy. It’s a change in tactics. certainty that a debt crisis is coming 19. House Republicans continue to play to America. This is not a question of if; If it’s a good idea to maintain the ob- with economic fire. They’re playing po- it’s a question of when. ligations of the U.S. Government be- litical games with the debt ceiling, and What is a debt crisis? It means we tween now and May 19, it sure is a good that undermines certainty. can’t keep living beyond our means. It idea to make sure that we meet the ob- Yesterday, economist Simon Johnson means we can’t keep borrowing from ligations of the U.S. Government be- of MIT testified before our committee our children’s future. Our generation of yond that. And by setting up what saying that a short-term increase Americans, we’re being selfish. We are amounts to another fiscal cliff, all our would only extend uncertainty. He taking from the next generation their Republican colleagues are doing is pro- said: future. longing economic uncertainty. You will continue to undermine the pri- We have a moral obligation to fix For the last 2 years, we’ve heard vate sector. You will continue to delay in- that. If we have a debt crisis, those from our Republican colleagues that vestment and to reduce employment relative who get hurt the first and the worst economic uncertainty is bad for the to what it would be otherwise. are those who need government the economy. Guess what? It is. Yet that’s Let’s, for a second, remember his- most: our seniors, the poor, the people exactly what you’re doing, another big tory, the last time the House Repub- living on the safety net, that’s who dose of economic uncertainty. This is a

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Because we still have not done their job to protect gotiated. saw what happened in August of 2011. and defend, to uphold the oath that Perhaps we’ve got a 3-month re- As the ranking member of the Ways they took. Again, Admiral Mullen has prieve, but the fact remains that this is and Means Committee said, it was the said—and I repeat—that national secu- holding up the President and our coun- worst month in terms of jobs. We saw rity is at great risk because of our $16 try from getting on with what we our credit rating downgraded, and both trillion deficit. should do when the fiscal impact of GAO and the Bipartisan Policy Center Look, you own a home and you have this in our country and throughout the have said it cost the taxpayers over $1 a $50,000-a-year job and you’re making world is dangerous. billion. So that’s all we’re doing right your payments on a car and a house Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 now, another dose of uncertainty. and you’re thinking things are going minute to a distinguished member of To my friend and colleague, the just fine, but I want to add to that. I’m the Ways and Means Committee, the chairman of the Budget Committee, going to buy a new big screen TV, I’m gentleman from New York (Mr. REED). yes, we need budgets; yes, we need to going to put a pool table in, I’m going Mr. REED. Thank you, Mr. Chair- reduce our long-term deficits. That’s to buy two more cars, I’m going to put man. never been the issue. The issue is how. a pool in the back, I’m just going to fix I rise today in support of this No We believe we’ve got to make targeted the place up. All the sudden you real- Budget, No Pay proposal. cuts in reforms, but we also believe we ize, I can’t pay for it. This is why we ran for office. This is need to eliminate a lot of the tax You have some options available. why I came to Washington, D.C.—to breaks and loopholes that we heard a You have to raise revenue. You go out stand for a vision that’s going to at- lot from our colleagues about in order and get two or three more jobs maybe, tack this debt crisis that is upon us to reduce the deficit in a balanced way. or your wife goes to work or your kids today, the debt crisis that will threat- If you don’t do that, you sock it to ev- have to go to work. And that still en our children and our grandchildren erybody else in the country. doesn’t meet your responsibilities. for generations if we do not get our fis- Let’s pass a balanced approach to re- Then you have to stop spending, right? cal house in order in Washington, D.C. ducing our deficit, and not one that Stop spending. It is time to put up the visions of the takes it out at the expense of our kids The only other option now is to get House Republicans versus those of the and our seniors. Senate Democrats as to what the pro- Mr. CAMP. I yield myself such time rid of some of the stuff you can’t pay posals to move forward to solve this as I may consume. for because even though you might debt crisis are. I would just say that we’ve already have stopped spending and you’ve We owe it to the American people, to increased the debt limit over $5 trillion taken another job and you’ve raised hardworking taxpayers, to be open and in the Obama administration. That’s some revenue, now you’ve got to get honest, and if my colleagues on the an almost 50 percent increase in the rid of stuff. other side of the aisle want to stand for debt limit. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Let me also just say that we’ve had time of the gentleman has expired. budgets that are all about tax in- several temporary short-term increases Mr. CAMP. I yield an additional 15 creases, so be it. I believe there is a in the debt limit before there’s been a seconds to the gentleman from Wash- better way, and that better way will be more permanent longer-term in- ington. in a House Republican budget that does crease—in 1987, in 1990, and 1996. So it Mr. REICHERT. Let’s get rid of the the responsible thing and lays out a vi- is not unprecedented, the action that pool table, let’s get rid of the big sion of growth and opportunity for gen- we’re going to be taking today. screen TV. We’ve got to start cutting erations to deal with this unsus- With that, I yield 2 minutes to the things. We need to stop spending in tainable debt crisis that is now upon distinguished member of the Ways and this country. The Senate needs to do us. Means Committee, the gentleman from their job. Mr. LEVIN. I yield 1 minute to an- Washington State (Mr. REICHERT). No budget, no pay. other member of our committee, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, I thank b 1130 the gentleman. MCDERMOTT). Let me just see if I can simplify this Mr. LEVIN. I yield 1 minute to the (Mr. MCDERMOTT asked and was just a little bit. gentleman from New York (Mr. RAN- given permission to revise and extend There are three branches of govern- GEL). his remarks.) ment. Two branches of the government (Mr. RANGEL asked and was given Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, here have responsibility for the budget, and permission to revise and extend his re- we are with another Republican straw there are three pieces to those two marks.) man out here—a bill set up to fail. The branches. The White House is one—the Mr. RANGEL. I don’t think anyone Senate has not yet adopted its rules. administration needs to produce a challenges the fact that we have to We don’t know where the filibuster is budget; the House Republicans need to stop overspending. You just can’t sim- going to be used or anything, and produce a budget; and the Senate plify it and say, ‘‘Stop spending.’’ you’re saying they have to do some- Democrats need to produce a budget The problem that we have now is thing by a fixed date. Now, we’ve had for the system to work. that the debt ceiling has nothing to do fixed dates in here as long as I’ve been Even though we may not agree with with the full faith and credit of money here, and we never make them; but it on this side of the aisle, the Presi- that has already been spent. We’d have what we are creating is continuous dent has produced his budget. It’s in- plenty of time to talk about taxes and chaos globally in the economic world, creased our deficit from $11.4- to $16.4 spending if we’d talk about concurrent and what you’re doing by this is simply trillion or $16.5 trillion. And some peo- resolutions, if we’d talk about seques- saying, hey, let’s have another big ple at home may not really grasp the tration; but if what you’re saying is kerfuffle. We’ll be out here in May, 4 concept of $16 trillion. Let’s just talk that if there is a budget that I have to months from now, making exactly the about $1 trillion. If we spent a dollar a vote ‘‘yes’’ or ‘‘no’’ on and if one budg- same speeches. We’ll all bring out the second, Mr. Speaker, how long would it et says that one way to close and re- same pieces of paper and read from take us to spend that $1 trillion? It duce the deficit is to go after the peo- them and give the same speeches, and would take 36,000 years. We are 16 of ple who are the poorest, the most sick, we will continue to retard the ability those in debt. It’s time for the Senate and the oldest and call that ‘‘entitle- of the American economy to move for- to do their job. ment cutbacks’’ and if I don’t vote for ward. Even though Admiral Mullen has said that then it means that the govern- We cannot send the message world- our greatest national security threat is ment is not going to pay me, well, I wide that the United States has lost

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That’s needs to happen. Blagojevich, the Governor of Illinois, why I support this proposed legislation, Mr. CAMP. I yield 1 minute to a dis- was indicted that the United States H.R. 325. tinguished member of the Ways and Senate has passed a budget, and now The bill strikes me as eminently rea- Means Committee, the gentlewoman we have an opportunity to put pressure sonable because it not only satisfies from Tennessee (Mrs. BLACK). on the other body, which is for them to those simple requests; it asks us to do Mrs. BLACK. As a charter member of do their work. our job. We are required under law, as the Fix Congress Now Caucus and as an We don’t do ourselves, we don’t do has been said before, to pass a budget. early supporter of the No Budget, No our children, we don’t do the taxpayers The House is required to do it, and the Pay, I am very excited that this legis- any favors by creating a climate that Senate is required to do it. The Senate lation will be voted on in the House in says ‘‘folks don’t have to do their has not done it for 4 years. just a little bit. work.’’ We don’t get to a solution or a Now, a budget is essentially spending We on the House Budget Committee remedy unless we pass budgets. This is priorities. It lays out your vision for work hard to pass a responsible budget an opportunity to get on record and the future. Whatever solutions you each year, but the Democrat-controlled put the other body out into the open may or may not have are revealed in a Senate refuses to do the same. In fact, field so we can have a discussion and budget. It’s not easy to put together a it has been nearly 4 years since the move this country on a pathway that budget. Sometimes it’s unpopular, but Senate has passed a budget, and since makes sense. We ought to pass this and it is our duty. that time, the government has racked pass it quickly. So I say no budget, no pay. I’m tired up annual deficits exceeding $1 trillion Mr. LEVIN. I now yield 1 minute to a of the Senate being dilatory in its re- a year and, in total, more than $5 tril- member of our committee and chair- sponsibilities. They need to pass a lion in 4 years. If we stay on this cur- man of our caucus, the gentleman from budget. That’s why I urge my col- rent path of record deficits, big govern- California (Mr. BECERRA). leagues to support this legislation. ment, and unfunded entitlement pro- Mr. BECERRA. If you buy a house, Mr. LEVIN. I yield 1 minute to an- grams, Greece’s present will be Amer- you pay your mortgage—well, at least other member of our committee, the ica’s future. under this bill, for 3 or 4 months. If you gentleman from Oregon (Mr. BLU- A massive debt crisis is surely not want your kids to go to college, you MENAUER). the future we want for our children or take out student loans, and you’ll tell Mr. BLUMENAUER. We continue to our grandchildren. Fiscal responsi- the bank, well, you’ll pay for 3 or 4 talk past one another. The issue isn’t bility and accountability in the Halls months, and then we can talk again. If passing a budget or not passing a budg- of Congress cannot wait. Today, we you want to buy a car, you go in and et. The issue is whether or not we’re will take an important step in the tell the dealer, Love that beautiful new going to take fundamental steps to re- House, forcing the Senate to either do car. You take out a loan. You pay for form the way that we spend money its job or to face the consequences. It’s 3 or 4 months, and then you tell the around here. simple: no budget, no pay. dealer, Let’s talk in about 3 or 4 The Republican budget of my good Mr. LEVIN. I now yield 1 minute to months about what we do with the rest the gentleman from Massachusetts friend, Mr. RYAN, that they’ve passed of the debt. on a couple of occasions would have re- (Mr. NEAL). This simply creates more uncer- quired 9 trillion dollars in additional Mr. NEAL. Thank you, Mr. LEVIN. tainty, another fiscal cliff and yet an- debt ceiling increase and wouldn’t be Our job here is to educate the public, other economic case of sabotage not to entertain them. They ran up against the American public. The party balanced for two decades. Let’s stop playing games with the deficits on the Republican side of $6 that voted for tax cuts for the wealthy, form, and let’s sit down and work on trillion during an 8-year period of two wars, and a massive new prescrip- the things we agree upon. I think the time—$2.3 trillion worth of tax cuts tion drug benefit program and that put and two wars. Now they come back all of the costs of that on a credit card American public would support us if we today with a glitzy proposal of no doesn’t believe it’s important now to took out tens of billions of dollars of work, no pay. honor those obligations of paying those unnecessary spending for redundant Institutional memory. Do you re- bills and maintaining the full faith and nuclear weapons; to reform the scandal member their term limits pledge? They credit of the United States of America. that is the crop insurance program invented that. They’re all still here. Do Now, with this new Congress, we have a that incents people to plant land that you remember their line-item veto? the chance for a fresh start—an oppor- they shouldn’t plant and drives up constitutional theorists? They got rid tunity to find common ground, not losses. Let’s accelerate health care re- of that. How about that they were more conflict. Instead, our Republican form like we’re doing in Oregon that going to pass a balanced budget amend- colleagues are threatening three would save over a trillion dollars if it ment to the Constitution? My dad used strikes against the middle class, were applied nationally. Let’s get down and do it. Act, don’t to say, ‘‘At least Jesse James had against small businesses and the U.S. debate. enough personal respect to wear a economy—the U.S. default, a govern- Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 mask.’’ ment shutdown, and sequestration. The people who put us into this situ- Let’s start talking about what really minute to a distinguished member of ation are now quibbling about raising matters to Americans, the biggest def- the Ways and Means Committee, the the debt ceiling when they almost icit we face—a jobs deficit. Let’s get to gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. SMITH). broke the country with the proposals work putting Americans back to work. Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speak- that they offered during all of those Let’s be problem solvers, not problem er, I rise today in support of H.R. 325. years, and never once did they deny makers. It’s time to get America mov- The bill is an important step toward President Bush on those proposals. ing again. getting our fiscal house in order be- Mr. CAMP. I yield 1 minute to a dis- Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 cause it requires the Senate to finally tinguished member of the Ways and minute to a distinguished member of pass a budget, something American Means Committee, the gentleman from the Ways and Means Committee, the families and businesses do each and Illinois (Mr. ROSKAM). gentleman from Indiana (Mr. YOUNG). every day. Mr. ROSKAM. Thank you, Mr. Chair- The Federal Government is currently man. b 1140 in the process of accumulating its fifth Look, here is an opportunity. There Mr. YOUNG of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, consecutive trillion-dollar deficit. We is an opportunity to find common as I travel in my south central Indiana need a serious, forward-looking plan to

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:11 Jan 24, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JA7.028 H23JAPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE January 23, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H241 address the deficit. However, the Sen- 4 years, the Senate has gotten away I reserve the balance of my time. ate has gone nearly 4 years without with not passing a budget, but they’ve STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY even passing an annual budget. found time to pass laws that increase H.R. 325—TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DEBT Taking a year-by-year approach and spending. Failing to budget for our CEILING addressing only discretionary spending country for the past 4 years is a ter- (Rep. Camp, R–MI, and Rep. Miller, R–MI, will not solve our long-term spending rible way to run a government, and I Jan. 22, 2013) problem. We must take a comprehen- support this bill which will pay for The Administration supports a long-term sive, long-term approach to the Federal bills already obligated. increase in the debt limit that would in- budget. A comprehensive approach to We have to stop the political games- crease certainty and economic stability. Al- spending must also address the long- manship that is occurring here in this though H.R. 325 is a short-term measure and term solvency issues of entitlements town and work together to find com- introduces unnecessary complications, need- such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social monsense solutions to cut spending and lessly perpetuating uncertainty in the Na- Security. Without reform, spending find savings in our budget. I look for- tion’s fiscal system, the Administration is will remain on an unsustainable path ward to passing this bill that will fi- encouraged that H.R. 325 lifts the immediate while the Medicare and Social Security threat of default and indicates that congres- nally hold Congress accountable and sional Republicans have backed off an insist- trust funds are emptied before the ma- begin putting America on a debt repay- ence on holding the Nation’s economy hos- jority of Americans who currently are ment plan and save future generations tage to extract drastic cuts in Medicare, edu- paying in even qualify to become bene- from paying for the mistakes of the cation, and other programs that middle-class ficiaries of those programs. past. families depend on. For these reasons, the Today’s legislation will allow us to Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, how much Administration would not oppose a short- work with the Senate in achieving this time remains? term solution to the debt limit and looks long-term deficit solution we know The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- forward to continuing to work with both the would meet the needs of Americans. House and the Senate to increase certainty tleman from Michigan (Mr. LEVIN) has and stability for the economy. Mr. LEVIN. I yield 1 minute to the 1 9 ⁄2 minutes, and the other gentleman Instead of short-term management of self- gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. PAS- from Michigan (Mr. CAMP) has 51⁄4 min- inflicted fiscal crises, the President believes CRELL), a member of our committee. utes. there is now an opportunity to strengthen Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, the Mr. LEVIN. I now yield 1 minute to the economy by putting the Nation on a 14th Amendment of the Constitution the distinguished gentleman from Wis- sounder fiscal path. Progress has already states, if I may paraphrase, the public consin (Mr. KIND). been made towards that goal. In 2011, the debt of the United States shall not be Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, I thank the President signed into law $1.4 trillion in questioned. In other words, we don’t gentleman for yielding me this time. spending reductions, not counting additional even have the power, really, in section savings from winding down the wars in Iraq Mr. Speaker, the legislation before us and Afghanistan. The fiscal agreement the 4 of that amendment. Take a look at it today solves no problems. In fact, it President signed at the beginning of January and read it, what our objectives are, just maintains the great uncertainty increased revenue from high-income house- rather than bring to debate year after hanging over the U.S. and the global holds by over $600 billion. Together with in- year whether we should raise the debt economy—whether or not we’re going terest savings, these two steps will cut the limit. We have to do our jobs. to jeopardize the full faith and credit of deficit by more than $2.5 trillion over the It would be foolish if people around the United States of America and de- next decade. The President has made clear the world began to wonder, once again, fault on our Nation’s financial obliga- that he remains willing to work with both parties in the Congress to budget responsibly whether or not the Congress will give tions for the first time in our Nation’s the President the ability to pay the and to achieve additional deficit reduction history. I do not for the life of me un- consistent with the principles of balance, debts that we racked up. Both sides derstand why anyone would jeopardize shared growth, and shared opportunity. voted for much of this. The fact is that that safe haven that’s been established The President has also made clear that he the United States, as the President in this country. will not have another debate with the Con- said, is not a deadbeat Nation. We will But we all know what needs to be gress over whether or not they should pay pay our obligations, both to our bond- done to get our fiscal house in order. the bills that they have already racked up holders and to seniors and veterans and Both parties are going to have to lock through the laws that they passed. The the middle class. President has made clear that the Congress arms and jump into the icy water and has only two options—pay their bills, or fail So while I’m glad my colleagues on make difficult decisions together. the other side have edged slightly away to do so and put the Nation into default. Every bipartisan commission that has H.R. 325 would temporarily allow the Con- from the precipice of default, they are been formed to address this issue has gress to fund commitments to which it has still leaving themselves room to back- come up with the same conclusion. already agreed. A temporary solution is not track if they don’t get what they want. There’s going to have to be some addi- enough to remove the threat of default that And just the fact that the conference tional revenue, and there’s going to Republicans in the Congress have held over chairperson has said if we have to shut have to be major spending reforms in the economy. The Congress should commit down the government to make sure our budget to make this work. to paying its bills and pass a long-term clean debt limit increase that lifts self-inflicted that President Obama understands But my friends on the other side have that we’re serious, that’s almost trea- and unnecessary uncertainty from the Na- not been exactly up front with the tion’s economy. son, according to the 14th Amendment. American people. They’ve finished two Mr. LEVIN. I yield 1 minute to the Mr. CAMP. At this time I yield 1 national campaigns promising to re- gentleman from New York (Mr. CROW- minute to the distinguished gentleman store $700 billion to the Medicare pro- LEY), a member of our committee. from Illinois (Mr. RODNEY DAVIS). gram and increase defense spending by Mr. CROWLEY. I thank the gen- Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. over $2 trillion over the next 10 years. tleman from Michigan for yielding me Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. That’s $2.7 trillion additional dollars in this time. 325, which is based on a very simple the two largest spending programs. So The Budget Control Act of 2011 sets principle: if Congress does not pass a we do need an honest conversation the budget for the next 10 years. It ac- budget, Congress does not get paid. about this. tually says it in the name of the bill: We cannot start the process of con- Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- trolling spending in this country with- the Budget Control Act. Many of my self 15 seconds to place in the RECORD a colleagues on either side supported out a budget. We also cannot ask hard- letter from the Executive Office of the that bill. So we have a budget in place working taxpayers to manage their President, a Statement of Administra- for 10 years. You don’t like what you own budgets when their elected leaders tion Policy, that says: fail to do so. voted for now, I understand that. The House has done its work and The administration would not oppose a That’s problematic. short-term solution to the debt limit and passed a budget each of the past 2 looks forward to continuing to work with But this bill before us today is not a years. The other body of this branch both the House and the Senate to increase serious proposal by House Republicans, must do theirs if we’re going to address certainty and stability for the American but rather a gimmick. Even the Wall our out-of-control spending. For nearly economy. Street Journal called it a gimmick.

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I yield 2 ⁄2 minutes to the political demagoguery decisions that ting the economy and the creditworthi- gentleman from Maryland (Mr. HOYER), this bill projects. Let us sit down to- ness of our Nation at risk. Instead of our whip. Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman gether and come to grips with the fact no cliffs, my Republican colleagues on that, yes, my friend, we need more rev- the other side of the aisle are creating for yielding. I want to say to the Speaker before enues and, yes, we need to restrain a new cliff. spending and, yes, we need to restrain The American people sent us here to he leaves the floor, I believe the Speak- entitlements. work, not to play more games. But my er wants to get to a responsible agree- ment between our parties, between the I say that as a leader of my party. Republican colleagues are failing The SPEAKER pro tempore. The America again. Only 38 of my Repub- House and the Senate, and between the Congress and the President on getting time of the gentleman has again ex- lican colleagues voted for the Hurri- pired. to a responsible way to reduce the cane Sandy relief. Only 85 of their Mr. LEVIN. I yield the gentleman an Members voted to provide tax cuts to budget. This bill is not that vehicle. additional 30 seconds. the middle class. Yet, when it comes to This bill, in my view, is an irrespon- Mr. HOYER. But I say to all of us, pushing our country over the brink, sible waste of our time. This bill does you will not get there with gimmicks. they’re all in. not do what Republicans said they You will not get there with pretense. Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, at this time wanted to do over and over and over You will not get there with irrespon- I yield 1 minute to the distinguished again, and that is give a sense of cer- sibility and kick the can down the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. BOEHNER), tainty to our economy, to our people, road. the Speaker of the House. and to the international community. I understand what you have done. Mr. BOEHNER. Let me thank my This bill kicks the can down the road You’ve taken your most controversial colleague for yielding, and ask my col- for 90 days one more time. This bill leverage point and put it at the end, leagues today to vote for the No Budg- simply puts a leverage point another 90 rather than at the beginning of the et, No Pay Act. days away, so that we can continue to process. But you still have the CR, and You know, the promise here is pretty roil this Congress, roil this country, you still have the sequester, and we’ll simple. It says that there should be no and roil our people and our economy. have to debate those. long-term increase in the debt limit This bill is a political gimmick. This What we ought to be doing is extend- until there’s a long-term plan to deal bill was cooked up a few miles from ing this debt limit for 1, 2, 4, or 6 years, with the fiscal crisis that faces our here when, frankly, the majority party or eliminating it all together. When country. said, We’re in trouble. The people don’t you spend money, it has nothing to do Every hardworking taxpayer in like us. Things aren’t going well. How with the debt limit and everything to America knows that they have to do a do we fix it? do with the actions of this Congress. budget. Every hardworking taxpayer Well, they came up with this gim- Mr. CAMP. At this time I yield 1 understands that you can’t continue to mick, and the gimmick was, if you minute to the distinguished Member spend money that you don’t have. don’t vote the way we want you to from Pennsylvania (Mr. FITZPATRICK). We are committed to continue to do vote, we won’t pay you. Mr. FITZPATRICK. I thank the gen- a budget every year. And if you think Now, very frankly, the problem with tleman. Mr. Speaker, this is not a gimmick. about this, it’s not just that we’ve done that premise is that we are elected by For the past, almost going on now 4 a budget the last 2 years that addresses 435 districts who have different per- years, our colleagues in the Senate our fiscal crisis. Even when the Demo- spectives. And my view is the over- whelming majority of us come here, have failed in their most basic respon- crats had control, in the 2 years before sibility of governance, which is to pass that, you all did a budget. And yet, for work very hard on behalf of our con- stituents, but your constituents may a budget. 4 years, nearly 4 years, the United The people I represent back in Bucks not like what my constituents want. States Senate has not done a budget. County and Montgomery County, But that doesn’t mean you have the And so this bill before us is real sim- Pennsylvania, the families and the right to say you’re not going to get ple. It says, Congress, if you don’t do a businesses, they wouldn’t survive with- budget, you don’t get paid. I have no paid, Mr. HOYER, because we don’t like out being able to operate on a budget. doubt that we’re going to do our work. what you’re working for. If that’s our The school districts, the municipali- We’re committed to doing a budget and premise, we are holding hostage policy ties, the boroughs, the townships, the a 10-year plan to solve our budget crisis in an undemocratic, dictatorial fash- county government, even the Common- and to balance our budget. ion. wealth of Pennsylvania, are all re- Frankly, I think it’s time for the Not only that, this 90-day kicking quired to pass a budget that balances Senate and the White House to produce the can down the road has got to stop. on time. a budget that will balance over the We need to come to reality that it’s I’m proud to have, over the course of next 10 years. not the debt limit that’s the problem— the past year, been advocating consist- You know, most Americans would and the President’s absolutely right. ently for no budget, no pay in this look up and go, wait a minute, why do The President has nothing to do with House. The hardworking men and they need 10 years to balance the budg- the debt limit. Only this House and the women that I represent wouldn’t be et? Senate can spend money. The Presi- paid if they didn’t show up and they But we know with baby boomers re- dent can’t spend a nickel. Only this didn’t do their job, or they didn’t get tiring, and the fact that it wasn’t pre- House and only this Senate. their job done on time. And this place pared for, it’s going to take a little The SPEAKER pro tempore. The should operate no differently. more time. But my goodness, we ought time of the gentleman has expired. So I call on all our Members of the to be able to balance the budget in the Mr. LEVIN. I yield the gentleman an House, all my colleagues, to support no next 10 years. additional 30 seconds. budget, no pay in these very difficult Balancing the budget over the next 10 Mr. HOYER. The other problem with and troubled times. years means that we save the future this, of course, is we’re now going to Mr. LEVIN. I yield 1 minute to the for our kids and our grandkids. It also spend till 12:30 today discussing this gentleman from Illinois (Mr. DAVIS). means that we strengthen programs critically important issue. We treat it (Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois like Social Security and Medicare and like just a throwaway. I can’t discuss asked and was given permission to re- Medicaid that can’t continue to exist the substance of this issue in the time vise and extend his remarks.)

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And I’ve always been taught that create jobs, we will have certainty on falls short of what, in our view, would if you have a debt, pay it. Delaying it the debt ceiling for a reasonable period be necessary to stabilize the govern- drives up interest rates and is not the of time and we will create fiscal cer- ment’s medium-term debt dynamics, best approach to convincing investors tainty in this country in a balanced meaning we didn’t do enough to ad- and lenders that we have the ability to way. By ‘‘balanced,’’ I mean additional dress the drivers of our long-term debt. pay. revenues. That’s what will create cer- We must do that. If you convince people that you don’t tainty in this country. That’s what will I would urge my colleagues to sup- have the ability to pay, it is more like- get U.S. corporations investing. port H.R. 325, to support the No Budg- ly that they’re not going to let you If U.S. corporations invest, we create et, No Pay Act, and I yield back the have what you want. That’s what I’ve jobs, and that helps working families. balance of my time. Mr. CAMP. I reserve the balance of always been taught. They do not want Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam gimmicks. They want solutions. my time. Mr. LEVIN. Madam Speaker, how Speaker, I yield myself such time as I b 1200 much time do we have remaining? may consume. Mr. CAMP. I reserve the balance of The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. I rise today in strong support of H.R. my time. FOXX). The gentleman from Michigan 325, the No Budget, No Pay Act. Mr. LEVIN. Can I ask how much time has 1 minute remaining. The Budget Act of 1974 requires each we have remaining? Mr. LEVIN. I yield myself the bal- House of Congress to pass a budget The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- ance of my time. each year by April 15. This is impor- This isn’t: no budget, no pay. This is: tleman from Michigan (Mr. LEVIN) has tant, of course, because the budget 3 months, no certainty. It’s been said it 3 minutes remaining. The gentleman that we pass is our blueprint, literally, kicks the can down the road—a road from Michigan (Mr. CAMP) also has 3 for how we’re going to spend the hard- paved with uncertainty. minutes remaining. earned tax dollars that the American What this does, in a few words, is Mr. LEVIN. I yield 1 minute to a people send here to Washington to run keep default hanging over the heads of member of our committee, the Con- our Nation. this Congress and over the heads of the gresswoman from California (Ms. LINDA Today, we are in a situation where American economy and the American T. SA´ NCHEZ). the United States Senate has not people. It’s unwise to do that. We tried Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Cali- passed a budget in nearly 4 full years, that in the summer of 2011. The Repub- fornia. I want to thank my colleagues leaving the American people with no licans more than flirted with it, and on the other side of the aisle for under- idea of how the Senate intends to deal they flirted dangerously. Now they’re standing the need to stop dancing with with the fiscal crisis that is facing our pulling back. Federal Government. In the time since default. Recognizing that we can’t dis- But instead of meeting this head-on, regard our obligations to seniors, vet- the Senate last passed a budget, the they essentially bring a bill here that Federal Government has experienced erans, and active military is a first big presumes that it moves us ahead, when step. But this legislation doesn’t create deficits of over $1 trillion each and it moves us into more and more uncer- every year, and we have added more the long-term certainty that our econ- tainty. This is unwise. Politically, they omy needs. The small business owners than $5 trillion to our national debt. think it’s smart policy. For the Amer- Obviously, this is a very serious fiscal that I talk to tell me that they need ican people, it’s very dumb. certainty before they can invest in crisis, and the American people are de- Mr. CAMP. I yield myself the balance manding answers. their businesses and hire more employ- of my time. ees. The gentleman, my friend from This legislation will allow us room to Instead of providing small businesses Michigan, talked about certainty. And begin working on a solution that will the long-term certainty they need, the yes, there is certainty, because the put our Nation on a much more sound Republican-led House is just playing Senate majority leader just announced financial footing. This bill will extend games. They’re stringing the American they will take up this bill and pass it. our Nation’s borrowing authority for 90 public along so they can set up yet an- And I think every American under- days to give each House of Congress, other dramatic showdown that only stands that we must get our debt and the House and the Senate, the needed hurts our recovery. The mere mention deficit under control. We’ve had over $5 time to do what they are legally re- of default sends markets plummeting, trillion in increases in deficits in the quired to do, which is to pass a budget dries up hiring, and pulls the rug out Obama administration—almost a 50 to show the American people how we from under consumer confidence. percent increase in our national debt. intend to deal with the many chal- Businesses in my district and all And let me just say that we have had lenges that we face. But while giving across the country can’t afford more many short-term increases in the debt Congress time to do its work, it also tantrums threatening defaults and gov- limit over time. What was business as has a very important caveat associated ernment shutdowns. It’s our job to find usual when the Democrats were in the with it that says, if we don’t do what a solution and give businesses, the majority? We had nine short-term debt we are required to do by law, that we markets, and American families the increases—three of them in 1987 and six will not be paid. Simply put: no budget, long-term certainty they deserve. This of them in 1990—before longer, more no pay. legislation isn’t a long-term solution. permanent debt limit increases were This idea actually came, Madam It’s yet more irresponsible gamesman- made. So what was business as usual Speaker, from previous bipartisan ef- ship. for the Democrats they now call ‘‘flirt- forts to bring fiscal responsibility to Mr. CAMP. I reserve the balance of ing dangerously’’ for Republicans. Washington. And now the President my time. I think it is very important we move has indicated that if it reaches his Mr. LEVIN. I yield 1 minute to the forward on increasing the debt limit desk, he will sign it, that he does not gentleman from Maryland (Mr. for this limited period of time while we oppose it. DELANEY). can then address the issues that will As well, there have been very prom- Mr. DELANEY. There’s more cash in help affect our long-term debts and ising indications coming out of the U.S. corporations than there’s ever deficits, including the sequester and United States Senate from many been in our country’s history. Corpora- the continuing resolution. Democratic Members that they will tions have three things they can do When the long-term debt of the also step up, after 4 long years of inac- with their cash: They can raise their United States was lowered to a AA-plus tion, and put forward a budget.

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No Budg- bipartisan vote to show that we are cans live by, and we certainly should et, No Pay has no teeth. willing to put our paychecks on the be no exception. With that, I reserve the balance of line to meet these challenges. So I would urge my colleagues to join my time. Now, some are concerned about me in supporting this bill. Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam whether or not this legislation is con- I reserve the balance of my time. Speaker, before I yield time to my stitutional because of the 27th Amend- Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Madam good colleague here, a couple of com- ment’s restriction that the pay of Speaker, I yield myself such time as I ments in regards to what my ranking Members of Congress cannot be var- may consume. member has said from the committee, ied—that is really the operative phrase This bill is not a serious or viable at- why not no gun control, no pay, or of that amendment, ‘‘varied’’—that it tempt to address the debt ceiling issue using some other examples. I would can neither be raised nor reduced until and is merely another way to avoid just point out that none of those are another election has taken place. This dealing with the difficult choices we required by law, as passing a budget is bill, Madam Speaker, was carefully need to make. required by law. crafted to comply with the require- We have been here before. We know Also, there was some comment again ments of the 27th Amendment. what happens when we govern with this about the significance of the 27th So this is how it will work: kick-the-can-down-the-road mentality. Amendment. I would just add quickly a If either the House or the Senate The most troubling effect, again, is the statement from David Rivkin, Jr., and does not pass a budget by April 15, the constitutionality of this bill is also Lee Casey. These are two constitu- deadline, then beginning on April 16, dangerously unclear. tional attorneys that served in former the pay for Members of that Chamber I was not on the floor last week when administrations who say the bill passes will be placed into an escrow account my colleagues read the Constitution. muster. Their comment: and will only be paid when that Cham- Maybe they didn’t reach the 27th ber—either the House or the Senate— It does not vary Members’ compensation Amendment. I am not a constitutional instead holding it in escrow until such time has passed a budget or when we reach attorney. I am not an attorney in any that a budget is passed or, at the latest, this the end of the 113th Congress. The way, and I make no apologies for that. Congress comes to an end. It is attentive to amount that Members are paid will not But it’s real easy: the text and structure of the Constitution. be reduced nor will it be raised, so we No law, varying the compensation for the And just one other quote. This is stay in strict compliance with the services of the Senators or Representatives, from another constitutional attorney, terms of the 27th Amendment. shall take effect, until an election of the a Greg Watson—actually, a gentleman There is no requirement in the 27th Representatives shall have intervened. who rallied the support to pass the 27th Amendment which states that Mem- ‘‘Varying’’ is the, again, as my friend Amendment. I will proudly point out, bers have to be paid weekly, biweekly, did say, operative word. If you aren’t in 1992 it was my State of Michigan monthly, or bimonthly or what have getting a paycheck in a month and that put it over the three-fourths you, only that the pay that they re- you’re going to wait for 18 months, threshold. But at any rate, he said: ceive will not vary. that’s varying. So it could be—and, in Now, some have suggested that the Nowhere in such a proposal do I see any my opinion, it is—a constitutional escrow account into which the Member violation of the terms and provisions of the problem. pay would be deposited should bear in- 27th Amendment. Such a proposal does not But be that as it may, I do commend vary the dollar amount of compensation to terest so that that could then, as well, the majority for recognizing that Con- Members of Congress. The proposal merely be paid to the Members. This cannot gress must pay its bills, that raising delays the disbursement of that dollar happen because that would actually the debt ceiling isn’t about spending amount. cause Member pay to increase, of more money, it’s about paying for bills STATEMENT OF DAVID B. RIVKIN, JR., AND LEE course. It would then vary their pay, we already incurred. A. CASEY which would not be in compliance with There is widespread, bipartisan ac- Members of Congress are accountable not the strict terms of the 27th Amend- knowledgement of how difficult and se- just to serve their constituents but also to ment. rious the fiscal challenges before us support and defend the Constitution of the So I am extremely hopeful, Madam United States. The House of Representatives’ Speaker, that we will successfully con- have become. However, this proposal is debt ceiling extension furthers both. The clude our work in a timely basis here just another attempt to yet again put American people expect that their elected in the House, and I hope that this addi- the discussion off for another day. representatives in Congress will work to- tional provision, as well, encourages Madam Speaker, I came here and I gether to enact a budget resolution, and the the Senate to also complete our impor- saw the sign, ‘‘No Budget, No Pay.’’ It House bill’s approach holds them personally probably should say, ‘‘No Budget, De- accountable for doing so. It honors both Ar- tant work and pass a budget. ticle I and the Twenty-Seventh Amendment What we are suggesting certainly is layed Pay,’’ but it sounds better when you say ‘‘No Budget, No Pay.’’ That to the U.S. Constitution because it does not not unreasonable. I’ll tell you, I come vary Members’ compensation, instead hold- from southeast Michigan, and one means we may not be getting paid, but ing it in escrow until such time that a budg- thing I can tell you that is true about we’re going to get paid; it will be de- et is passed or, at the latest, this Congress the people that I am honored to serve layed, but we’re going to get paid. comes to an end. This mechanism is a model is that they get up every single day, Every year in this house we do pass a for the way that Congress ought to work: it every morning and work hard all day, budget; although, it’s a budget that I is creative, it is fiscally responsible, and it is every day. They simply do not under- can’t vote for. It’s a budget that hurts attentive to the text and structure of the Constitution. stand how Congress can fail to do our the middle class, the working class, the job for almost 4 years—no budget out want-to-be-working class, and it also Madam Speaker, at this time I am of the Senate for almost 4 years—and hurts the American people’s safety net. very honored and privileged to yield 2 yet suffer no consequences. We know again this year we will pass minutes to the gentleman from Mis- The American people are demanding that budget. So our friends on the sissippi (Mr. HARPER), who is a distin- that their Members of Congress deal ef- other side of the aisle are putting up a guished member of the Committee on fectively with the challenges we face. No Budget, No Pay quite well knowing House Administration. Our problems are real, and it’s time for that they will probably pass their Mr. HARPER. Madam Speaker, the real solutions or real consequences. budget and we probably will get paid. No Budget, No Pay portion of this bill The concept, again, very simple: no On another thought, as my good was written specifically to ensure that budget, no pay. When times are tight, friend, Mr. DOYLE, from Pittsburgh has it complies with the 27th Amendment

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Passing a budget Now, I’m hearing people say that we Currently, Representatives are paid is the foundation for us to begin to get should go down this path of least re- monthly and Senators are paid twice a a handle on this out-of-control spend- sistance. That’s what I call it. It’s an month. This bill simply says, if the ing and the deficit and the debt that we easy way out, 3 months. But the fact is House does not adopt a budget resolu- have. that that is a path to even more prob- tion, the Members of that House, in- Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- lems and, as Mr. CROWLEY has said, a stead, get paid at the end of that term ance of my time. path to another cliff. of Congress. Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Madam Our country needs a clean, long-term In 1789, James Madison, when he in- Speaker, I would like to yield 1 minute debt ceiling increase and a bipartisan, troduced the 27th Amendment, spoke of to the gentleman from New York, balanced budget that protects Medi- preventing changes in compensation Hakeem Jeffries. care and Social Security, invests in the from being for the benefit of those de- Mr. JEFFRIES. Over the last 2 years, future, and responsibly reduces the def- termining them. The clear purpose of the debt ceiling has been illegitimately icit. We all know that. We know that the amendment—which, as we know, demonized, politicized, and as we go forward to reduce the deficit was not ratified until 1992—was to pre- mischaracterized. If it were possible to we need growth in job creation, we vent Members from drawing higher sal- give voice to the debt ceiling, it might need spending cuts, and we need rev- aries from the public treasury without reasonably ask the question: Where do enue. Democrats have already agreed giving voters an opportunity to speak I go to get my reputation back? to $1.6 trillion in spending cuts. Demo- The debt ceiling is not a forward- on that decision. This bill does not ben- crats have already agreed to more than looking vehicle designed to give the efit Members at the expense of tax- $1 trillion in Medicare savings to President the power to spend more. It strengthen Medicare and to protect payers, and it is consistent with the is a backward-looking vehicle designed beneficiaries and not to affect their provisions of the 27th Amendment. to give the administration the ability benefits. Democrats and Republicans Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. It is my to pay bills that have already been in- came together to avert the fiscal cliff pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gen- curred by the Congress. tleman from Vermont (Mr. WELCH). We’ve all sworn an oath to uphold and raise revenues by de-linking the Mr. WELCH. I thank the gentleman. the Constitution. We, therefore, have a tax cut for the high end from the tax We have sharp differences in this constitutional obligation to protect cut for the middle class. We all agree that more can and must body on taxes, on spending, on the best the full faith and credit of the United be done to get our fiscal house in order. path forward to resolve our fiscal situ- States to prevent a default and to stop But we must face the facts. Real, last- ation. Those are fairly legitimate de- holding the economy hostage to eco- bates, but there should be absolutely nomic and ideological extremism. ing deficit reduction will only be no daylight between us on meeting our The American people deserve a mean- achieved through an approach that is obligation to pay our bills. There ingful, long-term increase in the debt balanced, fair, and focused on jobs and should be no linkage between the obli- ceiling that will give us the stability to the prosperity of our middle class. gation to pay our bills and getting our create economic growth. That is the Unfortunately, this bill on the floor way on contentious issues in dispute reason why I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on this today fails to meet those standards. among us. legislative gimmick. Americans and Members of Congress This is just like a person with a cred- Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Madam should remember two words about this it card who buys a refrigerator. At the Speaker, it is my pleasure to yield 1 legislation—two words: three months. end of the month when the credit card minute to the distinguished Demo- Three months. That’s how long Repub- bill arrives, they’ve used the refrig- cratic leader, Ms. NANCY PELOSI. licans are prepared to raise the debt erator, they see they’re above their Ms. PELOSI. Madam Speaker, I ceiling. Today they really don’t even credit limit, they don’t tear up their thank the gentleman for yielding. I address the debt ceiling issue—three credit card. What they do is they stiff thank him; our ranking member on the months. their credit card company. Ways and Means Committee, Mr. But Republican leaders are doing LEVIN; and our ranking member on more. They have made promises to b 1220 Budget, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, for their their fellow Republicans, to get their We have to pay our bills. That is not leadership and the clarity they have vote, to even go beyond the Ryan budg- negotiable. A year ago August when we brought to the debate on the floor et. This is like the Ryan budget on went through this spectacle with this today. steroids. They have called this bill No linkage, we suffered our first down- It’s a curiosity what we have on the Budget, No Pay. But who pays under grade in the history of the country. floor today. It’s a subterfuge to dis- the Republican budget? Seniors pay, That is outrageous. And it’s going to tract from the matter at hand. Madam ending the Medicare guarantee. Sen- cost taxpayers money. If we mess Speaker, once again, as has happened iors, children, and people with disabil- around with the debt ceiling, creating too often in the last 2 years, we have ities pay, cutting Medicaid. Children uncertainty as to whether this is a po- come to the floor at a moment when pay because it will cut investments in litical tool and gimmick, a 1 percent our Republican colleagues are threat- their education, in their future, in increase in interest rates will cost the ening the full faith and credit of the their self-fulfillment, in the competi- taxpayers $1 trillion. United States of America and putting tiveness of our country in the global Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam the stability of our economy on the economy. Veterans pay because of the Speaker, the reason that we have such line. gutting of our domestic spending prior- an enormous amount of national debt, Too often, families and small busi- ities. such a number that you can’t even get nesses have faced uncertainty about I don’t think that we should ever your mind around it anymore, $16 tril- the debt ceiling, funding our national link what we do here as to whether lion, a big component of that is be- government, our Tax Code, and the people get paid. We have a lot of work cause we have not been following the rest. Three months. Where is the cer- to do here. This linkage is a gimmick, law in having the Senate pass a budget tainty in 3 months? We should not even it’s a joke, and it’s not right. It’s de- as we have done in this House. be having a debate. There should be no signed to put people on the spot and I would say, having been very proud doubt that the full faith and credit of say, you don’t get paid, and in order to to participate and sit on the platform the United States will be honored, and get paid, in order for Members of Con- watching the President of the United that is what our Constitution says. gress to get paid, you must cut benefits States in his inaugural getting sworn Too often, House Republicans have for seniors and their Medicare guar- in just the other day, one of the things refused to acknowledge the negative antee, Medicaid and the rest. It’s a

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Do they take away safety economic challenges that we face. This bers. We should not say to a Member nets? Yes. Do they hurt our veterans? proposal does not have certainty. It that if you think the budget before you Yes. does not have growth, and it does not is not good for the country, vote Without question, I will make a bet have my support. I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote. against it and you won’t get paid; if with anybody who would like to that Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. How you think it’s not good for the country, there will be a budget passed in this much time do I have remaining, you better vote for it because you have session. When that happens, they will Madam Speaker? a mortgage payment coming due. try to put some pressure on the Senate, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- How dare we. which can easily pass anything they tleman from Pennsylvania has 41⁄2 min- Finally, the last thing we want to do want to pass, and then that makes this utes remaining. is say to people thinking of running for no budget, no pay, no teeth. Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. I would the Congress, if you’re not a million- With that, Madam Speaker, I yield like to yield 1 minute to my dear friend aire, don’t run because there’s no guar- back the balance of my time. from right across the river from me, antee you’ll be paid. Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. I continue Speaker, I yield myself the balance of ANDREWS). to reserve the balance of my time. my time. (Mr. ANDREWS asked and was given Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Madam I would just say this, Madam Speak- permission to revise and extend his re- Speaker, it’s my honor to yield 11⁄2 er: what we’re hearing from our Demo- marks.) minutes to the assistant Democratic cratic colleagues here in the House is b 1230 leader, Mr. CLYBURN. really a complete disconnect from Mr. ANDREWS. Madam Speaker, an (Mr. CLYBURN asked and was given what we’re hearing from their Senate owner of a software company is decid- permission to revise and extend his re- colleagues about this particular bill. You have House Democrats saying ing whether to hire more people today, marks.) that this bill is nothing but a gimmick. a manufacturer is deciding whether to Mr. CLYBURN. I thank the gen- I’ve heard it said that this bill is a buy a new piece of equipment, a res- tleman for yielding me this time. joke. In other words, it is a gimmick or taurant owner is deciding whether to In 2011, the majority leader, Mr. CAN- a joke to suggest that Congress should add more tables and jobs to her res- TOR, said: follow the law. taurant. In order for them to decide to We don’t need to be governing in 2 month I think that’s different than what grow, they need to know there’s going increments. Senate Democrats have been saying to be a stable financial environment. I agree. very vocally, that this bill actually What we’re doing today is saying to We don’t need any more uncertainty. would give them an opportunity to those decisionmakers, don’t worry, the I agree. government is going to pay all of its pass a budget and the White House say- He later said: ing that they won’t oppose it. Again, bills until May 19. After that, we’re not Uncertainty prevents entrepreneurs from sure. it’s a complete disconnect from my col- taking a risk, from starting a business and leagues here on the floor, some that The way to reduce the deficit is, yes, creating jobs. fiscal restraint and adding revenue, but I’m hearing on the other side there. I I agree. Governing in 3-month incre- the way to reduce the deficit is to grow would say more pointedly that it’s a ments is no better. It maintains a con- jobs in this country. The people who complete disconnect from what the tinuous cloud of uncertainty. decide to grow jobs in this country will American people have as an expecta- We all saw the damage caused in 2011 not make that decision in an atmos- tion for their government, which is to when our Republican colleagues risked phere of financial chaos. follow the law, to pass a budget, to get the full faith and credit of the United This bill creates another fiscal cliff. a handle on our debt and our spending, States. Businesses slowed and Standard Fiscal cliffs are the problem, not the and to prioritize our spending. & Poor’s downgraded America’s credit. solution. The solution is economic Again, a budget is a blueprint for a Going down this road again will threat- growth. path forward. It speaks to the Amer- Let’s oppose this bill and oppose yet en our ongoing economic recovery and ican people of the priorities of their another unnecessary and contrived fis- reverse job growth. Congress, of their government. We will cal cliff. My Republican colleagues continue have lots of other opportunities to ad- Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. I continue to use the American economy as lever- dress this terrible national debt. to reserve the balance of my time. age for their ideological agenda and I urge my colleagues to join me in Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Madam creating another cliff is not an ade- supporting this bill, and I yield back Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gen- quate solution. This is hostage-taking, the balance of my time. tleman from New York, Mr. JERRY and this is unacceptable. Mr. COOPER. Madam Speaker, I rise today NADLER. This bill merely kicks the can down to support No Budget, No Pay. The idea be- (Mr. NADLER asked and was given the road and does nothing to end the hind No Budget, No Pay came from a permission to revise and extend his re- uncertainty facing businesses. I urge a Nashvillian who approached me two years ago marks.) ‘‘no’’ vote. and said, ‘‘I don’t get paid if I don’t do my job, Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, the Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. I continue and do it on time. Why should Congress be gimmick nature of this whole thing I to reserve the balance of my time. any different?’’ I agreed, and I introduced No won’t elaborate on. It’s been done be- Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. As I Budget, No Pay in 2011 during the last Con- fore. The fact that this provision of have no more speakers, I’m prepared to gress with the help of the important non-par- withholding pay from Members of Con- close and yield myself the balance of tisan reform group No Labels. I reintroduced gress is unconstitutional as it varies my time. the bill, H.R. 310, last Friday, with 48 original Members’ pay is obvious. The argu- I heard the previous speakers on the cosponsors, 19 Democrats and 29 Repub- ment that withholding pay for a year other side talk about no budget, no licans. and a half or a year and three-quarters pay. It’s no budget, delayed pay. They The purpose of No Budget, No Pay is to get is not varying compensation. It is con- are trying to fool the American people Congress to do its essential budgeting work stitutionally laughable and beneath re- by saying we’re not getting paid, which on time. This means pay-for-performance, a spect. is not true. We are going to be getting new concept here on Capitol Hill. Getting the Secondly, this is institutionalized paid—which I doubt also—at the end of job done on time is a fundamental American bribery and extortion. It should never 18 months. So we’re going to get paid. principle yet one that has been forgotten in

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Progress has already been made towards that age Social Security retirement benefit of about We are in an interesting parliamentary situa- goal.’’ $14,800 is absolutely critical to the typical tion today because, after stonewalling by both I would hope that my colleagues on the beneficiary. political parties, the Republican Party has other side realize that these are trying times Contrary to some claims, Social Security is now, suddenly and without hearings, adopted for the American people and brinkmanship is not the cause of our nation’s deficit problem. a diluted version of No Budget, No Pay for im- not the answer. This body must come up with Not only does the program operate independ- mediate floor consideration. Thankfully, the a sensible solution to the pressing financial ently, but it is prohibited from borrowing. So- Democratic Party has decided not to make problems which plague our economy. cial Security must pay all benefits from its own this a partisan issue, freeing members to vote It is truly shameful that during the beautiful trust fund. as their conscience tells them. transcendent inaugural weekend, in which If there are insufficient funds to pay out full I am not defending Republican floor proce- many of my Houston constituents were able to benefits, benefits are automatically reduced to dures, or the modifications they made to my come and enjoy Washington, DC, hospitality; the level supported by the program’s own rev- bill. But the important point is that reform of capped off by the celebration of Dr. Martin Lu- enues. Congress is long overdue, and this is the way ther King’s birthday, Congress is back to the For reasons like these, I may not oppose a to start, with a new type of reform that brings same bad sportsmanship which has crippled short-term solution to the debt limit and look Congress back in line with the values and the this body to the point of gridlock. forward to continuing to work with my col- work ethic of the American people. No work, The measure provides funding authority for leagues here in the House and the Senate to no pay. No budget, no pay. the first five months of 2013, through May provide certainty and foment stability for the Mr. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I rise in op- 2013, to allow the government to service economy. I would add that instead of short-term man- position to H.R. 325, the No Budget, No Pay debts and obligations which we have pre- agement of self-inflicted fiscal crises, I truly Act of 2013. viously incurred. It frustrates me to no end that my Repub- This legislation is filled with gimmickry be- believe we have an opportunity to strengthen lican colleagues still have not learned their cause it would require House Members’ sala- the economy by putting the Nation on a sounder fiscal path. lesson from their earlier failures on matters of ries to be held in escrow if we House do not Progress has already been made towards similar character. The American people want adopt a budget resolution and Senators’ sala- that goal. In 2011, the President signed into results, not political gimmicks, which is pre- ries to be held in escrow if the Senate doesn’t law $1.4 trillion in spending reductions, not cisely what this bill is. H.R. 325 does nothing do the same. It appears that my colleagues on counting additional savings from winding down to ensure the long-term stability of markets, the right have opted for form over substance. the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We need to We cannot continue to hold our Nation hos- promote sustainable economic growth, and seize this template and move forward—not protect the credit rating of the United States. tage, keeping the benefits of recipients of So- backwards. Very much the opposite, it is a ‘‘gotcha bill’’ cial Security, Medicaid, and Medicare who The fiscal agreement the President signed that allows House Republicans to thumb their have must have sleepless nights because they at the beginning of January increased revenue noses at the Senate and blame it for faults in are worried about the disappearance of their from high-income households by over $600 which House Republicans share. I have never monthly checks. billion. Together with interest savings, these been a great lover of the other body, but now I support a long-term increase in the debt two steps will cut the deficit by more than $2.5 is not the time for petulant antics. Now is the limit that would increase certainty and eco- trillion over the next decade. We should have time for action in the public interest. nomic stability. The bill before us this morning, done more to address our revenue problem. I urge my colleagues to vote down H.R. H.R. 325, is a short-term measure with unnec- The President has made clear that he re- 325. We have time enough—though not essary complications, needlessly perpetuating mains willing to work with both parties in the much—to negotiate a bipartisan increase to uncertainty in the Nation’s fiscal system, Congress to budget responsibly and to the debt ceiling that is not just another stop- though I would note that the Obama adminis- achieve additional deficit reduction consistent gap measure creating new problems and risks tration has given somewhat tepid support, and with the principles of balance, shared growth, in the immediate future. That will require good only because H.R. 325 lifts the immediate and shared opportunity. faith and hard work by all who choose to be threat of default and indicates that my Con- The President has also made clear that he involved. I choose so, and I hope my col- gressional Republican colleagues have will not have another debate with the Con- leagues do as well. backed off an insistence on holding the Na- gress over whether or not they should pay the Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, this tion’s economy hostage to extract drastic cuts bills that they have already racked up through measure will continue to ensure funding for all in Medicare, education, and other programs the laws that they passed. The President has federal government obligations and allow the that middle-class families depend on. made clear that the Congress has only two government to continue its day to day oper- My colleagues want to buy time so that they options—pay their bills, or fail to do so and put ations through May of 2013. can figure out how to squeeze the American the Nation into default. And I am in complete The U.S. Constitution is clear on the subject taxpayer even more by devising bone-crunch- agreement. of the debt limit. Section 4 of the 14th Amend- ing cuts and slashes to entitlement pro- According to the Bipartisan Policy Center, ment states in clear language that: ‘‘the valid- grams—all of which is driven by rabid ide- spending for Medicare and Medicaid is pro- ity of the public debt of the United States . . . ology—as opposed to sitting down and work- jected to increase from 21 percent of non-in- shall not be questioned.’’ ing with Democrats to come up with reason- terest federal spending in 2010 to 31 percent The American people and our economy are able budget reforms which do not hurt seniors by 2020. The numbers are wonkish sounding being held hostage to gimmicks driven by and the disadvantaged. but in terms of real dollars, the increase is polls, and unfettered brinkmanship. On the That is why Madam Speaker, I submitted an mammoth. That is why we must address the cusp of the inauguration of our 44th Presi- Amendment to the Rules Committee yesterday spending issue in earnest but not using the dent—a glorious occasion—the people de- which: paltry monthly income of seniors to pay for serve better. ‘‘Establishes that it is the sense of Congress yachts for millionaires. Americans want a clean debt limit increase, that the safety net for the most vulnerable National spending on health care has grown which has been done numerous times, but the among us, the 15.1 percent of Americans liv- about 2 percentage points per year faster than normal process by which the Treasury Sec- ing below the poverty line which includes 21 GDP over time. Federal revenues, however, retary consults with the President and Con- percent of our nation’s children, must be pro- have not kept pace, growing at roughly the gress seems to have hit a major roadblock. tected in any budget negotiations.’’ same rate as GDP. This obstructionist governing is based on a Madam Speaker, Social Security is currently As a result, federal deficits will be driven up- practice that seems to put ideology over prag- the only source of income for nearly two-thirds ward by federal health programs unless their matism. of older American households receiving bene- rate of growth is tamed. This discrepancy The President has stated: fits, and roughly one-third of those households must be dealt with sooner rather than later, ‘‘The Administration supports a long-term in- depend on Social Security for nearly all of but no matter how you couch it, there is no crease in the debt limit that would increase their income. better translation than the word: b-r-o-k-e.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:11 Jan 24, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A23JA7.009 H23JAPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H248 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 23, 2013 I hasten to add that community health cen- states in clear language that: ‘‘the validity of to the bill, which will not kill the bill ters provide much needed, high-quality the public debt of the United States . . . shall or send it back to committee. If adopt- healthcare to over 20 million Americans. not be question.’’ ed, the bill will be amended and imme- These centers are able to serve vulnerable And the President himself was transparent diately proceed to final passage. portions of the American population, including and sincere when he stated: I appreciate that the Republican racial and ethnic minorities, as well as rural ‘‘H.R. 325 would temporarily allow the Con- leadership has put forward legislation and low-income Americans. gress to fund commitments to which it has al- that would raise the Nation’s debt ceil- I want to give some pertinent facts about my ready agreed. A temporary solution is not ing, agreeing that it is not an option district and why the certainty provided by H.R. enough to remove the threat of default that for the United States to default on its 325 is so important. Republicans in the Congress have held over obligations. I also support that Mem- The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Metro- the economy. The Congress should commit to bers of Congress should not be paid if politan Area consists of 10 counties: Austin, paying its bills and pass a long-term clean they do not do their jobs, part of which Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, debt limit increase that lifts self-inflicted and is to pass a responsible budget, but I do Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto and unnecessary uncertainty from the Nation’s not agree with the political gamesman- Waller. economy.’’ ship of, once again, playing politics The Houston metro area: I echo President Obama’s words and wish with our serious fiscal issues and using It ranks sixth among U.S. metropolitan sta- that this House gets its house in order. short-term gimmicks rather than tistical areas with a population of 5,867,489 as The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- working to find long-term solutions. of mid–2009, and it covers more than 10,000 ant to House Resolution 39, the pre- We need to stop playing games with square miles, and has a gross product of vious question is ordered on the bill, as the debt ceiling and spend our time and $403.8 billion, according to The Perryman amended. energy on job creation. Group. This area recorded 2.54 million payroll The question is on the engrossment I supported a clean debt limit bill. jobs in November 2010, more than the job and third reading of the bill. However, because in this version con- counts of 31 U.S. states, including Arizona, The bill was ordered to be engrossed gressional pay has been tied directly to Colorado and Alabama. passing a budget, it is important to en- The Houston economy has experienced a and read a third time, and was read the third time. sure that the budget that is passed is resurgence but let’s remember the economic responsible and protects our most vul- history: MOTION TO RECOMMIT Mr. MURPHY of Florida. Madam nerable citizens. The recession hit Houston in September My amendment would not kill the ’08. Our region lost 152,800 jobs through Jan- Speaker, I have a motion to recommit underlying legislation. It would merely uary ’10. We began to recoup jobs starting in at the desk. add commonsense protections to the February that year and by October ’11, the re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the bill for members of our Armed Forces, gion had gained 153,000 jobs, or 101.1 per- gentleman opposed to the bill? our veterans, and our seniors from the cent of what we lost in the recession. Mr. MURPHY of Florida. I am op- budget-cutting process. Anyone who And though Houston faces some challenges posed in its current form. supports the underlying legislation has in the near term, the long-term outlook is The SPEAKER pro tempore. The no reason to not also support this bright. The challenges are those of managing Clerk will report the motion to recom- amendment. If adopted, the debt limit growth rather than economic stagnation. The mit. would still be raised to allow the gov- long-term outlook for the Houston metro area The Clerk read as follows: is positive, and steady growth will be the norm ernment to pay its obligations through Mr. Murphy of Florida moves to recommit May 19, and Members of Congress for Houston for the foreseeable future. What the bill H.R. 325 to the Committee on Ways Houston cannot afford right now is continued and Means with instructions to report the would still have their pay withheld if uncertainty from Washington, D.C. same back to the House forthwith with the they fail to agree to a budget resolu- Moreover, given the uncertainty of final following amendment: tion by April 15. The amendment sim- funding decisions and the possibility that Add at the end the following new section: ply clarifies that the budget resolution protects our troops, veterans, and sen- across-the-board spending cuts will occur in SEC. 4. PROTECTING VETERANS, TROOPS, AND March unless Congress and the President can SENIORS FROM BENEFIT CUTS AND iors. reach agreement to prevent the currently COST INCREASES. I recently visited the West Palm scheduled ‘‘sequester,’’ it is critical that we A concurrent resolution on the budget Beach VA Medical Center and spoke work towards bipartisan solutions to our na- shall not be taken into account under sec- with both veterans and staff. I heard tion 3 if the concurrent resolution provides tion’s financial woes. their very real fears that their bene- for— fits, which they fought for, would be Given the U.S. economy is showing signs of (1) any cut in benefits for veterans, mem- progress, it is crucial that we continue to fund threatened by the political gamesman- bers of the Armed Forces, or their families; ship in Washington. I saw that same government programs without interruption. or Lastly, as a Senior Member of the Home- (2) any cut in benefits for seniors, includ- anxiety in the eyes of seniors I re- land Security and Judiciary Committees I un- ing— cently spoke to from Nettles Island on derstand the importance of the U.S. Customs (A) the elimination of guaranteed health the Treasure Coast, who worry that and Border Protection mission to enforce drug, insurance benefits for seniors or people with cuts to Medicare and the privatization trade and travel laws in efforts to keep our disabilities; of Social Security could lead to a borders safe; and the importance of ensuring (B) the conversion of Medicare into a choice between a meal or medicine. voucher plan that provides limited payments that our nation remains safe from terrorists After hearing these concerns, I ex- to seniors or people with disabilities to pur- pressed time and time again through- and others who would do harm to our nation. chase health care in the private health insur- In summation, I urge my colleagues to reject ance market; out my district that I could not under- this poll-driven exercise in futility and give a (C) cuts in Medicaid health insurance bene- stand why anyone would oppose clean debt ceiling vote so that the American fits; amending the underlying legislation to people can carry-on with the business of (D) cuts in nursing home care; or ensure veterans, troops, and seniors are achieving prosperity. (E) privatization of Social Security bene- protected from devastating cuts. This is not a new law, new outlay, or some fits. Madam Speaker, this amendment random exercise in the fulfillment of the Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam language should have the full support Obama Doctrine. In fact, according to the Speaker, I reserve a point of order. of the House. It simply states that we Congressional Research Service, since March The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point cannot cut benefits for veterans or 1962, Congress has enacted 76 separate of order is reserved. members of the Armed Forces or cut measures that have altered the limit on federal The gentleman from Florida is recog- benefits for seniors and that we will debt. Typically, the Treasury Secretary nized for 5 minutes in support of his not gamble our grandparents’ futures consults with the President and Congress, and motion. on Wall Street or turn Medicaid into a the limit has been subsequently raised to ac- for-profit voucher system designed 1240 commodate our fiscal needs. b more to help out the big corporations And I close with the sacred words from our Mr. MURPHY of Florida. Madam than those who are struggling or dis- Constitution. Section 4 of the 14th Amendment Speaker, this is the final amendment abled.

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The purpose of this bill is Bishop (GA) Huffman Pelosi Bishop (NY) Israel our economy rather than sitting on it. to actually get us to have that debate, Peters (CA) Bonamici Jackson Lee Peters (MI) Our dysfunctional Congress is to blame to have a budget. Brady (PA) Jeffries Peterson for slowing our recovery. What’s frustrating for Democrats and Braley (IA) Johnson (GA) Pingree (ME) Brownley (CA) Jones Now is the time to work together Republicans in the House, I would like Pocan with courage and purpose and come to Bustos Kaptur Polis to say, is that the other body hasn’t Butterfield Keating Price (NC) a grand bargain that will protect been doing a budget for 4 years. The Capps Kennedy Quigley Carney Kildee America’s greatness for generations to Rahall minority, to their credit, brought a Cartwright Kilmer come. Our Nation cannot afford to con- Rangel budget to the floor. The majority has Castor (FL) Kind Roybal-Allard tinue down the path of such fiscal irre- Castro (TX) Kirkpatrick brought a budget to the floor and Ruiz Chu Kuster sponsibility. Such piecemeal ap- passed it both of the last 2 years. The Ryan (OH) Cicilline Langevin proaches will not address our country’s ´ Senate, no budget. So what we decided Cooper Larsen (WA) Sanchez, Linda long-term fiscal health. Rather, we to do was to take a piece of legislation Courtney Larson (CT) T. Schakowsky must look at reducing spending, gener- from the minority, from a member of Crowley Levin Cuellar Lewis Schneider ating revenue, lowering unemploy- the minority—the No Budget, No Pay Schrader ment, addressing the long-term sus- Davis (CA) Lipinski legislation—and add it to this so that DeFazio Loebsack Schwartz tainability of Social Security and we can get to debating this Nation’s Delaney Lofgren Scott (VA) Scott, David Medicare, and creating additional eco- fiscal house, which is not in order, DeLauro Lowenthal DelBene Lowey Sewell (AL) nomic growth through job creation. Madam Speaker. Shea-Porter A real fix to America’s long-term fis- Deutch Lujan Grisham So all I would say is we should defeat Doggett (NM) Sinema Sires cal issues and deficit reduction can this motion to recommit. It is pre- Doyle Luja´ n, Ben Ray only come by truly coming to the table Duckworth (NM) Slaughter mature, and it is prejudging a budget Smith (WA) without personal agendas and with the Engel Lynch that does not yet exist. So let’s get rid Enyart Maffei Speier recognition that America needs less po- of this motion to recommit and be seri- Eshoo Maloney, Swalwell (CA) Takano litical gamesmanship and more leader- ous about this short-term extension so Esty Carolyn ship. Unfortunately, the underlying Farr Maloney, Sean Tierney that we can make sure that we have Titus legislation in its current form falls Fattah Markey the debate we deserve. Foster Matheson Tonko short of what our country desperately Tsongas How are we going to prevent a debt Frankel (FL) McCollum needs. Gabbard McIntyre Van Hollen That is why I hope my amendment crisis? How are we going to balance the Gallego McNerney Vargas Garamendi Meng Vela will be adopted here today as a first budget? How are we going to have growth and opportunity in this soci- Garcia Michaud Vela´ zquez step towards putting aside partisanship Grayson Miller, George Visclosky and, instead, protecting our veterans, ety? How are we going to save Medi- Green, Gene Moore Walz care? How are we going to make sure Grijalva Murphy (FL) Watt troops, and seniors. While the under- Gutierrez Nadler Waxman lying legislation is not perfect and that we can pay our bills and stop our government from living beyond its Hahn Napolitano Wilson (FL) while it is not the grand bargain we Hanabusa Neal Yarmuth means? How are we going to secure a were hoping for, it would show that NAYS—277 there is willingness in the 113th Con- future for our children and our grand- children? Aderholt Clyburn Foxx gress for compromise. As we move for- Alexander Coble Franks (AZ) ward from the debate over the debt That’s the debate surrounding the Amash Coffman Frelinghuysen limit and on to other pressing fiscal budget. This is premature. It applies to Amodei Cohen Fudge a budget that hasn’t even been written Bachmann Cole Gardner issues, we can no longer settle for Bachus Collins (GA) Garrett short-term approaches to our public yet and which will be written on a Barletta Collins (NY) Gerlach policy but, instead, work together to baseline that doesn’t even exist yet. So Barr Conaway Gibbs come to the grand bargains that will let’s defeat this motion to recommit— Barton Connolly Gibson it’s silly, it’s partisan, it’s process— Bass Conyers Gingrey (GA) ensure America continues to be the Benishek Cook Gohmert greatest country for generations to and move on to the underlying bill. Bentivolio Costa Goodlatte come. With that, I yield back the balance of Bilirakis Cotton Gosar my time. Bishop (UT) Cramer Gowdy Madam Speaker, my amendment is Black Crawford Granger an opportunity to show the American The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Blackburn Crenshaw Graves (GA) people that this Congress is willing to objection, the previous question is or- Blumenauer Culberson Graves (MO) work together and compromise to ad- dered on the motion to recommit. Bonner Cummings Green, Al Boustany Daines Griffin (AR) dress our fiscal issues and to protect There was no objection. Brady (TX) Davis, Danny Griffith (VA) our troops, veterans, and seniors. I The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Bridenstine Davis, Rodney Grimm urge my colleagues to vote in support Brooks (AL) DeGette Guthrie question is on the motion to recommit. Brooks (IN) Denham Hall of my commonsense amendment. The question was taken; and the Broun (GA) Dent Hanna I yield back the balance of my time. Speaker pro tempore announced that Brown (FL) DeSantis Harper Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam the noes appeared to have it. Buchanan DesJarlais Harris Speaker, I withdraw my point of order. Bucshon Diaz-Balart Hartzler Mr. MURPHY of Florida. Madam Burgess Dingell Hastings (WA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The res- Speaker, on that I demand the yeas Calvert Duffy Heck (NV) ervation is withdrawn. and nays. Camp Duncan (SC) Heck (WA) Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Campbell Duncan (TN) Hensarling Speaker, I rise in opposition to the mo- The yeas and nays were ordered. Cantor Edwards Herrera Beutler The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Capito Ellison Himes tion to recommit. Capuano Ellmers Holding The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair Carson (IN) Farenthold Hoyer tleman is recognized for 5 minutes. will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum Carter Fincher Hudson Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam time for any electronic vote on the Cassidy Fitzpatrick Huelskamp Chabot Fleischmann Huizenga (MI) Speaker, as I read this motion to re- question of passage. Chaffetz Fleming Hultgren commit, it says that the concurrent The vote was taken by electronic de- Clarke Flores Hunter resolution on the budget shall not do vice, and there were—yeas 151, nays Clay Forbes Hurt this, shall not do that, shall do this, 277, not voting 3, as follows: Cleaver Fortenberry Issa

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Jenkins Murphy (PA) Schweikert RECORDED VOTE Stutzman Valadao Westmoreland Johnson (OH) Neugebauer Scott, Austin Takano Vela Whitfield Johnson, E. B. Noem Sensenbrenner Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Madam Terry Visclosky Wilson (SC) Johnson, Sam Nugent Serrano Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. Thompson (PA) Wagner Wittman Jordan Nunes Sessions A recorded vote was ordered. Thornberry Walberg Wolf Joyce Nunnelee Sherman Tiberi Walden The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Womack Kelly Olson Shimkus Tierney Walorski Woodall King (IA) Palazzo Shuster 5-minute vote. Tipton Walz Yoder King (NY) Pascrell Simpson Titus Waxman Young (AK) Kingston Paulsen Smith (NE) The vote was taken by electronic de- Tonko Weber (TX) Young (FL) Kinzinger (IL) Payne Smith (NJ) vice, and there were—ayes 285, noes 144, Tsongas Webster (FL) Young (IN) Kline Pearce Smith (TX) not voting 3, as follows: Upton Wenstrup Labrador Perlmutter Southerland LaMalfa Perry Stewart [Roll No. 30] NOES—144 Lamborn Petri Stivers AYES—285 Amash Gutierrez Perlmutter Lance Pittenger Stockman Andrews Hanabusa Peters (MI) Aderholt Foxx McHenry Lankford Pitts Stutzman Bachmann Hastings (FL) Petri Alexander Latham Poe (TX) Terry Franks (AZ) McIntyre Barrow (GA) Heck (NV) Amodei Pingree (ME) Latta Pompeo Thompson (CA) Frelinghuysen McKeon Bass Herrera Beutler Bachus Pocan Lee (CA) Posey Thompson (MS) Gallego McKinley Beatty Holt Barber Poe (TX) LoBiondo Price (GA) Thompson (PA) Garamendi McMorris Becerra Honda Barletta Posey Long Radel Thornberry Gardner Rodgers Blumenauer Hoyer Barr Price (NC) Lucas Reed Tiberi Garrett McNerney Bonamici Hudson Barton Rangel Luetkemeyer Reichert Tipton Gerlach Meadows Brady (PA) Huelskamp Benishek Richmond Lummis Renacci Turner Gibbs Meehan Bridenstine Huffman Bentivolio Rohrabacher Marchant Ribble Upton Gibson Meng Brooks (AL) Jackson Lee Bera (CA) Roybal-Allard Marino Rice (SC) Valadao Goodlatte Messer Broun (GA) Jeffries Bilirakis Massie Richmond Veasey Gosar Mica Brown (FL) Johnson (GA) Ryan (OH) Bishop (GA) Matsui Rigell Wagner Gowdy Michaud Capuano Johnson, E. B. Salmon Bishop (NY) ´ McCarthy (CA) Roby Walberg Granger Miller (FL) Carson (IN) Jones Sanchez, Linda Bishop (UT) McCarthy (NY) Roe (TN) Walden Graves (GA) Miller (MI) Cartwright Kaptur T. Black McCaul Rogers (AL) Walorski Graves (MO) Miller, Gary Chu Kennedy Sanchez, Loretta Blackburn McClintock Rogers (KY) Wasserman Green, Al Moran Clarke Kildee Sarbanes Boehner McDermott Rogers (MI) Schultz Griffin (AR) Mulvaney Clay King (IA) Schakowsky Bonner McGovern Rohrabacher Weber (TX) Griffith (VA) Murphy (FL) Cleaver King (NY) Schiff Boustany McHenry Rokita Webster (FL) Grimm Murphy (PA) Clyburn Larsen (WA) Schwartz Brady (TX) McKeon Rooney Welch Guthrie Neal Coble Larson (CT) Scott (VA) Braley (IA) McKinley Ros-Lehtinen Wenstrup Hahn Noem Cohen Lee (CA) Sensenbrenner Brooks (IN) Hall Nolan McMorris Roskam Westmoreland Collins (GA) Levin Serrano Brownley (CA) Hanna Nugent Rodgers Ross Whitfield Conyers Lofgren Shea-Porter Buchanan Harper Nunes Meadows Rothfus Williams Crowley Lowey Sherman Bucshon Meehan Royce Wilson (SC) Harris Nunnelee Cummings Luja´ n, Ben Ray Burgess Sires Meeks Runyan Wittman Hartzler O’Rourke Davis (CA) (NM) Bustos Slaughter Messer Ruppersberger Wolf Hastings (WA) Olson Davis, Danny Maloney, Butterfield Smith (WA) Mica Ryan (WI) Womack Heck (WA) Owens DeGette Carolyn Calvert Speier Miller (FL) Salmon Woodall Hensarling Palazzo DeLauro Massie Camp Stockman Miller (MI) Sanchez, Loretta Yoder Higgins Pastor (AZ) DesJarlais Matsui Campbell Swalwell (CA) Miller, Gary Sarbanes Yoho Himes Paulsen Dingell McClintock Cantor Thompson (CA) Moran Scalise Young (AK) Hinojosa Perry Doyle McCollum Capito Thompson (MS) Mullin Schiff Young (FL) Holding Peters (CA) Duncan (TN) McDermott Capps Turner Mulvaney Schock Young (IN) Horsford Peterson Edwards McGovern Carney Van Hollen Huizenga (MI) Pittenger Ellison Meeks Carter NOT VOTING—3 Hultgren Pitts Engel Miller, George Vargas Cassidy Hunter Polis Veasey Ca´ rdenas Rush Waters Eshoo Moore Castor (FL) ´ Hurt Pompeo Farr Mullin Velazquez Castro (TX) Israel Price (GA) Fattah Nadler Wasserman Chabot b 1310 Issa Quigley Frankel (FL) Napolitano Schultz Chaffetz Jenkins Radel Fudge Negrete McLeod Waters Cicilline Messrs. LATTA, OLSON, PERRY, Johnson (OH) Rahall Gabbard Neugebauer Watt Coffman Johnson, Sam Reed Garcia Pallone Welch Ms. BASS, Messrs. SERRANO, ADER- Cole Jordan Reichert Gingrey (GA) Pascrell Williams HOLT, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Collins (NY) Joyce Renacci Gohmert Payne Wilson (FL) Conaway Messrs. PAYNE, MCDERMOTT, Ms. Keating Ribble Grayson Pearce Yarmuth Connolly Kelly EDWARDS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. BROWN Rice (SC) Grijalva Pelosi Yoho Cook Kilmer Rigell of Florida, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE Cooper Kind Roby NOT VOTING—3 JOHNSON of Texas, Messrs. DANNY K. Costa Kingston Roe (TN) Ca´ rdenas Green, Gene Rush DAVIS of Illinois, CUMMINGS, Cotton Kinzinger (IL) Rogers (AL) Courtney Kirkpatrick Rogers (KY) MCGOVERN, CARSON of Indiana, Cramer Kline Rogers (MI) b 1320 CLAY, RICHMOND, AL GREEN of Crawford Kuster Rokita Messrs. BROOKS of Alabama, DUN- Texas, PERLMUTTER, THOMPSON of Crenshaw Labrador Rooney CAN of Tennessee and GUTIERREZ California, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New Cuellar LaMalfa Ros-Lehtinen Culberson Lamborn Roskam changed their vote from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ York, Messrs. MORAN, SCHIFF, RUP- Daines Lance Ross So the bill was passed. PERSBERGER, and BLUMENAUER Davis, Rodney Langevin Rothfus The result of the vote was announced changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to DeFazio Lankford Royce Delaney Latham Ruiz as above recorded. ‘‘nay.’’ DelBene Latta Runyan A motion to reconsider was laid on Messrs. HUFFMAN, POLIS of Colo- Denham Lewis Ruppersberger the table. rado, MCNERNEY, GUTIERREZ, and Dent Lipinski Ryan (WI) Stated for: ´ DeSantis LoBiondo Scalise BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico Deutch Loebsack Schneider Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Madam changed their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to Diaz-Balart Long Schock Speaker, on rollcall No. 30, had I been ‘‘yea.’’ Doggett Lowenthal Schrader present, I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ Mr. COHEN changed his vote from Duckworth Lucas Schweikert Duffy Luetkemeyer Scott, Austin f ‘‘present’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Duncan (SC) Lujan Grisham Scott, David So the motion to recommit was re- Ellmers (NM) Sessions ELECTING MEMBERS TO CERTAIN Enyart Lummis Sewell (AL) jected. Esty Lynch Shimkus STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE The result of the vote was announced Farenthold Maffei Shuster HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as above recorded. Fincher Maloney, Sean Simpson Fitzpatrick Marchant Sinema Mr. BECERRA. Madam Speaker, by The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Fleischmann Marino Smith (NE) direction of the Democratic Caucus, I question is on the passage of the bill. Fleming Markey Smith (NJ) offer a privileged resolution and ask The question was taken; and the Flores Matheson Smith (TX) for its immediate consideration. Forbes McCarthy (CA) Southerland Speaker pro tempore announced that Fortenberry McCarthy (NY) Stewart The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- the ayes appeared to have it. Foster McCaul Stivers lows:

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Representatives: Mr. David Skaggs, Colorado, Co- And in this tough economy, now (1) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.—Mr. Chairman more than ever before, women are the Courtney. last line of economic defense for them- (2) COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET.—Mr. Schra- Mrs. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Cali- der. fornia selves and their children, working to (3) COMMITTEE ON ETHICS.—Mr. Pierluisi, Ms. Karan English, Arizona keep a roof over their family’s heads Mr. Capuano, Ms. Clarke, and Mr. Deutch. Mr. Mike Barnes, Maryland, Alter- and food on the table. (4) COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERN- nate That is why we need the Paycheck MENT REFORM.—Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illi- f Fairness Act without delay. It is time nois, Mr. Ca´ rdenas, Mr. Horsford, and Ms. for the Congress to act and give women Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico. b 1330 a fighting chance to receive fair pay for (5) COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS.—Mr. Barber, Ms. Kuster, and Mr. Murphy of Flor- MARCH FOR LIFE their hard work. It’s time to get this legislation to the President’s desk. ida. (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (6) COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.—Mr. asked and was given permission to ad- f Walz. dress the House for 1 minute.) NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK Mr. BECERRA (during the reading). Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. (Mr. MESSER asked and was given Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous con- Madam Speaker, Friday marks the an- sent that the resolution be considered permission to address the House for 1 nual March for Life, and I look forward minute and to revise and extend his re- as read and printed in the RECORD. to joining the thousands of constitu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there marks.) ents that will journey to Washington Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise objection to the request of the gen- to be the voice of the unborn and tleman from California? today to recognize National School champions for their protection. With- Choice Week, which has grown from 200 There was no objection. out abortion, we can only imagine The resolution was agreed to. organizations and 150 events in 2011 to what cures, innovations, and discov- 500 organizations and more than 3,500 A motion to reconsider was laid on eries we would have today from those the table. events this year. aborted babies who did not grow up to National School Choice Week high- f fulfill the purpose that God had for lights the benefits of school choice and them. ADJOURNMENT TO FRIDAY, the need to provide meaningful school Our country is founded on the prin- JANUARY 25, 2013 options to students and families across ciples of Judeo-Christian ethics, in- this country. The school choice move- Mr. WESTMORELAND. Madam cluding dignity of human life and life ment is based on one essential truth: Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that is an unalienable right. If we do not re- that when parents have a choice, kids when the House adjourns today, it ad- spect and protect the born and the un- have an opportunity. School choice journ to meet at 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan- born, all other values and morals are programs empower parents so they can uary 25, 2013, and when the House ad- meaningless. send their kids to schools that best journs on that day, it adjourn to meet The dignity of human life is the first meet their needs. at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, January 29, 2013. principle of any civilized society. Abor- As the former president of School The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there tion is contrary to one of the basic Choice Indiana, I am proud of the more objection to the request of the gen- foundations in this great Nation of than 10,000 Hoosier children who have tleman from Georgia? equal rights for all and special exemp- better opportunities today because of There was no objection. tion for none. Abortion is contrary to Indiana’s school choice programs. f the beliefs held by most Americans Those programs work, and I will work that it is right and moral to help those APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO for their continued expansion as a who are in need and vulnerable. The in- member of the Committee on Edu- BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE nocent unborn are among the most vul- SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION cation and the Workforce. nerable. Mr. Speaker, school choice is an idea The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Thank you to the hundreds of thou- that transcends ideology and party af- Chair announces the Speaker’s ap- sands who will be in Washington on filiation, providing opportunities that pointment, pursuant to sections 5580 Friday to march for this country’s every child deserves. and 5581 of the revised statutes (20 most vulnerable, the unborn. f U.S.C. 42–43), and the order of the f House of January 3, 2013, of the fol- EXPORT LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS lowing Members on the part of the THE PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was House to the Board of Regents of the (Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM given permission to address the House Smithsonian Institution: of New Mexico asked and was given for 1 minute and to revise and extend Mr. SAM JOHNSON, Texas permission to address the House for 1 his remarks.) Mr. COLE, Oklahoma minute.) Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, there f Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of is good news about energy. We have un- New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I rise in sup- tapped natural resources here at home. APPOINTMENTS—OFFICE OF port of the Paycheck Fairness Act, In the United States, we have natural CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS which is being introduced today by its gas that can be turned into liquefied The SPEAKER pro tempore. The long-time champion, Congresswoman natural gas. Other nations don’t have Chair announces the Speaker’s ap- ROSA DELAURO. this. We have so much natural gas that pointment, pursuant to section 4(d) of I am proud to join her and my col- we can export it by selling it as LNG. House Resolution 5, 113th Congress, and leagues in supporting this critical leg- Not only will exporting LNG bring the order of the House of January 3, islation which now protects women in money and energy back home; it will 2013, of the following individuals to the workforce by strengthening the create jobs. This means jobs and cap- serve as the Governing Board of the Of- Equal Pay Act by banning retaliation ital for Americans and American com- fice of Congressional Ethics: against workers who discuss their panies. Nominated by the Speaker with the wages, helping employees challenge un- Even the Department of Energy says concurrence of the minority leader: equal pay and making available rem- that expanded export of LNG will ben- Mr. Porter J. Goss, Florida, Chair- edies for discriminatory practices. efit the United States economy. In man We all know that women make 77 2010, the oil and natural gas industry Mr. James M. Eagen, III, Colorado cents for every dollar earned by men. added $476 billion to our economy. To

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Under the Speaker’s an- Georgetown, Kentucky, is home to nounced policy of January 3, 2013, the f the largest Toyota manufacturing fa- gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. BARR) cility outside of Japan, a facility which NO BUDGET, NO PAY FOR MR. is recognized for 60 minutes as the des- REID provides 7,000 well-paying jobs that ignee of the majority leader. produces the Camry, the most popular Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, when I grad- (Mr. STUTZMAN asked and was American-made car in the United uated from Henry Clay High School in given permission to address the House States. Lexington, Kentucky, just over 20 for 1 minute and to revise and extend These jobs in turn rely upon some of his remarks.) years ago, I had little notion that I would stand before you today occu- the lowest electricity costs in the Na- Mr. STUTZMAN. Mr. Speaker, grow- tion, which Kentucky’s coal industry ing up back home on the farm in Indi- pying the seat which the Great Com- promiser himself once held. makes possible. Having endured the as- ana, we all knew that ‘‘if you don’t tonishing assault of the war on coal work, you don’t eat.’’ Unfortunately, Henry Clay was first elected to this House in 1811 becoming the only person during the last 4 years, Kentucky’s that doesn’t hold true if you’re the ma- coal industry continues to offer the re- jority leader in the United States Sen- elected as Speaker the same day he took office. During his remarkable four ality of affordable energy today and ate. the promise of an affordable, reliable, It’s been 4 years since Senate Major- decades on the national stage, he steered America through a daunting and clean source of American energy ity Leader HARRY REID has brought a for centuries to come. budget to the floor of the United States array of crises, each of which might have shattered the Union absent his re- Kentuckians are also capitalizing Senate. You could build the Pentagon upon our State’s enormous potential three times in that timeframe. It’s markable leadership. Indeed, Henry Clay demonstrated for tourism through creative initia- time to pass a budget out of the United that an unwavering dedication to prin- tives like the Bourbon Trail, which States Senate, and Senator REID ciple and a practical commitment to now draws an estimated 400,000 visitors should not be paid until it’s done. compromise are not incompatible val- every year. We are introducing the The House has acted responsibly. ues. They are, instead, the tools of world to our special distilling heritage. We’ve met our deadlines, and we have statesmanship, the implements of The Sixth District offers a number of set our priorities. I was part of the progress, and the guardians of freedom. historic treasures, such as Daniel House Budget Committee when we put He was Abraham Lincoln’s ‘‘beau Boone’s settlement, Fort Boones- together budgets that tried to get our ideal of a great man.’’ Eulogizing Clay borough, and in Frankfort, even our out-of-control spending under control in 1852, Lincoln called him ‘‘the man new State capitol and executive man- and rein in our $16 trillion of debt. The for a crisis,’’ declaring that Clay ‘‘de- sion are listed on the National Register Senate has not acted one time in that sired the prosperity of his countrymen of Historic Places. Plus, tourists and timeframe. partly because they were his country- residents alike can enjoy natural at- It’s time to make the hard choices men, but chiefly to show the world tractions of stunning majesty, such as and do the work necessary to restore that freemen could be prosperous. Red River Gorge, Natural Bridge, and fiscal responsibility to Washington. It’s Henry Clay understood the indispen- Cave Run, which provide almost limit- time for Senator REID to pass a budget sable link between liberty, prosperity, less opportunities for outdoor recre- or withhold his paycheck. and basic human dignity. His struggle ation. f to harness our system of checks and The Sixth District also remains home RECOGNIZING EDEN PRAIRIE balances to serve these goals echoes to a diverse and thriving agricultural POLICE 40TH ANNIVERSARY across the generations. The process economy. We are best known for to- was messy, and the path ahead was (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given bacco, but many people may not know fraught with danger and uncertainty; permission to address the House for 1 that Kentucky possesses more head of but the Great Compromiser governed minute and to revise and extend his re- cattle than any State east of the Mis- in the national interest without com- marks.) sissippi. prising himself or forgetting who sent Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise These industries are supported with him there. colleges and universities filled with today to recognize the Eden Prairie Po- Mr. Speaker, I am honored, indeed I lice Department as they celebrate their outstanding teaching and research pro- am awed, by the legacy of Henry Clay fessionals. Institutions like the Univer- 40th anniversary this year. Since the and the exceptional men who followed creation of the Public Safety Depart- sity of Kentucky—my alma mater— him; but I did not come here as the Eastern Kentucky University, Transyl- ment in December of 1972, the Eden self-styled heir to that legacy. Prairie community has been safer and vania University, Kentucky State Uni- stronger because of the wonderful work b 1340 versity, Georgetown College, Midway of its police officers. Instead, I came here as a father con- College, and the members of our com- A police department that started cerned about his children’s future. I munity and technical college system. with only five officers, a secretary and came here as a Kentuckian determined The University of Kentucky is well- two patrol cars has grown to be a thriv- to fight for my State’s signature indus- known for its proud tradition of college ing pillar of our community, employ- tries. And I came here as an American basketball, having won eight national ing more than 60 officers today. committed to restoring the American championships, most recently in 2012. Every day, I am amazed by the hard Dream. Underlying all of these success sto- work of police departments and officers My district, in central and eastern ries is the unique pride and attachment across Minnesota, but I am particu- Kentucky, offers a panoramic view of to place that distinguishes Kentuck- larly and especially proud of my home- the values, dreams, and passions that ians wherever you find us. Our State’s town Eden Prairie Police Department have animated our Nation since its be- pioneer heritage survives as the well- and would like to congratulate them ginnings. Historically anchored in Ken- spring of our determination to survive and all of its officers on an impressive tucky’s bluegrass region, the Sixth and excel against overwhelming odds. 40 years serving our community. District now extends to the Appa- No matter the challenge, we will per- To Chief Reynolds and every Eden lachian foothills, bordering the coal- severe. We will lead. And with God’s Prairie police officer, past and present, fields of the Cumberland Plateau. help, we will prosper together.

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Several Egyptian members of the squad of more than 5 weeks, the administration Through the lens of time, Henry Clay militants that lay bloody siege to an Alge- took no public steps to use diplomatic appears larger than life, yet our Repub- rian gas complex last week also took part in tools, like U.S. foreign assistance, to lic has a habit of producing the right the deadly attack on the United States Mis- pressure the Tunisians to make Harzi sion in Libya in September. men and women at the right time. To- available. In fact, the FBI only gained Mr. Speaker, 4 months later, this is gether, let’s strive after Henry Clay’s access after Members of Congress an unacceptable state of affairs. Quite model of leadership. Given the gravity threatened amendments to cut off or frankly, the Obama administration has of our challenge, each of us must. restrict Tunisia’s foreign aid if they failed. They have failed to prioritize With that, I yield back the balance of continued to obstruct the FBI inves- this investigation. They have failed to my time. tigation. bring the necessary pressure to bear on f the Libyan, Tunisian, and Egyptian I was among those Members of Con- TERRORIST ATTACK IN BENGHAZI Governments. But more fundamen- gress along with LINDSEY GRAHAM and Senator MCCAIN and others. In the in- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under tally, the administration has failed to terim, I urged the administration to the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- respond to a terrorist attack appro- act immediately to suspend foreign as- uary 3, 2013, the gentleman from Vir- priately, treating it as a law enforce- sistance if the Tunisian Government ginia (Mr. WOLF) is recognized for the ment and diplomatic issue, rather than persisted in obstructing the investiga- remainder of the hour. the security issue that it is. Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, more than 4 At its core, this is yet another reflec- tion. On January 4, I received a tepid— months have passed since the terrorist tion of President Obama’s schizo- and it was tepid—response from the attacks in Benghazi, which killed four phrenic counterterrorism policy, the Acting Deputy Assistant Adminis- same administration that unapologet- Americans, including our ambassador, trator for Legislative and Public Af- ically rains down lethal drone attacks injured many others, and destroyed fairs at USAID with a bland assurance on some al Qaeda affiliate terrorists in two U.S. facilities. Yet, despite the that the Tunisian Government was co- Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia and will months that have passed, we’re hardly operating. Was cooperating? Five not use other counterterrorism re- closer to bringing those responsible to weeks and the FBI had to wait? Then sources to identify, locate, and detain justice than we were in the weeks im- the FBI had 3 hours to talk to him, and the terrorists involved in the death of mediately following the attack. Put we gave this Tunisian Government, Mr. our ambassador and others in Libya. bluntly, the lack of progress in identi- Speaker, $320 million last year? Days This inconsistent policy may stem later, Ali Harzi was released. fying and hunting down the terrorists from the President’s hasty campaign Today, I again wrote USAID, express- responsible is stunning. promise to shut down Guantanamo Bay ing my disappointment that the admin- Consider the current state of the in Gitmo and prematurely transfer de- istrator himself could not respond di- Obama administration’s investigation tention facilities in Iraq and Afghani- and response to the attack: stan. In doing so, the President effec- rectly to a Member of Congress who Four months later, the administra- tively ended America’s ability to de- serves on a committee of jurisdiction tion still cannot or will not name the tain and interrogate terrorists, depriv- and, further, pointed out what should terrorist groups responsible for the at- ing the FBI, the CIA, and other agen- be obvious—that the Tunisian Govern- tacks or the names of these group lead- cies of critical opportunities to obtain ment did not cooperate. The Tunisian ers; information on al Qaeda networks. Government never seriously thought Four months later, despite consulate Today, as the case of Benghazi sus- the aid—precious taxpayer money—was video footage that many Members of pect Ali Harzi has demonstrated, the in jeopardy. The Tunisian Government Congress have seen and many eye- United States is completely reliant on has not faced a single consequence for witnesses, not a single Benghazi terror the cooperation of host countries to de- undermining U.S. national security. I suspect is in custody; tain on our behalf and selectively allow submit my letter for the RECORD. Four months later, the FBI has had access to suspects. As in the case of Sadly, the failure to respond force- access to only one suspect, Ali Harzi, Harzi, as demonstrated, this approach fully and appropriately to the Benghazi for just 3 hours, and the Tunisian Gov- is fraught with diplomatic roadblocks, attack will undoubtedly encourage our ernment kept the FBI team waiting for costing critical time in getting infor- enemies and make the world a more more than 5 weeks before finally grant- mation from suspects to track terrorist dangerous place for Americans working ing access; networks. Perhaps that is why Presi- in hostile environments around the Four months later, the administra- dent Obama so often opts to use lethal world. This failure to respond has en- tion still has not disclosed the serious drone strikes to kill terrorists, know- dangered future Embassy staffs and connections between the groups behind ing that the U.S. would be unable to Ambassadors—the Federal employees the Benghazi attack and the leaders of get access to interrogate these terror who serve our country at great risk. the attack on the U.S. embassies in suspects by working through host gov- Cairo, Tunis, and Sana’a that same Rather than demonstrating that ernments or because he no longer has a there will be no quarter, no respite, no week of September 11; way to detain them in U.S. custody Four months later, following the re- safe haven for terrorists who threaten short of providing them the full privi- American officials abroad, the message lease of the Pickering report on State leges of an article III court. Department failures leading up to the the administration has sent is that attack, not a single State Department b 1350 there is no apparent consequence for employee has been fired and held re- In short, the President has tied his these actions. This will only embolden sponsible for their role in denying ade- own hands, compromised U.S. national our enemy to plan the next Benghazi, quate security for the consulate in security and put the FBI in an impos- knowing that under this administra- Benghazi; sible position. The FBI has been asked tion there is less consequence even for Four months later, despite Secretary to treat the terrorist attack where four their involvement in such an attack. Clinton’s September 21 declaration Americans died as if it’s a law enforce- In this context, perhaps it is not sur- when she said, ‘‘What happened was a ment activity and has been put in a prising that the al Qaeda-affiliated ter- terrorist attack, and we will not rest compromised and very difficult spot, rorist group Ansar al-Sharia brazenly until we have tracked down and and they have laid the groundwork for took pictures of the FBI agents inter- brought to justice the terrorists who the administration’s inept response in viewing Harzi and posted pictures on murdered four Americans,’’ this admin- the wake of the terrorist attack in their Web sites; and when the Tunisian istration seems to have not only rest- Benghazi. Government released Harzi, Ansar al-

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In the absence ported in The Weekly Standard this Aside from a handful of reporters of serious oversight, the media has week: who have stayed with this story and moved on. In the absence of this, the U.S. officials tell The Weekly Standard have continued to raise questions administration, which has so much to that the release of the photos was a clear at- about the administration’s words and account for to the American people, re- tempt to intimidate the Americans and show deeds, I can’t help but wonder: Where ceives a carte blanche from the legisla- that the FBI could not act with impunity. are the New York Times, the Wash- tive branch to continue its question- In its posting, Ansar al-Sharia Tuni- ington Post, or the network news pro- able policies. sia warned the Tunisian people that grams? Why in the wake of last week’s These matters are too serious to be their government had allowed the FBI deadly terrorist attack in Algeria are brushed aside. There are critical legis- ‘‘to begin investigating your sons no reporters investigating the serious lative decisions the next Congress will under post-revolutionary protection.’’ links between al Qaeda’s affiliates in have to make based on answers to Consider that, in the same week of North Africa and the connection be- these questions; but, more impor- the Benghazi attack, our Embassies in tween the groups? tantly, the American people deserve Cairo, Tunis and Sana were also over- Equally important, where has the the answers to these questions, includ- run in an increasingly apparent coordi- Congress been in investigating both the ing open hearings and an unclassified nated plot. In each case, the American circumstances of the attack and the report. flag was ripped down and burned, and a administration’s response over the last black al Qaeda flag was flown in its 4 months? Despite a handful of hear- b 1400 place. We are fortunate and blessed ings, many in classified settings and Mr. Speaker, for these reasons I re- that none of these incidents resulted in done by very capable and good people, main convinced that a House select a loss of life. They were, nonetheless, the American people have not been pro- committee on the terrorist attack in an attack on America by hostile vided with anything close to an ade- Benghazi is needed more than ever. groups. quate answer to the following ques- That is why last week I introduced my As the administration’s own State tions. It is not only important for the resolution, H. Res. 36, with 20 of our Department Web site states: ‘‘Any at- Congress to find out; it is important colleagues joining as cosponsors. tack on an Embassy is considered an for the American people to find out. A select committee is essential to attack on the country it represents.’’ Have they been given answers to these combine the myriad existing investiga- Each Embassy and consulate that was questions? tions into a single, comprehensive, and overrun the week of September 11 rep- Secretary Panetta, Attorney General exhaustive review. I believe such a resents, in its own way, a public attack Holder and DNI Clapper still have not combined effort will yield even more on America, and in the months that testified publicly before Congress as to information regarding the true nature have followed, this administration has what steps they took during the attack of these terrorist attacks and the ad- demonstrated that there are no con- and in the days that followed. ministration’s response will not allow sequences for breaching our Embassies What were the President’s activities administration officials to offer up during the 7-hour period of attack? or for killing our personnel. siloed accounts to various committees. Why wasn’t the U.S. military de- I fear that the latest hostage-taking The select committee I am proposing ployed to assist? should draw from the existing congres- and killing of Americans and other On the anniversary of the worst ter- sional investigations by including the Westerners in Algeria is a manifesta- rorist attack in American history and tion of a newfound confidence by our after multiple attacks this year on chairman and ranking member of each enemy in knowing that they may face U.S. and Western interests, why were committee of jurisdiction—the Intel- no serious consequences from this ad- U.S. military units and assets in the ligence Committee, Mr. ROGERS and ministration for their murderous acts. region not ready, alert, and in a posi- Mr. RUPPERSBERGER have done a great It is telling that neither President tion to respond? After all, two of the job; the Foreign Affairs Committee, Obama nor any others in his adminis- four people killed were murdered 7 Mr. ROYCE and Mr. ENGEL do a great tration have made a public statement hours after the fighting began. job; the Judiciary Committee, the on the recent terrorist activities in Al- Why do we still not have the clear same way; the Armed Services Com- geria, whereas the head of France and answers on the internal process that mittee; the Homeland Security Com- the head of England have spoken out produced the inaccurate and, frankly, mittee; the Oversight and Government over and over and over. misleading talking points on which Reform Committee; as well as five ad- All the while, the Arab Spring, which Ambassador Rice relied several days ditional Republican Members ap- was fanned by this administration to after the attack? pointed by the Speaker and two addi- much fanfare, has become an Arab Win- Why were the testimonies of the U.S. tional Democrats appointed by the mi- ter, and for many of the people in the personnel who were evacuated from nority leader so it is truly bipartisan. Middle East and North Africa, this Benghazi on September 12—eye- I appreciate the support I’ve received Arab Winter—a new safe haven for al witnesses who knew there was never a for this resolution from the original co- Qaeda-affiliated groups—is forming, demonstration outside the consulate— sponsors, as well as the Heritage Foun- ideologically fueled by the release of not immediately factored into the dation; former Senator from Ten- terrorists and extremists from prisons judgments of our intelligence commu- nessee, Fred Thompson, who was coun- and flush with weapons provided to nity? sel on the Watergate Select Com- anti-Qadhafi rebels last year. Have the witnesses who were there on mittee; former Ambassador John We are witnessing the potential for- the scene, government employees, good Bolton; and General Jerry Boykin, a mation of the next front in the war on people—all risking their lives—been former special operations officer and terror, but we increasingly have an ad- called to come up and been given the CIA operative who is widely respected ministration that no longer considers opportunity to talk to Members on in the intelligence community. it a war worth fighting no matter the both sides of the aisle? The answer to Mr. Speaker and Members of this cost to American power or to the safe- date is ‘‘no.’’ body, we owe it to the families of the ty of our people abroad. While some Why hasn’t Secretary Clinton been victims and the American people to have described the Obama doctrine as interviewed by the Pickering Commis- fully investigate this terrorist attack. leading from behind, it is increasingly sion? I urge my colleagues to support my clear that the Obama doctrine means Was the White House aware of the resolution to create a House select not leading at all. While most of the re- FBI investigation of General Petraeus? committee. sponsibility falls on the President and If not, why not? I yield back the balance of my time.

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CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, stant fines of as much as 10 times his daily possible to have democracy in the Arab HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, earnings as he tried to make a living on the world.’’ January 23, 2013. streets of Sidi Bouzid. After his scale and Weaker, economies in Europe have hurt Dr. RAJIV SHAH, cart were seized on Dec. 17, 2010, he doused tourism and exports, two of Tunisia’s chief Administrator, Agency For International Devel- himself with a liter of paint solvent while sources of revenue. That’s left officials ap- opment, Washington, DC. standing in front of the provincial governor’s pealing to the U.S., the United Arab Emir- DEAR DR. SHAH: Ms. Barbara Bennett, act- office. A flick of a lighter and . . . ates, and Qatar, for investment. So far Tuni- ing deputy assistant administrator for legis- What then? Tunisia’s revolution and the sia hasn’t received the support it sought, let lative and public affairs at USAID recently Arab Spring that followed created a list of alone the aid it was promised. At its May sent a response to my December 11, 2012 let- dead, imprisoned, or exiled autocrats—in- 2011 summit in Deauville, France, the Group ter to you. I was disappointed you did not re- cluding Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak, Libya’s of Eight pledged more than $30 billion to as- spond directly to a Member of Congress who Muammar Qaddafi, and Tunisia’s own Zine sist new Arab governments. ‘‘When we spoke serves on a committee of jurisdiction, espe- el-Abidine Ben Ali. (Syria’s Bashar Assad about intentions, it was $30 billion,’’ jokes cially given that my concern was budgetary hangs on, brutally.) But hope and vengeance Alaya Bettaieb, secretary of state to the in nature. are very different from progress, as Ben Ali’s minister of investment and international co- Just days after I received your response, successor as president, the physician and ex- operation. ‘‘When we spoke about action, it Tunisian authorities released Ali Harzi, a opposition leader Moncef Marzouki, has dis- was $250 million’’ that was delivered. key suspect in the September 11 terrorist at- covered. Tunisia’s transition from dictatorship to tack on the U.S. consulate and annex in On Dec. 17, 2012, Marzouki went to Sidi democracy would have been easier had the Benghazi, which took the lives of four Amer- Bouzid to commemorate the man and the collapse of the Ben Ali regime not been so icans, including the U.S. ambassador, and re- moment that began all the changes in the re- sudden. Amri, Bouazizi’s friend, suggests the sulted in the destruction of two U.S. facili- gion, only to be greeted by angry chants of man who started it all didn’t even know how ties. This development is completely at odds ‘‘Leave! Leave!’’ When he told the crowd he flammable the paint thinner he poured on with USAID’s assurances in the response let- lacked a ‘‘magic wand’’ to cure Tunisia’s ills, himself was, let-alone the impact of his act ter that ‘‘. . . Tunisian authorities are co- the response was a hailstorm of rocks and to- of martyrdom. Other protesters, in Tunisia operating with the Department [State] matoes. Marzouki had to be hustled into a and across the Arab world, decided to set through normal law enforcement channels.’’ car and sped away from the stage. themselves afire in the weeks and months that followed. Hernando de Soto, the Peru- Respectfully, I would also like to remind you ‘‘Nothing has changed, and that’s the sad vian economist best known for his work that I chair the Commerce-Justice-Science reality,’’ says Mohamad Amri, a close friend seeking property rights for peasants, has appropriations subcommittee which has ju- of the Bouazizi family. Unemployment is of- studied the underclass in Tunisia, Egypt, and risdiction over the Federal Bureau of Inves- ficially 18 percent, but a September study elsewhere. He documented 164 deaths by self- tigation (FBI). Consequently, while Ms. Ben- published by the Middle East Economic As- immolation in the six months following nett indicated that USAID ‘‘could not pro- sociation says about 50 percent of young Bouazizi’s act. ‘‘The ground was fertile so- vide further detail,’’ I am well-versed on the Tunisians with higher education are without cially, economically, and politically for this investigation and can say with confidence work. At 33, Amri is unemployed and relies kind of statement,’’ says Ali Bouazizi, a that releasing Ali Harzi is an affront to U.S. on an allowance from his father to cover cousin who played a key role in the revolu- national security and rule of law, given the soaring food and living costs, ‘‘I feel like I need to be optimistic, but in the end, I’m tion by filming and uploading to his evidence of his alleged involvement. Facebook page a video of the protest after Furthermore, your assertion that U.S. as- pessimistic.’’ the fruit seller’s death. sistance is critical to ‘‘Tunisia’s successful On Dec. 12, Fitch Ratings downgraded Tunisia’s sovereign ratings, citing the slow The embers of unrest remain hot. Tunisia’s democratic transition’’ is misguided. Tunisia first truly free elections in 2011 yielded a is not transitioning successfully. I have en- transition to a free economy and ‘‘large twin budget and current-account deficits.’’ Stand- Constituent Assembly charged with drafting closed for your review a recent piece which the country’s new charter and also serving as ran in Bloomberg Businessweek, ‘‘Revolution ard & Poor’s has downgraded the country to junk status, too. Meji Djelloul, a professor of its parliament. Ennahda, the moderate and Entropy,’’ which paints a bleak picture Islamist party whose name translates to of progress in Tunisia. A January 14 Reuters Islamic history at Manouba University in Tunis, the capital, says 80 percent of his stu- Renaissance, won 41 percent of the seats and piece described large street protests in the together with two smaller secular parties capital city during which protestors chanted, dents are eager to leave after graduating. ‘‘In 25 years of teaching I have never encoun- formed a ruling coalition. ‘‘Where is the constitution? Where is democ- The constitution is still a source of great racy?’’ Democratic transition aside, the Tu- tered such a sense of helplessness,’’ he says. It need not be this bleak. The revolution uncertainty, as are Ennahda’s broader inten- nisian government, as evidenced by this lifted restraints on expression that had ex- tions. Critics on the right maintain that the most recent development with Ali Harzi, is isted for decades, and Tunisians seem to party has stressed its commitment to working at cross-purposes with U.S. national agree that even without a functioning con- Tunisia’s secular tradition in public, while interests. stitution, they feel more free—a significant urging Salafis to be patient for the realiza- During these tight budgetary times, when accomplishment. The country has close so- tion of their goals behind closed doors. worthy programs face constraints and cuts, cial and economic ties to Europe, a highly Salafis, including Mouldi Mojahed, who our national priorities should undergird our heads the Salafi-controlled al-Asala Party, educated populace, and infrastructure that’s foreign assistance. The administration con- says Ennahda ‘‘has backed away from its among the best in the Arab world, with good tinues to claim that bringing the perpetra- principles.’’ roads and nine commercial airports serving a tors to justice for the deadly attack on the Neither side has been pacified. Salafis have country the size of Florida. U.S. consulate is a priority. And yet its ac- been blamed for the serial arson of stores Tunisia has the further comfort of know- tions are inconsistent with such sentiments, selling alcohol as well as the September at- ing it’s not alone. In its political and eco- particularly in the case of Tunisia. tack on the U.S. embassy amid outrage over nomic struggles, Egypt is Tunisia’s larger, We must send a clear and unequivocal mes- a YouTube clip denigrating Islam’s prophet. perhaps more troubled mirror. Both saw sage to the Tunisian government. U.S. aid Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, an Official in the oppo- Islamists take top government positions must not be taken for granted. U.S. national sition Jumhuri, or Republican, Party says, while Salafis, who embrace the strictest, security considerations are a cornerstone of ‘‘The Islamists don’t know how to govern,’’ most puritanical interpretation of Islam, our foreign policy. When those interests are and the win by Ennahda in October 2011 was have pressed for an even greater role for reli- undermined, there are consequences. ‘‘not very reassuring to the economic stake- gion in the reborn nations. (Egyptian I look forward to a personal response to holders in the country.’’ secularists are angered by a constitution this letter and any future correspondence. Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has tried to they say was forced upon them, while Best wishes. walk the middle ground. ‘‘The Tunisian peo- Tunisia’s latest constitutional draft was Sincerely, ple have their own identity, and they agreed stripped of references to sharia, or Islamic FRANK R. WOLF, on this identity,’’ says Jebali in an inter- law.) Both countries also saw their econo- Member of Congress. view, affirming the country’s commitment mies contract sharply in reaction to change. to secularism. Jebali, who spent 10 years in [From Bloomberg Businessweek, Jan. 14–20, Egypt’s net international reserves tell al- solitary confinement while Ben Ali con- 2013] most 60 percent, to $15 billion, over the past trolled the country, says the new constitu- two years. Tunisia’s economy contracted 1.8 tion won’t impose Islamic law and will re- REVOLUTION AND ENTROPY percent in 2011. Last year growth was likely spect women’s rights. He and Ennahda have (By Norman Pearlstine and Tarek el- 2.7 percent and could rise to 3.3 percent this also pledged to support a market economy, if Tablawy) year, says the International Monetary Fund. not a workers’ paradise; he rages at those he In Tunisia, where the Arab Spring began, ‘‘We are going through a complicated transi- suggests have riled up. labor unions and the transition to democracy is sputtering. tion, not unlike what Eastern Europe went ‘‘who live with the idea of the proletariat Two years after he set himself on fire, through,’’ says Tunisian Foreign Minister revolution, and who believe that the revolu- Mohamed Bouazizi remains history’s most Rafik Abdessalem, a former professor of poli- tion in Tunisia was led by the proletariat.’’ famous fruit vendor. Like many enterprising tics in Britain who returned to Tunisia after Sorting out how to improve the lives of or- Tunisians, Bouazizi, 26, was subject to con- the revolution. ‘‘We need to prove that it is dinary Tunisians, regardless of their politics,

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Others have suggested off- Here it came again; and apparently ABACHER and me questioning him about the-books trade represents as much as 30 per- there were a number of people who repaying some of the U.S. money that cent of Tunisia’s GDP. The divisions between made requests, including one of the se- we spent to give him the opportunity the corporate and informal sectors run deep- curity officials that I met and talked to be elected, especially since they now er than matters of accounting. Wided to personally. They could see that we have all that oil revenue, and he also Bouchmaorii, Utica’s president and head of were sitting ducks. And apparently didn’t like us bringing up the fact that one of Tunisia’s largest business enterprises, former Senator Clinton, now Secretary they promised the United States when says the informal economy condones vio- lence. ‘‘It is disastrous for legitimate busi- Clinton, is saying she never saw the re- they took over the government that nesses serving consumers,’’ she says. quest. The bucks would have stopped they would protect the people at Camp Prime Minister Jebali acknowledges the with her if they’d ever made it to her. Ashraf, the refugees from Iran, and size of the informal economy and continued What it says is something has got to be that actually the military had gone in problems with corruption. (The nation saw done so that when people who have and killed some of those people that he its corruption ranking, issued by Trans- dedicated their lives to helping and and the U.S. had pledged would be safe. parency International, slide from 59th in 2010 protecting this country cry for help, And he didn’t like that and apparently to 75th in 2012.) He pledges that Tunisia will that months, years after the cries, we sent word that we were not welcome in do more to address these problems as demo- cratic institutions take hold and the econ- don’t again come back and say: never his country anymore. heard the cries; never got to me. omy strengthens. In the meantime, he says b 1410 priorities include addressing the ‘‘heavy tax- Tragic. Tragic. ation of the formal economy’’ and the inabil- Senator, now-Secretary, Clinton said We’re okay with Americans dying so ity of a ‘‘young economy to absorb unem- that the administration’s response to I can get elected here in Iraq, but we ployed youth.’’ the assault was to be defended, and an don’t want anybody making us keep For those who have been waiting, patience independent investigation found that our promises here in Iraq. is running short. Habib Kasdalli set himself the State’s actions saved American I’ve seen our military in the Kurdish afire shortly after Bouazizi when a civil serv- lives in real-time. areas of northern Iraq, all around the ant denied him government benefits for a Well, from what I’ve seen on the world. I was in the Army for 4 years. mental disability. Seated in a Tunis hotel, And one thing that they are very con- Kasdalli describes his nervous condition as House side and in the news, without his burn-scarred hands twitch. When he pulls going into anything that might be clas- cerned about that they can’t talk off a blue knit cap, his scalp is grotesquely sified, just from the public information about publicly, but especially after we scarred. ‘‘I felt oppressed, and I felt hopeless- we’ve discerned, the actions of the had two former SEALs killed trying to ness,’’ Kasdalli says. The revolution offered a State Department in failing and ignor- protect the Ambassador, when it respite. Relief remains a long way off. ing the requests for help did not save wasn’t their job to do that, they did it f lives. It ended up costing lives. because they’re American heroes, The failure of this President to either American patriots. But our military ADMINISTRATION IN REVIEW receive information when a United sees those things. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under States Ambassador he put in harm’s You know, when I was in the mili- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- way was begging, was under fire and tary, President Carter was President. uary 3, 2013, the Chair recognizes the people were begging for help on his be- We knew we had a President who did gentleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) half, we’ve had people indicate, gee, not have our back, who was more con- for 30 minutes. that immediately gets to the President cerned about other things than the Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, just himself or someone directly around the military. And there was a lot of unrest, very briefly, we had a vote today. President who can get the President’s but it’s a crime in the United States There’s some wonderfully fine Mem- immediate attention. We have an Am- military to say anything derogatory bers of Congress that I have deep re- bassador under attack; that goes about anyone in your chain of com- spect for who voted ‘‘yes,’’ and 32 voted straight to the President or somebody mand, including the top person, the ‘‘no’’ from the Republican side. It’s not right around him. President, and it needs to be that way. because we don’t all hold the same be- And just like Secretary Clinton ap- When you’re in the military, you lief that we have to cut spending to be parently has testified today: I never take orders and you follow your orders, responsible, to avoid continuing to add saw or heard the cries for help. I didn’t and you don’t castigate whoever is up debt to our children and grandchildren, know. your chain of command, even if they but a matter of difference in strategy. Well, since this President is going to don’t have a clue what they’re doing. It It is a mistake to suspend the debt ceil- be in office for 4 more years as of Mon- has to be for the good order and dis- ing increase, just as it would be to day, it is imperative that he clean cipline of the military. raise the debt ceiling without any house and set up new procedures so But we were not stupid. We knew meaningful cuts, just as Senator Phil that even if he’s out golfing, even if when the President was not protecting Gramm got back in 1985, I believe it he’s on vacation, body surfing in Ha- us, was not protecting Americans. We was, with Gramm-Rudman and so waii, wherever he is, doing fund-raising knew when the President was not pro- many of the debt ceiling increases that in Las Vegas, no matter where he is, viding the equipment and what we were accompanied as part of the deal that when somebody says Mr. Presi- needed to protect Americans. We knew with restrictions on spending. dent, people that you put in harm’s that. There’re so many things going on in way are begging for help, they’re under And as I go around the world and the world today that are just stag- attack, they’re begging for your help, talk to different of our military, they gering. We know we had Secretary of and I feel sure, you know, he would notice that we have officials in this ad- State Hillary Clinton testifying today. take time off of one of the greens or ministration who, after Americans One report here today says that Sec- body surfing. He would surely take dedicated to protecting this country retary Clinton interrupted one Senator time. I know he would. If somebody are killed, will come forward from the to contradict him and stress that she would get him the information, your White House down and say, gee, I had did not see requests for additional se- Ambassador is about to be killed, I no idea that they were in that kind of curity to protect the Benghazi mission. know he would walk off the green and trouble. I had no idea that our policies That’s extremely unfortunate that give some order to protect him, surely. subjected them to being killed. I had people in our State Department, com- But he’s got to get the information. no idea. I wish somebody had let me mitted to helping this country, would And since I travel around the world know they were in this kind of trouble. make cries for help over a period of meeting with our military, Special The military knows that. And as I’ve months, over a period of years, even Forces, different branches of our mili- mentioned, one soldier in Afghanistan

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They’re have 4 more years, will, hopefully, be rest of us. smart people, and they’re smart concerned enough about not getting And yet this administration still pre- enough to know when people in their other members of their State Depart- vents us from getting to the real facts, chain of command do not have their ment, their embassies, their con- the real truth. To have someone come back, they do not take actions that sulates, their soldiers, killed for noth- forward and say, I really didn’t know make it appear they care. ing. there was trouble; I didn’t know about I know the President cares. I know Now I know the soldiers. I’ve been to the request for help, that does not an- he does. I know Secretary Clinton far too many funerals. And having swer the question that this body is de- cares. But it’s not enough to say, ‘‘I known so many in harm’s way, even if manding answers to and, that is, well, had no idea that I put people in harm’s they’re sent to the Valley of Death who did know. way and that they were begging for riding with the 600, figuratively speak- Who made the decisions not to pro- help and I got them killed.’’ ing, they know they didn’t die for tect Americans in harm’s way? Who You know, let’s find out where the nothing. They died devoted to the be- made that call? Who was it that gave problem is. How come they didn’t know lief in the things that are set out in the orders, because surely there was some- that was what was going on and the Declaration of Independence—that we body out there who said, an American failure to provide security was going to are endowed by our Creator with cer- Ambassador is under attack. We’re get them killed? Why didn’t they tain unalienable rights. And just like going to go protect him. know? Those are the kinds of things we inheritance, if you’re going to keep it, To attack a consulate is an act of need to find out. you’re probably going to have to fight war under anybody’s interpretation of Then we find out that there were for it. Again, our military begs, If I’m international law. It’s an act of war. Americans killed in the attack in Alge- going to lay down my life for my coun- And when somebody commits an act of ria. How could it be that these people try, don’t waste it. So, Mr. Speaker, I hope and pray this war against the United States, against in Algeria had the weapons to carry administration will stop obfuscating, a U.S. Ambassador, against our people, out this attack? will stop the hiding of documents, pre- they need to know that there’s a Com- Well, some of the reports indicate venting us from getting them, so we mander in Chief, or if he doesn’t know that these weapons probably came can find out what mistakes were made because he’s busy, somebody that will from Libya. Well, where would the so that we can prevent them in the fu- give the order to protect those that Libyans have gotten weapons? Could it ture. And the great news for this ad- were put in that bad situation. be that those were American-provided Our military needs to know that ministration, Mr. Speaker, is that gee, weapons, just like this administration it doesn’t have to run for reelection their Commander cares. Our military forced the sale of guns that would go to needs to know that they’re not going again. So there should be no excuse kill at least one American and hun- whatsoever for not bringing the facts to lay down their life for nothing. dreds of Mexicans before it started This is not the kind of testimony forward. claiming we’ve got to go after entirely, May I inquire how much time is re- that we need. We want the truth. If with our full force of the law, anybody maining? this is the truth, so be it. that sells guns to criminals? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Of course, we’d heard from her doc- It’s a shame they didn’t start with tleman has 9 minutes remaining. tors after the fall that, gee, it turns the Department of Justice; but I guess Mr. GOHMERT. Since the President out this could be the kind of thing that if you’re the Department of Justice and doesn’t have to run for reelection, would result in memory loss. And I’m you’re responsible for forcing the sale there is no reason not to bring out the glad she’s well enough to get along. of guns for criminals, then you’re not facts of Fast and Furious and what My late mother, with a brain tumor, exactly interested in looking at whose happened in Benghazi, that has now had balance problems. We constantly actions in your Department caused the spilled over and cost American lives in had to be on the alert for her falling, death of hundreds of Mexicans and one Algeria. Let’s get to the bottom of it. maybe tripping over a curb and hurting or two Americans. And if Secretary Clinton does not know herself. It breaks your heart when you But it needs to be looked at. That’s what happened, if she doesn’t have a see somebody with bruises from falling. how you avoid mistakes in the future. clue, bless her heart, let’s get some- So I’m glad Secretary Clinton’s okay. You find out what caused the mistakes. body that does. Let’s find out how But we have an Ambassador and these mistakes were made so we can b 1420 other Americans who died. So instead prevent future lives being lost when of sending witnesses to say, I don’t The three Americans were among 38 they don’t have to be. know what happened, I’ll take the workers killed in the siege of an Alge- Mr. Speaker, I want to conclude blame. I have no clue what happened, rian gas plant in which Islamic terror- today, since this week marks the 40th but I’m responsible, instead of that, ists used hostages as human shields anniversary of the landmark case of please, Mr. Speaker, we need to be pro- after their attempted mass kidnapping Roe v. Wade, and those of us who have vided with testimony and evidence how for ransom went awry. been involved as a lawyer trying cases did these irresponsible decisions get Some Algerian attackers are placed such as Roe v. Wade, which was a civil made, and who made them. in Benghazi. This story is from Algeria, case, those of us that have been in- Because, as I say, our military gets in The New York Times, dated January volved as a judge, as I was also a chief it. They see what’s going on. Despite 22, by Adam Nossiter: justice, we know that in order for a some that might say, yeah, if you don’t Several Egyptian members of the squad of case to be ripe, that it can be heard in finish high school or don’t get an edu- militants that lay bloody siege to an Alge- court, there must be a justiciable issue, cation, you may end up in the military, rian gas complex last week also took part in as there was in Roe v. Wade. But the if you actually spend enough time with the deadly attack on the United States mis- person bringing the case actually has the military, instead of being a 90-day sion in Libya in September, a senior Alge- standing to bring the case. It took wonder and get your Purple Heart and rian official said Tuesday. years, but we ultimately find out that be on your way, if you actually spend Months and months after a U.S. am- at the time there was no standing. We substantial time with true military he- bassador was killed, we finally have find out from the person who was Roe, roes that are dedicated to protecting our FBI director go over to check into a fictitious name, that she deeply re- our way of life, you spend time with it himself. After FBI agents went and grets what had happened. And that them, you know these are smart peo- did some checking, we had reporters go case has been responsible for the kill- ple. over there and find actual evidence ing of millions of lives. You spend time with SEALs, as I that somehow the FBI missed or did I have so many dear friends on the have, and you find out these are not not bother with. Mistakes that get the Democratic side of the aisle. I know

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This is our first task—caring for our chil- cord through which nourishment and And Dr. Tsing said, she is drawing life, dren. It’s our first job. If we don’t get that oxygen flow as that baby grows and de- she is drawing strength from you. I right, we don’t get anything right. That’s velops. There is a desire in the human couldn’t leave. I sat there for 8 hours how, as a society, we will be judged. And by heart to live. There is a desire to live. before they forced me to take a break, that measure, can we truly say, as a Nation, but I learned, born or unborn, a child that we are meeting our obligations? Can we And those precious, innocent children honestly say that we’re doing enough to want to live. It’s who they are. It’s part wants to live. keep our children—all of them—safe from of their genetic makeup to want to I hope and pray we will not continue harm? to allow the killing of 40, 50, 60 million live. There’s no baby, born or unborn, He went on to quote: who is capable mentally or physically more precious babies like Katie. Katie Can we say that we’re truly doing enough of taking their own lives intentionally. is alive today. She is a joy, she is bril- liant. There are other children that to give all the children of this country the It can’t happen. It doesn’t happen. chance they deserve to live out their lives in They want to live. wanted to live as well. We need to stop happiness and with purpose? deceiving pregnant women that it’s not So our heart breaks as a Nation, He said: thinking about the spilled blood of in- a life. It is a life, and it’s endowed by our Creator. I’ve been reflecting on this the last few nocent, vulnerable children all put to days, and if we’re honest with ourselves, the death because someone did not under- With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. answer is no. We’re not doing enough. And stand what was going on and they were we will have to change. led to believe it’s not a life, it’s a f Oh, Mr. Speaker, how true the Presi- choice. The children want to live. When SUNSET MEMORIAL dent’s words were. The President also our first-born was born, she came 8 to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under said: 10 weeks prematurely. Back then, it the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- We can’t tolerate this anymore. These was uncertain whether she was going uary 3, 2013, the Chair recognizes the tragedies must end. And to end them, we to live. We were encouraged at first, gentleman from Arizona (Mr. FRANKS) must change. but the doctor said, She’s in trouble. for 30 minutes. Then the President asked: Her lungs were not developed. And I Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speak- Are we really prepared to say that we’re knew from cases that I had been in- er, I know that another legislative day powerless in the face of such carnage, that volved in that if too much oxygen is has come to an end and that sunset fast the politics are too hard? Are we prepared to given to a preemie, there’s a chance approaches in Washington, D.C. say that such violence visited on our chil- they’ll go blind. So doctors avoided I stand before this House with what I dren year after year after year is somehow that, if at all possible. And I saw them call a Sunset Memorial. Because, you the price of our freedom? go from 20 to 40 to 60 to 80 to 100 per- see, Mr. Speaker, before the sun sets What a powerful question, Mr. Speak- cent oxygen. When they got to 100 per- today in America, almost 4,000 more er. It is the most relevant question we cent, I knew Katy was in big trouble or defenseless unborn children will be should all be asking in the midst of they wouldn’t risk her blindness. killed by abortion on demand in the this genocidal murder of thousands of They said we needed to ship her to ei- land of the free and the home of the unborn children in America every day. ther Dallas or Shreveport, where she brave. That is more than the number of The President said: could get the top-rated neonatal ICU. innocent lives lost on September 11th Our journey is not complete until all our Shreveport was a little closer. I was in this country, and it happens every children are cared for and cherished and al- torn—my wife was suffering, having single day. ways safe from harm. given birth prematurely—whether to Mr. Speaker, it has now been 40 He said: stay with her or go with the baby. She years—an entire generation—since the That is our generation’s task—to make said, Go with Katy. Do anything you tragedy called Roe v. Wade was first these words, these rights, these values of life can to help her. So I followed the am- handed down. Since then, the very and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real bulance to Shreveport. A man named foundation of this Nation has been for every American. Dr. Tsing was the neonatologist. He stained by the blood of almost 55 mil- Mr. Speaker, never have I so deeply cared so deeply for those babies. And I lion of its own unborn children. Some agreed with any words ever spoken by began to understand why the doctor of them, Mr. Speaker, cried and President Obama as those I have just said they seemed to have the best sur- screamed as they died, but because it quoted. And yet this President, in the vival rate there in Shreveport. was amniotic fluid going over the vocal most merciless distortion of logic and cords instead of air, we couldn’t hear b 1430 reason and humanity itself, refuses to them. apply these majestic words to the help- He had a policy that if you went by a All of them had at least four things less unborn babies of this Nation. How child, you had to observe proper saniti- in common, Mr. Speaker. First, they I wish that somehow Mr. Obama would zation procedures, but you touched were just nameless little babies who just open his heart and his ears to his those children, you talked to those had done wrong to no one, and yet each own words, and ask himself in the core children. They hear you. They know one of them died a nameless and lonely of his soul, why his words, that should you. death. And each one of their mothers, apply to all children, cannot include When I got there, they sat me on a whether she realizes it or not, will the most helpless of all children. stool and said you can stay no more never be quite the same. And all the Only a few days ago, no more than than 2 hours, but talk to this child, she gifts that these children might have 200 yards from this well, Barack Obama knows your voice. She has heard your brought to humanity in this world are put his hand down on the same Bible voice for maybe 7 months. She knows now lost forever. that Abraham Lincoln was sworn in on your voice. Talk to her. Caress her Yet, even in the glare of such trag- when he took his Presidential oath. arms. Talk to her. Caress her little edy, this generation still clings to a face. And I did. The monitors were blind, invincible ignorance while his- b 1440 going so fast, so erratic was the heart tory repeats itself over and over again Mr. Speaker, we should remember rate, so erratic was the breathing, the and our own silent genocide merci- that we honor Abraham Lincoln most lungs so undeveloped. lessly annihilates the most helpless of because he found the courage as Presi- As I had been there for a couple of all victims, those yet unborn. dent of the United States in the days of hours, Dr. Tsing came back over. Katie Mr. Speaker, I recently heard Barack slavery, and the humanity within him- had a grip on my finger, that tiny little Obama speak such poignant words self, to recognize the image of God

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(1) for each bill or resolution scheduled on be, Mr. Speaker, that President Barack So, now, Mr. Speaker, as we consider the agenda for consideration of a rule, a copy Obama might consider that perspec- the plight of the unborn after 40 years of— tive, as well as his own legacy, and under Roe v. Wade, maybe we can re- (A) the bill or resolution; even eternity itself, Mr. Speaker, and mind ourselves that our own days in (B) any committee reports thereon; and recognize that in his day under his this sunshine of life are all numbered, (C) any available letter requesting a rule Presidency that these little unborn and that all too soon, each one of us for the bill or resolution; and children look so desperately to him will also walk from these Chambers for (2) for each other bill, resolution, report, or now for help? the very last time. And if it should be other matter on the agenda a copy of— Could it be that the President might that this Congress is allowed to con- (A) the bill, resolution, report, or mate- finally remember that on the pages of rials relating to the other matter in ques- vene on yet another day, may that be tion; and the Bible on which he laid his hand the day when we finally find the hu- (B) any report on the bill, resolution, re- were the words written in red: manity, the courage, and the will to port, or any other matter made by any sub- Inasmuch as you have done unto the least embrace together our human and our committee of the Committee. of these My brethren, you have done it unto constitutional duty to protect these, Emergency Meetings Me. the least of our tiny little brothers and (c)(1) The Chair may call an emergency Mr. Speaker, whether he does or not, sisters in America, from this mur- meeting of the Committee at any time on it is certainly time for those of us in derous scourge upon our Nation called any measure or matter which the Chair de- this Chamber to remind ourselves of abortion on demand. termines to be of an emergency nature; pro- why we are really all here. Thomas Jef- Mr. Speaker, it is now 40 years since vided, however, that the Chair has made an ferson said: Roe v. Wade first stained the founda- effort to consult the ranking minority mem- The care of human life and happiness, and tion of this Nation with the blood of its ber, or, in such member’s absence, the next not its destruction, is the chief and only ob- own children. This, in the land of the ranking minority party member of the Com- ject of good government. free and the home of the brave. mittee. The phrase in the 14th Amendment I yield back the balance of my time. (2) As soon as possible after calling an emergency meeting of the Committee, the encapsulates our entire Constitution. f Chair shall notify each member of the Com- It says: mittee of the time and location of the meet- No State shall deprive any person of life, PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE RULES ing. liberty or property without due process of (3) To the extent feasible, the notice pro- law. RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES FOR THE vided under paragraph (2) shall include the Mr. Speaker, protecting the lives of 113TH CONGRESS agenda for the emergency meeting and cop- all Americans and their constitutional Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I submit the ies of available materials which would other- rights is why we are all here. The bed- attached copy of the rules of the Committee wise have been provided under subsection (b) rock foundation of this Republic is on Rules for the U.S. House of Representa- if the emergency meeting was a regular that clarion declaration of that self- tives for the 113th Congress: meeting. evident truth that all human beings RULE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS Special Meetings are created equal and endowed by their (a) The Rules of the House are the rules of (d) Special meetings shall be called and Creator with unalienable rights, the the Committee and its subcommittees so far convened as provided in clause 2(c)(2) of rule rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of as applicable, except that a motion to recess XI of the Rules of the House. happiness. from day to day, and a motion to dispense RULE 3—MEETING AND HEARING PROCEDURES Every conflict and battle our Nation with the first reading (in full) of a bill or res- In General olution, if printed copies are available, are has ever faced can be traced to our non-debatable privileged motions in the (a)(1) Meetings and hearings of the Com- commitment to this core self-evident Committee. A proposed investigative or mittee shall be called to order and presided truth. It has made us the beacon of oversight report shall be considered as read over by the Chair or, in the Chair’s absence, hope for the entire world, Mr. Speaker. if it has been available to the members of the by the member designated by the Chair as It is who we are. And yet today another Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding the Vice Chair of the Committee, or by the day has passed, and we in this body Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except ranking majority member of the Committee present as Acting Chair. have failed again to honor that when the House is in session on such day). (b) Each subcommittee is a part of the (2) Meetings and hearings of the Com- foundational commitment. We have Committee, and is subject to the authority mittee shall be open to the public unless failed our sworn oath and our God- and direction of the Committee and to its closed in accordance with clause 2(g) of rule given responsibility as we broke faith rules so far as applicable. XI of the Rules of the House of Representa- with nearly 4,000 more innocent little (c) The provisions of clause 2 of rule XI of tives. American babies who died today with- the Rules of the House are incorporated by (3) Any meeting or hearing of the Com- out the protection we should have reference as the rules of the Committee to mittee that is open to the public shall be given them. the extent applicable. open to coverage by television, radio, and So, Mr. Speaker, let me conclude this (d) The Committee’s rules shall be pub- still photography in accordance with the lished in the Congressional Record not later provisions of clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules sunset memorial in the hopes that per- than 30 days after the Committee is elected of the House (which are incorporated by ref- haps someone new who heard it tonight in each odd-numbered year. erence as part of these rules). will finally embrace the very inconven- RULE 2—REGULAR, ADDITIONAL, AND SPECIAL (4) Before a motion to report a rule is of- ient truth that abortion really does MEETINGS fered, a copy of the language recommended kill little babies and that it hurts Regular Meetings shall be furnished to each member of the mothers in ways that we can never (a)(1) The Committee shall regularly meet Committee. imagine, and that it is time we stood at 5:00 p.m. on the first day on which votes Quorum up together again and looked to our are scheduled of each week when the House (b)(1) For the purpose of hearing testimony Declaration of Independence and re- is in session. on requests for rules, five members of the member that we are the same America (2) A regular meeting of the Committee Committee shall constitute a quorum. that rejected human slavery and may be dispensed with if, in the judgment of (2) For the purpose of taking testimony marched into Europe to arrest the Nazi the Chairman of the Committee (hereafter in and receiving evidence on measures or mat- these rules referred to as the ‘‘Chair’’), there ters of original jurisdiction before the Com- Holocaust, and we are still the coura- is no need for the meeting. geous and compassionate Nation that mittee, three members of the Committee (3) Additional regular meetings and hear- shall constitute a quorum. can find a better way for mothers and ings of the Committee may be called by the (3) A majority of the members of the Com- their unborn babies than abortion on Chair. mittee shall constitute a quorum for the pur- demand. Notice for Regular Meetings poses of: reporting any measure or matter; It is still not too late for us to make (b) The Chair shall notify in electronic or authorizing a subpoena; closing a meeting or a better world and for America to be written form each member of the Committee hearing pursuant to clause 2(g) of rule XI of

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(c)(1) No vote may be conducted on any tions of the subcommittee. measure or motion pending before the Com- RULE 5—SUBCOMMITTEES Records Establishment and Responsibilities of mittee unless a majority of the members of (g) Each subcommittee of the Committee Subcommittees the Committee is actually present for such shall provide the full Committee with copies purpose. (a)(1) There shall be two subcommittees of of such records of votes taken in the sub- (2) A record vote of the Committee shall be the Committee as follows: committee and such other records with re- provided on any question before the Com- (A) Subcommittee on Legislative and spect to the subcommittee necessary for the mittee upon the request of any member. Budget Process, which shall have general re- Committee to comply with all rules and reg- (3) No vote by any member of the Com- sponsibility for measures or matters related ulations of the House. mittee on any measure or matter may be to relations between the Congress and the cast by proxy. Executive Branch. RULE 6—STAFF (4) A record of the vote of each Member of (B) Subcommittee on Rules and Organiza- In General the Committee on each record vote on any tion of the House, which shall have general (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) measure or matter before the Committee responsibility for measures or matters re- and (3), the professional and other staff of shall be made publicly available in elec- lated to process and procedures of the House, the Committee shall be appointed, by the tronic form within 48 hours, and with respect relations between the two Houses of Con- Chair, and shall work under the general su- to any record vote on any motion to amend gress, relations between the Congress and pervision and direction of the Chair. or report, shall be included in the report of the Judiciary, and internal operations of the (2) All professional, and other staff pro- the Committee showing the total number of House. vided to the minority party members of the votes cast for and against and the names of (2) In addition, each such subcommittee Committee shall be appointed, by the rank- shall have specific responsibility for such those members voting for and against. ing minority member of the Committee, and other measures or matters as the Chair re- shall work under the general supervision and Hearing Procedures fers to it. (d)(1) With regard to hearings on matters (3) Each subcommittee of the Committee direction of such member. of original jurisdiction, to the greatest ex- shall review and study, on a continuing (3) The appointment of all professional tent practicable: basis, the application, administration, exe- staff shall be subject to the approval of the (A) each witness who is to appear before cution, and effectiveness of those laws, or Committee as provided by, and subject to the the Committee shall file with the Committee parts of laws, the subject matter of which is provisions of, clause 9 of rule X of the Rules at least 24 hours in advance of the appear- within its general responsibility. of the House. ance a statement of proposed testimony in Referral of Measures and Matters to Associate Staff written and electronic form and shall limit Subcommittees (b) Associate staff for members of the Com- the oral presentation to the Committee to a (b)(1) No special order providing for the mittee may be appointed only at the discre- brief summary thereof; and consideration of any bill or resolution shall tion of the Chair (in consultation with the (B) each witness appearing in a non-gov- be referred to a subcommittee of the Com- ranking minority member regarding any mi- ernmental capacity shall include with the mittee. nority party associate staff), after taking statement of proposed testimony provided in (2) The Chair shall refer to a subcommittee into account any staff ceilings and budg- written and electronic form a curriculum such measures or matters of original juris- etary constraints in effect at the time, and vitae and a disclosure of the amount and diction as the Chair deems appropriate given any terms, limits, or conditions established source (by agency and program) of any Fed- its jurisdiction and responsibilities. by the Committee on House Administration eral grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (3) All other measures or matters of origi- under clause 9 of rule X of the Rules of the (or subcontract thereof) received during the nal jurisdiction shall be subject to consider- House. current fiscal year or either of the two pre- ation by the full Committee. Subcommittee Staff ceding fiscal years. (4) In referring any measure or matter of (2) The five-minute rule shall be observed original jurisdiction to a subcommittee, the (c) From funds made available for the ap- in the interrogation of each witness before Chair may specify a date by which the sub- pointment of staff, the Chair of the Com- the Committee until each member of the committee shall report thereon to the Com- mittee shall, pursuant to clause 6(d) of rule Committee has had an opportunity to ques- mittee. X of the Rules of the House, ensure that suf- tion the witness. (5) The Committee by motion may dis- ficient staff is made available to each sub- (3) The provisions of clause 2(k) of rule XI charge a subcommittee from consideration committee to carry out its responsibilities of the Rules of the House shall apply to any of any measure or matter referred to a sub- under the rules of the Committee, and, after hearing conducted by the Committee. committee of the Committee. consultation with the ranking minority member of the Committee, that the minority Subpoenas and Oaths Composition of Subcommittees party of the Committee is treated fairly in (e)(1) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of (c) The size and ratio of each sub- the appointment of such staff. the Rules of the House of Representatives, a committee shall be determined by the Com- subpoena may be authorized and issued by mittee and members shall be elected to each Compensation of Staff the Committee or a subcommittee in the subcommittee, and to the positions of chair- (d) The Chair shall fix the compensation of conduct of any investigation or series of in- man and ranking minority member thereof, all professional and other staff of the Com- vestigations or activities, only when author- in accordance with the rules of the respec- mittee, after consultation with the ranking ized by a majority of the members voting, a tive party caucuses. The Chair of the full minority member regarding any minority majority being present. Committee shall designate a member of the party staff. (2) The Chair may authorize and issue sub- majority party on each subcommittee as its Certification of Staff poenas under such clause during any period vice chairman. (e)(1) To the extent any staff member of in which the House has adjourned for a pe- Subcommittee Meetings and Hearings the Committee or any of its subcommittees riod of longer than three days. (d)(1) Each subcommittee of the Com- does not work under the direct supervision (3) Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by mittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, and direction of the Chair, the Member of the Chair or by any member designated by receive testimony, mark up legislation, and the Committee who supervises and directs the Committee, and may be served by any report to the full Committee on any measure the staff member’s work shall file with the person designated by the Chair or such mem- or matter referred to it. Chief of Staff of the Committee (not later ber. (2) No subcommittee of the Committee than the tenth day of each month) a certifi- (4) The Chair, or any member of the Com- may meet or hold a hearing at the same time cation regarding the staff member’s work for mittee designated by the Chair, may admin- as a meeting or hearing of the full Com- that member for the preceding calendar ister oaths to witnesses before the Com- mittee is being held. month. mittee. (3) The chairman of each subcommittee (2) The certification required by paragraph RULE 4—GENERAL OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES shall schedule meetings and hearings of the (1) shall be in such form as the Chair may (a) The Committee shall review and study, subcommittee only after consultation with prescribe, shall identify each staff member on a continuing basis, the application, ad- the Chair. by name, and shall state that the work en- ministration, execution, and effectiveness of Quorum gaged in by the staff member and the duties those laws, or parts of laws, the subject mat- (e)(1) For the purpose of taking testimony, assigned to the staff member for the member ter of which is within its jurisdiction. two members of the subcommittee shall con- of the Committee with respect to the month (b) Not later than February 15 of the first stitute a quorum. in question met the requirements of clause 9 session of a Congress, the Committee shall (2) For all other purposes, a quorum shall of rule X of the Rules of the House. meet in open session, with a quorum present, consist of a majority of the members of a (3) Any certification of staff of the Com- to adopt its oversight plans for that Con- subcommittee. mittee, or any of its subcommittees, made

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Any such change the staff is under the Chair’s direct super- ject to correction and publication. in the rules of the Committee shall be pub- vision and direction. (2) The Committee shall keep a record of lished in the Congressional Record within 30 RULE 7—BUDGET, TRAVEL, PAY OF WITNESSES all actions of the Committee and of its sub- calendar days after their approval. Budget committees. The record shall contain all in- formation required by clause 2(e)(1) of rule RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL (a) The Chair, in consultation with other XI of the Rules of the House of Representa- RESOURCES FOR THE 113TH CONGRESS members of the Committee, shall prepare for tives and shall be available for public inspec- each Congress a budget providing amounts Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speak- tion at reasonable times in the offices of the er, I submit for publication the attached copy for staff, necessary travel, investigation, and Committee. other expenses of the Committee and its sub- (3) All Committee hearings, records, data, of the rules of the Committee on Natural Re- committees. charts, and files shall be kept separate and sources for the U.S. House of Representatives Travel distinct from the congressional office for the 113th Congress: (b)(1) The Chair may authorize travel for records of the Chair, shall be the property of RULE 1. RULES OF THE HOUSE; VICE CHAIRMEN any member and any staff member of the the House, and all Members of the House (a) Applicability of House Rules. Committee in connection with activities or shall have access thereto as provided in (1) The Rules of the House of Representa- subject matters under the general jurisdic- clause 2(e)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the tives, so far as they are applicable, are the tion of the Committee. Before such author- House. rules of the Committee on Natural Resources ization is granted, there shall be submitted (4) The records of the Committee at the (hereinafter in these rules referred to as the to the Chair in writing the following: National Archives and Records Administra- ‘‘Committee’’) and its Subcommittees. (A) The purpose of the travel. tion shall be made available for public use in (2) Each Subcommittee is part of the Com- (B) The dates during which the travel is to accordance with rule VII of the Rules of the mittee and is subject to the authority, direc- occur. House. The Chair shall notify the ranking tion and rules of the Committee. References (C) The names of the States or countries to minority member of any decision, pursuant in these rules to ‘‘Committee’’ and ‘‘Chair- be visited and the length of time to be spent to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of the rule, to man’’ shall apply to each Subcommittee and in each. withhold a record otherwise available, and its Chairman wherever applicable. (D) The names of members and staff of the the matter shall be presented to the Com- (3) House Rule XI is incorporated and made Committee for whom the authorization is mittee for a determination on written re- a part of the rules of the Committee to the sought. quest of any member of the Committee. extent applicable. (2) Members and staff of the Committee Audio and Video Coverage (b) Vice Chairmen.—Unless inconsistent shall make a written report to the Chair on (c) The Chair shall provide, to the max- with other rules, the Chairman shall appoint any travel they have conducted under this imum extent practicable,— Vice Chairmen of the Committee and the subsection, including a description of their (1) Complete and unedited audio and video Subcommittees. If the Chairman of the Com- itinerary, expenses, and activities, and of broadcasts of all committee hearings and mittee or Subcommittee is not present at pertinent information gained as a result of meetings; and any meeting of the Committee or Sub- such travel. (2) For distribution of such broadcasts and committee, as the case may be, the Vice (3) Members and staff of the Committee unedited recordings thereof to the public and Chairman shall preside. If the Vice Chairman performing authorized travel on official busi- for the storage of audio and video recordings is not present, the ranking Member of the ness shall be governed by applicable laws, of the proceedings. Proceedings shall be Majority party on the Committee or Sub- resolutions, and regulations of the House and broadcast live on the Majority Committee committee who is present shall preside at of the Committee on House Administration. website and recordings shall be made avail- that meeting. Pay of Witnesses able on such website within one calendar day RULE 2. MEETINGS IN GENERAL (c) Witnesses may be paid from funds made of the proceeding. (a) Scheduled Meetings.—The Committee available to the Committee in its expense Committee Publications on the Internet shall meet at 10 a.m. every Wednesday when resolution subject to the provisions of clause (d) To the maximum extent feasible, the the House is in session if so noticed by the 5 of rule XI of the Rules of the House. Committee shall make its publications avail- Chairman under Committee Rule 3(a). The RULE 8— COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATION able in electronic form. Committee shall also meet at the call of the Reporting Journal Chairman subject to advance notice to all Members of the Committee. Special meet- (a) Whenever the Committee authorizes (e)(1) The Committee shall maintain a ings shall be called and convened by the the favorable reporting of a bill or resolution Committee Journal, which shall include all Chairman as provided in clause 2(c)(1) of from the Committee— bills, resolutions, and other matters referred House Rule XI. Any Committee meeting or (1) the Chair or acting Chair shall report it to or reported by the Committee and all hearing that conflicts with a party caucus, to the House or designate a member of the bills, resolutions, and other matters reported conference, or similar party meeting shall be Committee to do so, and by any other committee on which a rule has rescheduled at the discretion of the Chair- (2) in the case of a bill or resolution in been granted or formally requested, and such man, in consultation with the Ranking Mi- which the Committee has original jurisdic- other matters as the Chair shall direct. The nority Member. The Committee may not sit tion, the Chair shall allow, to the extent Journal shall be published periodically, but during a joint session of the House and Sen- that the anticipated floor schedule permits, in no case less often than once in each ses- ate or during a recess when a joint meeting any member of the Committee a reasonable sion of Congress. (2) A rule is considered as of the House and Senate is in progress. amount of time to submit views for inclusion formally requested when the Chairman of a (b) Open Meetings.—Each meeting for the in the Committee report on the bill or reso- committee of primary jurisdiction which has transaction of business, including the mark- lution. Any such report shall contain all reported a bill or resolution (or a member of up of legislation, and each hearing of the matters required by the Rules of the House such committee authorized to act on the Committee or a Subcommittee shall be open of Representatives (or by any provision of Chairman’s behalf): to the public, except as provided by clause law enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking (A) has requested, in writing to the Chair, 2(g) and clause 2(k) of House Rule XI. power of the House) and such other informa- that a hearing be scheduled on a rule for the consideration of the bill or resolution, and (c) Broadcasting.—Whenever a meeting for tion as the Chair deems appropriate. the transaction of business, including the (3) In the case of a resolution providing for (B) has supplied the Committee with the markup of legislation, or a hearing is open to consideration of a measure, the Committee bill or resolution, as reported, together with the public, that meeting or hearing shall be report accompanying such resolution shall the final committee report thereon. open to coverage by television, radio, and include an accurate explanation of any waiv- Other Procedures still photography in accordance with clause 4 ers of points of order, including a detailed (f) The Chair may establish such other of House Rule XI. The provisions of clause explanation of all points of order. Committee procedures and take such actions 4(f) of House Rule XI are specifically made Records as may be necessary to carry out these rules part of these rules by reference. To the max- (b)(1) There shall be a transcript made of or to facilitate the effective operation of the imum extent practicable, the Committee each regular meeting and hearing of the Committee and its subcommittees in a man- shall provide audio and visual coverage of Committee, and the transcript may be print- ner consistent with these rules. each hearing or meeting for the transaction ed if the Chair decides it is appropriate or if RULE 9—AMENDMENTS TO COMMITTEE RULES of business in a manner that allows the pub- a majority of the Members of the Committee The rules of the Committee may be modi- lic to easily listen to and view the pro- requests such printing. Any such transcripts fied, amended or repealed, in the same man- ceedings, and maintain the recordings of

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Senate.—The Chairman may offer a motion ance with clause 4(b) of House Rule XI and (2) When a call of the roll is required to as- under clause 1 of Rule XXII whenever the all other applicable rules of the Committee certain the presence of a quorum, the offices Chairman considers it appropriate. and the House. of all Members shall be notified and the RULE 4. HEARING PROCEDURES (d) Oversight Plan.—No later than Feb- Members shall have not less than 15 minutes to prove their attendance. The Chairman (a) Written Statement; Oral Testimony.— ruary 15 of the first session of each Congress, Each witness who is to appear before the the Committee shall adopt its oversight shall have the discretion to waive this re- quirement when a quorum is actually Committee or a Subcommittee shall file plans for that Congress in accordance with with the Chief Legislative Clerk of the Com- clause 2(d)(1) of House Rule X. present or whenever a quorum is secured and may direct the Chief Legislative Clerk to mittee or Subcommittee Clerk, at least two RULE 3. MEETING AND HEARING PROCEDURES IN note the names of all Members present with- working days before the day of his or her ap- GENERAL in the 15-minute period. pearance, a written statement of their pro- (a) Notice and Information for Members (f) Participation of Members in Committee posed testimony. Each witness shall limit and the Public. and Subcommittees.—Any Member of the his or her oral presentation to a five-minute (1) The Chairman shall publicly announce Committee may sit with any Subcommittee summary of the written statement, unless the date, place and subject matter of: (i) a during any meeting or hearing, and by unan- the Chairman, in consultation with the Committee hearing, which may not com- imous consent of the Members of the Sub- Ranking Minority Member, extends this mence earlier than one week after such no- committee, may participate in such meeting time period. In addition, all witnesses shall tice; or (ii) a Committee meeting, which may or hearing. However, a Member who is not a be required to submit with their testimony a not commence earlier than the third day on Member of the Subcommittee may not vote resume or other statement describing their which Members have notice thereof. on any matter before the Subcommittee, be education, employment, professional affili- (2) A hearing or meeting may begin sooner counted for purposes of establishing a ations and other background information if the Chairman, with the concurrence of the quorum or raise points of order. pertinent to their testimony. Failure to Ranking Minority Member, determines that (g) Proxies.—No vote in the Committee or comply with these requirements may result there is good cause to begin the meeting or its Subcommittees may be cast by proxy. in the exclusion of the written testimony hearing sooner, or if the Committee so deter- (h) Record Votes.—Record votes shall be from the hearing record and/or the barring of mines by majority vote. In these cases, the ordered on the demand of one-fifth of the an oral presentation of the testimony. Chairman shall publicly announce the meet- Members present, or by any Member in the (b) Minority Witnesses.—When any hearing ing or hearing at the earliest possible time. apparent absence of a quorum. is conducted by the Committee or any Sub- The Chief Legislative Clerk of the Com- (i) Postponed Record Votes. committee upon any measure or matter, the mittee shall promptly notify the Daily Di- (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Chairman Minority party Members on the Committee gest Clerk of the Congressional Record and may, after consultation with the Ranking or Subcommittee shall be entitled, upon re- shall promptly make publicly available in Minority Member, postpone further pro- quest to the Chairman by a majority of those electronic form the appropriate information ceedings when a record vote is ordered on the Minority Members before the completion of as soon as possible after the public an- question of approving any measure or matter the hearing, to call witnesses selected by the nouncement is made. or adopting an amendment. The Chairman Minority to testify with respect to that (3) To the extent practicable, a background shall resume proceedings on a postponed re- measure or matter during at least one day of memorandum prepared by the Majority staff quest at any time after reasonable notice, hearings thereon. for the Majority Members and the Minority but no later than the next meeting day. (c) Information for Members.—After an- (2) Notwithstanding any intervening order staff for the Minority Members summarizing nouncement of a hearing, the Committee for the previous question, when proceedings the major provisions of any bill being consid- shall make available as soon as practicable resume on a postponed question under para- ered by the Committee, including the need to all Members of the Committee a tentative graph (1), an underlying proposition shall re- for the bill and its effect on current law, will witness list and to the extent practicable the main subject to further debate or amend- be available for the Members of the Com- Majority staff shall make available to the ment to the same extent as when the ques- mittee no later than 48 hours before the Majority Members and the Minority staff tion was postponed. meeting. (3) This rule shall apply to Subcommittee shall make available to the Minority Mem- (b) Public Availability of Markup Text.— proceedings. bers a memorandum explaining the subject At least 24 hours prior to the markup of any (j) Privileged Motions.—A motion to recess matter of the hearing (including relevant legislation (or at the time of an announce- from day to day, a motion to recess subject legislative reports and other necessary mate- ment under paragraph (a)(2) above made to the call of the Chairman (within 24 hours), rial). In addition, the Chairman shall make within 24 hours before such meeting), the and a motion to dispense with the first read- available to the Members of the Committee Chairman shall cause the text of such legis- ing (in full) of a bill or resolution if printed any official reports from departments and lation to be made publicly available in elec- copies are available, are nondebatable mo- agencies on the subject matter as they are tronic form. tions of high privilege. received. (c) Meetings and Hearings to Begin (k) Layover and Copy of Bill.—No measure (d) Subpoenas.—The Committee or a Sub- Promptly.—Each meeting or hearing of the or recommendation reported by a Sub- committee may authorize and issue a sub- Committee shall begin promptly at the time committee shall be considered by the Com- poena under clause 2(m) of House Rule XI if stipulated in the public announcement of the mittee until two calendar days from the authorized by a majority of the Members meeting or hearing. time of Subcommittee action. No bill shall voting. In addition, the Chairman of the (d) Addressing the Committee.—A Com- be considered by the Committee unless a Committee may authorize and issue sub- mittee Member may address the Committee copy has been delivered to the office of each poenas during any period of time in which or a Subcommittee on any bill, motion, or Member of the Committee requesting a copy. the House of Representatives has adjourned other matter under consideration or may These requirements may be waived by a ma- for more than three days. Subpoenas shall be question a witness at a hearing only when jority vote of the Committee at the time of signed only by the Chairman of the Com- recognized by the Chairman for that purpose. consideration of the measure or rec- mittee, or any Member of the Committee au- The time a Member may address the Com- ommendation. thorized by the Committee, and may be mittee or Subcommittee for any purpose or (l) Access to Dais and Conference Room.— served by any person designated by the to question a witness shall be limited to five Access to the hearing rooms’ daises (and to Chairman or Member. minutes, except as provided in Committee the conference rooms adjacent to the Com- (e) Oaths.—The Chairman of the Com- Rule 4(f). A Member shall limit his remarks mittee hearing rooms) shall be limited to mittee or any Member designated by the to the subject matter under consideration. Members of Congress and employees of the Chairman may administer oaths to any wit- The Chairman shall enforce the preceding Committee during a meeting of the Com- ness before the Committee. All witnesses ap- provision. mittee, except that Committee Members’ pearing in hearings may be administered the (e) Quorums. personal staff may be present on the daises if following oath by the Chairman or his des- (1) A majority of the Members of the Com- their employing Member is the author of a ignee prior to receiving the testimony: ‘‘Do mittee shall constitute a quorum for the re- bill or amendment under consideration by you solemnly swear or affirm that the testi- porting of any measure or recommendation, the Committee, but only during the time mony that you are about to give is the truth, the authorizing of a subpoena, the closing of that the bill or amendment is under active the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, any meeting or hearing to the public under consideration by the Committee. Access to so help you God?’’ clause 2(g)(1), clause 2(g)(2)(A) and clause the conference rooms adjacent to the Com- Opening Statements; Questioning of Wit- 2(k)(5)(B) of House Rule XI, and the releasing mittee hearing rooms shall be limited to nesses. of executive session materials under clause Members of Congress and employees of Con- (1) Opening statements by Members may 2(k)(7) of House Rule X. Testimony and evi- gress during a meeting of the Committee. not be presented orally, unless the Chairman dence may be received at any hearing at (m) Cellular Telephones.—The use of cel- or his designee makes a statement, in which which there are at least two Members of the lular telephones is prohibited on the Com- case the Ranking Minority Member or his

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(2) The questioning of witnesses in Com- the Committee shall be given an opportunity Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans mittee and Subcommittee hearings shall be to review each proposed Committee report and Insular Affairs initiated by the Chairman, followed by the before it is filed with the Clerk of the House (1) All matters regarding insular areas of Ranking Minority Member and all other of Representatives. Nothing in this para- the United States. Members alternating between the Majority graph extends the time allowed for filing (2) All measures or matters regarding the and Minority parties. In recognizing Mem- supplemental, additional or minority views Freely Associated States and Antarctica. bers to question witnesses, the Chairman under paragraph (c). (3) Fisheries management and fisheries re- shall take into consideration the ratio of the (e) Disclaimer.—All Committee or Sub- search generally, including the management Majority to Minority Members present and committee reports printed and not approved of all commercial and recreational fisheries shall establish the order of recognition for by a majority vote of the Committee or Sub- (except for the reauthorization of the Mag- questioning in a manner so as not to dis- committee, as appropriate, shall contain the nuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and advantage the Members of the Majority or following disclaimer on the cover of the re- Management Act), interjurisdictional fish- the Members of the Minority. A motion is in port: eries, international fisheries agreements, order to allow designated Majority and Mi- ‘‘This report has not been officially adopt- aquaculture, seafood safety and fisheries pro- nority party Members to question a witness ed by the {Committee on Natural Resources} motion. for a specified period to be equally divided {Subcommittee} and may not therefore nec- (4) Wildlife resources, including research, between the Majority and Minority parties. essarily reflect the views of its Members.’’ restoration, refuges and conservation. This period shall not exceed one hour in the RULE 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUBCOMMITTEES; (5) All matters pertaining to the protection aggregate. FULL COMMITTEE JURISDICTION; BILL REFER- of coastal and marine environments, includ- (g) Materials for Hearing Record.—Any RALS ing estuarine protection. materials submitted specifically for inclu- (a) Subcommittees.—There shall be five (6) Coastal barriers. sion in the hearing record must address the standing Subcommittees of the Committee, (7) Oceanography. announced subject matter of the hearing and with the following jurisdiction and respon- (8) Ocean engineering, including materials, be submitted to the relevant Subcommittee sibilities: technology and systems. Clerk or Chief Legislative Clerk no later Subcommittee on Public Lands and (9) Coastal zone management. than 10 business days following the last day Environmental Regulation (10) Marine sanctuaries. of the hearing. (11) U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea. (h) Claims of Privilege.—Claims of com- (1) The National Environmental Policy Act (12) Sea Grant programs and marine exten- mon-law privileges made by witnesses in in general. (2) Measures and matters related to the sion services. hearings, or by interviewees or deponents in (13) Cooperative efforts to encourage, en- investigations or inquiries, are applicable National Park System and its units, includ- ing Federal reserved water rights. hance and improve international programs only at the discretion of the Chairman, sub- for the protection of the environment and ject to appeal to the Committee. (3) The National Wilderness Preservation System. the conservation of natural resources other- RULE 5. FILING OF COMMITTEE REPORTS (4) Wild and Scenic Rivers System, Na- wise within the jurisdiction of the Sub- (a) Duty of Chairman.—Whenever the Com- tional Trails System, national heritage areas committee. mittee authorizes the favorable reporting of and other national units established for pro- (14) General and continuing oversight and a measure from the Committee, the Chair- tection, conservation, preservation or rec- investigative authority over activities, poli- man or his designee shall report the same to reational development, other than coastal cies and programs within the jurisdiction of the House of Representatives and shall take barriers. the Subcommittee. all steps necessary to secure its passage (5) Military parks and battlefields, na- Subcommittee on Water and Power without any additional authority needing to tional cemeteries administered by the Sec- (1) Generation and marketing of electric be set forth in the motion to report each in- retary of the Interior, parks in and within power from Federal water projects by Feder- dividual measure. In appropriate cases, the the vicinity of the District of Columbia and ally chartered or Federal regional power authority set forth in this rule shall extend the erection of monuments to the memory of marketing authorities. to moving in accordance with the Rules of individuals. (2) All measures and matters concerning the House of Representatives that the House (6) Federal and non-Federal outdoor recre- water resources planning conducted pursu- be resolved into the Committee of the Whole ation plans, programs and administration in- ant to the Water Resources Planning Act, House on the State of the Union for the con- cluding the Land and Water Conservation water resource research and development sideration of the measure; and to moving in Fund Act of 1965 and the Outdoor Recreation programs and saline water research and de- accordance with the Rules of the House of Act of 1963. velopment. Representatives for the disposition of a Sen- (7) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and (3) Compacts relating to the use and appor- ate measure that is substantially the same objects of interest on the public domain and tionment of interstate waters, water rights as the House measure as reported. other historic preservation programs and ac- and major interbasin water or power move- (b) Filing.—A report on a measure which tivities, including national monuments, his- ment programs. has been approved by the Committee shall be toric sites and programs for international (4) All measures and matters pertaining to filed within seven calendar days (exclusive of cooperation in the field of historic preserva- irrigation and reclamation projects and days on which the House of Representatives tion. other water resources development and recy- is not in session) after the day on which (8) Matters concerning the following agen- cling programs, including policies and proce- there has been filed with the Committee cies and programs: Urban Parks and Recre- dures. Chief Legislative Clerk a written request, ation Recovery Program, Historic American (5) Indian water rights and settlements. signed by a majority of the Members of the Buildings Survey, Historic American Engi- (6) Cooperative efforts to encourage, en- Committee, for the reporting of that meas- neering Record, and U.S. Holocaust Memo- hance and improve international programs ure. Upon the filing with the Committee rial. for the protection of the environment and Chief Legislative Clerk of this request, the (9) Public lands generally, including meas- the conservation of natural resources other- Chief Legislative Clerk shall transmit imme- ures or matters relating to entry, easements, wise within the jurisdiction of the Sub- diately to the Chairman notice of the filing withdrawals, grazing and Federal reserved committee. of that request. water rights. (7) General and continuing oversight and (c) Supplemental, Additional or Minority (10) Forfeiture of land grants and alien investigative authority over activities, poli- Views.—Any Member may, if notice is given ownership, including alien ownership of min- cies and programs within the jurisdiction of by any Member at the time a bill or resolu- eral lands. the Subcommittee. tion is approved by the Committee, file sup- (11) Cooperative efforts to encourage, en- plemental, additional, or minority views. hance and improve international programs Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral These views must be in writing and signed by for the protection of the environment and Resources each Member joining therein and be filed the conservation of natural resources other- (I) All measures and matters concerning with the Committee Chief Legislative Clerk wise within the jurisdiction of the Sub- the U.S. Geological Survey, except for the not less than two additional calendar days committee. activities and programs of the Water Re- (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal (12) Forest reservations, including manage- sources Division or its successor. holidays except when the House is in session ment thereof, created from the public do- (2) All measures and matters affecting geo- on those days) of the time the bill or resolu- main. thermal resources. tion is approved by the Committee. This (13) Public forest lands generally, includ- (3) Conservation of United States uranium paragraph shall not preclude the filing of ing measures or matters related to entry, supply.

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(5) Mining schools, experimental stations utes are being implemented and carried out (e) Chairman and Ranking Minority Mem- and long-range mineral programs. in accordance with the intent of Congress. ber.—The Chairman of any Task Force, or (6) Mineral resources on public lands. Each Subcommittee shall review and study special or select Subcommittee shall be ap- (7) Conservation and development of oil any conditions or circumstances indicating pointed by the Chairman of the Committee. and gas resources of the Outer Continental the need of enacting new or supplemental The Ranking Minority Member shall select a Shelf. legislation within the jurisdiction of the Ranking Minority Member for each Task (8) Petroleum conservation on the public Subcommittee. Each Subcommittee shall Force, or standing, special or select Sub- lands and conservation of the radium supply have general and continuing oversight and committee. in the United States. investigative authority over activities, poli- RULE 8. RECOMMENDATION OF CONFEREES (9) Measures and matters concerning the cies and programs within the jurisdiction of Whenever it becomes necessary to appoint transportation of natural gas from or within the Subcommittee. conferees on a particular measure, the Chair- Alaska and disposition of oil transported by (e) Referral to Subcommittees; Recall. man shall recommend to the Speaker as con- the trans-Alaska oil pipeline. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and ferees those Majority Members, as well as (10) Rights of way over public lands for un- for those measures or matters retained at those Minority Members recommended to derground energy-related transportation. the Full Committee, every legislative meas- the Chairman by the Ranking Minority (11) Cooperative efforts to encourage, en- ure or other matter referred to the Com- Member, primarily responsible for the meas- hance and improve international programs mittee shall be referred to the Sub- ure. The ratio of Majority Members to Mi- for the protection of the environment and committee of jurisdiction within two weeks nority Members recommended for con- the conservation of natural resources other- of the date of its referral to the Committee. ferences shall be no greater than the ratio on wise within the jurisdiction of the Sub- If any measure or matter is within or affects the Committee. committee. the jurisdiction of one or more Subcommit- RULE 9. COMMITTEE RECORDS (12) General and continuing oversight and tees, the Chairman may refer that measure investigative authority over activities, poli- or matter simultaneously to two or more (a) Segregation of Records.—All Com- cies and programs within the jurisdiction of Subcommittees for concurrent consideration mittee records shall be kept separate and the Subcommittee. or for consideration in sequence subject to distinct from the office records of individual Committee Members serving as Chairmen or Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native appropriate time limits, or divide the matter Ranking Minority Members. These records Affairs into two or more parts and refer each part to a Subcommittee. shall be the property of the House and all (1) Measures relating to the welfare of Na- (2) The Chairman, with the approval of a Members shall have access to them in ac- tive Americans, including management of majority of the Majority Members of the cordance with clause 2(e)(2) of House Rule Indian lands in general and special measures Committee, may refer a legislative measure XI. relating to claims which are paid out of In- or other matter to a select or special Sub- (b) Availability.—The Committee shall dian funds. committee. A legislative measure or other make available to the public for review at (2) All matters regarding the relations of matter referred by the Chairman to a Sub- reasonable times in the Committee office the United States with Native Americans committee may be recalled from the Sub- transcripts of public meetings and hearings, and Native American tribes, including spe- committee for direct consideration by the except those that are unrevised or unedited cial oversight functions under House Rule X. Full Committee, or for referral to another and intended solely for the use of the Com- (3) All matters regarding Native Alaskans. Subcommittee, provided Members of the mittee. (4) All matters related to the Federal trust (c) Archived Records.—Records of the Com- responsibility to Native Americans and the Committee receive one week written notice of the recall and a majority of the Members mittee which are deposited with the Na- sovereignty of Native Americans. tional Archives shall be made available for (b) Full Committee.—The following meas- of the Committee do not object. In addition, a legislative measure or other matter re- public use pursuant to House Rule VII. The ures and matters shall be retained at the Chairman of the Committee shall notify the Full Committee: ferred by the Chairman to a Subcommittee may be recalled from the Subcommittee at Ranking Minority Member of any decision, (1) Environmental and habitat measures of pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of general applicability, including the Endan- any time by majority vote of the Committee for direct consideration by the Full Com- House Rule VII, to withhold, or to provide a gered Species Act and reauthorization of the time, schedule or condition for availability Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and mittee or for referral to another Sub- committee. of any record otherwise available. At the Management Act. written request of any Member of the Com- (2) All matters regarding Native Hawai- Consultation.—Each Subcommittee Chair- man shall consult with the Chairman of the mittee, the matter shall be presented to the ians. Committee for a determination and shall be (3) Cooperative efforts to encourage, en- Full Committee prior to setting dates for Subcommittee meetings with a view towards subject to the same notice and quorum re- hance and improve international programs quirements for the conduct of business under for the protection of the environment and avoiding whenever possible conflicting Com- mittee and Subcommittee meetings. Committee Rule 3. the conservation of natural resources other- (d) Records of Closed Meetings.—Notwith- wise within the jurisdiction of the Full Com- (g) Vacancy.—A vacancy in the member- ship of a Subcommittee shall not affect the standing the other provisions of this rule, no mittee under this paragraph. records of Committee meetings or hearings (4) All other measures and matters re- power of the remaining Members to execute the functions of the Subcommittee. which were closed to the public pursuant to tained by the Full Committee, including the Rules of the House of Representatives those retained under Committee Rule 6(e). RULE 7. TASK FORCES, SPECIAL OR SELECT shall be released to the public unless the (5) General and continuing oversight and SUBCOMMITTEES Committee votes to release those records in investigative authority over activities, poli- (a) Appointment.—The Chairman of the accordance with the procedure used to close cies and programs within the jurisdiction of Committee is authorized, after consultation the Committee meeting. the Committee under House Rule X. with the Ranking Minority Member, to ap- (e) Classified Materials.—All classified ma- (c) Ex-officio Members.—The Chairman point Task Forces, or special or select Sub- terials shall be maintained in an appro- and Ranking Minority Member of the Com- committees, to carry out the duties and priately secured location and shall be re- mittee may serve as ex-officio Members of functions of the Committee. leased only to authorized persons for review, each standing Subcommittee to which the (b) Ex-Officio Members.—The Chairman who shall not remove the material from the Chairman or the Ranking Minority Member and Ranking Minority Member of the Com- Committee offices without the written per- have not been assigned. Ex-officio Members mittee may serve as ex-officio Members of mission of the Chairman. shall have the right to fully participate in each Task Force, or special or select Sub- (I) Committee Information Available for Subcommittee activities but may not vote committee if they are not otherwise mem- the Public.—In addition to any other re- and may not be counted in establishing a bers. Ex-officio Members shall have the right quirement of these rules or the Rules of the quorum. to fully participate in activities but may not House of Representatives, the Chairman (d) Powers and Duties of Subcommittees. vote and may not be counted in establishing shall cause to be made available publicly in Each Subcommittee is authorized to meet, a quorum. electronic form the following: hold hearings, receive evidence and report to (c) Party Ratios.—The ratio of Majority (1) a record of the votes on any question on the Committee on all matters within its ju- Members to Minority Members, excluding which a recorded vote is taken which shall risdiction. Each Subcommittee shall review ex-officio Members, on each Task Force, spe- be posted no later than 24 hours after the and study, on a continuing basis, the appli- cial or select Subcommittee shall be as close vote is taken that shall include:

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COMMITTEE TRAVEL (c) Authority to Print.—The Committee is and each Member voting against such In addition to any written travel policies authorized by the Rules of the House to have amendment, motion, order, or proposition, the Committee may from time to time printed and bound testimony and other data the names of those Members voting present, adopt, all travel of Members and staff of the presented at hearings held by the Committee and the names of any Member not present. Committee or its Subcommittees, to hear- and its subcommittees. All costs of steno- (2) copies of all amendments adopted in ings, meetings, conferences and investiga- graphic services and transcripts in connec- Committee by voice vote or unanimous con- tions, including all foreign travel, must be tion with any meeting or hearing of the sent within 24 hours of the adoption of the authorized by the Full Committee Chairman Committee and its subcommittees shall be amendment. prior to any public notice of the travel and paid from applicable accounts of the House (3) the rules of the Committee, once adopt- described in clause 1(i)(1) of House Rule X in ed, and any amendments thereto, in accord- prior to the actual travel. In the case of Mi- nority staff, all travel shall first be approved accordance with clause 1(c) of House Rule XI. ance with clause 2(a)(2) of House Rule XI. (See also paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of Com- (4) the statements required under the sec- by the Ranking Minority Member. Funds au- thorized for the Committee under clauses 6 mittee rule VIII.) ond sentence of clause 2(g)(5) of House Rule (d) Vice Chairman.—The Member of the and 7 of House Rule X are for expenses in- XI, with appropriate redactions to protect majority party on the Committee or sub- curred in the Committee’s activities within the privacy of the witness, which shall be committee designated by the Chairman of the United States. posted no later than one day after the wit- the full Committee shall be the vice chair- ness appears before the Committee. RULE 13. CHANGES TO COMMITTEE RULES man of the Committee or subcommittee in RULE 10. COMMITTEE BUDGET AND EXPENSES The rules of the Committee may be modi- accordance with clause 2(d) of House Rule (a) Budget.—At the beginning of each Con- fied, amended, or repealed, by a majority XI. gress, after consultation with the Chairman vote of the Committee, provided that written (e) Presiding Member.—If the Chairman of of each Subcommittee and the Ranking Mi- notice of the proposed change has been pro- the Committee or subcommittee is not nority Member, the Chairman shall present vided each Member of the Committee prior present at any Committee or subcommittee to the Committee for its approval a budget to the meeting date on which the changes meeting or hearing, the vice chairman shall covering the funding required for staff, trav- are to be discussed and voted on consistent preside. If the Chairman and vice chairman el, and miscellaneous expenses. with Committee Rule 3(a). A change to the of the Committee or subcommittee are not (b) Expense Resolution.—-Upon approval rules of the Committee shall be published in present at a Committee or subcommittee by the Committee of each budget, the Chair- the Congressional Record no later than 30 meeting or hearing the ranking Member of man, acting pursuant to clause 6 of House days after its approval and made publicly the majority party who is present shall pre- Rule X, shall prepare and introduce in the available in electronic form. side in accordance with clause 2(d), House House a supporting expense resolution, and RULE 14. OTHER PROCEDURES Rule XI. take all action necessary to bring about its The Chairman may establish procedures (f) Publication of Rules.—The Committee’s approval by the Committee on House Admin- and take actions as may be necessary to rules shall be publicly available in electronic istration and by the House of Representa- carry out the rules of the Committee or to form and published in the Congressional tives. facilitate the effective administration of the Record not later than 30 days after the Chair (c) Amendments.—The Chairman shall re- Committee, in accordance with the rules of is elected in each odd-numbered year as pro- port to the Committee any amendments to the Committee and the Rules of the House of vided in clause 2(a) of House Rule XI. each expense resolution and any related Representatives. (g) Joint Committee Reports of Investiga- changes in the budget. tion or Study.—A report of an investigation (d) Additional Expenses.—Authorization RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE or study conducted jointly by more than one for the payment of additional or unforeseen FOR THE 113TH CONGRESS committee may be filed jointly, provided Committee expenses may be procured by one that each of the committees complies inde- Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to pendently with all requirements for approval or more additional expense resolutions proc- submit for printing, pursuant to rule XI, clause essed in the same manner as set out under and filing of the report. 2(a) of the Rules of the House, a copy of the this rule. RULE II.—COMMITTEE BUSINESS MEETINGS— (e) Month Reports.—Copies of each month- Rules of the Committee on Agriculture, which REGULAR, ADDITIONAL AND SPECIAL ly report, prepared by the Chairman for the were adopted at the organizational meeting of (a) Regular Meetings.—(1) Regular meet- Committee on House Administration, which the Committee on January 23, 2013. ings of the Committee, in accordance with shows expenditures made during the report- Apendix A of the Committee Rules will in- clause 2(b) of House Rule XI, shall be held on ing period and cumulative for the year, an- clude excerpts from the Rules of the House the first Wednesday of every month to trans- ticipated expenditures for the projected relevant to the operation of the Committee. act its business if notice is given pursuant to Committee program, and detailed informa- Appendix B will include relevant excerpts from clause 2(g)(3) of House Rule XI. The Chair- tion on travel, shall be available to each man shall provide each member of the Com- Member. the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. In the interests of minimizing printing costs, Appen- mittee, as far in advance of the day of the RULE 11. COMMITTEE STAFF regular meeting as practicable, a written dices A and B are omitted from this submis- (a) Rules and Policies.—Committee staff agenda of such meeting. Items may be placed members are subject to the provisions of sion. on the agenda by the Chairman or a majority clause 9 of House Rule X, as well as any writ- RULE I.—GENERAL PROVISIONS of the Committee. This paragraph shall not ten personnel policies the Committee may (a) Applicability of House Rules.—(1) The apply to meetings of any subcommittee. (See from time to time adopt. Rules of the House shall govern the proce- paragraph (f) of Committee rule X for provi- (b) Majority and Nonpartisan Staff.—The dure of the Committee and its subcommit- sions that apply to meetings of subcommit- Chairman shall appoint, determine the re- tees, and the rules of the Committee on Agri- tees.) muneration of, and may remove, the legisla- culture so far as applicable shall be inter- (b) Additional Meetings.—(1) The Chair- tive and administrative employees of the preted in accordance with the Rules of the man may call and convene, as he or she con- Committee not assigned to the Minority. House, except that a motion to recess from siders necessary, which may not commence The legislative and administrative staff of day to day, and a motion to dispense with earlier than the third day on which members the Committee not assigned to the Minority the first reading (in full) of a bill or resolu- have notice thereof after consultation with shall be under the general supervision and tion, if printed copies are available, are non- the Ranking Minority Member of the Com- direction of the Chairman, who shall estab- debatable privileged motions in the Com- mittee or after concurrence with the Rank- lish and assign the duties and responsibil- mittee and its subcommittees. (See Appendix ing Minority Member, additional meetings of ities of these staff members and delegate any A for the applicable Rules of the U.S. House the Committee for the consideration of any authority he determines appropriate. of Representatives.) bill or resolution pending before the Com- (c) Minority Staff.—The Ranking Minority (2) As provided in clause 1(a)(2) of House mittee or for the conduct of other Com- Member of the Committee shall appoint, de- Rule XI, each subcommittee is part of the mittee business. The Committee shall meet termine the remuneration of, and may re- Committee and is subject to the authority for such additional meetings pursuant to the move, the legislative and administrative and direction of the Committee and its rules notice from the Chairman. staff assigned to the Minority within the so far as applicable. (See also Committee (2) A hearing or meeting may begin sooner budget approved for those purposes. The leg- rules III, IV, V, VI, VII and X, infra.) than specified in clause (1) (in which case the islative and administrative staff assigned to (b) Authority to Conduct Investigations.— chair shall make the announcement specified the Minority shall be under the general su- The Committee and its subcommittees, after at the earliest possible time) if the com- pervision and direction of the Ranking Mi- consultation with the Chairman of the Com- mittee so determines by majority vote in the nority Member of the Committee who may mittee, may conduct such investigations and presence of the number of members required delegate any authority he determines appro- studies as they may consider necessary or under the rules of the committee for the priate. appropriate in the exercise of their respon- transaction of business.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:11 Jan 24, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A23JA7.041 H23JAPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H266 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 23, 2013 (3) At least 24 hours prior to the com- witness at a hearing). The time a member (m) Prohibition of Wireless Telephones.— mencement of a meeting for the markup of a may address the Committee or sub- Use of wireless phones during a committee or measure or matter the Chair shall cause the committee for any such purpose shall be lim- subcommittee hearing or meeting is prohib- text of such measure or matter to be made ited to five minutes, except that this time ited. publicly available in electronic form. limit may be waived by unanimous consent. RULE IV.—QUORUMS. (c) Special Meetings.—If at least three A member shall also be limited in his or her (a) Working Quorum.—One-third of the members of the Committee desire that a spe- remarks to the subject matter under consid- members of the Committee or a sub- cial meeting of the Committee be called by eration, unless the Member receives unani- committee shall constitute a quorum for the Chairman, those members may file in the mous consent to extend his or her remarks taking any action, other than as noted in offices of the Committee their written re- beyond such subject. paragraphs (b) and (c). quest to the Chairman for such special meet- (e) Meetings to Begin Promptly.—Subject (b) Majority Quorum.—A majority of the ing. Such request shall specify the measure to the presence of a quorum, each meeting or members of the Committee or subcommittee or matters to be considered. Immediately hearing of the Committee and its sub- shall constitute a quorum for: upon the filing of the request, the Majority committees shall begin promptly at the time (1) the reporting of a bill, resolution or Staff Director (serving as the clerk of the so stipulated in the public announcement of other measure (See clause 2(h)(1) of House Committee for such purpose) shall notify the the meeting or hearing. Rules XI, and Committee rule VIII); Chairman of the filing of the request. If, (f) Prohibition on Proxy Voting.—No vote (2) the closing of a meeting or hearing to within three calendar days after the filing of by any Member of the Committee or sub- the public pursuant to clauses 2(g), 2(k)(5) the request, the Chairman does not call the committee with respect to any measure or and 2(k)(7) of the Rule XI of the Rules of the requested special meeting to be held within 7 matter may be cast by proxy. House; (g) Location of Persons at Meetings.—No calendar days after the filing of the request, (3) the authorizing of a subpoena as pro- person other than the Committee or sub- a majority of the members of the Committee vided in clause 2(m)(3), of House Rule XI (See committee Members and Committee or sub- may file in the offices of the Committee also Committee rule VI.); and committee staff may be seated in the ros- their written notice that a special meeting (4) as where required by a rule of the trum area during a meeting of the Com- of the Committee will be held, specifying the House. mittee or subcommittee unless by unani- (c) Quorum for Taking Testimony.—Two date and hour thereof, and the measures or mous consent of Committee or sub- members of the Committee or subcommittee matter to be considered at that special meet- committee. shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of ing in accordance with clause 2(c)(2) of House (h) Consideration of Amendments and Mo- taking testimony and receiving evidence. Rule XI. The Committee shall meet on that tions.—A Member, upon request, shall be rec- RULE V.—RECORDS. date and hour. Immediately upon the filing ognized by the Chairman to address the Com- (a) Maintenance of Records.—The Com- of the notice, the Majority Staff Director mittee or subcommittee at a meeting for a mittee shall keep a complete record of all (serving as the clerk) of the Committee shall period limited to five minutes on behalf of Committee and subcommittee action which notify all members of the Committee that an amendment or motion offered by the such meeting will be held and inform them of shall include— Member or another Member, or upon any (1) in the case of any meeting or hearing its date and hour and the measure or matter other matter under consideration, unless the to be considered, and only the measure or transcripts, a substantially verbatim ac- Member receives unanimous consent to ex- count of remarks actually made during the matter specified in that notice may be con- tend the time limit. Every amendment or sidered at that special meeting. proceedings, subject only to technical, gram- motion made in Committee or subcommittee matical and typographical corrections au- RULE III.—OPEN MEETINGS AND HEARINGS; shall, upon the demand of any Member thorized by the person making the remarks BROADCASTING present, be reduced to writing, and a copy involved, and (a) Open Meetings and Hearings.—Each thereof shall be made available to all Mem- (2) written minutes shall include a record meeting for the transaction of business, in- bers present. Such amendment or motion of all Committee and subcommittee action cluding the markup of legislation, and each shall not be pending before the Committee or and a record of all votes on any question and hearing by the Committee or a sub- subcommittee or voted on until the require- a tally on all record votes. committee shall be open to the public unless ments of this paragraph have been met. The result of each such record vote shall be closed in accordance with clause 2(g) of (i) Demanding Record Vote.— made available by the Committee for inspec- (1) A record vote of the Committee or sub- House Rule XI. (See Appendix A.) tion by the public at reasonable times in the committee on a question or action shall be (b) Broadcasting and Photography.—When- offices of the Committee and by telephone ordered on a demand by one-fifth of the ever a Committee or subcommittee meeting request and also made publicly available in Members present. for the transaction of business, including the (2) The Chairman of the Committee or Sub- electronic form within 48 hours of such markup of legislation, or a hearing is open to committee may postpone further pro- record vote. Not later than 24 hours after the public, that meeting or hearing shall: ceedings when a record vote is ordered on the adoption of an amendment to a measure or (1) To the maximum extent practicable the question of approving a measure or matter matter, the chair of the Committee shall Committee shall provide audio and video or on adopting an amendment. If the Chair- cause the text of such amendment adopted coverage of each hearing or meeting for the man postpones further proceedings: thereto to be made publicly available in elec- transaction of business in a manner that al- (A) the Chairman may resume such post- tronic form. Information so available for lows the public to easily listen to and view poned proceedings, after giving Members public inspection shall include a description the proceedings and shall maintain the re- adequate notice, at a time chosen in con- of the amendment, motion, order or other cordings of such coverage in a manner that sultation with the Ranking Minority Mem- proposition and the name of each member is easily accessible to the public. ber; and voting for and each member voting against (2) Be open to coverage by television, (B) notwithstanding any intervening order such amendment, motion, order, or propo- radio, and still photography in accordance for the previous question, the underlying sition, and the names of those members with clause 4 of House Rule XI (See Appendix proposition on which proceedings were post- present but not voting. A). When such radio coverage is conducted in poned shall remain subject to further debate (b) Access to and Correction of Records.— the Committee or subcommittee, written no- or amendment to the same extent as when Any public witness, or person authorized by tice to that effect shall be placed on the desk the question was postponed. such witness, during Committee office hours of each Member. The Chairman of the Com- (j) Submission of Motions or Amendments in the Committee offices and within two mittee or subcommittee, shall not limit the In Advance of Business Meetings.—The Com- weeks of the close of hearings, may obtain a number of television or still cameras per- mittee and subcommittee-Chairman may re- transcript copy of that public witness’s testi- mitted in a hearing or meeting room to quest and Committee and subcommittee mony and make such technical, grammatical fewer than two representatives from each Members should, insofar as practicable, co- and typographical corrections as authorized medium (except for legitimate space or safe- operate in providing copies of proposed by the person making the remarks involved ty considerations, in which case pool cov- amendments or motions to the Chairman as will not alter the nature of testimony erage shall be authorized). and the Ranking Minority Member of the given. There shall be prompt return of such (c) Closed Meetings—Attendees.—No per- Committee or the subcommittee twenty-four corrected copy of the transcript to the Com- son other than Members of the Committee or hours before a Committee or subcommittee mittee. Members of the Committee or sub- subcommittee and such congressional staff business meeting. committee shall receive copies of transcripts and departmental representatives as the (k) Points of Order.— No point of order for their prompt review and correction and Committee or subcommittee may authorize against the hearing or meeting procedures of prompt return to the Committee. The Com- shall be present at any business or markup the Committee or subcommittee shall be en- mittee or subcommittee may order the print- session that has been closed to the public as tertained unless it is made in a timely fash- ing of a hearing record without the correc- provided in clause 2(g)(1) of House Rule XI. ion. tions of any Member or witness if it deter- (d) Addressing the Committee.—A Com- (l) Limitation on Committee Sittings.— mines that such Member or witness has been mittee member may address the Committee The Committee or subcommittees may not afforded a reasonable time in which to make or a subcommittee on any bill, motion, or sit during a joint session of the House and such corrections and further delay would se- other matter under consideration (See Com- Senate or during a recess when a joint meet- riously impede the consideration of the leg- mittee rule VII (e) relating to questioning a ing of the House and Senate is in progress. islative action that is subject of the hearing.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:11 Jan 24, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A23JA7.049 H23JAPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE January 23, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H267 The record of a hearing shall be closed ten should be given to all Members of the Com- working days before day of his or her appear- calendar days after the last oral testimony, mittee by 5 p.m. of the day preceding such ance, a written statement of proposed testi- unless the Committee or subcommittee de- meeting. mony. Witnesses shall provide sufficient cop- termines otherwise. Any person requesting (3) Compliance with any subpoena issued ies of their statement for distribution to to file a statement for the record of a hear- by the Committee or subcommittee under Committee or subcommittee Members, staff, ing must so request before the hearing con- paragraph (a)(2) may be enforced only as au- and the news media. Insofar as practicable, cludes and must file the statement before thorized or directed by the House. the Committee or subcommittee staff shall the record is closed unless the Committee or (4) A subpoena duces tecum may specify distribute such written statements to all subcommittee determines otherwise. The terms of return other than at a meeting or Members of the Committee or subcommittee Committee or subcommittee may reject any hearing of the committee or subcommittee as soon as they are received as well as any statement in light of its length or its tend- authorizing the subpoena. official reports from departments and agen- ency to defame, degrade, or incriminate any (c) Expenses of Subpoenaed Witnesses.— cies on such subject matter. All witnesses person. Each witness who has been subpoenaed, upon may be limited in their oral presentations to (c) Property of the House.—All Committee the completion of his or her testimony be- brief summaries of their statements within and subcommittee records (including hear- fore the Committee or any subcommittee, the time allotted to them, at the discretion ings data, charts, and files) shall be kept sep- may report to the offices of the Committee, of the Chairman of the Committee or sub- arate and distinct from the congressional of- and there sign appropriate vouchers for trav- committee, in light of the nature of the tes- fice records of the Members serving as Chair- el allowances and attendance fees to which timony and the length of time available. man and such records shall be the property he or she is entitled. If hearings are held in (2) As noted in paragraph (a) of Committee of the House and all Members of the House cities other than Washington D.C., the sub- rule VI, the Chairman of the Committee or shall have access thereto. The Majority Staff poenaed witness may contact the Majority one of its subcommittees, or any Member Director shall promptly notify the Chairman Staff Director of the Committee, or his or designated by the Chairman, may administer and the Ranking Minority Member of any re- her representative, before leaving the hear- an oath to any witness. quest for access to such records. ing room. (3) To the greatest extent practicable, each (d) Availability of Archived Records.—The witness appearing in a non-governmental ca- RULE VII.—HEARING PROCEDURES. records of the Committee at the National Ar- pacity shall include with the written state- chives and Records Administration shall be (a) Power to Hear.—For the purpose of car- ment of proposed testimony a curriculum made available for public use in accordance rying out any of its functions and duties vitae and disclosure of the amount and with House Rule VII. The Chairman shall no- under House Rule X and XI, the Committee source (by agency and program) of any Fed- tify the Ranking Minority Member of the and its subcommittees are authorized to sit eral grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract Committee of the need for a Committee and hold hearings at any time or place with- (or subcontract thereof) received during the order pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) in the United States whether the House is in current fiscal year or either of the two pre- of such House Rule, to withhold a record oth- session, has recessed, or has adjourned. (See ceding fiscal years. Such statements, with erwise available. paragraph (a) of Committee rule VI and para- appropriate redactions to protect the privacy (e) Special Rules for Certain Records and graph (f) of Committee rule X for provisions of witnesses, shall be made publicly avail- Proceedings.—A stenographic record of a relating to subcommittee hearings and meet- able in electronic form not later than one business meeting of the Committee or sub- ings.) day after the witness appears. committee may be kept and thereafter may (b) Announcement.—The Chairman of the (e) Questioning of Witnesses.—Committee be published if the Chairman of the Com- Committee shall after consultation with the or subcommittee Members may question wit- mittee, after consultation with the Ranking Ranking Minority Member of the Com- nesses only when they have been recognized Minority Member, determines there is need mittee, make a public announcement of the by the Chairman of the Committee or sub- for such a record. The proceedings of the date, place and subject matter of any Com- committee for that purpose. Each Member so Committee or subcommittee in a closed mittee hearing at least one week before the recognized shall be limited to questioning a meeting, evidence or testimony in such commencement of the hearing. The Chair- witness for five minutes until such time as meeting, shall not be divulged unless other- man of a subcommittee shall schedule a each Member of the Committee or sub- wise determined by a majority of the Com- hearing only after consultation with the committee who so desires has had an oppor- mittee or subcommittee. Chairman of the Committee and after con- tunity to question the witness for five min- (f) Electronic Availability of Committee sultation with the Ranking Minority Mem- utes; and thereafter the Chairman of the Publications.—To the maximum extent fea- ber of the subcommittee, and the Chairmen Committee or subcommittee may limit the sible, the Committee shall make its publica- of the other subcommittees after such con- time of a further round of questioning after tions available in electronic form. sultation with the Committee Chairman, and giving due consideration to the importance RULE VI.—POWER TO SIT AND ACT; SUBPOENA shall request the Majority Staff Director to of the subject matter and the length of time POWER. make a public announcement of the date, available. All questions put to witnesses (a) Authority to Sit and Act.—For the pur- place, and subject matter of such hearing at shall be germane to the measure or matter pose of carrying out any of its function and least one week before the hearing. If the under consideration. Unless a majority of duties under House Rules X and XI, the Com- Chairman of the Committee or the sub- the Committee or subcommittee determines mittee and each of its subcommittees is au- committee, with concurrence of the Ranking otherwise, no committee or subcommittee thorized (subject to paragraph (b)(1) of this Minority Member of the Committee or sub- staff shall interrogate witnesses. rule)— committee, determines there is good cause (f) Extended Questioning for Designated (1) to sit and act at such times and places to begin the hearing sooner, or if the Com- Members.—Notwithstanding paragraph (e), within the United States whether the House mittee or subcommittee so determines by the Chairman and Ranking Minority member is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned majority vote, a quorum being present for may designate an equal number of Members and to hold such hearings, and the transaction of business, the Chairman of from each party to question a witness for a (2) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the Committee or subcommittee, as appro- period not longer than 60 minutes. the attendance and testimony of such wit- priate, shall request the Majority Staff Di- (g) Witnesses for the Minority.—When any nesses and the production of such books, rector to make such public announcement at hearing is conducted by the Committee or records, correspondence, memoranda, papers the earliest possible date. The clerk of the any subcommittee upon any measure or mat- and documents, as it deems necessary. The Committee shall promptly notify the Daily ter, the minority party members on the Chairman of the Committee or sub- Digest Clerk of the Congressional Record, Committee or subcommittee shall be enti- committee, or any member designated by and shall promptly enter the appropriate in- tled, upon request to the Chairman by a ma- the Chairman, may administer oaths to any formation into the Committee scheduling jority of those minority members before the witness. service of the House Information Systems as completion of such hearing, to call witnesses (b) Issuance of Subpoenas.—(1) A subpoena soon as possible after such public announce- selected by the minority to testify with re- may be authorized and issued by the Com- ment is made. spect to that measure or matter during at mittee or subcommittee under paragraph (c) Scheduling of Witnesses.—Except as least one day of hearing thereon as provided (a)(2) in the conduct of any investigation or otherwise provided in this rule, the sched- in clause 2(j)(1) of House Rule XI. series of investigations or activities, only uling of witnesses and determination of the (h) Summary of Subject Matter.—Upon an- when authorized by a majority of the mem- time allowed for the presentation of testi- nouncement of a hearing, to the extent prac- bers voting, a majority being present, as pro- mony at hearings shall be at the discretion ticable, the Committee shall make available vided in clause 2(m)(3)(A) of House Rule XI. of the Chairman of the Committee or sub- immediately to all members of the Com- Such authorized subpoenas shall be signed by committee, unless a majority of the Com- mittee a concise summary of the subject the Chairman of the Committee or by any mittee or subcommittee determines other- matter (including legislative reports and member designated by the Committee. As wise. other material) under consideration. In addi- soon as practicable after a subpoena is issued (d) Written Statement; Oral Testimony.— tion, upon announcement of a hearing and under this rule, the Chairman shall notify all (1) Each witness who is to appear before the subsequently as they are received, the Chair- members of the Committee of such action. Committee or a subcommittee, shall insofar man of the Committee or subcommittee (2) Notice of a meeting to consider a mo- as practicable file with the Majority Staff shall, to the extent practicable, make avail- tion to authorize and issue a subpoena Director of the Committee, at least two able to the members of the Committee any

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No bill, resolution, or in the bill or in the report (and the name of shall be open to the public, including radio, measure shall be reported from the Com- any Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis- television and still photography coverage, mittee unless a majority of Committee is ac- sioner who submitted a request to the com- except as provided in clause 4 of House Rule tually present. A Committee report on any mittee for each respective item included in XI (see also Committee rule III (b).). In any bill, resolution, or other measure approved such list) or a statement that the propo- event, no Member of the House may be ex- by the Committee shall be filed within seven sition contains no congressional earmarks, cluded from nonparticipatory attendance at calendar days (not counting days on which limited tax benefits, or limited tariff bene- any hearing unless the House by majority the House is not in session) after the day on fits; vote shall authorize the Committee or sub- which there has been filed with the Majority (11) the changes in existing law (if any) committee, for purposes of a particular se- Staff Director of the Committee a written shown in accordance with clause 3 of House ries of hearings on a particular bill or resolu- request, signed by a majority of the Com- Rule XIII; tion or on a particular subject of investiga- mittee, for the reporting of that bill or reso- (12) the determination required pursuant tion, to close its hearings to Members by lution. The Majority Staff Director of the to section 5(b) of Public Law 92–463, if the means of the above procedure. Committee shall notify the Chairman imme- legislation reported establishes or authorizes (j) Hearings and Reports.—(1)(i) The Chair- diately when such a request is filed. the establishment of an advisory committee; man of the Committee or subcommittee at a (b) Content of Reports.—Each Committee and hearing shall announce in an opening state- report on any bill or resolution approved by (13) the information on Federal and inter- ment the subject of the investigation. A copy the Committee shall include as separately governmental mandates required by section of the Committee rules (and the applicable identified sections: 423(c) and (d) of the Congressional Budget provisions of clause 2 of House Rule XI, re- (1) a statement of the intent or purpose of Act of 1974, as added by the Unfunded Man- garding hearing procedures, an excerpt of the bill or resolution; dates Reform Act of 1995 (P.L. 104–4). which appears in Appendix A thereto) shall (2) a statement describing the need for (14) a statement regarding the applica- be made available to each witness upon re- such bill or resolution; bility of section 102(b)(3) of the Congres- quest. Witnesses at hearings may be accom- (3) a statement of Committee and sub- sional Accountability Act, Public Law 104–1. panied by their own counsel for the purpose committee consideration of the measure in- ‘‘(15) a statement indicating whether any of advising them concerning their constitu- cluding a summary of amendments and mo- provision of the measure establishes or reau- tional rights. The Chairman of the Com- tions offered and the actions taken thereon; thorizes a program of the Federal Govern- mittee or subcommittee may punish (4) the results of the each record vote on ment known to be duplicative of another breaches of order and decorum, and of profes- any amendment in the Committee and sub- Federal program. The Statement shall at a sional ethics on the part of counsel, by cen- committee and on the motion to report the minimum explain whether— sure and exclusion from the hearings; but measure or matter, including the names of ‘‘(A) any such program was included in any only the full Committee may cite the of- those Members and the total voting for and report from the Government Accountability fender to the House for contempt. the names of those Members and the total Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of (ii) Whenever it is asserted by a member of voting against such amendment or motion Public Law 111–139; or the committee that the evidence or testi- (See clause 3(b) of House rule XIII); ‘‘(B) the most recent catalog of Federal mony at a hearing may tend to defame, de- (5) the oversight findings and recommenda- Domestic Assistance, published pursuant to grade, or incriminate any person, or it is as- tions of the Committee with respect to the the Federal Program Information Act (Pub- serted by a witness that the evidence or tes- subject matter of the bill or resolution as re- lic Law 95–220, as amended by Public Law 98– timony that the witness would give at a quired pursuant to clause 3(c)(1) of House 169), identified other programs related to the hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or in- Rule XIII and clause 2(b)(1) of House Rule X; program established or reauthorized by the criminate the witness, such testimony or (6) the detailed statement described in measure’’. evidence shall be presented in executive ses- House Rule XIII clause 3(c)(2) and section ‘‘(16) a statement estimating the number of sion, notwithstanding the provisions of para- 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 directed rule makings required by the meas- graph (i) of this rule, if by a majority of if the bill or resolution provides new budget ure.’’ those present, there being in attendance the authority (other than continuing appropria- (c) Supplemental, Minority, or Additional requisite number required under the rules of tions), new spending authority described in Views.—If, at the time of approval of any the Committee to be present for the purpose section 401(c)(2) of such Act, new credit au- measure or matter by the Committee, any of taking testimony, the Committee or sub- thority, or an increase or decrease in reve- Member of the Committee gives notice of in- committee determines that such evidence or nues or tax expenditures, except that the es- tention to file supplemental, minority, or ad- testimony may tend to defame, degrade, or timates with respect to new budget author- ditional views, all Members shall be entitled incriminate any person. The Committee or ity shall include, when practicable, a com- to not less than two subsequent calendar subcommittee shall afford a person an oppor- parison of the total estimated funding level days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and tunity voluntarily to appear as a witness; for the relevant program (or programs) to legal holidays except when the House is in and the Committee or subcommittee shall the appropriate levels under current law; session on such date) in which toto file such (7) the estimate of costs and comparison of receive and shall dispose of requests from writing and signed views, with the Majority such estimates, if any, prepared by the Di- such person to subpoena additional wit- Staff Director of the Committee. When time rector of the Congressional Budget Office in nesses. guaranteed by this paragraph has expired (or connection with such bill or resolution pur- (iii) No evidence or testimony taken in ex- if sooner, when all separate views have been suant to section 402 of the Congressional ecutive session may be released or used in received), the Committee may arrange to file Budget Act of 1974 if submitted in timely public sessions without the consent of the its report with the Clerk of the House not fashion to the Committee; Committee or subcommittee. In the discre- later than one hour after the expiration of (8) a statement of general performance tion of the Committee or subcommittee, wit- such time. All such views (in accordance goals and objectives, including outcome-re- nesses may submit brief and pertinent state- with House rule XI, clause 2(1) and House lated goals and objectives, for which the ments in writing for inclusion in the record. rule XIII, clause 3(a)(1)), as filed by one or measure authorizes funding; more Members of the Committee, shall be in- The Committee or subcommittee is the sole (9) an estimate by the committee of the judge of the pertinency of testimony and evi- cluded within and made a part of the report costs that would be incurred in carrying out filed by the Committee with respect to that dence adduced at its hearings. A witness may such bill or joint resolution in the fiscal year obtain a transcript copy of his or her testi- bill or resolution. in which it is reported and for its authorized (d) Printing of Reports.—The report of the mony given at a public session or, if given at duration or for each of the five fiscal years Committee on the measure or matter noted an executive session, when authorized by the following the fiscal year of reporting, which- in paragraph (a) above shall be printed in a Committee or subcommittee. (See paragraph ever period is less (see Rule XIII, clause single volume, which shall: (c) of Committee rule V.) 3(d)(2), (3) and (h)(2), (3)), together with—(i) a (1) include all supplemental, minority or (2) A proposed investigative or oversight comparison of these estimates with those additional views that have been submitted report shall be considered as read if it has made and submitted to the Committee by by the time of the filing of the report; and been available to the members of the Com- any Government agency when practicable, (2) bear on its cover a recital that any such mittee for at least 24 hours (excluding Satur- and (ii) a comparison of the total estimated supplemental, minority, or additional views days, Sundays, or legal holidays except when funding level for the relevant program (or (and any material submitted under House the House is in session on such day) in ad- programs) with appropriate levels under cur- rule XII, clause 3(a)(1)) are included as part vance of their consideration. rent law (The provisions of this clause do not of the report. RULE VIII.—THE REPORTING OF BILLS AND apply if a cost estimate and comparison pre- (e) Immediate Printing; Supplemental Re- RESOLUTIONS pared by the Director of the Congressional ports.— Nothing in this rule shall preclude (a) Filing of Reports.—The Chairman shall Budget Office under section 403 of the Con- (1) the immediate filing or printing of a report or cause to be reported promptly to gressional Budget Act of 1974 has been time- Committee report unless timely request for

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The Chairman shall, to ity, or additional views has been made as tory authority; the fullest extent feasible, include those provided by paragraph (c), or (2) the filing by (4) have a view toward ensuring that all Members of the Committee who were the the Committee of any supplemental report significant laws, programs, or agencies with- principal proponents of the major provisions on any bill or resolution that may be re- in its jurisdiction are subject to review at of the bill as it passed the House and such quired for the correction of any technical least once every ten years; and other Committee Members of the majority error in a previous report made by the Com- (5) include proposals to cut or eliminate party as the Chairman may designate in con- mittee on that bill or resolution. programs, including mandatory spending sultation with the Members of the majority (f) Availability of Printed Hearing programs, that are inefficient, duplicative, party. Such recommendations shall provide a Records.—If hearings have been held on any outdated, or more appropriately adminis- ratio of majority party Members to minority reported bill or resolution, the Committee tered by State or local governments. party Members no less favorable to the ma- shall make every reasonable effort to have The Committee and its appropriate sub- jority party than the ratio of majority party the record of such hearings printed and committees shall review and study, on a con- Members to minority party Members on the available for distribution to the Members of tinuing basis, the impact or probable impact Committee. In making recommendations of the House prior to the consideration of such of tax policies affecting subjects within its Minority Party Members as conferees, the bill or resolution by the House. Each printed jurisdiction as provided in clause 2(d) of Chairman shall consult with the Ranking hearing of the Committee or any of its sub- House Rule X. The Committee shall include Minority Member of the Committee. committees shall include a record of the at- in the report filed pursuant to clause 1(d) of (f)(1) The Committee, or a subcommittee, tendance of the Members. House Rule XI a summary of the oversight shall hold at least one hearing during each (g) Committee Prints.—All Committee or plans submitted by the Committee under 120-day period following the establishment of subcommittee prints or other Committee or clause 2(d) of House Rule X, a summary of the committee on the topic of waste, fraud, subcommittee documents, other than reports actions taken and recommendations made abuse, or mismanagement in Government or prints of bills, that are prepared for public with respect to each such plan, and a sum- programs which the committee may author- distribution shall be approved by the Chair- mary of any additional oversight activities ize. man of the Committee or the Committee undertaken by the Committee and any rec- (2) A hearing described in subparagraph (1) prior to public distribution. ommendations made or actions taken there- shall include a focus on the most egregious (h) Post Adjournment Filing of Committee on. instances of waste, fraud, abuse, or mis- Reports.—(1) After an adjournment of the (b) Annual Appropriations.—The Com- management as documented by any report last regular session of a Congress sine die, an mittee shall, in its consideration of all bills the committee has received from a Federal investigative or oversight report approved by and joint resolutions of a public character Office of the Inspector General or the Comp- the Committee may be filed with the Clerk within its jurisdiction, ensure that appro- troller General of the United States. (g) The Committee or a subcommittee, at any time, provided that if a member gives priations for continuing programs and ac- shall hold at least one hearing in any session notice at the time of approval of intention to tivities of the Federal government and the in which the committee has received dis- file supplemental, minority, or additional District of Columbia government will be claimers of agency financial statements views, that member shall be entitled to not made annually to the maximum extent fea- from auditors of any Federal agency that the less than seven calendar days in which to sible and consistent with the nature, require- committee may authorize to hear testimony submit such views for inclusion with the re- ments, and objectives of the programs and on such disclaimers from representatives of port. activities involved. The Committee shall re- any such agency. (2) After an adjournment of the last reg- view, from time to time, each continuing (h) The Committee or a subcommittee, ular session of a Congress sine die, the Chair- program within its jurisdiction for which ap- shall hold at least one hearing on issues man of the Committee may file at any time propriations are not made annually in order raised by reports issued by the Comptroller with the Clerk the Committee’s activity re- to ascertain whether such program could be General of the United States indicating that port for that Congress pursuant to clause modified so that appropriations therefor Federal programs or operations that the 1(d)(1) of rule XI of the Rules of the House would be made annually. (c) Budget Act Compliance: Views and Es- committee may authorize are at high risk without the approval of the Committee, pro- timates (See Appendix B).—Not later than for waste, fraud, and mismanagement, vided that a copy of the report has been six weeks after the President submits his known as the ‘high-risk-list’ or the ‘high- available to each member of the Committee budget under section 1105(a) of title 31, risk series’. for at least seven calendar days and the re- United States Code, or at such time as the (i)(1) Not later than January 2 of each port includes any supplemental, minority, or Committee on the Budget may request, the year, the Committee shall submit to the additional views submitted by a member of Committee shall, submit to the Committee House a report on the activities of the com- the Committee. on the Budget (1) its views and estimates mittee. After adjournment sine die of a reg- (i) The Chairman is directed to offer a mo- ular session of Congress, or after December tion under clause 1 of rule XXII of the Rules with respect to all matters to be set forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget for 15, whichever occurs first, the Chair may file of the House whenever the Chairman con- the report, a copy of which shall be made siders it appropriate. the ensuing fiscal year (under section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974—see available to each member of the committee RULE IX.—OTHER COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES Appendix B) that are within its jurisdiction for at least seven calendar days, with the (a) Oversight Plan.—Not later than Feb- or functions; and (2) an estimate of the total Clerk at any time. ruary 15 of the first session of a Congress, amounts of new budget authority, and budg- (2) Such report shall include separate sec- the Chairman shall convene the Committee et outlays resulting therefrom, to be pro- tions summarizing the legislative and over- in a meeting that is open to the public and vided or authorized in all bills and resolu- sight activities of the Committee during with a quorum present to adopt its oversight tions within its jurisdiction that it intends that Congress. plans for that Congress. Such plans shall be to be effective during that fiscal year. (3) The oversight section of such report submitted simultaneously to the Committee (d) Budget Act Compliance: Recommended shall include a summary of the oversight on Government Reform and to the Com- Changes.—Whenever the Committee is di- plans submitted by the Committee pursuant mittee on House Administration. In devel- rected in a concurrent resolution on the to clause 2(d) of House Rule X, a summary of oping such plans the Committee shall, to the budget to determine and recommend changes the actions taken and recommendations maximum extent feasible— in laws, bills, or resolutions under the rec- made with respect to each such plan, and a (1) consult with other committees of the onciliation process, it shall promptly make summary of any additional oversight activi- House that have jurisdiction over the same such determination and recommendations, ties undertaken by the Committee, and any or related laws, programs, or agencies within and report a reconciliation bill or resolution recommendations made or actions taken its jurisdiction, with the objective of ensur- (or both) to the House or submit such rec- with respect thereto. ing that such laws, programs, or agencies are ommendations to the Committee on the RULE X.—SUBCOMMITTEES reviewed in the same Congress and that Budget, in accordance with the Congres- (a) Number and Composition.—There shall there is a maximum of coordination between sional Budget Act of 1974 (See Appendix B). be such subcommittees as specified in para- such committees in the conduct of such re- (e) Conference Committees.—Whenever in graph (c) of this rule. Each of such sub- views; and such plans shall include an expla- the legislative process it becomes necessary committees shall be composed of the number nation of what steps have been and will be to appoint conferees, the Chairman shall, of members set forth in paragraph (c) of this taken to ensure such coordination and co- after consultation with the Ranking Minor- rule, including ex officio members. The operation; ity Member, determine the number of con- Chairman may create additional subcommit- (2) review specific problems with federal ferees the Chairman deems most suitable and tees of an ad hoc nature as the Chairman de- rules, regulations, statutes, and court deci- then recommend to the Speaker as con- termines to be appropriate subject to any sions that are ambiguous, arbitrary, or non- ferees, in keeping with the number to be ap- limitations provided for in the House Rules. sensical, or that impose severe financial bur- pointed by the Speaker as provided in House (b) Ratios.—On each subcommittee, there dens on individuals; Rule I, clause 11, the names of those Mem- shall be a ratio of majority party members (3) give priority consideration to including bers of the Committee of not less than a ma- to minority party members which shall be in its plans the review of those laws, pro- jority who generally supported the House po- consistent with the ratio on the full Com- grams, or agencies operating under perma- sition and who were primarily responsible mittee. In calculating the ratio of majority

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(llmembers, llmajority and Member may not be counted for the purpose RULE XI.—COMMITTEE BUDGET, STAFF, AND llminority)—Livestock, dairy, poultry, of establishing a quorum. TRAVEL meat, seafood and seafood products, inspec- (2) Any member of the Committee who is (a) Committee Budget.—The Chairman, in tion, marketing, and promotion of such com- not a member of the subcommittee may have consultation with the majority members of modities, aquaculture, animal welfare and the privilege of sitting and nonparticipatory the Committee, and the minority members grazing, rural development, farm security attendance at subcommittee hearings or of the Committee, shall prepare a prelimi- and family farming matters, and agricul- meetings in accordance with clause 2(g)(2) of nary budget for each session of the Congress. tural credit. House Rule XI. Such member may not: Such budget shall include necessary amounts Department Operations, Oversight, and (i) vote on any matter; Nutrition ( ll members, llmajority and (ii) be counted for the purpose of a estab- for staff personnel, travel, investigation, and llminority)—Agency oversight, review and lishing a quorum; other expenses of the Committee and sub- analysis, special investigations, food stamps, (iii) participate in questioning a witness committees. After consultation with the nutrition and consumer programs. under the five minute rule, unless permitted Ranking Minority Member, the Chairman Conservation, Energy, and For- to do so by the subcommittee Chairman in shall include an amount budgeted to minor- estry(llmembers, llmajority and consultation with the Ranking Minority ity members for staff under their direction llminority)—Soil, water, and resource con- Member or a majority of the subcommittee, and supervision. Thereafter, the Chairman servation, small watershed program, energy a quorum being present; shall combine such proposals into a consoli- and biobased energy production, rural elec- (iv) raise points of order; or dated Committee budget, and shall take trification, forestry in general and forest re- (v) offer amendments or motions. whatever action is necessary to have such serves other than those created in public do- (f) Subcommittee Hearings and Meetings.— budget duly authorized by the House. main. (1) Each subcommittee is authorized to (b) Committee Staff.—(1) The Chairman Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, meet, hold hearings, receive evidence, and shall appoint and determine the remunera- and Foreign Agriculture (llmembers, make recommendations to the Committee on tion of, and may remove, the professional llmajority and llminority)—Fruits and all matters referred to it or under its juris- and clerical employees of the Committee not vegetables, honey and bees, marketing and diction after consultation by the sub- assigned to the minority. The professional promotion orders, plant pesticides, quar- committee Chairmen with the Committee and clerical staff of the Committee not as- antine, adulteration of seeds and insect Chairman. (See Committee rule VII.) signed to the minority shall be under the pests, and organic agriculture, research, edu- (2) After consultation with the Committee general supervision and direction of the cation and extension, biotechnology and for- Chairman, subcommittee Chairmen shall set Chairman, who shall establish and assign the eign agriculture assistance, and trade pro- dates for hearings and meetings of their sub- duties and responsibilities of such staff motion programs, generally. committees and shall request the Majority members and delegate such authority as he (d) Referral of Legislation.—(1)(a) In Gen- Staff Director to make any announcement or she determines appropriate. (See House eral.—All bills, resolutions, and other mat- relating thereto. (See Committee rule Rule X, clause 9) ters referred to the Committee shall be re- VII(b).) In setting the dates, the Committee (2) The Ranking Minority Member of the ferred to all subcommittees of appropriate Chairman and subcommittee Chairman shall Committee shall appoint and determine the jurisdiction within 2 weeks after being re- consult with other subcommittee Chairmen remuneration of, and may remove, the pro- ferred to the Committee. After consultation and relevant Committee and Subcommittee fessional and clerical staff assigned to the with the Ranking Minority Member, the Ranking Minority Members in an effort to minority within the budget approved for Chairman may determine that the Com- avoid simultaneously scheduling Committee such purposes. The professional and clerical mittee will consider certain bills, resolu- and subcommittee meetings or hearings to staff assigned to the minority shall be under tions, or other matters. the extent practicable. the general supervision and direction of the (b) Trade Matters.—Unless action is other- (3) Notice of all subcommittee meetings Ranking Minority Member of the Committee wise taken under subparagraph (3), bills, res- shall be provided to the Chairman and the who may delegate such authority as he or olutions, and other matters referred to the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee she determines appropriate. Committee relating to foreign agriculture, by the Majority Staff Director. (3) From the funds made available for the foreign food or commodity assistance, and (4) Subcommittees may hold meetings or appointment of Committee staff pursuant to foreign trade and marketing issues will be hearings outside of the House if the Chair- any primary or additional expense resolu- considered by the Committee. man of the Committee and other sub- tion, the Chairman shall ensure that each (2) The Chairman, by a majority vote of committee Chairmen and the Ranking Mi- subcommittee is adequately funded and the Committee, may discharge a sub- nority Member of the subcommittee is con- staffed to discharge its responsibilities and committee from further consideration of any sulted in advance to ensure that there is no that the minority party is fairly treated in bill, resolution, or other matter referred to scheduling problem. However, the majority the appointment of such staff (See House the subcommittee and have such bill, resolu- of the Committee may authorize such meet- Rule X, clause 6(d)). tion or other matter considered by the Com- ing or hearing. (c) Committee Travel.—(1) Consistent with mittee. The Committee having referred a (5) The provisions regarding notice and the the primary expense resolution and such ad- bill, resolution, or other matter to a sub- agenda of Committee meetings under Com- ditional expense resolution as may have been committee in accordance with this rule may mittee rule II(a) and special or additional approved, the provisions of this rule shall discharge such subcommittee from further meetings under Committee rule II(b) shall govern official travel of Committee members consideration thereof at any time by a vote apply to subcommittee meetings. and Committee staff regarding domestic and of the majority members of the Committee (6) If a vacancy occurs in a subcommittee foreign travel (See House rule XI, clause 2(n) for the Committee’s direct consideration or chairmanship, the Chairman may set the and House Rule X, clause 8 (reprinted in Ap- for reference to another subcommittee. dates for hearings and meetings of the sub- pendix A)). Official travel for any member or (3) Unless the Committee, a quorum being committee during the period of vacancy. The any Committee staff member shall be paid present, decides otherwise by a majority Chairman may also appoint an acting sub- only upon the prior authorization of the vote, the Chairman may refer bills, resolu- committee Chairman until the vacancy is Chairman. Official travel may be authorized tions, legislation or other matters not spe- filled. by the Chairman for any Committee Member cifically within the jurisdiction of a sub- (g) Subcommittee Action.—(1) Any bill, and any Committee staff member in connec- committee, or that is within the jurisdiction resolution, recommendation, or other matter tion with the attendance of hearings con- of more than one subcommittee, jointly or forwarded to the Committee by a sub- ducted by the Committee and its subcommit- exclusively as the Chairman deems appro- committee shall be promptly forwarded by tees and meetings, conferences, facility in- priate, including concurrently to the sub- the subcommittee Chairman or any sub- spections, and investigations which involve

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(ii) The dates during which the official Armed Services (hereinafter referred to in Subcommittee on Military Personnel: Mili- travel is to be made and the date or dates of these rules as the ‘‘Committee’’) and its sub- tary personnel policy, Reserve Component the event for which the official travel is committees so far as applicable. integration and employment issues, military being made; (b) Pursuant to clause 2(a)(2) of rule XI of health care, military education, and POW/ (iii) The location of the event for which the the Rules of the House of Representatives, MIA issues. In addition, the subcommittee official travel is to be made; and the Committee’s rules shall be publicly will be responsible for Morale, Welfare and (iv) The names of members and Committee available in electronic form and published in Recreation issues and programs. staff seeking authorization. the Congressional Record not later than 30 Subcommittee on Readiness: Military (2) In the case of official travel of members days after the chair of the committee is readiness, training, logistics and mainte- and staff of a subcommittee to hearings, elected in each odd-numbered year. nance issues and programs. In addition, the meetings, conferences, facility inspections RULE 2. FULL COMMITTEE MEETING DATE subcommittee will be responsible for all and investigations involving activities or (a) The Committee shall meet every military construction, depot policy, civilian subject matter under the jurisdiction of such Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., when the House of personnel policy, environmental policy, in- subcommittee to be paid for out of funds al- Representatives is in session, and at such stallations and family housing issues, includ- located to the Committee, prior authoriza- other times as may be fixed by the Chairman ing the base closure process, and energy pol- tion must be obtained from the sub- of the Committee (hereinafter referred to as icy and programs of the Department of De- committee Chairman and the full Committee the ‘‘Chairman’’), or by written request of fense. Chairman. Such prior authorization shall be members of the Committee pursuant to Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection given by the Chairman only upon the rep- clause 2(c) of rule XI of the Rules of the Forces: Navy acquisition programs, Naval resentation by the applicable subcommittee House of Representatives. Reserve equipment, and Marine Corps am- Chairman in writing setting forth those (b) A Wednesday meeting of the Committee phibious assault vehicle programs (except items enumerated in clause (1). may be dispensed with by the Chairman, but strategic weapons, space, special operations, (3) Within 60 days of the conclusion of any such action may be reversed by a written re- science and technology programs, and infor- official travel authorized under this rule, quest of a majority of the members of the mation technology programs), deep strike there shall be submitted to the Committee Committee. bombers and related systems, lift programs, Chairman a written report covering the in- seaborne unmanned aerial systems and the RULE 3. SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING DATES formation gained as a result of the hearing, associated weapons systems sustainment. In meeting, conference, facility inspection or Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, addition, the subcommittee will be respon- investigation attended pursuant to such offi- hold hearings, receive evidence, and report sible for Maritime programs under the juris- cial travel. to the Committee on all matters referred to diction of the Committee as delineated in (4) Local currencies owned by the United it. Insofar as possible, meetings of the Com- paragraphs 5, 6, and 9 of clause 1(c) of rule X States shall be made available to the Com- mittee and its subcommittees shall not con- of the Rules of the House of Representatives. mittee and its employees engaged in car- flict. A subcommittee Chairman shall set Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Stra- rying out their official duties outside the meeting dates after consultation with the tegic weapons (except deep strike bombers United States, its territories or possessions. Chairman, other subcommittee Chairmen, and related systems), space programs (in- No appropriated funds shall be expended for and the Ranking Minority Member of the cluding national intelligence space pro- the purpose of defraying expenses of Mem- subcommittee with a view toward avoiding, grams), ballistic missile defense, the associ- bers of the Committee or its employees in whenever possible, simultaneous scheduling ated weapons systems sustainment, and De- any country where local currencies are avail- of Committee and subcommittee meetings or partment of Energy national security pro- able for this purpose; and the following con- hearings. grams (except non-proliferation programs). ditions shall apply with respect to their use RULE 4. JURISDICTION AND MEMBERSHIP OF Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging of such currencies; COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES Threats and Capabilities: Defense-wide and (i) No Member or employee of the Com- (a) Jurisdiction joint enabling activities and programs to in- mittee shall receive or expend local cur- (1) The Committee retains jurisdiction of clude: Special Operations Forces; counter- rencies for subsistence in any country at a all subjects listed in clause 1(c) and clause proliferation and counter-terrorism pro- rate in excess of the maximum per diem rate 3(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House of grams and initiatives; science and tech- set forth in applicable Federal law; and Representatives and retains exclusive juris- nology policy and programs; information (ii) Each Member or employee of the Com- diction for: defense policy generally, ongoing technology programs; homeland defense and mittee shall make an itemized report to the military operations, the organization and re- Department of Defense related consequence Chairman within 60 days following the com- form of the Department of Defense and De- management programs; related intelligence pletion of travel showing the dates each partment of Energy, counter-drug programs, support; and other enabling programs and country was visited, the amount of per diem security and humanitarian assistance (ex- activities to include cyber operations, stra- furnished, the cost of transportation fur- cept special operations-related activities) of tegic communications, and information op- nished, and any funds expended for any other the Department of Defense, acquisition and erations. In addition the subcommittee will official purpose, and shall summarize in industrial base policy, technology transfer be responsible for intelligence policy (includ- these categories the total foreign currencies and export controls, joint interoperability, ing coordination of military intelligence pro- and appropriated funds expended. All such the Cooperative Threat Reduction program, grams), national-intelligence programs (ex- individual reports shall be filed by the Chair- Department of Energy nonproliferation pro- cluding national intelligence space pro- man with the Committee on House Adminis- grams, detainee affairs and policy, force pro- grams), and DoD elements that are part of tration and shall be open to public inspec- tection policy and inter-agency reform as it the Intelligence Community. tion. pertains to the Department of Defense and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investiga- RULE XII.—AMENDMENT OF RULES the nuclear weapons programs of the Depart- tions: Any matter within the jurisdiction of These rules may be amended by a majority ment of Energy. While subcommittees are the Committee, subject to the concurrence of vote of the Committee. A proposed change in provided jurisdictional responsibilities in the Chairman of the Committee and, as ap- these rules shall not be considered by the subparagraph (2), the Committee retains the propriate, affected subcommittee chairmen. Committee as provided in clause 2 of House right to exercise oversight and legislative ju- The subcommittee shall have no legislative Rule XI, unless written notice of the pro- risdiction over all subjects within its pur- jurisdiction. posed change has been provided to each Com- view under rule X of the Rules of the House (b) Membership of the Subcommittees mittee member two legislative days in ad- of Representatives. (1) Subcommittee memberships, with the vance of the date on which the matter is to (2) The Committee shall be organized to exception of membership on the Sub- be considered. Any such change in the rules consist of seven standing subcommittees committee on Oversight and Investigations, of the Committee shall be published in the with the following jurisdictions: shall be filled in accordance with the rules of Congressional Record within 30 calendar Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land the Majority party’s conference and the Mi- days after its approval. Forces: All Army, Air Force and Marine nority party’s caucus, respectively. Corps acquisition programs (except Marine (2) The Chairman and Ranking Minority RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED Corps amphibious assault vehicle programs, Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight SERVICES FOR THE 113TH CONGRESS strategic missiles, space, lift programs, spe- and Investigations shall be filled in accord- Mr. MCKEON. Mr. Speaker, I submit for cial operations, science and technology pro- ance with the rules of the Majority party’s publication the attached copy of the rules of grams, and information technology ac- conference and the Minority party’s caucus, the Committee on Armed Services for the U.S. counts) and the associated weapons systems respectively. Consistent with the party ra- House of Representatives for the 113th Con- sustainment. In addition, the subcommittee tios established by the Majority party, all

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other Majority members of the sub- (b) Legislation shall be taken up for a RULE 9. MEETINGS AND HEARINGS OPEN TO THE committee shall be appointed by the Chair- hearing or markup only when called by the PUBLIC man of the Committee, and all other Minor- Chairman of the Committee or sub- (a) Each hearing and meeting for the trans- ity members shall be appointed by the Rank- committee, as appropriate, or by a majority action of business, including the markup of ing Minority Member of the Committee. of the Committee or subcommittee, as ap- legislation, conducted by the Committee, or (3) The Chairman of the Committee and propriate. any subcommittee, panel, or task force, to Ranking Minority Member thereof may sit (c) The Chairman, with approval of a ma- the extent that the respective body is au- as ex officio members of all subcommittees. jority vote of a quorum of the Committee, thorized to conduct markups, shall be open Ex officio members shall not vote in sub- shall have authority to discharge a sub- to the public except when the Committee, committee hearings or meetings or be taken committee from consideration of any meas- subcommittee, panel, or task force in open into consideration for the purpose of deter- ure or matter referred thereto and have such session and with a majority being present, mining the ratio of the subcommittees or es- measure or matter considered by the Com- determines by record vote that all or part of tablishing a quorum at subcommittee hear- mittee. the remainder of that hearing or meeting on ings or meetings. (d) Reports and recommendations of a sub- that day shall be in executive session be- (4) A member of the Committee who is not cause disclosure of testimony, evidence, or committee may not be considered by the a member of a particular subcommittee may other matters to be considered would endan- Committee until after the intervention of sit with the subcommittee and participate ger the national security, would compromise three calendar days from the time the report during any of its hearings but shall not have sensitive law enforcement information, or is approved by the subcommittee and avail- authority to vote, cannot be counted for the would violate any law or rule of the House of purpose of achieving a quorum, and cannot able to the members of the Committee, ex- Representatives. Notwithstanding the re- raise a point of order at the hearing. cept that this rule may be waived by a ma- quirements of the preceding sentence, a ma- RULE 5. COMMITTEE PANELS AND TASK FORCES jority vote of a quorum of the Committee. jority of those present, there being in at- (a) Committee Panels (e) The Chairman, in consultation with the tendance no fewer than two members of the (1) The Chairman may designate a panel of Ranking Minority Member, shall establish Committee, subcommittee, panel, or task the Committee consisting of members of the criteria for recommending legislation and force may vote to close a hearing or meeting Committee to inquire into and take testi- other matters to be considered by the House for the sole purpose of discussing whether mony on a matter or matters that fall with- of Representatives, pursuant to clause I of testimony or evidence to be received would in the jurisdiction of more than one sub- rule XV of the Rules of the House of Rep- endanger the national security, would com- committee and to report to the Committee. resentatives. Such criteria shall not conflict promise sensitive law enforcement informa- (2) No panel appointed by the Chairman with the Rules of the House of Representa- tion, or would violate any law or rule of the shall continue in existence for more than six tives and other applicable rules. House of Representatives. If the decision is months after the appointment. A panel so to proceed in executive session, the vote RULE 7. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF HEARINGS appointed may, upon the expiration of six must be by record vote and in open session, AND MEETINGS months, be reappointed by the Chairman for a majority of the Committee, subcommittee, a period of time which is not to exceed six (a) Pursuant to clause 2(g)(3) of rule XI of panel, or task force being present. months. the Rules of the House of Representatives, (b) Whenever it is asserted by a member of (3) Consistent with the party ratios estab- the Chairman of the Committee, or of any the Committee or subcommittee that the lished by the Majority party, all Majority subcommittee, panel, or task force, shall evidence or testimony at a hearing may tend members of the panels shall be appointed by make a public announcement of the date, to defame, degrade, or incriminate any per- the Chairman of the Committee, and all Mi- place, and subject matter of any hearing or son, or it is asserted by a witness that the nority members shall be appointed by the meeting before that body at least one week evidence or testimony that the witness Ranking Minority Member of the Com- before the commencement of a hearing and would give at a hearing may tend to defame, mittee. The Chairman of the Committee at least three days before the commence- degrade, or incriminate the witness, not- shall choose one of the Majority members so ment of a meeting. However, if the Chairman withstanding the requirements of (a) and the appointed who does not currently chair an- of the Committee, or of any subcommittee, provisions of clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI of the other subcommittee of the Committee to panel, or task force, with the concurrence of Rules of the House of Representatives, such serve as Chairman of the panel. The Ranking the respective Ranking Minority Member, evidence or testimony shall be presented in Minority Member of the Committee shall determines that there is good cause to begin executive session, if by a majority vote of similarly choose the Ranking Minority the hearing or meeting sooner, or if the Com- those present, there being in attendance no Member of the panel. mittee, subcommittee, panel, or task force fewer than two members of the Committee (4) No panel shall have legislative jurisdic- so determines by majority vote, a quorum or subcommittee, the Committee or sub- tion. committee determines that such evidence (b) Committee and Subcommittee Task being present for the transaction of business, such chairman shall make the announce- may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate Forces any person. A majority of those present, (1) The Chairman of the Committee, or a ment at the earliest possible date. Any an- nouncement made under this rule shall be there being in attendance no fewer than two Chairman of a subcommittee with the con- members of the Committee or subcommittee promptly published in the Daily Digest, currence of the Chairman of the Committee, may also vote to close the hearing or meet- promptly entered into the committee sched- may designate a task force to inquire into ing for the sole purpose of discussing wheth- uling service of the House Information Re- and take testimony on a matter that falls er evidence or testimony to be received sources, and promptly made publicly avail- within the jurisdiction of the Committee or would tend to defame, degrade, or incrimi- able in electronic form. subcommittee, respectively. The Chairman nate any person. The Committee or sub- and Ranking Minority Member of the Com- (b) At least 24 hours prior to the com- committee shall proceed to receive such tes- mittee or subcommittee shall each appoint mencement of a meeting for the markup of timony in open session only if the Com- an equal number of members to the task legislation, or at the time of an announce- mittee or subcommittee, a majority being force. The Chairman of the Committee or ment under paragraph (a) made within 24 present, determines that such evidence or subcommittee shall choose one of the mem- hours before such meeting, the Chairman of testimony will not tend to defame, degrade, bers so appointed, who does not currently the Committee, or of any subcommittee, or incriminate any person. chair another subcommittee of the Com- panel, or task force shall cause the text of (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and mittee, to serve as Chairman of the task such measure or matter to be made publicly with the approval of the Chairman, each force. The Ranking Minority Member of the available in electronic form as provided in member of the Committee may designate by Committee or subcommittee shall similarly clause 2(g)(4) of rule XI of the Rules of the letter to the Chairman, one member of that appoint the Ranking Minority Member of the House of Representatives. member’s personal staff, and an alternate, task force. RULE 8. BROADCASTING OF COMMITTEE which may include fellows, with Top Secret (2) No task force appointed by the Chair- HEARINGS AND MEETINGS security clearance to attend hearings of the man of the Committee or subcommittee Committee, or that member’s sub- shall continue in existence for more than (a) Pursuant to clause 2(e)(5) of rule XI of committee(s), panel(s), or task force(s) (ex- three months. A task force may only be re- the Rules of the House of Representatives, cluding briefings or meetings held under the appointed for an additional three months the Committee shall, to the maximum ex- provisions of committee rule 9(a)), which with the written concurrence of the Chair- tent practicable, provide audio and video have been closed under the provisions of rule man and Ranking Minority Member of the coverage of each hearing or meeting for the 9(a) above for national security purposes for Committee or subcommittee whose Chair- transaction of business in a manner that al- the taking of testimony. The attendance of man appointed the task force. lows the public to easily listen to and view such a staff member or fellow at such hear- (3) No task force shall have legislative ju- the proceedings. The Committee shall main- ings is subject to the approval of the Com- risdiction. tain the recordings of such coverage in a mittee, subcommittee, panel, or task force RULE 6. REFERENCE AND CONSIDERATION OF manner that is easily accessible to the pub- as dictated by national security require- LEGISLATION lic. ments at that time. The attainment of any (a) The Chairman shall refer legislation (b) Clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules of the required security clearances is the responsi- and other matters to the appropriate sub- House of Representatives shall apply to the bility of individual members of the Com- committee or to the full Committee. Committee. mittee.

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ADMINISTERING OATHS TO WITNESSES Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner committee, panel, or task force hearings and by the same procedures designated in this meetings. (a) The Chairman, or any member des- ignated by the Chairman, may administer rule for closing hearings to the public. RULE 12. POWER TO SIT AND ACT; SUBPOENA oaths to any witness. (e) The Committee or the subcommittee POWER may vote, by the same procedure, to meet in (b) Witnesses, when sworn, shall subscribe (a) For the purpose of carrying out any of to the following oath: executive session for up to five additional its functions and duties under rules X and XI consecutive days of hearings. ‘‘Do you solemnly swear (or affirm) that of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the testimony you will give before this Com- RULE 10. QUORUM the Committee and any subcommittee is au- mittee (or subcommittee) in the matters now (a) For purposes of taking testimony and thorized (subject to subparagraph (b)(1) of under consideration will be the truth, the receiving evidence, two members shall con- this paragraph): whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so stitute a quorum. (1) to sit and act at such times and places help you God?’’ (b) One-third of the members of the Com- within the United States, whether the House mittee or subcommittee shall constitute a is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, RULE 15. QUESTIONING OF WITNESSES quorum for taking any action, with the fol- and to hold hearings, and (a) When a witness is before the Committee lowing exceptions, in which case a majority (2) to require by subpoena, or otherwise, or a subcommittee, members of the Com- of the Committee or subcommittee shall the attendance and testimony of such wit- mittee or subcommittee may put questions constitute a quorum: nesses and the production of such books, to the witness only when recognized by the (1) Reporting a measure or recommenda- records, correspondence, memorandums, pa- Chairman or subcommittee chairman, as ap- tion; pers and documents, including, but not lim- propriate, for that purpose according to rule (2) Closing Committee or subcommittee ited to, those in electronic form, as it con- 11 of the Committee. meetings and hearings to the public; siders necessary. (b) Members of the Committee or sub- (3) Authorizing the issuance of subpoenas; (b)(1) A subpoena may be authorized and committee who so desire shall have not more (4) Authorizing the use of executive session issued by the Committee, or any sub- than five minutes to question each witness material; and committee with the concurrence of the full or panel of witnesses, the responses of the (5) Voting to proceed in open session after Committee Chairman and after consultation witness or witnesses being included in the voting to close to discuss whether evidence with the Ranking Minority Member of the five-minute period, until such time as each or testimony to be received would tend to de- Committee, under subparagraph (a)(2) in the member has had an opportunity to question fame, degrade, or incriminate any person. conduct of any investigation, or series of in- each witness or panel of witnesses. There- (c) No measure or recommendation shall be vestigations or activities, only when author- after, additional rounds for questioning wit- reported to the House of Representatives un- ized by a majority of the members voting, a nesses by members are within the discretion less a majority of the Committee is actually majority of the Committee or subcommittee of the Chairman or subcommittee chairman, present. being present. Authorized subpoenas shall be as appropriate. RULE 11. THE FIVE-MINUTE RULE signed only by the Chairman, or by any (c) Questions put to witnesses before the (a) Subject to rule 15, the time any one member designated by the Committee. Committee or subcommittee shall be perti- member may address the Committee or sub- (2) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of nent to the measure or matter that may be committee on any measure or matter under the Rules of the House of Representatives, before the Committee or subcommittee for consideration shall not exceed five minutes compliance with any subpoena issued by the consideration. Committee or any subcommittee under sub- and then only when the member has been RULE 16. PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS paragraph (a)(2) may be enforced only as au- recognized by the Chairman or sub- AND MARKUPS committee chairman, as appropriate, except thorized or directed by the House of Rep- resentatives. The transcripts of those hearings con- that this time limit may be exceeded by ducted by the Committee, subcommittee, or RULE 13. WITNESS STATEMENTS unanimous consent. Any member, upon re- panel will be published officially in substan- quest, shall be recognized for not more than (a) Any prepared statement to be presented tially verbatim form, with the material re- five minutes to address the Committee or by a witness to the Committee or a sub- quested for the record inserted at that place subcommittee on behalf of an amendment committee shall be submitted to the Com- requested, or at the end of the record, as ap- which the member has offered to any pend- mittee or subcommittee at least 48 hours in propriate. The transcripts of markups con- ing bill or resolution. The five-minute limi- advance of presentation and shall be distrib- ducted by the Committee or any sub- tation shall not apply to the Chairman and uted to all members of the Committee or committee may be published officially in Ranking Minority Member of the Committee subcommittee as soon as practicable but not verbatim form. Any requests to correct any or subcommittee. less than 24 hours in advance of presen- errors, other than those in transcription, (b)(1) Members who are present at a hear- tation. A copy of any such prepared state- will be appended to the record, and the ap- ing of the Committee or subcommittee when ment shall also be submitted to the Com- propriate place where the change is re- a hearing is originally convened shall be rec- mittee in electronic form. If a prepared quested will be footnoted. Any transcript ognized by the Chairman or subcommittee statement contains national security infor- published under this rule shall include the chairman, as appropriate, in order of senior- mation bearing a classification of Secret or results of record votes conducted in the ses- ity. Those members arriving subsequently higher, the statement shall be made avail- sion covered by the transcript and shall also shall be recognized in order of their arrival. able in the Committee rooms to all members include materials that have been submitted Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Chair- of the Committee or subcommittee as soon for the record and are covered under rule 19. man and the Ranking Minority Member will as practicable but not less than 24 hours in The handling and safekeeping of these mate- take precedence upon their arrival. In recog- advance of presentation; however, no such rials shall fully satisfy the requirements of nizing members to question witnesses in this statement shall be removed from the Com- rule 20. No transcript of an executive session fashion, the Chairman shall take into consid- mittee offices. The requirement of this rule conducted under rule 9 shall be published eration the ratio of the Majority to Minority may be waived by a majority vote of the under this rule. members present and shall establish the Committee or subcommittee, a quorum order of recognition for questioning in such being present. In cases where a witness does RULE 17. VOTING AND ROLLCALLS a manner as not to disadvantage the mem- not submit a statement by the time required (a) Voting on a measure or matter may be bers of either party. under this rule, the Chairman of the Com- by record vote, division vote, voice vote, or (2) Pursuant to rule 4 and subject to rule mittee or subcommittee, as appropriate, unanimous consent. 15, a member of the Committee who is not a with the concurrence of the respective Rank- (b) A record vote shall be ordered upon the member of a subcommittee may be recog- ing Minority Member, may elect to exclude request of one-fifth of those members nized by a subcommittee chairman in order the witness from the hearing. present. of their arrival and after all present sub- (b) The Committee and each subcommittee (c) No vote by any member of the Com- committee members have been recognized. shall require each witness who is to appear mittee or a subcommittee with respect to (3) The Chairman of the Committee or a before it to file with the Committee in ad- any measure or matter shall be cast by subcommittee, with the concurrence of the vance of his or her appearance a written proxy.

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Such proce- form. mittee, subcommittee, or conference com- dures shall, however, ensure access to this (e) In an emergency that does not reason- mittee meeting during that time, the nec- information by any member of the Com- ably allow for the notice requirements in (c) essary absence of that member shall be so mittee or any other Member, Delegate, or and (d), the Chairman may waive the notice noted in the record vote record, upon timely Resident Commissioner of the House of Rep- requirements with the concurrence of the notification to the Chairman by that mem- resentatives, staff of the Committee, or staff Ranking Minority Member. ber. designated under rule 9(c) who have the ap- (f) To the maximum extent practicable, (e) The Chairman of the Committee or a propriate security clearances and the need to amendments to a measure or matter shall be subcommittee, as appropriate, with the con- know, who has requested the opportunity to submitted in writing or electronically to the currence of the Ranking Minority Member or review such material. designee of both the Chairman and Ranking the most senior Minority member who is (c) The Chairman of the Committee shall, Member at least 24 hours prior to the consid- present at the time, may elect to postpone in consultation with the Ranking Minority eration of the measure or matter. The Chair- requested record votes until such time or Member, establish such procedures as in his man may use his discretion to give priority point at a markup as is mutually decided. judgment may be necessary to prevent the to amendments submitted in advance. When proceedings resume on a postponed unauthorized disclosure of any proprietary (g) Committee and Subcommittee meet- question, notwithstanding any intervening information that is received by the Com- ings for the transaction of business, i.e. order for the previous question, the under- mittee, subcommittee, panel, or task force. meetings other than those held for the pur- lying proposition shall remain subject to fur- Such procedures shall be consistent with the pose of taking testimony, shall be open to ther debate or amendment to the same ex- Rules of the House of Representatives and the public except when the Committee or tent as when the question was postponed. applicable law. Subcommittee determines by majority vote to close the meeting because disclosure of RULE 18. COMMITTEE REPORTS RULE 21. COMMITTEE STAFFING matters to be considered would endanger na- (a) If, at the time of approval of any meas- The staffing of the Committee, the stand- tional security, would compromise sensitive ure or matter by the Committee, any mem- ing subcommittees, and any panel or task law enforcement information, or would tend ber of the Committee gives timely notice of force designated by the Chairman or chair- to defame, degrade or incriminate any per- intention to file supplemental, Minority, ad- men of the subcommittees shall be subject to son or otherwise would violate any law or ditional or dissenting views, all members the Rules of the House of Representatives. rule of the House. shall be entitled to not less than two cal- RULE 22. COMMITTEE RECORDS (h) Every motion made to the Committee endar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, The records of the Committee at the Na- and entertained by the Chairman shall be re- and legal holidays except when the House is tional Archives and Records Administration duced to writing upon demand of any Mem- in session on such days) in which to file such shall be made available for public use in ac- ber, and a copy made available to each Mem- written and signed views with the Staff Di- cordance with rule VII of the Rules of the ber present. rector of the Committee, or the Staff Direc- House of Representatives. The Chairman (i) For purposes of taking any action at a tor’s designee. All such views so filed by one shall notify the Ranking Minority Member meeting of the full Committee or any Sub- or more members of the Committee shall be of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or committee thereof, a quorum shall be con- included within, and shall be a part of, the clause 4(b) of rule VII, to withhold a record stituted by the presence of not less than one- report filed by the Committee with respect otherwise available, and the matter shall be third of the Members of the Committee or to that measure or matter. presented to the Committee for a determina- Subcommittee, except that a full majority of (b) With respect to each record vote on a tion on the written request of any member of the Members of the Committee or Sub- motion to report any measure or matter, and the Committee. committee shall constitute a quorum for on any amendment offered to the measure or purposes of reporting a measure or rec- matter, the total number of votes cast for RULE 23. HEARING PROCEDURES ommendation from the Committee or Sub- and against, the names of those voting for Clause 2(k) of rule XI of the Rules of the committee, closing a meeting to the public, and against, and a brief description of the House of Representatives shall apply to the or authorizing the issuance of a subpoena. question, shall be included in the Committee Committee. (j)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), the report on the measure or matter. RULE 24. COMMITTEE ACTIVITY REPORTS Chairman may postpone further proceedings (c) Not later than 24 hours after the adop- Not later than January 2nd of each year when a record vote is ordered on the ques- tion of any amendment to a measure or mat- the Committee shall submit to the House a tion of approving any measure or matter or ter considered by the Committee, the Chair- report on its activities, pursuant to clause adopting an amendment. The Chairman may man shall cause the text of each such amend- 1(d) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of resume proceedings on a postponed request ment to be made publicly available in elec- Representatives. at any time. tronic form as provided in clause 2(e)(6) of (2) In exercising postponement authority RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep- under subparagraph (1), the Chairman shall FOR THE 113TH CONGRESS resentatives. take all reasonable steps necessary to notify Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I submit for RULE 19. PUBLIC INSPECTION OF COMMITTEE Members on the resumption of proceedings ROLLCALLS publication the attached copy of the rules of on any postponed record vote. the Committee on the Judiciary for the U.S. (3) When proceedings resume on a post- The result of each record vote in any meet- poned question, notwithstanding any inter- ing of the Committee shall be made available House of Representatives for the 113th Con- gress, as adopted by the Committee on Janu- vening order for the previous question, an by the Committee for inspection by the pub- underlying proposition shall remain subject lic at reasonable times in the offices of the ary 23, 2013: to further debate or amendment to the same Committee and also made publicly available Rule I. The Rules of the House of Rep- extent as when the question was postponed. in electronic form within 48 hours of such resentatives are the rules of the Committee (k) Transcripts of markups shall be re- record vote pursuant to clause 2(e)(1)B(i) of on the Judiciary and its Subcommittees with corded and may be published in the same rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep- the following specific additions thereto. manner as hearings before the Committee. resentatives. Information so available shall RULE II. COMMITTEE MEETINGS (l) Without further action of the Com- include a description of the amendment, mo- (a) The regular meeting day of the Com- mittee, the Chairman is directed to offer a tion, order, or other proposition and the mittee on the Judiciary for the conduct of motion under clause 1 of rule XXII of the name of each member voting for and each its business shall be on Wednesday of each Rules of the House of Representatives when- member voting against such amendment, week while the House is in session. ever the Chairman considers it appropriate. motion, order, or proposition and the names (b) Additional meetings may be called by RULE III. HEARINGS of those members present but not voting. the Chairman and a regular meeting of the (a) The Committee Chairman or any Sub- RULE 20. PROTECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY Committee may be dispensed with when, in committee Chairman shall make public an- AND OTHER INFORMATION the judgment of the Chairman, there is no nouncement of the date, place, and subject (a) Except as provided in clause 2(g) of rule need therefor. matter of any hearing to be conducted by it XI of the Rules of the House of Representa- (c) The Chairman shall furnish each Mem- on any measure or matter at least one week tives, all national security information bear- ber of the Committee or Subcommittee with before the commencement of that hearing. If ing a classification of Secret or higher which the date, place, and a list of bills and sub- the Chairman of the Committee, or Sub- has been received by the Committee or a sub- jects to be considered at a Committee or committee, with the concurrence of the committee shall be deemed to have been re- Subcommittee meeting, which may not com- Ranking Minority Member, determines there ceived in executive session and shall be given mence earlier than the third day on which is good cause to begin the hearing sooner, or appropriate safekeeping. Members have notice thereof (excluding Sat- if the Committee or Subcommittee so deter- (b) The Chairman of the Committee shall, urdays, Sundays and legal holidays when the mines by majority vote, a quorum being with the approval of a majority of the Com- House is not in session). present for the transaction of business, the mittee, establish such procedures as in his (d) At least 48 hours prior to the com- Chairman or Subcommittee Chairman shall judgment may be necessary to prevent the mencement of a meeting for the markup of make the announcement at the earliest pos- unauthorized disclosure of any national se- legislation, the text of such legislation shall sible date.

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COMMITTEE RECORDS promise sensitive law enforcement informa- The Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, The records of the Committee at the Na- tion, or would tend to defame, degrade or in- Homeland Security, and Investigations shall tional Archives and Records Administration criminate any person or otherwise would vio- have jurisdiction over the following subject shall be made available for public use ac- late any law or rule of the House. matters: Federal Criminal Code, drug en- (c) For purposes of taking testimony and forcement, sentencing, parole and pardons, cording to the Rules of the House. The Chair- receiving evidence before the Committee or internal and homeland security, Federal man shall notify the Ranking Minority any Subcommittee, a quorum shall be con- Rules of Criminal Procedure, prisons, crimi- Member of any decision to withhold a record stituted by the presence of two Members. nal law enforcement, and other appropriate otherwise available, and the matter shall be (d) In the course of any hearing each Mem- matters as referred by the Chairman, and presented to the Committee for a determina- ber shall be allowed five minutes for the in- relevant oversight. tion on the written request of any Member of terrogation of a witness until such time as The Subcommittee on Immigration and the Committee. each Member who so desires has had an op- Border Security shall have jurisdiction over RULE IX. OFFICIAL COMMITTEE WEBSITE portunity to question the witness. the following subject matters: immigration (a) The Chairman shall maintain an offi- (e) The transcripts of those hearings con- and naturalization, border security, admis- cial website on behalf of the Committee for ducted by the Committee which are decided sion of refugees, treaties, conventions and the purpose of furthering the Committee’s to be printed shall be published in verbatim international agreements, claims against the legislative and oversight responsibilities, in- form, with the material requested for the United States, Federal charters of incorpora- cluding communicating information about record inserted at that place requested, or at tion, private immigration and claims bills, the Committee’s activities to Committee the end of the record, as appropriate. Indi- non-border immigration enforcement, other Members and other Members of the House. viduals, including Members of Congress, appropriate matters as referred by the Chair- (b) The Chairman shall make the record of whose comments are to be published as part man, and relevant oversight. the votes on any question on which a record of a Committee document shall be given the The Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, vote is demanded in the full Committee opportunity to verify the accuracy of the Commercial and Antitrust Law shall have available on the Committee’s official website transcription in advance of publication. Any jurisdiction over the following subject mat- not later than 48 hours after such vote is requests by those Members, staff or wit- ters: bankruptcy and commercial law, bank- taken. Such record shall identify or describe nesses to correct any errors other than er- ruptcy judgeships, administrative law, inde- the amendment, motion, order, or other rors in the transcription, or disputed errors pendent counsel, state taxation affecting proposition, the name of each Member voting in transcription, shall be appended to the interstate commerce, interstate compacts, for and each Member voting against such record, and the appropriate place where the antitrust matters, other appropriate matters amendment, motion, order, or proposition, change is requested will be footnoted. Prior as referred by the Chairman, and relevant and the names of the Members voting to approval by the Chairman of hearings con- oversight. present. ducted jointly with another congressional (c) The Chairman of the Committee and (c) Not later than 24 hours after the adop- Committee, a memorandum of under- Ranking Minority Member thereof shall be tion of any amendment to a measure or mat- standing shall be prepared which incor- ex officio Members, but not voting Members, ter considered by the Committee or its Sub- porates an agreement for the publication of of each Subcommittee to which such Chair- committees, the Chairman shall make the the verbatim transcript. man or Ranking Minority Member has not text of each such amendment publicly avail- RULE IV. BROADCASTING been assigned by resolution of the Com- able in electronic form. mittee. Ex officio Members shall not be Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted (d) Not later than 3 days after the conclu- counted as present for purposes of consti- by the Committee or any Subcommittee is sion of a Committee meeting, the transcript tuting a quorum at any hearing or meeting open to the public, those proceedings shall be of such meeting and the text of all amend- of such Subcommittee. open to coverage by television, radio and ments offered shall be made available on the still photography except when the hearing or RULE VI. POWERS AND DUTIES OF Committee website. meeting is closed pursuant to the Committee SUBCOMMITTEES (e) The Ranking Member is authorized to Rules of Procedure. Each Subcommittee is authorized to meet, maintain a similar official website on behalf RULE V. STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES hold hearings, receive evidence, and report of the Committee Minority for the same pur- to the full Committee on all matters referred (a) The full Committee shall have jurisdic- pose, including communicating information to it or under its jurisdiction. Subcommittee tion over such matters as determined by the about the activities of the Minority to Com- chairmen shall set dates for hearings and Chairman. mittee Members and other Members of the meetings of their respective Subcommittees (b) There shall be five standing Sub- House. after consultation with the Chairman and committees of the Committee on the Judici- other Subcommittee chairmen with a view ary, with jurisdictions as follows: f The Subcommittee on the Constitution toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of and Civil Justice shall have jurisdiction over full Committee and Subcommittee meetings the following subject matters: constitutional or hearings whenever possible. ADJOURNMENT amendments, constitutional rights, Federal RULE VII. NON-LEGISLATIVE REPORTS Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speak- civil rights, ethics in government, tort li- No report of the Committee or Subcommit- er, I move that the House do now ad- ability, including medical malpractice and tee which does not accompany a measure or journ. product liability, legal reform generally, matter for consideration by the House shall The motion was agreed to; accord- other appropriate matters as referred by the be published unless all Members of the Com- Chairman, and relevant oversight. mittee or Subcommittee issuing the report ingly (at 2 o’clock and 45 minutes The Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual shall have been apprised of such report and p.m.), under its previous order, the Property, and the Internet shall have juris- given the opportunity to give notice of in- House adjourned until Friday, January diction over the following subject hmatters: tention to file supplemental, additional, or 25, 2013, at 2 p.m. EXPENDITURE REPORTS CONCERNING OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL Reports concerning the foreign currencies and U.S. dollars utilized for Official Foreign Travel during the fourth quar- ter of 2012 pursuant to Public Law 95–384 are as follows:

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, CARLOS SANCHEZ, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN NOV. 30 AND DEC. 2, 2012

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

Carlos Sanchez ...... 11/30 12/2 Mexico ...... 658.94 ...... (3) ...... 658.94

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Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

Committee total ...... 658.94 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. 3 Military air transportation. MR. CARLOS SANCHEZ, Dec. 31, 2012.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 2012

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

HOUSE COMMITTEES Please Note: If there were no expenditures during the calendar quarter noted above, please check the box at right to so indicated and return.◊ 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. HON. JOHN KLINE, Chairman, Jan. 2, 2013.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON ETHICS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 2012

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

HOUSE COMMITTEES Please Note: If there were no expenditures during the calendar quarter noted above, please check the box at right to so indicate and return.◊ 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. HON. K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Chairman, Jan. 15, 2013.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 2012

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

HOUSE COMMITTEES Please Note: If there were no expenditures during the calendar quarter noted above, please check the box at right to so indicate and return.◊ 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. HON. DANIEL E. LUNGREN, Chairman, Dec. 31, 2012.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 2012

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

HOUSE COMMITTEES Please Note: If there were no expenditures during the calendar quarter noted above, please check the box at right to so indicate and return.◊ 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. HON. LAMAR SMITH, Chairman, Jan. 2, 2013.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND DEC. 31, 2012

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

HOUSE COMMITTEES Please Note: If there were no expenditures during the calendar quarter noted above, please check the box at right to so indicate and return.◊ 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. h HON. JOHN L. MICA, Chairman, Jan. 2, 2013.

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 97. A letter from the Director, Regulatory U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ag- ETC. Management Division, Environmental Pro- riculture. tection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s 98. A letter from the Chairman and Presi- Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive final rule — Spiromesifen; Pesticide Toler- dent, Export-Import Bank, transmitting a communications were taken from the ances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0038; FRL-9374-3] report on transactions involving U.S. exports Speaker’s table and referred as follows: received January 10, 2013, pursuant to 5 with Korean Air Lines of Seoul, South Korea

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pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of the Export-Im- 110. A letter from the Principal Deputy As- BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLU- port Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the sistant Attorney General, Department of MENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. Committee on Financial Services. Justice, transmitting the Department’s re- BORDALLO, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. 99. A letter from the Chairman and Presi- port on the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens BROWN of Florida, Ms. BROWNLEY of dent, Export-Import Bank, transmitting a Absentee Voting Act for 2012, amended; to California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. report on transactions involving U.S. exports the Committee on House Administration. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. to LATAM Airlines Group S.A. of Santiago, 111. A letter from the Director, Regulatory CA´ RDENAS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Chile pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of the Ex- Management Division, Environmental Pro- Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CASTOR of Flor- port-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to tection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s ida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mrs. the Committee on Financial Services. final rule — Approval and Promulgation of CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CHU, Mr. CICILLINE, 100. A letter from the Acting Secretary, Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Federal Trade Commission, transmitting the Mexico; Infrastructure and Interstate Trans- Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COSTA, Commission’s Report on Activities Related port Requirements for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. to Section 1075 of the Dodd-Frank Act; to the [EPA-R06-OAR-2009-0710; FRL-9770-9] re- CUMMINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Il- Committee on Financial Services. ceived January 10, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. linois, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 101. A letter from the Chair, Community 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DELANEY, Preventive Services Task Force, transmit- Resources. Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. DIN- ting the Annual Report to Congress for 2012; 112. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Ad- GELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. ministrator for Regulatory Programs, EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. ESHOO, 102. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Ms. ESTY, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. ment of Energy, transmitting the Depart- NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Adminis- FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. ment’s Annual Report for the Strategic Pe- FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. troleum Reserve covering calendar year 2011, tration’s final rule — Fisheries of the North- eastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop GABBARD, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. AL in accordance with section 165 of the Energy GREEN of Texas, Mr. GENE GREEN of Policy and Conservation Act; to the Com- Fishery; Closure of the Elephant Trunk Area [Docket No.: 121203677-2677-01] (RIN: 0648- Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, mittee on Energy and Commerce. Ms. HAHN, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HAS- 103. A letter from the Director, Regulatory BC67) received January 14, 2013, pursuant to TINGS of Florida, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. Management Division, Environmental Pro- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on HIMES, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. tection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s Natural Resources. HONDA, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. HUFFMAN, final rule — Findings of Failure to Submit a 113. A letter from the Director, Office of Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. Complete State Implementation Plan for Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oce- JEFFRIES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHN- Section 110(a) Pertaining to the 2008 Ozone anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- SON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor- National Ambient Air Quality Standard mitting the Administration’s final rule — gia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Mr. [EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0943; FRL-9769-4] (RIN: Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone KILDEE, Mr. KIND, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, 2060) received January 10, 2013, pursuant to 5 Off Alaska; Pacific Salmon [Docket No.: Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Wash- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- 120330244-2673-02] (RIN: 0648-BB77) received ington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, ergy and Commerce. January 14, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 104. A letter from the Director, Regulatory 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. Management Division, Environmental Pro- Resources. LOEBSACK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. tection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s 114. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. BEN ´ final rule — Approval and Promulgation of fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- RAY LUJAN of New Mexico, Ms. Air Quality Implementation Plans; Mary- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New land; Reasonably Available Control Tech- tion, transmitting the Administration’s final Mexico, Mr. MAFFEI, Mrs. CAROLYN B. nology Requirements for Volatile Organic rule — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic MALONEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, Compounds [EPA-R03-OAR-2012-0610; FRL- Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. 9770-6] received January 10, 2013, pursuant to in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Man- MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on agement Area [Docket No.: 111213751-2102-02] MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Energy and Commerce. (RIN: 0648-XC376) received January 14, 2013, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 105. A letter from the Director, Regulatory pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- California, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MORAN, Management Division, Environmental Pro- mittee on Natural Resources. Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. NADLER, tection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s 115. A letter from the Director, Office of Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. NEGRETE final rule — Approval and Promulgation of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oce- MCLEOD, Mr. NOLAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. Air Quality Implementation Plans; West Vir- anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- O’ROURKE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, ginia; Requirements for Determining Gen- mitting the Administration’s final rule — Mr. PETERS of Michigan, Mr. eral Conformity of Federal Actions to Appli- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; PIERLUISI, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. cable State Implementation Plans [EPA-R03- Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish POCAN, Mr. POLIS, Mr. PRICE of North OAR-2012-0784; FRL-9770-4] received January Fisheries; Framework Adjustment 5 [Docket Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RANGEL, 10, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to No.: 120321209-2643-02] (RIN: 0648-BC08) re- Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUP- the Committee on Energy and Commerce. ceived January 14, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. PERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of 106. A letter from the Director, Regulatory 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Ohio, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. LINDA T. Management Division, Environmental Pro- ´ Resources. SANCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA tection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s 116. A letter from the Attorney General, SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SARBANES, final rule — Approval and Promulgation of Department of Justice, transmitting a copy Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. Implementation Plans; New Mexico; Revi- of the decision of the Court of Appeals for SCHWARTZ, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Geor- sions to the New Source Review (NSR) State Intercollegiate Broadcasting System, Inc. v. gia, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. Implementation Plan (SIP); Prevention of Copyright Royalty Board, 684 F.3d 1332 (D.C. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Non- Cir. 2012); to the Committee on the Judici- Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. attainment New Source Review (NNSR) Per- ary. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Wash- mitting [EPA-R06-OAR-2011-0033; FRL-9770-8] 117. A letter from the Trade Representa- ington, Mr. SWALWELL of California, received January 10, 2013, pursuant to 5 tive, Executive Office of the President, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- transmitting notification that the Adminis- sissippi, Mr. THOMPSON of California, ergy and Commerce. tration intends to enter negotiations for a Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, 107. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, new trade agreement aimed at promoting Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. Legislative Affairs, Department of State, ´ international trade in services; to the Com- VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. VELAZQUEZ, transmitting a report on gifts given by the mittee on Ways and Means. Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. WASSERMAN United States to foreign individuals for Fis- SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATT, Mr. cal Year 2010, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2694(2); to f WAXMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Florida, and Mr. YARMUTH): 108. A letter from the Acting Secretary, PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS H.R. 12. A bill to modernize voter registra- Department of Commerce, transmitting the Under clause 2 of rule XII, public tion, promote access to voting for individ- annual report for FY 2012 of the Depart- bills and resolutions of the following uals with disabilities, protect the ability of ment’s Bureau of Industry and Security titles were introduced and severally re- individuals to exercise the right to vote in (BIS); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. elections for Federal office, and for other 109. A letter from the Secretary of the ferred, as follows: purposes; to the Committee on House Admin- Army, Department of Defense, transmitting By Mr. LEWIS (for himself, Mr. CLY- istration, and in addition to the Committees annual audit of the American Red Cross con- BURN, Mr. HOYER, Mr. BRADY of Penn- on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Tech- solidated financial statements for the year sylvania, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. ANDREWS, nology, Veterans’ Affairs, Oversight and ending June 30, 2012; to the Committee on Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BECERRA, Government Reform, and Education and the Foreign Affairs. Mr. BERA, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. Workforce, for a period to be subsequently

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determined by the Speaker, in each case for Texas, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. BENISHEK, teenth Street Baptist Church where the 4 lit- consideration of such provisions as fall with- and Mr. BOUSTANY): tle Black girls lost their lives, which served in the jurisdiction of the committee con- H.R. 352. A bill to terminate the Internal as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement; cerned. Revenue Code of 1986; to the Committee on to the Committee on Financial Services. By Mr. ROE of Tennessee (for himself, Ways and Means, and in addition to the Com- By Mr. REICHERT (for himself and Ms. Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. mittee on Rules, for a period to be subse- DELBENE): BILIRAKIS, Mr. BISHOP of New York, quently determined by the Speaker, in each H.R. 361. A bill to expand the Alpine Lakes Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mrs. BLACK, Mrs. case for consideration of such provisions as Wilderness in the State of Washington, to BLACKBURN, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River BUCHANAN, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. BUR- concerned. and Pratt River as wild and scenic rivers, GESS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. By Mr. DENT: and for other purposes; to the Committee on CHABOT, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. H.R. 353. A bill to require the Secretary of Natural Resources. COURTNEY, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CULBER- the Treasury to implement a program to pre- By Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. SON, Mr. DAINES, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. vent the fraudulent use of taxpayer identi- HONDA, Mr. FARR, Mr. RANGEL, Mrs. DENT, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. DUNCAN fication numbers of residents of United NAPOLITANO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. of Tennessee, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. States territories and possessions to be used RUSH, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. CLAY, FITZPATRICK, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. to obtain a credit or refund on tax returns Mr. ELLISON, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. filed with the United States; to the Com- BORDALLO, Mr. COHEN, Mr. BLU- GIBBS, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. mittee on Ways and Means. MENAUER, Ms. CHU, Mr. PIERLUISI, GOSAR, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. GRIFFIN of By Mr. POE of Texas (for himself and and Mr. POLIS): Arkansas, Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New H.R. 362. A bill to provide for the treat- Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. HANNA, Mr. HAR- York): ment of the District of Columbia as a State PER, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. H.R. 354. A bill to amend the DNA Analysis for purposes of representation in the House HECK of Nevada, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to provide of Representatives and Senate, and for other JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. JONES, Mr. for Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- LAMBORN, Mr. LANCE, Mr. LATHAM, assault evidence backlogs and to establish a ary, and in addition to the Committee on Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California, Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting Oversight and Government Reform, for a pe- Mr. LONG, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. System, and for other purposes; to the Com- riod to be subsequently determined by the MATHESON, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. MEE- mittee on the Judiciary. Speaker, in each case for consideration of HAN, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. By Mr. CRAWFORD: such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- MULVANEY, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsyl- H.R. 355. A bill to increase the statutory tion of the committee concerned. vania, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. OLSON, Mr. limit on the public debt only upon the cer- By Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. PETRI, Mr. tification by the President of the submission HONDA, Mr. FARR, Mr. RANGEL, Mrs. POE of Texas, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. to the States for their ratification of the NAPOLITANO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. POSEY, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. proposed amendment to the Constitution of RUSH, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. CLAY, REED, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. ROGERS of the United States to balance the Federal Mr. ELLISON, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. Michigan, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. ROSKAM, Budget or limit Federal spending; to the BORDALLO, Mr. COHEN, Mr. BLU- Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SIMP- Committee on Ways and Means. MENAUER, Ms. CHU, and Mr. SON, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. THOMP- By Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, PIERLUISI): H.R. 363. A bill to provide for the treat- SON of Pennsylvania, Mr. THORN- Mr. MATHESON, Mr. CHAFFETZ, and ment of the District of Columbia as a State BERRY, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. Mr. STEWART): H.R. 356. A bill to clarify authority granted for purposes of representation in the House WALDEN, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. under the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to define the of Representatives, and for other purposes; WENSTRUP, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, and addition to the Committee on Oversight and WOMACK, and Mr. YOUNG of Florida): for other purposes’’; to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be sub- H.R. 351. A bill to repeal the provisions of Natural Resources. sequently determined by the Speaker, in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care By Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself each case for consideration of such provi- Act providing for the Independent Payment and Mr. MICHAUD): sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Advisory Board; to the Committee on Ways H.R. 357. A bill to amend title 38, United committee concerned. and Means, and in addition to the Commit- States Code, to require courses of education By Mr. PIERLUISI (for himself, Mr. tees on Energy and Commerce, and Rules, for provided by public institutions of higher edu- FALEOMAVAEGA, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, a period to be subsequently determined by cation that are approved for purposes of the Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. SABLAN, and Mr. the Speaker, in each case for consideration educational assistance programs adminis- SERRANO): of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- tered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to H.R. 364. A bill to extend the supplemental tion of the committee concerned. charge veterans tuition and fees at the in- security income program to Puerto Rico, the By Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. State tuition rate; to the Committee on Vet- United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and THORNBERRY, Mr. DUNCAN of Ten- erans’ Affairs. American Samoa, and for other purposes; to nessee, Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia, Mr. By Ms. MCCOLLUM (for herself, Mr. the Committee on Ways and Means. MCINTYRE, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. WEST- KELLY, Mr. WALZ, Mr. LATTA, Mr. By Mr. PIERLUISI (for himself, Mr. MORELAND, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. SENSEN- NOLAN, Mr. HIGGINS, Mrs. BACHMANN, FALEOMAVAEGA, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, BRENNER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. Ms. BORDALLO, and Mr. SERRANO): Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, PETERSON, and Mr. PAULSEN): H.R. 365. A bill to amend the Social Secu- Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mrs. MCMORRIS H.R. 358. A bill to direct the United States rity Act to eliminate the cap on certain pay- RODGERS, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. LUETKE- Fish and Wildlife Service, in coordination ments under the TANF program to Puerto MEYER, Mr. FORBES, Mr. LONG, Mr. with the Army Corps of Engineers, the Na- Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and Amer- HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. tional Park Service, and the United States ican Samoa, and for other purposes; to the MCKEON, Mr. ISSA, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. Geological Survey, to lead a multiagency ef- Committee on Ways and Means. UPTON, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. MILLER of fort to slow the spread of Asian Carp in the By Mr. MARINO (for himself, Mr. Florida, Mr. KLINE, Mr. MCCARTHY of Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and MCGOVERN, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. California, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, tributaries, and for other purposes; to the MORAN, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. Committee on Natural Resources. COFFMAN, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. LAN- JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. POSEY, Mr. By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, GEVIN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. CUMMINGS): SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. BON- H.R. 359. A bill to establish and operate a Mr. GERLACH, Mr. DENT, Mr. GUTIER- NER, Mr. PITTS, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. National Center for Campus Public Safety; REZ, Mr. KING of New York, Ms. LO- CARTER, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. MICA, Mr. to the Committee on the Judiciary. RETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. MARCH- By Ms. SEWELL of Alabama (for her- LEWIS, and Mr. HIMES): ANT, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. TERRY, self, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BONNER, Mrs. H.R. 366. A bill to prohibit attendance of an Mr. GOHMERT, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. ROBY, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. animal fighting venture, and for other pur- CONAWAY, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. ROG- ADERHOLT, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, poses; to the Committee on Agriculture, and ERS of Alabama, Mr. GINGREY of Mr. LEWIS, and Mr. BISHOP of Geor- in addition to the Committee on the Judici- Georgia, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. gia): ary, for a period to be subsequently deter- NEUGEBAUER, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. H.R. 360. A bill to award posthumously a mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- HURT, Mr. LATTA, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Col- sideration of such provisions as fall within WALBERG, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. MCCLIN- lins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. TOCK, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. Cynthia Wesley, in recognition of the 50th By Mr. YOUNG of Indiana (for himself, FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. WEBER of commemoration of the bombing of the Six- Mr. AMODEI, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BARR,

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Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mrs. BLACK, Mrs. of the Trust Fund in investment vehicles DEGETTE, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. BLACKBURN, Mr. BONNER, Mr. BROOKS other than obligations of the United States, DELBENE, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. DINGELL, of Alabama, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. CAMP, and to establish a Social Security Invest- Mr. DOYLE, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLI- Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. ment Commission to make recommendations SON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ESTY, CHAFFETZ, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, for alternative forms of investment of the Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. FRANKEL Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. ROD- Social Security surplus in the Trust Fund; to of Florida, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. NEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DESANTIS, the Committee on Ways and Means. GARAMENDI, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. DUNCAN of Ten- By Mr. BROOKS of Alabama (for him- Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRI- nessee, Mr. DUNCAN of South Caro- self, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. WILSON of JALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. HAHN, Ms. lina, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. FORBES, South Carolina, Mr. SOUTHERLAND, HANABUSA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. MCKINLEY, and Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. HIG- GERLACH, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GINGREY of Mr. JONES): GINS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. Georgia, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. H.R. 371. A bill to increase the statutory HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HOYER, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. GRIFFIN of limit on the public debt by $1,000,000,000 upon ISRAEL, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON Arkansas, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. HANNA, the adoption by Congress of a Balanced of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. HARPER, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. Budget Constitutional Amendment and by Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KIL- HOLDING, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. an additional $1,000,000,000 upon ratification DEE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KIND, Mr. LAN- HUELSKAMP, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michi- by the States of that Amendment; to the GEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, gan, Mr. HULTGREN, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. JONES, Mr. By Mr. BROUN of Georgia: of California, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS, KELLY, Mr. KLINE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. H.R. 372. A bill to amend title 31, United Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. LATHAM, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LONG, Mr. States Code, to eliminate the requirement LOWEY, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New LUETKEMEYER, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. that the President submit a budget to the Mexico, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRIS- MASSIE, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. MESSER, Congress each year, and for other purposes; HAM of New Mexico, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mrs. CAPITO, to the Committee on the Budget, and in ad- CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. dition to the Committees on House Adminis- Mr. MATHESON, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. NEUGEBAUER, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. tration, Oversight and Government Reform, MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. MCCOL- NUGENT, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. OLSON, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently LUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOV- Mr. PEARCE, Mr. REED, Mr. RIBBLE, determined by the Speaker, in each case for ERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROGERS of consideration of such provisions as fall with- MENG, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. GEORGE Michigan, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. SCALISE, in the jurisdiction of the committee con- MILLER of California, Ms. MOORE, Mr. Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. cerned. MORAN, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLI- SIMPSON, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. FARR, TANO, Mr. NOLAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. HOLT, Ms. LEE of PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. California, and Mr. GRIJALVA): of Arizona, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. PERL- H.R. 373. A bill to amend title VII of the TIBERI, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. WALDEN, MUTTER, Mr. PETERS of Michigan, Mr. Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and for other pur- Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. WEST- PIERLUISI, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. poses; to the Committee on Science, Space, MORELAND, Mr. WILSON of South POCAN, Mr. POLIS, Mr. PRICE of North and Technology. Carolina, Mr. YODER, Mr. YOHO, Mr. Carolina, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RICHMOND, By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN: YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. KINZINGER of Il- Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUPPERS- H.R. 374. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- linois, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. BERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, enue Code of 1986 to assist in the recovery GIBSON, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. POE of Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California, and development of the Virgin Islands by Texas, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, providing for a reduction in the tax imposed SCHWEIKERT, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. on distributions from certain retirement Mr. HALL, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. PALAZZO, SCHIFF, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. SCHRA- plans’ assets which are invested for at least Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. MARINO, Mr. POSEY, DER, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. DAVID SCOTT 30 years, subject to defined withdrawals, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. FLORES, Mr. BARTON, of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, under a Virgin Islands investment program; Mr. CALVERT, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. to the Committee on Ways and Means. BARLETTA, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. SLAUGH- By Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. GOH- TER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. LANGEVIN, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. NOR- MERT, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. UPTON, Mr. SPEIER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, TON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, SESSIONS, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. KING of Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSON- and Mr. LIPINSKI): Iowa, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. H.R. 375. A bill to require the Secretary of GAS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. ´ BENISHEK, and Mr. ROSS): Commerce and the Secretary of Labor to es- VELAZQUEZ, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. H.R. 367. A bill to amend chapter 8 of title tablish the Make It In America Incentive WALZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. 5, United States Code, to provide that major Grant Program, and for other purposes; to WATERS, Mr. WATT, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. rules of the executive branch shall have no the Committee on Financial Services, and in WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. force or effect unless a joint resolution of ap- addition to the Committee on Education and YARMUTH, Mrs. BEATTY, and Mr. CON- proval is enacted into law; to the Committee the Workforce, for a period to be subse- NOLLY): on the Judiciary, and in addition to the H.R. 377. A bill to amend the Fair Labor quently determined by the Speaker, in each Committees on Rules, and the Budget, for a Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effec- case for consideration of such provisions as period to be subsequently determined by the tive remedies to victims of discrimination in fall within the jurisdiction of the committee Speaker, in each case for consideration of the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and concerned. such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- for other purposes; to the Committee on By Mrs. DAVIS of California (for her- tion of the committee concerned. Education and the Workforce. self, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. By Mr. BENISHEK: By Mr. FATTAH: H.R. 368. A bill to amend title 10, United HONDA, Ms. LEE of California, and H.R. 378. A bill to provide for adequate and States Code, to require an audiometric test Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New equitable educational opportunities for stu- of each member of the Armed Forces before York): dents in State public school systems, and for H.R. 376. A bill to amend the Help America the separation of the member; to the Com- other purposes; to the Committee on Edu- Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters mittee on Armed Services. cation and the Workforce. to vote by mail in Federal elections; to the By Mr. BENISHEK: By Mr. FATTAH: H.R. 369. A bill to amend title 38, United Committee on House Administration. H.R. 379. A bill to amend section 1120A(c) States Code, to establish a presumption of By Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. AN- of the Elementary and Secondary Education service connection for certain veterans with DREWS, Ms. BASS, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. Act of 1965 to assure comparability of oppor- tinnitus or hearing loss; to the Committee BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLU- tunity for educationally disadvantaged stu- on Veterans’ Affairs. MENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRADY dents; to the Committee on Education and By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, the Workforce. WESTMORELAND, and Mr. GRIFFIN of Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mrs. BUSTOS, By Mr. FATTAH: Arkansas): Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. H.R. 380. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- H.R. 370. A bill to amend title II of the So- CAPUANO, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Mr. CARSON enue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against cial Security Act to establish a Social Secu- of Indiana, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, income tax for contributions to a trust used rity Surplus Protection Account in the Fed- Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CHU, Mr. to provide need-based college scholarships; eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. to the Committee on Ways and Means. Fund to hold the Social Security surplus, to CLEAVER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, By Mr. FATTAH: provide for suspension of investment of Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. COSTA, H.R. 381. A bill to amend the Congressional amounts held in the Account until enact- Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. Budget Act of 1974 to require long-term cost ment of legislation providing for investment DAVIS of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. benefit analyses of introduced bills; to the

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A bill to designate the United the offices of Members and committees of Committee on the Budget, for a period to be States courthouse located at 300 West Sec- Congress and to hold the salaries of Members subsequently determined by the Speaker, in ond Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the of Congress in escrow if Congress does not each case for consideration of such provi- ‘‘Morris Sheppard Arnold United States adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Courthouse’’; to the Committee on Transpor- on or before May 15 of each year, and for committee concerned. tation and Infrastructure. other purposes; to the Committee on House By Ms. FOXX (for herself, Mr. By Mr. GUTHRIE: Administration, and in addition to the Com- SCHWEIKERT, Mr. WEBER of Texas, H.R. 389. A bill to require the submission mittee on Oversight and Government Re- Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. to the Congress of annual reports on the to- form, for a period to be subsequently deter- GOHMERT, and Mr. MULVANEY): bacco user fees assessed and collected under mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- H.R. 382. A bill to provide for State ap- section 919 of the Federal Food, Drug, and sideration of such provisions as fall within proval of national monuments, and for other Cosmetic Act; to the Committee on Energy the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. purposes; to the Committee on Natural Re- and Commerce. By Mr. LOEBSACK (for himself and sources. By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida: Mrs. KIRKPATRICK): By Mr. GIBSON (for himself, Mr. H.R. 390. A bill to direct the Secretary of H.R. 398. A bill to reduce the rate of pay for AMASH, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. BROOKS of Homeland Security to establish national Members of Congress by 10 percent and to Alabama, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. DUNCAN emergency centers on military installations; eliminate automatic pay adjustments for of Tennessee, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. to the Committee on Transportation and In- Members; to the Committee on House Ad- FORTENBERRY, Ms. FOXX, Mr. frastructure, and in addition to the Com- ministration, and in addition to the Com- GARAMENDI, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. JOHNSON mittee on Armed Services, for a period to be mittee on Oversight and Government Re- of Ohio, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. LABRADOR, subsequently determined by the Speaker, in form, for a period to be subsequently deter- Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. MILLER of Flor- each case for consideration of such provi- mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- ida, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the sideration of such provisions as fall within REED, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. committee concerned. the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. ROSS, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, By Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER (for her- By Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SMITH of Wash- self and Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia): GARAMENDI, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of ington, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and H.R. 391. A bill to provide for a 10 percent California, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of Mr. STIVERS): reduction in pay for Members of Congress, California, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Mr. H.R. 383. A bill to amend the War Powers the President, and the Vice President; to the THOMPSON of California, Ms. LOF- Committee on Oversight and Government Resolution to limit the use of funds for in- GREN, Mr. COSTA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, troduction of the Armed Forces into hos- Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. HONDA, tilities, and for other purposes; to the Com- House Administration, for a period to be sub- Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California, mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to sequently determined by the Speaker, in Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, the Committee on Rules, for a period to be each case for consideration of such provi- Mr. FARR, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. subsequently determined by the Speaker, in sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the NEGRETE MCLEOD, Ms. ROYBAL- each case for consideration of such provi- committee concerned. ALLARD, Mrs. DAVIS of California, sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the By Mr. HONDA (for himself, Mr. CON- Ms. BASS, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. HAHN, committee concerned. YERS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. CHU, Mr. BERA, Mr. MCNERNEY, By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for him- Ms. MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. and Mr. CALVERT): self, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. GENE GREEN POLIS, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN): H.R. 399. A bill to direct the Secretary of of Texas, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. HINOJOSA, H.R. 392. A bill to amend the Elementary the Army to undertake a comprehensive re- Mr. CONYERS, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HAS- and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to di- view of the Corps of Engineers policy guide- TINGS of Florida, Mr. HOLT, Mr. rect local educational agencies to release lines on vegetation management for levees, HONDA, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. MCDERMOTT, secondary school student information to and for other purposes; to the Committee on Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. military recruiters if the student’s parent Transportation and Infrastructure. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. RANGEL, and provides written consent for the release, and By Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. DIN- Mr. RUSH): for other purposes; to the Committee on GELL, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. MICHAUD, and H.R. 384. A bill to establish the position of Education and the Workforce. Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs in the Mr. SCHIFF): By Mr. HONDA: H.R. 400. A bill to provide for the establish- Department of Housing and Urban Develop- H.R. 393. A bill to consolidate, improve, ment of a Clean Energy Technology Manu- ment, and for other purposes; to the Com- and reauthorize programs that support fami- facturing and Export Assistance Fund to as- mittee on Financial Services. lies and victims in the justice system af- sist United States businesses with exporting By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for him- fected by domestic violence; to the Com- clean energy technology products and serv- self, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, and Mr. mittee on the Judiciary. ices; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, MICHAUD): By Mr. HONDA: H.R. 385. A bill to establish a pilot program H.R. 394. A bill to ensure the development and in addition to the Committee on Energy to authorize the Secretary of Housing and and responsible stewardship of nanotechnol- and Commerce, for a period to be subse- Urban Development to make grants to non- ogy; to the Committee on Science, Space, quently determined by the Speaker, in each profit organizations to rehabilitate and mod- and Technology, and in addition to the Com- case for consideration of such provisions as ify homes of disabled and low-income vet- mittees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and fall within the jurisdiction of the committee erans; to the Committee on Financial Serv- Means, and Homeland Security, for a period concerned. ices. to be subsequently determined by the Speak- By Mr. NUGENT (for himself, Mr. By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for him- er, in each case for consideration of such pro- SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. self, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. GENE GREEN visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the GRIMM, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. SENSEN- of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HINO- committee concerned. BRENNER, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. VAN JOSA, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. HAHN, Mr. By Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Mr. KING HOLLEN, Mr. CONYERS, and Ms. LOF- HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HOLT, Mr. of New York, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GREN): HONDA, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. MCDERMOTT, HANNA, and Mr. CICILLINE): H.R. 401. A bill to reauthorize and improve Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. H.R. 395. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and PINGREE of Maine, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. enue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross in- Crime Reduction Act of 2004; to the Com- RUSH, Ms. MOORE, and Mr. SERRANO): come amounts paid by an employer on an mittee on the Judiciary. H.R. 386. A bill to provide housing assist- employee’s student loans; to the Committee By Mr. RYAN of Ohio: ance for very low-income veterans; to the on Ways and Means. H.R. 402. A bill to provide for the retention Committee on Financial Services, and in ad- By Ms. JENKINS: of the name of Mount McKinley; to the Com- dition to the Committee on Ways and Means, H.R. 396. A bill to reduce the annual rates mittee on Natural Resources. for a period to be subsequently determined of pay for Members of Congress by 20 per- By Mr. SABLAN: by the Speaker, in each case for consider- cent, and to prohibit an adjustment in such H.R. 403. A bill to amend the percentage of ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- rates during a year unless the Federal gov- funds appropriated under title I of the Ele- risdiction of the committee concerned. ernment did not run a deficit in the previous mentary and Secondary Education Act of By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas: fiscal year; to the Committee on House Ad- 1965 required to be reserved for outlying H.R. 387. A bill to amend title II of the So- ministration, and in addition to the Com- areas and the Secretary of the Interior; to cial Security Act to remove the limitation mittee on Oversight and Government Re- the Committee on Education and the Work- upon the amount of outside income which an form, for a period to be subsequently deter- force. individual may earn while receiving benefits mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- By Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Ms. LEE of under such title, and for other purposes; to sideration of such provisions as fall within California, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. PIERLUISI, the Committee on Ways and Means. the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Ms. NORTON, Mr. MORAN, Mr. DANNY By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas (for him- By Mr. LATHAM: K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DELAURO, self, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. CRAWFORD, and H.R. 397. A bill to prohibit the disburse- Mr. TAKANO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, and Mr. Mr. COTTON): ment of funds for salaries and expenses of SHERMAN):

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:11 Jan 24, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L23JA7.100 H23JAPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE January 23, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H281 H.R. 404. A bill to enhance criminal pen- fall within the jurisdiction of the committee Amendment X to the United States Con- alties for straw purchasers of firearms; to concerned. stitution. the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BECERRA: By Mr. GOODLATTE: By Mr. SERRANO: H. Res. 42. A resolution electing Members H.R. 352. H.R. 405. A bill to permit Members of Con- to certain standing committees of the House Congress has the power to enact this legis- gress to administer the oath of allegiance to of Representatives; considered and agreed to. lation pursuant to the following: applicants for naturalization; to the Com- By Mr. FATTAH: Clause 1 Section 8 of Article 1 of the mittee on the Judiciary. H. Res. 43. A resolution expressing the United States Constitution and Amendment By Mr. SERRANO: sense of the House of Representatives in sup- XVI of the United States Constitution. H.R. 406. A bill to provide discretionary au- port of the Common Core State Standards By Mr. DENT: thority to an immigration judge to deter- Initiative; to the Committee on Education H.R. 353. mine that an alien parent of a United States and the Workforce. Congress has the power to enact this legis- citizen child should not be ordered removed, By Mr. FATTAH (for himself, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: deported, or excluded from the United HULTGREN, and Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. New Mexico): tion By Mr. SERRANO: H. Res. 44. A resolution expressing the By Mr. POE of Texas: H.R. 407. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- sense of the House of Representatives that H.R. 354. enue Code of 1986 to provide a business credit Federal laboratories have been and continue Congress has the power to enact this legis- relating to the use of clean-fuel and fuel effi- to be on the cutting edge of scientific and lation pursuant to the following: cient vehicles by businesses within areas des- technological advancement and supporting Article I, Section 8 Clause 1, which reads: ignated as nonattainment areas under the the designation of 2013 as the ‘‘Year of the The Congress shall have Power To lay and Clean Air Act, and for other purposes; to the Federal Lab’’; to the Committee on Science, collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, Committee on Ways and Means. Space, and Technology. to pay the Debts and provide for the common By Mr. SESSIONS: By Mr. FATTAH: Defence and general Welfare of the United H.R. 408. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- H. Res. 45. A resolution expressing the States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises enue Code of 1986 to repeal certain limita- sense of the House of Representatives that it shall be uniform throughout the United tions on the expensing of section 179 prop- is imperative that the United States creates States; erty, to allow taxpayers to elect shorter re- a clear vision and goal to be the world leader Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, which reads: covery periods for purposes of determining in innovation, science, technology, engineer- The Congress shall have Power To make all the deduction for depreciation, and for other ing, and math to ensure the continued Laws which shall be necessary and proper for purposes; to the Committee on Ways and strength, growth, and vitality of this Nation; carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- Means. to the Committee on Science, Space, and ers, and all other Powers vested by the Con- By Mr. SIMPSON: Technology. stitution in the Government of the United H.R. 409. A bill to provide for Indian trust By Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. States, or in any Department or Officer asset management reform, and for other pur- SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. REED, Mr. thereof. poses; to the Committee on Natural Re- JONES, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. By Mr. CRAWFORD: sources. KELLY, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SABLAN, H.R. 355. By Mr. STOCKMAN: Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 410. A bill to provide that any execu- MICHAUD, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. TIBERI, Ms. lation pursuant to the following: tive action infringing on the Second Amend- BORDALLO, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. Clauses 1 and 2 of Section 8 of Article 1 of ment has no force or effect, and to prohibit BENISHEK, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. the United States Constitution. the use of funds for certain purposes; to the ESHOO, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. RYAN of Article V of the U.S. Constitution, which Committee on the Judiciary. Ohio, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. MCCOLLUM, grants Congress the authority to propose By Mr. TONKO (for himself, Mr. CON- Mr. HARRIS, Mr. FORBES, Mr. YAR- Constitutional amendments. YERS, Mr. HUNTER, Ms. SLAUGHTER, MUTH, and Ms. SPEIER): By Mr. BISHOP of Utah: Mr. RANGEL, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. GRI- H. Res. 46. A resolution supporting the con- H.R. 356. JALVA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MARINO, Mr. tributions of Catholic schools; to the Com- Congress has the power to enact this legis- HIGGINS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. MCGOV- mittee on Education and the Workforce. lation pursuant to the following: ERN, and Ms. SHEA-PORTER): Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United H.R. 411. A bill to direct the Secretary of f States Constitution Veterans Affairs to establish a registry of PRIVATE BILLS AND By Mr. MILLER of Florida: certain veterans who were stationed at Fort RESOLUTIONS H.R. 357. McClellan, Alabama, and for other purposes; Congress has the power to enact this legis- to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Under clause 3 of rule XII, lation pursuant to the following: By Ms. TSONGAS: Mr. GUTIERREZ introduced a bill Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of H.R. 412. A bill to amend the Wild and Sce- (H.R. 415) for the relief of Francisca the United States. nic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Lino; which was referred to the Com- By Ms. MCCOLLUM: mainstem of the Nashua River and its tribu- mittee on the Judiciary. H.R. 358. taries in the Commonwealth of Massachu- Congress has the power to enact this legis- setts for study for potential addition to the f lation pursuant to the following: National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives for other purposes; to the Committee on Nat- STATEMENT Congress the power ‘‘To make all Laws ural Resources. which shall be necessary and proper for car- By Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of rying into Execution the foregoing powers.’’ HANNA, Mr. COOPER, and Mr. BRALEY the Rules of the House of Representa- By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: of Iowa): tives, the following statements are sub- H.R. 359. H.R. 413. A bill to eliminate the 2-year mitted regarding the specific powers Congress has the power to enact this legis- delay in including oral-only ESRD-related granted to Congress in the Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: drugs in the Medicare ESRD prospective pay- tion to enact the accompanying bill or Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Con- ment system, as provided under section stitution 632(b)(1) of the American Taxpayer Relief joint resolution. Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Act of 2012; to the Committee on Energy and By Mr. LEWIS: Constitution Commerce, and in addition to the Committee H.R. 12. By Ms. SEWELL of Alabama: on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 360. quently determined by the Speaker, in each lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- case for consideration of such provisions as This bill is enacted pursuant to the power lation pursuant to the following: fall within the jurisdiction of the committee granted to Congress under Article I of the Article I Section 8 concerned. United States Constitution and its subse- By Mr. REICHERT: By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: quent amendments, and further clarified and H.R. 361. H.R. 414. A bill to provide for the continued interpreted by the Supreme Court of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- lease or eventual conveyance of certain Fed- United States. lation pursuant to the following: eral land within the boundaries of Fort By Mr. ROE of Tennessee: ‘‘The constitutional authority of Congress Wainwright Military Reservation in Fair- H.R. 351. to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- banks, Alaska; to the Committee on Natural Congress has the power to enact this legis- cle 1, section 8 of the United States Constitu- Resources, and in addition to the Committee lation pursuant to the following: tion, specifically clause 1 (relating to pro- on Armed Services, for a period to be subse- The repeal of this provision is consistent viding for the general welfare of the United quently determined by the Speaker, in each with the powers that are reserved to the States) and clause 18 (relating to the power case for consideration of such provisions as States and to the people as expressed in to make all laws necessary and proper for

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Defence and general Welfare of the United Constitution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises By Ms. NORTON: lation pursuant to the following: shall be uniform throughout the United H.R. 363. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1; Article 1, States. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Section 8, Clause 3; and Article 1, Section 8, By Mr. FATTAH: lation pursuant to the following: Clause 14. H.R. 380. clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the By Mr. BROOKS of Alabama: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Constitution. H.R. 371. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. PIERLUISI: Congress has the power to enact this legis- The Congress shall have Power to lay and H.R. 364. lation pursuant to the following: collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8. The Congress shall to pay the Debts and provide for the common lation pursuant to the following: have Power . . . to pay debts. . .’’ Defence and general Welfare of the United The constitutional authority on which this Article V. The Congress, whenever two States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises bill rests is the power of the Congress to pro- thirds of both Houses shall deem it nec- shall be uniform throughout the United vide for the general welfare of the United essary, shall propose Amendments to this States. States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Constitution. . . By Mr. FATTAH: Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; By Mr. BROUN of Georgia: H.R. 381. to make all laws which shall be necessary H.R. 372. Congress has the power to enact this legis- and proper for carrying into execution such Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: power, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, lation pursuant to the following: The Congress shall have Power to lay and Clause 18 of the Constitution; and to make Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, rules and regulations respecting the U.S. ter- By Mrs. CAPPS: to pay the Debts and provide for the common ritories, as enumerated in Article IV, Sec- H.R. 373. Defence and general Welfare of the United tion 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises By Mr. PIERLUISI: lation pursuant to the following: shall be uniform throughout the United H.R. 365. Article I, Section 8 States. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN: By Ms. FOXX: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 374. The constitutional authority on which this H.R. 382. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- bill rests is the power of the Congress to pro- lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: vide for the general welfare of the United ‘‘Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 grants Con- States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, of the United States grant Congress the au- gress the ‘‘Power to dispose of and make all Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; thority to make all needful Rules and Regu- needful Rules and Regulations respecting the to make all laws which shall be necessary lations respecting the Territory or other Terroritory or other Property belonging to and proper for carrying into execution such Property belonging to the United States and the United States.’’ power, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Article 1, section 7 which provides that all By Mr. GIBSON: Clause 18 of the Constitution; and to make Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in H.R. 383. rules and regulations respecting the U.S. ter- the House of Representatives.’’ Congress has the power to enact this legis- ritories, as enumerated in Article IV, Sec- By Mr. CICILLINE: lation pursuant to the following: tion 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution. H.R. 375. Article I, section 8, clauses 11, 12, 13, 14, By Mr. MARINO: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 366. and 18. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas: Article I, Section 8 lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 384. 1) Article I, Section 8, Clause By Mrs. DAVIS of California: Congress has the power to enact this legis- The Congress shall have Power to lay and H.R. 376. lation pursuant to the following: collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, Congress has the power to enact this legis- The Constitutional authority to enact this to pay the Debts and provide for the common lation pursuant to the following: legislation can be found in: Article I, section 4: Defence and general Welfare of the United General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1) ‘‘The Times, Places and Manner of holding States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3) Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be uniform throughout the United By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas: shall be perscribed in each State by the Leg- States. H.R. 385. 2) Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 islature thereof; but the Congress may at Congress has the power to enact this legis- To regulate Commerce with foreign Na- any time by Law make or alter such Regula- lation pursuant to the following: tions, and among the several States, and tions. . .’’ The Constitutional authority to enact this with the Indian Tribes. By Ms. DELAURO: legislation can be found in: By Mr. YOUNG of Indiana: H.R. 377. General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), H.R. 367. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas: lation pursuant to the following: Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5 Section H.R. 386. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power 1: All persons born or naturalized in the Congress has the power to enact this legis- granted Congress under Article I of the United States, and subject to the jurisdic- lation pursuant to the following: United States Constitution, including the tion thereof, are citizens of the United The Constitutional authority to enact this power granted Congress under Article I, Sec- States and the State wherein they reside. No legislation can be found in: tion 8, Clause 18, of the United States Con- State shall make or enforce any law which General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1) stitution, and the power granted to each shall abridge the privileges or immunities of Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3) House of Congress under Article I, Section 5, citizens of the United States; nor shall any By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas: Clause 2, of the United States Constitution. State deprive any person of life, liberty, or H.R. 387. By Mr. BENISHEK: property, without due process of law; nor Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 368. deny to any person within its jurisdiction lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- the equal protection of the laws. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. FATTAH: Constitution (the Commerce Clause). Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14 ‘‘To make H.R. 378. By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas: Rules for the Government and Regulation of Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 388. the land and naval Forces.’’ lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. BENISHEK: The Congress shall have Power to lay and lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 369. collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- to pay the Debts and provide for the common Constitution: The Congress shall have Power lation pursuant to the following: Defence and general Welfare of the United to dispose of and make all needful Rules and

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Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 1 Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ‘‘All legislative Powers herein granted The Congress shall have Power to lay and Constitution. shall be vested in a Congress of the United collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, By Mr. RYAN of Ohio: States, which shall consist of a Senate and to pay the Debts and provide for the common H.R. 402. House of Representatives.’’ Defense and general Welfare of the United Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8 States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises lation pursuant to the following: ‘‘The Congress shall have Power . . . To shall be uniform throughout the United ‘‘The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to make all Laws which shall be necessary and States; Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the proper for carrying into Execution the fore- Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 United States Constitution.’’ going Powers, and all other Powers vested by To regulate Commerce with foreign Na- By Mr. SABLAN: this Constitution in the Government of the tions and among the several States, and with H.R. 403. United States, or in any Department or Offi- the Indian Tribes Congress has the power to enact this legis- cer thereof.’’ By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida: lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. TONKO: H.R. 390. Under Article 1, section 8 of the United H.R. 411. Congress has the power to enact this legis- States Constitution (clause 1), which grants Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: Congress the power to collect taxes and ex- lation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the Con- pend funds to provide for the general welfare Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 stitution of the United States, including but of the United States. The Congress shall have Power *** To regu- not limited to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 By Mr. SCHIFF: late Commerce with foreign Nations, and and 3. H.R. 404. among the several States, and with the In- By Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER: Congress has the power to enact this legis- dian Tribes. H.R. 391. lation pursuant to the following: By Ms. TSONGAS: Congress has the power to enact this legis- The Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhance- H.R. 412. lation pursuant to the following: ment Act is constitutionally authorized Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 6, of the Constitution under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Com- lation pursuant to the following: reguires Congress to determine its own pay. merce Clause and Article I, Section 8, Clause Article I, Section 8, clause 18 (relating to By Mr. HONDA: 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Addi- H.R. 392. the power to make all laws necessary and tionally, the Preamble to the Constitution proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress has the power to enact this legis- provides support of the authority to enact lation pursuant to the following: Congress), and Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 legislation to promote the General Welfare. (relating to the power of Congress to dispose Section 8 of article I of the Constitution. By Mr. SERRANO: By Mr. HONDA: of and make all needful rules and regulations H.R. 405. respecting the territory or other property H.R. 393. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- belonging to the United States). lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. WELCH: lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which gives H.R. 413. section 8 of article I of the Constitution Congress the power ‘‘To establish an uniform Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. HONDA: Rule of Naturalization,’’ and Article I, Sec- H.R. 394. lation pursuant to the following: tion 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress the Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Con- power ‘‘To make all Laws which shall be nec- lation pursuant to the following: gress shall have Power To . . . make all essary and proper for carrying into Execu- section 8 of article I of the Constitution Laws which shall be necessary and proper for tion the foregoing Powers.’’ By Mr. ISRAEL: carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- By Mr. SERRANO: H.R. 395. ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- H.R. 406. Congress has the power to enact this legis- stitution in the Government of the United Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: States, or in any Department or Officer lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United thereof.. Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which gives States Constitution By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: Congress the power ‘‘To establish an uniform By Ms. JENKINS: H.R. 414. Rule of Naturalization,’’ and Article I, Sec- H.R. 396. Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress the Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: power ‘‘To make all Laws which shall be nec- lation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 essary and proper or carrying into Execution The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to The Congress shall have Power to dispose the foregoing Powers.’’ Clause 1 of Section 6 of Article I of the Con- of and make all needful Rules and Regula- By Mr. SERRANO: stitution which states ‘‘The Senators and tions respecting the Territory or other Prop- Representatives shall receive a Compensa- H.R. 407. Congress has the power to enact this legis- erty belonging to the United States; and tion for their Services, to be ascertained by nothing in this Constitution shall be so con- Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the lation pursuant to the following: This legislation is introduced pursuant to strued as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States.’’ and Clause 1 of Section 1 of United States, or of any particular State. Article I which states: ‘‘All legislative Pow- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitu- tion, which states that ‘‘The Congress shall Mr. GUTIERREZ: ers herein granted shall be vested in a Con- H.R. 415. gress of the United States, which shall con- have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises. . .’’ In addition, this Congress has the power to enact this legis- sist of a Senate and House of Representa- lation pursuant to the following: tives.’’ legislation is introduced pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 and Amend- By Mr. LATHAM: ment I, Clause 3 of the Constitution. H.R. 397. which states that Congress shall have the Congress has the power to enact this legis- power ‘‘to make all laws which shall be nec- f lation pursuant to the following: essary and proper for carrying into execution ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Article 1, sections 6 and 9 of the Constitu- the foregoing powers, and all other powers Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors tion of the United States. vested by this Constitution in the govern- were added to public bills and resolu- By Mr. LOEBSACK: ment of the United States, or in any depart- H.R. 398. ment or officer thereof’’ tions as follows: Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. SESSIONS: H.R. 11: Ms. PELOSI, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 408. fornia, Mr. WATT, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr. Clause 1 of Section 6 of Article I of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- KIND. Constitution. lation pursuant to the H.R. 21: Ms. SCHWARTZ and Mr. DOYLE. By Ms. MATSUI: Article I, Section 8 Congress has the power H.R. 23: Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee and Mr. H.R. 399. to regulate Commerce. WITTMAN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. SIMPSON: H.R. 24: Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. OLSON, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 409. WEBER of Texas, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. NUGENT,

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Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. NOEM, H.R. 221: Mr. JONES and Mr. FINCHER. H.R. 321: Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. COURTNEY, and Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. POMPEO, H.R. 225: Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. BISHOP of New York. H.R. 226: Ms. LEE of California. Mr. ROKITA, Mr. YODER, Mr. POE of Texas, H.R. 322: Mr. ROKITA, Mr. COBLE, and Mr. H.R. 227: Ms. CASTOR of Florida and Mr. Mr. HURT, Mr. LATHAM, and Mr. FLORES. BARTON. H.R. 25: Mr. DESANTIS. BISHOP of New York. H.R. 36: Mr. MATHESON, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. H.R. 232: Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. GINGREY of H.R. 333: Mr. CONYERS, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. BARR, Mr. HANNA, Mrs. Georgia, and Mrs. BLACKBURN. WESTMORELAND, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BLACKBURN, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. H.R. 236: Mr. BISHOP of New York. VARGAS, Mr. HONDA, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. H.R. 239: Mr. PERRY. JONES, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MCINTYRE, Ms. GRIMM, Mr. SCHOCK, and Mr. BURGESS. H.R. 241: Mr. BENTIVOLIO. DEGETTE, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. VAN H.R. 55: Mr. GIBBS. H.R. 261: Ms. MATSUI, Mr. LEVIN, and Mr. HOLLEN, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. PETERS of H.R. 61: Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. ROTHFUS, POCAN. Michigan, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, and Mr. and Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. H.R. 270: Ms. EDWARDS. STIVERS. H.R. 271: Mr. WALBERG. H.R. 93: Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. H.R. 334: Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. H.R. 273: Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. COLLINS of New SARBANES, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BISHOP of FINCHER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. GOHMERT, MR. York, and Mr. MESSER. New York, Mr. HIMES, and Mr. POCAN. CHAFFETZ, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, and Mr. BAR- H.R. 280: Ms. LEE of California, Mr. HOLT, H.R. 106: Mr. ROKITA. TON. H.R. 107: Mr. POE of Texas. Ms. NORTON, Mr. FARR, and Mr. POLIS. H.R. 335: Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. H.R. 129: Mr. WELCH and Mr. DOGGETT. H.R. 290: Ms. LEE of California and Mr. H.R. 134: Mr. PEARCE. HONDA. ROSKAM, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. H.R. 140: Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. MARCH- H.R. 297: Mr. KING of New York, Ms. CAS- PETERS of Michigan, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. ANT, Mr. BENTIVOLIO, and Mr. FRANKS of Ari- TOR of Florida, Mr. TIBERI, and Mr. RIBBLE. KEATING, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. SAR- zona. H.R. 298: Mr. BARR and Mr. ROE of Ten- BANES, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. UPTON. H.R. 148: Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. PERLMUTTER, nessee. H.R. 341: Mr. CONYERS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. HIGGINS, and Mr. POLLS. H.R. 300: Mr. BENTIVOLIO and Mr. OWENS. GRIJALVA, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and H.R. 303: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. H.R. 149: Mr. PEARCE, Mr. FINCHER, and Mr. Ms. LEE of California. FLORES. NORTON, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, H.R. 342: Mr. FLORES and Mr. GIBBS. H.R. 164: Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. CON- Mr. STIVERS, Mr. COLE, and Mr. SIMPSON. NOLLY, and Mr. PEARCE. H.R. 309: Mr. MULLIN and Mr. HUELSKAMP. H.J. Res. 21: Mr. LANGEVIN. H.R. 167: Mrs. BLACK and Mr. PEARCE. H.R. 310: Mr. PETERS of California, Mr. H. Res. 12: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. H.R. 176: Mr. BENTIVOLIO. HECK of Nevada, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, H. Res. 19: Ms. WATERS, Mr. NADLER, Ms. H.R. 178: Mr. YODER and Mr. DESANTIS. and Ms. DUCKWORTH. LEE of California, Ms. CHU, Mr. FARR, Ms. H.R. 181: Mr. HIGGINS and Mr. SEAN PAT- H.R. 311: Mr. PALAZZO. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. RICK MALONEY of New York. H.R. 317: Mr. FLORES. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. SMITH of Wash- H.R. 200: Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. H.R. 318: Mr. RUSH, Mr. KING of New York, ington, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. H.R. 203: Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LONG, and Mr. and Mr. TURNER. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. H.R. 320: Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. JOHNSON of H.R. 207: Mr. ROKITA and Mr. HARRIS. Georgia, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of MICHAUD, Mr. KEATING, and Mr. HIGGINS. H.R. 217: Mr. MULLIN, Mr. RYAN of Wis- Texas, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CONYERS, and Mr. H. Res. 38: Mr. SABLAN, Mr. VEASEY, and consin, and Mr. WEBSTER of Florida. RUSH. Mr. KILDEE.

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Vol. 159 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 No. 8 Senate (Legislative day of Thursday, January 3, 2013)

The Senate met at 9:30 a.m., on the U.S. SENATE, As Governor Adlai Stevenson said: expiration of the recess, and was called PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts to order by the Honorable HEIDI Washington, DC, January 23, 2013. of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedi- To the Senate: HEITKAMP, a Senator from the State of cation of a lifetime. Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, That is true. Patriotism is not short, North Dakota. of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable HEIDI HEITKAMP, a frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the PRAYER Senator from the State of North Dakota, to tranquil and steady dedication of a The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- perform the duties of the Chair. lifetime. If we look at the records, the fered the following prayer: PATRICK J. LEAHY, careers of these new Senators, that is Let us pray. President pro tempore. the way it is. Each person coming here reminds me Eternal Lord God, we shout praises Ms. HEITKAMP thereupon assumed of my first few weeks in the House of to You, for Your love never fails. You the chair as Acting President pro tem- Representatives when Tip O’Neill—we rescue us from trouble with Your lov- pore. had a large incoming class, so he called ing and mighty providence. We com- f us in these groups of maybe 15 or so, mend our Nation to Your compas- RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY and he told us something I have always sionate care, trusting You to guide it LEADER remembered. He said: Each of you are with Your merciful hands. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- successful politicians or you wouldn’t Bless the work of our Senators. Help be here. And that is true. I say that to them to respect and esteem each other pore. The majority leader is recog- nized. each of my new Senators. They are suc- as they struggle together for resolution cessful politicians, and there is nothing of complex issues. f wrong with the word ‘‘politician.’’ I am Lord, we thank You for the many WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS proud I am a politician. I am proud I people working on Capitol Hill who Mr. REID. Madam President, yester- serve in government, and we should support our lawmakers, serving You day I had the opportunity to meet with each be proud. faithfully, without public recognition. my Democratic Senate caucus for the So I am pleased now, and I was May we never take for granted their la- first time this year. It was the first op- pleased yesterday, to be surrounded by bors for liberty. portunity for all of us to sit down to- so many dedicated public servants, new We pray in Your gracious Name. Members and old alike, who have de- gether, to break bread, and to discuss Amen. voted their lives to making their indi- challenges and opportunities we all vidual States and our shared Nation a face. As the majority leader, I was f better place in which to grow up, grow gratified to see so many new faces and a family, and grow old. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE to have such an inclusive caucus. It Each new Democratic Member is ac- The Honorable HEIDI HEITKAMP led was music to my ears to hear the an- complished, I repeat, in his or her own the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: nouncement that the Presiding Officer right. Our new caucus members include today would be HEIDI HEITKAMP. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the a couple of former Governors, a Har- United States of America, and to the Repub- We have nine new Democratic Sen- vard law professor, an engineer, just to lic for which it stands, one nation under God, ators. Four of these new Senators are name a few. While they have each ac- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. women, and so about one-third of our complished so much already, their Democratic caucus is now women. We greatest achievements are still ahead f have, for example, the first Asian of them. I know they will look back woman. We have expanded our major- with satisfaction on the work we do to- APPOINTMENT OF ACTING ity. I am particularly satisfied that gether in the Senate. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE with each passing election cycle our Our caucus, this Congress, and our The PRESIDING OFFICER. The caucus better reflects the Nation it country face immense challenges. As clerk will please read a communication serves. But despite the diversity of the we approach these tests and trials, this to the Senate from the President pro caucus—and in particular its fresh- diverse group of new Democratic Sen- tempore (Mr. LEAHY). men—there is one quality shared by ators will be united by a single objec- The assistant legislative clerk read each Democratic Senator: deep and tive: to fight for fairness and balance the following letter: abiding patriotism. on behalf of the middle class.

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As I have said before, if we don’t olis just two weekends ago, I couldn’t think should have stayed. agree, then we are going to do some- help but think of the remarkable Frankly, no one could come up with thing as a Democratic caucus alone. I record of achievement and the bold re- an answer that says: We have had dis- remain cautiously optimistic we will forms that our former Governor, Mitch astrous consequences from these deci- be able to move forward on a bipartisan Daniels, delivered to the Hoosier State sions. The vast majority say that basis. I hope we can do that. I will have and the lessons they may offer to things are working pretty well. In fact, more to say about that if, in fact, we Washington. I can get my license renewed through a can do that. In 2005, Indiana faced a several-hun- total revamp of our licensing system in We are not going to get everything dred-million-dollar deficit. This pales just a few minutes over the Internet or we want, and the Republicans aren’t by comparison to the deficit we face just a few minutes at the DMV. Gov- going to get everything they want. But here; but, nevertheless, for a State of ernor Daniels’ measure for that was in maybe we can find a sweet spot in the our size it is a significant amount. Al- and out in less than 7 minutes. middle and come up with something though it is constitutionally mandated For those of us who have spent hours that will make the Senate more effi- in Indiana, we had not balanced our and hours committing half a day or cient. However, Democrats reserve the budget for 7 years. Governor Daniels more to getting our license renewed, right of all Senators to propose and his team had a vision and the po- this is a remarkable achievement. The changes to the Senate rules. We will litical courage to make much needed use of technology, privatization, and explicitly not acquiesce in the carrying changes, and the people of Indiana sup- the use of more efficient government over of all the rules from last Congress. ported and responded. While other demands that our civil servants do There must be some agreement reached States increased spending and raised more with less and this has proven to or we will have to use every means to taxes, Indiana reduced spending, cut be effective. While the fiscal situation we faced in make the Congress—especially the taxes, and paid down our debts. Indiana is not totally analogous to Senate—more efficient. Governor Daniels, with the help of the legislature and with the support of what we face here, the principles are Would the Chair announce the busi- the same, and there still are many sim- ness of the day. the people of Indiana, slowed down the rate of spending. The State’s expendi- ilarities. As Washington seeks answers f tures have grown at less than one-quar- at the start of this new session of Con- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME ter the rate of the previous decade. We gress on how we move forward and ad- also reduced the size of State govern- dress our extremely serious debt situa- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- tion and get our fiscal house back in pore. Under the previous order, the ment. Indiana has the fewest State employ- order so that we too can retain a AAA leadership time is reserved. ees per capita in the country. We paid rating and so we too can provide the f down the previous debt by 43 percent, opportunity for growth and oppor- tunity not just for the middle class but MORNING BUSINESS and we currently sit with a budget sur- plus and a rebate program which will for all Americans in the future, maybe The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- give money collected in taxes back to there are some lessons to be learned pore. Under the previous order, the the taxpayer because of our state’s effi- from Indiana. The spend less, borrow Senate will be in a period of morning ciency and effectiveness in terms of less, and tax less Hoosier model has re- sulted in balanced budgets, job cre- business for debate only until 12 noon, running our government. Indiana, as a ation, and a AAA credit rating. In con- with Senators permitted to speak result of this, has received its first trast, the spend more, borrow more, therein for up to 10 minutes each. AAA credit rating. This means when and tax more approach in Washington Mr. REID. Madam President, I note we do need to borrow or sell bonds to during these last several years has re- the absence of a quorum. do certain infrastructure or meet other sulted in fewer jobs, higher debt, and a The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- needs, we can receive low interest rates threatened downgrade from credit pore. The clerk will call the roll. because of our superb AAA rating. All agencies. The assistant legislative clerk pro- this has transformed Indiana’s balance ceeded to call the roll. So as we reflect back on the last 4 sheet and made our State one of the years of this current administration, it Mr. COATS. Madam President, I ask most attractive places to live, raise a unanimous consent that the order for is clear to me we must take a different family, and do business in the Midwest, course in the second term of this ad- the quorum call be rescinded. if not in the Nation. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ministration. The story of Indiana and how it got Whether lawmakers want to admit it, pore. Without objection, it is so or- hold of its fiscal issues has been writ- dered. the crux of our problem is this: Wash- ten up in national journals and news- ington has promised Americans far too f papers and documentaries and others. much and committed well beyond our It is a remarkable story. It is not FISCAL POLICY means. Federal spending and borrowing unique because we see these things cannot continue at this current pace Mr. COATS. Madam President, ear- happening in other States around the without dire consequences. lier this week, through the eyes of the country led not only by Republican Whether one is reading or listening Nation watched the inauguration cere- Governors but Democrat Governors. to a liberal, conservative or a non- mony here in Washington. A week be- These are the kinds of decisions that partisan economist or an analyst, there fore that, back in Indiana, I was have to be made and are being made to is a consensus that sustaining our cur- present for the celebration of the inau- restore state and local governments. rent rate or continuing our rate of bor- guration of Indiana’s 50th Governor, And it has created a much brighter fu- rowing and spending simply is not fea- former Congressman Mike Pence, who ture for the citizens of those States. sible and the consequences will be dire is taking over after 8 years of leader- Governor Daniels has often said, if we do not address it. ship under our former Governor, Mitch ‘‘You’d be amazed by how much gov- As we seek to address these issues, Daniels. So back-to-back weekends had ernment you’ll never miss.’’ The re- my suggestion for Washington is to two special events. sults of his administration back that take a look at the Hoosier model. It is Inauguration ceremonies are a time up. tested, it is proven, and it is working. for reflection on what has happened in You can go around Indiana, as I have, We need to go big and bold. We need the past and a time for new vision on and talk to people from big cities to to have the political courage to look how we ought to go forward with the small, rural to urban and everything in beyond the short-term political con- future. It is also a time for new oppor- between and ask them how we have sequences, as we perceive them, to the

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Without objection, it is so or- soned debate. policy, no matter how politically dif- dered. The President won the election. I ficult it might seem at the time to Mr. ROBERTS. I ask the Acting congratulate him on his victory. It is achieve, does translate into good poli- President pro tempore if we are in his prerogative to lay out an agenda tics. But much more important than morning business, and I assume we are. and to make an argument—against all the politics, good policy can translate The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- evidence—for the efficacy of big gov- into strengthening our economy, im- pore. The Senator is correct. ernment, more Washington spending, proving the lives of Americans, and Mr. ROBERTS. Thank you, Madam and centralization. It is even his pre- providing opportunity for future gen- President. rogative to argue—mistakenly, in my erations. (The remarks of Mr. ROBERTS per- view—that America’s greatness some- It is time we learn that lesson in taining to the submission of S. Res. 8 how rests not on its communities and Washington that our State of Indiana are printed in today’s RECORD under voluntary associations, its churches and many States across the country, as ‘‘Submitted Resolutions.’’) and charities, on civil society, but in- well as other communities, are learn- Mr. ROBERTS. I yield back the re- stead on the dictates of Washington. ing. It is time we exhibit the political mainder of my time, and I suggest the But to suggest that those of us and our courage to stand and do what I think absence of a quorum. constituents who believe otherwise just about everyone in this body under- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- don’t want the best interest of our par- stands; that is, to get a hold of run- pore. The clerk will call the roll. ents or our children or our country’s away spending and borrowing that is The assistant legislative clerk pro- future is, at best, needlessly provoca- putting us in a very deep fiscal hole ceeded to call the roll. tive; at worst, it suggests a troubling and will have significant, dire con- Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, inability to view those who don’t hap- sequences not only on future genera- I ask unanimous consent that the order pen to share your opinions as beneath tions but even our current generation. for the quorum call be rescinded. you. The time is now. As I said from this The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- To suggest, as one of the President’s spot yesterday, 2013 is the decisive pore. Without objection, it is so or- spokesmen did earlier this week, that year. In 2014, we will be back into an dered. both the American political system election year, and that tired old belief f and those who belong to the party of that we cannot make these kinds of Lincoln aren’t worthy of this White changes with the election looming will RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY House or its agenda isn’t the way to surface again. If we don’t act now, LEADER get things done. It makes it impossible more people will say that we need to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- to tend to problems we simply have to wait until after the next election. It pore. The Republican leader is recog- face up to and that we will only solve will push us into 2015. Many who have nized. together. Frankly, it calls into ques- looked at our situation fiscally and f tion the President’s own belief in the analyzed it from a nonpartisan, non- wisdom and the efficacy of the con- FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ideological basis have said 2015 is too stitutional system of checks and bal- late. Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, ances that the Founders so wisely put This is the time when we need to President Obama may have been vague in place. summon our courage, summon our po- on details in his inaugural speech on The postinaugural period is usually a litical will, and do what is right for the Monday, but I will give him this, he chance to pivot to governing after a American people. We cannot continue couldn’t have been clearer about the long campaign. It is an opportunity for to bump along at less than 2 percent tone and the direction he has in mind Presidents to reach out to the minority growth. We cannot continue to keep for the second term. Gone is the and to forge compromises. But that is more than 8 percent or nearly 8 percent postpartisan rhetoric that propelled not what we are seeing this time of our people unemployed; and, obvi- him onto the national stage and into around. Even before Monday we all ously, that number is much higher the White House. In its place is an un- noted the harsh change in tone, the when we count those who are no longer abashedly leftwing appeal for more bu- reboot of the campaign machine, and looking for work who have given up. reaucratic control and centralized how, instead of offering an olive branch We cannot continue to keep America power here in Washington. on the edge of uncertainty in terms of to those who disagree with him, the On Monday, we saw a President and a what our fiscal future will look like. President had already decided to trans- Let us summon that courage to go party that appeared to have shifted form his campaign operation into a forward. Let us use examples from into reverse and jammed on the gas. weapon to bulldoze anyone who doesn’t those States, the support of those Gov- For Democrats in the Obama age, the share his vision. Well, I would suggest ernors and the support they have re- era of big government being over is of- that one thing the American people ceived from people across those States. ficially over. And anybody who dis- don’t want is a permanent campaign. Let us summon the courage to do what agrees with their approach isn’t just That is the last thing the American we need to do. wrong, they are not just standing in people are looking for—a permanent I want to continue talking about how the way of progress, they are malevo- campaign. They want us to work to- we need to address this with a ‘‘go big, lent, they are the bad guys, they are gether on solutions to our problems. go bold’’ type of approach. Everyone the ones who want to take food away And deficits and debt are right at the says and concludes that if we can put from children, they want the old and top of the list. that package together to address our the infirm to suffer, they want to I wish to suggest this morning the long-term ills over a period of time and choose between caring for the people President rethink the adversarial tone bring us back to balance and stability, who built this country, as the Presi- he has adopted in recent weeks. Our we will see a revival of the economy of dent put it on Monday, and investing problems are simply too urgent and too this country and we will see great hope in those who will build our future. big for the President to give up on for the American people going forward. I don’t know if the President buys all working with us. I appeal to him once Madam President, with that, I yield this stuff; I don’t know if he believes again to work with us on the things we the floor and suggest the absence of a his own caricature—I certainly hope can achieve together, and let us start quorum. not—but one thing I do know is that with the deficit and the debt. Because The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- questioning the intentions of one’s po- the only way we will be able to tackle pore. The clerk will call the roll. litical opponents makes it awfully hard these problems is by doing it together.

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It has been hard enough to seems to believe are squarely on his Look at this line dramatically going find ways to close the President’s tril- side in the push to remake government up to 2040. So as you can see, there is lion-dollar deficits. But as I just point- in his image. not enough revenue we can raise with- ed out, they are nothing next to what The irony in the President’s attacks, out completely shutting down the is going to hit us when tens of millions of course, is that the kind of reforms economy to solve the problem. In fact, of baby boomers reach retirement Republicans are calling for are the only it produces a rather static and totally age—nothing compared to what is conceivable route to saving the pro- insignificant amount of revenue in heading our way. grams the President claims he wants to order to deal with the massive spend- I pointed out the massive slope. That protect. Failing to reform the entitle- ing problem. is what is headed our way. Nothing ment programs of the last century So this constant demand for more short of a bipartisan effort is going to now—right now—is the best way to and more tax increases on, I guess, fix this problem, and there is only one guarantee they no longer exist in their whom people assume is the more suc- way we can do it. We can’t tax our way current form. I mean, one could prac- cessful guy down the street may be a out of this problem. The revenue ques- tically hear the ring of the cash reg- great campaign tactic, but it doesn’t tion is behind us. The law we voted for, ister with every new promise the Presi- do anything to solve the problem. Even as I said, made current tax rates per- dent made. At a time when we can all if the President were able to get every manent. I am pretty confident not a see the failure of such policies by sim- bit of taxes he wants, we still have an single Republican in the House or Sen- ply turning on the news, he seems enormous gap in spending if we don’t ate will vote to raise any more taxes. blissfully—blissfully—unaware of the deal with the real problem, which is But even if we were to do that, all the fact that from Athens to Madrid the spending. We have a spending addic- taxes the President asked for would sad, slow death of the left’s big govern- tion. I didn’t make this up. This is a only put us here in 2040. And look at ment dream is on display for all to see. fact. This is reality. what would be spent. If we want a less prosperous, less dy- So the tax issue is over. Congress has So the reality the President needs to namic, less mobile society, that is the restored permanent tax relief for 99 face—and quickly—is that there is no realistic way to raise taxes high way to go—just ‘‘Europeanize’’ Amer- percent of the American people. Even if enough to even begin to address this ica. the President were to get—and he will The President’s vision of an all-pow- not—any more tax revenue, it is per- problem. That is why Republicans are erful government that rights every fectly obvious that doesn’t do anything saying we need to start controlling wrong and heals every wound may to solve the problem. spending, and we need to do it now. warm the liberal heart, but it is com- So the challenge for us—and looking That is why if the President wants to pletely divorced from experience and at the chart we can see—is revenue do something good right now, he should put us out of the liberal wish from reality. So today I wish to do my today is just about where it has been list and put us out of the character at- part to bring the President and his al- for the past 30 years or so. The Presi- tacks and join us in this great task. It lies in Congress a little closer down to dent spent nearly his entire first term arguing that we needed to tax the so- is the transcendent issue of our time. Earth. I know it may be hard for them If we don’t fix this problem, we don’t called rich to solve our fiscal woes. He to accept, but the reality is this: We leave behind for our children and harangued Congress about it. He ar- have a spending problem—not a taxing grandchildren the kind of America our gued for it in rallies and debates. He problem, a spending problem. parents left behind for us. There is no Let’s take a look at the chart to my threatened to push us over the cliff if bigger issue, even though it got scant right. The green represents historic he didn’t get his way. mention in the State of the Union. In the end, by operation of law he got and projected tax revenue. And we can Now, I have no animus toward the part of what he asked for. And the rea- see it goes right straight across here President. I just want to see him do out to 2040. The tax increases of 3 son he got it, as I said earlier, is be- something about the problem because weeks ago were delivered by operation cause the tax relief we passed in 2001 the longer we wait, the worse the prob- of law. In other words, the law expired and 2003 carried an expiration date. lem becomes. The more we delay the and all of the Bush tax cuts were over. President Obama got some of the tax inevitable, the less time younger The Congress, 2 hours after everybody’s increases he wanted because the law Americans will have to plan for the re- taxes went up—in other words, after all expired. Then Congress, led by Repub- forms we make today. That is simply the Bush tax cuts expired—restored tax licans, voted to make Bush-era tax not right. relief for 99 percent of the American rates permanent for 99 percent of all So the President has a choice. He can people, and they did it on a permanent Americans. Now, permanency is impor- paint himself as a warrior of the left basis to guarantee we wouldn’t have tant. It has been kind of lost on the and charge into battle with failed ideas another cliff, as we inevitably have. general public, but the importance is we have already tried before; he can de- When a law sunsets, we have a cliff. we don’t have another cliff, another ex- mean and blame the opposition for his So the President was able to get piration date where all of a sudden ev- own failure to lead; he can indulge his some new revenue by operation of law, erything changes. supporters in a bitter, never-ending and that represents this dark blue line Given how much time he devoted to campaign that will only divide our right across here. You can see that is that one topic, one would think his tax country further; or he could take the pretty steady out to 2040. hike would have closed the deficit, responsible road. He can help his own The President, of course, said that eliminated the entire national debt, base come to terms with the mathe- wasn’t nearly enough. He said: We need and left us with extra cash to spare. matical reality. more taxes, and we will be back asking But do you see that tiny little blue line Some people over there are living in for more taxes later. So as nearly as we I pointed to right here? That is how a fantasy world—a world that doesn’t can tell, based on what he has said, the much additional revenue he got. This exist. He could reach out to leaders in taxes he would like to add to the ones blue area is the revenue he says he both parties—and all of the members in he got by operation of law 21⁄2 weeks wants. He will not get it; but if he did, both parties—and negotiate in good ago is this light blue line right across it is pretty apparent it has nothing faith. We would be happy to give him here. whatsoever to do with solving the credit. That is fine by me. If boosting If the President were given all the spending addiction. his legacy is what it takes and it helps tax increases he says at the moment he So if this revenue doesn’t come any- the country, that is all the better. wants, that would provide this amount where close to solving the problem, the If my constituents believe they are of revenue going out to 2040. As you real challenge, obviously, is how we are working to help make their future a

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So I hate to opinion, that on this issue, without way to solve this problem, and that is miss the opportunity presented by a di- Presidential leadership, we cannot get to do something about this spending vided government to tackle the tran- a result and that there are a lot of us addiction that is going to sink this scendent issue of our times. on both sides of the aisle who are ready country and turn us into Greece. The President talked about a lot of to work with the President to fix the Senate Republicans are ready to help things, and that is all interesting, but debt? the President solve this problem. I it had nothing to do with fixing the Mr. MCCONNELL. I say to my friend hope we have an opportunity to do so. country. Until we fix this problem, we from Tennessee—in many ways it is a Madam President, I yield the floor. will not have the kind of country for statement of the obvious but a lot of The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- our children and our grandchildren people forget it—there is only 1 person pore. The Senator from Tennessee. that our parents left behind for us. in America out of 307 million Ameri- Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, cans who can sign something into law I wonder if I might pose a question to I wonder if I might pose one more ques- and only 1 person in America who can the Republican leader, if he would re- tion to the Republican leader after deliver the members of his party to take the floor. making a short statement. support an agreement that he makes. Mr. MCCONNELL. I would be happy I came to this body as a young law- The only way to get an outcome on the to respond. yer-legislative aide to Senator Howard biggest issue of our time is with Presi- Mr. ALEXANDER. I want to con- Baker a long time ago, in 1967. I re- dential leadership. So it was dis- gratulate the Republican leader for his member very well Senator Baker’s appointing to see scant reference in the remarks. story about how the civil rights bill of State of the Union. Of course that is Here is my question. We have arrived 1968 was passed. I have discussed this just one speech and I have not given up at a time when we have a newly elected with the Republican leader before. He hoping that this President can make President who has had a fine inaugural knows that era as well or better than I solving the transcendent issue of our day. He has an agenda that he wants to do. time one of his premier accomplish- follow which he announced in his inau- But there was a time when Senator ments. gural address. It is not an agenda that Baker said he was in Everett Dirksen’s The point I think the Senator from most of us on this side agree with, but office—he is the man who had the job Tennessee and I are making this morn- he has an agenda that he wants to fol- that Senator MCCONNELL now has. He ing is there are potential partners on low in his second term, all of which was the Republican leader then. He this side of the aisle to make this hap- would ensure—in his eyes—his legacy said he heard the telephone ring. He pen. I hope we will not lose this oppor- as a President. heard only one end of the conversation, tunity once again to deal with the big- But isn’t there one thing that in but Senator Dirksen was saying: No, gest issue in the country. order to get to that agenda—or any Mr. President, I cannot come down and The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- other thing—he and we have to do, and have a drink with you tonight. I did pore. The Senator from Tennessee. Mr. ALEXANDER. I thank the Sen- that is to address the debt? Isn’t the that last night, and Luella is very un- ator from Kentucky for extending his very best time—isn’t the very best happy with me. And that was the con- time on the floor. On my own I wish to time to do something difficult, some- versation. continue that line of thinking a little thing nobody wants to talk about, About 30 minutes later there was a bit. something that is hard—the best time rustle out in the outer office of the Re- It is traditional that when we have a to do that is at a time when we have a publican leader’s office—the very office new President, a newly inaugurated divided government, a Democratic that Senator MCCONNELL now holds. President, that he has a pretty good President, a Republican House, and 30 Two beagles, followed by the President opportunity to get what he asks; that or 40 or 50 of us Senators on both sides of the United States, came in. Lyndon it is a time of maximum leverage, it is of the aisle who have been saying for 2 Johnson, the President, said to the Re- a time to do important things, it is a years that we are ready to fix the debt? publican leader: Everett, if you won’t time to do difficult things, it is a time Isn’t this an opportunity now? Not have a drink with me, I am down here to do things that otherwise might not just because it is a divided government, to have one with you. And they dis- get done. but because the House of Representa- appeared in the back room for 45 min- Presidents are defined by their tives today may very well create a 2- utes. skills—their communication skills, month or 3-month window during The point of all that is not their so- their electoral ability—but they are which we can address all of these issues cializing. The point was it was in that also defined by their capacity over a if we had Presidential leadership? very office, the Republican leader’s of- period of years to identify the hard Mr. MCCONNELL. I say to my friend fice, that in 1968, the next year, the issues that are important to our coun- from Tennessee, it is counterintuitive. civil rights bill was written and en- try and cause people, as the President But one could argue that a divided gov- acted. Lyndon Johnson got the credit said in his address day before yester- ernment—which we have had more for that in history but Everett Dirksen day, to work together to solve those often than not since World War II—has made it possible, and there were at problems. Now the problem is whether produced four of the most significant that time many more Democrats in the you want to raise taxes on the guy accomplishments for our country in Senate than Republicans. down the street with the biggest house. modern times. What I want to say to Senator That is not so hard to do. The problem In the Reagan administration, Presi- MCCONNELL, the Republican leader, the is to spend money that you do not dent Reagan and Tip O’Neill, the question I want to ask him, is this. He have—because you can do it; that is Democratic Speaker of the House, has seen the U.S. Senate and Presi- not so hard to do. If the problem is to agreed to raise the age for Social Secu- dency for the last number of years. He address a disaster to help people who rity to save Social Security for another has seen many relationships between are in desperate shape, there might be generation. Reagan and Tip O’Neill did the President and leaders of the oppo- some debate about whether it is really the last comprehensive tax reform. site party. He knows how this place a disaster or not but it is not hard to Bill Clinton and a Republican Con- works. My sense of the Republican do because in the end it is going to gress did welfare reform, arguably the leader and of the large majority of us is happen. What Presidents are remem- most important piece of social legisla- that we wish to see a result. We wish to bered for is dealing with important, tion in recent times. And Bill Clinton see a result on this very tough issue of difficult crises. and a Republican Congress actually saving Social Security, saving Medi- President Clinton is remembered for balanced the budgets in the late 1990s. care, saving Medicaid, saving these a number of things but one of the My friend from Tennessee is correct. programs on which seniors depend. I things he did was challenge the conven- Divided government actually is the wonder if the Republican leader would tional thinking in his own party to

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It is because gram we would still be driving on dirt Johnson, is three things: One is to see of Washington’s Medicaid Program re- roads. They were waiting for the Gov- an urgent need, two is to develop a quiring States to make decisions that ernor to do it. That is how our system strategy to meet the need, and the soak up money that otherwise would be works. third is to persuade at least half the used to fund education. I wonder if the President thinks that people he is right. In our State of Tennessee, 30 years the debt is not a problem? I cannot President Nixon in the early 1960s ago the State paid 70 percent of the imagine anybody at the White House went to China. That seems like ancient cost of going to the University of Ten- thinks that. This is a problem. If the history but that was straight against nessee. Today it pays 30. And Medicaid President does not address it during his the core of the Republican Party at is the chief culprit. two terms he will be remembered by that time. That was something that Everyone knows this. The President’s history as failing to do that. His legacy was inconceivable for a Republican own debt commission has told him this may be a failure to address financial President to do, given the history of and suggested a way to deal with it. matters that put this country on a mainland China and Taiwan, as they Forty or fifty of us on both sides of the road to bankruptcy. Or, if he were to were both called. aisle have been working together, do it, if he were to provide the leader- There have been many times in our meeting together, having dinner to- ship, he would be—as the Australian history when Presidents have had to do gether, writing bills together, trying to Foreign Minister has said, ‘‘America is the hard work. President George H.W. come up with plans to do it. Senator one budget agreement away from re- Bush made a budget agreement which CORKER, my colleague from Tennessee, asserting its global preeminence.’’ Why may have caused him to lose the elec- has developed a bill on which I am his wouldn’t President Obama want to be tion in 1992 because it angered a num- prime cosponsor which says we have known as the President who caused ber of Republicans. But it also helped found a way to strengthen Medicare America to reassert its global pre- balance the budget and gave us a pe- and other entitlements by reducing the eminence by dealing with a budget riod of time in the 1990s when that growth in spending. We understand agreement during the first 3 months of budget agreement plus a good economy this. his term and then he can get on with gave us an actual surplus of funding. We passed a Budget Control Act a his agenda, about which we can argue? I sense that there is at the White couple of years ago. People said they That leaves me with only one thought: House a feeling, two things I wish to didn’t like it. It was not so bad because That the President thinks we don’t disabuse the White House of. The first it took 38 percent of the budget, which want to do it. We do want to do it and is that the budget problem is not a real is all of our discretionary spending—in- it is a misunderstanding if he thinks problem. I cannot believe people at the cluding national defense, national that. White House think that. Everybody parks, national labs—and said it will I know the Republican leader would knows it is. Senator MCCONNELL gave a go up at about the rate of inflation. not mind me saying he is a wily, clever very good explanation of what was This is before we get to the so-called tactician who knows the Senate as well going on there. But let me say it this sequester. But what about the rest of as anyone here. But if you look care- way: In 2025, according to the Congres- the budget? That is the automatic stuff fully, when we got down to the last few sional Budget Office, every dollar of we do not even vote on: Medicare, enti- days of the year and needed an agree- taxes we collect will go to pay for tlements, all this? It is going up at ment on taxes, the Republican leader Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, about three to four times the rate of was in the middle of the agreement. and interest on the debt, and there is inflation. It is going to bankrupt these When we needed an agreement to try to nothing left for national defense, Na- programs. Seniors will not be able to avoid default on the debt, the Repub- tional Laboratories, Pell grants for have their medical bills paid and the lican leader was the one who was in the education, highways, or the invest- country will be bankrupt. That is no middle of doing that. ments that we need to make in re- overstatement. The former Comp- I think if the White House thinks search to grow this country. It all goes troller of the Currency says that. that the Republican leader or we on for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Secu- President Clinton says this is an ur- the Republican side do not want to fix rity, and the interest on debt, every gent problem. The former Chairman of the debt, they are badly misunder- single penny we collect. And that is the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the na- standing where we are and who we are. only 12 years away. That is not me tional debt is the single biggest threat I do not know how we can say it more talking. That is the Congressional to our national security. Why are we clearly. We have written bills that do Budget Office saying that. The Medi- not dealing with it? I think we are not it. We have held dinners to talk about care trustees have said that in 2024 the dealing with it, A, because it is hard to it. We have made public statements Medicare Program will not have do; B, because on both sides of the aisle with Democrats, 30 or 40 of us at a enough money to pay all of its bills. we have not been effective in dealing time, saying we support Simpson- Whose bills? Bills of seniors, bills of with it before. Bowles, we support Domenici-Rivlin, or Tennesseans, many of whom are lit- I remember when we had an all-Re- we support this or we support that. erally counting the days until they are publican cast of characters here in What is missing? Two words: Presi- old enough to be eligible for Medicare town—President Bush, a Republican dential leadership. This is not a par- so they can pay their medical bills. It majority—we tried to reduce the tisan comment. It just does not work would be a tragedy if that day arrived growth of Medicare and we could not unless the President lays out his plan. and there were not enough money to get the votes to do that. Some say the President does not pay the bills. But the Medicare trust- This is not easy to do, but Robert want to lay out his plan. He has to lay ees, who by law are supposed to tell us Merry, who wrote a book about Presi- out his plan. He is the President. We these things, say that day will come in dent Polk, had lunch with some of us are just legislators. Senator CORKER 2024. It is just 11 years away and that is yesterday, made this statement: ‘‘In and I have put out our plan. Who pays the day for people already on Medicare America’s history every crisis has been attention to that? Madam President, $1 and people who are going to be on solved by Presidential leadership or trillion in reductions and a $1 trillion Medicare. not at all.’’ increase in the debt ceiling—it is out Medicaid, which is a program for Whether it was Lincoln in the Civil there. That is not going to work. How- lower income Americans, is an impor- War or Reagan and Tip O’Neill or ever, if President Obama, with his tant program. As Governor, I dealt Nixon to China or Clinton on welfare skills, calls together Simpson and with it in my State. But when I was reform—we can all identify the crises. Bowles or his advisers and says: Here is

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We need to sit down, talk, advisers stop, take a look, and say: PAUL RYAN offered a historic budget and come up with a result. I think the Maybe we were wrong. Maybe this is that would change the debt course of Republican leader has shown he is pre- the time to do it. Maybe we are the America and put us on a sound path. pared and willing to do that. He has only ones who can do it, so let’s make They had to make some tough choices. said it and done it on other issues. I a proposal and get started. So they were, of course, attacked in don’t know what else the rest of us can I thank the President. I yield the the election—Oh, these are horrible do to show that. floor and suggest the absence of a people; they want to throw old people What I am trying to respectfully say quorum. off the cliff and that kind of thing and today, as much as anything, to the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- it was irresponsible—while during this President of the United States is con- pore. The clerk will call the roll. entire process, the Senate was in direct gratulations on your inauguration. I The assistant legislative clerk pro- violation of Federal law that required was there. I was proud to participate in ceeded to call the roll. us to bring up a budget. We did not it and have the opportunity to speak Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, I bring it up because it would be foolish, for a minute and a half about why we ask unanimous consent that the order foolish politically, because we have to celebrate for the 57th time the inau- for the quorum call be rescinded. take tough votes. We have to stand and guration of an American President. We The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- be counted. Numbers have to be ana- celebrate it because our country is dis- pore. Without objection, it is so or- lyzed: How much are you truly going to tinguished from most other countries dered. raise taxes? Oh, well, is that going to in the world by the peaceful transition f change the debt course? or reaffirmation of the largest amount Is this latest $600 billion tax increase THE BUDGET of power in the world. We have our po- going to change the debt course of litical contests, and then we have the Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, I America? No; it is not. Our deficit last restraint to respect the results. was pleased to hear a few days ago that year was about $1,080 billion. How After winning the election, it is im- Senator SCHUMER said we would have a much would this tax increase, this $600 portant, first, to get the fiscal house in budget in the Senate. It has been now, billion, have changed that? That is $60 order. The time to do it is while we I think, about 1,370 days, give or take, billion a year. Instead of $1,080 billion have a divided government. The time since we have had a budget in the Sen- or so in deficit, our deficit would have to do it is while the President is at the ate, even though plain statutory law been $1,020 billion. Is that going to fix peak of his popularity. The time to do requires the Congress to have a budget. our problem? No, it will not. it is while the House of Representa- Now Senator MURRAY has followed up These are difficult problems. These tives—the Republican House—has cre- today, I believe, with a quote saying: are very difficult problems, and it is ated a window of 2 or 3 months to deal ‘‘. . . the Senate will once again return not going to be easy. But it was easy to with all the fiscal issues. The time to to regular order and move a budget res- attack the House while not producing a do it is after 2 years of discussion with olution through the Budget Committee budget. It is a pretty flabbergasting Republicans and Democrats in a bipar- and to the Senate floor.’’ thing to me. So I am glad we are now tisan way about the need to fix the So the Budget Committee has not going to have this process. It will not debt and the importance of it for the been meeting. It has not been doing its be easy for Republicans. It will not be country. duty. As the ranking Republican on the easy for Democrats. But what are we My hope is that as the President and Budget Committee, I have been aghast paid to do? What responsibility do we his advisers look at the Senate, they at the process and have talked about it have as the Congress—that has the see a willingness to solve the problem for now for over 1,000 days. So this will power of the purse—if not discussing of fixing the debt in a bipartisan way. be a good step. the great issues of our time? I get the feeling they don’t believe that My colleagues would like to suggest We are on an unsustainable debt about us. I don’t know what else we somehow that they decided to do this path. Last year there was another tril- can do to cause them to believe that. out of the goodness of their hearts be- lion-dollar deficit, and they are pro- There is not the same kind of com- cause it is the right thing to do. But I jecting we will have a trillion-dollar fortable, back-and-forth relationship think the American people have had a deficit this year. That is 5 consecutive there should be. I have heard some peo- belly full of this. years of trillion-dollar deficits. I know ple say: Well, the Johnson-Dirksen The U.S. House of Representatives President Bush was criticized, and cor- days are ancient history. That was a has repeatedly passed budgets, but the rectly sometimes, for spending too long time ago. However, human nature Senate has refused to even bring one up much. The highest deficit he ever had doesn’t change. Human nature doesn’t in committee or on the floor for over 2 in 8 years was $470 billion. The year be- change in 50 years, 100 years, or 500 years now. They have said they are fore he left it was $160 billion. Presi- years. raising the debt limit for about 3 dent Obama has averaged well over There is plenty of good will across months, but they have declared that $1,000 billion a year in an annual deficit the aisle and on this side of the aisle, the Senate does not get paid until we ever since. at the beginning of this term, to work have a budget. Right now there is no This is not sustainable, as every ex- with a newly inaugurated President punishment for not passing a budget. I pert has told us time and time again. and say: Mr. President, we are ready to was a Federal prosecutor for over 15 So I am worried about it. Maybe we fix the debt. Provide us the leadership. years and know how to read a code. It can move out of these secret meetings No great crisis is ever solved without has no penalty for failing to pass a where the Senate just sits around and Presidential leadership in the United budget. It says the Senate should bring we wait for the people to appear, write States. You are the President; you are up a budget. It should complete the us a bill at midnight on December 31— the only one who can lay out the plan. budget process in committee by April 1 actually 1 a.m. on January 1—that is We will then consider it, amend it, and then the full Senate should take it supposed to handle it and nobody has argue about it, change it, and pass it. up and it should be completed by April even read it. After that, we can get onto the Presi- 15. The Senate is given priority: 50 That is what we have been doing for dent’s agenda, about which we will hours of debate, virtually unlimited the last 4 years. It has worked out good have a difference of opinion, but he will amendments—an opportunity to debate politically because it has kept an hon- go down in history as the man who was the financial condition of America. est discussion of the dangerous path we willing to do something hard within his That is why it has not happened. Sen- are on from being part of the public de- own party, which was to fix the debt ator REID, the Democratic leader for bate. We have to have it part of the

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It wasn’t a dramatic stand better the challenges we face, Our budget will get us, over the next sev- budget, it didn’t even balance in 10 how deep they are, how systemic they eral years, to the point where we can look years, but it changed us and put us on are. the American people in the eye and say we’re a sound path. They would attack him In 2011, after Republicans won a vic- not adding to the debt anymore; we’re spend- as not caring about people, and for 2 tory in the midterm elections, there ing money that we have each year— years that is what has happened. was hope we would have a new budget Money that we have each year— Once we bring a budget to the floor of from the President, that he would and then we can work on bringing down our this Senate, Republicans and Demo- reach out to the House that had gotten national debt. crats are going to find out this is a a Republican majority for a change— That was on CNN. very difficult situation we are in. The they took back the majority, and there So he appeared before the Budget challenge is going to be very difficult, were more Republicans in the Senate— Committee and I asked him if that was and we are going to have a hard time and that the President was going to an accurate statement; did he stand by dealing with it. produce a budget that would put us on that. He said: Yes, sir, and he never Mr. Lew didn’t just make that com- the right path and maybe a historic wavered from that. ment to CNN, in case you think I am path that would help make Social Se- I will just say that as part of the exaggerating here. He also said this in curity and Medicare sustainable, pre- budget process we get a stack of docu- an NPR, National Public Radio, inter- serve those programs so people can go ments—this much—from Mr. Lew’s of- view on February 15, 2011, the day, I be- to bed at night and feel confident these fice. The Office of Management and lieve, of a Budget Committee hearing: programs not going to go bankrupt and Budget submits them—supporting doc- If we’re able to reduce the deficit to the there are not going to be dramatic uments—as part of their process. They point where we can pay for our spending and cuts. We can do that. It would take are easily ascertainable. The numbers invest in the future, that is an enormous ac- some belt-tightening, but we could do are not in dispute. complishment. This budget has specific pro- that. Yet the administration refused: The lowest single deficit over 10 posals that would do that. You are just partisan, SESSIONS. years that Mr. Lew projected was more He looked the American people in the I am saying, without fear of con- than $600 billion. In other words, there eye, or, I guess, talked to their ears on tradiction by anybody who knows what was never a balanced budget, never NPR, and said his ‘‘budget has specific has happened, that this administration paying down the debt, never a single proposals’’ that would put us in a posi- basically has not wanted to talk about year we were not borrowing at least tion to pay for our spending and invest those deep spending issues that amount $600 billion. in the future and reduce our deficit. to more than half the money we spend. None of what he said is accurate. It is He went on to say on February 15, That was a challenge. Maybe that breathtaking. I called it the greatest 2011, at the Budget Committee hear- logjam has broken and this budget financial misrepresentation in history. ing—and I think this was my question, process will give us an opportunity to It would have added $13 trillion to the Was this an accurate statement that move forward. debt of the United States over 10 years, you made, Mr. OMB Director? I do not like to be critical of nomi- by his own estimate, not stuff I made He said: nees or anyone. I try to be as courteous up. Yet he said we are not going to be It’s an accurate statement that our cur- and respectful as we can to people adding to the debt anymore. rent spending will not be increasing the debt. whom we deal with on a regular basis So I thought, if a businessman re- We’ve stopped spending money that we don’t in the Congress. But I have to share ported to potential stock purchasers, have. with my colleagues a deep feeling that our company is on the right track, we I mean, I almost can’t read those we have a serious credibility problem are not adding to our debt anymore— words without the hair standing up on with credibility on debt and financing. we are going to look the American peo- the back of my neck. The Director of We have to end that credibility prob- ple in the eye and say we’re not adding the Office of Management and Budget lem. We have to be honest and deal to the debt anymore, we are spending appeared before the U.S. Senate Budget with real numbers. only money we have—you are bor- Committee, and he said, ‘‘it’s an accu- In January of 2011, Mr. Jack Lew, the rowing—the least amount of money rate statement,’’ this baloney, ‘‘it’s an then-Director of the Office of Manage- you have borrowed in a single year is accurate statement that our current ment and Budget, with a substantial $600 billion, larger than President Bush spending will not be increasing the staff—one of their primary duties is to ever had in 8 years as President. debt . . . We’ve stopped spending produce a budget every year—sub- When I asked him about it, he in- money that we don’t have.’’ mitted the President’s Budget to Con- sisted that it was true. So we have got Nothing could be further from the gress. The President always submits a a problem here, and that is why I am truth—the lowest single deficit was budget—it has been late, but they have not going to support Mr. Lew for the $600 billion. always sent them over. The Senate has Secretary of the Treasury. I am not What about on a different CNN inter- not moved budgets like it is required going to vote for him. I believe he view on February 14, 2011: to, but every President has always sent knew exactly what he was saying. He It [the budget] takes real actions now so over a budget. There was great hope produced a budget that was panned by that between now and 5 years from now we that the budget would be the kind of virtually every editorial board in can get our deficit under control so that we breakthrough—with a Republican America. They hammered it as failing can stabilize things so that we’re not adding House and a Democratic President and to meet the challenge of our time, and to the debt anymore. a Democratic Senate—that somehow he knew it was that way. He is not a He promised, and looked the Amer- this would be an opportunity for his- person who doesn’t understand these ican people in the eye and said, in 5 toric agreement to put America on a issues. He knew what it was all about. years, we are not going to be adding to sound path and get us off these trillion- But they decided they would go out the debt anymore. He knew exactly dollar deficits, put us on a path to a and spin it this way. They would say it what he was saying. He knew exactly balanced budget and do the kind of did what the American people wanted. what he wanted the American people to things that are necessary for the wel- I hate to be this harsh, but there is hear. There is no ambiguity about it, fare of our country. only one conclusion. They decided to and it was utterly false. Mr. Lew produced the budget, and he produce a budget that did not change February 13, 2011, on ABC, he said: went on television immediately and the debt course of America and left us This budget has a lot of pain, [but] it does talked about it. On Wednesday of that on an unsustainable path. Even their the job, it cuts the deficit in half by the end

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It was by In the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth tisan, open way in the committee, on having the people in this country pay years of the budget that Jack Lew pre- the floor of the Senate, the American their fair share of taxes, to make sure sented, when you look at his real num- people will be able to digest the dif- that corporations, to make sure that bers, the deficit was going up each ficulty of some of our challenges, and those who enjoy the benefits of living year. So it was not a fix to our debt so will our Members in Congress. In the in this free and productive society, pay problem. end, that, I think, leaves us in the best their fair share. This is for all of us to Then he says this on the White House position to reach the kind of agree- raise the revenues necessary to meet blog, February 13, 2011: ment, compromise, solution, that can our obligations in education, health, Like every family, we have to tighten our put us on the right path, because ev- infrastructure building, the security of belts and live within our means while we’re erybody is going to have to swallow a our Nation, and also to raise enough investing in the things that we need to have little bit. revenues so we can reduce the deficit. a strong and secure future . . . We know that I yield the floor. But it can only be done with fairness you have to stabilize where we’re going be- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- and with fair sharing by all, and that is fore you can move on and solve the rest of pore. The Senator from Iowa. the problem. This budget does that. what President Obama has spoken f about. He spoke about that in his inau- So it is going to stabilize us and gural address. That is what we have THE BUDGET AND THE DEFICIT move us forward. been talking about here for a long Well, as I say, that was not well re- Mr. HARKIN. Madam President, I time; that is, shared sacrifice on behalf ceived. The New York Times wrote this couldn’t help but listen to the words of of all, and to make sure that all pay on February 5, 2011. That was his op-ed. my friend from Alabama regarding the their fair share of taxes in this country I won’t go into the editorials, but a debt and deficit, and then to be re- so we can once again do what we did in whole list of those were critical of Mr. minded that we did balance the budget 1993. We can do it again if only my Lew. not too long ago. In fact, in 1993, we friends on the Republican side will join I would just say this, we are in a dif- passed a tax bill here in the Senate and with us in making sure we raise the ficult financial position. We need hon- in the House—it was signed into law by necessary revenues to get us out of this esty, we need a budget that is truthful, President Clinton—which set us on a hole. we need the regular order so the Budg- course to reduce the deficit. In fact, by I yield the floor. et Committee does its work, and then the years 1999 and 2000, we balanced the The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. it comes to the floor of the U.S. Sen- budget. We had a surplus. Can you BALDWIN). The Senator from Missouri. ate—this will be first time in over a imagine that? We had a surplus for 3 f thousand days—it guarantees 50 hours years in a row. The Congressional of debate, it can’t be filibustered, it Budget Office and OMB said that if we EXTENSION OF MORNING can be passed with a simple majority, had continued on that pathway, we BUSINESS we will know what is in it, and people would have fully paid off the national Mrs. MCCASKILL. Madam President, can offer amendments. That is what debt by 2010. I ask unanimous consent that the pe- should have been happening for a long When I hear my friends on the Re- riod of morning business be extended time that has not been happening. publican side talk about reducing the until 2 p.m. today, and that all provi- That is what the law requires, and that deficit and the debt, we did that. When sions of the previous order remain in should be completed by April 15 of this the Democrats were in charge of the effect. year. Senate and the House and we had the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without As we go forward, I am confident Presidency, I would also point out that objection, it is so ordered. that we will be better served by public not one Republican on that side of the The Senator from Missouri. discussion of our debt, not secret meet- aisle voted for that bill in 1993. I can f ings. I have been critical of them. I had remember standing here and debating hoped that some of them would ripen with my friend from Texas at that time REMEMBERING STAN MUSIAL into some good solutions, but all we on this bill, and there were all kinds of Mr. BLUNT. Madam President, first have had is temporary ‘‘kick the can dire warnings that if this bill passed, of all, this is the first time I have spo- down the road’’ maneuvers, and noth- we were going to have depressions and ken on the floor when you were in the ing substantial has been done to recessions; the business community chair. Welcome to the Senate and wel- change the debt course of America. would stop, and it would be the worst come to the presiding chair. By the way, when Mr. Erskine thing that ever happened to this coun- I want to talk for a few minutes Bowles, whom President Obama ap- try if we passed the Clinton tax pro- today about a baseball great, a Mis- pointed to head his fiscal commission, posal. Well, we passed it, but without souri great, Stan Musial, who passed saw this budget in 2011, he said it goes one Republican vote. away on Saturday at the age of 92. nowhere near where they will have to And what happened? We had the larg- Stan Musial was born in November 1920 go to resolve our fiscal nightmare. Ev- est spurt of economic growth this in Denora, PA. His title was Stan ‘‘The erybody knew this budget wouldn’t do country had seen almost since the 1950s Man.’’ He was the youngest of six chil- the job, and that is why it was never and 1960s. This was to the point to dren. When he wasn’t called Stan ‘‘The brought through the process, and that where, as I said, by the end of the 1990s Man,’’ he was just a guy who worked at is why it wasn’t brought to the floor we had a balanced budget and we had a a company as a young man, whose dad for a full budget analysis in committee surplus. was a Polish immigrant, whose mother and in debate on the floor. Then President Bush comes into of- was of Czechoslovakian ancestry, and So as we go forward, I will be meet- fice, and we had surpluses, enough to whose dreams were probably not to be- ing with our new chairman, Senator retire the entire national debt by the come a professional baseball player but MURRAY. She is a great, tough advo- year 2010. So what did President Bush who was, indeed, a great athlete from cate for her values, but she is a good say? Well, now we are going to give tax the very start. person to work with. I have told her we cuts. They pushed through this big tax In his remarks, when he presented will try to work with her, but we are cut bill for which this Senator did not Stan Musial the Medal of Freedom in going to talk about the great issues of vote. 2011, President Obama said the fol- our time, the difficulties we face, and That tax cut bill gave a lot away to lowing: see if we can’t make this system work corporations and to the wealthy of this Stan matched his hustle with humility. He better and try to put this country on a country, so that they didn’t have to retired with 17 records—even as he missed a sound financial footing. pay their fair share. Also, there were season in his prime to serve his country in

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One seri- up to his own expectations. became America’s team at that time. ously injured soldier looked up at I don’t think that August Busch gave I can remember growing up in south- Musial from his hospital bed and said: him the pay cut—again, a quote—but I west Missouri on a dairy farm, and par- ‘‘You’re the best.’’ And Musial’s re- have read the story where Stan Musial ticularly late at night when we were sponse was: ‘‘No, you are.’’ was holding out for a pay package hauling hay—and I can remember this Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Joe Black, somewhere in the mid-90s and August when I was 10 or 12 years old—and who- an African American, told a story Busch, Jr., who not long before that ever was in the truck must have been about being racially taunted by players had bought the Cardinals, called him almost deaf because the driver would in the St. Louis dugout during a game. into the office and said: I’m never have the radio turned as loud as you Musial, who was batting at the time, going to pay you 90—whatever thou- could turn the radio up, and the St. and facing Joe Black, stepped out and sand dollars he was asking for. He said: Louis Cardinals game would be coming angrily kicked the dirt to display his I’m going to pay you $100,000, and you out of both windows as we were out disapproval of his own teammates. He are going to be the first baseball player there working in the fields or, if we waited after the game to tell Black: to make $100,000. weren’t working in the field, we would I’m sorry that happened. But don’t you Stan Musial played for the Cardinals be sitting on the porch somewhere lis- worry about it. You’re a great pitcher. You from 1941 to 1963, the only Major tening to the Cardinals play, and there will win a lot of games. League team he played for. He entered was no greater Cardinal than Stan Black said Musial’s support helped the majors in 1941 as the fifth youngest Musial. him gain the confidence he needed to player. He ended his career in 1963 as Bob Gibson, another great Cardinal become a top pitcher. the third oldest player. He had a record and Stan’s teammate and fellow Hall of The fourth and last story Bernie told of 24 times being named to the Major Famer, said: was of legendary center fielder Willie League Baseball All-Star team. He won Stan Musial is the nicest man I ever met in Mays, who frequently talked about seven National League batting titles, baseball. Musial befriending African-American three National League Most Valuable And Bob Gibson went on to say he players, relating that at an All-Star Player awards, and he led the Cardinals didn’t particularly associate nice with game black players were being ignored to three World Series championships in baseball, but he associated nice with by the other players. Mays said: the 1940s. Stan Musial. We were in the back of the clubhouse play- Stan Musial—No. 6—had a batting Bob Costas had this to say about ing poker and none of the white guys had average of at least .300 in every 1 of his Stan Musial: come back or said, ‘‘Hi’’ or ‘‘How’s it going?’’ 17 seasons—a .300 hitter for every 1 of Stan Musial didn’t hit in 56 straight or ‘‘How you guys doing?’’ or ‘‘Welcome to his 17 seasons. His lifetime batting av- games. He didn’t hit .400 for a season. He the All Star Game.’’ Nothing. We’re playing erage was .331. He batted .330 in the didn’t get 4,000 hits. He didn’t get 500 home poker and all of a sudden I look up and here year before he decided to retire. He had runs. He didn’t hit a home run in his last at comes Stan towards us. He grabs a chair, sits bat, just a single. He didn’t marry Marilyn 3,630 career hits, hitting 1,815 hits in down and starts playing cards with us. And Monroe; he married his high school sweet- Stan didn’t know how to play poker! But St. Louis at Sportsman Park and heart. His excellence was a quiet excellence. that was his way of welcoming us, of making Busch Stadium, and he hit another ESPN titled Musial the most under- us feel a part of it. I never forgot that. We 1,815 on the road. He played as well at rated athlete ever. Only Hank Aaron— never forgot that. home as he did away from home. He thinking about the things Stan Musial Musial didn’t make a lot of fiery missed the entire 1945 season while he didn’t do—had more runs than Stan speeches. He didn’t ‘‘lead’’ a movement was serving in the Navy. Musial and extra base hits. Only Tris or try to promote himself as an angelic It was a fan at Ebbet’s Field—with Speaker and Pete Rose had more hits. humanitarian. He just did good things. the Dodgers playing at Ebbet’s Field— And only Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds There is one last story, a love story, who groaned as he came to the plate created more runs. But Stan Musial between Stan and his wife Lil. This one time in a game—he was always was at the highest levels in all of those may be the best Musial statistic of all. particularly good against the Dodgers. areas. They were married for 71 years, 4 The fan said: Here comes the man. And Writing in the St. Louis Post Dis- months, and 2 days until Lil’s death on from that point on, his nickname was patch this week, Bernie Miklasz wrote: May 3, with Stan following her in Jan- Stan ‘‘The Man.’’ Let’s celebrate Musial’s extraordinary life uary. I had a chance to sit by Tommy and be thankful for his enduring presence I listened to KMOX from the hay Lasorda at a luncheon a few years ago through the decades. Let’s keep it simple in truck I talked about earlier, like lots after I had read a biography of Stan honor of this remarkably uncomplicated of other Cardinals and Musial fans, but Musial. Tommy was sort of the long- man. There has never been a more perfect union, a better relationship between an ath- I remember the first time I saw Stan time Dodgers manager who was a play- Musial play at Sportsman Park. I re- er when Stan Musial was playing, and lete and a town, than Stan Musial and St. Louis. From the time Stan took his first at- member the first time, 30 years later, I he said he thought Stan Musial was the bat as a Cardinal, until his death Saturday actually met him, when I was the Sec- best ballplayer he ever saw play, and at his home in Ladue, he was part of the retary of State in Missouri. Getting to he was death on the Dodgers. The community’s soul for 71 years, 4 months, and meet Stan Musial was about as good as Dodgers fans liked him, but it was a 2 days. it got even then. I remember hearing real rivalry. Many stories about Stan Musial have him play ‘‘Take Me Out to the Ball Stan was elected to the Baseball Hall been told, but I want to mention three Game’’ on his harmonica. of Fame the first year he was eligible, that Bernie mentioned in that same ar- Baseball was lucky to have him, Mis- in 1969, and he would be one of the ticle. He talked about when Musial was souri was lucky to have him, and the great ambassadors to baseball for the first inducted into the Baseball Hall of Cardinals and St. Louis were lucky to rest of his life. When he retired in 1963, Fame—as I said earlier, as soon as you have him, and I am pleased to be here Commissioner Ford Frick said: could possibly be inducted. It was an today to say how much we appreciate Here stands baseball’s perfect warrior. overcast day in Cooperstown. The Stan Musial. Here stands baseball’s perfect knight. crowd was quiet, subdued, and a little I am also pleased to be joined by my Stan Musial became an American bit put off by the day. Moments before colleague from Missouri, Senator icon throughout ballparks and over the Musial’s official ceremony, the clouds MCCASKILL. radio in the 1940s and 1950s. KMOX, in got out of the way and the sunshine The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the 1960s, had a booming signal that emerged, and Dizzy Dean’s widow said: ator from Missouri. went almost all the way to the west ‘‘Stan brought the sun. He always Mrs. MCCASKILL. Madam President, coast and covered a lot of the South, does.’’ I want to thank my colleague. He and and the St. Louis Cardinals were the In the 1960s, a second story emerged I disagree on many things, but we furthest south of any baseball team of Musial and other Major League stars agree on many things also, and one of

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His oppo- Stan Musial. of Stan Musial. nents, the opposing teams—can you There are so many memories about Chuck Connors, ‘‘The Rifleman,’’ imagine this happening today? Believe Stan Musial that I want to try to en- used to tell this story. He was a strug- it or not, the New York Mets had a capsulate today, but the interesting gling hitter for the Chicago Cubs. Stan Musial Day at their park. And in thing about the memories I have about I may need to explain to you, Madam Chicago, the home of the Cubs, he once Stan Musial is that I don’t have these President, but I certainly don’t need to finished first in a favorite player sur- memories because I am a Senator. explain to anybody in Cardinal Nation vey, edging out the legendary Ernie They do not belong uniquely to me be- that the Chicago Cubs are an opponent. Banks, who was also a very nice guy cause I am an elected official. I have Now, we don’t like the Chicago Cubs in who was beloved by the fans of baseball these memories that I share with hun- Cardinal Nation. in the Midwest. dreds of thousands of people who were Chuck Connors asked a teammate I could go on and on with stories that lucky enough to encounter Stan Musial what he should do about his swing. He reflect this man’s character. Yes, he during his time on Earth. was struggling with being able to hit in has amazing statistics. Yes, him hit- You know, when you meet somebody, the majors, and they all told him the ting a baseball was a thing of beauty to and you can tell they are kind of look- same thing: The only guy who can help all baseball fans in America. But, real- ing over you to try to find the person you is Stan Musial. So even though he ly, what this man was about was that who is more important behind you or was reluctant to approach a hitter on phrase we love to throw around in poli- maybe they are impatient because they the opposing team, he went to Musial tics way too often; that is, American do not think you are a big enough deal and asked for help, and, of course, Stan values. This was a man who didn’t have to be taking their time? If you look at responded as all of us would expect he to talk about his values because he our sports icons today who travel with would; he spent 30 minutes in the cage lived them—his love for his family and posses and have entourages and certain with an opposing player trying to help how close they are. rules about who can come near them him with his swing. Connors recounted I am very fortunate to be friends and who can’t and when, that was not that he really wasn’t ever that good of with the Musial family and have vis- Stan Musial. Not one day of his career a hitter, but he said he never forgot ited with them in the days since his or one day after his career did he con- Stan Musial’s kindness. death. They received messages from sider himself untouchable. He saw it as And when he finished watching me cut every star in the constellation of American baseball, but one stood out. his duty and obligation to be there for away at the ball, Stan slapped me on the Joe Torre, upon hearing of Stan’s all fans. Whether it was somebody who back and told me to keep swinging. death just a few days ago, sent a mes- worked at the ballpark sweeping after After the 1946 season, the promoters sage to the Musial family, and it sim- the game was over or whether it was a from the Mexican League decided it ply said this: very talented ballplayer from another was time for them to up the ante on team, everyone was equal in Stan baseball. At the time, Stan Musial was Stan Musial was a Hall of Famer in the game of life. We will miss you, Stan Musial. Musial’s eyes. What a wonderful Amer- making the enormous sum of $13,500 I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- ican value. playing for the St. Louis Cardinals. I could stand here today, Madam The Mexican League came to Stan sence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The President, and talk about his amazing Musial and said: We are going to offer you—a king’s ransom at the time— clerk will call the roll. record as a baseball player, his unique The bill clerk proceeded to call the $125,000 for 5 years. That was a lot of swing, and the beauty of his accom- roll. plishments in America’s favorite pas- money for Stan Musial and his family, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. but he turned down the Mexican time, but what we need to focus on as HEINRICH). The Senator from Virginia. we mourn the loss of this living legend League. When asked about it later, he Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask is his character because it was his said: unanimous consent that the order for character that brought universal love, Back in my day, we didn’t think about the quorum call be rescinded. respect, and devotion to the man, our money as much. We just enjoyed playing the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without man, Stan ‘‘The Man.’’ game. We loved baseball. I didn’t think about objection, it is so ordered. anybody else but the Cardinals. I know Senator BLUNT talked about f this story, but I want to elaborate a Harry Caray knew Stan Musial for little bit. over 50 years. He would often tell the TRIBUTE TO FEDERAL It is 1952. Joe Black has just been story of Stan Musial wandering out of EMPLOYEES called up to the majors after spending the ballpark after a steaming double- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, as we 1 year in the minors with the Brooklyn header—and trust me, we can have get started on this next Congress—and organization. He is facing Stan Musial. steaming doubleheaders in Missouri— I wish to congratulate the Presiding Now, keep in mind that this is an ac- looking as if he had been through 15 Officer for joining this Chamber. As complished baseball player who had rounds in a prize fight and every single someone who has had the opportunity won two championships in the Negro thing in his body language signifying to preside during my first 2 years in Baseball Leagues, and it had only been that he was exhausted and just wanted the Senate, I commend the Presiding a few years since Jackie Robinson had, to go home and lie down. Instead, when Officer for those actions and look for- in fact, broken the color barrier for he got to his car, he found fans waiting ward to working with you on a variety Major League Baseball. He is facing for him. ‘‘Watch this,’’ Harry Caray of projects. Stan Musial, who already was the most told a friend. And sure enough, What I want to do today is continue feared hitter in baseball. He is standing Musial’s whole body straightened—like a tradition that I actually inherited there as a Black man on the mound in Popeye had just eaten a can of spin- from one of our former colleagues, Sen- this baseball game, and out of the Car- ach—and he started shouting, ator Ted Kaufman of Delaware. Sen- dinal dugout come jeers and taunts. In ‘‘Whaddya Say! Whaddya Say!’’ And he ator Kaufman, who had been a long- fact, one of the things said was, hey, signed every single autograph of all the time employee of the Senate, came to Stan, you are not going to have any fans surrounding his car. Harry Caray this floor on a fairly regular basis dur- trouble hitting that ball against that loved telling that story not because it ing his time here to basically celebrate dark background. was unusual—that is who Stan Musial and acknowledge—in most cases—the When the game was over, Stan was—but for the opposite reason: be- tireless, unsung work of so many of our Musial decided not to stay in the Car- cause it was ordinary. Even in his Federal employees. As we debate budg- dinal dugout. Joe Black told the story time, when baseball players weren’t ets, debt, and deficit, we oftentimes

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As I conclude my remarks, I see my But if she was a great figure at the agency, friend the distinguished majority whip. markable work in keeping us safe, pro- Ms. Vertefeuille was also a tenacious and ef- viding services, and helping our coun- fective one, and in October of 1986 was asked We have spent a lot of time over the try grow. to lead a task force to investigate the dis- last 21⁄2 years grappling with the chal- Ted Kaufman used to come down here appearance of Russians whom the CIA had lenges around the debt and deficit and on a regular basis and celebrate some hired to spy against their own country. trying to make some of the very hard of those unsung heroes. I was proud to Together, with colleagues at the CIA choices we are going to need to make continue his tradition during the last she invested years in the methodical as a Nation. Congress and look forward to carrying and painstaking hunt for a mole. It was While it appears that we may be it on through another session. through her efforts, and the good work avoiding some of the immediate con- I start this next Congress actually of many others, that we ultimately un- sequences of the so-called debt ceiling celebrating two great Federal employ- masked the notorious traitor Aldrich debate, which I am glad to see, never ees, I might add, who both happen to be Ames in 1984. Remember, this is a should the full faith and credit of the Virginians who serve as excellent role woman who joined the CIA in 1954 as a United States be used as a political models. They represent the thousands typist. hostage. Again, I want to compliment of professionals who work quietly Aldrich Ames turned out to be one of my friend the Senator from Illinois every day across our intelligence com- the most dangerous traitors in the Na- who has been as stalwart as anyone in munity to keep our Nation safe. tion’s history. Thanks in large measure this Chamber at stepping up and who Very often these professionals work to Ms. Vertefeuille, he was convicted of has been willing to speak truth to even in anonymity and many risk their lives espionage and is now serving a life those who are the most supportive in troubled spots far away from the term without parole. about some of the challenges and choices we have to make. limelight, and that is how it should be. SANDY GRIMES We are going to have to proceed at a Recently we have seen certain inci- Jeanne Vertefeuille’s story does not dents abroad, and sometimes they pay level of spending that is less than what end there. The Washington Post re- we have had in the past. As we think with the highest sign of sacrifice in cently described how one of her col- terms of their lives. about cutting back budgets, I think it leagues, Sandy Grimes—another Vir- is important to remember that behind For their service, their late nights ginian who worked with her on the and early mornings away from their many of these budgets, there are not Ames task force—stepped up over the just numbers but there are incredible families, the risks they take, and the past year to care for Jeanne as she was sacrifices they make every day—and professionals who give their life’s serv- battling cancer. ice to making this a stronger Nation. because they do not hear this nearly Sandy Grimes, a career CIA employee enough—allow me to say thank you to So with this tribute to Jeanne and whose parents worked on the Manhat- Sandy, I commend these two great Fed- those members of the intelligence com- tan Project, ultimately served as munity. eral employees. Jeanne’s primary caregiver. She sat I will be back on a regular basis to JEANNE VERTEFEUILLE with her each day during the final 3 celebrate Federal employees through- Today I wish to briefly tell the re- months of her remarkable life. She out this Congress because too often in markable stories of two extraordinary monitored Jeanne’s care and tried to today’s day and life, government serv- women who built their careers at the make sure she remained comfortable. ice is disparaged. But for Jeanne Central Intelligence Agency. Jeanne She often brought personal messages of Vertefeuille and Sandy Grimes we Vertefeuille, who is pictured here, support and appreciation from their might not have as safe a Nation as we passed away on December 29 at the age former colleagues. Ms. Grimes said: do today. of 80 after a brief illness. I felt an obligation to be there with her. I With that, I yield the floor. In announcing her death to the CIA can’t imagine not doing it. I was the one The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- family, Acting Director Michael Morell Jeanne would accept. I owed it to her as a ator from Illinois. friend. appropriately described Ms. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I will Vertefeuille as an icon within the agen- By all accounts Jeanne Vertefeuille accept my colleague from Virginia’s cy. If her story were not true, it would was an intensely private woman, and kind words with at least an indirect read like a spy novel. she doubtless would recoil at the atten- apology for the defamation which he Jeanne joined the CIA when she grad- tion she is now receiving. One cannot included in his speech suggesting that I uated from college in 1954. It was the help but be inspired by this true-life was somehow an Ancient Mariner here year I was born and a year DICK DURBIN story of service, patriotism, and friend- in the Senate. I wear my trousers was also young. This was a time when ship demonstrated by these two great rolled but not quite as rolled as my the American intelligence community employees, Sandy Grimes and the late friend suggested. could be best described as an old boys’ Jeanne Vertefeuille. Their service re- I thank the Senator for his leader- club. She was hired at the CIA as a GS– flects well on the thousands of other ship on this deficit and debt issue. We 4 typist. This is a woman coming out of intelligence professionals whose names have a lot to do and we have to do it college in 1954 hired as a typist. can never be revealed. Both of them de- thoughtfully. I am glad my colleague Over her career, which stretched over serve our recognition and thanks. highlighted the two employees. nearly a half century, Jeanne During the last Congress I joined 14 I read the obituary of the one the Vertefeuille blazed a trail for women in Senators in a Joint Resolution to mark Senator from Virginia highlighted. It the national clandestine service. She the U.S. Intelligence Professionals was an extraordinary story of a woman methodically worked her way up to Day. At some point during this Con- who persevered in an agency which leadership positions. There were over- gress, I hope we can gather more sup- didn’t have much use for women be- seas postings in Ethiopia, Finland, and porters so we can have a day des- yond the secretarial staff. I am glad The Hague. She became an expert in ignated on a more formalized basis to the Senator continues this tradition of Soviet intelligence and spycraft. She recognize the enormous contributions acknowledging these important Fed- retired as a member of the Senior In- made by intelligence professionals. eral employees. telligence Service in 1992. Again, this is an effort to bring re- I thank my friend from Virginia. Even after her retirement, she con- spectful attention to these quiet pro- f tinued her work for the agency as a fessionals who literally—as a member contractor, making still more valuable of the intelligence committee, I can TRIBUTE TO STAN MUSIAL contributions and working without a testify to this—keep our Nation safe Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, it has day’s break in service until she became every day without any thought of rec- been said in St. Louis, MO, baseball is ill last summer. As her obituary reads: ognition. not a sport, it is a religion. If that is

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Stan Musial was the first Stan Musial was my childhood hero our country in the U.S. Navy during player to receive 300 votes on a Hall of when I was a boy and he remains a hero World War II. His 3,026 games with the Fame ballot. in my life to this day. When a person same club are second only to the 3,308 When he retired, the St. Louis Car- reaches my age, and maybe my station games over 23 years by Carl Yas- dinals retired his number, No. 6. Car- in life, they are supposed to be beyond trzemski. dinals manager Mike Matheny has said the stage of swooning adolescence. But When Stan Musial retired from base- that when the entire Cardinals team when it comes to Stan Musial, I am a ball after the 1963 season, he held 29 takes the field this year, they will be 10-year-old kid all over again in East National League records and 17 Major wearing a No. 6 patch on their uni- St. Louis, IL, buying more bubble gum League records. Here are just some of forms. But then he said: than I can possibly afford in the hope his career numbers: a batting average It will be a call for us to do our very best that I would open one of those pack- of .331, an on-base percentage of .417, to live up to that high standard of excel- ages and find, covered in pink powder, 3,630 hits, 725 doubles, 177 triples, 475 lence. a card that had Stan Musial’s picture. homers—and the first homer I can ever Then he added: It was the treasure of my youth, and it remember seeing on television was the You don’t come across names like warrior, still would be today if my mom had not All-Star game in St. Louis, and darned prince and knight by just having Hall of thrown those cards away. if Stan Musial didn’t get up in the 12th Fame statistics. It comes from making an Stan Musial’s death has hit the Car- inning, parking a home run into the impact in people’s lives. I was in that group. Mr. Musial, I say thank you. He’s a perfect dinals Nation like a death in the fam- outfield stands, winning it for the Na- tional League. I couldn’t have been example of what it means to wear this jer- ily. One Cardinal fan spoke for many of sey. more thrilled, my first exposure to us when she said losing Stan Musial ‘‘is I want to give credit to my colleague, like losing a grandparent. It’s hard not baseball on television. He had 1,951 RBIs and 1,949 runs. He is the only Senator CLAIRE MCCASKILL. She to tear up.’’ worked with me—in fact, she led the I grew up in East St. Louis across the baseball player to finish his career in the top 25 in all of these categories. way in terms of the Presidential Medal river, and my most prized possession of Freedom, along with Senator Bond, when I was a kid was my very first Where did he get that nickname? It was coined not by a Cardinals fan but for Stan Musial. And she came up with Stan Musial Rawlings baseball glove. a great idea. I don’t know if it is going As a kid I rubbed that glove with some- by a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in May 1946, after Musial’s four hits helped lead the to go anywhere, but I am going to try thing called Gloveoleum until I was the to help her make it a reality. She has only one who could still see Stan Cardinals to a 13-to-4 drubbing of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Every time Stan suggested we can honor this American Musial’s name burned in the leather. hero, this regional hero and the values One of the highlights in my life came 2 Musial came to the plate, the fans in Ebbets Field said, ‘‘Here comes the he stood for by naming the new bridge years ago when I got to meet Stan being built across the Mississippi River Musial in person for the very first time man.’’ And the name stuck. The legendary baseball writer Red at St. Louis in honor of Stan Musial. I in my life. It was at the White House, Barber once described the 1947 season grew up on the Illinois side, and we February 11, 2011. Stan Musial was as ‘‘the year all hell broke loose in kind of looked over at Missouri a little there to receive from President Obama baseball.’’ It was the year Jackie Rob- differently than most, and they looked the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He inson integrated Major League Base- at us a little differently too. But if is one of only eight other baseball play- ball. Jackie Robinson would later re- there was one thing that ever united us ers in the history of America to receive call when asked about his baseball ca- it was baseball loyalty and Stan that prestigious honor. Listen to the reer that it was Stan Musial and Hank Musial. It is a perfect name for a bridge company he joined: Joe DiMaggio, Greenberg, two players who went out of that spans between Illinois and Mis- Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, Ro- their way to be friendly and encour- souri in that region of the country. berto Clemente, Hank Aaron, Frank aging in that historic and difficult I am proud to join Senator CLAIRE Robinson, and the famous Buck year. MCCASKILL, and we will be introducing O’Neill. Maybe Stan Musial’s greatest base- a bill to name the bridge the Stan At the White House I stood patiently ball day came on May 2, 1954. It was a Musial Memorial Bridge. Other legisla- waiting for the moment to ask Stan double header in St. Louis against the tion is being considered in the Illinois Musial to sign that old baseball glove, New York Giants. He hit three homers and Missouri General Assemblies at which I still have and have had since I in the first game and two in the sec- this time. I wish them the best in hon- was a kid. He agreed to do so. What a ond. oring this great man. It was my great thrill. I was 10 years old all over again. In 1957, Stan Musial became the first honor to join him on that historic date Outside Busch Stadium in St. Louis Major League Baseball player to earn when he was given the Presidential is a statue of Stan ‘‘The Man’’ in his the amazing salary of $100,000 a year. Medal of Freedom. playing prime. He is coiled up in his Two years later, when his batting aver- (The remarks of Senator DURBIN per- batting style. Every coach said don’t age dipped to .255, it was Musial who taining to the introduction of S. 113 bat like Stan ‘‘The Man,’’ even though went to the Cardinals’ owners and and S. 114 are printed in today’s he has great numbers. If you do that, asked them to cut his salary back to RECORD under ‘‘Statements on Intro- you will never hit the ball. We all $80,000. He wasn’t playing up to what duced Bills and Joint Resolutions.’’) tried; the coaches were right. Etched in he thought he had the potential to play Mr. DURBIN. I yield the floor. the base of that statue are words that up to. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Major League Baseball Commissioner Late in his final season, he stayed up COONS). The Senator from Louisiana. Ford Frick said when Stan retired in all night waiting for the birth of his f 1963: ‘‘Here stands baseball’s perfect first grandchild, and the next day he warrior. Here stands baseball’s perfect became the first grandfather to ever GOOD GOVERNMENT REFORM knight.’’ homer in the Major Leagues. Umpires— Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, more On the field and off Stan Musial was and this says something about what a and more Americans from all walks of always a gentleman, always a cham- gentleman he always was—umpires life, of both political parties, feel there pion. He exemplified the values of never once ejected Stan Musial from a is not just a pond or a sea but an ocean sportsmanship, discipline, hard work, baseball game in more than 3,000 of difference between the real world grace, consistency, and a love of fam- games. where they live and Washington, DC. ily. Baseball broadcaster Vince Scully, On January 21, 1969, Stan Musial was They view—I think correctly—Wash- a Hall of Famer himself, once said: elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on ington, DC, as a different planet where

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I think that nect with the American people. us—returning Washington to the real is just outright wrong. I think it helps I urge my colleagues from both par- world and reconnecting with the Amer- build that distrust on the part of the ties to support these measures, to come ican people. American people. I am joined by a bi- on as cosponsors. Many of you already The American people are also con- partisan cosponsor, Senator MCCASKILL have, and I thank you for that. cerned—rightly—about the bitter par- of Missouri. I thank her for her leader- Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I tisanship, the overly ideological tone ship and her support of this measure. suggest the absence of a quorum. of almost all of the debate we have Again, the measure is very simple: Just The PRESIDING OFFICER. The here in Washington now, here in Con- repeal, do away with any automatic clerk will call the roll. gress. pay increases for Members of Congress. The assistant legislative clerk pro- I believe these sorts of reform meas- If there is to be a pay increase, there ceeded to call the roll. ures—the four bills I have introduced should be a bill proposing it and open Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, I ask in particular—can also help bridge that debate and a public vote. unanimous consent the order for the divide because they are not ideological, The third measure is also fully bipar- quorum call be rescinded. they are not partisan, they are good- tisan. I am introducing it with Senator The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. government reform, things that can BILL NELSON of Florida. It is reform of BROWN). Without objection, it is so or- and should and, hopefully, will bring us the Corps of Engineers—something dered. together and bring us together and re- very important for our two States but f connect us with the American people. also for, indeed, the whole country. In EXTENSION OF MORNING Again, it is another reason I chose to Louisiana, in Florida, and elsewhere, BUSINESS introduce this package of four reform unfortunately, the Corps of Engineers measures, four good-government bills has become a poster child for a dys- Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, I ask on the first day I could introduce legis- functional Federal Government, a Fed- unanimous consent the period of morn- lation this Congress. eral bureaucracy, a Federal system ing business be extended until 5 p.m. The first is a very simple and basic that is just bogged down, does not today and that all provisions of the but fundamental idea: term limits for work. It takes 10 and 20 years to study previous order remain in effect. Members of Congress. I am honored to something, never ever getting to con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without be joined by six other Senators right struction. We need to streamline and objection, it is so ordered. out of the gate, right out of the box in reform that process, and the Vitter- f terms of cosponsoring this important Nelson bill does just that by greatly legislation: Senators PAUL, AYOTTE, TRIBUTE TO JOHN ‘‘JACK’’ streamlining the process by which EDWARD BRESCH COBURN, LEE, RUBIO, CRUZ, and JOHN- Corps projects can come to fruition, SON. I thank them for their cosponsor- putting State and local leaders more in Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, I rise ship and their support. This measure charge of that effort, at first on a pilot today to honor the life, legacy and would limit Members of Congress in basis. Hopefully, we will expand that in service of a dear friend—John Edward the House to three consecutive terms, the future for important Corps of Engi- Bresch. Jack lead a life filled with a total of 6 years, and the Senate to neers projects. Again, that is particu- compassion. He worked tirelessly for two consecutive terms, a total of 12 larly important for our States of Lou- everyone to have access to affordable, years. It is a consensus measure sup- isiana and Florida, but it is important quality health care, especially needy ported by citizens groups very active for so many States and for the country children and families. His heart was as and supportive of the concept of term as a whole. big as heaven. limits. The idea, again, is simple: to re- Fourth and finally, I am introducing But Jack’s life was also a life of great connect Congress with the American a measure that I have had before to re- humor. Anybody who knew him also people, to do away with the notion of form Federal campaign finance law to knew his warm and infectious laugh. It legislating as a career, and to get back prohibit PACs and campaign funds was a sure sign that Jack was some- to the Founders’ vision of citizen legis- from employing Members’ spouses or where nearby because you could almost lators. family members. hear his laughter before you saw his When I was in the State legislature, That is just a way, quite frankly, in face. And everybody was glad to see I authored and passed term limits for some circumstances for Members of Jack coming their way. He truly never the State legislature. That required a Congress, politicians, to pad their fam- met a stranger. State constitutional amendment—a big ily income. I think that is wrong, and Sadly, we won’t be able to hear that deal—a two-thirds vote in each body, that leads directly to the real suspicion distinct laughter again. Jack passed and then a vote of the people. But be- and low regard in which so many away on September 1, 2012, surrounded cause of the people’s voices rising and Americans hold this institution. by his family after a brief and coura- being heard, we achieved that. With Again, this bill is simple, straight- geous battle with pancreatic cancer. that reform, which was voted over- forward, but important. It would pro- From the moment of his fateful diag- whelmingly into the State constitution hibit spouses and immediate family nosis until the day he left us, we saw in by the people of Louisiana, we have a members of Members of Congress from him grace and courage, dignity and hu- regular influx now of new, fresh blood, receiving payments from that Mem- mility, joy and, yes, laughter—and so real experience from the real world ber’s campaign accounts or leadership much love and gratitude lived out on a that reconnects in a very healthy way PACs. That is a loophole and an area of daily basis that, even in our sorrow, his the State legislature and all of us, the abuse we must close. We must prohibit memory will never be lost. citizens, whom it is supposed to rep- that abuse in the future. Tomorrow, Jack will be laid to rest resent. That was needed for the State These four bills won’t solve every in our Nation’s most hallowed ground— legislature, and if it was—and it was— problem out there. They won’t be the Arlington National Cemetery—with it is needed a thousand times more for be-all and end-all of important reform full military honors as a decorated Congress because that divide, that sea, and good-government efforts, but they Naval Lieutenant who served as a that ocean, that difference between dif- would be an important start. They Chaplain during the Vietnam war. ferent planets in the eyes of so many would help us truly reconnect with the In his life, Jack Bresch was many Americans is even greater between American people and narrow this di- things but above all, a family man, de- Congress and the real world, Congress vide, which is so vast right now, be- voted to his wife, JoAnn; his children, and the American people. tween the real world, real Americans, Mary Elizabeth, James Richard, and

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But when a loved one is gone, of it, making us laugh—and hearing and on the back of the penny match- it is often the little things you remem- him laugh—and making us care—the box, between Memphis and Nashville, ber most. Some of us will remember way he cared. in 1946, Pee Wee King and Redd Stew- how much Jack loved neckties. Some There is a wonderful anonymous art wrote the ‘‘Tennessee Waltz.’’ They of us will remember sharing Jack’s fa- quote which may well describe how we sang it around a few places. Pee Wee vorite drink—a Manhattan, made with should think of Jack’s passing, espe- King sang it at the Grand Ole Opry. No- Maker’s Mark, up, no bitters, with a cially since he served so courageously body paid much attention to it. Cow- twist of orange. Some of us will re- in the Navy. It offers great comfort to boy Copas sang it. They sang it on Red member how often Jack quoted the those who grieve. And it goes some- Foley’s show in Missouri. Nothing 19th century German politician Otto thing like this: much happened to the ‘‘Tennessee von Bismark—‘‘Politics is the art of I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at Waltz’’ until 1950, and this is the story the possible.’’ And some of us will re- my side spreads her white sails to the morn- Patti Page told me. Mercury Records member how proud Jack was to be at ing breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She in New York had a new song they were the White House when President is an object of beauty and strength, and I sure was going to be a big hit. It was Obama signed the Affordable Care Act stand and watch her until, at length, she called ‘‘Boogie Woogie Santa Claus.’’ I for which he worked so tirelessly. A hangs like a speck of white cloud just where don’t know whether it was a follow up friend saw Jack on TV and sent him a the sea and sky come down to mingle with to ‘‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,’’ text to let him know, and Jack texted each other. Then someone at my side says, ‘‘There! She’s gone.’’ but the executives in New York were back, ‘‘Just a pleasure to be here.’’ sure it was going to be a big hit so they It was a pleasure for Jack to be any- Gone where? Gone from my sight—that is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and wanted the hottest young female sing- where. Simply put, Jack enjoyed being er in America to record ‘‘Boogie with people, and people enjoyed being spar as she was when she left my side, and just as able to bear her load of living freight Woogie Santa Claus’’ so they hired with Jack. He was a great person to to the place of destination. Her diminished Patti Page. She flew to New York, re- talk to—probably because he began his size is in me, not in her, and just at the mo- corded it for Mercury Records, and adult life as a Roman Catholic priest. ment when someone at my side says, ‘‘There, then in those days you always had to Jack was a priest in the Diocese of she’s gone,’’—there are other eyes watching put a record on the back of the main Pittsburgh, his native city, from 1966 her coming, and other voices ready to take to 1974. In 1968, at the height of the up the glad shout, ‘‘There she comes!’’ record. You had to pick a song. It would be the ‘‘B’’ side. Just as a throw- Vietnam war, he entered the U.S. Navy Jack Bresch was a man whose opti- away they put on the back of it the and served as a Navy and Marine Corps mism could overwhelm any doubter song by Pee Wee King and Redd Stew- Chaplain in posts around the world. and whose joy for life was wonderfully art, the ‘‘Tennessee Waltz.’’ During his time in the service, he su- contagious and completely irresistible. pervised drug and alcohol rehabilita- We know the rest of the story. The The ancient poets tell us that ‘‘one ‘‘Tennessee Waltz’’ sold about a million tion programs and worked as a liaison must wait until the evening to see how with the American Red Cross. After the copies. Nobody ever heard of the splendid the day has been.’’ Our day ‘‘Boogie Woogie Santa Claus’’ except war, Jack left the priesthood. But in with Jack Bresch was splendid indeed. some ways, he never stopped being a those who bought the ‘‘Tennessee As we prepare to honor Jack with the Waltz.’’ Mike Curb, who runs Curb chaplain, in the sense that he never military honors due a decorated Navy wavered from his steadfast belief in so- Records in Nashville, told me it was Chaplain, I would like to end my trib- the best selling record ever by a female cial justice. He carried that belief for- ute to Jack’s life with a traditional ward in career that made the world a artist. Patti Page eventually sold 100 nautical blessing and wish my dear million records. She was the top selling better place—working for Congress, the friend ‘‘fair winds and following seas.’’ Federal Government, the Illinois Hos- female artist in record sales in history. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sen- Growing up I heard her songs, pital Association, the Catholic Health ior Senator from Tennessee is recog- ‘‘Mockingbird Hill,’’ ‘‘I Went To Your Association, and the American Dental nized. Wedding,’’ ‘‘Old Cape Cod.’’ In 1952 she Education Association. Many members had a song called ‘‘Doggie in the Win- of Congress got to know Jack through f dow.’’ It sounds like a silly little song, his work as the lead lobbyist for the TRIBUTE TO PATTI PAGE but it sold a lot of records and a great Catholic Health Association. They also Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, many Americans remember it. When I learned quickly just how hard it was to Patti Page died on New Year’s Day this was Governor of Tennessee I would say ‘‘no’’ to Jack. year. She was 85 years old. The Senate While at the Catholic Health Associa- travel to Japan, recruiting industry. In has not been in session for most of the tion, Jack worked closely with then the evenings I would go to a restaurant First Lady Hillary Clinton and the time since then. I wanted to come to bar with friends, and to my astonish- White House to develop a plan for re- the floor to pay a Tennessean’s tribute ment all of my Japanese friends, many forming the Nation’s health care sys- to Patti Page. Patti Page is best of whom did not know much English, tem. While at the American Dental known for our State song, the ‘‘Ten- could sing every word of the ‘‘Ten- Education Association, he was instru- nessee Waltz.’’ A few years ago, in 2007, nessee Waltz.’’ When I inquired about mental in improving access to dental when I met her for the first time, she it, it was because it was introduced care for needy children. For more than told me the story of the ‘‘Tennessee during the time of the American occu- a decade, he worked diligently to en- Waltz.’’ I knew some of it, but she com- pation of Japan in 1950 or so, and ac- sure that policymakers understood the pleted the rest of it. cording to them, the Asian music value of oral health to overall health— In 1946, a couple of Tennesseans, Pee doesn’t have the same kind of standard the reason why he was invited to the Wee King and Redd Stewart, were driv- that American music has. We get a White House for the signing of the Af- ing from Memphis to Nashville. That phrase or a theme in our minds and we fordable Care Act. Jack lived long was before the interstate highways. It never forget it, such as the ‘‘Tennessee enough to see the Supreme Court up- took a pretty good amount of time to Waltz.’’ So the ‘‘Tennessee Waltz’’ be- hold key portions of the Affordable drive that distance. I don’t know came a song that most Japanese men Care Act. He knew the law wasn’t per- whether or not they were drinking a of that age knew, remembered, and fect, but he was happy to see it move beer on the way from Memphis to could sing from memory. forward. Remember, he believed that Nashville but they were relaxed, and I met Patti Page for the first time 6 ‘‘politics is the art of the possible.’’ one of them said to the other, Why is it years ago. It was 2007. She was about 79 To JoAnn and Jack’s entire family, Kentucky and Missouri have a waltz or 80 years of age at the time. She told my wife Gayle and I extend our deepest and Tennessee doesn’t have a waltz? So me the story of the recording of the

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:16 Sep 20, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\JAN2013\S23JA3.REC S23JA3 bjneal on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S204 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 23, 2013 ‘‘Tennessee Waltz’’ for Mercury Patti Page,’’ as she was introduced during Ms. Page’s nice-girl image endured. In 1988, Records. It turned out it was her last her heyday, was mechanical or sterile, she when she was 60, she told The Times: ‘‘I’m recording session. Mike Kerr, the had significant achievements nonetheless. sure there are a lot of things I should have ‘‘Tennessee Waltz,’’ from 1950, sold 10 mil- owner of Kerr Records, had invited her done differently. But I don’t think I’ve lion copies and is largely considered the first stepped on anyone along the way. If I have, to come to Nashville and record an true crossover hit; it spent months on the I didn’t mean to.’’ album, ‘‘Best of Patti Page.’’ He had pop, country and rhythm-and-blues charts. invited me to come play the piano Ms. Page was believed to be the first singer Mr. ALEXANDER. I yield the floor. while she sang the ‘‘Tennessee Waltz,’’ to overdub herself, long before technology The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- which I did. It was a real thrill and she made that method common. Mitch Miller, a ator from Delaware. producer for Mercury Records, had her do it (The remarks of Mr. COONS per- was very patient to put up with an first on ‘‘Confess,’’ in 1948, when there were amateur piano player for her very spe- no backup singers because of a strike. taining to the introduction of S. 85 are cial song. She told me then it wasn’t The height of her career predated the printed in today’s RECORD under the first time she had performed with a Grammy Awards, which were created in 1959, ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and Tennessee Governor. In 1950 she had but she finally won her first and only Joint Resolutions.’’) performed with Tennessee Governor Grammy in 1999 for ‘‘Live at Carnegie Hall,’’ Mr. COONS. I yield the floor and sug- Gordon Browning at a Memphis the- a recording of a 1997 concert celebrating her gest the absence of a quorum. 50th anniversary as a performer. Her career ater. This was when she was all the was also the basis of recent, short-lived Off The PRESIDING OFFICER. The rage, the ‘‘Tennessee Waltz’’ was all Broadway musical, ‘‘Flipside: The Patti Page clerk will call the roll. the rage, and the Governor wanted to Story.’’ The legislative clerk proceeded to sing it with her. In the early days of television Ms. Page call the roll. I asked how it went. She said, ‘‘Well, was the host of several short-lived network series, including ‘‘Scott Music Hall’’ (1952), a Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I ask to tell you the truth, the Governor unanimous consent that the order for wasn’t a very good singer.’’ 15-minute NBC show that followed the evening news two nights a week, and ‘‘The the quorum call be rescinded. I don’t know what she said to others Big Record,’’ which ran one season, 1957–58, about my piano playing, but I think The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without on CBS. ‘‘The Patti Page Show’’ was an NBC objection, it is so ordered. that was probably about as harsh a ver- summer fill-in series in 1956. dict as Patti Page ever rendered of any Ms. Page defended her demure, unpre- other person. tentious style as appropriate for its time. ‘‘It f According to the New York Times was right after the war,’’ she told The Advo- obituary, Patti Page once said: cate of Baton Rouge, La., in 2002, ‘‘and peo- STARTUP ACT 2.0 ple were waiting to just settle down and take But I don’t think I’ve stepped on anyone a deep breath and relax.’’ Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I have along the way. If I have, I didn’t mean to. She was born Clara Ann Fowler on Nov. 8, only been a Member of the Senate for 2 Well, Patti Page is gone now, but her 1927, in Claremore, Okla., a small town near years, but in that short period of time music is not. Whenever we Tennesseans Tulsa that was also the birthplace of Will at least seven other countries have hear our State song, the ‘‘Tennessee Rogers. She was one of 11 children of a rail- road laborer. taken actions that we have not taken Waltz,’’ played, or whenever we sing it, Having shown talent as an artist, Clara to better support and attract entre- we will remember the voice of Patti took a job in the art department of the Tulsa preneurs to their countries’ economies. Page. radio station KTUL, but an executive there The map beside me shows those coun- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- had heard her sing and soon asked her to tries: the United Kingdom, Russia, sent that following my remarks that take over a short country-music show called Singapore, Australia, Brazil, Chile, and ‘‘Meet Patti Page’’ (Time magazine called it the obituary about Patti Page from the Canada. Those countries have changed New York Times be printed in the ‘‘a hillbilly affair’’), sponsored by Page Milk. She adopted the fictional character’s name their rules, regulations, passed laws, RECORD. and kept it. changed their policies to make their There being no objection, the mate- The newly named Ms. Page broke away country more friendly to startup busi- rial was ordered to be printed in the from her radio career to tour with Jimmy nesses and to entrepreneurship. RECORD, as follows: Joy’s band and was shortly signed by Mer- I wish to focus on and visit with my [From the New York Times—Obituary] cury Records. She had her first hit record, ‘‘With My Eyes Wide Open, I’m Dreaming,’’ colleagues about what is happening in PATTI PAGE, HONEY-VOICED ’50S POP in 1950. Other notable recordings were ‘‘Cross one of those countries—our neighbor to SENSATION, DIES AT 85 Over the Bridge,’’ ‘‘Mockin’ Bird Hill,’’ ‘‘Al- the north, Canada—and explain why it (By Anita Gates) legheny Moon’’ and her last hit, ‘‘Hush . . . is in the interests of our own country Patti Page, the apple-cheeked, honey- Hush, Sweet Charlotte,’’ which she recorded to act quickly to retain highly skilled voiced alto whose sentimental, soothing, as the theme for the Bette Davis movie of and entrepreneurial immigrants. sometimes silly hits like ‘‘Tennessee Waltz,’’ the same name. That song was nominated for ‘‘Old Cape Cod’’ and ‘‘How Much Is That an Oscar, and Ms. Page sang it on the 1965 In 2002, Canada announced plans to Doggie in the Window?’’ made her one of the Academy Awards telecast. create a new visa to attract foreign en- most successful pop singers of the 1950s, died Ms. Page briefly pursued a movie career in trepreneurs to their country. Canada is on Tuesday in Encinitas, Calif. She was 85. her early ’30s, playing an evangelical singer developing a plan to admit foreign en- Her death was confirmed by Seacrest Vil- alongside Burt Lancaster and Jean Simmons trepreneurs who have received capital lage Retirement Communities, where she in ‘‘Elmer Gantry’’ (1960), David Janssen’s from venture funds to start businesses lived. love interest in the comic-strip-inspired in Canada and to admit them to Can- Ms. Page had briefly been a singer with ‘‘Dondi’’ (1961) and a suburban wife in the Benny Goodman when she emerged at the comedy ‘‘Boys’ Night Out’’ (1962), with Kim ada within weeks. A spokesman for the end of the big band era, just after World War Novak and James Garner. She had one of her Canadian immigration agency was II, into a cultural atmosphere in which pop earliest acting roles in 1957 on an episode of quoted in September as saying: ‘‘Can- music was not expected to be challenging. ‘‘The United States Steel Hour.’’ ada seeks young, ambitious innovative Critics assailed her style as plastic, placid, In later decades her star faded, but she immigrants who will contribute to bland and antiseptic, but those opinions were continued to sing professionally throughout Canada’s job growth and further drive not shared by millions of record buyers. As her 70s. Early in the 21st century she was our economy.’’ Jon Pareles wrote in The New York Times in performing in about 40 to 50 concerts a year. 1997, ‘‘For her fans, beauty and comfort were In 2002 and 2003 she released an album of But Canada is not just changing its one and the same.’’ children’s songs, a new ‘‘best of’’ collection laws to attract entrepreneurs; it is ad- ‘‘Doggie in the Window,’’ a perky 1952 nov- and a Christmas album. vertising and trying to lure talent elty number written by Bob Merrill and In- Ms. Page married Charles O’Curran, a Hol- there. The ad we are now showing—this grid Reuterskio¨ ld, featured repeated barking lywood choreographer, in 1956. They divorced is a full-page ad that appeared in a pub- sounds and could claim no more sophisti- in 1972. In 1990 she married Jerry Filiciotto, lication called Fast Company. It is an cated a lyric than ‘‘I must take a trip to a retired aerospace engineer, with whom she American magazine dedicated to California.’’ It is often cited as an example of founded a New Hampshire company mar- what was wrong with pop music in the early keting maple syrup products. He died in 2009. startups, to technology and innova- ’50s, a perceived weakness that opened the Survivors include her son, Danny O’Curran; tion. The advertisement for Ontario door for rock ’n’ roll. But if that is true, and her daughter, Kathleen Ginn; and a number highlights R&D incentives and innova- if the silky voice of ‘‘the singing rage, Miss of grandchildren. tive and dynamic business environment

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Other coun- countries, including our friends to the and, most importantly, provides new tries are aggressively seeking the best north, are aggressively courting entre- opportunities for highly educated and and brightest, those with entrepre- preneurs and talented individuals and entrepreneurial immigrants to stay in neurial talent, as a way to grow their they are luring them from here; they the United States where their talent economy. are trying to get them from the United and new ideas can fuel economic I believe most—in fact, I would say States. Canadian Citizenship and Im- growth and, most importantly, create at least 80 percent—of my colleagues in migration Minister Jason Kenney said: jobs for Americans. Congress agree with the visa provisions ‘‘We need to proactively target a new Startup Act 2.0 creates an entrepre- in Startup Act 2.0. They understand type of immigrant entrepreneur who neurial visa for foreign-born entre- that retaining highly skilled entrepre- has the potential to build innovative preneurs currently in the United neurial immigrants will lead to eco- companies that can compete on a glob- States—legally in the United States. nomic growth and new jobs for Ameri- al scale and create jobs for Canadians.’’ Those with good ideas, with capital, cans. Unfortunately, there is an ap- While we work in the United States and the willingness to hire Americans proach in Congress that has been here to continue educating our children would be able to stay in the United for the last several years that says if with the skills for a 21st century econ- States and grow their businesses. In we can’t do everything, we will not do omy and training the next generation many instances, foreign-born entre- anything. I urge my colleagues let’s of great American entrepreneurs, we preneurs, here legally, have an idea and pass what we can agree on now and also need to be welcoming to those who want to begin a company that will em- keep working to find common ground want to create a business in the United ploy Americans but are told their visa on issues that still divide us. States and employ Americans now. does not allow them to remain in the Canada and other countries are cre- With respect to Canada, America is the United States. ating new opportunities for entre- country of entrepreneurs, a place Take the story of Asaf Darash. Asaf preneurs, for startup companies, but where those with good ideas who are was born in Israel and came to the the United States is still the home of willing to work hard can come and United States in 2007 after being the American dream. We need to pass make something for themselves. awarded a Fulbright scholarship to Startup 2.0 so individuals can pursue There is a global battle for entrepre- study at the University of California. their ambitions in America. neurial talent and the United States is After completing his doctoral thesis, Millions of our citizens remain out of falling behind. A story I heard while he founded a software company called work. Our economy is barely growing. visiting California, the Silicon Valley, Regpack. Asaf raised $1.5 million in fi- One would think, common sense would last year, illustrates this point pretty nancing for the company and hired suggest we would work hard together well. A large company that just a few more than a dozen Americans. His com- to deal with the issues we have agree- years ago was a small startup told me pany has the potential to grow quickly ment on that would help jump-start they had plans to hire 68 highly skilled and to further create additional jobs. the economy. Let’s do that. Let’s jump-start the immigrants but could not get a visa for But Asaf, the founder of this dynamic American economy through entrepre- them to work in the United States. company, is no longer in the United neurship and allow those with talents Rather than letting this talent go, the States. My staff contacted him this and skills we need to pursue the Amer- company hired them but hired them at morning and he said that because of ican dream in the United States of their location in Canada. It is certainly the difficulty in obtaining a visa and America and thereby strengthen our troubling that 68 jobs went outside the the amount of time and effort it was economy. United States. They were lost in our taking, he decided it was easier to country because the United States does I suggest the absence of a quorum. move to Israel and take the core of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The not have a visa program that works. company, including its jobs, with him. clerk will call the roll. What troubles me even more is that As Regpack grows, new jobs are going The legislative clerk proceeded to some of those 68 people hired in Canada to be created in Israel—jobs that could call the roll. will go on to start a business that may have been in the United States if we Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I result in significant job creation in had a visa dedicated to foreign entre- ask unanimous consent that the order Canada. Those jobs that could have preneurs such as Asaf. for the quorum call be rescinded. been in the United States are now in Sadly, his story is far from uncom- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. another country and those individuals mon. Immigrants legally living in the BLUMENTHAL). Without objection, it is who may start a company are no United States who have a good idea so ordered. longer in the United States but are and want to start a business have few f now in Canada. When we lose entre- options available to them. With very preneurs and highly skilled immi- few ways to stay, these entrepreneurs, DYSFUNCTIONAL LEGISLATING grants, we lose the jobs they create. just like Asaf, are forced to move and Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, we The good news is there are steps we take their businesses with them and all know in the Senate and in the can take to attract and retain foreign take the jobs they have created and House of Representatives about the low entrepreneurs and highly skilled immi- will create to other countries. grades Congress receives in public grants. In a bipartisan effort, Senator I wish to make certain America is opinion polling. Everybody knows what WARNER, Senator COONS, Senator the best place for entrepreneurs who the public reports: Congress is par- RUBIO, and I introduced Startup Act 2.0 want to build America and hire Ameri- tisan. Congress is divided. Congress is last year. Senators BLUNT and Scott cans. Passing Startup Act 2.0 will help dysfunctional. Brown of Massachusetts joined as co- make this happen. One recent survey that got a lot of sponsors, and an identical bill was in- Entrepreneurial immigrants have media attention reported that Congress troduced in the House of Representa- long contributed to the strength of our is less popular than a root canal. tives with an even number of Repub- country by starting companies and cre- Across the country, people are fed up lican and Democratic supporters. ating jobs. Of the current Fortune 500 with Congress. Indeed, Members of Again, this year, I am working with companies, more than 40 percent were Congress are fed up with Congress. those colleagues to reintroduce a bill founded by first- or second-generation Americans want a Congress that can very similar to that in very short Americans. Today, 1 in every 10 Ameri- take on the tough challenges of today. order. cans employed at a privately owned But another recent poll by USA Today Startup Act 2.0 makes changes to the U.S. company works at an immigrant- and Gallup showed that 77 percent of Federal regulatory process to lessen owned firm. Americans feel ‘‘the way politics works government burdens on job creators, In our mobile world, entrepreneurs in Washington these days is causing se- modifies the Tax Code to encourage in- have a choice as to where they start a rious harm to the United States.’’

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In 11 days aid was scared of the tea party and scared of engineer wouldn’t try to fix a system on its way. This time, with this House what might happen to them if they get without a precise understanding of the of Representatives, the House balked a tea party primary challenger. So get- system’s problem. A mechanic at the bipartisan Senate disaster bill ting a majority of his party together wouldn’t try to fix your car without a and, finally, it took them 78 days after for anything reasonable is a challenge precise understanding of your car’s the landfall of Hurricane Sandy to send for Speaker BOEHNER. problem. So if we are going to fix what help to the half million homes and House Republicans could not get a is wrong with Congress, we better have businesses damaged or destroyed by majority of their conference to support a precise understanding of what Con- that storm. a highway bill. So the Hastert rule gress’ problem is. The condemnation of the House of kicked in and there was no House high- Let’s start with the Senate. We do Republicans was bipartisan. The Re- way bill, none—they couldn’t do one at have our share of dysfunction in the publican Governor of New Jersey all because they couldn’t get it Senate, I will confess. Undoubtedly, blamed, and I quote, ‘‘the toxic inter- through their conference under the the filibuster is being abused. Cer- nal politics,’’ the toxic internal poli- Hastert rule. That is why there was no tainly, nominees awaiting confirma- tics, of the House Republicans for this highway bill. tion are unjustifiably delayed. Indeed, fiasco. ‘‘This,’’ he said, and I will quote The House Republicans could not get they are held hostage. So everything is again, ‘‘is why the American people a majority of their conference to sup- not all roses in the Senate. hate Congress.’’ port a farm bill, so under the Hastert But we did pass a highway bill, a bi- Is there a problem over in the House? rule there is no House farm bill. The partisan highway bill, that passed the You bet there is, to the point where Speaker won’t bring up the stalled bi- Senate with 74 votes. We did pass a one departing House Republican Mem- partisan Senate farm bill, because farm bill, a bipartisan farm bill. Al- ber compared the Speaker of the House under the Hastert rule he can’t get a though I did not support that par- to the manager of an asylum and the majority of his party to support even ticular measure, it was a bipartisan Speaker’s House Republican colleagues the bipartisan Senate farm bill. measure that passed the Senate with 64 to the asylum inmates. That is pretty We were headed for the exact same votes. strong criticism from within the Re- result on the fiscal cliff—we were head- We passed the Hurricane Sandy emer- publican Party. ed for the exact same result on the fis- gency relief bill, also in bipartisan The reason I give this speech is to try cal cliff. Speaker BOEHNER could not fashion, with 62 votes. We had open de- to be precise about what the problem is get his party to support protecting bate, we had discussions, we had that has driven Congress’s approval America from the fiscal cliff. So, with amendments, and we passed legisla- into the cellar, and what exactly is literally minutes left to spare, and tion. that problem? Well, I think the House with the House Republican Conference Particularly, we passed, by a power- votes on the so-called fiscal cliff bill ready, willing, and about to pitch the ful bipartisan vote of 89 to 8, a bill that and on the emergency Hurricane Sandy country off the fiscal cliff, Speaker avoided tax increases for 99 percent of aid illustrate what the problem is. BOEHNER did what? He ignored the Americans and extended emergency un- Those bills passed the House for one Hastert rule. He ignored the Hastert employment benefits for another year reason and one reason only: The Speak- rule, and he let the fiscal cliff bill come and protected us from the fiscal cliff. er of the House of Representatives to the floor of the House without hav- When it comes to legislating, the Sen- waived what is called the Hastert rule. ing the votes on ‘‘our side first,’’ to use ate actually has a pretty strong bipar- What is the Hastert rule? The the Speaker’s language. Two-thirds of tisan record. Hastert rule is probably the most sig- House Republicans actually voted to How did those Senate bills do on the nificant contributor to dysfunction in roll America off the fiscal cliff. Here is House side? Well, the House couldn’t Washington right now. It is not even the vote count. Republican ‘‘yes’’ votes pass its own highway bill. Congress has really a rule, it is a policy, a political on the fiscal cliff legislation were only been doing highway bills since the Ei- policy of Republican Speakers. It 85. Republican ‘‘no’’ votes on the fiscal senhower years. This isn’t rocket began under former Republican Speak- cliff legislation were 151. He wasn’t science. The House couldn’t do one. er Hastert, hence its common name as even close to making the Hastert rule. The best the House of Representatives the Hastert rule. The rule is that the That fiscal cliff bill passed the House could do was to pass a short-term ex- Speaker will bring no bill to the floor 257 to 167 because the Democrats came tension that allowed some of their of the House of Representatives with- out and voted for it, 172 to 16; 172 Members to get to conference on the out a majority of his own party sup- Democratic ‘‘yes’’ votes, 16 Democratic Senate bill, but they took no bill into porting the bill. It doesn’t matter ‘‘no’’ votes. Two-thirds of the ‘‘yes’’ conference because they couldn’t pass about a majority of Congress; Demo- votes that put the fiscal cliff bill across one. Even then, they delayed the con- cratic votes don’t count. It is only and saved America from a 100-percent ference negotiations, putting thou- when the Speaker has a majority of Re- tax increase and protected our econ- sands of jobs in jeopardy before they fi- publican votes supporting it that the omy from the fiscal cliff—two-thirds of nally came around and passed an Speaker will allow legislation to come those votes came from Democrats. If amended version of the Senate bipar- to the floor. the Speaker had enforced the Hastert tisan highway bill. So their record on It has actually gotten a little bit rule, we would be over the fiscal cliff the highway bill is nothing to be proud harder under Speaker BOEHNER, who today. of. has said, I don’t feel comfortable What happened on Sandy? After near- The House also couldn’t pass a farm scheduling any controversial legisla- ly 3 months of stalling, while my bill. Farm bills are pretty ordinary leg- tion unless I know we have the votes State, while the Presiding Officer’s islative business too. We do them all on our side first, which sounds like he State of New York, while the States of the time, but the House has passed no is saying he has to be able to produce New York and New Jersey, struck by farm bill. We passed a strong bipar- a majority of the House out of just the Sandy, were waiting urgently for the tisan Senate farm bill. They can’t even Republican caucus before bringing a relief that we got to the coast within 11 agree to call up the bipartisan Senate bill. But whether it is the original days, they stalled and they stalled be- farm bill and pass it. With 80 percent of Hastert rule requiring a majority of cause they could not get a majority of the agricultural land of the country in the majority before they will even the Republican caucus to support Fed- drought, there is no farm bill. It is bring a bill to the floor or what appears eral relief for our hurricane-ravaged trapped in the sinkhole of the House. to be the Boehner rule, that they have States. Under the Hastert rule, they

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That bill was dead on arrival leads you straight to the House Repub- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without under the Hastert rule. The Republican lican conference, and there it leads you objection, it is so ordered. caucus couldn’t support it, wouldn’t to that toxic combination of the tea f support it, and we would be without party and the Hastert rule. SANDY DISASTER RELIEF any help now if they had followed the When you understand the problem, the cure is obvious: The House should Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I Hastert rule. rise to encourage the Senate to seek On the Democratic side, what was ditch the Hastert rule. Call things up quick action on the Sandy relief pack- the vote on the Hurricane Sandy bill— for a vote. Let everybody’s vote count. age that has been long overdue. I know 192 ‘‘yes’’ votes to 1 ‘‘no’’ vote. The Don’t refuse to proceed unless only the majority leader is committed to final count was 241 ayes, 180 nays. The your own party will let you. It is the bringing it to the floor as soon as we bill passed, but about three-quarters of obvious and only solution. The fiscal can get some type of agreement with the support came from Democratic cliff bill and the Sandy bill and the votes on those bills prove it. the other side of the aisle, and I hope votes. that agreement can come quickly be- If the Speaker had imposed the With those tea party extremists cause a recovery that is delayed—as Hastert rule, not only would we be off dominating the House Republican con- this has already been significantly de- the fiscal cliff, but we would have ference and ready to pitch the country layed—is a recovery that very likely failed at providing disaster relief for over the fiscal cliff and leave hurricane can fail. Hurricane Sandy. The only reason victims high and dry, the Speaker had to ditch the Hastert rule. The only way We cannot afford for one of the big- these critical pieces of legislation gest engines of the national economy, avoided the fate of the highway bill the House can do bipartisan business on major issues is to ditch the Hastert which is the Northeast, to fail in its re- and of the farm bill is that the Speaker covery. This is not only for the sake of didn’t follow the Hastert rule. He rule. As we saw, the Senate has its prob- the Northeast but for the entire coun- couldn’t follow the Hastert rule be- lems, but we are actually doing OK, try. cause he wouldn’t have been able to just as our legislative record shows. I appreciate the majority leader’s pass legislation. If his tea party caucus Over and over, we pass real, signifi- steadfast commitment to provide that had forced America off the fiscal cliff, cant, bipartisan legislation after a real relief as quickly as possible here in the he knew there would have been hell to process on the floor of argument and Senate, but time is a-wasting. It is al- pay, so he waived the Hastert rule. ready Wednesday, and I am concerned Now, of course, House Republicans amendment. As the House’s legislative record shows, the problem is over we will lose another week before we, in are all in a fuss about having waived fact, seek passage and then go to the the Hastert rule. One tea party law- there. More precisely, the problem is within the House Republican con- President. From there, it would move maker admitted that the New Year’s on so the resources could begin to flow Day tax vote left a lot of his fellow Re- ference. Still more precisely, again, the problem is that toxic combination of to communities across the Northeast publicans with a very bad taste in their that have languished since Sandy took mouth. So it is probably back to the tea party and the Hastert rule. If we want Congress to function effec- its toll. Hastert rule business as usual on the tively, if we want to succeed at doing There is no excuse for delay. We al- House side, with death by tea party to ready had the delay in the House. They the work of the American people, such any major bipartisan Senate legisla- could have passed the package the Sen- as the fiscal cliff bill and the hurricane tion. ate passed in a transparent process relief bill, and if we don’t want to see The tea party over on the House side that had the Appropriations Com- more important legislation, such as wanted to vote for extreme things, mittee—on both sides—scrubbing the highway bills and farm bills, fail in the such as voting to repeal or defund bill. It was brought before the Senate House, unable to pass in the House, ObamaCare over 30 times—over 30 in a fashion in which we like to see the blocked in the House, the solution for times—or voting to turn Medicare into Senate work. I believe there were 25- the problem is clear: We have to ditch a voucher program. If it is extreme some-odd amendments that were con- the Hastert rule and let the House as a enough, then they will vote for it. But sidered, a full vetting of the legisla- those are actions which are not sup- body work its will, just as the Amer- tion, and there was a strong bipartisan ported by the American people, and ican people elected it to do. vote at the end of that process. It was they can’t pass the Senate. f then sent to the House, and unfortu- For the regular business of govern- EXTENSION OF MORNING nately it languished and died at the ment, for the regular business of pass- BUSINESS end of the last Congress. ing Senate bipartisan legislation, the Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I Now the House has acted in a dif- tea party-Hastert rule combination is ask unanimous consent that the period ferent fashion. So I am happy at this deadly. for morning business be extended until point to accept the House’s version— So back to where I began. If you are 6:30 p.m. today and that all provisions even though I do believe the Senate concerned about dysfunction in Con- of the previous order remain in effect. version is superior in a variety of gress, if you are wondering why we are The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ways—so it can be sent to the Presi- less popular than a root canal, if you objection, it is so ordered. dent. Getting relief to the citizens in are wondering why 77 percent of Ameri- Mr. WHITEHOUSE. I yield the floor. the Northeast is critically important. cans look at Congress and think we are The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- I look at the package the House has, actually doing more harm than good, ator from Georgia. and I say to myself that $50.7 billion in and if you want an explanation of the (The remarks of Mr. CHAMBLISS per- resources, in addition to the flood in- dysfunction, take a look at the Hastert taining to the introduction of S. 122 are surance package that has already rule. If you look at this problem the printed in today’s RECORD under passed, will allow our residents and way a doctor would look at a patient, ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and small businesses that have been wait- the way an engineer would look at a Joint Resolutions.’’) ing so long to recover and begin to re- system, the way a car mechanic would Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I build. Finally, it will show them that look at an automobile, and you look yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- they have a strong partner in the Fed- for what is broken, be specific; it is the sence of a quorum. eral Government and that someone is application by the Speaker of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The there for them, as we have been when- Hastert rule that prevents strong, bi- clerk will call the roll. ever and wherever disaster has struck

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This is a vehicle that gets us to and protection against repetitive these fellow Americans. It is time to do that goal. losses. That is what is going to happen it now. It is time to do it this week. It While the House bill significantly re- when we get this money to the Army is going to take time for this recovery duces assistance in a couple of areas— Corps of Engineers so they can rebuild to take place. The longer we delay, the including fishery disasters and commu- our coastal defenses. This package greater the chance of failure we, in nity development funding, which I would give Jersey Shore residents and fact, create. I think we want success, think in that respect may stump the businesses the comfort of knowing they not failure. I think we want to under- recovery of an important industry would be better protected in the future stand, as an institution, as I have said along our coast and could potentially than they have been in the past. many times, that this is the United siphon off billions in CDBG funding It also includes $13 billion in critical States of America. That means we re- that is badly needed right now in New funding I sought to help to restore our spond to the challenges and the disas- York and New Jersey by amplifying transportation systems. For example, ters that take place in other parts of what disasters are eligible for it—I am it would allow New Jersey Transit to pleased to say we protected the overall the country. We do it, hopefully, more repair extensive damage from the expeditiously than this, and at the amendment of the CDBG funding from storm and allow the agency to build fa- the Senate bill, which is about $16 bil- same time we stand by our fellow cilities on higher ground to prevent fu- lion. Americans so they can reclaim their While it is not everything we needed ture flood damage, which is a common- lives, reclaim their commitments to since it will now be spread even thinner sense option. When we think about fis- their communities, reclaim the oppor- across even more disasters, we can cer- cal responsibility, why would we re- tunity to reopen their businesses, to tainly help as many communities re- build only to the very same status that contribute to those communities, to build and recover as we can because was allowed to be flooded in the first our State, to this Nation, to our soci- time is of the essence. There is a fierce place and caused all of the damage the ety. urgency right now. There are many government would pay for? The pas- So I strongly urge our colleagues who business owners whom I have spoken to sage of this potential package from the have some reticence to agree to mov- who said to me: Senator, I am at a crit- House would allow the port authority ing forward on a Sandy bill to come to ical juncture. I don’t know whether I to finish repairing the PATH station common ground with us, to come to can reopen. If the government is not and harden electrical equipment to agreement to move this relief package. going to give me assistance, then I prevent future damages. No American should have to languish likely won’t open because adding more If we could get an agreement, the months after a disaster to get help. debt, even in terms of a long-term, low- package that would come to the floor That should not be the standard. The interest loan, is still debt. They say: I would include necessary policy reforms hallmark of our response should be an took out debt to start this business or: that I have supported that will stream- intelligent but expeditious response to I took out debt to get through the line recovery efforts and improve the consequences of a disaster that any great recession, but I don’t really have FEMA’s public assistance programs, American faces. That is our tradition. the option to take out more debt with- which is critical to a successful recov- It is a tradition we should maintain. It out some direct assistance, such as a ery. These reforms would allow us to is a tradition that, unfortunately, in grant. A grant would give the help I rebuild what is in place even stronger this particular instance has not been a need to jump-start my business so I and better before there is another reality. It is a tradition that I hope we can get those individuals I had em- storm. Again, this is important in can ultimately embrace once again ployed reemployed once again and cre- terms of the end results. It is impor- this week in finally pushing through a ate an opportunity for our community. tant in terms of the fiscal responsi- Sandy package that can move to the That decision right now for those bility to ensure we rebuild in such a President for signature and bring relief businesses, which are life-and-death de- way that we don’t end up with repet- to our communities. cisions, is pending and hanging by the itive damage, which would be more With that, I yield the floor. costly to the government. will of the Senate to act. f I am also pleased that the package It would allow a third-party dispute the House passed recognizes what I resolution process for major projects. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS have been saying all along—that fund- Some of the history we have, particu- ing the Army Corps of Engineers’ ef- larly with Katrina from Senator LAN- TRIBUTE TO KEN SQUIER forts is critical to rebuilding coastal DRIEU’s experience, is the reality of not communities, particularly New Jer- having a dispute resolution process, ∑ Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I rise sey’s weakened coastal defenses. We which ultimately forestalled recoveries today to celebrate Ken Squier, of are at the lowest of our immune sys- and critical projects to that State and Stowe, VT, for his historic contribu- tem as a coastal State, and we already in those communities. Also, coverage tion to motor sports and to broad- see the biting cold. It is cold through- for childcare costs related to disaster casting, and for his deep and abiding out the Capitol today, which shows recovery through FEMA individual as- commitment to the people of Vermont. how cold it is outside. Think about sistance is a critical element. On November 29, 2012, NASCAR pre- those residents who are fellow Ameri- Without going through all of the pro- sented Ken with the prestigious Buddy cans and don’t have a place to call visions of the House bill, let me just Shuman Award, given to ‘‘an indi- home because they don’t have the say we need to pass this relief package. vidual who has played a key role in the wherewithal to get their home back in People are suffering. They are des- continued growth and success of Cup a way in which they can once again be perately waiting for certainty so they racing.’’ able to live there, raise their families can start rebuilding their lives, their Most Americans know Ken Squier as there, and meet their challenges as a businesses and communities. They are the ‘‘Voice of the Daytona 500.’’ In 1979, family in a warm nurturing environ- trying to get back on their feet. They Squier convinced CBS Sports to broad- ment. That does not exist for many of need this aid even if it is late and even cast the Daytona 500 in its entirety. our fellow Americans because they if it is ultimately longer than other This event was a seminal moment for don’t have the wherewithal to decide disasters have had to wait. As I pointed stock car racing in the United States, whether they are going to get the type out in the past, I think it was 10 days later described by ESPN as ‘‘NASCAR’s of assistance to help them rebuild their or so when $50 billion flowed to Katrina most revolutionary event,’’ the one homes. All of that is pending. victims. We are nearly 3 months since that convinced the national networks

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Catherine was born in 1942 in Queens, For at SSA and HCFA, he had honed In 1960, he opened Thunder Road NY, the daughter of Irish immigrants expertise that would for many years SpeedBowl, a quarter-mile racetrack in Patrick and Bridget Vesey. After grad- guide him to continue, as a volunteer, Barre, VT. In summer, the track has uating from St. Joseph’s College in to improve the lives of retirees, persons hosted stock car races every Thursday Brooklyn and teaching as a Catholic with disabilities, and others. night for the last 50 years. These missionary in Texas, she earned mas- A man of boundless energy, Frank events have become fixtures in the cul- ter’s degrees in social work from How- was a valued confidant and a member ture of northern Vermont. ard University and in international af- of my health advisory group for the As NASCAR developed a national fol- fairs from Columbia. past 20 years. With nearly perfect at- lowing, Ken Squier became one of its Cathy had an extraordinary career as tendance at meetings and conference most celebrated personalities. He pio- a social worker, writer, editorial direc- calls, he could always be counted on for neered the use of in-car cameras during tor, businesswoman, and director of the a warm greeting, sage advice, and wis- broadcasts, putting viewers right next UN Information Center in Washington, dom born of compassion and clear- to the driver during the race. Ken’s DC. She was also active in political sightedness. voice became inseparable from the life, twice running for office in Cali- A graduate of Dartmouth College, sport, providing turn-by-turn coverage fornia and serving as finance director Frank maintained strong ties with his of all CBS-broadcast races for almost for Governor Jerry Brown’s 1976 presi- alma mater, serving terms as president two decades. This included the sport’s dential campaign, but she is best of the Dartmouth Alumni Association most prestigious event, the Daytona known for her groundbreaking and he- and president of the Dartmouth Club of 500. roic efforts to help refugee women and Ken Squier is not at all defined solely Maryland. He also served his commu- children. by his importance to racing. He has nity through volunteer work at Com- In 1989, after visiting refugee camps deep roots in northern Vermont. In mon Cause of Maryland, United Seniors around the world as a board member of 1969, he became president of Radio of Maryland, and the National Associa- the humanitarian International Rescue Vermont, Inc., a family business that tion of Retired Federal Employees. Committee, Cathy became a founder of is one of the only independent, family- Through his involvement in Mary- the Women’s Commission for Refugee run radio companies left in the United land politics, Frank fought tirelessly Women and Children, now Women’s States. Radio Vermont’s stations pro- for fair election practices, propelled by Refugee Commission. vide a variety of music, sports, and the belief that, regardless of their As the Commission’s board chair, news; in particular, they focus on local views, all Marylanders deserved to Cathy traveled the world to listen to events, the happenings that bind com- have their voices heard. Through my refugee women and children and learn munities together and give them iden- many conversations with him over the about their most pressing needs. She tity. Over the years, Ken has staunchly years, I discovered a man who loved de- opposed corporate consolidation of the attracted prominent women journal- mocracy and justice, and who felt com- media because he believes, strongly, ists, academics, and philanthropists to pelled to live his life in service to these that radio stations should serve the the Commission and became a leading causes. community and provide vital conduits advocate for refugee issues on Capitol In closing, when I think of Frank, I for local information. He has practiced Hill, at the UN, and in the media. am reminded of the words of Robert what he preaches. Under her leadership, the Women’s Ref- Frost in ‘‘Stopping by Woods on a Radio Vermont’s immense value to ugee Commission has shaped policies Snowy Evening’’: the communities it served was proven and practices in the U.S. and around The woods are lovely, dark and deep. during the aftermath of Tropical the world to address the needs of But I have promises to keep, Storm Irene in August 2011. Irene was women and children displaced by war, And miles to go before I sleep, the most destructive storm to hit persecution, and natural disasters. And miles to go before I sleep. Vermont in decades. Torrential rains On behalf of the people of California, Frank could have led a comfortable, and Vermont’s mountainous terrain I send my gratitude and condolences to quiet life after retirement, but he brought flooding on a vast scale, wip- Cathy’s husband, Richard Reeves, her chose instead to keep going for many ing out houses, businesses, and historic daughter Fiona Reeves, sons Colin and more miles, working for the causes he downtowns. Roads and bridges were Conor O’Neill, Jeffrey Reeves, her believed in deeply and the Nation he washed away, cutting dozens of towns grandchildren, and her sister Mary Ann loved. Like all who were privileged to around Vermont off from the outside Garvey. Catherine O’Neill was an know him, I will miss my dear friend world. Ken and his staff, Eric Michaels, amazing person who made our world a Frank Chase, and I ask you to join me Lee Kittell, Tom Beardsley, meteorolo- better and more compassionate place, in celebrating his life.∑ gist Roger Hill, and others kept the and we will miss her dearly.∑ station on the air 24 hours a day in the f f weeks after the storm to ensure vital REMEMBERING FRANCIS JOSEPH MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT emergency information reached CHASE Vermonters in towns that had been cut Messages from the President of the ∑ off. With the State of Vermont’s emer- Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I wish to United States were communicated to gency communications equipment pay tribute to a proud veteran, a com- the Senate by Mr. Pate, one of his sec- washed away, Radio Vermont proved mitted Marylander, a great American, retaries. that local radio stations are fundamen- and my good friend, Francis Joseph tally important to their communities. ‘‘Frank’’ Chase. Frank passed away on f Ken Squier has helped change sports December 11, 2012 in his Columbia, MD EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED in America, but even more signifi- home after a brief illness. He leaves be- cantly, he has been a true exemplar of hind his beloved family: his wife of 50 As in executive session the Presiding a good citizen. Vermont is, and will re- years, Carole, a daughter Amy, and a Officer laid before the Senate messages main, deeply in his debt.∑ granddaughter Grace. from the President of the United f Frank loved his country dearly, and States submitting sundry nominations he showed it through years of public which were referred to the Committee REMEMBERING CATHERINE service, which began in 1955, when he on Armed Services. O’NEILL entered the Army for 3 years. Frank (The messages received today are ∑ Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, today I then joined the civil service, beginning printed at the end of the Senate pro- ask my colleagues to join me in hon- at the Social Security Administration ceedings.)

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A communication from the Director titled ‘‘Finding of Substantial Inadequacy of of the Regulatory Management Division, En- Implementation Plan; Call for California At 11:43 a.m., a message from the vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- State Implementation Plan Revision; South House of Representatives, delivered by ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- Coast’’ (FRL No. 9767–3) received in the Of- Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, titled ‘‘Determination of Attainment for the fice of the President of the Senate on Janu- announced that the House has passed San Francisco Bay Area Nonattainment ary 3, 2013; to the Committee on Environ- the following bill, in which it requests Area for the 2006 Fine Particle Standard; ment and Public Works. the concurrence of the Senate: California; Determination Regarding Appli- EC–79. A communication from the Director cability of Clean Air Act Requirements’’ of the Regulatory Management Division, En- H.R. 307. An act to reauthorize certain pro- (FRL No. 9766–7) received in the Office of the vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- grams under the Public Health Service Act President of the Senate on January 3, 2013; ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic to the Committee on Environment and Pub- titled ‘‘Commercial and Industrial Solid Act with respect to public health security lic Works. Waste Incineration Units: Reconsideration and all-hazards preparedness and response, EC–72. A communication from the Director and Final Amendments; Non-Hazardous Sec- and for other purposes. of the Regulatory Management Division, En- ondary Materials That Are Solid Waste: vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- Final Rule’’ (FRL No. 9764–1) received in the At 4:20 p.m., a message from the ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- Office of the President of the Senate on Jan- House of Representatives, delivered by titled ‘‘Determination of Attainment for the uary 3, 2013; to the Committee on Environ- Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- Nogales Nonattainment Area for the 2006 ment and Public Works. EC–80. A communication from the Director Fine Particle Standard; Arizona; Determina- nounced that pursuant to sections 5580 of the Regulatory Management Division, En- tion Regarding Applicability of Clean Air and 5581 of the revised statutes (20 vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- Act Requirements’’ (FRL No. 9766–8) received U.S.C. 42–43), and the order of the ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- House of January 3, 2013, the Speaker in the Office of the President of the Senate titled ‘‘National Emission Standards for Haz- on January 3, 2013; to the Committee on En- appoints the following Members of the ardous Air Pollutants for the Portland Ce- vironment and Public Works. ment Manufacturing Industry and Standards House of Representatives to the Board EC–73. A communication from the Director of Regents of the Smithsonian Institu- of Performance for Portland Cement Plants’’ of the Regulatory Management Division, En- (FRL No. 9758–6) received in the Office of the tion: Mr. JOHNSON of Texas and Mr. vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- President of the Senate on January 3, 2013; COLE of Oklahoma. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- to the Committee on Environment and Pub- titled ‘‘Revisions to the California State Im- f lic Works. plementation Plan, San Diego APCD, North- EC–81. A communication from the Director MEASURES REFERRED ern Sierra AQMD, and Sacramento Metro- of the Regulatory Management Division, En- politan AQMD’’ (FRL No. 9732–9) received in vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- The following bill was read the first the Office of the President of the Senate on ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- and the second times by unanimous January 3, 2013; to the Committee on Envi- titled ‘‘National Emission Standards for Haz- consent, and referred as indicated: ronment and Public Works. ardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: In- H.R. 307. An act to reauthorize certain pro- EC–74. A communication from the Director dustrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boil- grams under the Public Health Service Act of the Regulatory Management Division, En- ers’’ (FRL No. 9698–5) received in the Office and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- of the President of the Senate on January 3, Act with respect to public health security ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- 2013; to the Committee on Environment and and all-hazards preparedness and response, titled ‘‘Approval of the Clean Air Act, Sec- Public Works. and for other purposes; to the Committee on tion 112(I), Authority for Hazardous Air Pol- EC–82. A communication from the Director Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. lutants: Asbestos Management and Control; of the Regulatory Management Division, En- State of New Hampshire Department of En- vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- f vironmental Services’’ (FRL No. 9697–2) re- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME ceived in the Office of the President of the titled ‘‘Revisions to the California State Im- Senate on January 3, 2013; to the Committee plementation Plan, Placer County Air Pollu- The following bills were read the first on Environment and Public Works. tion Control District’’ (FRL No. 9760–4) re- time: EC–75. A communication from the Director ceived during recess of the Senate in the Of- fice of the President of the Senate on Janu- S. 81. A bill to provide guidance and prior- of the Regulatory Management Division, En- ary 18, 2013; to the Committee on Environ- ities for Federal Government obligations in vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ment and Public Works. the event that the debt limit is reached. EC–83. A communication from the Director S. 82. A bill to provide that any executive titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Imple- mentation Plans and Designation of Areas of the Regulatory Management Division, En- action infringing on the Second Amendment vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- has no force or effect, and to prohibit the use for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Nevada; Redesignation of Clark County to ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- of funds for certain purposes. titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Imple- S. 83. A bill to provide for continuing oper- Attainment for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Stand- ard’’ (FRL No. 9766–9) received in the Office mentation Plans; State of Missouri; Control ations of Government in a fiscally respon- of Sulfur Emissions from Stationary Boil- sible manner. of the President of the Senate on January 3, 2013; to the Committee on Environment and ers’’ (FRL No. 9772–6) received during recess S. 124. A bill to provide that Members of of the Senate in the Office of the President Congress may not receive pay after October Public Works. EC–76. A communication from the Director of the Senate on January 18, 2013; to the 1 of any fiscal year in which Congress has of the Regulatory Management Division, En- Committee on Environment and Public not approved a concurrent resolution on the vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- Works. budget and passed the regular appropriations EC–84. A communication from the Director ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- bills. of the Regulatory Management Division, En- titled ‘‘Determination of Attainment for the vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- f Yuba City-Marysville Nonattainment Area ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- for the 2006 Fine Particle Standard; Cali- titled ‘‘Revisions to the California State Im- EXECUTIVE AND OTHER fornia; Determination Regarding Applica- COMMUNICATIONS plementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality bility of Clean Air Act Requirements’’ (FRL Management District’’ (FRL No. 9755–9) re- The following communications were No. 9768–2) received in the Office of the Presi- ceived during recess of the Senate in the Of- laid before the Senate, together with dent of the Senate on January 3, 2013; to the fice of the President of the Senate on Janu- accompanying papers, reports, and doc- Committee on Environment and Public ary 18, 2013; to the Committee on Environ- Works. uments, and were referred as indicated: ment and Public Works. EC–77. A communication from the Director EC–85. A communication from the Director EC–70. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, En- of the Regulatory Management Division, En- of the Regulatory Management Division, En- vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- titled ‘‘Interim Final Determination to Stay titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Imple- titled ‘‘Approval, Disapproval and Promulga- Sanctions, Imperial County Air Pollution mentation Plans and Designation of Areas tion of State Implementation Plans; State of Control District’’ (FRL No. 9766–4) received for Air Quality Purposes; Alabama; Redesig- Utah; Regional Haze Rule Requirements for in the Office of the President of the Senate nation of the Birmingham 2006 24-Hour Fine Mandatory Class I Areas Under 40 CFR 51.309; on January 3, 2013; to the Committee on En- Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area to Correction’’ (FRL No. 9771–9) received during vironment and Public Works. Attainment’’ (FRL No. 9771–2) received dur- recess of the Senate in the Office of the EC–78. A communication from the Director ing recess of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on January 18, 2013; of the Regulatory Management Division, En- President of the Senate on January 18, 2013; to the Committee on Environment and Pub- vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- to the Committee on Environment and Pub- lic Works. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- lic Works.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:16 Sep 20, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\JAN2013\S23JA3.REC S23JA3 bjneal on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE January 23, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S211 EC–86. A communication from the Director EC–93. A communication from the Director EC–100. A communication from the Admin- of the Regulatory Management Division, En- of the Regulatory Management Division, En- istrator of the Environmental Protection vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- port entitled ‘‘Fiscal Year 2011 Superfund titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air Five-Year Review Report to Congress’’; to Quality Implementation Plans; Massachu- Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; the Committee on Environment and Public setts and New Hampshire; Enhanced Motor Reasonably Available Control Technology Works. Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Pro- Requirements for Volatile Organic Com- EC–101. A communication from the Con- gram’’ (FRL No. 9754–6) received during re- pounds’’ (FRL No. 9770–6) received during re- gressional Review Coordinator, Animal and cess of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- cess of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- Plant Health Inspection Service, Department dent of the Senate on January 18, 2013; to the dent of the Senate on January 10, 2013; to the of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to Committee on Environment and Public Committee on Environment and Public law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Golden Works. Works. Nematode; Removal of Regulated Areas in EC–87. A communication from the Director EC–94. A communication from the Director Livingston and Steuben Counties, NY’’ of the Regulatory Management Division, En- of the Regulatory Management Division, En- (Docket No. APHIS–2012–0079) received dur- vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- ing recess of the Senate in the Office of the ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- President of the Senate on January 18, 2013; titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Imple- titled ‘‘Findings of Failure to Submit a Com- to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, mentation Plans and Designation of Areas plete State Implementation Plan for Section and Forestry. for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Alabama; 110(a) Pertaining to the 2008 Ozone National EC–102. A communication from the Con- Redesignation of the Birmingham 1997 An- Ambient Air Quality Standard’’ (FRL No. gressional Review Coordinator, Animal and nual Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainment 9769–4) received during recess of the Senate Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to Area to Attainment’’ (FRL No. 9771–1) re- in the Office of the President of the Senate law, the report of a rule entitled ceived during recess of the Senate in the Of- on January 10, 2013; to the Committee on En- ‘‘Traceability for Livestock Moving Inter- fice of the President of the Senate on Janu- vironment and Public Works. state’’ ((RIN0579–AD24) (Docket No. APHIS– ary 18, 2013; to the Committee on Environ- EC–95. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, En- 2009–0091)) received during recess of the Sen- ment and Public Works. ate in the Office of the President of the Sen- EC–88. A communication from the Director vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- ate on January 18, 2013; to the Committee on of the Regulatory Management Division, En- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Imple- Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- EC–103. A communication from the Direc- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- mentation Plans; New Mexico; Revisions to the New Source Review (NSR) State Imple- tor of the Regulatory Review Group, Farm titled ‘‘Labeling of Pesticide Products and Service Agency, Department of Agriculture, Devices for Export; Clarification of Require- mentation Plan (SIP); Prevention of Signifi- cant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattain- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of ments’’ (FRL No. 9360–8) received during re- a rule entitled ‘‘Microloan Operating Loans’’ cess of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- ment New Source Review (NNSR) Permit- ting’’ (FRL No. 9770–8) received during recess (RIN0560–AI17) received during recess of the dent of the Senate on January 18, 2013; to the Senate in the Office of the President of the Committee on Environment and Public of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on January 10, 2013; to the Senate on January 17, 2013; to the Com- Works. mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- EC–89. A communication from the Director Committee on Environment and Public Works. estry. of the Regulatory Management Division, En- EC–104. A communication from the Direc- vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- EC–96. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Office of Enforce- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ment, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- titled ‘‘National Emission Standards for Haz- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of ardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating In- titled ‘‘Epoxy Polymer; Exemption from the a rule entitled ‘‘Dispositioning Boiling ternal Combustion Engines; New Source Per- Requirement of a Tolerance’’ (FRL No. 9369– Water Reactor Licensee Noncompliance with formance Standards for Stationary Internal 7) received during recess of the Senate in the Technical Specification Containment Re- Combustion Engines’’ (RIN2060–AQ58) re- Office of the President of the Senate on Jan- quirements During Operations with a Poten- ceived during recess of the Senate in the Of- uary 18, 2013; to the Committee on Agri- tial for Draining the Reactor Vessel’’ (EGM fice of the President of the Senate on Janu- culture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 11–003, Rev 1) received during recess of the ary 18, 2013; to the Committee on Environ- EC–105. A communication from the Direc- Senate in the Office of the President of the tor of the Regulatory Management Division, ment and Public Works. Senate on January 17, 2013; to the Com- EC–90. A communication from the Director Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- mittee on Environment and Public Works. of the Regulatory Management Division, En- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- EC–97. A communication from the Director titled ‘‘Spiromesifen; Pesticide Tolerances’’ vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- of Congressional Affairs, Office of Enforce- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- (FRL No. 9374–3) received during recess of ment, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Senate in the Office of the President of titled ‘‘National Oil and Hazardous Sub- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of stances Pollution Contingency Plan; Revi- the Senate on January 10, 2013; to the Com- a rule entitled ‘‘Dispositioning Violations of mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- sion to Increase Public Availability of the NRC Requirements Implementing the Administrative Record File’’ (FRL No. 9772– estry. Decommisioning Planning Rule’’ (EGM 12– EC–106. A communication from the Direc- 9) received during recess of the Senate in the 002) received during recess of the Senate in Office of the President of the Senate on Jan- tor of Defense Procurement and Acquisition the Office of the President of the Senate on Policy, Department of Defense, transmit- uary 18, 2013; to the Committee on Environ- January 17, 2013; to the Committee on Envi- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ment and Public Works. ronment and Public Works. titled ‘‘Defense Federal Acquisition Regula- EC–91. A communication from the Director EC–98. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, En- tion Supplement; New Qualifying Country— of Congressional Affairs, Office of Enforce- Poland’’ ((RIN0750–AH82) (DFARS Case 2011– vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- ment, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, D049)) received during recess of the Senate in ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the Office of the President of the Senate on titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air a rule entitled ‘‘Determining the Technical January 15, 2013; to the Committee on Armed Quality Implementation Plans; New Mexico; Adequacy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Services. Infrastructure and Interstate Transport Re- for RISK–INFORMED LICENSE Amendment EC–107. A communication from the Sec- quirements for 2006 PM2.5NAAQS’’ (FRL No. Requests After Initial Fuel Load (ADAMS) retary of the Army, transmitting, pursuant 9770–9) received during recess of the Senate Accession No. ML12193A107’’ (Updating SRP to law, a report relative to the U.S. Army in the Office of the President of the Senate NUREG–0800 Guidance to Chapter 19.1 Rev. 3) Audit Agency’s review of an audit of the on January 10, 2013; to the Committee on En- received during recess of the Senate in the American National Red Cross’s Annual vironment and Public Works. Office of the President of the Senate on Jan- Statement; to the Committee on Armed EC–92. A communication from the Director uary 14, 2013; to the Committee on Environ- Services. of the Regulatory Management Division, En- ment and Public Works. EC–108. A communication from the Acting vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- EC–99. A communication from the Director Principal Deputy, Office of the Assistant ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- of Congressional Affairs, Office of Enforce- Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs), titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air ment, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report rel- Quality Implementation Plans; West Vir- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of ative to a proposed change by the Air Force ginia; Requirements for Determining Gen- a rule entitled ‘‘Guidance for Performing a Reserve to the Fiscal Year 2011 National eral Conformity of Federal Actions to Appli- Tsunami, Surge, or Seiche Hazard Assess- Guard and Reserve Equipment Appropriation cable State Implementation Plans’’ (FRL ment’’ (JLD–ISG–2012006) received during re- (NGREA) procurement; to the Committee on No. 9770–4) received during recess of the Sen- cess of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- Armed Services. ate in the Office of the President of the Sen- dent of the Senate on January 17, 2013; to the EC–109. A communication from the Presi- ate on January 10, 2013; to the Committee on Committee on Environment and Public dent of the United States of America, trans- Environment and Public Works. Works. mitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to

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A communication from the Senior Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the People’s Republic of China of an item not Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Department the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Revisions to detrimental to the U.S. space launch indus- of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to Electric Reliability Organization Definition try; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Deter- of Bulk Electric System and Rules of Proce- EC–129. A communication from the Acting mination of Foreign Exchange Swaps and dure’’ (RIN1902–AD51) received during recess Secretary of Commerce, transmitting, pursu- Foreign Exchange Forwards Under the Com- of the Senate in the Office of the President ant to law, a report relative to the export to modity Exchange Act’’ received during re- of the Senate on January 10, 2013; to the the People’s Republic of China of an item not cess of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- Committee on Energy and Natural Re- detrimental to the U.S. space launch indus- dent of the Senate on January 7, 2013; to the sources. try; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban EC–120. A communication from the Acting EC–130. A communication from the Assist- Affairs. General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory ant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Depart- EC–111. A communication from the Chief Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, ment of State, transmitting, certification of Counsel, Federal Emergency Management the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Regional Reli- proposed issuance of an export license pursu- Agency, Department of Homeland Security, ability Standard PRC–006–SERC–01—Auto- ant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Con- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of matic Underfrequency Load Shedding Re- trol Act (Transmittal No. DDTC 12–188); to a rule entitled ‘‘Final Flood Elevation Deter- quirements’’ (RIN1902–AE53) received during the Committee on Foreign Relations. minations’’ ((44 CFR Part 67) (Docket No. recess of the Senate in the Office of the EC–131. A communication from the Assist- FEMA–2012–0003)) received in the Office of President of the Senate on January 17, 2013; ant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Depart- the President of the Senate on January 3, to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- ment of State, transmitting, certification of 2013; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, sources. proposed issuance of an export license pursu- and Urban Affairs. EC–121. A communication from the Inspec- ant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Con- EC–112. A communication from the Sec- tor General, Department of Health and trol Act (Transmittal No. DDTC 12–089); to retary of the Securities and Exchange Com- Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to the Committee on Foreign Relations. mission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the law, a report entitled ‘‘Review of Medicare EC–132. A communication from the Assist- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Lost Security Contractor Information Security Program ant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Depart- Holders and Unresponsive Payees’’ (RIN3235– Evaluations for Fiscal Year 2010’’; to the ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to the AL11) received during recess of the Senate in Committee on Finance. Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, the Office of the President of the Senate on EC–122. A communication from the Inspec- the report of the texts and background state- January 17, 2013; to the Committee on Bank- tor General, Department of Health and ments of international agreements, other ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to than treaties (List 2013–0000—2013–0006); to EC–113. A communication from the Assist- law, a report entitled ‘‘Limited Supplier So- the Committee on Foreign Relations. ant Secretary for Export Administration, licitation of Prescribing Physicians Under EC–133. A communication from the Man- Bureau of Industry and Security, Depart- Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Pro- agement and Program Analyst, Citizenship ment of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant gram’’; to the Committee on Finance. and Immigration Services, Department of EC–123. A communication from the Chief of to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Re- Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- moval of Persons From the Entity List to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Provi- ternal Revenue Service, Department of the Based on Removal Request; Implementation sional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inad- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the of Entity List Annual Review Changes; and missibility for Certain Immediate Relatives’’ report of a rule entitled ‘‘Announcement of Implementation of Modifications and Correc- (RIN1615–AB99) received in the Office of the the Results of the 2011–2012 Allocation Round tions to the Entity List’’ (RIN0694–AF82) re- President of the Senate on January 4, 2013; of the Qualifying Advance Coal Project Pro- ceived during recess of the Senate in the Of- to the Committee on the Judiciary. gram’’ (Announcement 2013–2) received dur- fice of the President of the Senate on Janu- EC–134. A communication from the Clerk ing recess of the Senate in the Office of the ary 10, 2013; to the Committee on Banking, of Court, United States Court of Federal President of the Senate on January 10, 2013; Housing, and Urban Affairs. Claims, transmitting, pursuant to law, the EC–114. A communication from the Assist- to the Committee on Finance. Court’s annual report for the year ended Sep- ant Secretary for Export Administration, EC–124. A communication from the Chief of tember 30, 2012; to the Committee on the Ju- Bureau of Industry and Security, Depart- the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- diciary. ment of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant ternal Revenue Service, Department of the EC–135. A communication from the Federal to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Amend- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Liaison Officer, Patent and Trademark Of- ments to Existing Validated End User Au- report of a rule entitled ‘‘2013 Cost-of-Living fice, Department of Commerce, transmit- thorizations: Advanced Micro Devices China, Adjustments to Certain Tax Items’’ (Rev. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- Inc., Lam Research Corporation, SK hynix Proc. 2013–15) received during recess of the titled ‘‘Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees’’ Semiconductor (China) Ltd., and SK hynix Senate in the Office of the President of the (RIN0651–AC54) received during recess of the Semiconductor (Wuxi) Ltd. in the People’s Senate on January 15, 2013; to the Com- Senate in the Office of the President of the Republic of China; Clarification of Scope of mittee on Finance. Senate on January 15, 2013; to the Com- Entries in Supplement No. 7 to Part 748 of EC–125. A communication from the Chief of mittee on the Judiciary. the EAR’’ (RIN0694–AF84) received during re- the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- cess of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- ternal Revenue Service, Department of the f Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the dent of the Senate on January 10, 2013; to the INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban report of a rule entitled ‘‘Patel v. Commis- Affairs. sioner’’ (AOD 2012–05) received during recess JOINT RESOLUTIONS EC–115. A communication from the Chair- of the Senate in the Office of the President The following bills and joint resolu- man and President of the Export-Import of the Senate on January 16, 2013; to the tions were introduced, read the first Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- Committee on Finance. EC–126. A communication from the Chief of and second times by unanimous con- port relative to a transaction involving U.S. sent, and referred as indicated: exports to Chile; to the Committee on Bank- the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. ternal Revenue Service, Department of the By Mr. VITTER: EC–116. A communication from the Chair- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the S. 64. A bill to prohibit authorized commit- man and President of the Export-Import report of a rule entitled ‘‘Update of Weighted tees and leadership PAC’s from employing Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- Average Interest Rates, Yield Curves, and the spouse or immediate family members of port relative to a transaction involving U.S. Segment Rates’’ (Notice 2013–2) received dur- any candidate or Federal office holder con- exports to South Korea; to the Committee on ing recess of the Senate in the Office of the nected to the committee; to the Committee Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. President of the Senate on January 16, 2013; on Rules and Administration. EC–117. A communication from the Acting to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mrs. Secretary of Commerce, transmitting, pursu- EC–127. A communication from the Execu- MCCASKILL): ant to law, the Annual Report for fiscal year tive Secretary, U. S. Agency for Inter- S. 65. A bill to repeal the provision of law 2012 of the Commerce Department’s Bureau national Development (USAID), transmit- that provides automatic pay adjustments for of Industry and Security (BIS); to the Com- ting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a Members of Congress; to the Committee on mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- vacancy in the position of Assistant Admin- Homeland Security and Governmental Af- fairs. istrator, Bureau for Legislative and Public fairs. EC–118. A communication from the Acting Affairs, U.S. Agency for International Devel- By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mr. Secretary of Commerce, transmitting, pursu- opment (USAID), received during recess of NELSON):

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A bill to authorize the use of certain neers; to the Committee on Environment and DURBIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. offshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Public Works. HAGAN, Mr. HARKIN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. Mexico for artificial reefs, and for other pur- By Mr. LAUTENBERG: KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. poses; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- S. 67. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking LEAHY, Mr. LEVIN, Mrs. MCCASKILL, ural Resources. Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Mr. MERKLEY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. By Mr. VITTER: Control Act to authorize the Administrator REED, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, S. 97. A bill to amend title 44 of the United of the Environmental Protection Agency to Ms. STABENOW, Mr. UDALL of New States Code, to provide for the suspension of reduce or eliminate the risk of releases of Mexico, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. HEIN- fines under certain circumstances for first- hazardous chemicals from public water sys- RICH, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. time paperwork violations by small business tems and wastewater treatment works, and WYDEN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. FRANKEN, concerns; to the Committee on Homeland Se- for other purposes; to the Committee on En- and Mr. BEGICH): curity and Governmental Affairs. vironment and Public Works. S. 84. A bill to amend the Fair Labor By Mr. VITTER: By Mr. LAUTENBERG: Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effec- S. 98. A bill to ensure efficiency and fair- S. 68. A bill to enhance the security of tive remedies to victims of discrimination in ness in the awarding of Federal contracts in chemical facilities and for other purposes; to the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and connection with natural disaster reconstruc- the Committee on Homeland Security and for other purposes; to the Committee on tion efforts; to the Committee on Homeland Governmental Affairs. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Security and Governmental Affairs. By Mr. VITTER: By Mr. LEVIN: By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. WAR- S. 99. A bill to provide for full and open S. 69. A bill for the relief of Anton Dodaj, NER, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. competition for Federal contracts related to Gjyljana Dodaj, Franc Dodaj, Kristjan Dodaj, BLUMENTHAL, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND): and Kanto Macotaj; to the Committee on the S. 85. A bill to provide incentives for natural disaster reconstruction efforts; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Judiciary. States to invest in practices and technology Governmental Affairs. By Mr. LEVIN: that are designed to expedite voting at the By Mr. VITTER: S. 70. A bill for the relief of Marcos Anto- polls and to simplify voter registration; to S. 100. A bill to amend the Financial Sta- nio Sanchez-Diaz; to the Committee on the the Committee on Rules and Administration. Judiciary. bility Act of 2010 to repeal certain designa- By Mr. VITTER: tion authority of the Financial Stability By Mr. LEVIN: S. 86. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Oversight Council, to repeal the Payment, S. 71. A bill for the relief of Josephina Code of 1986 to expand the Coverdell edu- Clearing, and Settlement Supervision Act of Valera Lopez; to the Committee on the Judi- cation savings accounts to allow home ciary. 2010, and for other purposes; to the Com- school education expenses, and for other pur- mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- By Mr. LEVIN: poses; to the Committee on Finance. S. 72. A bill for the relief of Luay Hadad; to fairs. By Mr. VITTER: the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. VITTER: S. 87. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue S. 101. A bill to prohibit the provision of By Mr. LEVIN: Code of 1986 to provide a tax deduction for S. 73. A bill for the relief of Miguel Federal funds to State and local govern- itemizers and nonitemizers for expenses re- Santillan; to the Committee on the Judici- ments for payment of obligations, to pro- lating to home schooling; to the Committee ary. hibit the Board of Governors of the Federal on Finance. By Mr. LEVIN: Reserve System from financially assisting S. 74. A bill for the relief of Momo Krcic; to By Mr. VITTER: State and local governments, and for other the Committee on the Judiciary. S. 88. A bill to amend the public charter purposes; to the Committee on Banking, By Mr. LEVIN: school provisions of the Elementary and Sec- Housing, and Urban Affairs. S. 75. A bill for the relief of Ibrahim ondary Education Act of 1965, and for other By Mr. VITTER: Parlak; to the Committee on the Judiciary. purposes; to the Committee on Health, Edu- S. 102. A bill to reduce the amount of fi- By Mr. LEVIN: cation, Labor, and Pensions. nancial assistance provided to the Govern- S. 76. A bill for the relief of Guy Yang, By Mr. VITTER: ment of Mexico in response to the illegal Genevieve Chong Foung, Caroline Yang, and S. 89. A bill to amend the Migratory Bird border crossings from Mexico into the United Melanie Vang; to the Committee on the Ju- Treaty Act to authorize hunting under cer- States, which serve to dissipate the political diciary. tain circumstances; to the Committee on En- discontent with the higher unemployment By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Ms. vironment and Public Works. rate within Mexico; to the Committee on KLOBUCHAR): By Mr. VITTER: Foreign Relations. S. 77. A bill to amend part D of title XVIII S. 90. A bill to amend title II of the Social By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Ms. of the Social Security Act to authorize the Security Act to allow workers who attain MIKULSKI): Secretary of Health and Human Services to age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose ei- S. 103. A bill to authorize the Secretary of negotiate for lower prices for Medicare pre- ther lump sum payments over four years to- the Interior to conduct a special resource scription drugs; to the Committee on Fi- taling $5,000 or an improved benefit computa- study of P.S. 103 in West Baltimore, Mary- nance. tion formula under a new 10-year rule gov- land, and for other purposes; to the Com- By Mr. LEVIN: erning the transition to the changes in ben- mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. S. 78. A bill for the relief of Hussein Bazzi; efit computation rules enacted in the Social By Mr. VITTER: to the Committee on the Judiciary. Security Amendments of 1977, and for other S. 104. A bill to provide for congressional By Mr. LEVIN: purposes; to the Committee on Finance. approval of national monuments and re- S. 79. A bill for the relief of Al-Housseynou By Mr. VITTER: stricts on the use of national monuments; to Ba; to the Committee on the Judiciary. S. 91. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. BEN- Code of 1986 to clarify eligibility for the sources. NET, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. BURR, and child tax credit; to the Committee on Fi- By Mr. VITTER: Mr. KIRK): nance. S. 105. A bill to direct the General Ac- S. 80. A bill to amend the DNA Analysis By Mr. VITTER: countability Office to conduct a full audit of Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to provide S. 92. A bill to require that the Govern- hurricane protection funding and cost esti- for Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual ment give priority to payment of all obliga- mates associated with post-Katrina hurri- assault evidence backlogs and to establish a tions on the debt held by the public and pay- cane protection; to the Committee on Home- Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting ment of Social Security benefits in the event land Security and Governmental Affairs. System, and for other purposes; to the Com- that the debt limit is reached; to the Com- By Mr. VITTER: mittee on the Judiciary. mittee on Finance. S. 106. A bill to provide for the establish- By Mr. PAUL: By Mr. VITTER: ment, on-going validation, and use of an offi- S. 81. A bill to provide guidance and prior- S. 93. A bill to provide tax relief with re- cial set of data on the historical temperature ities for Federal Government obligations in spect to the Hurricane Isaac disaster area; to record, and for other purposes; to the Com- the event that the debt limit is reached; read the Committee on Finance. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- the first time. By Mr. VITTER: tation. By Mr. PAUL: S. 94. A bill to terminate the $1 presi- By Mr. VITTER: S. 82. A bill to provide that any executive dential coin program; to the Committee on S. 107. A bill to prohibit the regulation of action infringing on the Second Amendment Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. carbon dioxide emissions in the United has no force or effect, and to prohibit the use By Mr. VITTER: States until China, India, and Russia imple- of funds for certain purposes; read the first S. 95. A bill to withhold United States con- ment similar reductions; to the Committee time. tributions to the United Nations until the on Environment and Public Works.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:16 Sep 20, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\JAN2013\S23JA3.REC S23JA3 bjneal on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S214 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 23, 2013 By Mr. VITTER: under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. S. 108. A bill to amend part B of the Indi- 1961; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. ISAKSON, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, viduals with Disabilities Education Act to By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Ms. Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. provide full Federal funding of such part; to LANDRIEU): GILLIBRAND, and Mr. WYDEN): the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, S. 120. A bill to expand the number of S. Res. 9. A resolution designating January and Pensions. scholarships available to Pakistani women 2013 as ‘‘National Mentoring Month’’; to the By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Ms. under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholar- Committee on the Judiciary. AYOTTE, Mr. BURR, Mr. COBURN, Ms. ship Program; to the Committee on Foreign By Mr. VITTER: COLLINS, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. ROBERTS, Relations. S. Res. 10. A resolution expressing the and Mr. WICKER): By Mrs. BOXER: sense of the Senate regarding the Govern- S. 109. A bill to preserve open competition S. 121. A bill to establish the United States ment of Antigua and Barbuda and its actions and Federal Government neutrality towards Advisory Council on Human Trafficking to relating to the Stanford Financial Group the labor relations of Federal Government review Federal Government policy on human fraud; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- contractors on Federal and federally funded trafficking; to the Committee on the Judici- tions. construction projects; to the Committee on ary. By Mr. VITTER: Homeland Security and Governmental Af- By Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself, Mr. S. Res. 11. A resolution expressing support fairs. BURR, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. COBURN, Mr. for prayer at school board meetings; to the By Mr. VITTER: CORNYN, Mr. MORAN, and Mr. CRUZ): Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and S. 110. A bill to establish a procedure to S. 122. A bill to promote freedom, fairness, Pensions. safeguard the Social Security Trust Funds; and economic opportunity by repealing the to the Committee on the Budget. income tax and other taxes, abolishing the f By Mr. VITTER: Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a na- ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS S. 111. A bill to require all public school tional sales tax to be administered primarily employees and those employed in connection by the States; to the Committee on Finance. S. 4 with a public school to receive FBI back- By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mrs. At the request of Mr. REID, the name ground checks prior to being hired, and for BOXER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. of the Senator from Washington (Ms. other purposes; to the Committee on Health, BEGICH, and Mr. COONS): CANTWELL) was added as a cosponsor of Education, Labor, and Pensions. S. 123. A bill to modernize voter registra- By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. tion, promote access to voting for individ- S. 4, a bill to create jobs and strength- CANTWELL): uals with disabilities, protect the ability of en our economy by rebuilding our Na- S. 112. A bill to expand the Alpine Lakes individuals to exercise the right to vote in tion’s infrastructure. Wilderness in the State of Washington, to elections for Federal office, and for other S. 5 designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Ad- and Pratt River as wild and scenic rivers, At the request of Mr. UDALL of Colo- ministration. rado, his name was added as a cospon- and for other purposes; to the Committee on By Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. Energy and Natural Resources. MANCHIN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Ms. sor of S. 5, a bill to reauthorize the Vi- By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. HAR- AYOTTE, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BURR, olence Against Women Act of 1994. KIN, and Mr. FRANKEN): Mr. COBURN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. COR- At the request of Mr. REID, the S. 113. A bill to amend the Truth in Lend- NYN, Mr. ENZI, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. names of the Senator from Washington ing Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 CORKER, Mr. FLAKE, and Mr. VITTER): (Ms. CANTWELL), the Senator from Iowa to require certain creditors to obtain certifi- S. 124. A bill to provide that Members of (Mr. HARKIN) and the Senator from Or- cations from institutions of higher edu- Congress may not receive pay after October cation, and for other purposes; to the Com- egon (Mr. WYDEN) were added as co- 1 of any fiscal year in which Congress has sponsors of S. 5, supra. mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- not approved a concurrent resolution on the fairs. budget and passed the regular appropriations S. 6 By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. bills; read the first time. At the request of Mr. REID, the WHITEHOUSE, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. HAR- By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. PAUL, names of the Senator from New Jersey KIN, Mr. REED, and Ms. WARREN): Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. COBURN, Mr. LEE, S. 114. A bill to amend title 11, United (Mr. LAUTENBERG) and the Senator Mr. RUBIO, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. TOOMEY, States Code, with respect to certain excep- from West Virginia (Mr. ROCKEFELLER) and Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin): were added as cosponsors of S. 6, a bill tions to discharge in bankruptcy; to the S.J. Res. 2. A joint resolution proposing an Committee on the Judiciary. amendment to the Constitution of the to reauthorize the VOW to Hire Heroes By Mr. CASEY: United States relative to limiting the num- Act of 2011, to provide assistance to S. 115. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- ber of terms that a Member of Congress may small businesses owned by veterans, to enue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for in- serve; to the Committee on the Judiciary. improve enforcement of employment creasing payroll; to the Committee on Fi- By Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. VIT- nance. and reemployment rights of members TER): By Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. MUR- of the uniformed services, and for other S.J. Res. 3. A joint resolution proposing an KOWSKI, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. purposes. amendment to the Constitution of the UDALL of New Mexico, Mrs. MURRAY, United States relative to limiting the num- S. 8 Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, ber of terms that a Member of Congress may At the request of Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. COONS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. STA- serve to 3 in the House of Representatives his name was added as a cosponsor of BENOW, and Mr. BEGICH): S. 116. A bill to revise and extend provi- and 2 in the Senate; to the Committee on the S. 8, a bill expressing the sense of the sions under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Judiciary. Senate on the need to enact legislation Act; to the Committee on Health, Education, By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mr. to eliminate wasteful tax loopholes. AUL): Labor, and Pensions. P S.J. Res. 4. A joint resolution proposing an S. 10 By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. amendment to the Constitution of the At the request of Mr. REID, the name BEGICH, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. JOHNSON of United States relating to United States citi- of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. South Dakota, Mr. SANDERS, and zenship; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mrs. SHAHEEN): CARPER) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 117. A bill to amend part D of title XVIII f 10, a bill to reauthorize agricultural of the Social Security Act to require the programs through 2018. SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND Secretary of Health and Human Services to S. 21 negotiate covered part D drug prices on be- SENATE RESOLUTIONS At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, his half of Medicare beneficiaries; to the Com- The following concurrent resolutions name was added as a cosponsor of S. 21, mittee on Finance. and Senate resolutions were read, and By Mr. COBURN (for himself and Mr. a bill to secure the United States UDALL of Colorado): referred (or acted upon), as indicated: against cyber attack, to improve com- S. 118. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. munication and collaboration between enue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of pub- MORAN, Mr. JOHANNS, Mr. JOHNSON of the private sector and the Federal Gov- lic funds for political party conventions; to Wisconsin, and Mr. CORNYN): ernment, to enhance American com- the Committee on Rules and Administration. S. Res. 8. A resolution expressing the sense petitiveness and create jobs in the in- By Mrs. BOXER: of the Senate that Congress holds the sole S. 119. A bill to prohibit the application of authority to borrow money on the credit of formation technology industry, and to certain restrictive eligibility requirements the United States and shall not cede this protect the identities and sensitive in- to foreign nongovernmental organizations power to the President; to the Committee on formation of American citizens and with respect to the provision of assistance Finance. businesses.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:16 Sep 20, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\JAN2013\S23JA3.REC S23JA3 bjneal on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE January 23, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S215 S. 29 limit certain uses of the filibuster in be distributed under this paragraph shall de- At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the the Senate to improve the legislative crease or otherwise limit the availability of name of the Senator from Pennsyl- process. funds required to be awarded to States or units of local government under paragraph vania (Mr. TOOMEY) was added as a co- S. RES. 5 (3).’’; and sponsor of S. 29, a bill to amend title At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the (3) by adding at the end the following new 31, United States Code, to provide for name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. subsections: automatic continuing resolutions. SCHATZ) was added as a cosponsor of S. ‘‘(n) USE OF FUNDS FOR AUDITING SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE BACKLOGS.— S. 32 Res. 5, a resolution amending the ‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—The Attorney General At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the Standing Rules of the Senate to pro- may award a grant under this section to a names of the Senator from Kentucky vide for cloture to be invoked with less State or unit of local government for the (Mr. MCCONNELL), the Senator from than a three-fifths majority after addi- purpose described in subsection (a)(7) only if Georgia (Mr. CHAMBLISS), the Senator tional debate. the State or unit of local government— from Mississippi (Mr. COCHRAN) and the S. RES. 7 ‘‘(A) submits a plan for performing the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. audit of samples described in such sub- At the request of Mr. LAUTENBERG, section; and BURR) were added as cosponsors of S. the name of the Senator from Hawaii ‘‘(B) includes in such plan a good-faith es- 32, a bill to amend title 18, United (Mr. SCHATZ) was added as a cosponsor timate of the number of such samples. States Code, to prohibit taking minors of S. Res. 7, a resolution to permit the ‘‘(2) GRANT CONDITIONS.—A State or unit of across State lines in circumvention of Senate to avoid unnecessary delay and local government receiving a grant for the laws requiring the involvement of par- vote on matters for which floor debate purpose described in subsection (a)(7)— ents in abortion decisions. has ceased. ‘‘(A) may not enter into any contract or agreement with any non-governmental ven- S. 40 f dor laboratory to conduct an audit described At the request of Mr. HATCH, the in subsection (a)(7); and names of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS ‘‘(B) shall— MURKOWSKI), the Senator from Mis- ‘‘(i) not later than 1 year after receiving sissippi (Mr. COCHRAN), the Senator By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. the grant, complete the audit referred to in from Wyoming (Mr. ENZI) and the Sen- BENNET, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. paragraph (1)(A) in accordance with the plan ator from Missouri (Mr. BLUNT) were BURR, AND MR. KIRK): submitted under such paragraph; added as cosponsors of S. 40, a bill to S. 80. A bill to amend the DNA Anal- ‘‘(ii) not later than 60 days after receiving ysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to possession of a sample of sexual assault evi- restore Americans’ individual liberty dence that was not in the possession of the by striking the Federal mandate to provide for Debbie Smith grants for au- State or unit of local government at the purchase insurance. diting sexual assault evidence backlogs time of the initiation of an audit under para- S. 41 and to establish a Sexual Assault Fo- graph (1)(A), subject to paragraph (4)(F), in- clude in any required reports under clause At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the rensic Evidence Reporting System, and for other purposes; to the Committee (v), the information listed under paragraph name of the Senator from South Da- (4)(B); kota (Mr. JOHNSON) was added as a co- on the Judiciary. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask ‘‘(iii) for each sample of sexual assault evi- sponsor of S. 41, a bill to provide a per- dence that is identified as awaiting testing manent deduction for State and local unanimous consent that the text of the as part of the audit referred to in paragraph general sales taxes. bill be printed in the RECORD. (1)(A)— There being no objection, the text of ‘‘(I) assign a unique numeric or alpha- S. 43 the bill was ordered to be printed in numeric identifier to each sample of sexual At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the the RECORD as follows: assault evidence that is in the possession of name of the Senator from Pennsyl- S. 80 the State or unit of local government and is vania (Mr. TOOMEY) was added as a co- awaiting testing; and sponsor of S. 43, a bill to require that Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ‘‘(II) identify the date or dates after which any debt limit increase be balanced by resentatives of the United States of America in the State or unit of local government would Congress assembled, equal spending cuts of the next decade. be barred by any applicable statutes of limi- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. tations from prosecuting a perpetrator of the S. 47 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sexual As- sexual assault to which the sample relates; At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the sault Forensic Evidence Reporting Act of ‘‘(iv) provide that— names of the Senator from North Caro- 2013’’ or the ‘‘SAFER Act of 2013’’. ‘‘(I) the chief law enforcement officer of lina (Mrs. HAGAN), the Senator from SEC. 2. DEBBIE SMITH GRANTS FOR AUDITING the State or unit of local government, re- Rhode Island (Mr. WHITEHOUSE), the SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE BACK- spectively, is the individual responsible for LOGS. Senator from Montana (Mr. TESTER), the compliance of the State or unit of local Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog government, respectively, with the reporting the Senator from California (Mrs. FEIN- Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is requirements described in clause (v); or STEIN), the Senator from Rhode Island amended— ‘‘(II) the designee of such officer may ful- (Mr. REED), the Senator from Min- (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end fill the responsibility described in subclause nesota (Mr. FRANKEN), the Senator the following new paragraphs: (I) so long as such designee is an employee of from New Mexico (Mr. UDALL), the Sen- ‘‘(7) To conduct an audit consistent with the State or unit of local government, re- ator from Maryland (Mr. CARDIN), the subsection (n) of the samples of sexual as- spectively, and is not an employee of any Senator from Alaska (Mr. BEGICH), the sault evidence that are in the possession of governmental laboratory or non-govern- Senator from Maine (Mr. KING), the the State or unit of local government and mental vendor laboratory; and are awaiting testing. ‘‘(v) comply with all grantee reporting re- Senator from Oregon (Mr. WYDEN) and ‘‘(8) To ensure that the collection and proc- quirements described in paragraph (4). the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. essing of DNA evidence by law enforcement ‘‘(3) EXTENSION OF INITIAL DEADLINE.—The WARREN) were added as cosponsors of agencies from crimes, including sexual as- Attorney General may grant an extension of S. 47, a bill to reauthorize the Violence sault and other violent crimes against per- the deadline under paragraph (2)(B)(i) to a Against Women Act of 1994. sons, is carried out in an appropriate and State or unit of local government that dem- S. 51 timely manner and in accordance with the onstrates that more time is required for protocols and practices developed under sub- compliance with such paragraph. At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the section (o)(1).’’; ‘‘(4) SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EVIDENCE name of the Senator from Mississippi (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end REPORTS.— (Mr. COCHRAN) was added as a cospon- the following new paragraph: ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For not less than 12 sor of S. 51, a bill to reauthorize and ‘‘(4) ALLOCATION OF GRANT AWARDS FOR AU- months after the completion of an initial amend the National Fish and Wildlife DITS.—For each of fiscal years 2014 through count of sexual assault evidence that is Foundation Establishment Act. 2017, not less than 5 percent, but not more awaiting testing during an audit referred to than 7 percent, of the grant amounts distrib- in paragraph (1)(A), a State or unit of local S. RES. 4 uted under paragraph (1) shall, if sufficient government that receives a grant award At the request of Mr. UDALL of New applications to justify such amounts are re- under subsection (a)(7) shall, not less than Mexico, the name of the Senator from ceived by the Attorney General, be awarded every 60 days, submit a report to the Depart- Hawaii (Mr. SCHATZ) was added as a co- for purposes described in subsection (a)(7), ment of Justice, on a form prescribed by the sponsor of S. Res. 4, a resolution to provided that none of the funds required to Attorney General, which shall contain the

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:16 Sep 20, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\JAN2013\S23JA3.REC S23JA3 bjneal on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S216 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 23, 2013 information required under subparagraph scribed in paragraph (2) shall not apply to a and crime victims regarding the status of (B). sample of sexual assault evidence that— crime scene evidence to be tested; and ‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—A report ‘‘(i) is not considered criminal evidence ‘‘(E) standards for conducting the audit of under this paragraph shall contain the fol- (such as a sample collected anonymously the backlog for DNA case work in sexual as- lowing information— from a victim who is unwilling to make a sault cases required under subsection (n). ‘‘(i) the name of the State or unit of local criminal complaint); or ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— government filing the report; ‘‘(ii) relates to a sexual assault for which The Director shall make available technical ‘‘(ii) the period of dates covered by the re- the prosecution of each perpetrator is barred assistance and training to support States port; by a statute of limitations. and units of local government in adopting ‘‘(iii) the cumulative total number of sam- ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: and implementing the protocols and prac- ples of sexual assault evidence that, at the ‘‘(A) AWAITING TESTING.—The term ‘await- tices developed under paragraph (1) on and end of the reporting period— ing testing’ means, with respect to a sample after the date on which the protocols and ‘‘(I) are in the possession of the State or of sexual assault evidence, that— practices are published. unit of local government at the reporting pe- ‘‘(i) the sample has been collected and is in ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the riod; the possession of a State or unit of local gov- terms ‘awaiting testing’ and ‘possession’ ‘‘(II) are awaiting testing; and ernment; have the meanings given those terms in sub- ‘‘(III) the State or unit of local government ‘‘(ii) DNA and other appropriate forensic section (n).’’. has determined should undergo DNA or other analyses have not been performed on such SEC. 3. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. appropriate forensic analyses; sample; and Not later than 90 days after the end of each ‘‘(iv) the cumulative total number of sam- ‘‘(iii) the sample is related to a criminal fiscal year for which a grant is made for the ples of sexual assault evidence in the posses- case or investigation in which final disposi- purpose described in section 2(a)(7) of the sion of the State or unit of local government tion has not yet been reached. DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of that, at the end of the reporting period, the ‘‘(B) FINAL DISPOSITION.—The term ‘final 2000, as amended by section 2, the Attorney State or unit of local government has deter- disposition’ means, with respect to a crimi- General shall submit to Congress a report mined should not undergo DNA or other ap- nal case or investigation to which a sample that— propriate forensic analyses, provided that of sexual assault evidence relates— (1) lists the States and units of local gov- the reporting form shall allow for the State ‘‘(i) the conviction or acquittal of all sus- ernment that have been awarded such grants or unit of local government, at its sole dis- pected perpetrators of the crime involved; and the amount of the grant received by cretion, to explain the reasoning for this de- ‘‘(ii) a determination by the State or unit each such State or unit of local government; termination in some or all cases; of local government in possession of the sam- (2) states the number of extensions granted ‘‘(v) the cumulative total number of sam- ple that the case is unfounded; or by the Attorney General under section ples of sexual assault evidence in a total ‘‘(iii) a declaration by the victim of the 2(n)(3) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi- under clause (iii) that have been submitted crime involved that the act constituting the nation Act of 2000, as added by section 2; and to a laboratory for DNA or other appropriate basis of the crime was not committed. (3) summarizes the processing status of the forensic analyses; ‘‘(C) POSSESSION.— samples of sexual assault evidence identified ‘‘(vi) the cumulative total number of sam- ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘possession’, in Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reports ples of sexual assault evidence identified by used with respect to possession of a sample established under section 2(n)(4) of the DNA an audit referred to in paragraph (1)(A) or of sexual assault evidence by a State or unit Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000, in- under paragraph (2)(B)(ii) for which DNA or of local government, includes possession by cluding the number of samples that have not other appropriate forensic analysis has been an individual who is acting as an agent of been tested. completed at the end of the reporting period; the State or unit of local government for the SEC. 4. REDUCING THE RAPE KIT BACKLOG. ‘‘(vii) the total number of samples of sex- collection of the sample. Section 2(c)(3) of the DNA Analysis Back- ual assault evidence identified by the State ‘‘(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in log Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. or unit of local government under paragraph clause (i) shall be construed to create or 14135(c)(3)) is amended— (2)(B)(ii), since the previous reporting period; amend any Federal rights or privileges for (a) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and non-governmental vendor laboratories de- and inserting ‘‘2018’’; and ‘‘(viii) the cumulative total number of scribed in regulations promulgated under (b) by adding at the end the following: samples of sexual assault evidence described section 210303 of the DNA Identification Act ‘‘(C) For each of fiscal years 2014 through under clause (iii) for which the State or unit of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14131). 2018, not less than 75 percent of the total of local government will be barred within 12 ‘‘(o) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTOCOLS, TECH- grant amounts shall be awarded for a com- months by any applicable statute of limita- NICAL ASSISTANCE, AND DEFINITIONS.— bination of purposes under paragraphs (1), tions from prosecuting a perpetrator of the ‘‘(1) PROTOCOLS AND PRACTICES.—Not later (2), and (3) of subsection (a).’’. sexual assault to which the sample relates. than 18 months after the date of enactment SEC. 5. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. ‘‘(C) PUBLICATION OF REPORTS.—Not later of the SAFER Act of 2013, the Director, in All grants awarded by the Department of than 7 days after the submission of a report consultation with Federal, State, and local Justice that are authorized under the under this paragraph by a State or unit of law enforcement agencies and government SAFER Act of 2013 shall be subject to the local government, the Attorney General laboratories, shall develop and publish a de- following: shall, subject to subparagraph (D), publish scription of protocols and practices the Di- (1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in fis- and disseminate a facsimile of the full con- rector considers appropriate for the accu- cal year 2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, tents of such report on an appropriate inter- rate, timely, and effective collection and the Inspector General of the Department of net website. processing of DNA evidence, including proto- Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of ‘‘(D) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMA- cols and practices specific to sexual assault grants under this Act to prevent waste, TION.—The Attorney General shall ensure cases, which shall address appropriate steps fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The that any information published and dissemi- in the investigation of cases that might in- Inspector General shall determine the appro- nated as part of a report under this para- volve DNA evidence, including— priate number of grantees to be audited each graph, which reports information under this ‘‘(A) how to determine— year. subsection, does not include personally iden- ‘‘(i) which evidence is to be collected by (2) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient of tifiable information or details about a sexual law enforcement personnel and forwarded for grant funds under this Act that is found to assault that might lead to the identification testing; have an unresolved audit finding shall not be of the individuals involved. ‘‘(ii) the preferred order in which evidence eligible to receive grant funds under this Act ‘‘(E) OPTIONAL REPORTING.—The Attorney from the same case is to be tested; and during the 2 fiscal years beginning after the General shall— ‘‘(iii) what information to take into ac- 12-month period described in paragraph (5). ‘‘(i) at the discretion of a State or unit of count when establishing the order in which (3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under local government required to file a report evidence from different cases is to be tested; this Act, the Attorney General shall give pri- under subparagraph (A), allow such State or ‘‘(B) the establishment of a reasonable pe- ority to eligible entities that, during the 3 unit of local government, at their sole dis- riod of time in which evidence is to be for- fiscal years before submitting an application cretion, to submit such reports on a more warded by emergency response providers, law for a grant under this Act, did not have an frequent basis; and enforcement personnel, and prosecutors to a unresolved audit finding showing a violation ‘‘(ii) make available to all States and units laboratory for testing; in the terms or conditions of a Department of local government the reporting form cre- ‘‘(C) the establishment of reasonable peri- of Justice grant program. ated pursuant to subparagraph (A), whether ods of time in which each stage of analytical (4) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is award- or not they are required to submit such re- laboratory testing is to be completed; ed grant funds under this Act during the 2- ports, and allow such States or units of local ‘‘(D) systems to encourage communication fiscal-year period in which the entity is government, at their sole discretion, to sub- within a State or unit of local government barred from receiving grants under para- mit such reports for publication. among emergency response providers, law graph (2), the Attorney General shall— ‘‘(F) SAMPLES EXEMPT FROM REPORTING RE- enforcement personnel, prosecutors, courts, (A) deposit an amount equal to the grant QUIREMENT.—The reporting requirements de- defense counsel, crime laboratory personnel, funds that were improperly awarded to the

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There were prob- ment to the fund from the grant recipient (ii) lobby any representative of a Federal, lems in more than a dozen States docu- that was erroneously awarded grant funds. state, local, or tribal government regarding (5) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the the award of grant funding. mented in the media. term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means an (B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General de- There were voting machine irregular- audit report finding in the final audit report termines that any recipient of a grant under ities in Pennsylvania and Colorado; of the Inspector General of the Department this Act has violated subparagraph (A), the error-ridden voter rolls in Ohio; delays of Justice that the grantee has utilized grant Attorney General shall— counting ballots in Arizona; voters funds for an unauthorized expenditure or (i) require the grant recipient to repay the waiting in lines 5 hours long in Vir- otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed grant in full; and ginia and 8 hours long in Florida. We or resolved within a 12-month period begin- (ii) prohibit the grant recipient from re- ning on the date when the final audit report have to do better than this. ceiving another grant under this Act for not As Americans, the right to vote is in is issued. less than 5 years. (6) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE- our DNA. So just days after these 2012 SEC. 6. SUNSET. elections, which had such widespread MENTS.— Effective on December 31, 2018, subsections (A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sec- (a)(7) and (n) of section 2 of the DNA Anal- problems, I introduced the FAST Vot- tion and the grant programs described in ysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 ing Act, the Fair, Accurate, Secure, this Act, the term ‘‘ ‘nonprofit organiza- U.S.C. 14135(a)(7) and (n)) are repealed. and Timely Voting Act, along with tion’ ’’ means an organization that is de- Senator WARNER and colleagues in the scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from tax- House, Congressman CONNOLLY and ation under section 501(a) of such Code. WARNER, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. Congressman LANGEVIN. (B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General BLUMENTHAL, and Mrs. GILLI- Our bill challenges States to imple- shall not award a grant under any grant pro- BRAND): ment commonsense changes well before gram described in this Act to a nonprofit or- S. 85. A bill to provide incentives for the next election. It would provide in- ganization that holds money in offshore ac- States to invest in practices and tech- centives and competitive grants to counts for the purpose of avoiding paying the nology that are designed to expedite those States that can turn around their tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal voting at the polls and to simplify poorest performing polling places, im- Revenue Code of 1986. (C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organiza- voter registration; to the Committee prove the administration of their elec- tion that is awarded a grant under a grant on Rules and Administration. tions, and make voting faster and more program described in this Act and uses the Mr. COONS. Mr. President, we are no accessible to all voters. procedures prescribed in regulations to cre- longer in an election year, which As a former county executive myself, ate a rebuttable presumption of reasonable- makes this the perfect time for this I know States and local governments ness for the compensation of its officers, di- Congress to take action on real and are laboratories of democracy. When it rectors, trustees and key employees, shall meaningful election reform. Regardless comes to administering elections, disclose to the Attorney General, in the ap- plication for the grant, the process for deter- of which candidates we voted for last many States and counties are getting mining such compensation, including the November, we can all agree that in the it right. We can learn from them and independent persons involved in reviewing world’s greatest democracy, in the year replicate their successes elsewhere in and approving such compensation, the com- 2013 we should put in place systems the country to ensure these same prob- parability data used, and contemporaneous which ensure every voter will be able lems do not plague the next national substantiation of the deliberation and deci- to cast their ballot without unneces- elections. sion. Upon request, the Attorney General sary delays, redtape, or restriction in For example, Florida was one of shall make the information disclosed under many States with rampant election this subsection available for public inspec- our next elections. That is why I am tion. looking forward to working with my problems in 2012. There were long lines, (7) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Unless oth- colleagues in the Senate, with leaders limited early voting, and other issues erwise explicitly provided in authorizing leg- in State and local governments across that may have disenfranchised as many islation, not more than 7.5 percent of the the country, and with folks in the U.S. as 49,000 Floridians, according to a amounts authorized to be appropriated under Department of Justice to discuss ways study by Professor Theodore Allen of this Act may be used by the Attorney Gen- we can reform our election process to Ohio State University. eral for salaries and administrative expenses make voting more accessible for more Floridians such as Richard Jordan of the Department of Justice. waited more than 3 hours in a line that (8) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— Americans. (A) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized to In his second inaugural address deliv- just was not moving to try and cast his be appropriated to the Department of Justice ered just this Monday, President ballot on election day 2012. He had al- under this Act may be used by the Attorney Obama made a point to tie voting ready worked a 10-hour shift that day. General or by any individual or organization rights to civil rights. President Obama He was exhausted, his back hurt, he awarded discretionary funds through a coop- spoke of the long American march to- was hungry, and ultimately in anger erative agreement under this Act, to host or ward justice. He said: decided he could not wait anymore. He support any expenditure for conferences that simply gave up and walked away. He uses more than $20,000 in Department funds, And the first steps of that march—of the unless the Deputy Attorney General or the journey toward a better, fairer, more equal was denied the opportunity to cast his appropriate Assistant Attorney General, Di- society, one where every American, regard- ballot by an unprepared, rector, or principal deputy as the Deputy At- less of their race, gender, sexual orientation underresourced, or just incompetent torney General may designate, provides prior or economic status, has the same shot at election system. written authorization that the funds may be success—has always started at the ballot On behalf of voters across the State expended to host a conference. box. such as Richard, earlier this month (B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written approval President Obama mentioned Seneca Florida’s elections administrators pre- under subparagraph (A) shall include a writ- Falls, a central moment in the move- sented Florida’s Governor Rick Scott ten estimate of all costs associated with the ment for women’s suffrage, and Selma, with a list of reforms they would like conference, including the cost of all food and the emotional heart of the fight for beverages, audio/visual equipment, honoraria to see implemented to prevent these for speakers, and any entertainment. equal access to voting rights for Afri- problems from happening again. Gov- (C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General can Americans. He said: ernor Scott admitted that his own shall submit an annual report to the Com- Our journey is not complete until no cit- State’s election process was clearly in mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and izen is forced to wait for hours to exercise need of improvement. He said he the Committee on the Judiciary of the House the right to vote. agreed with some of the election super- of Representatives on all conference expendi- He is right. visors’ proposals. In my view, this is a tures approved by operation of this para- The 2012 elections were a wake-up very positive step forward, and one graph. (9) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— call to those of us who treasure the which should be undertaken in every (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to be right to vote. All over our country—in State where there is documented need appropriated under this Act may not be uti- blue States and red States—Americans for stronger, fairer, faster, and freer lized by any grant recipient to— saw their fundamental right to vote elections.

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Our democracy needs to be a record, as applicable— States do a better job of enforcing laws model to the rest of the world for how (i) in providing various voter registration that are already on the books. to ensure that every citizen gets to ex- opportunities; For example, the National Voter ercise the right to vote. (ii) in providing early voting; Registration Act, commonly known as Let’s find a way to come together to (iii) in providing absentee voting; the motor voter law, requires States to put meaningful election reforms in (iv) in providing assistance to voters who allow voters to register when they place now before we deny one more do not speak English as a primary language; renew their driver’s license at the DMV American their fundamental right to (v) in providing assistance to voters with or at other governmental agencies. Yet vote for the candidate of their choice. disabilities; there are substantial and credible alle- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- (vi) in providing effective access to voting gations that some States all across sent that the text of the bill be printed for members of the armed services; in the RECORD. (vii) in providing formal training of elec- this country—whether blue, red, or tion officials; purple—are not fulfilling their obliga- There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in (viii) in auditing or otherwise documenting tions under this act. waiting times at polling stations; In talking with elections administra- the RECORD, as follows: (ix) in allocating polling locations, equip- tors from around the country, it is S. 85 ment, and staff to match population dis- clear to me that compliance with exist- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- tribution; ing law is not complete. We have to do resentatives of the United States of America in (x) in responding to voting irregularities more to ensure voters are afforded the Congress assembled, and concerns raised at polling stations; rights given to them under current law SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (xi) in creating and adhering to contin- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Louis L. and that State agencies are doing what gency voting plans in the event of a natural Redding Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely or other disaster; and is required to simplify the registration Voting Act of 2013’’ or the ‘‘FAST Voting Act (xii) with respect to any other performance process to maintain uniform and non- of 2013’’. measure described in subsection (e) that is discriminatory voter rolls and provide SEC. 2. INCENTIVES FOR STATES TO INVEST IN not included in clauses (i) through (xi); widespread registration opportunities. PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGY THAT (B) evidence of conditions of innovation Enforcing existing law is just part of ARE DESIGNED TO EXPEDITE VOT- and reform that the applicant has estab- ING AT THE POLLS AND SIMPLIFY the solution to the voting problems we VOTER REGISTRATION. lished and the applicant’s proposed plan for implementing additional conditions for inno- saw across our country in 2012. (a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section We also have to look forward at ways are to— vation and reform, including— to deliver the best and most efficient (1) provide incentives for States to invest (i) a description of how the applicant has voting process to all Americans. There in practices and technology that are de- identified and eliminated ineffective prac- tices in the past and the applicant’s plan for is still much more we can do to meet signed to expedite voting at the polls; and (2) provide incentives for States to sim- doing so in the future; that goal, and I think part of the solu- (ii) a description of how the applicant has tion is the mechanism of the FAST plify voter registration. (b) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From the identified and promoted effective practices Voting Act. amount made available to carry out this sec- in the past and the applicant’s plan for doing Our legislation focuses on cost-effec- tion for a fiscal year, the Attorney General so in the future; and tive reforms, such as making it easier may reserve not more than 10 percent of (iii) steps the applicant has taken and will to register online and ensuring citizens such amount to carry out activities related take to eliminate statutory, regulatory, pro- who move to a new jurisdiction can to— cedural, or other barriers and to facilitate easily transfer their voter registration. (1) technical assistance; and the full implementation of the proposed plan under this subparagraph; If we use modern technology that we (2) outreach and dissemination. (c) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— (C) a comprehensive and coherent plan for already have at our disposal, we can (1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts made using funds under this section, and other make it easier for all eligible American available under subsection (h) for a fiscal Federal, State, and local funds, to improve citizens to cast their ballot and ensure year and not reserved under subsection (b), the applicant’s performance on the measures every vote is counted. the Attorney General shall award grants, on described in subsection (e), consistent with President Obama was right to men- a competitive basis, to States in accordance criteria set forth by the Attorney General, tion election reform alongside the with subsection (d)(2), to enable the States including how the applicant will, if applica- most essential civil rights struggles in to carry out the purposes of this section. ble— our country’s history in his inaugural (2) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—A State may not (i) provide flexible registration opportuni- address on Monday. Making it harder receive more than 1 grant under this section ties, including online and same-day registra- tion and registration updating; for citizens to vote is a violation of per grant period. (3) DURATION OF GRANTS.— (ii) provide early voting, at a minimum of their civil rights. Long lines are just (A) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this sec- 9 of the 10 calendar days preceding an elec- another form of voter disenfranchise- tion shall be awarded for a period of not tion, at sufficient and flexible hours; ment. Running out of ballots can be more than 4 years. (iii) provide absentee voting, including no- just another form of voter suppression. (B) CONTINUATION OF GRANTS.—A State that excuse absentee voting; The fact is access to vote is denied is awarded a grant under this section shall (iv) provide assistance to voters who do not when registration is cumbersome or in- not receive grant funds under this section for speak English as a primary language; accessible and when early voter vote- the second or any subsequent year of the (v) provide assistance to voters with dis- by-mail options are just not available. grant unless the State demonstrates to the abilities, including visual impairment; Let’s do something now when we are Attorney General, at such time and in such (vi) provide effective access to voting for members of the armed services; no longer hamstrung by election year manner as determined by the Attorney Gen- eral, that the State is— (vii) provide formal training of election of- politics in the Senate so that changes (i) making progress in implementing the ficials, including State and county adminis- that last and make a difference can be plan under subsection (d)(1)(C) at a rate that trators and volunteers; implemented well before the next elec- the Attorney General determines will result (viii) audit and reduce waiting times at tion. in the State fully implementing such plan polling stations; As someone who serves on the For- during the remainder of the grant period; or (ix) allocate polling locations, equipment, eign Relations Committee and who (ii) making progress against the perform- and staff to match population distribution; often speaks with foreign heads of ance measures set forth in subsection (e) at (x) respond to any reports of voting irreg- State, civil society leaders, and voting a rate that the Attorney General determines ularities or concerns raised at the polling station; advocates from around the world, it is will result in the State reaching its targets and achieving the objectives of the grant (xi) create contingency voting plans in the an embarrassment that in 2012 our Na- during the remainder of the grant period. event of a natural or other disaster; and tion could not overcome the simple (d) APPLICATIONS.— (xii) improve the wait times at the persist- challenges to ensuring fair and accu- (1) APPLICATIONS.—Each State that desires ently poorest performing polling stations rate elections all across our country. to receive a grant under this section shall within the jurisdiction of the applicant;

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The elementary is a unique opportunity for the Na- stakeholders, in developing the plan de- school that Justice Marshall attended, tional Park Service to work in Balti- scribed in subparagraph (C), including evi- dence of the commitment and capacity to known as PS 103, located in my home- more’s inner-city and to reach out and implement the plan; town of Baltimore, is a place of na- engage people about African American (E) the applicant’s annual performance tional significance because it marks history. measures and targets, consistent with the re- the site where one of our Nation’s Needless to say, Thurgood Marshall’s quirements of subsection (e); and greatest legal minds began his edu- legacy is one that should be preserved. (F) a description of the applicant’s plan to cation. He was one of our country’s greatest conduct a rigorous evaluation of the effec- Thurgood Marshall is well known as legal minds and a prominent historical tiveness of activities carried out with funds one of the most significant historical figure of one chapter of our country’s under this section. figures of the American civil rights (2) CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING APPLICA- great history—the civil rights move- TIONS.— movement. By the time he was 32, he ment. This bill authorizes the Sec- (A) AWARD BASIS.—The Attorney General was appointed the chief legal counsel retary of the Interior to conduct a spe- shall award grants under this section on a for the National Association for the cial resource study of PS 103 to evalu- competitive basis, based on the quality of Advancement of Colored People, ate the suitability and feasibility of es- the applications submitted under paragraph NAACP. He served at the NAACP a tablishing the building as a unit of the (1), including— total of 25 years and was a key strate- National Park Service. Preserving the (i) each applicant’s record in the areas de- scribed in paragraph (1)(A); gist to end racial segregation through- building that was Justice Marshall’s el- (ii) each applicant’s record of, and commit- out the United States. ementary school will give Americans ment to, establishing conditions for innova- Perhaps the greatest illustration of insight into Justice Marshall’s child- tion and reform, as described in paragraph this effort was his victory before the hood. (1)(B); Supreme Court overturning the Plessy Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- (iii) the quality and likelihood of success doctrine effectively ending school seg- sent that the text of the bill be printed of each applicant’s plan described in para- regation with the landmark decision in in the RECORD. graph (1)(C) in showing improvement in the Brown v. Board of Education of To- There being no objection, the text of areas described in paragraph (1)(A), includ- ing each applicant’s capacity to implement peka, KS, in 1954. Not only did this the bill was ordered to be printed in the plan and evidence of collaboration as de- case open up educational opportunity the RECORD as follows: scribed in paragraph (1)(D); and and sparked the civil rights movement S. 103 (iv) each applicant’s evaluation plan as de- in this Nation, it also marked the be- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- scribed in paragraph (1)(F). ginning of Thurgood Marshall’s career, resentatives of the United States of America in (B) EXPLANATION.—The Attorney General still a young attorney from Baltimore, Congress assembled, shall publish an explanation of how the ap- as one of the greatest legal minds in all SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. plication review process under this para- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Thurgood graph will ensure an equitable and objective the land. This case was just one of the Marshall’s Elementary School Study Act’’. evaluation based on the criteria described in 29 cases he won before the U.S. Su- subparagraph (A). preme Court. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. (e) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—Each State Fittingly, Marshall was the first Af- In this Act: receiving a grant under this section shall es- rican American confirmed to the Su- (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ tablish performance measures and targets, preme Court. He was nominated by means the Secretary of the Interior. (2) STUDY AREA.—The term ‘‘study area’’ approved by the Attorney General, for the President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 programs and activities carried out under means P.S. 103, the public school located in this section. These measures shall, at a min- and served 24 years, until 1991. On the West Baltimore, Maryland, which Thurgood imum, track the State’s progress— high court, Marshall continued his Marshall attended as a youth. (1) in implementing its plan described in fight for the Constitutional protection SEC. 3. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY. subsection (d)(1)(C); of individual human rights. (a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a (2) in expediting voting at the polls or sim- But Thurgood Marshall was not al- special resource study of the study area. plifying voter registration, as applicable; ways a legal giant. He was once a (b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study and young boy growing up in West Balti- under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— (3) on any other measures identified by the more. He received the first 6 years of (1) evaluate the national significance of Attorney General. his public education at PS 103. An the study area; (f) USES OF FUNDS.—Each State that re- (2) determine the suitability and feasi- ceives a grant under this section shall use apocryphal story goes that a young bility of designating the study area as a unit the grant funds for any purpose included in Thurgood Marshall studied the U.S. of the National Park System; the State’s plan under subsection (d)(1)(C). Constitution in the basement of the (3) consider other alternatives for preserva- (g) REPORTING.—A State that receives a building while serving detention. Re- tion, protection, and interpretation of the grant under this section shall submit to the study area by the Federal Government, Attorney General, at such time and in such gardless of whether or not this is true, State or local government entities, or pri- manner as the Attorney General may re- the building powerfully tells the story vate and nonprofit organizations; quire, an annual report including— of racial segregation in America, PS (4) consult with interested Federal agen- (1) data on the State’s progress in achiev- 103 was a ‘‘blacks only’’ school when cies, State or local governmental entities, ing the targets for the performance measures Justice Marshall was a student, and private and nonprofit organizations, or any established under subsection (e); marks the academic beginning of one other interested individuals; (2) a description of the challenges the of the country’s most brilliant legal State has faced in implementing its program (5) identify cost estimates for any Federal and how it has addressed or plans to address thinkers and a pioneer of the civil acquisition, development, interpretation, op- those challenges; and rights movement. eration, and maintenance associated with (3) findings from the evaluation plan as de- The building is located at 1315 Divi- the alternatives; and scribed in subsection (d)(1)(F). sion Street in the Upton Neighborhood (6) identify any authorities that would (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— of Old West Baltimore. The building is compel or permit the Secretary to influence There are authorized to be appropriated such part of the Old West Baltimore Na- local land use decisions under the alter- natives. sums as may be necessary to carry out this tional Register Historic District, and is section. (c) APPLICABLE LAW.—The study required listed as a contributing historic re- under subsection (a) shall be conducted in By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and source for the neighborhood. The Old accordance with section 8 of the National Ms. MIKULSKI): West Baltimore historic district is one Park System General Authorities Act (16 S. 103. A bill to authorize the Sec- of the largest predominately African U.S.C. 1a–5). retary of the Interior to conduct a spe- American historic districts in the (d) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after country, and its significance is cen- the date on which funds are first made avail- cial resource study of P.S. 103 in West able to carry out the study under subsection Baltimore, Maryland, and for other tered on the African American experi- (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Com- purposes; to the Committee on Energy ence in the area. mittee on Natural Resources of the House of and Natural Resources. In Baltimore, we are fortunate to Representatives and the Committee on En- Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, today I have the National Park Service operate ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate a am proud to introduce the Justice two historical sites, Fort McHenry and report that describes—

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Act of 1965 to require certain creditors In 2012 the amount of outstanding Anna is very blunt and despondent. to obtain certifications from institu- private student loans exceeded $150 bil- She said she made a big mistake going tions of higher education, and for other lion. Students are being steered into to the school. It was a waste. She purposes; to the Committee on Bank- these private loans while they are still thought she would get a better life by ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. eligible for the better government going to college. She didn’t realize Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I rise loans. Why? Because somebody is mak- these for-profit schools by and large today to reintroduce two pieces of leg- ing more money when they sign up for are a waste of money and cause debt islation: the Know Before You Owe Act private student loans. As a result, that most students can never pay back. and the Fairness for Struggling Stu- many students are being saddled with She has bad credit now and a mountain dents Act. These bills will take critical debt they don’t have to be saddled with of debt to show for it. steps toward addressing the student and sometimes debt they can never So what are we going to do about it? debt crisis facing America. repay. Are we going to say: Well, Anna, you Every week my office is contacted by The Consumer Financial Protection should have been a little bit smarter young people and their families who Bureau last year reported that at least when you were 19 years old and sat share with me their horror stories 850,000 individual private student loans across the desk from somebody who about student debt. Many of them are were in default amounting to more said: We want you as a college student. college students or graduates who are than $8 billion. You made your mistake, girl. That is getting crushed by student loans the Let me tell my colleagues about one the way it works in America, and now size of mortgages. All too often, these of those students. I have opened on my you have to pay the price. Is that the young people were lured into attending official Web site a place where those answer? Is that the answer when these worthless, for-profit colleges that left who have student loans and want to for-profit schools depend on the Fed- them with worthless diplomas and share their stories can come. Anna eral Government and taxpayers for 85 mountains of debt. It is disgraceful. Wilcox, who is 31 years old, did. She at- to 95 percent of all of the revenue they But it is not only young people facing tended the Brooks Institute of Photog- take in? this debt crisis, it is their parents, raphy, a for-profit college owned by the These for-profit schools, if we took their siblings, even their grandparents Career Education Corporation. the Federal money we send their way— who did them a favor by cosigning on Anna Wilcox saw a TV ad one day if these for-profit schools were a Fed- these loans. They, too, are being held about this so-called Brooks Institute of eral agency, it would be the ninth larg- responsible when the loans go into de- Photography and decided she would est Federal agency in America. That is fault. call and inquire. The school called her how much money we are pouring into Many of these people contact my of- twice a day until she finally enrolled. these for-profit schools. fice because they don’t know where to The recruiter at the school—this Ca- Let me just put three numbers out turn. Their debt loan leaves them feel- reer Education Corporation School— for people to reflect on: 12 percent of ing helpless. They are putting off told her that a Brooks degree would the students out of high school go to major life decisions such as buying a help her make $85,000 a year as a pho- for-profit schools. We know their home or even starting a family because tographer. So Anna enrolled, and when names. They are students who gather of crushing student debt. We can’t she graduated in 2006, she had a debt of in Washington and come to the gal- stand idly by any longer and ignore about $170,000, almost all of it in pri- leries. They know what I am talking this reality. We have to step up and vate student loans. about. Go on the Internet and try to es- recognize that this student debt bomb Anna was 24 years old with $170,000 in cape an ad for a for-profit school: Uni- is ticking away. student debt from this for-profit versity of Phoenix, DeVry, Kaplan. Student loan debt among college stu- school. With a variable interest rate Ring a bell? Well, I can tell my col- dents surpassed $1 trillion last year. that went as high as 18 percent, her leagues these are the biggies, but there The New York Fed reports that bal- balance just kept growing. Her month- are hundreds of them. Twelve percent ances of student loans have now ex- ly payments on her private student of the students after high school go to ceeded the balances on automobile loan now exceed $1,000 a month. Her for-profit schools. loans and credit card debt in America— Federal loans she took out as well had For-profit schools, though, account student loans. That makes student low interest rates. She said those pay- for 25 percent of all of the Federal aid loans the largest form of consumer ments are reasonable, and she can han- to education. They just soak it up. Stu- debt outside of home mortgages. dle them. Her parents decided to help dents borrow and turn it over to the Last year, 37 million borrowers held her out and cosigned on the loans. Now for-profit schools. The student is stuck student loan debt. That is more than 10 her parents, in their sixties, are on the with the debt. The for-profit school percent of the population of this coun- hook as well. They have to change may never graduate you, but they have try. The average balance is $24,300. But, their life plans because they wanted to their money. remember, that is an average. This is a help their daughter, and now they are There is a third number to remem- massive amount of debt, and it is hav- stuck with a debt of $170,000 for a ber. The first is 12, the second is 25. The ing a profound impact on the lives of worthless diploma from a for-profit third number is 47. Forty-seven percent students and their families across school. of the student loan defaults in America America. Well, Anna did find a job, but the job are students from for-profit schools, The overall growth in student debt is doesn’t pay anywhere near $85,000 a students being dragged into these troubling. The most pressing concern is year. She just can’t keep up with these schools that charge way too much for what is known as private student staggering monthly loan payments. tuition and then the student either loans. If a student goes to college, they She said she would like to file for can’t finish the school or gets out of could qualify for a government-guaran- bankruptcy, clean the slate, and start school and can’t find a job and they are teed loan with dramatically lower in- over. She can’t borrow money to go to stuck. terest rates with accommodations a real school. She has wasted her bor- I tell my students back home, if you based on their employment and even rowing power on these for-profit are not sure, start at a community col- some loan forgiveness. Not so when it schools. lege. It is affordable. It has a wide comes to private student loans in most It doesn’t do her any good to want to array of courses to be offered to you. cases. Students who take out Federal file for bankruptcy. Private student You will learn a lot about yourself, you loans receive affordable interest rates, loans are not dischargeable for bank- will learn a lot about what you want to

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For students who decide student debt. like her. to take out private student loans, the Let me be clear: When used appro- I wish to commend especially one bill would require lenders to provide priately, student loans are valuable community college in my State, the them with quarterly up-to-date infor- and important. I would not be standing Elgin Community College. I have been mation about their balance and inter- here today if I had not borrowed money visiting that school regularly and al- est accrued. It is not one of these deals from the Federal Government to go to ways come home thinking: This college where you just keep borrowing and bor- college and law school. I never could gets it. They have implemented a fi- rowing and borrowing, and finally have afforded it otherwise. It was nancial counseling program that goes when you are about to finish school—or called the National Defense Education above and beyond anything I would put years later—they give you the total, Act. If I told you the numbers that I into law. All of the students at Elgin and you look at it and say: My good- borrowed, you would realize how old I Community College in Elgin, IL, must ness, I did not realize I had signed up am. But at the time, it was scary to submit a monthly budget detailing all for all of that debt. have that much debt coming fresh out their costs when they are seeking fi- This legislation is supported by a of law school. I paid it back just like I nancial aid. The student then has a large coalition of educational, student, was supposed to so the next generation mandatory, one-on-one meeting with a and consumer organizations and has could take over. But what I faced, the counselor to review the loan balance, been recommended by the Consumer debt I incurred to go to school and law the repayment options, and what hap- Financial Protection Bureau. school, does not even come close to pens if they default. This community The other bill I am reintroducing matching what many students have to college has implemented a workshop today is the Fairness for Struggling borrow in the first semester, and that, for students who will be graduating Students Act. This bill, cosponsored by unfortunately, leads to a debt that during the upcoming semester to dis- Senators WHITEHOUSE, FRANKEN, HAR- some will be crushed with for a life- cuss repayment options and give them KIN, and JACK REED, would restore the time. In many instances, student loans a complete summary of every loan they Bankruptcy Code’s pre-2005 treatment help Americans get a quality higher have taken out. of private student loans. education and the job skills they need These students are facing debt the As I said earlier, since 2005 private to repay their loans and have a reward- likes of which they have never seen in student loans have enjoyed a privileged ing life and career. But, unfortunately, their lives. They are motivated by all status under the Bankruptcy Code. there are far too many Americans who of the preaching they have heard from They cannot be discharged in bank- have been steered into high-cost pri- their parents, like me, saying: Go to ruptcy except under the most extreme vate loans that will burden them for school. Get a degree. They are ready to circumstances. Only a few other types life and prevent them from fully con- sign up because they want to do what of debt cannot be discharged in bank- tributing to our economy. they think is the right thing. They do ruptcy—criminal fines, child support, It is about time we woke up to the not know that the for-profit school is taxes, and alimony. In contrast, nearly reality of what students—millions of worthless, they do not know that the all types of private, unsecured debt— students—across America are facing, thousands and thousands of dollars of and their families. We have a responsi- debt will never be able to be repaid, credit card debt, doctor bills—are dis- chargeable in bankruptcy, but not stu- bility to them over and above the prof- and they do not know that debt will be its that are being earned by for-profit with them for a lifetime. So here are dent loans. There was no good reason for Con- schools and the financial institutions some bills I am introducing to address gress to give such preferred treatment peddling these private student loans it. to these financial institutions that are with these outrageous interest rates I believe students will benefit more if and terms. It is time for this Congress they have the kind of loan counseling peddling these private student loans. It was a provision—a sweetheart provi- to listen to working families and their we see at the Elgin Community Col- kids all across America to restore lege. I am joining Senator TOM HARKIN sion—tucked into a massive bank- ruptcy reform bill with very little de- transparency, fairness, and common of Iowa, chairman of the HELP Com- sense to private student loans. I urge mittee, in reintroducing the Know Be- bate and even less justification. There is no evidence that private student my colleagues to support these bills. fore You Owe Private Student Loan Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- loan borrowers were abusing the bank- Act of 2013. sent that the text of the bills be print- ruptcy system before this law was The legislation requires colleges to ed in the RECORD. confirm a student’s enrollment status, changed. In fact, the private student There being no objection, the text of cost of attendance, and estimated Fed- loan market has been growing—even the bills was ordered to be printed in eral financial aid assistance before any before this measure was enacted into the RECORD as follows: private student loan can be approved law. But the private student loan in- S. 113 for that student. In other words, if you dustry got a sweetheart deal out of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- are eligible for the government loan, Congress, and now we are in a situation resentatives of the United States of America in for goodness’ sakes, take that first. where many students have over- Congress assembled, The private student loan is much more whelming private student loan debt, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. expensive, and it is tougher to pay it and they cannot repay, and they can- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Know Before back. So we want to make sure stu- not escape. This is devastating for You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013’’. dents who are eligible for government those students and a drag on our over- SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE TRUTH IN LEND- loans know that before they sign up for all economy. ING ACT. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 128(e) of the the private student loans. Often, stu- There was an article a few months Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1638(e)) is dents have not even applied for Federal ago in the New York Times, and it amended— aid before they are encouraged by some talked about a grandmother who was (1) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting of these schools to apply for private having her Social Security check gar- the following: student loans, or students have not ex- nished because she had signed on as a ‘‘(3) INSTITUTIONAL CERTIFICATION RE- hausted their eligibility for Federal cosigner of her granddaughter’s stu- QUIRED.— aid. Requiring school certification dent loan. Her granddaughter dropped ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in would give the school the opportunity out of college and could not pay back subparagraph (B), before a creditor may issue any funds with respect to an extension to make students aware of Federal stu- the loan, and now we are going after of credit described in this subsection, the dent aid options and the most afford- grandma’s Social Security check. That creditor shall obtain from the relevant insti- able options. is how serious this can be. tution of higher education where such loan is The bill would also require schools to A large coalition of student, edu- to be used for a student, such institution’s counsel the students about their loan cational, civil rights, and consumer or- certification of—

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Such regulations scribed in section 2(c). the institution, as applicable. shall become effective not later than 6 SEC. 4. REPORT. ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub- months after their date of issuance. Not later than 24 months after the issuance paragraph (A), a creditor may issue funds SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE HIGHER EDU- of regulations under section 2(c), the Direc- with respect to an extension of credit de- CATION ACT OF 1965. tor of the Consumer Financial Protection scribed in this subsection without obtaining (a) AMENDMENT TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION Bureau and the Secretary of Education shall from the relevant institution of higher edu- ACT OF 1965.—Section 487(a) of the Higher jointly submit to Congress a report on the cation such institution’s certification if such Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is compliance of institutions of higher edu- institution fails to provide within 15 business amended by striking paragraph (28) and in- cation and private educational lenders with days of the creditor’s request for such cer- serting the following: section 128(e)(3) of the Truth in Lending Act tification— ‘‘(28)(A) The institution shall— (15 U.S.C. 1638(e)), as amended by section 2, ‘‘(i) the requested certification; or ‘‘(i) upon the request of a private edu- and section 487(a)(28) of the Higher Edu- ‘‘(ii) notification that the institution has cational lender, acting in connection with an cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)), as received the request for certification and application initiated by a borrower for a pri- amended by section 3. Such report shall in- will need additional time to comply with the vate education loan in accordance with sec- clude information about the degree to which certification request. tion 128(e)(3) of the Truth in Lending Act, specific institutions utilize certifications in ‘‘(C) LOANS DISBURSED WITHOUT CERTIFI- provide certification to such private edu- effectively encouraging the exhaustion of CATION.—If a creditor issues funds without obtaining a certification, as described in sub- cational lender— Federal student loan eligibility and lowering paragraph (B), such creditor shall report the ‘‘(I) that the student who initiated the ap- student private education loan debt. issuance of such funds in a manner deter- plication for the private education loan, or S. 114 on whose behalf the application was initi- mined by the Director of the Consumer Fi- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ated, is enrolled or is scheduled to enroll at nancial Protection Bureau.’’; resentatives of the United States of America in the institution; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (9), (10), Congress assembled, ‘‘(II) of such student’s cost of attendance and (11) as paragraphs (10), (11), and (12), re- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. spectively; and at the institution as determined under part F of this title; and This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fairness for (3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol- Struggling Students Act of 2013’’. lowing: ‘‘(III) of the difference between— SEC. 2. EXCEPTIONS TO DISCHARGE. ‘‘(9) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.— ‘‘(aa) the cost of attendance at the institu- ‘‘(A) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO STU- tion; and Section 523(a)(8) of title 11, United States DENTS.— ‘‘(bb) the student’s estimated financial as- Code, is amended by striking ‘‘dependents, ‘‘(i) LOAN STATEMENT.—A creditor that sistance received under this title and other for’’ and all that follows through the end of issues any funds with respect to an extension assistance known to the institution, as ap- subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘dependents, of credit described in this subsection shall plicable; and for an educational benefit overpayment or send loan statements, where such loan is to ‘‘(ii) provide the certification described in loan made, insured, or guaranteed by a gov- be used for a student, to borrowers of such clause (i), or notify the creditor that the in- ernmental unit or made under any program funds not less than once every 3 months dur- stitution has received the request for certifi- funded in whole or in part by a governmental ing the time that such student is enrolled at cation and will need additional time to com- unit or an obligation to repay funds received an institution of higher education. ply with the certification request— from a governmental unit as an educational ‘‘(ii) CONTENTS OF LOAN STATEMENT.—Each ‘‘(I) within 15 business days of receipt of benefit, scholarship, or stipend;’’. statement described in clause (i) shall— such certification request; and ‘‘(I) report the borrower’s total remaining ‘‘(II) only after the institution has com- By Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. debt to the creditor, including accrued but pleted the activities described in subpara- MURKOWSKI, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. unpaid interest and capitalized interest; graph (B). COLLINS, Mr. UDALL of New ‘‘(II) report any debt increases since the ‘‘(B) The institution shall, upon receipt of Mexico, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. LAU- a certification request described in subpara- last statement; and TENBERG, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. ‘‘(III) list the current interest rate for each graph (A)(i), and prior to providing such cer- COONS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. loan. tification— STABENOW, and Mr. BEGICH): ‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION OF LOANS DISBURSED ‘‘(i) determine whether the student who WITHOUT CERTIFICATION.—On or before the initiated the application for the private edu- S. 116. A bill to revise and extend pro- date a creditor issues any funds with respect cation loan, or on whose behalf the applica- visions under the Garrett Lee Smith to an extension of credit described in this tion was initiated, has applied for and ex- Memorial Act; to the Committee on subsection, the creditor shall notify the rel- hausted the Federal financial assistance Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- evant institution of higher education, in available to such student under this title and sions. writing, of the amount of the extension of inform the student accordingly; and Mr. REED. Mr. President, I am credit and the student on whose behalf credit ‘‘(ii) provide the borrower whose loan ap- pleased to be joined by Senators MUR- is extended. The form of such written notifi- plication has prompted the certification re- cation shall be subject to the regulations of quest by a private education lender, as de- KOWSKI, DURBIN, COLLINS, TOM UDALL, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. scribed in subparagraph (A)(i), with the fol- MURRAY, LAUTENBERG, BLUMENTHAL, ‘‘(C) ANNUAL REPORT.—A creditor that lowing information and disclosures: COONS, KLOBUCHAR, and STABENOW in issues funds with respect to an extension of ‘‘(I) The availability of, and the borrower’s the introduction of the Garrett Lee credit described in this subsection shall pre- potential eligibility for, Federal financial as- Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization. pare and submit an annual report to the Con- sistance under this title, including disclosing This legislation is named for the son sumer Financial Protection Bureau con- the terms, conditions, interest rates, and re- of Senator Gordon Smith, our former payment options and programs of Federal taining the required information about pri- colleague, who took his own life at the vate student loans to be determined by the student loans. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in ‘‘(II) The borrower’s ability to select a pri- young age of 22. After this tragedy, consultation with the Secretary of Edu- vate educational lender of the borrower’s Senator Smith rallied support from cation.’’. choice. members across the aisle and in both (b) DEFINITION OF PRIVATE EDUCATION ‘‘(III) The impact of a proposed private chambers to prevent other children LOAN.—Section 140(a)(7)(A) of the Truth in education loan on the borrower’s potential from doing the same with passage of Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1650(a)(7)(A)) is eligibility for other financial assistance, in- the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act in amended— cluding Federal financial assistance under 2004. Since then, it has retained its bi- (1) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause this title. (iii); ‘‘(IV) The borrower’s right to accept or re- partisan support among Members of (2) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the ject a private education loan within the 30- Congress and over 40 member organiza- semicolon; and day period following a private educational tions of the Mental Health Liaison (3) by adding after clause (i) the following: lender’s approval of a borrower’s application Group.

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Indeed, what is fairness, and economic opportunity by These transactions, including those for so clear now from this terrible tragedy repealing the income tax and other used goods that have already been is that we have young people who des- taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue taxed, are not subject to the sales tax, perately need help. Parents also need Service, and enacting a national sales so there would be no double taxation. help in identifying early warning signs tax to be administered primarily by Some of my colleagues have asked of mental illness and accessing the ap- the States; to the Committee on Fi- how the fair tax would affect our rev- propriate treatment before it is too nance. enue on our entitlement programs. So- late. Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I cial Security and Medicare benefits The Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act rise to speak today about our Tax Code would remain untouched under the authorizes critical resources for as well as our economic future. There Fair Tax Act. There would be no finan- schools, elementary schools through is a problem with our Tax Code, one cial reductions to either of these vital college where children and young that hits home with nearly all Ameri- programs. Instead, the source of the adults spend most of their time, to be cans; that is, its complexity. In the trust fund revenue for these two pro- able to reach at risk youth. Currently, past few years I have met with hun- grams would be replaced simply by the this law supports 40 States, 38 tribes dreds of constituents who are worried sales tax revenue instead of by payroll and tribal organizations, and 85 col- about this issue. Individuals, small tax revenue. leges and universities in their efforts businesses, farms, and large corpora- Another question I get is how the fair to address mental health and prevent tions alike struggle with meeting their tax would affect impoverished Ameri- suicides among their youth. obligations to the IRS because of the cans. Under the Fair Tax Act, every The bill my colleagues and I are in- complexity of our current Tax Code. American would receive a monthly re- troducing today would increase the au- Earlier this month the IRS Taxpayer bate check equal to the spending up to thorized grant level to States, tribes, Advocate revealed some startling fig- the Federal poverty level, according to and college campuses for the imple- ures in the Agency’s annual report to Department of Health and Human mentation of proven programs and ini- Congress. It estimates that individuals Services guidelines. This rebate would tiatives designed to address mental ill- and businesses spend 6.1 billion hours ensure that no American pays taxes on ness and reduce youth suicide. It will each year complying with the IRS tax the purchase of necessities. enable more schools to offer critical filing requirements. The complexity of We have made nearly 5,000 changes to services to students and provide great- the Tax Code is so burdensome that 9 the Tax Code since 2001—I have sup- er flexibility in the use of funds, par- out of 10 taxpayers now pay a profes- ported some of them, and I have not ticularly on college campuses. sional preparer or use often costly supported others—all in the name of Suicide is now the second leading commercial software to assist in tax improvement and economic benefit. I cause of death for adolescents and preparation. believe we can do better than simply young adults age 10 to 24, up from the Then there is the problem with our lowering our taxes. I know we can third leading cause of death in this corporate taxes. The United States has make a bigger impact on our economic population just a few years ago, and re- the highest marginal effective tax rate future by ridding ourselves of a tax sults in 4,800 lives lost each year, ac- among the largest developed nations in structure that is holding us back. cording to the Centers for Disease Con- the Organization for Economic Co- Ronald Reagan once said: trol and Prevention. Additionally, the operation and Development. According I believe we really can, however, say that CDC reports that 157,000 young adults to recent studies by the Cato Institute, God did give mankind virtually unlimited in this age group are treated for self-in- that rate for U.S. corporations is al- gifts to invent, produce and create. And for most 36 percent. In fact, only Argen- that reason alone, it would be wrong for gov- flicted injuries annually, often as the ernments to devise a tax structure or eco- result of a failed suicide attempt. tina, Chad, and Uzbekistan have higher nomic system that suppresses and denies We can play a role in helping these tax rates than does the United States. those gifts. children and their families. I am While the U.S. corporate rates have re- With that statement, I could not pleased that President Obama and Vice mained high, other countries are low- agree more. President BIDEN recognized this and in- ering their rates. Sweden, for example, f cluded in their Plan to Protect Our has become the latest country to an- Children and Our Communities by Re- nounce that it will lower corporate tax SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS ducing Gun Violence a recommenda- rates, in part to help attract more for- tion to increase support for young eign investment. Our corporate tax SENATE RESOLUTION 8—EXPRESS- adults ages 16 to 25, a population with rates continue to be higher than they ING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE high rates of mental illness, substance should, and we lose our competitive ad- THAT CONGRESS HOLDS THE abuse, and suicide that is unlikely to vantage to other nations in part be- SOLE AUTHORITY TO BORROW seek help. Indeed, passing the Garrett cause of that high tax rate. MONEY ON THE CREDIT OF THE Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthoriza- I want to talk about a way to fix UNITED STATES AND SHALL NOT tion is one way we can better address both these problems. Since joining the CEDE THIS POWER TO THE the mental health needs of this popu- Senate, I have introduced in each new PRESIDENT lation. Congress the Fair Tax Act. Today I am My colleague, Chairman HARKIN, will reintroducing this legislation because Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. be holding a hearing on the status of of my belief that the Fair Tax Act can MORAN, Mr. JOHANNS, Mr. JOHNSON of the mental health system in our coun- fix the problems built into our current Wisconsin, and Mr. CORNYN) submitted try tomorrow. I look forward to con- Tax Code. The fair tax will promote the following resolution; which was re- tinuing to work with him and others to freedom and economic opportunity by ferred to the Committee on Finance: act on the President’s recommenda- eliminating our current archaic and in- S. RES. 8 tions to improve mental and behavioral efficient Tax Code and replacing it Whereas it is Congress’ prerogative and health care services, particularly for with a simpler, fairer means of col- duty to decide how much the Nation will children and young people. This should lecting tax revenue. It will repeal the borrow and for what purposes; be something that we do automatically individual income tax, the corporate Whereas Congress has the responsibility when it comes to the welfare of our income tax, capital gains taxes, all under the Constitution to regulate the terms and conditions under which the Nation bor- children but is even more urgently re- payroll taxes, self-employment taxes, rows funds; quired in the wake of the terrible re- and the estate and gift tax in lieu of a Whereas Congress has the power and the cent tragedies in Connecticut and else- 23-percent tax on the final sale of goods obligation to ensure that payments are made where. and services. Elimination of these inef- on the national debt;

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The total public debt out- 100 times since the first modern debt debt; standing at the end of the third quarter limit was set way back in 1939, and we Whereas on November 29, 2012, the Sec- just passed was $16.07 trillion. That is will do so again shortly. We have to. retary of the Treasury, on behalf of the up from $15.86 trillion reported in June So preserving this role and estab- President, proposed that Congress should 2012. We are on the wrong path. lishing the debt limit is vital to en- surrender its authority to establish the debt The Federal debt is now equivalent courage deficit reduction and to uphold limit of the United States to the executive to at least 73 percent of the Nation’s our constitutional tradition of legisla- branch; and gross domestic product—nearly double tive control over borrowing. Not only Whereas for 6 decades Congress and the the level as a percentage of GDP that does the debt limit provide an essential President have routinely used the necessity check on executive borrowing, it pro- of increasing the debt limit as a vehicle for we had back in 1990. That is not too debate and broader reforms on the path of long ago. vides public accountability—everybody spending and future deficits: Now, therefore, According to some measures, there is talking about transparency—for be it has been a 60-percent increase in the Congress’s borrowing and debt manage- Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate debt limit since 2009. At the rate we are ment practices. We cannot duck that that Congress— going, in a few short years we will be responsibility. We cannot pass this (1) should not relinquish its long utilized spending more to pay interest on the debt limit simply to the Executive and authority vested in article 1, section 8 of the duck our responsibility and the public Constitution to ‘‘borrow money on the credit debt than we will on all discretionary programs outside of defense. Even de- accountability. of the United States’’ by refusing to debate, In other words, debates over the debt amend, and vote on a bill to address the debt fense now is going through a very dif- limit; and ficult time with the sequester and has limit, as difficult and as contentious as (2) should not provide the executive branch already been cut about one-half trillion they are—and they are; I know that— with exclusive power to issue debt on behalf dollars. shed the light of day on the overall fi- of the United States Government. Let me just say that means no nancial condition of the Federal Gov- Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I am money for education. That means no ernment. Precluding these discussions rising to submit a resolution making it money for agriculture. That means no by removing Congress’s authority over absolutely clear that Congress, and money for the environment. That the debt limit would lead to a less well- only Congress, has the authority and means no money for health care. It all informed decisionmaking over fiscal responsibility to set the Federal debt goes to pay off interest on the debt. policy. That is probably the under- limit. I should not even have to submit The Federal debt is the accumulation statement of my remarks. It is a nice a resolution such as this, but I feel it is of this borrowing, including all bills, way to put it. We can do this. In the past, legisla- absolutely necessary. notes, and bonds issued by the Depart- tion to raise the debt limit has fre- Raising the Federal debt limit—the ment of the Treasury. quently been coupled with legislation limit we place on government bor- The current statutory debt limit is to reduce the overall Federal debt and rowing—as everybody knows, has been $16.394 trillion, which was established deficit. That is the way we should do a hot topic around Washington. It is a on January 28 of last year, 2012—about it. These extensions, often approved on key issue for the start of the 113th Con- 1 year ago—under the procedures of the a bipartisan basis, have been important gress. It is another case where if we Budget Control Act of 2011. catalysts for fiscal reform. In this re- could just maintain regular order, reg- According to the Department of the spect, the debt limit is a strong mecha- ular authority to address our problems, Treasury, as of December 31—just last nism, a strong tool, a way for Congress that is the best way for us to approach month—total debt outstanding subject to evaluate fiscal policy and to main- the task of getting our fiscal house in to the limit was only $25 million—mil- tain control over such policy. order. lion; it used to be a lot of money— Abdicating this role would fundamen- I know there is a lot of dispute over below the current limit. tally alter the checks and balances em- what breaching the limit means. There Once the amount of outstanding debt bedded in the Constitution. This is a is a lot of talk about that. It is clear a reaches the debt limit, the government power that should not be bargained great deal of the public and our finan- can no longer issue additional debt to away. cial markets are extremely concerned cover the cash shortfalls needed to The necessary and critical battle to about the Federal Government’s abil- fund government operations and meet control spending is far from over. I ity to meet its financial obligations legal obligations. view the debt ceiling debate as a crit- once we do hit the limit. Similar to the power of the purse, ical means in what has to be an ongo- The President has asked for a very Congress’s powers over borrowing are ing effort to tighten the government’s large increase in the debt ceiling, and firmly rooted in our constitutional tra- fiscal belt—if we can just do that. But some in the administration have called ditions. The Founders understood the we cannot settle our national finances for no limit at all. Others of the admin- potential danger of permitting the ex- by fundamentally altering the con- istration and in the House are calling ecutive branch to unilaterally incur stitutional structure and processes for Congress to give up its authority to new public debt. Article I of the Con- governing those finances. We cannot set the debt limit—rather amazing— stitution empowers only—only—Con- cavalierly give up one of our most im- thus giving the executive branch uni- gress ‘‘to borrow money on the credit portant tools in evaluating and reining lateral authority to borrow. This is not of the United States.’’ in the Federal Government’s runaway a good idea. The debt limit is the means by which spending. If the Federal Government does not Congress—Congress—exercises this Equally clear, we cannot keep spend- collect enough revenue to pay for all critical legislative responsibility. ing what we do not have. We must con- its spending obligations, it must bor- I can remember well that lesson, that tinue to fight for spending cuts, for row to make up the shortfall. Every- lecture, if you will, from Robert C. debt reduction, and against tax in- body knows that. We are borrowing Byrd of West Virginia, the institu- creases and, I might add, the tidal now about 42 cents of every $1 we are tional flame of the Senate, who would wave of regulations that continue to obligated to spend. have repeated that Congress cannot pour out of Washington. This is clearly—I think everybody give debt limit authority to the execu- In response to calls to give up this would agree on either side of the aisle tive, should not, cannot. It is not con- vital congressional authority over debt and the public—an unsustainable situa- stitutional. issuance, I am submitting today a sim- tion which will only get worse if we do To implement this congressional pre- ple resolution. Let’s put the Senate on not begin meaningful discussions over rogative, the amount of money the record. The Congress holds the sole au- our spending priorities, including—in- Federal Government is allowed to bor- thority to borrow money on the credit

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ERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND have identified those loans as having been f BARBUDA AND ITS ACTIONS RE- made from Stanford International Bank cer- SENATE RESOLUTION 9—DESIG- LATING TO THE STANFORD FI- tificate of deposit funds; Whereas, in June 2010, the Securities and NATING JANUARY 2013 AS ‘‘NA- NANCIAL GROUP FRAUD Exchange Commission alleged that Allen TIONAL MENTORING MONTH’’ Mr. VITTER submitted the following Stanford bribed Leroy King, the chief execu- Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. resolution; which was referred to the tive officer of the Financial Services Regu- ISAKSON, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. Committee on Foreign Relations: latory Commission of Antigua and Barbuda, to persuade Leroy King to— LAUTENBERG, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. GILLI- S. RES. 10 (1) not investigate Stanford International BRAND, and Mr. WYDEN) submitted the Whereas the Government of Antigua and Bank; following resolution; which was re- Barbuda has committed numerous acts (2) provide Allen Stanford with access to ferred to the Committee on the Judici- against the interests of United States citi- the confidential files of the Financial Serv- ary: zens and operated the financial sector and ices Regulatory Commission; S. RES. 9 judicial system of Antigua and Barbuda in a (3) allow Allen Stanford to dictate the re- manner that is manifestly contrary to the Whereas mentoring is a longstanding tradi- sponse of the Financial Services Regulatory public policy of the United States; tion in which a dependable, caring adult pro- Commission to inquiries by the Securities vides guidance, support, and encouragement Whereas 20,000 investors, including many and Exchange Commission about Stanford to facilitate the social, emotional, and cog- United States citizens, lost $7,200,000,000 in International Bank; and nitive development of a young person; an alleged Ponzi scheme involving fictitious (4) withhold information from the Securi- Whereas continued research on mentoring certificates of deposit from Stanford Inter- ties and Exchange Commission; shows that formal, high-quality mentoring national Bank, an offshore bank chartered in Whereas, in June 2010, the United States focused on developing the competence and Antigua and Barbuda; Department of Justice indicted Leroy King character of the mentee promotes positive Whereas the Government of Antigua and on criminal charges and ordered Leroy King outcomes, such as improved academic Barbuda violated the order of the United to be extradited to the United States; achievement, self-esteem, social skills, and States District Court for the Northern Dis- Whereas the Government of Antigua and career development; trict of Texas regarding the receivership pro- Barbuda has failed to complete the process of Whereas further research on mentoring ceeding initiated at the request of the United extraditing Leroy King to the United States provides strong evidence that mentoring suc- States Securities and Exchange Commission to stand trial; cessfully reduces substance use and abuse, (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘Securi- Whereas Dr. Errol Cort, who served as the academic failure, and delinquency; ties and Exchange Commission’’), in which Minister of Finance of Antigua and Barbuda Whereas mentoring, in addition to pre- the court took exclusive control of all the from 2004 to 2009, allegedly received more paring young people for school, work, and assets owned by Allen Stanford and Stan- than $1,000,000 of fraudulently transferred life, is extremely rewarding for the people ford-affiliated entities around the world and Stanford investor funds either directly or in- who serve as mentors; documents relating to those assets; directly through his law firm, Cort & Cort; Whereas more than 5,000 mentoring pro- Whereas the Government of Antigua and Whereas Cort & Cort, the law firm of Dr. grams in communities of all sizes across the Barbuda challenged the authority of the Errol Cort, served as the official registered United States focus on building strong, effec- United States District Court for the North- agent for Stanford International Bank until tive relationships between mentors and ern District of Texas by— June 2009; mentees; (1) initiating a separate and competing liq- Whereas the Government of Antigua and Whereas approximately 3,000,000 young uidation proceeding for Stanford Inter- Barbuda, along with the Eastern Caribbean people in the United States are in formal national Bank; and Central Bank— mentoring relationships due to the remark- (2) appointing liquidators who have defied (1) seized control and possession of the able vigor, creativity, and resourcefulness of the orders of the court in multiple jurisdic- Allen Stanford-owned Bank of Antigua with- the thousands of mentoring programs in tions around the world by litigating for con- out compensation to the United States dis- communities throughout the United States; trol of hundreds of millions of dollars in trict court-appointed receiver; Whereas, in spite of the progress made in bank accounts in the United Kingdom, Swit- (2) renamed that bank the ‘‘Eastern Carib- increasing mentoring, the United States has zerland, and Canada; bean Amalgamated Bank’’; and a serious ‘‘mentoring gap’’, with nearly Whereas the Government of Antigua and (3) allocated a 40 percent ownership posi- 15,000,000 young people in need of mentors; Barbuda challenged the authority of the tion to the Government of Antigua and Bar- Whereas mentoring partnerships between United States Department of Justice by buda and 60 percent ownership to 5 Eastern the public and private sectors bring State seeking to obtain control of hundreds of mil- Caribbean Central Bank member banks; and local leaders together to support men- lions of dollars in bank accounts in the Whereas, after the fraud that the Stanford toring programs by preventing duplication of United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Canada Financial Group allegedly perpetrated was efforts, offering training in industry best that had been frozen at the request of the made public, the Government of Antigua and practices, and making the most of limited Department of Justice in accordance with Barbuda expropriated numerous Allen Stan- resources to benefit young people in the multilateral criminal asset forfeiture trea- ford-owned properties in Antigua and Bar- United States; ties; buda worth up to several hundred million Whereas the designation of January 2013 as Whereas the courts of Antigua and Bar- dollars, and the government has not turned ‘‘National Mentoring Month’’ will help call buda have denied recognition of the United over those properties to the United States attention to the critical role mentors play in States district court-appointed receiver for district court-appointed receiver; helping young people realize their potential; all assets of Allen Stanford and Stanford-af- Whereas the Government of Antigua and Whereas a month-long celebration of men- filiated entities; Barbuda expropriated without compensation toring will encourage more individuals and Whereas the Stanford International Bank the property known as the Half Moon Bay organizations, including schools, businesses, liquidators appointed by the Eastern Carib- Resort, which is owned by a group of 12 nonprofit organizations, faith institutions, bean Court of Appeals now seek recognition United States citizens; and and foundations, to become engaged in men- of the Antigua and Barbuda liquidation pro- Whereas the Government of Antigua and toring across the United States; and ceeding as a foreign insolvency proceeding Barbuda— Whereas, most significantly, National under chapter 15 of title 11, United States (1) has sought and obtained loans from the Mentoring Month— Code, in the United States District Court for International Bank for Reconstruction and (1) will build awareness of mentoring; and the Northern District of Texas; Development and the International Develop- (2) will encourage more people to become Whereas the Government of Antigua and ment Association (commonly known as the mentors and help close the mentoring gap in Barbuda acknowledged in a statement in ‘‘World Bank’’) and the International Mone- the United States: Now, therefore, be it March 2010 that— tary Fund; and Resolved, That the Senate— (1) Stanford International Bank ‘‘was oper- (2) is the recipient of other direct and indi- (1) designates the month of January 2013 as ating in Antigua as a transit point and for rect aid from the United States: Now, there- ‘‘National Mentoring Month’’; purposes of registration and regulation’’; and fore, be it (2) recognizes with gratitude the contribu- (2) ‘‘[t]he business of Stanford Inter- Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate tions of the millions of caring adults and national Bank, Ltd. was run from Houston, that— students who are already volunteering as Texas, and its books maintained in Memphis, (1) provision of all further direct or indi- mentors; and Tennessee’’; rect aid or assistance, including assistance

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Mr. President, I and to express religious thought is acknowl- ask unanimous consent that Jac- until the Government of Antigua and Bar- edged to be a fundamental and unalienable buda provides complete redress of the issues right belonging to all individuals; queline Emanuel, who is a fellow in described in the preamble, including Whereas the United States was founded on Senator MARK UDALL’s office, be grant- through— the principle of freedom of religion and not ed floor privileges for the Senate’s ses- (A) the full cooperation of the Government freedom from religion; sions of the 113th Congress for the re- of Antigua and Barbuda and any appointee of Whereas the framers of the Constitution of mainder of the month of January 2013. that government, including the joint liquida- the United States intended that the First tors of Stanford International Bank, with The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Amendment to the Constitution would pro- objection, it is so ordered. the United States Securities and Exchange hibit the Federal Government from enacting Commission, the United States Department any law that favors one religious denomina- f of Justice, the United States district court- tion over another, not that the First Amend- appointed receiver, and the United States ment to the Constitution would prohibit any SIGNING AUTHORITY district court-appointed Stanford Investors mention of religion or reference to God in Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- Committee, in investigating the Stanford Fi- civic dialogue; nancial Group fraud and marshaling the as- imous consent that from Wednesday, Whereas, in 1983, the Supreme Court held sets of Allen Stanford and all Stanford-affili- January 23, through Monday, January in Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783, that the ated entities; 28, the majority leader be authorized to practice of opening legislative sessions with (B) an agreement by the Government of prayer has become part of the fabric of our sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolu- Antigua and Barbuda to be subject to the ju- society and invoking divine guidance on a tions. risdiction and bound by the judgment of any public body entrusted with making the laws The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without United States court that adjudicates the is not a violation of the Establishment objection, it is so ordered. claims relating to the Stanford Financial Clause of the First Amendment to the Con- Group fraud; Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest (C) the transfer of the assets seized by the stitution, but rather is simply a tolerable ac- the absence of a quorum. Government of Antigua and Barbuda, or ob- knowledgment of beliefs widely held among The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tained by the joint liquidators of Stanford the people of the United States; clerk will call the roll. Whereas voluntary prayer by elected bod- International Bank, to the United States dis- The legislative clerk proceeded to trict court-appointed receiver for the benefit ies should not be limited to prayer in State legislatures and Congress; call the roll. of victims of the Stanford Financial Group Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- fraud; Whereas school boards are deliberative (D) a contribution by the Government of bodies of adults, similar to a legislature in imous consent that the order for the Antigua and Barbuda to the United States that they are elected by the people, act in quorum call be rescinded. receivership estate for the benefit of victims the public interest, and hold sessions that The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without of the Stanford Financial Group fraud, in an are open to the public for voluntary attend- objection, it is so ordered. amount equal to the amount of any funds ance; and f that Allen Stanford or any Stanford-affili- Whereas voluntary prayer by an elected ated entity provided to the Government or body should be protected under law and en- MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME couraged in society because voluntary pray- government officials of Antigua and Bar- EN BLOC—S. 81, S. 82, S. 83, AND buda; er has become a part of the fabric of our soci- (E) a contribution by the Government of ety, voluntary prayer acknowledges beliefs S. 124 Antigua and Barbuda to the United States widely held among the people of the United Mr. REID. Mr. President, I am told receivership estate for the benefit of victims States, and the Supreme Court has held that there are four bills at the desk, and I of the Stanford Financial Group fraud, in an it is not a violation of the Establishment ask for their first reading en bloc. Clause of the First Amendment to the Con- amount equal to any payments that Allen The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Stanford or the Stanford Financial Group stitution for a public body to invoke divine made to Leroy King or any other official of guidance: Now, therefore, be it clerk will read the titles of the bills en the Government of Antigua and Barbuda for Resolved, That the Senate— bloc. the purpose of subverting regulatory over- (1) recognizes that prayer before school The legislative clerk read as follows: sight of Stanford International Bank; board meetings is a protected act in accord- A bill (S. 81) to provide guidance and prior- (F) the fulfillment by the Government of ance with the fundamental principles upon ities for Federal Government obligations in Antigua and Barbuda of its obligations relat- which the United States was founded; and the event that the debt limit is reached. ing to the expropriation of the Half Moon (2) expresses support for the practice of A bill (S. 82) to provide that any executive Bay Resort; and prayer at the beginning of school board action infringing on the Second Amendment (G) an agreement by the Government of meetings. has no force or effect, and to prohibit the use Antigua and Barbuda to not— of funds for certain purposes. (i) interfere with the receivership com- f A bill (S. 83) to provide for continuing op- menced by the United States Government; erations of Government in a fiscally respon- and sible manner. (ii) seek control of assets claimed by the AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO A bill (S. 124) to provide that Members of United States Government; and MEET Congress may not receive pay after October (2) the Secretary of the Treasury should di- 1 of any fiscal year in which Congress has COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS rect the United States Executive Directors not approved a concurrent resolution on the of the International Bank for Reconstruction Mrs. McCASKILL. Mr. President, I budget and passed the regular appropriations and Development and the International De- ask unanimous consent that the Com- bills. velopment Association (commonly known as mittee on Foreign Relations be author- the ‘‘World Bank’’) and the International Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now ask ized to meet during the session of the for a second reading en bloc, and I ob- Monetary Fund to use the voice and vote of Senate on January 23, 2013, at 9 a.m., to the United States to ensure that any future ject to my own request on all four of loan made by the World Bank or the Inter- hold a hearing entitled, ‘‘Benghazi: The these measures. national Monetary Fund to the Government Attacks and the Lessons Learned.’’ The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- of Antigua and Barbuda is conditioned on The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tion is heard. providing complete redress of the matters, objection, it is so ordered. The bills will be read for the second and satisfaction of the requirements, de- COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY time on the next legislative day. scribed under paragraph (1). Mrs. McCASKILL. Mr. President, I f f ask unanimous consent that the Com- SENATE RESOLUTION 11—EX- mittee on the Judiciary be authorized ORDERS FOR THURSDAY, PRESSING SUPPORT FOR PRAY- to meet during the session of the Sen- JANUARY 24, 2013 ER AT SCHOOL BOARD MEET- ate, on January 23, 2013, at 10 a.m., in Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- INGS room SD–226 of the Dirksen Senate Of- imous consent that when the Senate Mr. VITTER submitted the following fice Building, to conduct a hearing en- completes its business today, it recess resolution; which was referred to the titled ‘‘Judicial Nominations.’’ until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, January Committee on Health, Education, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 24, 2013; that following the prayer and Labor, and Pensions: objection, it is so ordered. pledge, the Journal of proceedings be

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DIANE DIFRANCESCO MELANI S. HOWARD approved to date and the time for the MARY C. GOETTER PAUL B. HOWARD two leaders be reserved for their use THOMAS M. HANSEN GERALD L. HROMOWYK JO ANNE HOWARD WILLIAM T. HUBBARD later in the day; that following any LIESELOTTE J. KENNEDY THOMAS WILSON HUDNALL leader remarks, the Senate be in a pe- DOROTHY ANNE KLEINERT MARTY A. HUGHES riod of morning business for debate JANET L. SETNOR BRYAN D. HUNTLEY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT ERIC P. JENKINS only until 12 noon, with Senators per- TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR ERIC R. JENKINS FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: BARRY K. JONES mitted to speak for up to 10 minutes FRANCEEN KAKAVOULISPERERA each during that time, with the major- To be colonel CATHERINE J. KASSUBE JAMES W. KELLOGG, JR. DINA L. BERNSTEIN ity controlling the first half-hour and JOSEPH W. KING CHRISTOPHER DAVID CAREY JOHN L. KITCHELL III the Republicans controlling the second MICHELLE S. CRAMER DETLEF KLANN GEORGE A. KIRKPATRICK half-hour. ANN P. KNABE LORRAINE M. MINK STEPHEN R. KOENIG The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without JULIA D. RIVERA ROBERT BRYAN KOWNACKY DANIEL L. ROUSE objection, it is so ordered. TANYA R. KUBINEC CHRISTOPHER A. SANTORO NEAL J. LANDEEN f RANDALL G. SNOW MICHAEL J. LATTANZI CORNELIA P. WEISS ANDREW J. LEONE RECESS UNTIL 9:30 A.M. WILLIAM R. YOUNGBLOOD HAROLD W. LINNEAN III THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT JEFFRY S. LONG TOMORROW TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR KAREN L. MAGNUS Mr. REID. Mr. President, if there is FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: JAMES D. MARSHALL To be colonel DOUGLAS S. MARTIN no further business to come before the JACQUELYN L. MARTY Senate, I ask unanimous consent that TIMOTHY LEE BRININGER THOMAS C. MATSCHEK, JR. JEANINE M. CZECH KURT A. MATTHEWS it recess under the previous order. DAVID L. DAWSON JEANINE M. MCANANEY There being no objection, the Senate, KARL J. EDELMANN TERRY W. MCCLAIN ERIC S. JOHNSON SCOTT T. MCLEAN at 6:39 p.m., recessed until Thursday, COLLEEN ELIZABETH KELLEY THOMAS CHRIS MCNURLIN January 24, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. JOHN T. LANGELL RUTH MEYER DAVID J. LUTHER JOEL M. MILTON MARY E. NEWMAN THOMAS O. MOFFATT, JR. f MARTHA M. MONROE BRIAN S. PINKSTON LEON H. MORRIS THOMAS E. QUINN, JR. CHARLES E. MORTON NOMINATIONS CHRISTOPHER J. RYAN BRIAN J. MUELLER Executive nominations received by THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT NICHOLAS W. MYERS TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR MARK A. NEVILLE the Senate: FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: CHRISTOPHER D. OGREN IN THE ARMY To be colonel SHANNON OHARREN ERIC J. OISTAD THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT FRANCIS XAVIER ALTIERI MICHAEL J. OTT IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED MICHAEL EDWARD AMIRAULT RAYMOND C. OTTO WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND BRYAN G. ANDERS DAVID A. OWENS, JR. RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: BRADFORD T. ANDERSON EDWARD G. PAYLOR ANTHONY P. ANGELLO JAMES M. PAYNE II To be general DAVID SCOTT ARGYLE REX EUGENE PELTO GENERAL LLOYD J. AUSTIN III CHARLES D. ASSUMMA LINDA N. PEPIN KEVIN J. AUNAPU ROBERT L. PERCY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT ROBERT E. BALSERAK ROBERT E. PEREZ IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED PAUL NATHAN BARNES ANTHONY M. PERKINS WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND BRIAN CHRISTOPHER BATAILLE DEAN E. PETERS RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: DAVID B. BAYSINGER KURT M. PETERS To be lieutenant general LESLIE A. BEAVERS MICHAEL H. PHAN PAMELA ANNE BERGESON DAVID A. PIFFARERIO LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT L. CASLEN, JR. RICARDO J. BERUVIDES PAUL RICHARD PINKSTAFF ROBERT M. BLAKE RAYMOND M. PLATT IN THE AIR FORCE BRETT A. BOLAN DAVID C. POLACHECK THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUAL FOR APPOINT- BRIAN S. BOWMAN ANTHONY G. POLASHEK MENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR AIR ANN L. BROWN RICHARD C. POSTON FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: STEPHEN M. BROWNING SCOTT M. REED PAMELA JUNE BRUNER JOSEPH MATTHEW REVIT To be major ROBERT OTIS BUCHANAN DAVID WAYNE ROBERTSON MICHAEL ALPHONS BUONICONTI STANLEY ROGERS KORY D. BINGHAM GREGORY P. BUTLER KATHRYN A. RUSSEL THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT ERIC MARTIN BUTTER PAUL A. SAINSBURY TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR DEAN C. CALDWELL SCOTT D. SANDBERG FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: LEE WILLIAM CAREY GREGORY R. SAUNDERS BARBARA ELISABETH CARSON JOHN L. SCHMIDT III To be colonel JOHN YOUNG CHOL CARTER DAVID E. SCHOBEL MICHAEL A. COOPER ELIZABETH J. CHAMBERLAIN TODD MICHAEL SEGER LOREN J. JANKE TODD WILLIAM CHAVANNE LORENZA H. SHAW III SUSAN MICHELLE MILLER MICHAEL A. CHRISTOPH JAMES M. SHEALY II MELISSA ANN COBURN CRAIG B. SHENKENBERG THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT CHRISTINA M. COLLINS DORNEEN W. SHIPP TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR GLENN COLLINS JEFFREY B. SHORES FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: JOSEPH A. COLLINS LENNIE J. SIMPSON To be colonel DAVID J. CONDIT MARK V. SLOMINSKI MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER CONRAD DAVID L. SMITH VICTOR DOUGLAS BROWN ARTHUR T. COPPAGE GEORGE HUMPHREY SMITH III DAVID P. DOROFF STANLEY D. CROW, JR. MICHAEL J. SMITH DAVID L. MOYER PETER V. CULLINAN SCOTT A. SNYDER RODNEY M. WAITE CHRISTOPHER C. CUNNINGHAM ADAM J. SPEARS THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT RAYMOND J. DANOWSKI RANDY P. SPEARS TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR LISA D. DAY ROBERT J. STANTON FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: MICHAEL P. DAY CLIFTON D. STARGARDT JOSEPH LOUIS DELLARCIPRETE STEPHEN J. STASO To be colonel LAWRENCE R. DISALVI ROBERT J. STEFANOWICZ TIMOTHY SEAN DONNELLY CHRISTOPHER L. STEGNER WALTER S. ADAMS VANESSA J. DORNHOEFER ANDREW H. STEPHAN RANDY A. MARSHALL BARNABAS DUDAS PAUL K. STERNAL DAVID L. SUMRALL ROBERT GREEN DUNHAM CAROLYN ANN STICKELL CARL E. SUPPLEE SAM T. DUPRE MICHAEL A. STOLT THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT ALAN M. EDMIASTON MICHAEL LEROY TAYLOR TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR BRIAN M. FARRAR SHERRY L. TEAGUE FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: TERRY J. FRADY KIMBERLY G. TEBRUGGE KENNETH T. FRANKENBERY KEVIN B. THOMAS To be colonel RALPH L. FREED STUART A. TOFT JOHN J. BARTRUM CHESTER V. FROST III MIGUEL F. TORREALDAY WILLIAM H. CRAIG DARRIN L. GAMBLIN STEVEN G. TREE KRISTIN A. HILLERY SEAN ALAN GARRETT CHARLES D. TUCK GREGORY C. STAUDENMAIER ROBERT P. GRAHAM LUTHER L. UPTON, JR. ANTHONY A. TREZZA MARK M. GRUENEWALD ANTHONY DOMINIC VALLERA GEORGE L. VALENTINE ROBERT A. HADDIX CAROL ANN MARIE VELDHUIZEN GREGORY D. HALEN SAMUELL R. VENEY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT JEROME S. HAYES NICHOLAS A. VOLPE TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR LYNNETTE J. HEBERT ANNE M. VONLUHRTE FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: WILLIAM M. HEISER JEFFREY S. WALLACE To be colonel DIANE L. HIGGINBOTHEM CLIFFORD W. WALLER JEFFREY FRANK HILL ROBERT J. WALTZ KIMBERLY L. BARBER MARK D. HOLTEN JAMES F. WARD

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JOHN K. WELCH DALE B. RIVERS JASON D. WRIGHT CRAIG R. WELLS PAUL R. ROSEWITZ MATTHEW E. WRIGHT ADRIAN K. WHITE MICHAEL C. ROWELLS MARC W. ZELNICK MARIA EARNHARDT WHITE GLENN W. SANDERS THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT CHRISTOPHER T. WHITEHEAD EDUARDO C. SANNICOLAS TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE ROBERT D. WHITEHOUSE EASTER K. SHARPE ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: STEPHANIE W. WILLIAMS RICHARD T. SHEVLIN ADAM B. WILLIS DUSTIN A. SHULTZ To be colonel GARY A. WOLF ROBERT F. SINGLER, JR. TIMOTHY G. ABRELL GREGORY W. SMITH SHANNON L. YENCHESKY SCOTT E. ADAMS PAUL M. SOEHNLEIN KEVIN M. ZELLER ROBERT C. ALLISON, JR. MICHAEL P. SPEARS JOHN C. ANDONIE IN THE ARMY MARK A. TOWNE RAMON M. ANGELUCCI MICHAEL J. TROMBLEY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT GARY P. APPEL MICHAEL J. VARGAS TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY NICHOLAS R. ARANDA FRANCISCO S. VELEZ III UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: BRUCE C. BALZANO JOHN B. VINZANT THOMAS C. BARNETT, JR. THERESA J. WALSH To be lieutenant colonel MARTIN J. BASHAM FLETCHER V. WASHINGTON JEFFREY K. BECKER JONATHAN A. FOSKEY KURT H. L. WEINAND MATTHEW J. BEDWELL THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT BRADLEY P. WELCH MAUREEN E. BELLAMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE MATTHEW Z. WEST JANEEN L. BIRCKHEAD ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: PAMELA L. WRIGHT ROBYN J. BLADER TWANDA E. YOUNG RONALD L. BRAZELL II To be colonel MICHAEL J. ZINNO THERESA L. BROWN MARION J. PARKS THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT JONATHAN D. BUONAMICI THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY JOHN E. BURICK TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL’S CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, TODD R. BURTON ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: U.S.C., SECTIONS 624 AND 3064: JAMES J. CARUOLO To be major DAVID G. CHACON To be colonel PAUL B. CHAUNCEY III LESLIE E. AKINS KENNETH D. CHAVEZ KAREN A. PIKE RONALD ALCALA PHILIP W. CLAYTON THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUALS FOR REGULAR ADRIAN T. ALLISON DENNIS S. CLEAVELAND APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE NATHANIEL H. BABB CHRISTOPHER J. COLE UNITED STATES ARMY NURSE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, JASON S. BALLARD SCOTT E. COLLINS U.S.C., SECTIONS 531 AND 3064: SEAMUS K. BARRY MARGARET L. COMPTON To be major KRISTA L. BARTOLOMUCCI DAVID M. COOLEY CHRISTOPHER B. BERHOW JEFFREY L. COPELAND DEREK S. REYNOLDS TRICIA L. BIRDSELL ROBERT C. COVERT BRIAN D. VOGT KENNETH W. D. BORGNINO HOLLIE A. CRISSEY CARL J. BROMLEY LISA CRUM THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR REGULAR AP- JAY S. BURNS DAVID M. DAHLE POINTMENT IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED JOHN W. CAULWELL DARRELL W. DANIELS STATES ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: CINNAMON J. CHIELENS JONATHAN T. DAVENPORT To be major JOHN CIULLA, JR. MATTHEW L. DAVIS GILBERT J. COMLEY BARRY A. DEATON EDWARD A. FIGUEROA BRENDAN R. CRONIN DARRELL W. DEMENT MICHAEL C. VANHOVEN CHRISTOPHER J. CURRAN JODY L. DEW THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT MELISSA DASGUPTASMITH MICHAEL P. DIETZ TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE NICHOLES D. DEMBINSKI AMANDA E. DIGRE ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: JOHN G. DOYLE MARTIN C. DINAN BRADLEY ENDICOTT TONY D. DIVISH To be colonel CHAD M. FISHER JONATHAN R. DOLS JACK C. MASON CHRISTOFER T. FRANCA ROBERT A. DWAN, SR. TODD B. WAYTASHEK JEFFREY A. GILBERG ANITA R. EASLEY MEGHAN D.B. GLUSHENKO ROBERT D. EDGERLY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT BRENT A. GOODWIN FRANK D. EMANUEL TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE CLYDE B. GORE DAVID H. ESTES ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: TERRY J. GRIDER GREGORY L. ESTES To be colonel JOHN R. GUENARD MICHAEL V. ETCHEVERRY RAUDEL GUERRA CURTIS W. FAULK RUTH E. APONTE BRAD T. GWILLIM RICHARD B. FENNELL EDWARD R. ARMSTRONG JEREMY A. HAUGH KYLE G. FERLEMANN WARREN F. BACOTE JENNIFER M. HEALY JOHN W. FINDLEY TIMOTHY O. BANE THOMAS S. HONG MICHAEL S. FINER MARSHALL D. BANKS LARRIS HUTTON GEORGE L. FISHER CRAIG A. BARKLEY STEWART HYDERKHAN THOMAS C. FISHER ROSBELL BARRERA MATTHEW W. JEPPSON ADAM R. FLASCH THOMAS E. BARTOW DURWARD JOHNSON CHRISTOPHER M. FLEMING HARRY C. BLANCO JOSHUA W. JOHNSON DANIEL M. FRICKENSCHMIDT ROBERT I. BLAND ASHLEY A. JOLISSAINT MARTIN S. FRIES CURTIS T. BOTH JOSEPH E. JORGENSEN MARK S. FRITZ NORMA J. BRADFORD CAOILTE K. JOY DOUGLAS C. GAGNON MIGUEL A. CASTELLANOS TAKASHI KAGAWA ELIZABETH K. GAYTON DOUGLAS A. CHERRY BRIAN J. KARGUS FREDERICK P. GILSON TYRONE D. CLIFTON SAMUEL K. KIM NEIL C. GLAD ELIZABETH A. COBLE MICHAEL KORTE NORBERT L. GLADNICK, JR. MARK W. COLVIS JOSHUA W. KRUPA MICHAEL J. GLISSON ROSANNA L. DOLPHIN CHRISTOPHER A. LACOUR SETH M. GOLDBERG MICHAEL J. FAGNANT BRETT A. LAMBORN CHRISTOPHER M. GOLNICK JON M. GOFORTH MICHAEL H. LAMPHIER ESTEBAN L. GONZALES NIKKI L. GRIFFINOLIVE SANDRA N. LEEBER SAMUEL W. GOULD WILLIAM I. GRYMES SHAUN B. LISTER DOUGLAS T. GRAGERT KENNETH M. HAMMOND MARK W. MALCOLM RODNEY M. GRAHAM MICHAEL T. HARVEY ROBERTO C. MARTENS ANDREW L. GRANTHAM CURTIS R. HENRY DANIEL D. MAURER JON R. GREENHAW SEAN P. HIGGINS ALLISON D. MCFEATTERS WARREN R. GRIFFIS DEBRA A. HOWER JENNIFER A. MCKEEL STEVEN T. GRIGSBY DAVID R. JAMES MARCUS L. MISINEC FORREST M. GRIMES, JR. RICARDO A. JAVIER JODEAN MORROW DAVID A. GUIDO CHARLES M. JENKS DUSTIN P. J. MURPHY JEFFREY J. HAFNER LINDA C. JOHNSON ALAN J. NEF WILLIAM M. HALL PATRICK N. JOYNER WILLIAM A. OBRINGER JOHN P. HARDY MICHAEL L. KASNIC GREGORY T. OMALLEY TODD R. HARLESS DANIEL A. KELLER MEGHAN OSULLIVAN TERRY B. HARPER ROBERT J. KENNEDY BENJAMIN M. OWENSFILICE GEORGE J. HARRINGTON ERIC A. LAWSON JOY L. PREMO CYRO D. HARRISON SAMUEL E. LICORISH, JR. ARMANDO RANCANO JOHN F. HARRISON TERRY D. LINDON JESS R. RANKIN JET M. HAYS RONALD L. LUNDY THEODORE B. REITER ROBERT F. HEPNER, JR. JOSE M. MADERA JAMAL RHINEHARDT BARBARA A. HERRINGTONCLEMENS GASPARE MAGADDINO STEPHEN J. RUETER STEVEN L. HIBLER JOHN D. MANNING ANDREW W. SCOTT GARY M. HOFFMANN EDWARD B. MCEACHERN BRETT C. SHEPARD DEDRICK W. HOSKINS THOMAS P. MCLEARY JOSHUA J. SMITH ANDREW F. HUTCHINSON GREGORY S. MCMILLAN NATHANIEL G. SMITH ENIS A. JAMES ELIZABETH A. MEDINA SHAHARA T. TIMBROOK ROGER L. JENNINGS, JR. DONNA M. MIKULIC VIRGINIA H. TINSLEY DANIEL M. JOHNSON WILLIAM N. NUTTER BRUCE TYLER ANDREA J. JOHNSONHARVEY JAMES R. ORBOCK KYLE C. VANDEWATER JOHN D. JOHNSON THOMAS B. PENTECOST STEVEN VARGO LYNDON C. JOHNSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS CHRISTOPHER C. WAITE ANGELA B. JONES LUIS POMALES RYAN T. WARDLE DAVID V. JORDAN DEREK W. PRUITT JOSEPH H. WHEELER PETER D. JORDAN DEREK J. REMINGTON MELVIN L. WILLIAMS TROY D. JOSLIN

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JOHN E. KAJANDER THOMAS B. ADAMS STANLEY J. KORYTA, JR. RAYMOND M. KENT DAVID F. ALBANESE FRANK A. KUCZYNSKI THOMAS J. KILMARTIN RANDELL ALICEAORTIZ KELLY E. KYBURZ CECIL W. KING DERRIC H. ANDERSON STEVE J. LANCASTER DANIEL J. KNIGHT JON T. ANDERSON RUBY R. LARDENT JOHN D. KOVAC TRAVIS J. ANGLIN RICHARD E. LAUBER GARY D. LADD TROY J. ANHALT KENNETH J. LAVOY GENE K. LAMBRECHT MICHAEL T. ANSAY TODD M. LAZAROSKI RICHARD J. LEBEL DANIEL E. ARZONICO SCOTT R. LEATHERMAN JOHN J. LEE EDGARDO AVILES PETER H. LEE DAVID A. LEGER LISA D. A. BACA BRUCE R. LEMOINE DAVID C. LEONARD MICHELLE M. BAILEY BETHANY I. LENDERMAN THOMAS R. LEONARD GREGORY L. BAISCH EVAN K. LITTMAN TODD W. LEWIS HARLAN E. BALLARD WILLIAM S. LONGINO JAMES D. LORD DANIEL J. BASIK JOHN C. LOOMIS SONJA M. LUCAS MILLER L. BELMONT DOUGLAS A. LUEHE CLYDE A. LYNN III CURTIS A. BENNETT MARK J. MAIER AMY S. LYONS JAMES M. BERRY GAYNA C. MALCOLMPACKNETT MICHAEL A. LYONS KARL J. BERSCHEID RODNEY C. MANOR MICHAEL D. LYTLE ANDREW P. BESSMER PABLO MANZO THOMAS M. MALEE II HERALD E. BIRCHFIELD, JR. DANIEL J. MAROUN BARRY W. MANLEY BARRY N. BIRDWELL DANIEL F. V. MCCARTHY TERRY L. MAST, JR. GARY A. BISSELL JULIANA K. MCCAUSLIN JUDY M. MAVROLEON MICHAEL L. BLAND REX E. MCCULLOUGH SCOTT C. MAYLATH JON T. BLATT JAMES A. MCDONALD DANIEL C. MCCARROLL RICHARD J. BOEHNING FRANCESCA M. MCFADDEN GARY L. MCGINNIS GLENN A. BOGDANSKI MOLLY S. MCGLAUGHLIN EDWARD M. MCINNIS JIMMY D. BOWIE ERIC J. MCGRAW LES A. MELNYK MICHAEL W. BRANER KEVIN W. MCKELVY MICHAEL K. MESSICK STEPHEN J. BROADFOOT JEFFERY W. MCKONE STEVEN E. METZE BUDDY B. BROOK WILLIAM J. MCLAEN MARK K. MIERA MICHAEL E. BROWNE WILLIAM H. MILLARD MILO W. MOODY JAMES C. BULKOWSKI CAROL S. MOMOHARA RENE MORENO JOHN W. BUSTERUD THOMAS O. MONAHAN ALBERT C. MORRIS CLARENCE D. BUTLER JOHN C. MOORE, JR. ROBERT E. MOSCARELLO WINDSOR S. BUZZA DION B. MOTEN MAX E. MOSS, JR. KENNETH W. CARLSON DAVID C. MUNDFROM ERIC T. MULLAI ANGELO J. CARMELLO KARL E. NELL DONALD E. CARTER, JR. GARY L. NICHOL RALPH R. MYERS, JR. WILLIAM E. CARTER MILFORD C. NICHOLS MARTY R. NICHOLS WALTER C. CATLETT LUIS F. NIEVES LEE G. NORDIN SHAWN R. CHENEY MICHAEL D. NYENHUIS DANIEL A. NORMAN WALTER J. CHWASTYK MICHAEL A. OHEARN NATALIE D. NORTHERN RICHARD E. CIOCHON CLARE P. OKEEFFE JEFFREY A. OLIVE ELIZABETH L. COFFMAN MICHAEL G. OLIVERI KEVIN A. OLSON ROYELLE D. COMER TERI L. OMAN JOHN E. PARKER GEORGE W. COOK, JR. ANDREW PARKER MICHAEL E. PATTERSON TIMOTHY P. COON MICHAEL D. PARRISH LISA A. PEAKE THOMAS M. COONEY RICHARD A. PEMBER WILLIAM H. POPPLER MICHAEL D. CRADER ELDON D. PENCE III DAVID C. POULTON GEORGE C. CRESSMAN, JR. GEORGE C. PENROD ROGER A. PRESLEY, JR. KENNETH R. DASILVA JOHN H. PHILLIPS RICKY C. PRESSNELL GLENN M. DAVIS JOHN S. PHILLIPS MIGUEL A. RAMOSNIEVES STEVEN A. DAVIS LAURENCE K. PIKE JASON J. RECKARD DONALD L. DEAS JAMES O. POSEY, JR. RAFAEL A. RIBAS STEVEN J. DEBRUIN JONATHAN M. PULEO MARK T. RICCARDI GENE J. DELBIANCO RONALD QUIETT RYON A. RICHMOND STEVEN E. DEVORE PETER J. RAYNA TIMOTHY R. RICKERT TERRY L. DEWITT GEORGE W. REAGAN TIMOTHY L. RIEGER BRIAN T. DIEFFENBACHER ANNA L. REGO GARY A. ROBINSON II GEORGE K. DIXON DAVID A. ROSCOE ROBERT D. ROBINSON II RONALD D. DIZ RONALD A. SALAS JEFFREY L. RYAN ROY J. DOWNEY DAVID W. SCHEIDELER MARK J. SCHINDLER JOHN M. DRESKA KARL R. SCHELLY RONALD J. SCHWICKERATH TIMOTHY D. DYE MARTIN C. SCHULZ LAWRENCE P. SEABERG JOSEPH F. DZIEZYNSKI WILLIAM P. SCHWAB JAMES S. SELCHERT KIMBERLY G. SELL MATTHEW P. EASLEY JOHN A. SEPRODI CHARLES S. SENTELL III VALERIE D. ECHOLS DAVID P. SHAFER MITCHELL R. SHAFFER HOWARD W. ECKSTEIN DAVID R. SHAUL DARYL N. SHRYOCK ANNE D. EDGECOMB TODD C. SHEALY JOHN W. SIMMA, JR. JOSEPH A. EDWARDS II JAMES T. SHUTO DOUGLAS S. SMITH GREGORY T. ELPERS JAMES B. SLAGOWSKI JAMES E. SMITH JOHN T. FARNSWORTH ELIZABETH B. SMART GEOFFREY M. SMYTH RICHARD A. FAULKNER, JR. RONALD J. SPENCER SUSAN M. SOISSON MICHAEL A. FITZGERALD DEAN T. SPENZOS JOHN C. SPEAR KENNETH W. FORMELLA CHRISTOPHER S. STANGER GREGORY W. SPEARS LOVOYD L. FOUNTAIN JEFFREY S. STEVENS ROBERT W. SPINELLI MITCHELL H. FRIDLEY JOHN A. STEVENS JOHN E. STEFULA SAMUEL A. FRYER LORI A. STRODE DONALD P. STEWART JAMES W. FULKS ANTHONY K. SUTTER KEITH F. STUBBS GERALD J. GAFFORD GERALD A. TAKASE PETER T. SULLIVAN DANIEL A. GAJEWSKI WILLIAM H. TAYLOR BRIAN TACKETT WILLIAM H. GALBREATH STUART J. TOMASA AMY M. TAITANO THOMAS M. GANTT KENNETH S. TOUSSAINT AMY L. TALBERT THOMAS C. GEORGES DANIEL L. TOWNSEND CARL D. TAYLOR DARREL A. GERMAN THEODORE F. TRACY JEANETTE L. THOMPSON SCOTT A. GIACOBBI TRYGVE B. TROSPER DAVID G. TORGERSEN TONI A. GLOVER HERMAN P. VALENTINE ANDREW J. TROSKE SCOTT J. GORDON VINCENT L. VANNOORBEECK LAWRENCE L. TUBBS PETER GORKY LARRY B. VAUGHN DARRYL L. UNDERWOOD SUZANNE M. GOULETTE KEVIN A. VEDDER ALOK K. UPADHYAYA ELIZABETH L. GROSSI ADAM C. VOLANT PETER A. VANDERLAND, JR. MICHAEL W. GROSZ MICHELE R. VOORHEES ALEXANDER J. VERRET, JR. ROBERT A. GRUMBERG DAVID L. WARD EDWARD D. WAGNER MICHELE M. HABERLACH LOREN A. WEEKS HOWARD G. WENGER TYRA A. HARDING JOHN M. WELLS RICHARD P. WHITAKER JEROME R. HEATH ROBERT M. WHITE ROBERT M. WILKINSON RALPH D. HENNING MICHAEL D. WICKMAN JOHN D. WILLIAMSON JON A. HEWITT DAVID L. WILLIAMS CHRISTOPHER J. WILSON ROBERT HILDEBRANDT MICHAEL W. WILLIAMS GARY W. WINCH, JR. JOHN A. HILL WARREN R. WINTRODE TERESA B. WOLFGANG EDWARD HRICZOV, JR. STEVEN F. WOLF MICHAEL J. WORTH TEDDY R. HUGHART ANDREW M. WOOD HARRY G. YOUNGER RONALD S. HUNTER RUSSELL W. WOODLIEF JAMIE D. ZUCKER GARTHA INGRAM III JOHN J. WRANEK III R010075 LAWRENCE M. IWANSKI RICHARD M. WRIGHT BRYDON D. JACKSON IN THE MARINE CORPS WILLIAM R. YOUNG JAY S. JACKSON JAMES A. ZOLLAR THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICER FOR MATTHEW A. JENKINS JOHN A. ZULFER APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE SHAWN M. JIRIK UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT GARRETT P. JOHNSON SECTION 624: TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE KIT D. JONES ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: REX W. JONES To be major To be colonel WOLFGANG E. JUNGE TIMOTHY W. KELLEY DARREN M. GALLAGHER RAFAEL E. ABREU PHILIP E. KEYES THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICER FOR LESLIE L. ACHTERBERG GOTTFRIED H. KOBLITZ APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE

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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., IAN R. CLARK SECTION 624: SECTION 624: WILLIAM P. CLARK JAIME O. COLLAZO To be major To be lieutenant colonel SAMUEL C. COOK DUSTY C. EDWARDS JASON B. DAVIS ROBERT D. COOPER PAUL D. CUCINOTTA THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICER FOR JOHN DIGIOVANNI JOHN F. REYNOLDS, JR. DREW E. CUKOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE MATTHEW C. CULBERTSON UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR ROMIN DASMALCHI SECTION 624: APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE CHARLES M. DUNNE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., To be major THOMAS C. EULER III SECTION 624: THOMAS M. FAHY, JR. JACKIE W. MORGAN, JR. To be lieutenant colonel TODD W. FERRY CHRISTOPHER A. FEYEDELEM THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICER FOR TRAVIS M. FULTON JAMES W. FREY APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE MARK L. HOBIN ROBERT C. FULFORD UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., GARY S. LIDDELL JAMES R. FULLWOOD, JR. SECTION 624: PETER S. GADD THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR DOUGLAS V. GLASGOW To be lieutenant colonel APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE DAVID P. GRANT UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., DANA R. FIKE DANIEL Q. GREENWOOD SECTION 624: THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICER FOR JAMES F. HARP APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE To be lieutenant colonel CLARENCE T. HARPER III UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., MARK D. HOROWITZ BRYAN DELGADO SECTION 624: LAWRENCE E. HUGGINS, JR. MARK R. DOEHRMANN PETER D. HUNTLEY To be lieutenant colonel KELLY M. JONES JAN M. JANUARY RODOLFO D. QUISPE JEFFREY L. JAROSZ SAMUEL W. SPENCER III THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR DAVID E. JONES THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE SEKOU S. KAREGA APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., DANIEL R. KAZMIER UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: PATRICK J. KEANE III SECTION 624: JEFFREY J. KENNEY To be major To be lieutenant colonel SCOTT S. LACY DAVID B. BLANN FRANK N. LATT LARRY MIYAMOTO KEVIN J. GOODWIN WENDELL B. LEIMBACH, JR. JOSEPH P. LEVREAULT THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICER FOR WILLIAM W. INNS III JOSEPH A. LORE APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE ALLEN L. LEWIS LORNA M. MAHLOCK UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR GEORGE G. MALKASIAN SECTION 624: APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE THOMAS G. MCCANN II To be lieutenant colonel UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., WILLIAM P. MCCLANE SECTION 624: DONALD B. MCDANIEL SAL L. LEBLANC To be major JOHN E. MCDONOUGH THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICER FOR ELDON E. METZGER APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE MICHAEL GASPERINI MICHAEL J. MOONEY UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., THESOLINA D. HUBERT JASON L. MORRIS SECTION 624: ERIC S. KIRCHNER PAUL J. NUGENT DAVID P. KRAKLOW DAVID S. OWEN To be lieutenant colonel TIMOTHY W. WILLIAMS PATRICK R. OWENS LOUIS J. PALAZZO MAURO MORALES THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE CHRISTOPHER D. PATTON THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., THOMAS A. PECINA APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE SECTION 624: SCOTT W. PIERCE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., ROBERT J. PLEVELL SECTION 624: To be major MARVIN REED BRENDAN REILLY To be lieutenant colonel STEPHEN R. BYRNES GEORGE B. ROWELL IV LUKE A. CROUSON GEORGE L. ROBERTS JOSEPH J. RUSSO CRAIG A. ELLIOTT PAUL A. SHIRLEY JOHN M. SCHAAR JASON C. FLORES FREDERICK G. SCHENK THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR MICHAEL J. MALONE WILLIAM H. SWAN APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE JAMES N. TIMMER, JR. MICHAEL J. TARGOS III UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR TODD S. TOMKO SECTION 624: APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE CASEY C. TRAVERS To be lieutenant colonel UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., HENRY E. VANDERBORGHT SECTION 624: WILLIAM H. VIVIAN RICHARD D. KOHLER GAINES L. WARD GARY J. SPINELLI To be major MICHAEL R. WATERMAN THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR PETER K. BASABE, JR. PAUL R. WEAVER APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE JAMES R. BURNS, JR. JAMES B. WELLONS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., KENNETH E. CUPP STEVEN M. WOLF SECTION 624: KURT D. GARRIOTT CRAIG R. WONSON BRIAN KOVAL KEVIN S. WOODARD To be major SEAN M. MELANPHY MICHAEL P. WYLIE DANIEL L. YAROSLASKI JAMES B. THOMPSON MICHAEL A. YOUNG JOSEPH J. ZARBA, JR. JASON A. WOODWORTH THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MA- TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MA- APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RINE CORPS RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION RINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 12203: SECTION 624: To be colonel To be lieutenant colonel To be major MICHAEL A. BROWN JESSICA L. ACOSTA DAVID W. EDSON BRIAN S. ALBON ERIC T. CLINE MICHAEL F. ARNONE ROBERT S. SCHMIDT, JR. STEVEN G. GODINHO DERRICK R. HEYL ERIC M. ASCHENBRENNER THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR BART L. PESTER RICHARD B. ASHFORD APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE FRANCIS P. PICCOLI SHERIF A. AZIZ UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., MICHAEL E. SAMPLES, JR. MICHAEL J. BABILOT SECTION 624: MATTHEW A. BALDWIN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT DAX C. BATTAGLIA To be lieutenant colonel TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MA- GINGER E. BEALS RINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: JOSE L. SADA BRADLEY P. BEAN BRIAN J. SPOONER To be colonel JAMES M. BECHTEL DAVID A. BECKER THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR CHRISTOPHER C. ABRAMS ERIC M. BECKMANN APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE GEOFFREY M. ANTHONY EDWARD Y. BLAKISTON UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., STEPHEN P. ARMES DAVID A. BOGLE SECTION 624: JOHN B. ATKINSON JONATHAN A. BOSSIE To be major STEPHEN C. AUGUSTIN KEVIN H. BRIGHT PAUL D. BAKER CHRISTIAN J. BROADSTON FREDERICK L. HUNT SCOTT A. BALDWIN KAREN B. BROCKMEIER PARIMA IN JOHN M. BARNETT BRANDON C. BROOKS CHAD E. TIDWELL TIMOTHY E. BARRICK JEFFREY T. BROOKS THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR WILLIAM C. BERRIS MICHAEL L. BROOKS APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE CHAD A. BLAIR JOSEPH D. BROOME UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., BRET A. BOLDING MAURICE A. BROWN SECTION 624: ROBERT J. BRAATZ DESMOND F. BROWNE, JR. DAVID P. BRADNEY CHRISTOPHER A. BROWNING To be major RONALD C. BRANEY SAMUEL G. BRYCE ROLLIN D. BREWSTER III BENEDICT G. BUERKE TODD E. LOTSPEICH VICTOR J. BUNCH ASHLEY K. BURCH DAVID L. OGDEN, JR. RUSSELL C. BURTON DOUGLAS R. BURKE, JR. DONALD E. WILLIAMS MICHAEL J. CALLANAN GREGORY K. BUTCHER THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR JENNIFER E. CARTER TAMARA L. CAMPBELL APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE MELVIN G. CARTER TROY H. CAMPBELL

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CHRISTOPHER K. CANNON PETER J. MUNSON JONATHAN H. BRANDT EDWARD M. CARICATO, JR. GERALD E. MURPHY AMANDA M. BRANNON FOSTER T. CARLILE CHRISTOPHER M. MURRAY MATTHEW D. BRONSON BRADFORD R. CARR KATHRYN M. NAVIN STEVEN R. BROUSSARD ROBERT E. CATO II ANDREW J. NELSON JASON P. BROWN JOSHUA B. CHARTIER LAWRENCE D. NICHOLS ANDREW M. BUDENZ JOHN R. CHERRY EDWIN NORRIS SCOTT S. BUERSTATTE DARREL L. CHOAT CHARLES M. NUNALLY III JOSEPH T. BUFFAMANTE ANDREW CHRISTIAN NICHOLAS C. NUZZO AARON D. BURCIAGA LEE K. CLARE DEREK S. OST KIMBERLY R. BYRD CHRISTOPHER J. COLLINS ANDREW M. OTERO JOHN A. CACIOPPO JAMES A. COOPER MICHAEL C. PALMER JEFFREY J. CAHILL LEE K. COOPER VASILIOS E. PAPPAS MOLLY S. CAHILL MARK E. COVER ANDREW J. PETRUCCI BRENT J. CANTRELL ROBERTO CUEVAS STEPHANIE M. POLESNAK JAMES W. CARLSON GREGORY R. CURTIS CASEY J. POLKINGHORNE JUSTIN E. CARLSON ROBERT B. DAVIS JAMES P. POPPY ERIC A. CATTO TIMOTHY A. DAVIS MONTE S. POWELL RYAN M. CAULDER JOSE M. DELEON, JR. EDWARD W. POWERS ARTHUR CHAPMAN III ANDREW M. DELGAUDIO CARL C. PRIECHENFRIED JOSEPH E. CLEMMEY, JR. BRIAN P. DENNIS CHRISTOPHER D. PRITCHETT MATTHEW P. COOK SAMUEL N. DEPUTY RONALD J. REGA, JR. BRANDON A. CORDILL KEVIN B. DEWITT JACOB L. REYNOLDS TRAVIS J. COVEY PATRIZIA M. DIENHARTSTABILE PATRICK J. REYNOLDS, JR. ERIC P. CRECELIUS JEFFREY S. DINSMORE JAMES E. RICHARDSON, JR. JOSEPH C. DADIOMOFF JOHN F. DOBRYDNEY DUANE T. RIVERA ANDREW D. DAMBROGI KEVIN M. DOHERTY CHRISTOPHER D. ROBERSON BRAD A. DANKS HENRY DOLBERRY, JR. NATHANIEL K. ROBINSON RAMIRO DEANDA, JR. LINA M. DOWNING GREGORY S. ROOKER ANTHONY C. DELLACOSTA III CHARLES E. DUDIK COLLEEN J. SABAT THOMAS J. DENEVAN DAVID D. FAIRLEIGH MARK D. SADOWSKY ANDREW P. DIMITRUK JENNIFER M. FARINA ANDRE P. SALVANERA NATHAN P. DMOCHOWSKI RORY M. FEELY AARON C. SAMSEL THOMAS R. DOLAN WILLIAM B. FENWICK BRIAN K. SANCHEZ CASEY C. DORAN FRANK E. FILLER KURT M. SANGER, JR. BRYAN A. DUDLEY RYAN M. FINN TODD R. SCHIRO IAN J. DUNCAN MARY K. FLATLEY KARL T. SCHMIDT WESLEY J. EARHART DUANE C. FORSBERG BARRY L. EDWARDS TIMOTHY W. SCHNELLE JOHN M. FRASER DUSTIN B. ELLIOTT WILLIAM J. SCHRANTZ JASON A. GADDY JASON M. ELLIS ANTONIO SCOFFIELD ROBERT B. GARRISON PATRICK J. FAHEY ROBERTO C. SCOTT WILLIAM J. GIBBONS JOSEPH I. FARINA GEORGE J. SEEGEL CARL D. GIDEON STEPHEN R. FELTS MARISA P. SERANO BRIAN J. GILBERTSON TIMOTHY J. FENTON JACK A. SILE MAXX GODSEY JOHN L. FERRITER DAVID B. SLAY MATTHEW J. GORBATY DEREK A. FILIPE TIMOTHY M. SLINGER BRANDON W. GRAHAM CAMERON A. FITZSIMMONS LISA M. SOUDERS MICHAEL A. GRAZIANI DANIEL L. FLATLEY DAVID W. SPANGLER CHRISTOPHER D. HAFER RAYMOND A. FORBES ROBERT A. STEELE DENNIS L. HAGER II ROBERT A. FOULKES DAVID R. STENGRIM JASON M. HAMILTON MAX D. FRANK JONATHAN M. STOFKA AMEDE I. HANSON RYAN J. FRANZEN ERIC A. STRONG DANE HANSON JAMES R. FRIEDLEIN JOSEPH C. TAMMINEN GREGORY A. HANWECK ANTHONY L. FRIEL BRIAN R. TAYLOR DAVID J. HART PETER K. FUKUSHIMA THOMAS N. TAYLOR CRAIG L. HARVEY DONALD L. GALLOWAY ROGER N. THOMAS BRYAN C. HATFIELD CLAYTON D. GARD III ROBERT A. TOMLINSON TREVOR A. HEIDENREICH JEFFREY A. GARZA RENE TORRES MONROE H. HENDERSON LYLE L. GILBERT JONATHAN E. TOWLE PHILIP R. HERSCHELMAN MARC H. GINEZ RENE TREVINO JASON W. HEUER DANIEL E. GOOD RANDALL G. TURNER BRENT E. HEYL EVAN R. GORDON JOSHUA B. TUTTLE JIMMY S. HICKS NATHANIEL D. GREEN QUENTIN R. VAUGHN BRADLEY D. HITCHCOCK JOSHUA A. GREGORY ROMAN P. VITKOVITSKY SEAN P. HOEWING MATTHEW E. GREY JARED C. VONEIDA MARK D. HOWARD WILLIAM H. GRIMBALL MATTHEW L. WALKER HENRY E. HURT III GIDEON P. GRISSETT MELVILLE J. WALTERS IV DAVID C. HYMAN JEREMY H. GROEFSEMA MICHAEL P. WARD TIMOTHY W. IRWIN MATTHEW S. GUNESCH LARRY R. WARFIELD II JOHN J. JAESKI JOHN D. HAFEMANN THOMAS M. WARREN CHARLES D. JENNINGS RHETT A. HANSEN ALTON A. WARTHEN FERNANDO V. JIMENEZ JOHN P. HARLEY LISA M. WEBB GRANT M. JOHNSON EDWARD B. HART MICHAEL E. WEBB JASON JOHNSON TYLER J. HART PATRICK WEINERT KIMBERLY A. JOHNSON KIRBY C. HARWELL JAMES W. WEIRICK PAUL K. JOHNSON III JEREMY C. HAWKINS JODY E. WHITE GREGORY L. JONES JASON P. HAYES JOHNNY J. WIDENER KEMPER A. JONES JEREMY L. HENDERSON ANDRE L. WILLIAMS DAVID C. JOSEFORSKY JOSE R. HERNANDEZ HILARY H. WILLIAMS GREGORY K. JOSEPH ROBERT J. HILLERY WADE L. WORKMAN JAY J. KAJS ALDEN E. HINGLE III MATTHEW S. YOUNGBLOOD ANDREW M. KELLEY BRIAN E. HOLLIER MARK A. KIEHLE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT JOHN A. HOOKS, JR. JOHN P. KIRBY TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MA- JOSEPH L. HORNACKY JONATHAN D. KNOTTS RINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: DOUGLAS H. HOWARD NOAH J. KOMNICK To be major ETHAN M. HOWELL PAUL B. KOPACZ MICHAEL S. HRITZ SPEROS C. KOUMPARAKIS RICO ACOSTA JASON A. HVIZDAK PETER J. LANG II MICAH L. ADKISON LEIGH G. IRWIN LANCE J. LANGFELDT KYLE J. ANDREWS MARVIN L. JACKSON JEFFREY J. LARSON MATTHEW A. ANKER KIRK A. JOHNSON GOTTFRIED H. LAUBE, JR. PETER E. ANKNEY CHARLES R. JOHNSTON ISAAC G. LEE ANDREW R. APETZ MICHAEL L. JONES SAMUEL K. LEE ROBIN J. ARANT SEAN D. JONES ADAM V. LEFRINGHOUSE RICHARD M. ARBOGAST CHRISTOPHER M. KAPRIELIAN LEONARD J. LEVINE JAMES G. ARGENTINA, JR. ANDRE A. KARPOWICH CARL A. LEWANDOWSKI KELLY R. ATTWOOD KEVIN M. KEENE JON B. LIVINGSTON MICHAEL J. AUBRY ERIK A. KEIM ROBERT J. LIVINGSTON, JR. DOUGLAS P. BAHRNS TRAVIS B. KEMPF DAVID S. LOWERY LUCAS A. BALKE JUSTIN O. KENNEDY JOHN P. MAHER DAVID S. BARBER SUNG G. KIM MICHAEL J. MANIFOR BRANDON W. BARNETT RYAN T. KING RHONDA C. MARTIN NEWEL R. BARTLETT MICHAEL T. KINGEN DAVID M. MARTINEZ MATTHEW J. BAUMANN PATRICK E. KINSER IRVIN MARTINEZ GARY R. BECHTOLD ADAM W. KINTOP JAMES K. MCBRIDE JOSEPH C. BEGLEY BRET J. KNICKERBOCKER JOHN S. MCCALMONT BRIDGET N. BEMIS ZACHARY M. KNIGHT MATTHEW N. MCCONNELL CASEY BENEFIELD TOPHER S. KOREIS JEFFREY S. MCCORMACK STEVEN G. BERCH ROMAN Y. KOSHKIN FREDERICK J. MCELMAN PAUL R. BERTOLONE CHIP D. KOSKINIEMI AMY M. MCGRATH DAVID C. BJERKE KEVIN H. KOYAMA JAMES R. MCGRATH JUSTIN L. BLACKMON MICHAEL P. KUSNERAK GREGORY A. MCGUIRE CASEY R. BLASINGAME MARK A. LAQUIHON ELVINO M. MENDONCA, JR. MATTHEW D. BOHMAN PATRICK V. LAVOIE JASON B. MITCHELL WYATT J. BORSHEIM BENJAMIN D. LAWLESS JAMES D. MULLIN STEVEN M. BOST JARED W. LEDBETTER BRIAN T. MULVIHILL OWEN M. BOYCE BOBBY W. LEE, JR.

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DOUGLAS G. LEE GIANOULIS ROUSSOS ESTEBAN ZAMORA TIMOTHY J. LEONARD DUSTIN R. ROWLAND ANDREW J. ZETTS GARY A. LINGEN GREGG SAFINSKI GARRETT G. LITFIN DANIEL M. SCHIERLING IN THE NAVY THOMAS R. MACKESY KARL W. SCHLEGEL ROGELIO MAESE SCOTT M. SCHMITZ THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT MATTHEW J. MAHONEY AARON P. SCHNETZLER TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY JASON J. MARAFFI RYAN D. SCHRAMEL UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: DANIEL C. MARTIN DANIEL H. SCHWARTZ QUINCI D. MARTIN GREGORY R. SCOTT To be commander TRISTAN G. MARTINEZ MATTHEW A. SEAVITTE HARRY E. HAYES JESSICA G. MARTZ DAVID C. SEGRAVES ROHIT Y. MASIH MORRIS M. SHARBER, JR. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT SETH W. MCCOLLOUGH CHRISTOPHER R. SHERWOOD TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY MICHAEL J. MCDONALD NATHAN B. SHIVELY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: BLAISE T. MCFADDEN DOUGLAS B. SHORES SCOTT J. MCGUIGAN CURTIS I. SHREVE To be lieutenant commander GREGORY S. MCSWEEN ROBERT E. SHUFORD SHEMEYA L. GRANT MATTHEW T. MELLOTT MICHAEL J. SHULL MELINA MESTA CHRISTOPHER M. SIEKMAN THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUALS FOR REGULAR JOHN R. MILLSAP MICHAEL D. SIMON APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADES INDICATED IN THE DIEGO A. MIRANDA JENNIFER A. SIMPSON UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION JOSEPH F. MONAHAN DANIEL M. SINGER 531: PETER S. MOON COREY J. SMITH JASON C. MOORE JAMES N. SNYDER To be commander NATHAN M. MOORE GREGORY S. SORELLE CHRISTOPHER J. KANE SAMUEL C. MOORE MICHAEL J. SOUZA MATTHEW S. MORENO REBECCA G. SPAHR To be lieutenant commander JASON L. MORRIS ROBERT E. SPALLA BRET W. MORRISS RICHARD B. STANDARD LUKE C. SUBER CHRISTOPHER J. MYETTE JEFFERY L. STARR THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR TEMPORARY JAMES R. NEAGLE ROLLIN A. STEELE APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE CHRISTOPHER M. NELSON JEFF M. STEINKAMP UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION DENNIS R. NICHOLS CHRISTOPHER A. STEPHENSON 5721: JOSHUA N. NUNN JILL L. STEPHENSON STEVEN D. NYLAND THOMAS J. STONA To be lieutenant commander BRANDON J. OATES JOSHUA T. SUMMERS DANA R. OGLE BRETT R. SWAIM JEANINE F. BENJAMIN DOUGLAS R. ORR MARK C. SYKES TIMOTHY S. BREWER BYRON J. OWEN PAULA D. TAIBI JUSTIN M. BUMMARA JUSTIN D. OWENS RYAN E. THOMPSON LLOYD R. EDWARDS ROBERT E. PATMORE KURT R. THORMAHLEN BRIAN J. EHRHARDT JEFFREY J. PATTERSON II MARC R. TILNEY PAUL K. EVANS NICHOLAS R. PERGAR RALPH B. TOMPKINS BALTAZAR FERNANDEZ III MICHELLE L. PETERS JOHN W. TORRESALA ALEXANDER J. FRANZ JONATHAN L. PETERSON CHRISTOPHER A. TRENT DAEHYUN J. GILLESPIE TROY M. PETERSON JULIAN M. TSUKANO NICHOLAS E. GURLEY JONATHAN J. PFUNTNER JUAN O. TURNER FREDERICK G. HETTLING MICHAEL A. PIGFORD DAVID W. VANDYNE NICHOLAS G. HOFFMAN CHRISTOPHER F. POLIDORA MICHAEL J. VANWYK MICHAEL JACKSON LOTTIE A. PORTELLI SABRINA M. VILLARREAL DEREK C. JASKOWIAK JASON W. POTTER MICHAEL E. VINCENT JADA E. JOHNSON MICHAEL J. PRUDEN SAMUEL F. WATTS RYAN D. JOHNSON MICHAEL A. REEL MICHAEL A. WEATHERS DAVID W. KING KELLY J. REPAIR MATTHEW J. WEAVER LUCIAN D. KINS LAWRENCE G. RIBBLE, JR. JUSTIN M. WELAN DONALD E. LEE II CHRISTOPHER R. RICHARDELLA NATHAN E. WERVE GREGORY E. LEVEQUE CATHERINE E. RICHARDSON ROBERT A. WILHELMSEN TYLER B. MCDONALD JAMES A. RICHARDSON ERIC M. WILLIAMS ERNEST L. MILLER III ANDREW S. ROBERSON SEAN M. WILLIAMS JOHNNY L. MINCEY PHILLIP G. ROBERTS, JR. GREGORY A. WILSON DANIEL C. PATRICK JOSHUA J. ROBINSON SCOTT A. WILSON ANDREW D. PYLE ERIC R. RODRIGUEZ WILLIAM C. WOODWARD, JR. JOSEPH R. SHERMAN ROBERT A. ROGERS JUSTIN M. WORTENDYKE MARK D. STANLEY DOUGLAS M. ROSENSTOCK GREGORY J. YOUNGBERG JAMIE E. VANDYKE PETER B. ROTTKAMP JOHN A. ZAAL BENJAMIN F. VISGER

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ROOSEVELT’S PANAMA CANAL Fast forward 99 years. After President Car- Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I rise AND TAXES ter returned the canal zone to Panama, it has today to honor Richard Edwards, Sr. on his since maintained control of the security and exemplary career. HON. TED POE operation of the canal. Panama has under- OF TEXAS taken a critically important expansion of the f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES canal. One that will add a third channel and a HONORING THE HONOREES OF THE Wednesday, January 23, 2012 new set of locks, allowing larger cargo ships to pass through. Approved in 2006, this new ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY CHAM- Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I submit expansion—dubbed PanamEx—will finally BER OF COMMERCE AWARDS the following. Disease. Death. Bankruptcy. completed next year. Surprisingly, no Pan- That’s how the Panama Canal got started. At amanian chapter of the EPA held it up, and the time, the nineteenth century, trade and only a few environmental groups opposed. HON. MICHAEL H. MICHAUD economic activity boomed in this part of the Perhaps it’s a transportation miracle. OF MAINE world and with it, other nations tried to cash Of course, Panama benefits from this wid- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in. As the U.S., Britain and France competed ening and deepening of the canal, but so will to assert their influence in the region, they ran the United States. The recent implementation Wednesday, January 23, 2013 into one problem: land. They didn’t have a of the U.S.–Panama Free Trade Agreement Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to way to ship goods from the Atlantic to the Pa- approved by Congress, along with this $5.25 cific without making the treacherous and recognize the Honorees of the 2013 billion canal expansion project, ensures that Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce lengthy journey around the tip of Cape Horn in free trade between the U.S. and Panama will South America. All three nations knew there Annual Banquet Dinner. The Androscoggin continue to grow. And, because of our geo- County Chamber of Commerce serves the was a need for a shorter sea lane connecting graphic location, this expansion will ‘‘expand the two oceans. Unfortunately, the French got people and business community of the greater Texas’ position as a global gateway for the there first. Lewiston/Auburn area, working hard to nation,’’ according to the Panama Canal Work- In 1881, the French sent veteran builder strengthen economic opportunity throughout Ferdinand de Lesseps, who oversaw the suc- ing Group. That means a huge increase in ex- the region and the State. cessful construction of the Suez Canal in ports from the gulf coast and our Great State, Each year, the Androscoggin Chamber of Egypt, to build a canal in Panama, then a including the Port of Houston, to countries Commerce recognizes local businesses, busi- province of Colombia. In the first nine years of around the world. ness leaders, and individuals who promote Trade in Texas and Houston drives our construction, the French spent hundreds of and advance a vital and healthy business en- economy, and the engine for trade is ports. millions of dollars, lost 20,000 workers to ma- vironment. These individuals and businesses With that, we’ll see more exports of dry and laria and yellow fever and only completed are committed to strengthening opportunity liquid bulk, agriculture products, coal, petro- eleven miles of the canal. The project went and prosperity in Maine. bankrupt and failed. The dream of a connec- chemicals, military cargo, and consumer goods. Larger and wider vessels, like tankers This year’s award recipients include Barbara tion between east and west seemed all but Dagley of Carbonite Inc, recipient of Business dead . . . then came Teddy Roosevelt. The carrying liquefied natural gas, will now be able to enjoy quick, reliable transit through the Leadership Award for a Larger Company; Kurk former Roughrider knew an opportunity when Lalemand of Next Level Business Coaching he saw one and seized upon it. canal. That’s good news for us here in Hous- ton and good news for our State. and John Stass of Katahdin Furniture, recipi- The U.S. was emerging as a world power ents of the Business Leadership Awards for and Roosevelt saw that having a shorter route Next year, we celebrate 100 years since Roosevelt’s dream became a reality. Thanks Smaller Companies; Larry Raymond of to the Pacific and beyond was a way to ex- Issacson and Raymond, recipient of the Ray pand American Naval Power and Economic to Teddy’s dream, the U.S. built the canal and our economy and security have benefitted Geiger Award; Rita Dube, Julia Sleeper and opportunity. Such foresight proved correct in Kim Pelletier, recipients of the Community WWII. Roosevelt quickly got to work, having from the opportunities that it created. God bless Teddy. And that’s just the way it is. Service Leadership Awards; Rick Jones of his Secretary of State, John Hay negotiate the Jones Associates, recipient of the Poland Hay-Herran Treaty to purchase land in the Co- f Business Award; Nick Benoit of Benoit’s Bak- lombia province of Panama. The U.S. Senate HONORING THE CAREER OF ery and Wine Cellar, recipient of the Lisbon ratified the treaty. But there was a big hiccup: RICHARD EDWARDS, SR. Business Award; Nancy Ricker of Ricker Hill the Colombians wanted more money and re- Orchards, recipient of the Turner Business fused to approve the treaty. Roosevelt wasn’t about to be duped and HON. BRIAN HIGGINS Award; Russ Barlow, Principal of the Franklin pour more money in the project, perhaps end- OF NEW YORK Alternative School in Auburn is the recipient of ing up like the French. He knew that the Pan- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Education Award; Sherry Spencer of Proc- amanians wanted the U.S. to complete the 51- Wednesday, January 23, 2013 tor and Gamble-Tambrands, recipient of the ‘‘Cool Chamber Award;’’ Dick Roy of Mechan- mile canal and he knew that they wanted inde- Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ics Savings Bank, recipient of the Ken Addi- pendence. (Some claim that Roosevelt took honor the career and accomplishments of a tion Small Business Advocate Award; Kim advantage of the unrest and stirred up Pan- distinguished member of my Western New Jacques of Revelation Massage, recipient of ama’s revolution against the Colombians, but York community, Richard Edwards, Sr. the 2013 New Member of the Year Award; that’s for historians to debate). The U.S. did Richard has been a lifelong resident of Am- and Susan Hall of The Vault and Kevin Dean not get involved in the fight, but helped the herst, New York, where he has served for and Emil Clavet of Electricity Maine, recipients Panamanians by sending the gunboat, the over 50 years as a dedicated and valued of the President’s Award. U.S.S. Nashville, and ten other warships from member of Main-Transit Fire Department. Dur- both the Atlantic and Pacific to show support. ing his years at Main-Transit, Richard served These recipients are among the best that This is now known as ‘‘gunboat diplomacy’’. as the Fire Police Lieutenant and Fire Police Maine has to offer. Through their leadership Panama’s non-violent coup-de-tat was suc- Captain. and incredible commitment to their commu- cessful, and the nation of Panama was born. Richard and his colleagues are American nities and the region, Maine is a better place With that, the U.S. and Panama ratified a trea- heroes. Every day they courageously place to live and do business. ty and construction of the canal began. One themselves in harm’s way to protect the lives Mr. Speaker, please join me again in con- revolution, $700 million and ten years later the and properties of others. Their sacrifices are gratulating the Androscoggin Chamber of Panama Canal Zone—now U.S. Territory— invaluable to our community and I thank him Commerce and these individuals on their out- was completed in 1914. for his half-century of service. standing service and achievement.

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Mr. Speaker, last month the investment; and encouragement of economic and State will be greatly missed. city of Chicago lost a legendary canoe-maker growth and job creation. Taxes may be un- The Tampa Bay community is proud to rec- and conservationist. Ralph Frese, known as avoidable but they don’t have to be unfair and ognize Bill McBride for his lifelong dedication ‘‘Mr. Canoe,’’ got his first boat when he was overcomplicated. to improving the lives of Floridians. His out- just 14, and spent the next 50 years cham- Once the Tax Code Termination Act be- standing commitment to the State made him pioning the conservation of Chicago-region riv- comes law, today’s oppressive tax code would an inspirational community leader. I ask that ers. survive for only 4 more years, at which time it you and all Americans recognize such a re- Starting in the 1960s, Ralph was active with would expire and be replaced with a new tax markable citizen for his service to our commu- the Clean Streams Committee, reporting wa- code that will be determined by Congress, the nity and our State. terway conditions, pollution and blockages to President, and the American people. This leg- government agencies. In recognition of his ef- islation will allow us, as a nation, to collec- f forts, he was inducted into the National Rivers tively decide what the new tax system should HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY Hall of Fame, and in 2007 a stretch of the Chi- look like. Having a date-certain to end the cur- OF MR. JAMES A. COOGAN cago River was renamed ‘‘The Ralph Frese rent tax code will force the issue to the top of River Trail.’’ the national agenda. HON. BRIAN HIGGINS Ralph is responsible for introducing thou- America cannot continue down this path of OF NEW YORK sands of people to the pleasures of paddling irresponsible tax-and-spend policies. There is a canoe across Illinois’ waterways and loved widespread consensus that the current system IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nothing more than sharing his knowledge with is broken, and keeping it is not in America’s Wednesday, January 23, 2013 other would-be conservationists. best interest. The American people deserve a Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to I once had the pleasure of canoeing down certainty, fairness, and assurance that our cur- honor the extraordinary life and legacy of Mr. the Chicago River with Ralph and learned so rent tax code cannot provide them. I urge my James A. Coogan, who passed away on Janu- much during our time together. More than any- colleagues to support this legislation and end ary 5, 2013, at the age of 73. thing, I left fully inspired by his love for the the broken tax system that exists today and A resident of the city of Tonawanda for the natural world around us, even in big cities like provide a tax code that the American people better part of his life, James Coogan was very Chicago. deserve. active in community affairs and local Demo- We will miss Ralph cracking jokes or shar- f cratic politics, serving the people of Tona- ing his stories on the river trail. But his envi- HONORING BILL MCBRIDE wanda for many years. ronmental legacy will live on for generations, James was a dedicated public servant who and for that we should be forever thankful. was Second Ward Alderman for the City of f HON. KATHY CASTOR Tonawanda for two terms, from 1980 to 1983. OF FLORIDA INTRODUCTION OF THE ‘‘TAX In 1984, James was appointed Tonawanda IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CODE TERMINATION ACT’’ City Clerk and held the position for ten years, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 until 1993. Additionally, James was a member HON. BOB GOODLATTE Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise of the Erie County Town Clerk’s Association. today to honor and highlight the distinguished Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me and OF VIRGINIA Members of the House to express our deepest IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES life of Bill McBride. Mr. McBride’s contributions to the Tampa Bay community, the State of condolences to the family of the late James Wednesday, January 23, 2013 Florida, and the country are worthy of recogni- Coogan, and join with me in recognizing the Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, our Nation tion by all. many good works of service he performed watched as we recently ended another battle Born on May 10, 1945, Mr. McBride moved during his long and full life. over our Nation’s tax-and-spend policies. to Florida at the age of 9 and spent most of f While many Americans are now left trying to his childhood in Leesburg, Florida where he decipher how their taxes will be changing for attended high school and distinguished himself BLACK JANUARY IN AZERBAIJAN the coming year, all Americans are, yet again, on the football field as a fullback and line- forced to comply with a tax code that is no backer. While attending the University of Flor- HON. DANIEL B. MAFFEI longer working in a fair manner for our Na- ida on a football scholarship, his football ca- OF NEW YORK tion’s citizens. While almost every Member reer was derailed by a knee injury. Mr. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES would acknowledge that our tax code is no McBride then turned to public service, becom- Wednesday, January 23, 2013 longer working in a fair manner for Americans, ing an active member in Florida Blue Key nothing has been done to create a more equi- honor society and president of Alpha Tau Mr. MAFFEI. Mr. Speaker, I rise to com- table tax code. So today I rise to reintroduce Omega fraternity. memorate the 23rd anniversary of the events the Tax Code Termination Act. At the height of the Vietnam War, Mr. that marked the beginning of the end of Soviet The Tax Code Termination Act will force McBride dropped out of law school and en- rule over our ally Azerbaijan, an occupation Congress to finally debate and address funda- listed in the U.S. Marines. He volunteered for that existed for much of the 20th Century. mental tax reform. This bi-partisan legislation combat duty, rose to the rank of captain, and This time period is referred to in Azerbaijan is simple. It will abolish the Internal Revenue was awarded a Bronze Star with a Combat V as ‘‘Black January,’’ when violence erupted in Code by December 31, 2017, and call on for valor for his wartime service. After return- Azerbaijan’s capital city of Baku on January Congress to approve a new Federal tax sys- ing from Vietnam, Mr. McBride finished law 19th and 20th, 1990. During the conflict, So- tem by July of the same year. school. At that time, he became a civic leader viet troops killed over 100 nationalist dem- As recently shown, Congress will not reach in such organizations as the United Way and onstrators and wounded another 700 Azeri a consensus on a contentious issue, such as the Florida Holocaust Museum. He also be- citizens demanding freedom. Azerbaijan even- tax reform, unless it is forced to do so. My bill came a managing partner of Holland and tually declared its independence from the will do exactly that: force Congress to finally Knight, one of Florida’s largest law firms. U.S.S.R. on October 18, 1991. address fundamental tax reform. Bill McBride was a force for good in the I ask the House of Representatives to join Though many questions and ideas remain Tampa Bay community and a strong advocate me in commemorating—with our ally, Azer- about the best way to reform our tax system, for public education and civil rights in Florida. baijan—the events of Black January in 1990, I am certain that if Congress is forced to ad- As a gubernatorial candidate in 2002, he events which began in tragedy but culminated dress the issue we can create a tax code that championed smaller class sizes, greater sup- in the birth of an independent nation and ally is simpler, fairer, and better for our economy port for teachers, and encouraged greater in- of the United States.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:21 Sep 05, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 J:\CRONLINE\2013-BATCH-JAN\2013 NEW REC FILES\E23JA3.REC E23JA3 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E51 HONORING SLAIN POLICE OFFICER foreign competitors are focusing more re- and Tomasz Kaczowka of Webster, NY. KEVIN TONN sources and effort on the commercialization of These two heroes will be forever remembered those research results than we are. for their brave and selfless commitment to the HON. JERRY McNERNEY In its report Thinking Big About Thinking people they called neighbors, friends and fam- OF CALIFORNIA Small, which can be found on my website, the ily and the place they were proud to call IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Blue Ribbon Task Force on Nanotechnology home. made a series of recommendations for ways Chip and Tomasz devoted their lives to pub- Wednesday, January 23, 2013 that the nation can promote the development lic service. For 19 years, Chip worked his way Mr. MCNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, it is with and commercialization of nanotechnology. The through the ranks of the Webster Police De- great sadness that I make this statement NANO Act includes a number of these rec- partment—from Dispatcher, to Police Officer, today to recognize the life and service of po- ommendations. Investigator, Sergeant and Lieutenant. Yet lice officer Kevin Tonn. Officer Tonn served in In addition, the bill addresses concerns that when each shift at the Police Department was the Galt police department for three years, have been raised about whether the Federal complete, Chip’s public service continued as a protecting a community in California that I am Government is doing enough to address po- volunteer firefighter with the West Webster honored to represent. Tragically, Officer Tonn tential health and safety risks associated with Fire Department. For 25 years Chip served as was killed in the line of duty this past week nanotechnology. The NANO Act requires the a volunteer firefighter and rose to be Fire while pursuing a criminal suspect. development of a nanotechnology research Chief and advisor to the Fire Department’s Officer Tonn was the example of a model strategy that establishes research priorities for Fire Explorer Post. citizen. As a teenager who grew up in Rose- the Federal Government and industry that will It was in his role as a firefighter that Chip ville, California, he joined the Roseville Police ensure the development and responsible stew- oversaw a young volunteer firefighter and Explorers; after he graduated high school, he ardship of nanotechnology. This strategy will good family friend. joined the U.S. Army as a military police offi- help to resolve the uncertainty that is one of Tomasz Kaczowka had the passion be- cer. Officer Tonn also served as a firefighter in the major obstacles to the commercialization stowed by youth, yet a dedication to service New York before returning to California to join of nanotechnology—uncertainty about what that went far beyond his years. From serving the Sacramento Sherriff’s Academy. In 2009, the risks might be and uncertainty about how as an emergency dispatch operator for the City of Rochester, to responding to calls as a he was sworn into the Galt police force as a the Federal Government might regulate nano- volunteer firefighter with the West Webster K–9 officer. Kevin Tonn’s character and self- technology in the future. Fire Department, Tomasz showed an less commitment to his fellow citizens is evi- The NANO Act also includes a number of unrivaled commitment to helping others and a denced by his years of service, working in provisions to create partnerships, raise aware- selflessness that set the bar high for future multiple capacities and uniforms. ness, and implement strategic policies to re- generations to come. solve obstacles and promote nanotechnology. Anyone who encountered Officer Tonn was As brothers in service, Tomasz viewed Chip impressed by his integrity, his ability to use It will: create a public-private investment part- as a mentor; in turn, Chip tutored and pro- humor to diffuse difficult situations, and his nership to address the nanotechnology com- tected Tomasz as if he were a son. dedication to serving the community, espe- mercialization gap; establish a tax credit for in- It is in the line of public service that these cially our younger citizens. The Galt commu- vestment in nanotechnology firms; authorize a two friends would be taken from this Earth. On nity was fortunate to have such a dedicated grant program to support the establishment December 24, 2012, Chip and Tomasz were individual, and his memory will live on. It is and development of nanotechnology incuba- responding to a fire in the early morning dark- never easy to lose a loved one, but my tors; establish a Nanoscale Science and Engi- ness when a gunman opened fire and took thoughts and prayers are with his family and neering Center for ‘‘nano-CAD’’ tools; estab- their lives. Tomasz, as was his selfless nature, the community at this difficult time, as I know lish grant programs for nanotechnology re- was on duty that morning so that other fire- the Nation has lost a true American hero. search to address specific challenges in the fighters who are fathers could be at home with f areas of energy, environment, homeland secu- their families on Christmas Eve. rity, and health; establish a tax credit for nano- There is little we can say to provide comfort INTRODUCTION OF THE NANO- technology education and training program ex- to the neighbors, friends and family of Chip TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT penses; establish a grant program to support and Tomasz. Words, no matter their elo- AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES ACT the development of curriculum materials for quence, fail to heal a pain which cannot be interdisciplinary nanotechnology courses at forgotten, and a loss that cannot be undone. HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA higher education institutions; direct NSF to es- Together Chip and Tomasz served along- OF CALIFORNIA tablish a program to encourage manufacturing side the distinguished men and women of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES companies to enter into partnerships with oc- West Webster Fire Department—a family they Wednesday, January 23, 2013 cupational training centers for the develop- loved like their own. When Chip and Tomasz ment of training to support nanotechnology were fallen by gun fire, their fellow firefighters Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in- manufacturing; and call for the development of had to persevere through the fear and pain, troduce the Nanotechnology Advancement a strategy for increasing interaction on nano- and bravely put out the fires that threatened to and New Opportunities (NANO) Act. technology interests between DOE national take more lives. Now, these brave firefighters The NANO Act is a comprehensive bill to labs and the informal science education com- grieve for the loss of their family members, promote the development and responsible munity. while honoring them the best way they know stewardship of nanotechnology in the United I look forward to working with Science, how—through the work they do every day. States. The legislation draws upon the findings Space and Technology Committee Chairman I urge my fellow Members of Congress to of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Nanotech- LAMAR SMITH and Ranking Member EDDIE follow the example of the West Webster Fire nology, which I convened. The Task Force in- BERNICE JOHNSON on this bill and their com- Department and honor Chip and Tomasz with cluded nanotechnology experts with back- mittee’s other efforts to reauthorize the Na- the actions we take. Over the last two months, grounds in established industry, startup com- tion’s nanotechnology research and develop- more than 900 Americans, including Chip and panies, consulting groups, non-profits, aca- ment program. Tomasz, have been killed with a gun. This demia, government, medical research, and f endless string of tragedies must be no more. venture capital from around my home State of Now is the time for Congress to enact a com- California, which is a leader in the field of IN HONOR OF LT. MIKE ‘‘CHIP’’ prehensive and commonsense reform to our nanotechnology. CHIAPPERINI, THOMASZ nation’s gun laws, and renew our commitment Nanotechnology has the potential to create KACZOWKA AND THE WEST WEB- to a mental health system that has been ne- entirely new industries and radically transform STER FIRE DEPARTMENT glected for far too long. the basis of competition in other fields, and I While no legislation can bring back Chip am proud of my work with former Science HON. LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER and Tomasz, nor fill the void left at their dinner Committee Chairman Sherry Boehlert on the OF NEW YORK tables every night, putting an end to senseless Nanotechnology Research and Development IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES acts of gun violence can ensure that even in Act of 2003 to foster research in this area. death, these two brave heroes will continue to Wednesday, January 23, 2013 But one of the things I have heard from ex- save lives. perts in the field is that while the United States Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Chip and Tomasz were a shining example is a leader in nanotechnology research, our to honor Lieutenant Mike ‘‘Chip’’ Chiapperini of what we know to be true: that in America

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:21 Sep 05, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 J:\CRONLINE\2013-BATCH-JAN\2013 NEW REC FILES\E23JA3.REC E23JA3 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E52 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 23, 2013 we are united, that as long as we walk this new partnership between Connecticut and the TRIBUTE TO DAPHNE MAYOR Earth we are committed to protecting one an- Navy to invest in the infrastructure of the BAILEY YELDING other and in so doing we will realize the prom- base—both of which are in place now and ise of a better world. In their brave and self- under way. He also worked closely with my HON. JO BONNER less actions Chip and Tomasz lived this prom- staff and me in monitoring the latest rumors OF ALABAMA ise to each other, and now it is our turn to do about new BRACs and following Congres- the same. sional debates about submarine production IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f like a box score. Wednesday, January 23, 2013 HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE In my years of knowing him, I always found OF JOHN MARKOWICZ Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay John to be a quiet but effective professional. tribute to a beloved public servant who defined He never pursued the spotlight, never wanted leadership in his community by reaching out to HON. JOE COURTNEY the glory—he sought only to accomplish the all points of view. I am speaking of Daphne, OF CONNECTICUT mission. In his passing, eastern Connecticut Alabama Mayor Bailey Yelding, who passed IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has lost a fierce advocate for the ‘‘Submarine away on January 22, 2013, after a brief ill- Wednesday, January 23, 2013 Capitol of the World’’ and all of us will long re- ness. Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today member all he gave to our region and our Born and raised in Daphne, Mayor Yelding with a heavy heart to honor a fierce and pas- state. His memory will live on in the thousands loved his community so much that he never sionate advocate for southeastern Con- of people at work every day at a more modem really left it. He was always proud of his home necticut, John Markowicz. submarine base that he helped to save—and town, noting to the Mobile Press-Register, John was well known in southeastern Con- the countless businesses and employees ‘‘You live and work in a place where it’s all necticut for the many hats he wore over the across the region that rely on it. been great for you, why not love it?’’ And he gave back so much to the commu- course of his life. Graduating the U.S. Naval Mr. Speaker, I ask all my colleagues to join Academy in 1965, John achieved the rank of nity he loved. After graduating from the Bald- me in honoring the life and service of John captain in the Navy where he served in the win County Training School in Daphne in Markowicz and sharing our condolences with submarine force in a variety of posts, including 1957, and receiving a degree from Alabama the USS Pargo (SSN 650) and USS Guitarro the family he leaves behind. State University, he set his sights on helping (SSN 665). Following active duty service, John young people in Daphne. He soon began a continued in the Naval Reserve to achieve 34 f career in local education that would encom- years in the service of our Nation. In his life pass 39 years of his life, changing lives and HONORING THE VILLAGE OF in the private sector, John helped found racking up an impressive record as both a MINOA, NEW YORK Sonalysts in 1976, a defense contractor in football and basketball coach. Waterford, Connecticut that is one of the re- At Baldwin County Training School, Coach gion’s largest employers today. Following his Yelding earned a 49–16–1 record at the helm time at Sonalysts, John served in a number of HON. DANIEL B. MAFFEI of the school’s football program. After he positions to promote economic development in OF NEW YORK transitioned to Fairhope High School in 1970, eastern Connecticut, most notably as Execu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES he went on to become the first African Amer- tive Director of the Connecticut Enterprise Re- ican coach of an integrated high school team gion (seCTer). Wednesday, January 23, 2013 in Baldwin County. As head varsity basketball As impressive as these achievements are, coach, he led the team to a 302–130 record. he is best and rightly remembered by the Mr. MAFFEI. Mr. Speaker, I rise to extend After nearly four decades of educating the southeastern Connecticut region as the leader my congratulations to the Village of Minoa on young people of Baldwin County, Coach of the fight to save Naval Submarine Base the occasion of its Centennial Celebration. I Yelding then turned his attention to a different New London from closure during the 2005 am honored to join the Central New York com- challenge—serving his community in elected Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) proc- munity in celebrating Minoa on this historic oc- office. In 2000 he ran for and was elected to ess. casion. the Daphne City Council. For the next 11 When the submarine base was placed on The Village of Minoa’s founding tells an in- years, Councilman Yelding was a reliable the BRAC list in 2005, John activated a non- voice for all the people of Daphne, reaching partisan and diverse group of experts tasked teresting story about the character of the peo- ple who have lived there and about Central out to his fellow councilmen and the commu- with the seemingly insurmountable challenge nity to put the city first. of overturning the Pentagon’s recommenda- New York as a whole. In 1913, during the in- corporation of the Village of Minoa, a group of In 2011, the Daphne City Council appointed tion. John and his team burrowed into the Yelding to serve the unexpired term of Mayor Minoa women banded together in solidarity to data, found critical flaws, and constructed the Fred Small who retired early from office. In vote for incorporation in the village election. airtight argument against closing this unique 2012, Mayor Yelding ran for a full term on the and irreplaceable naval asset. Although national law prohibited these women platform of experience and stability. He sur- Although I was not in Congress at the time, from voting, village law afforded them the abil- vived a lively campaign and a runoff in Octo- I vividly remember attending the Boston re- ity to do so in this local election. These united ber 2012 to become Daphne’s first popularly gional meeting of the BRAC commission in the women were able to have their voices heard elected African American mayor. summer of 2005. With John and his case at several years before the 19th amendment was the lead, Connecticut’s delegation picked apart To everyone who knew him and worked passed. As a result of this group’s support and with him, Mayor Yelding was more than the the misguided decision to close the base— solidarity, Minoa officially became incorporated stressing the economic harm, the strategic im- chief executive of the city. He was a pillar of on January 12, 1913. The Village of Minoa pact and, most importantly, the various flaws integrity and a consensus builder. In short—a underpinning the case to close the base. demonstrates how then and now, Central New leader. It’s not surprising that he was success- It worked. In September 2005 the base was Yorkers have unlimited potential when every ful in public office. He took the skills he honed removed from the list and spared closure. person has a fair shot. as a winning football and basketball coach to While there were many involved in the suc- For 100 years, Minoa has served as a vital city hall, forging teamwork while motivating city employees and the community to greater cessful effort to save the base, it was John’s part of Onondaga County and Central New heights. leadership, attention to detail, and unsparing York. It was a prominent railroad community Mayor Yelding will be remembered not only devotion to the mission that was rightly cred- for many years and continues to be a wonder- as a trail blazer, but also as a wise and steady ited with making it possible. ful place to live and raise a family. I am grate- hand at Daphne City Hall. As importantly, John understood that the ful and fortunate to have such a vibrant com- work of promoting and defending the base did On behalf of the people of South Alabama, munity within the district I represent. not end with the decision to remove the base I wish to extend my condolences to Mayor from the BRAC list. In the years following, Once again, congratulations to the Village of Yelding’s family, many friends and to the peo- John stressed the need for the creation of a Minoa and I wish its residents the best of luck ple of Daphne. You are all in our thoughts and state Office of Military Affairs and a historic in the next 100 years. prayers.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:21 Sep 05, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 J:\CRONLINE\2013-BATCH-JAN\2013 NEW REC FILES\E23JA3.REC E23JA3 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E53 IN RECOGNITION OF THE MERCER A TRIBUTE TO KENTUCKY RIGHT Gov. Wallace’s efforts to block Dr. Hood and COUNTY GOLDEN EAGLES FOOT- TO LIFE Ms. Malone were recorded in our Nation’s his- BALL TEAM tory as ‘‘The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door.’’ HON. GARLAND ‘‘ANDY’’ BARR Later that day, Dr. Hood, with the support of HON. CHERI BUSTOS OF KENTUCKY a federal court order and members of the Ala- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bama National Guard, was eventually allowed OF ILLINOIS to register for classes and pursue his degree. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, January 23, 2013 However, despite his bravery and courage, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, it is with great re- Dr. Hood’s time as a student at the University spect that I rise today to recognize my friends of Alabama was short. On August 11, 1963, Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to and members of the Kentucky Right to Life Dr. Hood left the University after numerous recognize the outstanding results achieved by Association, who in 2013 will celebrate 40 threats and constant harassment. He would the Mercer County Golden Eagles against the years of nobly and steadfastly defending the later return to the University of Alabama in Alhoff Crusaders in the 2A Illinois state foot- rights of all human life, born and unborn, 1997 to obtain a doctorate in interdisciplinary ball championship game this past month. young and old, regardless of ability or dis- studies. The game was a defensive battle with both ability. After his short time at the University of Ala- sides tied at 7 in the second half. During the The Kentucky Right to Life Association bama, Dr. Hood went on to obtain a bach- third quarter Mercer County linebacker Devin came together 40 years ago in response to elor’s degree from Wayne State University and Morford recovered a fumble at his own five the 1973 Roe vs. Wade U.S. Supreme Court a master’s degree from Michigan State. Dr. yard line, and returned it 95 yards for the decision which disregarded the ethical tradi- Hood also studied at the University of London. game winning touchdown. It was the type of tions of countless Americans by superseding He later served as deputy police chief in De- moment that seemed as if it was straight from the traditional prerogative of states and local troit and as a chairman of the police science a movie! communities to protect life. Today, the Ken- program at the Madison Area Technical Col- I congratulate the Golden Eagles for winning tucky Right to Life Association is comprised of lege in Wisconsin before retiring in 2002. Dur- the Illinois 2A state championship. This hard thousands of individuals working together to ing his extraordinary life, Dr. Hood was also a fought victory by Mercer County gives the restore the law to protect the lives of the un- devoted father to five children and nine grand- school its fourth state title. The school and the born and the most vulnerable among us, and children. entire community should be very proud to see to uphold the belief that every human being Today, as we mourn the passing of this such a hard earned trophy added to their has a right to live—a belief that I strongly American hero, we are reminded of his sac- case. share. Right to Life is comprised of individuals rifices for our Nation. Dr. Hood’s courage was Mr. Speaker, I am extremely proud of the of different faiths, political beliefs, and back- a testament to his commitment to education accomplishments of the Mercer County foot- grounds, all united in one purpose. Their spe- and equality. On behalf of a grateful Nation, ball team, both on and off the field, and I am cial union sets a strong example of organiza- we honor Dr. Hood’s personal sacrifices and honored to salute them today. tional leadership for other movements and commit to sharing his story with future genera- causes of moral consequence. tions. f Today, I congratulate my friends with the Today, ‘‘The Stand in the Schoolhouse Kentucky Right to Life Association for their 40 Door’’ is remembered as a pivotal moment in TRIBUTE TO EAGLE SCOUT ALEX years of leadership on this, the most con- the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Hood’s quest BARRETT sequential moral issue of our time. I also for educational equality served as a catalyst would like to personally welcome those mem- for the opportunities that many of us enjoy HON. TOM LATHAM bers joining me in Washington, DC this Friday, today. As a benefactor of Dr. Hood’s contribu- January 25, 2013, to participate in the annual tions, I am humbled by this opportunity to fur- OF IOWA March for Life on the National Mall. I hold ther solidify his place in American history. As IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES each and every one of you in the highest re- the first African-American woman elected to Wednesday, January 23, 2013 gard and firmly stand behind you in this great Congress from the state of Alabama, I know Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to endeavor. that my journey would not be possible without recognize and congratulate Alex Barrett of Boy f the contributions of foot soldiers like Dr. Hood. Let his life serve as a testament to the cour- Scout Troop 188 in Ankeny, Iowa for achiev- HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY ing the rank of Eagle Scout. age and strength of one individual’s ability to OF JAMES HOOD: A CIVIL change the trajectory of our Nation. On behalf The Eagle Scout rank is the highest ad- RIGHTS PIONEER of the 7th Congressional District, the State of vancement rank in scouting. Only about five Alabama and this Nation, I ask my colleagues percent of Boy Scouts earn the Eagle Scout HON. TERRI A. SEWELL to join me in honoring the life and legacy of Award. The award is a performance-based OF ALABAMA Dr. James Hood. achievement with high standards that have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES been well-maintained over the past century. f To earn the Eagle Scout rank, a Boy Scout Wednesday, January 23, 2013 RECOGNIZING MRS. PURA is obligated to pass specific tests that are or- Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I DELGADO ANDINO ganized by requirements and merit badges, as rise today to recognize and pay tribute to the well as completing an Eagle Project to benefit life and legacy of Dr. James Hood, one of the HON. ALAN GRAYSON the community. For his project, Alex con- first African-Americans to attend The Univer- OF FLORIDA structed and installed duck nesting platforms sity of Alabama, who passed away Thursday, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES at the Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt in Polk January 17 at the age of 70. Dr. Hood was a County. The work ethic Alex has shown in his trailblazer in the quest for civil rights and Wednesday, January 23, 2013 Eagle Project and every other project leading equality. I am deeply saddened by his passing Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to up to his Eagle Scout rank speaks volumes of but I am comforted in knowing that his legacy recognize Mrs. Pura Delgado Andino, a shin- his commitment to serving a cause greater will live on. ing example of leadership and inspiration to us than himself and assisting his community. Dr. Hood was born on November 10, 1942 all. Mrs. Delgado’s distinguished career in Mr. Speaker, the example set by this young in Gadsden, Alabama. He attended Gadsden community advocacy deserves our acknowl- man and his supportive family demonstrates public schools and he enrolled at the Univer- edgement. the rewards of hard work, dedication and per- sity of Alabama in 1963. Mrs. Delgado was born in Yabucoa, Puerto severance. I am honored to represent Alex On June 11, 1963, Dr. Hood along with fel- Rico on February 2, 1931. At age sixteen, she and his family in the United States Congress. low student Vivian Malone attempted to enroll moved from Puerto Rico to New York. There I know that all of my colleagues in the House at the University of Alabama. Upon his arrival Mrs. Delgado met her late husband, Jose will join me in congratulating him on obtaining to the Tuscaloosa campus, then Alabama Caraballo, and became a mother to two won- the Eagle Scout ranking, and I wish him con- Governor George Wallace physically blocked derful children. tinued success in his future education and ca- Dr. Hood from entering Foster Auditorium to In 1967, Mrs. Delgado moved to Con- reer. register for classes. As the world watched, necticut, where her lasting commitment to civic

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How can we continue to be grant to better serve these children and her HONORING NAVY SEAL AARON global leaders in promoting democratic values community. Because of her leadership on this VAUGHN and principles, when so many citizens still issue, Mrs. Delgado served as Health Edu- face barriers to participating in an electoral de- cation Assistant to the Center’s Director. HON. PATRICK MURPHY mocracy? Working alongside the Dean of the Yale OF FLORIDA When my colleagues and I introduced this School of Medicine, Mrs. Delgado helped IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES legislation last year, we urged prompt action to ensure access, accountability, and integrity in guide the school’s implementation of its affirm- Wednesday, January 23, 2013 ative action program. At the time, affirmative our nation’s electoral system. Last November, action policies were often limited to African Mr. MURPHY of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise we all watched aghast as Americans stood in American students, but Mrs. Delgado encour- today to honor the life and legacy of Navy line for hours on end determined to cast their aged the school to extend their efforts to other SEAL Aaron Vaughn, whose memory was re- vote. Some were able to weather the difficul- minority communities, such as Puerto Ricans cently honored by a monument being dedi- ties, while others were forced to give up. Mr. and Mexicans. Thanks to Mrs. Delgado’s in- cated in tribute to his service and sacrifice at Speaker, this is unacceptable. Earlier this volvement, the school graduated twenty-five the Sailfish Splash Water Park in Stuart, Flor- week, the President stated in his inaugural ad- minority students. One of these students who ida. dress that, ‘‘Our journey is not complete until went on to serve his community is the Honor- It is most appropriate that the memorial is no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exer- able Judge Wilfredo Martinez of Orlando, Flor- located at the Sailfish Splash Water Park. As cise the right to vote.’’ The Voter Empowerment Act responds to ida. Aaron’s mother, Karen Vaughn, described at that call to action with a plan. H.R. 12 modern- Drawing again on her intimate knowledge of the memorial service, it is ‘‘most fitting since izes the voter registration system in this na- the community and innate ability to express its inside those gates there will always be living, tion. It helps voters with disabilities, members needs, Mrs. Delgado obtained another grant to breathing representations of the things Aaron of the military and young people to fully ac- begin operation of the Fair Haven Health Clin- held most dear—love, laughter, family, friends cess their right to vote and to have their vote ic. This clinic recently celebrated its forty-third and fun.’’ Aaron Vaughn grew up in Florida’s 18th counted. anniversary. The VEA also restores the integrity of the Though Mrs. Delgado retired at age sev- Congressional district, where he attended Mar- voting system, by providing well-informed, enty-two, her record of accomplishments in tin County High School and was a member of well-trained poll workers who know the law, the physical and mental health areas remains the football team. Aaron then received his As- and ensuring that election officials don’t have impressive. She has served on a variety of sociate’s Degree from Indian River State Col- a vested interest in the outcome of political public service and community advisory boards, lege, studying turf grass science. Aaron later campaigns. This bill protects voters from de- including on the Board for Progressive Action, enlisted in the Navy and became a member of ceptive practices and intimidation and prohibits which aimed to empower low-income commu- the elite Navy SEALs. voter caging, and will ensure that every vote nities through education, counseling, and oc- Aaron bravely served as a Navy SEAL, a is counted. H.R. 12 creates a national hotline cupational training. lifelong dream of his. Aaron’s father, Billy so that problems are reported, corrected and In 1991 Mrs. Delgado relocated to Irma Vaughn, said that ‘‘the commander of SEAL prevented in real time, and it reauthorizes the Shores Lake in Orlando, Florida, where she Team Six said he was a fearless leader who Election Assistance Commission, the only began several small businesses and became was headed to the top.’’ In August 2011, agency with election administration expertise, an active member of the community. Mrs. Aaron lost his life when his helicopter was to ensure the highest standards are being met Delgado served as a Regional Field Operator shot down in Afghanistan. Mr. Speaker, Aaron Vaughn dedicated his nationwide. for President Bill Clinton in 1996 and helped People sacrificed their lives for this precious coin the term ‘‘I–4 Corridor’’. life to this country and I am proud that the city of Stuart has recognized his service by dedi- right. We have a duty to honor this legacy and Mrs. Delgado is a proud member of the the lives that were lost by ensuring this sacred ´ ˜ cating this memorial in his honor. It is truly Asociacion Borinquena de la Florida Central right. We must all come together to guarantee and currently serves as Vice Chair for the humbling to recognize his life and his great service to our country here today. open, fair, free access to democracy in our Black-Latino and Puerto Rican Alliance for great country. I hope that each and every one Justice of Florida. f of my colleagues will join me in support of this Please join me in recognizing Mrs. THE INTRODUCTION OF H.R. 12, landmark legislation. Delgado’s lifetime of civic achievement and THE VOTER EMPOWERMENT ACT community involvement. f f THE INTRODUCTION OF CENTER HON. JOHN LEWIS TO ADVANCE, MONITOR, AND HONORING MONA REIS OF GEORGIA PRESERVE UNIVERSITY SECU- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RITY SAFETY ACT OF 2013 HON. LOIS FRANKEL Wednesday, January 23, 2013 OF FLORIDA Mr. LEWIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to re- HON. ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF VIRGINIA introduce the Voter Empowerment Act. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, January 23, 2013 I am proud to be joined by my friends and Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I colleagues—the Gentleman from South Caro- Wednesday, January 23, 2013 rise today to honor Mona Reis, a courageous lina (Mr. CLYBURN), the Gentleman from Mary- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, today advocate for women’s reproductive freedom. land (Mr. HOYER), the Gentleman from Penn- I am introducing the Center to Advance, Mon- Ms. Reis runs the Presidential Women’s Cen- sylvania (Mr. BRADY), the Gentleman from itor and Preserve University Security (‘‘CAM- ter in West Palm Beach, Florida which has Michigan (Mr. CONYERS), and over 160 of our PUS’’) Safety Act of 2013. The CAMPUS provided quality individualized health care for Democratic colleagues in sponsoring this land- Safety Act previously passed the House of thousands of women since its founding in mark legislation. Our good friend, Senator Representatives by voice vote as a standalone 1980. Without this exceptional resource, many GILLIBRAND, is also introducing the companion bill in the 110th and 111th Congresses and women in South Florida would go without to the Voter Empowerment Act in the Senate. was included in the House-passed versions of needed wellness and reproductive health care Today, January 23rd marks the 49th anni- the College Opportunity and Affordability Act services. versary of the 24th Amendment to the U.S. of 2008 in the 110th Congress and the Vio- Today, as we commemorate the 40th Anni- Constitution. This is the amendment which lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of versary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe ended poll taxes, a tool used to undermine the 2012 in the 112th Congress. It is my hope that v. Wade decision, which affirmed a woman’s right to vote for millions of African Americans. the CAMPUS Safety Act will be signed into right to reproductive choice, I thank Mona Reis On this day, we must recommit ourselves in law during the 113th Congress.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:21 Sep 05, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 J:\CRONLINE\2013-BATCH-JAN\2013 NEW REC FILES\E23JA3.REC E23JA3 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E55 The purpose of the legislation is to enable IN RECOGNITION OF THE COMMU- including 39 boiler houses, are an important our institutions of higher education to more NITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE OF source of housing for military families and the easily obtain the best information available on WILLIAM J. UGGIANO local area. This group of homes is more than how to keep our campuses safe and how to just housing or a neighborhood, it is a commu- respond in the event of a campus emergency. HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT nity. The housing lease for this Section 801 con- The bill creates a National Center for Campus OF PENNSYLVANIA tract expired in 2007 and the ground lease is Public Safety (‘‘Center’’), which will be admin- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES scheduled to expire on June 26, 2018. Without istered through the Department of Justice. The Wednesday, January 23, 2013 an extension of the ground lease, the 400 Center is designed to train campus public Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, this Satur- houses must be removed from their current lo- safety agencies in state of the art practices to day, January 26, marks the 115th anniversary cation no later than 180 days following the ex- assure campus safety, encourage research to of Council 302 of the Wilkes-Barre Knights of piration of the lease. The most likely outcome strengthen college safety and security, and Columbus, and I rise today to congratulate the of this situation is a complete demolition of serve as a clearinghouse for the dissemination Knights of Columbus on this remarkable ac- these properties. of relevant campus public safety information. complishment and to recognize the leadership Currently, these 400 houses are nearly The Director of the Center will have authority and community service of William J. Uggiano, 100% occupied (99% in August of 2012) to award grants to institutions of higher learn- the immediate past Grand Knight of the orga- which is an unbiased testament to the value of ing to help them meet their enhanced public nization. Mr. Uggiano served the Council for these houses. Additionally, the four and five safety goals. the period July 2010–June 2012, and he is bedroom units are a valuable but very limited being honored by the Knights of Columbus as resource for the large number of military fami- Over the past few years we have seen nu- part of the 115th anniversary celebration. lies with multiple children stationed in the merous tragedies occur at colleges and uni- William Uggiano previously served his coun- area. In fact, seeing the value of these homes versities, including the disastrous events that try with distinction during a long career in the to both the military community and the local occurred at Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois Navy, which included tours of duty on four dif- tax base, several community leaders and in- University and more recently at Old Dominion ferent warships, the last of which was the USS terests have written to me over the past cou- University that took the life of Congressman Guam. He was even baptized at sea on the ple of years to express their support for ex- ELIJAH CUMMINGS’ nephew. Unfortunately, Guam off the coast of Liberia. He retired in tending the ground-lease under these homes. these events were the first of their kind at their 1999 and enrolled in Luzerne Community Col- While I understand that this is a sensitive schools and there was insufficient knowledge lege where he received an Associates degree issue, it simply does not make sense for 400 in computer information systems. While at- high-use and high-value homes to be torn on how to prevent the tragedies or how to tending college to get the degree, he began down. There must be a better solution. This most effectively respond in their aftermath. working at the Wilkes-Barre Veterans Adminis- bill may not be that solution, but it is a critical While there is growing awareness that such tration hospital as an IT specialist in the Office step in the direction to finding one. threats are possible anywhere, many schools of Information and Technology, and he is still f still have not developed safety protocols that employed there today. would prepare them to maximize the pros- Mr. Uggiano is a past Commander of the HONORING ROTARY INTER- pects of preventing such tragedies or to effec- Italian American Veterans of Luzerne Coun- NATIONAL FOR 108 YEARS OF tively respond to them should they occur de- ty—Post No. 1, Treasurer of the American SERVICE spite sound prevention efforts. Federal of Government Employees (AFGE)— Local 1699, and Treasurer of the Diamond Our nation’s colleges and universities play a HON. GUS M. BILIRAKIS City chapter of the American Wine Society. He OF FLORIDA large role in the development of our next gen- is married to the former Javette Swinney of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eration of leaders and we should assist them Portsmouth, Virginia, and he and Javette have Wednesday, January 23, 2013 in their efforts to keep our campuses and our six children and thirteen grandchildren. students safe. The Clery Act already requires Willam Uggiano exemplifies the Knights of Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to schools to have safety plans in order to par- Columbus founding core principles of charity honor and congratulate Rotary International for ticipate in the Title IV deferral student aid pro- toward others, unity for the good of us all, fra- selflessly working for 108 years to improve grams; unfortunately there is no one place for ternity with one another, and patriotism communities around the world and to recog- schools to obtain reliable and useful informa- marked by devotion to both God and country. nize the Rotary Clubs of the State of Florida tion. It makes little sense to require the thou- Please accept my congratulations on this mo- for the important work they do in our commu- nities. The organization’s motto of ‘‘Service sands of institutions of higher education to mentous occasion. f Above Self’’ inspires its members to provide start from scratch and individually go through humanitarian service, encourage high ethical the cost and effort to develop comprehensive TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTINUED standards, and promote good will and peace plans. Instead, they ought to be able to obtain LEASE OR EVENTUAL CONVEY- in the world. guidance and assistance, including best prac- ANCE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL Founded in 1905, Rotary International has tices, from a ‘‘one stop shop’’ like the Center. LAND WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES become one of the world’s largest non-profit The CAMPUS Safety Act will help institu- OF FORT WAINWRIGHT MILI- service organizations. In my home State of TARY RESERVATION IN FAIR- tions of higher learning understand how to Florida, there are nearly 400 Rotary clubs BANKS, ALASKA prevent such tragedies from occurring, and throughout 8 Rotary districts. These clubs rep- resent thousands of Floridians who actively how to respond immediately and effectively in HON. DON YOUNG sponsor service projects throughout the State case they do. Although this bill was originally and internationally. Through their charitable drafted in direct response to the Virginia Tech OF ALASKA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES spirit, these clubs provide solutions to prob- shootings to specifically assist college and uni- lems impacting society, including poverty, hun- versity campuses, I should note that in the Wednesday, January 23, 2013 ger, illiteracy, and more. Since its founding, wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elemen- Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I rise Rotary has contributed more than one billion tary School in Newtown, Connecticut, public today to introduce legislation to continue the dollars and countless volunteer hours in the elementary and secondary schools and their conversation on how to preserve and protect fight to eradicate polio. Last year alone, the governing agencies will be able to access the an important neighborhood in Fairbanks, Alas- organization raised more than $200 million for informational and training benefits of the Cen- ka from eventual destruction. global polio eradication. ter. In 1987, the Army entered into a Section Rotary is also the world’s largest privately- 801 build-to-lease housing contract for a 400- funded source of international scholarships. I urge my colleagues to cosponsor and sup- home community on 76 acres of land. These Annually, more than 7,000 secondary school port this important legislation to ensure that homes, consisting of 3, 4, and 5 bedroom students are able to study abroad through the our institutions of higher education have ac- units, a maintenance and leasing facility, asso- organization’s Youth Exchange Programs. cess to the information necessary to keep ciated roads and parking areas, landscaping, Mr. Speaker, for more than 100 years, Ro- their schools safe. 18 playgrounds, and a central heating system tary International has represented the best of

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:21 Sep 05, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 J:\CRONLINE\2013-BATCH-JAN\2013 NEW REC FILES\E23JA3.REC E23JA3 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E56 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 23, 2013 the human spirit, and the organization and its Sam was born to Greek immigrants in INTRODUCTION OF THE DISTRICT State and local chapters have become pillars Pueblo, Colorado in 1917. He attended Amer- OF COLUMBIA EQUAL REPRESEN- in their communities. Their humanitarian ef- ican University, where he was elected vice- TATION ACT AND THE DISTRICT forts and successes exemplify the strength of president of the student government and wrote OF COLUMBIA HOUSE VOTING compassion, and I commend them for their for the college newspaper. RIGHTS ACT contributions. A member of the ‘‘greatest generation’’, f Sam served with distinction in the Navy during HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON World War II, escorting convoys in the Atlantic OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN HONOR OF THE 25TH and commanding a minesweeper in the Pa- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ANNIVERSARY OF UPS AIRLINES cific. Sam’s commitment to country would later Wednesday, January 23, 2013 cause him to return to duty during the Korean HON. JOHN A. YARMUTH War, where he served as an executive officer Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce two bills that provide different ap- OF KENTUCKY on destroyers. He remained in the naval re- proaches for obtaining voting representation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES serve until 1962, retiring with the rank of Com- mander. for the more than 600,000 American citizens Wednesday, January 23, 2013 who reside in the nation’s capital and pay the Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in Sam spent the entirety of his professional full array of federal taxes that support the gov- recognition of UPS Airlines, which on January career at U.S. News and World Report, rising ernment of the United States, but have no vot- 25, 2013, celebrates 25 years of exemplary from the position of assistant to the circulation ing representation in Congress. These bills are service. manager in 1946 to becoming Chairman and the District of Columbia Equal Representation This anniversary date marks an inauspicious Chief Executive Officer in 1982. Under Sam’s Act and the District of Columbia House Voting beginning. A quarter-century ago, the Federal leadership, U.S. News and World Report Rights Act. I have introduced these bills during Aviation Authority offered its initial approval of reached over two million readers and earned different periods in the past. I introduce them the UPS Air Carrier Operating Certificate. a well-deserved reputation for high-quality re- today after listening to residents at the many Starting with two DC–8s, UPS Airlines would porting and excellence in journalism. Community Conversations I have held in each quickly become one of the largest airlines in Sam Keker was the embodiment of the ward of the District since a dangerous gun the world. And with Worldport, UPS Airlines’ American Dream—a person who through hard amendment—which would have eliminated all innovative international hub, they have helped work, motivation and smarts rose to the high- of the District’s gun safety laws and would make Louisville, KY—my District and home- est level of his profession. Throughout that have done much more—forced us to decline town—a global leader in logistics. journey, he remained humble and treated to move to final passage of the District of Co- Today, United Parcel Service delivers more those around him with dignity and kindness. lumbia House Voting Rights Act in April 2010. than 15 million packages every day in more I was privileged to know Sam Keker and will I introduce these bills today, in the same than 220 countries and territories around the miss his intelligence, counsel and extraor- month that the House majority again elimi- world. And Louisville’s Worldport has revolu- dinary wit. He was an inspiration to me, and nated the District’s vote in the Committee of tionized American logistics through techno- his life was a good example for all. Sam and the Whole, despite rulings by the federal logical advancements that are the envy of his loving wife Lucy have been leaders in our courts that this vote is constitutional. It there- innovators across the globe. At Worldport, community, giving generously of their time and fore is clear that the House would not consider more than 20,000 local employees process resources to help the less fortunate. any approach to representation and full de- 416,000 packages an hour in a facility the size I extend my deepest sympathies to Lucy, mocracy for D.C. residents at this time. As my of 90 football fields. The operation is as ex- Sam’s sons John and Jerry, and the rest of first bill of the 113th Congress, I introduced traordinary as it is expansive. the Keker family. As we mourn Sam’s loss, we the New Columbia Admission Act, to make the Not only have UPS Airlines and Worldport are also grateful for the lessons he taught and District of Columbia the 51st state, the only made Louisville a world leader in logistics; the the life that he lived. option that affords the residents of the District company has been pivotal in generating eco- of Columbia equality with other American citi- nomic development throughout our commu- f zens, and the option we will always seek. nity. Countless businesses have moved to However, today, I am reintroducing two bills Louisville and are now thriving because of DEFENSE OF A WOMAN’S RIGHT that residents have indicated would have their what UPS Airlines brings—and ships out. And TO CHOOSE continued support on the way to statehood, through the Metropolitan College partnership which they deserve. Residents embraced with the University of Louisville and Jefferson these approaches because they were possible Community and Technical College, UPS has HON. TULSI GABBARD at the time. Today’s bills will help ensure that provided more than 2,600 employees tuition OF HAWAII there is no weakening in the momentum that reimbursement since 1998. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES these bills helped build here and throughout Good corporate citizenship means creating the country over the past several years. high-quality, good-paying jobs and new eco- Wednesday, January 23, 2013 The District of Columbia Equal Representa- tion Act would give the District of Columbia nomic opportunities for communities. But it Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, forty years two senators and, initially, one House mem- also means contributing to the greater whole, ago this month, the U.S. Supreme Court af- ber. With statehood delayed, then-Senator Jo- whether through strategic investments or pro- firmed a woman’s constitutional right to seph Lieberman and I introduced this bill for grams that help expand opportunity beyond choose in Roe v. Wade. This landmark deci- several years as the No Taxation Without the walls of any single institution. UPS and sion ensures that women can make their own Representation Act. The House, which was Worldport have spent decades providing a health decisions, and if they want to, consult controlled by Republicans, did not act on the model for corporate citizenship in Louisville. with their doctor, family, and faith. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me bill. The Senate held hearings and marked up in honoring this corporate leader on the 25th Four decades later, even though abortion the bill in 2002, but did not bring it to the floor. anniversary of UPS Airlines. remains legal, women still face enormous bar- The second bill, the District of Columbia riers—barriers that wholly violate the spirit of f House Voting Rights Act, to give D.C., initially, the Roe v. Wade decision. I support efforts to one House member, almost became law. In IN CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE increase access to affordable healthcare serv- 2005, when I continued to be in the minority, AND LEGACY OF SAMUEL KEKER ices which can contribute to fewer unplanned then-Representative Tom Davis and I and teen pregnancies, a goal we should all partnered on a bipartisan bill giving House HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN support. votes to Democratic D.C. and Republican OF MARYLAND This monumental Supreme Court ruling re- Utah. The D.C. House Voting Rights Act IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mains under attack, as the ability for women marked the first time in decades that we to be free to make what is often the most dif- achieved large majority votes in the House Wednesday, January 23, 2013 ficult decision in their lives, is constantly chal- and Senate for voting rights for D.C. residents, Mr. VANHOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to cel- lenged. Now more than ever, we must remain and brought the city closer than we have ever ebrate the remarkable life and legacy of a steadfast in our defense of a woman’s right to come to voting representation in more than great American, Samuel Keker. choose. two centuries. This bill likely would be law

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In as a board member of the United Way of the eliminated the District’s gun safety laws, but addition, the Centers will improve the coordi- Bay Area; Mills Peninsula Hospital; Belmont also would have added measures making the nation of preparedness, response, and recov- Hills Psychiatric Center; AAUW Education nation’s capital one of the most permissive ery efforts between governments, private com- Foundation; San Mateo County League of gun jurisdictions in the country. panies, not-for-profit entities and faith-based Women Voters; Family Services Association; In introducing these bills, we lay down a organizations. American Heart Association; Poplar Center for marker of our determination to never relent or I would like to point out, Mr. Speaker, that the Developmentally Disabled; the retreat until we have obtained each and every the use of these facilities would be totally vol- Hillsborough Concours D’Elegance, which she right to which we are entitled, whether through untary on the part of displaced Americans. No co-chaired with her husband, and for which the frustration and anguish of the federal agency is authorized under this legisla- they were honored as Hillsborough’s Citizens incrementalism that Congress has always tion to force anyone to evacuate to these fa- of the Year in 1979; San Mateo High School forced upon the District or through statehood. cilities, nor to force those who voluntarily ar- and Crocker Middle School PARENT Groups; We will be watchful to both make and seize rive there to remain longer than they wish. Admiralty Home Owners Association; and the every opportunity to pursue our rights, regard- The goal is to provide the facility and means Citizen Task Force to study county govern- less of who controls Congress. We accept no for Americans displaced by disasters to con- ment operations in 1975–1977. imposed limit on our equal rights as American tinue leading their lives as much as possible. In 1979, Evelyn began working for the Men- citizens, and we will pursue them all until the The National Emergency Centers will be lo- tal Health Association of San Mateo, her first day when there is no difference in citizenship cated on military bases that have been closed foray into the paid workforce since her years between residents of the District of Columbia during the most recent Base Realignment and as a teacher. She became Executive Director and other American citizens. Closures (BRAC) round. I am proposing these in 1979 and served in that post until 2003. sites because the necessary infrastructure to Evelyn Stanton distinguished herself in every f house, feed, and care for evacuees over an community organization she was part of but REINTRODUCING THE NATIONAL extended period of time is already in place, her extraordinary leadership in the mental EMERGENCY CENTERS ESTAB- thus limiting the cost and time needed to con- health community of San Mateo County was LISHMENT ACT struct these facilities. Military bases often con- legendary. She was ‘‘Mrs. Mental Health’’, tain large warehouses or hangers, ideal loca- shaping and making the system the best in HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS tions for storing large amounts of supplies and California. OF FLORIDA equipment. Finally, military bases are often ac- Together we were founding members of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cessible by a wide range of transportation San Mateo County General Hospital Founda- links, and may themselves have train yards or tion. She was a member of the AIDS Commu- Wednesday, January 23, 2013 airstrips capable of facilitating the rapid dis- nity Board, and Chair of the Mental Health Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I bursement of supplies or relief efforts. Contract Agencies. Evelyn earned and was rise today to reintroduce the National Emer- Mr. Speaker, we have an obligation to better awarded many honors—the Soroptomist gency Centers Establishment Act, a bill that I prepare and more adequately respond to the Woman of the Year; the Evelyn F. Stanton En- first introduced in the 109th Congress. This needs of communities hit by natural disasters. dowed Fellowship established by AAUW; the legislation authorizes the Federal Emergency Furthermore, we must ensure that basic needs Seaton Manning Outstanding Agency Profes- Management Agency (FEMA) to make use of of disaster victims are met immediately fol- sional Award; and she was inducted into the already closed military facilities to coordinate lowing the devastation. The goal of this legis- San Mateo County Women’s Hall of Fame in emergency response and provide voluntary lation is to improve humanitarian relief to indi- 1987. humanitarian assistance to Americans dis- viduals and families displaced and suffering Evelyn will be deeply missed by her four de- placed by natural disasters. from the effects of a natural disaster. The idea voted sons, Gary of San Mateo, Greg of San From Hurricane Katrina to Hurricane Sandy, is to have an accessible central location that Diego, Dave of San Francisco, Emmett of San and numerous other destructive disasters, we can house large numbers of people while pro- Francisco and her nine beloved grandchildren. have seen time and time again how emer- viding for their immediate medical and daily Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me gency relief efforts can be complex, expen- needs. in honoring a great and good woman who sive, and oftentimes chaotic. Despite the ex- I ask my colleagues to support this legisla- served the people of San Mateo County with traordinary efforts can be complex, expensive, tion, and urge the House Leadership to bring honor and generosity, earning the respect of and oftentimes chaotic. Despite the extraor- this bill to the floor for its swift consideration. the entire community, as well as her col- dinary efforts of agencies like FEMA, the f leagues in public service. I ask my colleagues American Red Cross, and other local and na- to extend to her family our most sincere sym- A TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF EVELYN tional organizations to provide immediate re- pathy for their loss. Evelyn Stanton will be FILICE STANTON lief, natural disasters can leave tens of thou- missed by everyone who had the good fortune sands of Americans struggling for long periods to know her, and I count myself among those of time. Sixteen months after Hurricane HON. ANNA G. ESHOO so blessed. Our community has been Katrina, 60,000 Americans were still ill- OF CALIFORNIA strengthened by her life and her service, and housed, and struggling to access adequate IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES our country has been immensely bettered by food and health care, education and jobs. I Wednesday, January 23, 2013 her extraordinary contributions and a life lived have seen similar effects following hurricanes Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to exceedingly well. in my home state of Florida. honor the life of Evelyn Filice Stanton who f While disaster preparedness, response, and died peacefully while on a family vacation on OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL recovery has improved greatly in recent years, December 29, 2012. DEBT difficult challenges remain. I believe that we Evelyn was born on December 17, 1926, in must increase the availability of temporary Hollister, California, at the apricot and prune housing in times of national emergencies, and ranch of her parents. She lived there until HON. MIKE COFFMAN OF COLORADO improve training and preparedness for national World War II when her father moved the fam- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES emergencies in order to ensure that we can ily to San Francisco, where she entered Low- mitigate as much as possible the humanitarian ell High School, graduating with the Class of Wednesday, January 23, 2013 catastrophes that occurred in the Gulf Coast, 1944. She earned her A.B. degree from U.C. Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January 3, the Atlantic Coast, and elsewhere in the na- Berkeley where she met her future husband, 2009, the day I took office, the national debt tion. returning war veteran Emmett Stanton, whom was $10,627,961,295,930.67. My legislation authorized FEMA to establish she married in 1949. Today, it is $16,432,619,424,703.06. We’ve six National Emergency Centers throughout Evelyn earned a teaching credential from added $5,804,658,128,772.39 to our debt in 4 the United States. The Centers will be used to San Francisco State University, and taught at years. This is a $5.8 trillion in debt our nation, provide temporary housing, medical and hu- El Cerrito High School while Emmett practiced our economy, and our children could have manitarian assistance for individuals and fami- dentistry. The couple moved to San Mateo avoided with a Balanced Budget Amendment. lies displaced due to an emergency. The Cen- County in 1952, where they raised their four We must stop this unconscionable accumula- ters will also serve as a centralized location sons. tion of debt.

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Congress has already recognized that there During her career, Jacky has won a number of may be costs in the insular and non-contig- OF CALIFORNIA awards, including honors from the Common- uous areas of our nation that are different than IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES wealth Club and the Golden Gate Fisherman’s those in the continental United States and for Wednesday, January 23, 2013 Association. Her work with newspapers, radio this reason gave the Secretary of Agriculture show hosts and TV broadcasts has made it the authority to set adjusted reimbursement Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. easier for Californians to connect to the world rates in 42 U.S.C. 1760(f): Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Jac- of the outdoors. She was married to George queline Douglas upon her induction into the In providing assistance for breakfasts, Douglas and has four daughters. lunches, suppers, and supplements served in California Outdoors Hall of Fame. This is a I invite our colleagues to join me in con- Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, terrific and well-deserved honor for a mainstay gratulating Jacqueline Douglas, a woman be- Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United of the California sport fishing community loved by all that meet her, for her lifelong ef- States, and the Commonwealth of the North- Jacky, known affectionately as ‘‘Wacky ern Mariana Islands, the Secretary may es- forts in fishing and conservation and her dedi- Jacky,’’ is a San Francisco native and the only tablish appropriate adjustments for each cation to educating others about the outdoors. female fishing charter boat skipper in the Bay such State to the national average payment Area. She is a legendary voice within San f rates prescribed under sections 1753, 1759a, Francisco’s sport fishing community, respected 1761 and 1766 of this title and section 4 of the HONORING CONGRESSWOMAN JO Child Nutrition Act of 1966, to reflect the dif- by fisherman of both Golden Gate and Pacific ANN EMERSON ferences between the costs of providing Coast Salmon fisheries, and one of the Bay meals and supplements in those States and Area’s most passionate voices for protecting the costs of providing meals and supplements salmon and their habitat. She is a fervent HON. ANN WAGNER in all other States. OF MISSOURI fighter for conservation and water issues, as [Here ‘‘States’’ means the 50 States, the well as a tremendous advocate for salmon, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES District of Columbia, and the named U.S. insu- wildlife, and the California coast. Wednesday, January 23, 2013 lar areas.] Jacky has also been a great help to the Mrs. WAGNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to The Secretary has used this authority to set members of the Bay Area congressional dele- adjusted—and place-appropriate rates—for gation in our efforts to achieve a water policy pay tribute to an incredible woman, role model, public servant, and friend. both Alaska and Hawaii, where transportation in California that will sustain all of our state’s and other factors add to the cost of providing interests, including the important fisheries that Over the past several decades putting peo- ple before politics has been a way of life for meals in the schools. In the other insular yield so many jobs for people up and down areas—the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the west coast. Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson. Whether it was an agricultural issue, flood control prob- American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Wacky Jacky was confirmed by a record 40 lems, a small business in trouble or a Veteran Virgin Islands—however, where distance and of 41 votes from peers, the highest vote tally who needed help—there were no Democrats reverse economies of scale can increase of any member to gain entry into the California or Republicans to Jo Ann, just constituents. costs just as in Alaska and Hawaii, schools Outdoors Hall of Fame. She was nominated are reimbursed at the standard national rate Jo Ann truly represents the people of Mis- due to the fact that she has inspired thou- that applies throughout the continental U.S. souri’s 8th District by listening to them and sands of Californians to take part in the great Those of us who shuttle between our duties then working hard to make a difference. Put- outdoors and conservation. She was also pre- in Congress and the insular areas we rep- ting people before politics was not just a slo- viously inducted at the International Sports- resent are familiar with the costs of food and gan to her—it was the way the gentlelady from men’s Exposition at Sacramento’s Cal Expo other services both here and at home. We Missouri’s sprawling 8th District operates. She and honored by the Bay Institute for her dedi- know that there are differences. And, if these epitomized what being a Member of the Peo- cated advocacy. And in further recognition of differences mean that children in our areas ple’s House should be. her many accomplishments, Jacky was also are receiving less food or less nutritious food Her legacy of service and that of her late inducted into her high school’s Abraham Lin- or no food at all because the current reim- husband Bill Emerson will not be forgotten and coln High School Wall of Fame in May 2002. bursement rates are inadequate, then we she remains an example for all of us in this With 29 years of fishing experience, she is need that information. By the same token— body. Her service will be remembered be- still taking people from all over the world fish- though this is not my expectation—if the fed- cause of the lives she has touched by doing ing out the Golden Gate. At 84, she is a hero eral government is overpaying, then Congress what was right because it was right. among her fellow fishing captains, and is one needs to know that, as well. While I am excited for Congresswoman of the most popular party boat captains in The legislation I am introducing today re- Emerson in her new endeavor, I am sad for America. She was the first and remains the quires the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the great loss to this chamber and to the peo- only woman to own and skipper her own com- the Committee on Agriculture of the House of ple of Missouri’s 8th District. mercial boat in the San Francisco Bay Area. Representatives and the Committee on Agri- Douglas passed her Coast Guard examina- f culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate tion in 1972, purchased her first party boat INTRODUCING A BILL TO REQUIRE on: and has mastered boating, safety and fishing THE SECRETARY OF AGRI- 1. the difference between the costs of pro- ever since. She started fishing on San Fran- CULTURE TO SUBMIT A REPORT viding meals and supplements under the Rich- cisco area boats in 1955, and became a deck- TO CONGRESS ON PAYMENT ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and hand in 1970, after which she skippered a pri- RATES FOR SCHOOL MEALS AND the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 in the Northern vate boat and fished commercially for several SUPPLEMENTS Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, years. She became the skipper of the Wacky Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and Jacky in 1973, unheard of for a woman at the the average cost of providing these meals and time. HON. GREGORIO KILILI CAMACHO supplements in the 50 States and the District Jacky is well known for taking good care of SABLAN of Columbia; and her customers, and says the most important OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 2. the relationship of those cost differences thing is, ‘‘to have my customers leave with a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and the reimbursement rates offered to the in- smile on their face.’’ In the meantime, Jacky, sular areas. continually improves her sailing skills, has now Wednesday, January 23, 2013 Accurate information, such as this legislation earned her master mariner’s license which Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, today, I am in- will provide to Congress, is essential for accu- permits her to skipper boats up to 100 tons. troducing legislation that will provide this Con- rate policy-making. I urge my colleagues to Over her career, she has taken an estimated gress with the information we need to deter- co-sponsor this bill and thank them for their 150,000 people out to fish. mine whether the U.S. Department of Agri- support.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:21 Sep 05, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 J:\CRONLINE\2013-BATCH-JAN\2013 NEW REC FILES\E23JA3.REC E23JA3 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E59 PERSONAL EXPLANATION Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in As an additional procedure along recognizing not only one of our nations’ most with the computerization of this infor- HON. TULSI GABBARD well-regarded activists and her contributions to mation, the Office of the Senate Daily OF HAWAII American history, but the countless schools Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and groups like the Aspire Rosa Parks Acad- emy who celebrate her legacy every year. section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Wednesday, January 23, 2013 f on Monday and Wednesday of each Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, on January week. HONORING 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF 22, 2013, I was unavoidably detained and was Meetings scheduled for Thursday, ROE V. WADE unable to record my vote for rollcall Nos. 24 January 24, 2013 may be found in the and 25. Had I been present I would have Daily Digest of today’s record. voted: HON. MIKE QUIGLEY Rollcall No. 24: ‘‘yes’’—On Motion to Sus- OF ILLINOIS MEETINGS SCHEDULED pend the Rules and Pass H.R. 307 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Rollcall No. 25: ‘‘no’’—On Motion to Adjourn Wednesday, January 23, 2013 JANUARY 29 f Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today be- 10 a.m. HONORING ROSA PARKS’ 100TH cause 40 years ago our Supreme Court deter- Committee on Foreign Relations BIRTHDAY Business meeting to consider pending mined that every woman has the right to de- calendar business. cide whether or not to continue her pregnancy. S–116 HON. JERRY McNERNEY While that ruling stands today, we must re- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, OF CALIFORNIA main vigilant. and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As we speak, anti-choice activists are work- ing to erode that right, not only by making Aging Wednesday, January 23, 2013 abortions illegal, but by making them unavail- To hold hearings to examine primary care. Mr. MCNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, today I rise able. In 2011, a record 92 abortion-regulating SD–430 to ask my colleagues to join me in honoring laws passed in 24 states, imposing onerous 2:30 p.m. Rosa Parks’ 100th Birthday. waiting periods, invasive ultrasounds, and Select Committee on Intelligence Rosa Parks is a true American icon and a dangerous parental consent requirements—All To hold closed hearings to examine cer- civil rights activist. She is best known for re- in an effort to make such services inacces- tain intelligence matters. fusing to give up her seat on a bus in Ala- sible. SH–219 bama to a white passenger in 1955. Con- As President Obama said on Monday, sequently, she was arrested for civil disobe- ‘‘while these truths may be self-evident, they JANUARY 30 dience. have never been self-executing.’’ Yes, abor- 10 a.m. Rosa Parks’ actions were a catalyst for the tion is legal, but we have to fight to ensure it Committee on Foreign Relations Montgomery Bus Boycott. African Americans remains accessible. The good news is, most Business meeting to consider pending calendar business. in Montgomery, Alabama boycotted local Americans are with us. A recent Wall Street S–116 buses and used other methods of transpor- Journal/NBC News Poll found 7 in 10 Ameri- Committee on the Judiciary tation to get to work. The boycott lasted 381 cans believe Roe v. Wade should stand. To hold hearings to examine gun vio- days and helped bring about the repeal of the On the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade lence in America. law requiring segregation on public buses. Her let’s reflect on the rights we have won, and SH–216 actions helped bring additional national atten- renew the fight to protect them. JANUARY 31 tion to race inequality throughout the United f States. 9:30 a.m. Her courage and resolve was emblematic of SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS Committee on Armed Services the efforts made during the civil rights move- Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, To hold hearings to examine the nomina- agreed to by the Senate of February 4, tion of Charles Timothy Hagel, of Ne- ment. Her actions remain part of the story of braska, to be Secretary of Defense; the fight to secure every individual’s right to 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- with the possibility of a closed session share the American dream. tem for a computerized schedule of all in SVC–217 following the open session. Rosa Parks’ legacy continues to resonate meetings and hearings of Senate com- SD–G50 throughout the country. For example, in my mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- 10 a.m. own district, the Aspire Rosa Parks Academy tees, and committees of conference. Committee on Foreign Relations in Stockton, California celebrates Rosa Parks’ This title requires all such committees Business meeting to consider pending birthday. This tremendous event serves as an to notify the Office of the Senate Daily calendar business. Digest—designated by the Rules Com- S–116 important reminder of how far we have come 2:30 p.m. as a nation and serves as an educational and mittee—of the time, place and purpose Select Committee on Intelligence historical tool. It brings the community together of the meetings, when scheduled and To hold closed hearings to examine cer- to recognize one of the true pioneers of the any cancellations or changes in the tain intelligence matters. civil rights movement. meetings as they occur. SH–219

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9:30 a.m., Thursday, January 24 2 p.m., Friday, January 25

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Thursday: Senate will be in a period of Program for Friday: The House will meet in pro forma morning business until 12 p.m. session at 2 p.m.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Goodlatte, Bob, Va., E50 Poe, Ted, Tex., E49 Grayson, Alan, Fla., E53 Quigley, Mike, Ill., E50, E59 Barr, Garland ‘‘Andy’’, Ky., E53 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E57 Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho, Northern Mariana Bilirakis, Gus M., Fla., E55 Higgins, Brian, N.Y., E49, E50 Islands, E58 Bonner, Jo, Ala., E52 Honda, Michael M., Calif., E51 Scott, Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’, Va., E54 Bustos, Cheri, Ill., E53 Latham, Tom, Iowa, E53 Sewell, Terri A., Ala., E53 Cartwright, Matt, Pa., E55 Lewis, John, Ga., E54 Castor, Kathy, Fla., E50 McNerney, Jerry, Calif., E51, E59 Slaughter, Louise McIntosh, N.Y., E51 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E57 Maffei, Daniel B., N.Y., E50, E52 Van Hollen, Chris, Md., E56 Courtney, Joe, Conn., E52 Michaud, Michael H., Me., E49 Wagner, Ann, Mo., E58 Eshoo, Anna G., Calif., E57 Miller, George, Calif., E58 Yarmuth, John A., Ky., E56 Frankel, Lois, Fla., E54 Murphy, Patrick, Fla., E54 Young, Don, Alaska, E55 Gabbard, Tulsi, Hawaii, E56, E59 Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E56

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