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Vol. 161 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015 No. 46 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was cient to prevent a humanitarian dis- about the imminent collapse of Gaza’s called to order by the Speaker pro tem- aster looming for Gaza and the region. coastal aquifer, but too many politi- pore (Mr. HARDY). The tunnels that were dug by Hamas cians everywhere have failed to re- from Gaza into Israel were not the only f spond. things underground that should gen- While we don’t want to minimize DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO erate public concern. Without rapid ac- Israel’s important move to authorize TEMPORE tion, the drinking water beneath Gaza, additional water into Gaza, we The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- or the lack thereof, poses a threat to shouldn’t overstate its impact in avert- fore the House the following commu- the region that is as severe or worse ing the region’s looming water crisis. nication from the Speaker: than Hamas’ tunnels. That is because What is going to happen if thousands the coastal aquifer, the only source of of Gazans actually rush to the fences, WASHINGTON, DC, drinking water for 1.8 million Gazans, March 18, 2015. trying to get to Egypt or Israel for I hereby appoint the Honorable CRESENT is near collapse, as soon as 2016. water? What happens if the water crisis HARDY to act as Speaker pro tempore on this Like the cities of Los Angeles or Tel broadens the appeal of Hamas’ malice day. Aviv, Gaza cannot currently meet its in Gaza? JOHN A. BOEHNER, water needs from within its bound- Look at the recent history in Syria, Speaker of the House of Representatives. aries. That dynamic is compounded by where the collapse of civil order and f the fact that Gaza’s population is rap- the civil war was precipitated by per- idly increasing and now consumes sistent drought that drove people from MORNING-HOUR DEBATE three times the amount of water that the countryside into the city. Such is naturally replenished from rain- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- dire outcomes in Gaza could be avoided water. ant to the order of the House of Janu- if additional and immediate long-term ary 6, 2015, the Chair will now recog- The massive amount of water with- drawn from the aquifer over the last measures were employed. nize Members from lists submitted by Based on the existing infrastructure, several decades has allowed salty Medi- the majority and minority leaders for Israel has the potential to double— morning-hour debate. terranean seawater to contaminate the drinking water at an ever-increasing overnight—the quantity of water sup- The Chair will alternate recognition plied to Gaza. A wastewater treatment between the parties, with each party rate. A 2012 United Nations report said that 90 percent of the coastal aquifer plant recently built under the manage- limited to 1 hour and each Member ment of the World Bank in Gaza could other than the majority and minority salinity levels were too great for drink- ing purposes. Today that figure is 95 reduce by a third the amount of un- leaders and the minority whip limited treated wastewater that pollutes both to 5 minutes, but in no event shall de- percent. By the end of 2016, the entire aquifer will be unfit for human con- the groundwater and the beaches of bate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. sumption. And unless action is taken, Israel and Gaza. f by 2020, that damage will be irrevers- It is clearly in Israel’s interest to fa- cilitate the private-public partnerships GAZA’S WATER SHORTAGE ible. To make matters worse, Gaza does that lead to greater energy independ- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The not have large and modern sewage ence and assist the Palestinian Water Chair recognizes the gentleman from treatment plants and operations. The Authority. Oregon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) for 5 min- sewage from 1.8 million Gazans further Strengthening the Palestinian Au- utes. pollutes the groundwater and risks the thority by increasing the flow of water Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, outbreak of pandemic diseases like into Gaza and dealing with the sanita- amidst the troubling picture coming cholera and typhoid. Sewage remains tion crisis weakens Hamas and high- out of the Israeli elections, there was untreated as 90,000 cubic meters of raw lights their inability to provide public some good news from the Middle East sewage, flows into the Mediterranean services. for a change. The Israeli Government every day. Last night’s election was deeply announced that it would double the Israeli intelligence knew about and troubling for the future of Israeli poli- amount of water it sells to Gaza from warned about Hamas’ tunnels long be- tics and a two-state solution, long the 5 million to 10 million cubic meters an- fore they were used, but Israeli politi- policy of the United States and, until nually. This is positive momentum we cians chose not to take their counsel. recently, the leadership of Israel. must build upon because, while it is an Environmental and water experts But taking action on water and sani- important step, the quantity is insuffi- have been warning for many years tation is a small, critical, important

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Previous estimates of the that help them survive tough times IN REMEMBRANCE OF WYNONA impact of block granting SNAP show and provide them with opportunities to HAYDON that it will result in about $130 billion get out of poverty are always targeted The SPEAKER pro tempore. The in cuts to the program. A cut of that for drastic cuts. Chair recognizes the gentleman from magnitude to SNAP would have serious And what is especially troubling to North Carolina (Mr. HOLDING) for 5 harmful consequences to the 46 million me is that the poorest and most vul- minutes. Americans who relied on SNAP last nerable Americans continue to be the Mr. HOLDING. Mr. Speaker, I rise year to put food on their tables. target of false and often mean-spirited today in remembrance of Wynona This is the same budget that includes rhetoric in this Chamber. It is time for Haydon, a beloved woman who recently a number of other devastating funding that to stop. passed away into the loving arms of cuts to programs that support children, Instead of cutting SNAP, we should our Lord. families, and seniors. The Republican be strengthening the program. We Wynona married Julian Woodrow budget would end the Medicare guaran- should be increasing the benefits so it Haydon after graduating from high tees, block grant Medicaid, and repeal enables struggling individuals and fam- school, and then she began her career the Affordable Care Act, which has ilies to afford more healthy foods, in- as an assistant with the Department of helped 16.4 million Americans gain af- cluding fresh fruits and vegetables. The Defense. Throughout her 36-year ca- fordable, high-quality health insur- current SNAP benefit is already woe- reer, she held positions at the Pen- ance. fully inadequate, about $1.40 per person tagon and at Military Ocean Terminal The Republican budget also includes per meal, and many families run out of Sunny Point in North Carolina. There, reconciliation instructions to the Agri- food 3 weeks into the month because she met General James Doolittle, Gen- culture Committee, requiring addi- the benefit level already is so low. eral Omar Bradley, and General Dwight tional cuts to programs within the We also should be working to address D. Eisenhower. She helped usher in the committee’s jurisdiction. one of the biggest flaws in our social postwar era, alongside many other Mr. Speaker, I couldn’t support last safety net, the so-called food stamp military officers and personnel. year’s farm bill because it included an cliff, where someone gets a job and Mr. Speaker, Wynona was proud to be $8.6 billion cut to SNAP, but the Agri- loses their benefits but still earns so an American, and she was equally culture Committee finished its work on little that they end up worse off and proud of being a North Carolinian. a reauthorization bill. It is done. We are back to struggling to put food on Someone once said of Wynona that should not be reopening the farm bill their table. she was ‘‘made of the stuff that makes in this budget process. Mr. Speaker, we know that budgets life worth living.’’ Though known only It is bad enough that SNAP has been are not just about priorities. They are by those lucky enough to come within cut by nearly $20 billion in recent moral documents that represent a vi- her orbit, Wynona lived a life of hon- years, with cuts coming in both the sion for this country. esty and hard work, and instilled those farm bill and with the expiration of the The vision laid out by Republicans in traits in her son, her grandson, and her ARRA provisions that resulted in an yesterday’s budget is deeply troubling. many nieces and nephews. across-the-board cut for all SNAP We should be striving to make the lives She was a loving and successful beneficiaries. Every single one of those of every American better. We should be mother and grandmother, a smiling joy who were on SNAP received a cut. We striving to end hunger now. Unfortu- and inspiration to her friends and those certainly should not be making hunger nately, the Republican budget does nei- who came in contact with her. In short, worse by cutting our premier ther of those things. Instead, it makes Wynona Haydon lived a long and con- antihunger program even further. hunger worse in this country. And tributing life which brightened the Mr. Speaker, Republicans’ fixation that, to be blunt, is shameful. lives of many others, including mine. with attacking SNAP just doesn’t f My thoughts and prayers are with make sense. SNAP is one of the most UKRAINE her family and the members of Temple effective and efficient of all Federal The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Baptist Church, who are mourning the programs. Its error rate is at an all- Chair recognizes the gentleman from loss of a beloved woman. time low, and that includes underpay- ments as well as overpayments. And in Illinois (Mr. KINZINGER) for 5 minutes. f Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois. Mr. recent years, USDA has successfully Speaker, today I would like to address REPUBLICANS DECLARE WAR ON cracked down on trafficking of SNAP POOR WORKING FAMILIES Russia and its aggression in Ukraine. benefits. Ukraine is ultimately a story of a The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The purpose of SNAP is to feed hun- ruler whose goal is to stifle opposition Chair recognizes the gentleman from gry people, which it does. SNAP is a and turn away from a failing economy, Massachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN) for 5 program that works. Without SNAP, corruption, and authoritarianism in his minutes. hunger would be much worse in this own country by creating the semblance Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, with country. of economic stability and popular sup- the release of yesterday’s budget, it is We know from recent CBO estimates port for his rule. official: Republicans have declared war that SNAP spending and caseloads The United States and its allies must on poor working families in this coun- have already begun to decline and will strive to ensure that the story of op- try. I am deeply disappointed, but I continue to do so as our economy con- pression and authoritarianism is not can’t say that I am all that surprised. tinues to recover from the Great Reces- allowed to continue. Yesterday’s House budget once again sion. We also know that SNAP is not slashes safety net programs that pro- contributing to our long-term deficit. b 1015 vide critical assistance to low- and According to CBO, its share of the Putin is aiming to distract the focus middle-income families while offering economy will continue to decline. of the West from his regime and his big tax breaks to the superwealthy. I Mr. Speaker, we should not be bal- failing economy in Russia by directing have seen this movie before. I didn’t ancing the Federal budget on the backs the Russian people to an external like it the first time, and I sure don’t of the working poor, period. Cutting enemy which has the potential to be- like it now. food assistance and making hunger come a model of Western democracy, Following in the footsteps of the re- worse in this country will not solve our and that country is Ukraine. cent Ryan budgets, Chairman PRICE’s fiscal challenges. SNAP is not the Just over a year ago, not even a week budget guts the Supplemental Nutri- problem. after the end of the Sochi Olympics

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Her father was addicted an attempt to justify this annexation. stifling of dissent to his authoritarian to drugs and left their family in debt. With his immediate mobilization of rule is the ‘‘unexplained’’ gunning She is a full-time community college the Russian military to try to tamp down of prominent and popular opposi- student and also works 38 hours a week down calls for democracy in Ukraine, tion leader Boris Nemtsov in front of as a cashier at a local grocery store. Putin planned to send a signal to Rus- the Kremlin just 36 hours before a rally Her family relies on her income to help sian citizens and the world that he re- he had planned to lead to protest cor- make ends meet. She depends on Pell mained popular and strong in the face ruption and direct military involve- grants and student loans to finance her of growing calls from protesters in ment in Ukraine. Not only was education, which she knows is a path Ukraine for pro-Russian President Nemtsov a threat to Putin, he was for a better life ahead. Yanukovych to step down. fearless. He exposed the truth of Annalea is studying psychology so But Putin’s goal to maintain his pop- Putin’s rule, his corrupt practices, and she can one day work as a school psy- ularity through military force failed. the fraudulent elections he held in 2011 chologist and help other students with Although Putin temporarily conjured and 2012 that allowed him to return to the same kind of problems that she has up nationalist sentiment in Russia the presidency. Former Prime Minister had to go through herself. She knows with his annexation of Ukraine, polls Kasyanov stated that there was only that access to education is a key path- show that the majority of Russian citi- one explanation for the murder: ‘‘He way to success for her and other stu- zens oppose sending Russian troops to was shot for telling the truth.’’ dents in our region, throughout our fight in Ukraine, diminishing his popu- The events over the past year have State and throughout our Nation. She larity at home. made clear our path forward. We must wants to give back to the community Meanwhile, Putin continued to ig- convince the administration to change that has given her an opportunity to nore, with impunity, calls by the U.S. policy toward Russia. Putin’s ag- move beyond the circumstances in United States and Europe to reverse gression in Ukraine and violation of which she was born. the illegal annexation of Crimea and the most recent cease-fire are linked to Mr. Speaker, we need to invest in remove Russian military forces. Not the assassination and are directing students like Annalea and the future of only did Putin refuse to withdraw people’s attention away from Russian our communities, not slash spending forces from those countries or reverse on our young people’s futures. Let’s Crimea’s annexation, he armed pro- corruption and authoritarianism and stop pulling the rug from underneath Russian separatists in Ukraine with toward an external threat of democ- our students and saddling them with a Russian surface-to-air missiles, which racy. lifetime of debt. We need a budget that downed a civilian airliner and killed Mr. Speaker, the United States must invests in working families and in the nearly 300 passengers and crew, to the work to restore the country’s terri- horror of the United States and West- torial integrity and ensure Russian middle class and creates opportunity ern Europe, just after the Sochi Olym- military forces are removed from sov- for all to succeed in today’s economy. That is why I am leading what I pics. ereign nations. We must convince our Less than 3 months ago on this floor, President that Putin’s continuation of would call a commonsense approach to in early December 2014, I underlined a war in Ukraine is a desperate at- give more flexibility to Pell grant re- my deep concerns, shared by my con- tempt to divert attention. cipients so students can take advan- stituents, about Russia’s aggression I also call on Russia to release tage of this program year round. Many against Ukraine, Georgia, and Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian Air of those who would benefit most are Moldova. I appreciate your over- Force pilot who remains a prisoner in nontraditional students who want to whelming support of H. Res. 758 con- Russia. And I call on the administra- complete their courses faster so they demning Russian aggression as a viola- tion and Congress to fund lethal mili- can get back into the workforce and tion of international law and a breach tary assistance to the Ukrainian Gov- also with smaller student loan debt. of the sovereignty and territorial in- ernment. Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my col- tegrity of Ukraine, Georgia, and f leagues, both Democrats and Repub- licans, to join with me and support our Moldova. THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET However, as could be expected, Putin young people, our students, and the did not listen to us or our allies. Just The SPEAKER pro tempore. The economic well-being of our commu- a month later, in January of 2015, Rus- Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from nities by opposing these shortsighted sian troops reengaged with Ukrainian Illinois (Mrs. BUSTOS) for 5 minutes. cuts to investments in our young peo- forces in the Donbass region of Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise ple. Ukraine, breaking the cease-fire pro- today in opposition of the anti-middle f tocol signed in Minsk in September of class budget introduced yesterday by the House Republicans. THE LAND ACQUISITION TO CUT 2014. NATIONAL DEBT Although the leaders of Ukraine, I view a budget as a statement of pri- Russia, France, and Germany agreed to orities. Where we allocate our re- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. reinstate a cease-fire on February 12 of sources is a clear demonstration that HOLDING). The Chair recognizes the this year, Russian forces violated the we value our priorities as a nation. gentleman from Nevada (Mr. HARDY) agreement within days, attacking a This budget moves the middle class for 5 minutes. railway hub in Ukraine and threat- backward, hurts families across my re- Mr. HARDY. Mr. Speaker, I rise ening other strategic cities. Russia’s gion, the State of Illinois, and in our today to speak on a bill that I have inability to honor a cease-fire under- Nation. just introduced, my first as a Member lines the importance of expanding the Their budget makes deep cuts to in- of this body. scope of U.S. military assistance to vestments in education, such as Pell The Land Acquisition to cut the Na- Ukraine, including the provision of le- grants. I view education as a long-term tional Debt, or LAND Act, is a com- thal military weapons. down payment not only for the lives of monsense piece of legislation that Putin and his advisers have consist- individual students and families, but would prohibit the Secretary of the In- ently denied that economic sanctions for the future of our country. terior from using Federal dollars to have hurt Russia, adding that the drop Last week, I toured the region of our purchase land, resulting in a net in- in the price of oil has resulted in plung- State that I am privileged to represent, crease in acreage under the jurisdiction ing Russia’s GDP and lowering the and I spoke with community college of the National Park Service, the U.S. standard of living in Russia. students about programs that help Fish and Wildlife, and the Bureau of

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:26 Jan 19, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAR 15\H18MR5.REC H18MR5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H1728 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 18, 2015 Land Management, unless the Federal purposes, but it would require them to that a hospital incurs in furnishing budget is balanced for the year in focus their efforts on lands that truly care. Each hospital is paid a base rate, which the land would be purchased. need oversight by turning over unnec- which can then be adjusted upwards The same would go for the Secretary of essary land to those who are best able based on a variety of factors. Agriculture. Unless the Federal budget to manage it—the States. b 1030 for the given year is balanced, no net Mr. Speaker, let’s be clear. The De- increase in the land acreage may be in- partment would have the opportunity Every hospital in the States, whether cluded in the National Forest system. to net more acreage under the afore- in New York City or rural Alaska, is Now, Mr. Speaker, some in this body mentioned agencies’ jurisdictions paid the same base rate, about $5,870. may wonder why I have chosen to take under my bill. That is, so long as the In Puerto Rico, however, hospitals are up this charge in the 114th Congress. Federal budget is balanced for the paid a base rate that is just over $5,000, For my friends on both sides of the given year. I do not believe this is too about 14 percent lower than the base aisle, many of whom may not be too fa- much to ask. Where I come from, in the rate for stateside hospitals. miliar with life out West, let me give private sector, if you don’t have a suc- This adversely affects patient care in you some background. cessful business plan and you don’t Puerto Rico and the financial stability Just before I arrived in Washington, budget well, you go out of business. of island hospitals. The American Hos- the national debt was over $18 trillion. We all know that the BLM, Fish and pital Association has endorsed my leg- As a former small business owner, the Wildlife, and the Park Service aren’t islation to eliminate this unprincipled Federal Government’s spendthrift hab- going out of business anytime soon, disparity, and I urge my colleagues in its and utter disregard for the Amer- much to my chagrin, but at least we Congress to enact it into law. ican taxpayer’s hard-earned dollars can force them to behave more like one The second bill I am filing today in- continues to frustrate me today. Like on the land they currently control by volves Medicare part B, which covers countless Nevadans, it pains me to ensuring that our tax dollars no longer doctors’ services and outpatient hos- watch as we saddle our grandchildren go towards more land for these agen- pital services. Puerto Rico is the only with such an unsustainable debt bur- cies. U.S. jurisdiction where individuals who den, borrowing against the very future At a time when our debt continues to become eligible for part A are not auto- we are responsible for providing them. soar, we can ill afford irresponsible matically enrolled in part B, but rather Now, Mr. Speaker, my father always budgets like the Interior’s $13 billion must opt in to receive part B coverage. said: Don’t come to me with a problem request. We need to get our fiscal house Individuals who do not enroll in part unless you have a solution to fix it. I in order, and we can help that process B during the 7-month initial enroll- don’t pretend to have all the answers along by passing my bill. Let’s allow ment period, which begins several on the biggest issues facing this gov- State, local, and tribal governments to months before they turn 65 and ends ernment and this country, but I do invest in developing their lands, cre- several months after they turn 65, are bring the private sector, Western sensi- ating jobs, and growing the economy required to pay a late enrollment pen- bility to tackling the problem before instead of letting them fall in disrepair alty. The penalty is significant and we get too far out of hand. That is why on the Federal Government’s watch. lasts for as long as that individual re- I am introducing the LAND Act. Let’s pass the LAND Act. ceives Medicare. This system has operated to Puerto Simply put, the bill tells the Federal f Government that responsibly and effi- Rico’s detriment. There are tens of ciently managing the 640 million acres PUERTO RICO HOSPITAL MEDI- thousands of seniors on the island who of land it already controls must be a CARE REIMBURSEMENT EQUITY enrolled late in part B, and each year, higher priority than acquiring even ACT AND THE PUERTO RICO they pay millions of dollars in late pen- more private, State, and tribal lands. MEDICARE PART B EQUITY ACT alties to the Federal Government. Think about that number for a mo- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The There are also over 100,000 seniors in ment, Mr. Speaker: 640 million acres. Chair recognizes the gentleman from Puerto Rico who are enrolled in part A That is roughly one-third of the United Puerto Rico (Mr. PIERLUISI) for 5 min- but not in part B. When those individ- States. And on those acres that the utes. uals seek to enroll in part B in the fu- Federal bureaucracy has kept within Mr. PIERLUISI. Mr. Speaker, today I ture, they, too, will be required to pay its iron grip, there is currently existing am refiling two bills to eliminate dis- lifetime penalties. an estimated deferred maintenance parities that Puerto Rico faces under I am working to address this issue on backlog of $23 billion—that is with a B. the Federal Medicare program. both the administrative and the legis- So what does that tell the American At the outset, I want to make clear lative front. I persuaded the Federal people, Mr. Speaker? It tells them that that the only reason that I have to in- Government to improve the written the Federal Government has bitten off troduce these bills is because Puerto materials they make available to is- more than it can chew, and it cannot Rico is a U.S. territory. I look forward land seniors so that they are better in- be trusted to serve as a responsible to the day when Puerto Rico becomes a formed about the part B enrollment pe- steward of even more of our lands and U.S. State, when it is automatically riod and the financial consequences of resources. treated fairly under Federal programs, late enrollment. Mr. Speaker, I am a Nevadan. The and when the island’s elected officials In addition, I am refiling legislation Federal Government controls more no longer need to implore Congress to today that would convert Puerto Rico than 81 percent of my State, and I treat our constituents the same as from the Nation’s only opt-in jurisdic- think I speak for most of my constitu- their fellow American citizens. That is tion to an opt-out jurisdiction, just ents when I say enough is enough. It why, 6 weeks ago, I introduced legisla- like every other U.S. State and terri- boggles the mind to think that each of tion that would provide for Puerto tory. the 640 million acres the Federal Gov- Rico’s admission as a State once a ma- My bill would also reduce the late ernment controls is too valuable to be jority of island voters affirm their de- penalties now being paid by Puerto parted with in order to improve overall sire for statehood in a federally spon- Rico seniors who enrolled late and au- management, let alone the fact that sored vote. The bill already has 80 co- thorize a special enrollment period the Feds want to acquire even more sponsors and strong bipartisan support. during which island seniors who do not land on top of an already embarrassing The first bill I am filing today in- have part B could enroll on favorable maintenance backlog. volves Medicare part A, which covers terms. The Departments of the Interior and inpatient hospital services. The Fed- I urge my colleagues to support the Agriculture like to tout how important eral Government reimburses hospitals bills I am filing today. Until the day land acquisition is for conserving spe- who admit Medicare patients under a that Puerto Rico becomes a State and cies, providing spaces for recreation, system known as the inpatient pro- is treated equally as a matter of and preserving culturally significant spective payment system. The payment course, I will continue to fight for fair sites. My bill would allow them to con- made to the hospital is intended to treatment for my constituents under tinue to acquire land as a tool for these cover the operating and capital costs all Federal health programs.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:26 Jan 19, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAR 15\H18MR5.REC H18MR5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE March 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1729 The 3.5 million American citizens of and others—who have no part in a civ- While I disagreed many times with Puerto Rico deserve no less. ilized society and need to be banished the decisions made at 1600 Pennsyl- f and done away with in a civilized soci- vania Avenue, I ask that this adminis- ety—choose to horrendously kill some- tration take this very seriously and CHRISTIANS ATTACKED IN one for whom they pray and the faith consider religious freedom for all PAKISTAN that they have. around the world. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Explain to me how you are supposed f HARDY). The Chair recognizes the gen- to worship a God that says it is okay to 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF tleman from Georgia (Mr. COLLINS) for behead 16 Christians or to blow up ARMENIAN GENOCIDE 5 minutes. their church or desecrate their facili- Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- ties. It is something that must be ad- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The er, it seems now, more than any time dressed. Chair recognizes the gentleman from in recent history, Christians around You see, these atrocities should not Illinois (Mr. DOLD) for 5 minutes. the world are being singled out and just startle those of religious faith and Mr. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, I certainly persecuted. of nonreligious faith as well; they want to thank my good friend for rais- Most recently and unfortunately should startle and shock the world to ing an important issue about religious freedom. It certainly is critical. were occurrences in Pakistan, where realize that this is something that two churches were targeted by suicide As we look at some of the atrocities must cease. that are happening around the world, bombers. The two attacks that oc- For me, it is personal. As a Christian, curred resulted in the deaths of 14 peo- Mr. Speaker, I want to rise today to as one of faith, my faith is described to talk about the Armenian genocide that ple and injured at least 70. me as being one in Christ with other happened nearly 100 years ago. This The bombings were obviously coordi- believers. For me, when one is be- year actually marks the 100th anniver- nated as they occurred fairly close in headed, we are all persecuted, includ- sary. proximity and time. One suicide bomb- ing those here in our comfort in Amer- As the eyes of the world focus on er detonated inside one church, and the ica. ISIS and the brutal killings of innocent other was stopped at a security check- You see, religious freedom is not just Christians in the Middle East, we must point and detonated when being tack- something that we talk about in the recognize the horrors of the past if we led by a guard. comfort of America, but must be rung hope to avoid repeating them in the fu- Pakistan, whose track record of pro- loud and true throughout the world. ture. tecting religious minority groups is You see, having a member of a com- Mr. Speaker, this year marks the spotty at best, has a history of attacks mon faith that is being decapitated, 100th anniversary of the Armenian on Christians. burned alive, impaled, or crucified, genocide, during which the Ottoman In an op-ed piece I wrote in The these are family members to me, but in Turks systematically exterminated Washington Times in February, I dis- the reality to the world, as the poet over 1.5 million Armenians and Chris- cussed the suffering of Christians and has once said: ‘‘Any man’s death di- tian minorities. This genocide is a fact other religious minorities around the minishes me.’’ and cannot be ignored. It is settled his- world. What a tragedy it takes on when it tory. Last November, a mob of 1,200 in takes the form of religious intolerance Turkey, however, has never accepted Pakistan lynched two Christians ac- by people who want their own views be- the responsibility and has continued to cused of burning a Koran, and a judge lieved. hide behind its brutal tactics that sentenced a Christian to death for blas- You see, I desire now that the Presi- shroud violations of human rights. phemy. dent seriously take into consideration Even as 11 of our NATO allies and 42 The State Department’s Inter- the recommendation of the U.S. Com- U.S. States have recognized Turkey’s national Religious Freedom Report for mission on International Religious leading role in this atrocity, this body 2013 highlights Pakistan’s inability to Freedom. It provides recommendations has yet to do so. protect the religious minorities under to Congress and the President about The continued campaign of denial its jurisdiction. The report speaks of the lack of religious freedoms in other sets a dangerous precedent that makes Pakistan’s enforcement of blasphemy countries and advises the White House future atrocities, in my opinion, Mr. laws that restrict religious freedom on nonlethal actions that can be taken Speaker, more likely. While ordering and are the symbols of religious intol- against those countries. his military leaders to attack Poland, erance. Since 2002, they have recommended Adolf Hitler rationalized: ‘‘Who, after While the government is vocal of its that Pakistan be named as a ‘‘country all, speaks today of the annihilation of condemnation of attacks on Christians of particular concern.’’ The designation the Armenians?’’ and other religious communities, it has of ‘‘country of particular concern’’ al- Mr. Speaker, if we deny that these atrocities exist, we actually perpetuate not taken proper steps to ensure the lows the government to use non- the potential that it may happen attackers of such atrocities are military policies to encourage a coun- again. We must join the international brought to justice. Again, it seems to try to increase protection for religious community to speak with a unified be that words matter more than ac- minorities. voice against this genocide. tions to them. Pakistan is by far not I strongly encourage the White House Our bipartisan Armenian Genocide the only country to possess such a dis- to consider looking into designating Truth and Justice Resolution, H. Res. mal record of protecting Christians. Pakistan as a ‘‘country of particular 154—just dropped—would send an un- In my op-ed, I speak of China and concern.’’ equivocal message that we will never North Korea as countries that target I ask the question to this administra- forget those that were lost, nor will we Christians. Across the Middle East and tion and to the world: How many more tolerate human rights abuses of any North Africa, Muslim terrorist organi- Christians have to be blown up, how kind. zations search out Christians and kill many more have to be beaten in prison, Today, Mr. Speaker, I rise to remem- them in violent and graphic ways, only how many more have to have their ber the 100th anniversary—on April 24, because the person chose to pray to a heads taken off before we act? to be specific—of the Armenian geno- different God. When I deployed to Iraq, I saw the cide. I call on our colleagues in the Fellow Americans, when you think multitude of faiths and lack of faith. I United States Congress to speak out by about what I have just said, when you have seen it come together and under- passing the Armenian Genocide Truth think about the freedom that we have stand what we are fighting for. When and Justice Resolution so that we can here, the very essence of our religious we talk about those who act in the end the denial once and for all. freedom in America is the freedom for name of a God and are Islamic extrem- f all to express their religious beliefs or ists who want nothing but to eradicate express none at all; yet all over the the rest of the people’s beliefs, this is RECESS world, countries such as Pakistan, Is- something that cannot be tolerated. I The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- lamic extremist groups such as ISIS cringe when I think of this. ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:26 Jan 19, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAR 15\H18MR5.REC H18MR5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H1730 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 18, 2015 declares the House in recess until noon Gooden of Johnson City, Tennessee, for dom from religion. That is why I am today. his service today as a guest chaplain of introducing legislation that requires Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 41 the House of Representatives. congressional approval before any minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- For more than 30 years, Dr. Gooden change could be made to our military cess. has served as a spiritual light to over oaths. f half a dozen churches across Tennessee Mr. Speaker, the moral foundation of as a pastor and an elder. I have person- our country is in serious danger if we b 1200 ally had the privilege of knowing him allow radical groups to dictate whether AFTER RECESS as the senior pastor of my home or not we can freely express our reli- church, Munsey Memorial United gious beliefs. I think it is time to take The recess having expired, the House Methodist Church, in my hometown of a stand. was called to order by the Speaker at Johnson City, Tennessee. noon. Mark and his wife, Judy, have been a f f blessing in my life. Mark ministered THE GOP BUDGET PRAYER my wife during her recent illness and prayed with my family minutes before (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given Reverend Dr. Mark Gooden, Munsey she passed, and for this I will be eter- permission to address the House for 1 Memorial United Methodist Church, nally grateful. minute.) Johnson City, Tennessee, offered the I am proud to recognize Dr. Gooden Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I rise following prayer: today as a guest chaplain of the House today to highlight a GOP budget pro- Dear God, I give You praise this of Representatives. posal that can be summed up in one morning for Your goodness and mercy, f phrase: work harder for less. The GOP Your steadfast love, and Your wonder- leadership put forth a budget that does ful grace. Holy is Your name. ELECTING A MEMBER TO A CER- nothing to boost paychecks of hard- I pray for these Congresswomen and TAIN STANDING COMMITTEE OF working Americans. -men who represent the people across THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- Students will see education cuts, and this land. These faithful servants TIVES college will be less affordable. Mr. sought public office to make a dif- Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I send Speaker, this budget takes away the ference. Help them to stay the course to the desk a resolution (H. Res. 155) tools that allow people to climb the and to compromise when conscience al- electing a Member to a certain stand- ladder of opportunity. lows, but stand strong in their convic- ing committee of the House of Rep- It attacks retirement for seniors; and tions when they can do no less. For resentatives, and ask unanimous con- seniors on Medicare will immediately their work ahead, I pray that You sent for its immediate consideration. pay more for preventive health serv- grant them clarity of thought, wisdom, The Clerk read the title of the resolu- ices, and those with high prescription and understanding. Some here are tion. drug costs will see prices skyrocket. It hurting and grieving; please comfort The SPEAKER. Is there objection to will mean the end of the current Medi- them and give them peace. the request of the gentleman from care guarantee, and millions of seniors I pray that You forgive us as a people Texas? can be hurt. when we react with hatred and not There was no objection. While Republican leadership pushes kindness, when we are quick to speak The text of the resolution is as fol- this misguided budget proposal that and slow to listen, when we seek not to lows: doesn’t work for my district and be understood but to judge. Help us to H. RES. 155 doesn’t work for the Nation, Demo- remember what You require of us: that Resolved, That the following named Mem- crats will continue pursuing policies we act justly, that we love mercy, and ber be, and is hereby, elected to the fol- that provide the tools hardworking that we walk humbly with You. lowing standing committee of the House of families need to achieve economic se- Amen. Representatives: curity. f COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET: Mr. Buchanan. The resolution was agreed to. f THE JOURNAL A motion to reconsider was laid on EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- the table. (Mr. BUCSHON asked and was given ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- f ceedings and announces to the House permission to address the House for 1 his approval thereof. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER minute and to revise and extend his re- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- marks.) nal stands approved. tain up to 15 requests for 1-minute Mr. BUCSHON. Mr. Speaker, 90 years f speeches on each side of the aisle. ago today, the deadliest tornado in f U.S. history passed through the south- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE western Indiana towns of Griffin, MILITARY OATHS The SPEAKER. Will the gentle- Owensville, and Princeton. Named the woman from Ohio (Mrs. BEATTY) come (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked Great Tri-State Tornado, the deadly forward and lead the House in the and was given permission to address cyclone traveled three States and 219 Pledge of Allegiance. the House for 1 minute and to revise miles over 3.5 hours, causing 695 Mrs. BEATTY led the Pledge of Alle- and extend his remarks.) deaths, destroying family farms, and giance as follows: Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. devastating cities. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Speaker, our Constitution’s very first This catastrophic event is an impor- United States of America, and to the Repub- amendment protects every individual’s tant reminder to Hoosier families: lic for which it stands, one nation under God, freedom of religion, but our servicemen don’t wait to get prepared. Make an indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. and -women who protect our country emergency plan ahead of time. As we f with their lives are seeing that freedom enter tornado season, take the time to under fire. stay informed. WELCOMING REVEREND DR. MARK In 2013, the United States Air Force Hoosiers can access information on GOODEN Academy made the phrase ‘‘so help me what to expect and how to prepare The SPEAKER. Without objection, God’’ optional in the oath each cadet through the Department of Homeland the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. takes. And why did they do that? Be- Security at the Federal level, the Indi- ROE) is recognized for 1 minute. cause of one radical atheist group’s de- ana DHS, the Red Cross, my office, and There was no objection. mands. other organizations. Mr. ROE of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I Let me be clear: Americans have the Don’t wait. Take the time to get pre- rise today to recognize Dr. Mark freedom of religion—but not the free- pared today.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:26 Jan 19, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAR 15\H18MR5.REC H18MR5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE March 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1731 THE COURAGE OF LARRY DARCEY Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct pleas- Every day our servicemembers like (Mr. KENNEDY asked and was given ure to succeed Mr. Howard Coble. On Staff Sergeant Pitts put themselves in permission to address the House for 1 behalf of all the Sixth District and my harm’s way to defend our liberties, our minute and to revise and extend his re- colleagues in Congress, I thank you for Nation, and our freedom, and for that marks.) your service and wish you a very happy we are forever grateful. Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Speaker, at the 84th birthday. Mr. Speaker, during that very am- very beginning of my first term, I came f bush, nine of his comrades made the ul- across an article in a local newspaper NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS timate sacrifice for our freedom. We about a constituent of mine named BOARD shall not and we will not forget their Larry Darcey. bravery and sacrifice. Years after being exposed to nuclear (Mr. KILMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 Since 1861, the Congressional Medal components while working in a plant of Honor has been awarded to just over supporting the U.S. Navy in Attleboro, minute.) Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise 3,400 of our Nation’s bravest soldiers. It Massachusetts, Mr. Darcey was diag- today in opposition to legislation that is my honor to recognize Staff Ser- nosed with cancer in 1992. Facing the is nothing short of an attack on work- geant Pitts today. fear and uncertainty of his first cancer ers, a bill that will harm the economic diagnosis, Mr. Darcey quickly found security of American families all over f out that he was far from the only this country. former employee at the plant with can- Mr. Speaker, I strongly believe that b 1215 cer. But he also learned that few of economic growth is the key to those employees were aware of the Fed- strengthening the middle class, but HONORING JONATHAN MYRICK eral compensation and medical pay- only if we have fair rules in place that DANIELS ments that they deserved. allow workers to share in that growth Over the past few years, he has by negotiating for decent wages and (Ms. KUSTER asked and was given helped over 200 of his former coworkers benefits. permission to address the House for 1 file compensation claims. His work and The National Labor Relations Board minute and to revise and extend her re- the tireless coverage of Rick Foster put forward a rule that ensures work- marks.) and the Attleboro Sun Chronicle have ers are treated fairly in the election Ms. KUSTER. Mr. Speaker, today I kept attention on this critical issue. process, that reduces bureaucratic red rise to honor the memory of a Granite Guided by their efforts, I have tape and ensures the right to collec- worked with the Department of Labor Stater who played an important role in tively bargain is guaranteed. the Civil Rights Movement: Jonathan and the Social Security Administra- Unfortunately, this body is consid- tion to provide former workers and Myrick Daniels of Keene, New Hamp- ering legislation that would overturn shire. their families with over $34 million— that rule. It is wrong, and it is a waste more than twice as much as had been of time. During his studies at the Episcopal paid out in the 13 years of the com- If Congress wants to support busi- Theological School in Cambridge, Mas- pensation program’s existence. To ness, we should pass legislation to re- sachusetts, Dr. Daniels’ faith inspired many families, Mr. Speaker, that sup- pair our crumbling infrastructure so him to travel to Alabama, where Dr. port has changed or even saved lives, that folks can get their products to Martin Luther King, Jr., had sought to and it is all thanks to Larry Darcey for market, reform our Tax Code to make help the fellow clergymembers in reg- raising his voice when he saw a gap in it easier for small businesses to com- istering African Americans to vote. our system. pete, or invest in workforce develop- Along with other students, including Thank you, Larry, for all you have ment so that our kids are prepared to our esteemed colleague, Congressman done and all you do. compete in a 21st century economy. JOHN LEWIS of Georgia, Jonathan spent f Mr. Speaker, there are Democrats the summer and spring advocating for who stand ready to work with you on civil rights, standing guard during the HAPPY 84TH BIRTHDAY, HOWARD an agenda that actually strengthens march from Selma to Montgomery, and COBLE the middle class, but this resolution even helping to integrate an Episcopal (Mr. WALKER asked and was given doesn’t do that. I urge my colleagues church in Selma. permission to address the House for 1 to stand up for workers by voting down While many of his fellow students ul- minute and to revise and extend his re- this resolution. timately traveled back north, Mr. Dan- marks.) f iels chose to indefinitely remain in Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, I rise HONORING STAFF SERGEANT Alabama and continue to fight for today to recognize and honor Mr. How- equal rights. ard Coble on his 84th birthday, a living RYAN PITTS, AMERICAN HERO Sadly, on August 20, 1965, Mr. Daniels legend of North Carolina politics who (Mr. GUINTA asked and was given was walking with fellow students when faithfully served the Sixth District of permission to address the House for 1 a sheriff’s deputy happened upon the North Carolina for 30 years. minute and to revise and extend his re- group and threatened them with his From the very first day when he as- marks.) sumed office on January 3, 1985, and Mr. GUINTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise gun. Seeing the weapon pointed in the nearly 11,000 days following, he was today to honor one of New Hampshire’s their direction, Mr. Daniels placed a pillar for outstanding constituent own, Staff Sergeant Ryan Pitts, an himself in front of a 17-year-old girl service. With his three decades in Con- American hero and recipient of the and took the bullet that was meant for gress, he became the longest-serving Medal of Honor. As one of only nine her. Friends of Jonathan had noted Republican in the history of North living soldiers to be awarded this dis- that he was ‘‘willing and prepared to Carolina, and he was regarded as one of tinct honor, his is a shining example of die to help others,’’ and tragically, the friendliest Members of Congress this generation’s sacrifice on our be- that is indeed what happened. and certainly the most fashionable. half. Jonathan Daniels would have been 76 But the title I believe he embodies is Staff Sergeant Pitts demonstrated an years old this Friday. He left this public servant. He spent a lifetime incredible amount of courage, bravery, world far too soon, and he died fighting serving our great country and our and honor as he fought to hold off a for the values he held dear: justice, State. Beyond Congress, he has served Taliban ambush during one of the equality, and human dignity. in a multitude of capacities for North bloodiest battles of the war in Afghani- As we celebrate this year’s 50th anni- Carolina, including as a State rep- stan. Despite being attacked by more versary of the landmark Voting Rights resentative. Additionally, he is a Ko- than 200 Taliban militants and sus- Act, we honor the memory of Jonathan rean war veteran and spent more than taining injuries of his own, Pitts sin- Daniels and those like him who fought two decades serving in the United glehandedly defended his platoon’s ob- for the essential rights of every Amer- States Coast Guard and the Reserves. servation post—his fight unwavering. ican.

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Mr. Speaker, I denly and tragically killed in a car ac- a lean and effective government that rise today to recognize the contribu- cident while on duty as an officer with truly works for the people. Every day, tions of two local south Florida inno- the Nicholasville Police Department. hardworking taxpayers across our Na- vative tech hubs: Venture Hive and Officer Rhoads was 35 years old and is tion are forced to balance their budg- LAB Miami. survived by his wife, Melissa Suzanne ets. It is about time that the Federal Venture Hive is a business accel- Mason Rhoads, and his three children, Government does the same. erator, and LAB Miami is a tech incu- Jacquelyn, Bryan, and Kevin. Officer Over the last several years, we have bator, and both are local leaders work- Rhoads was a U.S. Army veteran and seen reckless spending that is saddling ing to help our community’s entre- served on the Nicholasville police force future generations with massive preneurs grow, create more jobs, and for 8 years. amounts of debt. I want our children expand our economy. We grieve the loss of this promoter of and grandchildren to have a better op- Building on these lofty goals, Susan peace, advocate of laws, and sentry of portunity to succeed than we did, and Amat, the founder of Venture Hive, has safety and security in our community; on the current trajectory, that is just partnered with Miami-Dade County however, we also celebrate and honor not possible. Public Schools to engage students in his life and his service. Unlike the budget President Obama the business of innovation at an early Inscribed on the wall of the National submitted to Congress, the House budg- age. Law Enforcement Officers Memorial et calls for a fairer, simpler Tax Code Meanwhile, Wifredo Fernandez, or are the words ‘‘in valor there is hope.’’ and promotes job creation and a ‘‘Wifi,’’ has worked to build a place Officer Rhoads helped to bring his com- healthy economy. It will work to cut known as the Ellis Island of Miami for munity hope in knowing that they red tape that is suffocating our private tech entrepreneurs. Both of these won- were safer on his watch. employers, and it creates a more trans- derful places are examples for cities I thank Officer Rhoads for his service parent and accountable government. across our Nation to help strengthen and devotion to our community. It is time to put money back in the our economy and spur innovation. f pockets of our hardworking American Congratulations—felicidades to Ven- taxpayers, and this budget will do just REPUBLICAN BUDGET ture Hive and LAB Miami. that. f (Mr. GALLEGO asked and was given f TRIBUTE TO CD1 FIREFIGHTERS permission to address the House for 1 minute.) REPUBLICAN BUDGET (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, today, (Mr. FOSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 Americans are working more and earn- permission to address the House for 1 minute.) Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise ing less. The cost of college is rising, minute and to revise and extend his re- today to pay tribute to the first re- young people are in debt, and Amer- marks.) sponders and fire crews who put their ica’s infrastructure is in decay. Mr. FOSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise lives on the line for more than 24 hours Mr. Speaker, the Republican budget, today to speak out against the latest to fight the five-alarm mill fire in however, does nothing to help strug- budget proposal from House Repub- Providence last week. gling Americans. It gives tax breaks to licans. Firefighters from across my district the wealthy, ends the Medicare guar- When Bill Clinton left office in 2001, came to the scene to help, working antee, makes it harder for Americans our government was running a surplus through the night to contain the blaze to buy a home, and cuts funding for and on track to pay down our national that consumed the 90,000-square-foot education. debt to zero by 2009. building. Our military leaders even testified Republicans then took control of the Thank you to the members of the that the Republican budget will put House, Senate, and Presidency, and we Providence Fire Department and to fire the lives of our men and women in uni- saw 8 years of Republican budgets that crews at Central Falls Ladder, North form at risk. drove us into debt and wrecked our Providence Engine, East Providence Mr. Speaker, this is outrageous. The economy. By the time Democrats re- Engine, Pawtucket Engine and Ladder, American people elected us. We owe it gained control in 2009, our economy North Providence Ladder, and Cum- to them to pass a budget that addresses was in collapse, and the deficit was berland Ladder for your willingness to their needs, keeps them safe, and gives over $1 trillion a year. help the Providence Fire Department them the best opportunity possible to Republicans are now proposing to re- and your dedicated service to keep live the American Dream. turn to the very same policies that de- Rhode Islanders safe all throughout the Let’s focus on creating good-paying stroyed our economy in the first place: year. jobs, providing universal pre-K, and re- wars and military spending paid for on I would also like to thank the compa- storing food stamp programs that have the backs of the middle class; tax cuts nies from the Second Congressional helped many American families skewed to the wealthy that produce no District who pitched in, Warwick En- through these tough times. Let’s en- jobs; and underinvestment in edu- gine and Cranston Ladder and John- sure that our military has the re- cation, research, and infrastructure ston Engine and Ladder. sources they need to make sure that that are the lifeblood of our Nation’s I applaud their service today and they can fight the fight that America economic growth. hope this reminds all of us of the he- wants. Once again, we are seeing a budget roic and important work that our fire- Democrats will keep standing with that would increase financial stress on fighters and first responders do and of the American people and do the job the middle class and the Medicare our responsibility to support them in that we were elected to do on their be- guarantee and force seniors to pay every way that we can. half. more for health care and for prescrip- f f tion drugs. We can and we must do better. HONORING THE LIFE OF OFFICER REPUBLICAN BUDGET f BURKE J. RHOADS OF (Mr. HARRIS asked and was given NICHOLASVILLE, KENTUCKY permission to address the House for 1 OCEAN ACIDIFICATION (Mr. BARR asked and was given per- minute and to revise and extend his re- (Mr. BEYER asked and was given mission to address the House for 1 marks.) permission to address the House for 1

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It does not help a sin- oceans. This is the great carbon sink, collaborate. gle middle class family send its child which helps buffer the amount of CO2 We cannot forget the people of Nige- to college. Mr. Speaker, I am urging in our atmosphere. This absorption is ria. We cannot forget our school girls that the House soundly reject this making our waters more acidic, which who were kidnapped. We cannot forget reckless Republican budget. has a damaging effect on the ability of those awful unions between ISIS and f shellfish to build their shells. Boko Haram. COMMUNICATION FROM THE Ocean acidification has already cost Mr. Speaker, we must continue to CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON the United States shellfish industry tweet to keep the reports of corrup- THE JUDICIARY millions in lost profits and jobs. I am tion, election shenanigans, and sheer deeply concerned because the Chesa- terror in the national spotlight. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. peake Bay has been identified as a Tweet #bringbackourgirls and LOUDERMILK) laid before the House the main hotspot for rapid ocean acidifica- #joinrepwilson. following communication from the tion. Nitrogen pollution from agricul- Tweet, tweet, tweet. Chair of the Committee on the Judici- tural and sewage runoff into the bay f ary: are key culprits exacerbating the ef- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, fects of acidification. IT’S MORNING IN AMERICA COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, The clearest solution to address this (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of Washington, DC, March 17, 2015. problem is to reduce the amount of car- New York asked and was given permis- Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, bon dioxide emissions entering our Speaker, House of Representatives, sion to address the House for 1 minute.) Washington, DC. waters. Therefore, I ask my colleagues Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New DEAR MR. SPEAKER: This is to notify you to stand with the Safe Climate Caucus York. Mr. Speaker, while Congress was pursuant to Rule VIII of the Rules of the in supporting efforts to reduce carbon away last week, we had another strong House of Representatives, that the Com- dioxide emissions. jobs report. You might even say, as mittee on the Judiciary has received a sub- We need to support the EPA’s pro- former President Reagan used to say, poena, issued by the United States District posed carbon rules for power plants, ‘‘It’s morning in America,’’ in his fa- Court for the District of Massachusetts, for and we need to protect our ecosystems, mous ad. documents in a civil case. After consultation with the Office of Gen- and we need to protect the long-term In February, the economy added an- viability of our coastal economies. eral Counsel regarding the subpoena, I have other 295,000 private sector jobs, and determined that compliance is not con- f the unemployment rate edged down to sistent with the privileges and rights of the DETERGENT POISONING AND 5.5 percent. That means that there House. CHILD SAFETY ACT have been 12 straight uninterrupted Sincerely, months of private sector job growth of BOB GOODLATTE, (Ms. SPEIER asked and was given over 200,000 jobs a month. That is the Chairman. permission to address the House for 1 first time that has happened since 1977. f minute and to revise and extend her re- Inflation remains tame; gas prices SECRET SCIENCE REFORM ACT OF marks.) are low; the dollar is strong, and by 2015 Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, this looks many measures, the economy’s per- like it could be candy for kids, but it is formance under the Obama administra- GENERAL LEAVE not. These are detergent packs that we tion has been stronger than the econ- Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I use in our dishwasher or in our washing omy under former President Reagan. ask unanimous consent that all Mem- machines. Though I suspect that some may find bers may have 5 legislative days within Last year, the National Poison Data it unusual to compare President which to revise and extend their re- System received 17,230 calls involving Obama and President Reagan, their ef- marks and to include extraneous mate- children who are exposed to chemicals forts are good news for the economy rial on the bill, H.R. 1030. in these packs. They bite into them, or and good news for America. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there they squirt them into their eyes. These objection to the request of the gen- are concentrated packs, and so they do f tleman from Texas? much more damage—in fact, even burn- b 1230 There was no objection. ing the esophagus. 769 of these children The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- REJECT HOUSE REPUBLICAN had to go to the hospital, and one child ant to House Resolution 138 and rule BUDGET died. XVIII, the Chair declares the House in I am introducing, along with Senator (Mr. JEFFRIES asked and was given the Committee of the Whole House on DICK DURBIN, the Detergent Poisoning permission to address the House for 1 the state of the Union for the consider- and Child Safety Act to require that minute and to revise and extend his re- ation of the bill, H.R. 1030. companies that produce these deter- marks.) The Chair appoints the gentleman gent packs provide more child-resist- Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, con- from Louisiana (Mr. GRAVES) to preside ant packaging. gressional Democrats are trying to over the Committee of the Whole. move the country forward, but the This is a consumer issue that should b 1233 be addressed, and I urge my colleagues House Republican budget is designed to to join with me. turn back the clock. IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE f Instead of trying to take a balanced Accordingly, the House resolved approach to dealing with our Nation’s itself into the Committee of the Whole BRING BACK OUR GIRLS fiscal problems, the House Republican House on the state of the Union for the (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and budget seeks to balance itself on the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1030) to was given permission to address the backs of working families, middle class prohibit the Environmental Protection House for 1 minute.) folks, senior citizens, young Ameri- Agency from proposing, finalizing, or Ms. WILSON of Florida. Hear ye, cans, college students, the poor, the disseminating regulations or assess- hear ye. Wake the town and tell the sick, and the afflicted. Instead of try- ments based upon science that is not people that ISIS and Boko Haram are ing to promote progress for everyone, transparent or reproducible, with Mr. teaming up for terror. Boko Haram the House Republican budget seeks to GRAVES of Louisiana in the chair.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:26 Jan 19, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAR 15\H18MR5.REC H18MR5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H1734 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 18, 2015 The Clerk read the title of the bill. should rely on in its rulemaking, that study participants and the researchers. The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the third party should make it publicly The disclosure of this kind of informa- bill is considered read the first time. available so that the EPA and other tion would be a major breach of faith The gentleman from Texas (Mr. scientists can check its work. There is with the hundreds of thousands of re- SMITH) and the gentlewoman from nothing in the bill that compels the search participants who volunteer to Texas (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON) EPA to shoulder this cost, which is enter these types of public health stud- each will control 30 minutes. where the CBO went wrong in scoring ies. The Chair recognizes the gentleman the cost of this bill. The EPA has re- That said, I don’t actually think that from Texas. ceived over $8 billion this year. Billions my Republican colleagues want this Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I of hard-earned taxpayer dollars have personal health information to be pub- yield myself such time as I may con- been spent by the EPA, and taxpayers licly disclosed. If they did want that, it sume. deserve to know whether it went to would be terribly hypocritical since H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform good science or to politically correct they have been repeatedly bashing the Act, requires the Environmental Pro- science. Obama Web site healthcare.gov for dis- tection Agency to base its regulations Today, we have an opportunity to set closing far less information to third- on unbiased, publicly accessible science a new course and let the American peo- party vendors. that can be verified. Why would anyone ple see the data. The EPA should use I think that the real motivation here want to hide this information from the sound science based on public data, not is to prevent the EPA from using these American people? secret data hidden from the American public health studies altogether, be- This is essentially the same bill that people. This bill also will help the EPA cause if the EPA cannot rely upon was introduced in the last Congress by focus its resources on the best possible these public health studies, then it will the former Environment Sub- science. That, in turn, will ensure a be much more difficult for the EPA to committee chairman, DAVID healthier, happier, and more pros- justify its protections for public SCHWEIKERT, and it passed with bipar- perous future for all Americans. The health. The effect of this is that cer- tisan support last November. days of ‘‘trust me’’ science are over. An tain public health regulations will be We must make sure that Federal reg- open government that is accountable almost impossible to update regardless ulations are based on science that is to the people is essential to protect of what new things the health sciences available for independent review. Many Americans from excessive government tell us about pollution and its effects on public health. Americans are unaware that some of control. The EPA has a responsibility Mr. Chairman, I think it is sad that the EPA’s most expensive and burden- to be open and transparent with the today the Science Committee is on the some regulations, such as its proposed people it serves and whose money it ozone rules, are based on data that not floor of this House of Representatives uses. putting forth a bill that will force a even the EPA has seen. The EPA con- If you support the right of the people public health agency to ignore science. tracts out scientific research to third to see the EPA’s data, then support That is why some of our premier sci- parties whom the EPA relies upon to this bill and help the administration justify its regulations, but if inde- entific organizations, such as the keep its promise to be open and honest American Association for the Advance- pendent scientists ask for details, the with the American people. In God we Agency claims that it doesn’t have the ment of Science, the Union of Con- trust. All others, especially the EPA, cerned Scientists, the American Statis- data, and so results cannot be verified. must use public data, not secret This is ‘‘trust me’’ science, which tical Association, and others, have ex- science. pressed their concerns about this bill. should make us suspicious, and it Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance clearly conflicts with this administra- It would be nice, when we debate bills of my time. which are supposedly about science, if tion’s promise to be the most trans- Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of we actually listened to the concerns of parent in history. This bill ensures Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the scientific community instead of ig- that the decisions that affect every such time as I may consume. noring them, as the majority has done American are based on independently I rise in strong opposition to H.R. verified, unbiased scientific research here. 1030, the Secret Science Reform Act of Likewise, some of the Nation’s pre- instead of on secret data that is hidden 2015. mier public health organizations, like behind closed doors. First off, I would like to dispel the the American Lung Association, the The Secret Science Reform Act does falsehood that the EPA relies on secret American Thoracic Society, and the not weaken privacy laws. In fact, it science. They do not. They rely upon American Public Health Association, states that nothing in the bill will su- tens of thousands of peer reviewed, among others, have come out in opposi- persede privacy laws. It does not give publicly published research studies. tion to this bill. the EPA any new authority to take pri- The kind of science that Republicans Again, when dealing with issues of vate information and make it public. call ‘‘secret’’ actually consists of re- public health, it would be nice to occa- The Secret Science Reform Act simply search studies published in prestigious sionally listen to what the public prohibits the Agency from relying on scientific journals like Science, the health experts have to say instead of nonpublic data that cannot be verified New England Journal of Medicine, the ignoring their voices, like the majority by independent scientists. The bill re- Annals of Epidemiology, the American has done here. quires the EPA to use data that is Journal of Respiratory and Critical Finally, a number of well-known en- available to the public when the Agen- Care Medicine, and many more. vironmental groups have registered op- cy writes its regulations. This allows Moreover, it is not a secret that the position to this legislation, including independent researchers to evaluate EPA uses these studies. In all of the the Natural Resources Defense Council, the studies that the EPA uses to jus- regulatory actions the EPA takes, they the League of Conservation Voters, and tify its regulations. This is the sci- publish exhaustive information about Greenpeace, among others. There was a entific method. exactly what science the Agency is re- time not too long ago when the views How can we believe claims by the lying upon to establish the scientific of these groups would have mattered to government about the costs and bene- underpinnings of the regulations. some of my Republican colleagues. Not fits of regulations if the science that These are public documents that are too many years ago, the then-Repub- allegedly justifies them cannot be easily located on the Internet. lican chairman of the Science Com- verified by independent experts? What So what is the secret? mittee, Sherry Boehlert, made clear does the EPA want to hide? What my Republican colleagues are that we need to be good stewards of the This bill does not require the EPA to calling ‘‘secret’’ is actually confiden- environment we are leaving for future pay to disseminate the data it relies on tial, personal health information from generations. publicly. Unfortunately, the CBO’s old research study participants. Some of I want to believe that some of my Re- cost estimate on a previous bill ignores this information is protected from dis- publican colleagues still believe that. this point. If a third party has re- closure by law, and other information However, legislation like the bill be- searched data that it believes the EPA is protected by agreements between the fore us today makes me fear that what

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:26 Jan 19, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAR 15\H18MR5.REC H18MR5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE March 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1735 we are left with is a majority party demiologists to track disease and risk factor institutions, we are writing to once again ex- which ignores science, ignores public information for large patient populations. press our concerns regarding the Secret health, and ignores environmental The published peer-reviewed information Science Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 1030). We from such data often inform regulatory deci- encourage you and your colleagues to take damage—all for the sake of polluting sion making at the EPA and other federal industries that have endorsed the ma- additional time to evaluate the unintended agencies as well as future research. Not only consequences of this bill before passing it on jority’s actions here today. do these data inform regulatory action, they the House floor. Now, I don’t begrudge these compa- help inform efforts to educate the public nies for supporting legislation that about the magnitude of a disease, risk fac- The research community is concerned helps their bottom lines. It is expected. tors and steps individuals can take to im- about how some of the key terms in the bill What concerns me is that this Congress prove their health. In order for EPA to set could be interpreted or misinterpreted, espe- no longer looks at the industry’s re- the most appropriate standards, it must be cially terms such as ‘‘materials,’’ ‘‘data,’’ quest with a critical eye. We simply informed by the best information. and ‘‘reproducible.’’ Would the Environ- Understanding the impact of air pollution mental Protection Agency (EPA) be excluded rubberstamp them without any regard on human health and the magnitude of harm from utilizing research that involved phys- for our Nation’s scientific experts, caused by pollution at specific levels helps ical specimens or biological materials that health experts, or environmental ex- the agency meet its obligations under the are not easily accessible? How would the Clean Air Act. Absent these data, it is un- perts and their concerns. agency address research that combines both clear upon what basis the agency could make Mr. Chairman, I include some of public and private data? these letters in the RECORD today be- sound decisions. H.R. 1029, The EPA Science Advisory Board With respect to reproducibility of research, cause Congress should care about these Reform Act of 2015 will also undermine the some scientific research, especially in areas experts and what they have to say. scientific basis for EPA policy, specifically of public health, involves longitudinal stud- MARCH 16, 2015. by compromising the integrity of the panel ies that are so large and of great duration HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, that reviews that science. EPA’s Science Ad- that they could not realistically be repro- Washington, DC. visory Board (SAB) is composed of inde- duced. Rather, these studies are replicated DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: We are writing to pendent scientific and technical experts who utilizing statistical modeling. The same may express our opposition to H.R. 1030, the Se- are tasked with evaluating the science and be true for scientific data from a one-time cret Science Reform Act of 2015, and H.R. providing advice that EPA uses to inform its event (e.g., Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill) 1029, the EPA Science Advisory Board Re- decision making. The current law provides where the data are gathered in real time. We form Act of 2015. Our organizations are dedi- for balanced panels and experts with diverse could foresee a situation in which the EPA cated to saving lives and improving public backgrounds. would be constrained from making a pro- health. This legislation would impose a hiring Science is the bedrock of sound regulatory quota on the SAB that would require ten per- posal or even disseminating public informa- decision making. The best science under- cent of members to be selected for qualifica- tion in a timely fashion. scores everything our organizations do to tions other than their scientific expertise. Finally, the legislation could impose addi- improve health. We strongly believe in a This bill will compromise not only the sci- tional uncompensated burdens of cost and ef- transparent and open regulatory process. A entific integrity of the SAB, but also its fort on those recipients of federal research vital element of research is patient confiden- independence, as the quota would open the grants where the research results are ex- tiality. Physicians and researchers have door for representatives of the regulated in- pected to be ‘‘relied on to support a covered dustries to serve on the board. earned the trust of their patients by stead- action.’’ The bill is not clear on whether it is fastly maintaining patient confidentiality. Further, the bill will also, in some cases, prohibit SAB members from participating the EPA’s or the research institution’s re- Patient confidentiality is a clear legal and sponsibility to cover the costs associated ethical obligation. when their own research is involved—even The Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 will indirectly. This requirement could block with sharing and archiving this information. compel the U.S. Environmental Protection participation of the ‘‘best and the brightest’’ The Office of Science and Technology Pol- Agency to either ignore the best science by researchers in a particular field at the very icy (OSTP) is working with federal agencies prohibiting the agency from considering time their expertise is needed to accurately to establish access to data policies that re- peer-reviewed research that is based on con- inform the regulatory process. late ‘‘to the dissemination and long-term fidential patient information or force EPA to Finally, the SAB is currently governed by stewardship of the results of unclassified re- publicly release confidential patient infor- the Federal Advisory Committee Act and al- search, including digital data and peer-re- mation, which would violate federal law. ready has a public comment system in place. viewed scholarly publications.’’ Agencies are This is an untenable outcome that would H.R. 1029 would add on the burdensome re- beginning to issue their data access policies, quirement that the SAB respond to indi- completely undermine the ability of the EPA and given the complexities associated with vidual comments in writing, a requirement to perform its responsibilities under the access to research data as outlined above we that could be so time-consuming as to render Clean Air Act and myriad other federal laws. suggest that Congress wait to review the The legislation will not improve EPA’s ac- the board unable to carry out its function. We urge the U.S. House of Representatives agency policies before imposing new statu- tions; rather, it will stifle public health pro- to stand up for sound science and public tory requirements. tections. health protections, and vote NO on both H.R. American Anthropological Association, The kind of information disclosure envi- American Association for the Advance- sioned in this legislation exceeds that re- 1030 and H.R. 1029. ment of Science, American Chemical quired by peer-reviewed journals. We believe Sincerely, Society, American Geophysical Union, much of the intent of this legislation is al- HAROLD WIMMER, American Geosciences Institute, Amer- ready achieved through the current peer-re- National President & ican Meteorological Society, American view process required by all academic jour- CEO, Society for Microbiology (ASM), Amer- nals. The vast majority of peer-reviewed American Lung Asso- ican Society of Agronomy, American journals require manuscript authors to reg- ciation; Society of Civil Engineers, Association ister any trial using human subjects with GEORGES C. BENJAMIN, MD, of American Geographers, Association clinicaltrials.gov. This public registry col- Executive Director, lects key information on the study popu- American Public of American Universities, Association lation, research goals and methods that Health Association; of Public and Land-grant Universities allow outside reviewers and scientists to ei- JEFFREY LEVI, PHD, (APLU), Biophysical Society, Brown ther challenge or attempt to reproduce study Executive Director, University, Consortium for Ocean results. Additionally, the peer-review process Trust for America’s Leadership, Consortium of Social and publication of results invites the broader Health; Science Associations. scientific community to debate study find- STEPHEN C. CRANE, PHD, Cornell University, Crop Science Society ings. Trial registry and manuscript publica- MPH, of America, Duke University, Ecologi- tions are only part of the process by which Executive Director, cal Society of America, Entomological scientific endeavors operate in a transparent American Thoracic So- Society of America, Harvard Univer- environment. ciety; sity, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- Private organizations, public charities, re- TONYA WINDERS, nology, National Council for Science search universities, the National Institutes President & CEO, and the Environment, Society for Con- of Health, the Centers for Disease Control Allergy & Asthma Net- servation Biology, Soil Science Society and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare work. of America, Stanford University, The and Medicaid Services, the Department of Ohio State University, The University Veterans Affairs, corporations and many MARCH 16, 2015. of Texas at Austin, University of Cali- other entities conduct medical research. Hon. KEVIN MCCARTHY, fornia System, University of Cali- Many of these organizations compile large House Majority Whip, fornia, Riverside, University of Mary- longitudinal data sets that track patients Washington, DC. land, University of Michigan, Univer- over a period of time. These data serve as the DEAR REPRESENTATIVE MCCARTHY: As lead- sity of Oregon, University of Pennsyl- basis of many studies that permit epi- ing U.S. science, engineering, and academic vania.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:26 Jan 19, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAR 15\H18MR5.REC H18MR5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H1736 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 18, 2015 FEBRUARY 25, 2015. often do not suffice to protect confiden- of the aisle to actually read the bill. If Hon. LAMAR SMITH, tiality. Statisticians and computer scientists they did, they would find out that it Chairman, House Science, Space, and Tech- have repeatedly shown that it is possible to prevents the EPA from releasing any nology Committee, House of Representa- link individuals to publicly available confidential information. It prevents tives, Washington, DC. sources, even with PR removed. Thus, allow- Hon. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, ing unrestricted public access without appro- the EPA from releasing any confiden- Ranking Member, House Science, Space, and priate controls could result in unintended tial information. The idea that you are Technology Committee, House of Represent- disclosures. These could cause significant using or that somebody on this floor atives, Washington, DC. harm to the advancement of science and the would use confidential information, DEAR CHAIRMAN SMITH AND RANKING MEM- federal government—especially the federal they are hiding behind that in an effort BER JOHNSON, As president of the American statistical system—as people may be less to hide the actual science. Statistical Association, with 19,000 members, willing to provide their data if highly pub- My children are in elementary I write regarding the ‘‘Secret Science Re- licized breaches occur. school. They are required to show their form Act of 2015.’’ We generally applaud the In short, any requirements for making idea that researchers and federal agencies data available should carefully consider the work. If they don’t show their work, strive to make data available to others— complexities, challenges, and potential rami- their integrity could be questioned, under strict pledges to maintain confiden- fications. We hope you will address these which would be appropriate, by the tiality of data provided by individuals and concerns, which would require major modi- way. Mr. Chairman, is it too much to establishments where necessary—and to en- fications to the bill. We would be happy to be ask for the EPA to follow the same courage reproducible research. Access to of any assistance. guidelines I give my children in ele- data and reproducibility of research are cru- Sincerely, cially important for science to advance. mentary school? Show your work. We DAVID MORGANSTEIN, need to see it. This is an Agency, as the While the bill’s intent is to make data President, American Statistical Association. more widely available, we have several con- chairman noted, that is funded by tax- cerns and urge the bill be revised signifi- Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of payers at a level of $8 billion a year. cantly before further consideration. Our con- Texas. Before closing, I would simply This is also an Agency that promul- cerns include those voiced by others last note that the Congressional Budget Of- gates rules that cost the economy hun- year (especially the American Association fice has scored this bill. dreds of millions, if not billions, of dol- for the Advancement of Science) that the To quote the CBO: lars every year, as well. bill’s statements do not account for the com- The CBO estimates that implementing plexities common to the scientific process on In my home State of Oklahoma, in H.R. 1030 would cost about $250 million a Tulsa, Oklahoma, with the Clean research that involves biological materials year for the next few years. or physical specimens not easily accessible, Power Plan going forward and now new combinations of public and private data, lon- As we prepare to debate the budget regulations on ozone, we are looking at gitudinal data collected over many years resolution and fiscal policy next week, the cost of electricity going up. We are that are difficult to reproduce, and data from I cannot fathom why so-called fiscal looking at the cost of doing business one-time events that cannot be replicated. conservatives could support a bill that going up. The bill as written could have far-reaching will increase bureaucracy at the EPA consequences that would ultimately hamper By the way, when the cost of elec- at a cost of a quarter-billion dollars a tricity goes up, it doesn’t hurt me; it or undermine the scientific process generally year. For a whole host of reasons, this and EPA’s work specifically. We also agree hurts the poor. This is a war on the with the point that it would be prudent to is a bad bill, and I strongly oppose this poor. If we are going to punish poor see the EPA’s data access policy—in accord- legislation. people in my district, I would like to ance with the America COMPETES Reau- Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance see the science behind it. I think it is thorization Act of 2010—expected later this of my time. perfectly appropriate that we have per- year before further action on the Secret 1245 fect transparency as it relates to the Science Reform Act of 2015. b Our nation should be striving for trans- Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chair, I science behind the EPA. parency in government and, as noted above, yield myself 30 seconds before yielding The Secret Science Reform Act is a data accessibility, but these goals also must to the gentleman from Oklahoma. very simple bill. It simply makes the be balanced with the necessity to protect in- I want to point out that this bill has EPA show its work, as my children do dividuals’ and businesses’ privacy. The bill’s been endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of in elementary school. It is not truly language of ‘‘publicly available’’ except Commerce, the American Farm Bu- sound science unless the results can be when ‘‘superseding any nondiscretionary replicated, and this bill would allow statutory requirement’’ acknowledges this reau, Small Business and Entrepre- balance, but that language is vague and may neurship Council, and The Center for others to test the results and to chal- be insufficient to protect individuals and Regulatory Solutions. lenge the assumptions of the EPA. businesses. In particular, some data sets may I want to call all Members’ attention If we are truly for good science, for not fall under ‘‘prohibited by law,’’ yet the to the actual language of the bill itself. sound science, we must pass this bill. I data are still collected under a pledge to pro- If they will look on page 2, they will encourage my colleagues to vote for it. tect the identifiability and confidentiality of find out that this bill does protect pri- Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of the reported values. For example, the gov- vacy, and it does so specifically. It pre- Texas. I yield 5 minutes to the gentle- ernment, as well as private and nonprofit woman from the State of Oregon (Ms. sectors, routinely collects data—including vents the EPA from releasing confiden- BONAMICI), who is the ranking member private business information and private tial information, and it clarifies that health information—under strict pledges to this bill does not supersede any privacy of the Subcommittee on Environment. protect confidentiality. In some studies, this laws. In fact, the EPA Administrator, Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Chairman, I is backed up with penalties for violating herself, wrote this in a recent letter: would like to thank Ms. JOHNSON for yielding. those pledges. Such data should not be pub- The Agency’s efforts ultimately resulted in licly available to every person who might the Center for Disease Control reaching the Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition ask for them. Rather, data subjects’ con- conclusion that all the research data could to H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform fidentiality should be protected, for example be provided without the need for de-identi- Act of 2015, a short bill, which I have by policies and procedures that provide data fication, and further, the National Academy read, with a long list of problems. access to trusted users (i.e., approved users of Sciences has said the same thing. We are I want to start by applauding the committed to appropriate protections of the happy to stand with them. confidentiality of study participants) while sponsors of the bill for their focus on discouraging breaches of confidentiality and/ Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to and goal of transparency. It is some- or by data redaction techniques developed in the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. thing our constituents care about and the statistical and computer science commu- BRIDENSTINE), who is also the chairman deserve. But transparency is something nities. Under the current wording, a choice of the Subcommittee on Environment that we should accomplish through col- may have to be made between maintaining of the Committee on Science, Space, laboration and with input from the sci- data confidentiality and issuing needed regu- and Technology. entific community. This bill, on the lations. To emphasize the challenges and impor- Mr. BRIDENSTINE. Mr. Chairman, I contrary, is opposed, for good reason, tance of confidentiality protection, we note thank our chairman for his leadership by research institutions and scientists that simple but necessary de-identification on this very important bill. from across the country. methods—like stripping names and other I think it is highly appropriate that Mr. Chairman, we received a lot of personally identifiable information (PII)— we ask our colleagues on the other side feedback from outside groups, and I am

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International Society for Environ- repeatedly shown how easy is to be re- mental Epidemiology, and others. identify an individual using social FEBRUARY 25, 2015. Instead of working together to find a media and public records. Hon. LAMAR SMITH, solution that increases transparency The Secret Science Reform Act will Chair, Committee on Science, Space, and Tech- and access to federally funded research, have chilling consequences for the EPA nology, Rayburn House Office Building, the Secret Science Reform Act instead and for every American who wants to Washington, DC. Hon. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, has the potential, in the long term, to enjoy clean air and clean water. Let’s Ranking Member, Committee on Science, Space compromise the health and well-being bring back common sense and work to- and Technology, Rayburn House Office of Americans, and here is why: the Se- gether. I strongly urge my colleagues Building, Washington, DC. cret Science Reform Act, which looks on both sides of the aisle to oppose this DEAR CHAIR AND RANKING MEMBER: We are simple on its face, will actually encum- legislation and let the EPA go back to writing in strong opposition to H.R. 1030, the ber, if not eradicate, the EPA’s ability protecting the public health of all Secret Science Reform Act of 2015. The to perform its most fundamental duty: Americans. American Association for Justice (AAJ), for- merly the Association of Trial Lawyers of protecting Americans from significant FEBRUARY 24, 2015. America (ATLA) with members in United risks to their health and to the envi- Hon. SUZANNE BONAMICI, States, Canada and abroad, is the world’s ronment. Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Environ- largest trial bar. It was established in 1946 to Because H.R. 1030 would require that ment, Committee on Science, Space and safeguard victims’ rights, strengthen the the EPA rely only on studies that are Technology, House of Representatives, civil justice system, promote injury preven- publicly available online in a manner Washington, DC. tion and foster public health and safety of DEAR REPRESENTATIVE BONAMICI: As the numerous individuals who have been harmed that is sufficient for independent anal- 114th Congress gets underway and your Com- ysis and substantial reproduction of re- by unsafe chemicals. AAJ is an advocate for mittee considers its work ahead, I am writ- strong chemical safety regulation and search results, the act will prevent the ing on behalf of the International Society for healthy environment, in combination with a agency from considering the best and Environmental Epidemiology to respectfully strong civil justice system in order to pro- most relevant science. request a reevaluation of previously intro- tect the health and wellbeing of all Ameri- The EPA relies on peer-reviewed duced and House-passed legislation regarding cans. In this capacity, AAJ robustly objects science conducted by the brightest access to research data. to the Secret Science Reform Act of 2015. minds at our Nation’s universities and Last November, the House of Representa- This legislation would severely limit the tives passed H.R. 4012, the Secret Science Re- other research organizations. Large co- science that the Environmental Protection form Act of 2014, a bill that our Society Agency (EPA) can consider while imple- hort peer review studies, such as the strongly opposed. Had it become law, H.R. menting public protections; upending numer- American Cancer Society and Harvard 4012 would have prevented the EPA from pro- ous environmental statutes and longstanding Six Cities studies, which made an asso- posing, finalizing, or disseminating regula- Agency practices and is severely overbroad. ciation between air pollution and mor- tions or assessments unless all underlying In fact, the Secret Science Reform Act of tality, are vital to the Agency’s imple- data were reproducible and made publicly 2015 may make it impossible for the EPA to mentation of the Clean Air Act. available. In so doing, the legislation would regulate at all. The EPA would no longer be Let me be clear: the EPA does pub- have barred EPA from considering much of able to use most health studies including licly disclose which studies it relies on the best available science investigating the peer-reviewed research as a result of the lim- effects of the chemical, physical and micro- to support its regulatory actions. For itation on using data that is not ‘‘publicly bial environment on human health, because available’’. Many accurate and reliable good reason, it doesn’t make the raw many of the related findings are based on health studies contain personal health data data from these studies publicly avail- confidential data, such as private medical in- that is currently and rightfully protected. able. This bill before us today, if adopt- formation. Neither H.R. 4012, nor its com- Under the Secret Science Act, however, ed, would make it virtually impossible panion, S. 2613, were considered in the Sen- these studies would be erroneously excluded to use many reports and other sources ate. from use by the EPA, substantially nar- of scientific data, such as those I men- Our members support the sharing of epide- rowing the science the EPA may relay when miological data when its purpose is to ad- considering public safeguards. tioned earlier. vance scientific knowledge and when data First, in many cases, the EPA cannot In addition, H.R. 1030 will also restrict the sharing protects the confidentiality of study use of new and innovative science and well as compel the release or disclosure of in- subjects. We have participated in some of the long-term exposure studies. Oftentimes the formation of which it is not the custo- largest data sharing efforts to advance sci- newest and most innovative science and data dian. Second, confidentiality require- entific knowledge, and our Society has pro- may not be publically available. However, ments or other legal prohibitions on mulgated transparent procedures that pro- this shouldn’t mean that the EPA is pre- the sharing of certain types of data, tect patient confidentiality for assuring un- cluded from using it. Lastly, many of EPA’s like health information, would pre- biased reanalysis of epidemiological data standards rely on long-term exposure studies clude studies from consideration sim- sets. Moreover, our members are developing that assess the link between diseases and and have applied new approaches to data ply because they conform to common pollutants; or on meta analyses that com- sharing that both increase transparency and bine many different studies. If the Secret ethical and legal standards. protect confidential information, with the Science Act of 2015 becomes law these stud- Additionally, this act perpetuates objective of promoting rigorous evaluation ies may also be barred from EPA use because the incorrect notion that the science of study results by other analysts. they will be unable to be ‘‘substantially re- relied on by the EPA is somehow hid- We would welcome the opportunity to dis- produced’’. The end result of this legislation den. This misconception is based on cuss our work with you and how we are shar- is that the EPA will no longer be able to rely conflating the meanings of ‘‘secret’’ ing data for reanalysis and the advancement on the best science in order to protect Amer- and ‘‘confidential.’’ One thing should of science, while also protecting subjects’ ican health and the environment. confidentiality. Furthermore, should legisla- be made very clear: none of the infor- We urge you to oppose the Secret Science tion similar to H.R. 4012 and S. 2613 be intro- Reform Act of 2015. This bill would seriously mation used by the EPA is secret. duced in the 114th Congress, we would appre- inhibit the EPA from protecting human Some information might be confiden- ciate the opportunity to share our strong health and the environment through its im- tial—if it includes, for example, the concerns over the bill’s likely impact on the proper limitation on the use of sound personal health information of millions privacy of individual study participants and science. of Americans—as it should be. on the scientific enterprise and human Sincerely, My colleagues supporting this bill health. LINDA LIPSEN, argue that the data could be de-identi- The International Society for Environ- Chief Executive Officer, mental Epidemiology is an international or- American Association for Justice. fied to protect confidentiality and pri- ganization with members from more than 60 vacy and concerns about disclosure of countries. Topics addressed by ISEE mem- MARCH 2, 2015. personal health information are un- bers include environmental exposures, DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: The undersigned founded, but according to a letter from health effects, methodology, environment- individuals and organizations working on

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:26 Jan 19, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAR 15\H18MR5.REC H18MR5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H1738 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 18, 2015 public health and science-informed regula- Even worse, the bill requires the SAB to nized, and regulations that have such a tion strongly oppose the H.R. 1029 the EPA remain in an endless loop soliciting public big impact on our economy should not Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 comment about the ‘‘state of the science’’ be based on secret science in order to and H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform Act touching on every major advisory activity it of 2015, to be considered by the House of Rep- undertakes and responding to nearly every sell it to the American people. Unfortu- resentatives this week. comment before moving forward, without nately, the EPA has prevented outside Both bills would severely undermine the being limited by any time constraints. At researchers from accessing the data be- ability of the Environmental Protection best, the SAB will be reduced to busy work. hind recent regulatory decisions. The Agency (EPA) to use the best available sci- At worst, the SAB’s assessments will address public is just supposed to trust the entific evidence when making decisions re- the concerns of corporations, not the desires EPA. Apparently, their policy is trust, garding the protection of public health and of citizens for science-informed regulation but evade your eyes; we want a policy safety and the environment. that protects public health. When very similar bills were up for a vote These bills together will greatly impede that says trust, but verify. in the House last November, the Administra- the ability of EPA, and potentially other It is long past time that Congress in- tion issued veto threats for both bills. The agencies, to utilize the best available creases transparency into the EPA’s Administration stated that the Secret science, independently reviewed, to inform regulatory process. The Secret Science Science Reform Act would ‘‘greatly impede regulations crucial to public health and the Reform Act would prohibit the EPA the EPA’s ability to use science to protect environment. from proposing or finalizing regula- public health and the environment,’’ and We strongly urge you to vote No on The tions based upon science that is not warned that the EPA Science Advisory Secret Science Reform Act and the EPA transparent or available for inde- Board Reform Act would ‘‘weaken the sci- Science Advisory Board Reform Act. entific independence and integrity of the Sincerely, pendent review. Our constituents have SAB.’’ Center for Science and Democracy at the a right to know whether EPA’s regula- The erroneously named Secret Science Re- Union of Concerned Scientists; Annie tions are based on sound science and form Act would tie the EPA’s hands by re- Appleseed Project; Breast Cancer Ac- have the stated benefits the Agency stricting the information it can use to de- tion; Center for Medical Consumers; In- claims they have. velop protective regulations. The EPA could stitute for Ethics and Emerging Tech- The legislation is simple, it is only regulate based on publicly available sci- nologies; Jacobs Institute of Women’s straightforward, and it is a message entific data. This restriction would block the Health; National Center for Health Re- that government bureaucrats cannot agency’s use of many different types of pub- search; National Physicians Alliance; lic health data, such as those for which pub- propose costly regulations without the Our Bodies Ourselves; Public Citizen; transparency that the American people lic release would violate privacy protections, Woodymatters; John H. Powers, MD, or data from corporations that are des- Associate Clinical Professor of Medi- deserve. We want more Americans and ignated as confidential business information. cine; The George Washington Univer- more American companies to make it It also would restrict the use of scientific sity School of Medicine; University of in America. data that is not ‘‘reproducible.’’ This provi- Maryland School of Medicine. I want to thank Chairman SMITH for sion seems to adopt a very narrow view of bringing this important legislation to scientific information solely based on lab- Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 30 seconds before yielding the floor today. oratory experiments. As major scientific so- Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of cieties including the American Association to the gentleman from Texas. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) have I would like to call Members’ atten- Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes noted, such a restriction would eliminate the tion to page 1, line 12 of this bill. to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. use of most epidemiological and public Again, it is only two pages long. I hope FOSTER), a scientist. health data, such as those regarding the pub- everybody will take the time to read it. Mr. FOSTER. Mr. Chairman, I am lic health impacts of air pollution, because Line 12 of the first page points out that disappointed to be here once again these data are collected in long-term studies speaking out against the Secret following individuals longitudinally. the Administrator of the EPA shall use the best available science. Once again, Science Reform Act. There are many Not only do privacy concerns arise, but problems that our Nation faces that we such studies are not inherently reproduced the bill actually calls upon the Admin- in the way a laboratory experiment or a clin- istrator to use the best available need to tackle—growing income in- ical trial may be. It would be unethical to science. equity, a badly broken immigration deliberately expose adults or children to air The question is: Why does the EPA system, and underinvestment in Fed- pollution merely to determine whether the want to hide this science? Why does it eral research and development—so I am increased rates of asthma and heart attacks want to hide this data? Why won’t it having a hard time understanding why caused by such exposures can be duplicated, let the American people see this data? congressional leaders think that this or to encourage teenagers to smoke to re-as- body, composed largely of lawyers and sess the toxic effects of tobacco. That is the question of the hour. The EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to career politicians, should devote its at- Act would greatly weaken the EPA’s advi- the gentleman from Texas (Mr. tention to telling scientists how to sory process, making it far more likely that WEBER), who is the chairman of the conduct their research. recommendations from its independent Subcommittee on Energy of the Com- We have heard many of these same Science Advisory Board (SAB) will be domi- mittee on Science, Space, and Tech- politicians declare proudly, ‘‘I am not a nated by corporate special interests. This nology. scientist,’’ as they excuse their igno- bill opens the door to increased corporate in- Mr. WEBER of Texas. I thank the rance on issues like climate change or fluence on the Board, by encouraging the gentleman. the effectiveness of vaccines, yet they EPA to accept more SAB panelists with cor- want to rewrite the rules for standards porate ties. Mr. Chair, I rise today in strong sup- The bill’s overly broad restriction on SAB port of H.R. 1030, the Secret Science of research for EPA scientists. members with subject-matter expertise is Reform Act of 2015. As a scientist myself, as well as a equally counterproductive, and goes far be- Last December, the EPA proposed a manufacturer, one who started a busi- yond the common-sense limits imposed by new regulation that is widely predicted ness that now provides hundreds of the National Academies. Unlike the 2014 bill, to be the costliest regulation in U.S. manufacturing jobs in the United the 2015 bill does appear to permit SAB ex- history—I repeat, the costliest U.S. States and has kept those jobs in the perts with published, peer-reviewed research, regulation in history. It would actually Midwest and understands what is im- to address those topics on which they have portant for manufacturing to succeed credentials, provided that their expertise is cost our economy $140 billion per year, publicly disclosed. But the language in the according to the National Association in the United States, I always value bill is so vague that it raises many ques- of Manufacturers—manufacturers, you the input of experts over political rhet- tions. Generally, experts have developed know, those who manufacture or make oric. their knowledge base over time, and not things. So what have the experts said about purely through peer-reviewed publications. I like to say the things that make the Secret Science Reform Act? How is an expert supposed to make that dis- America great are the things that Today a letter was introduced into tinction? What happens if a scientist relies America makes. Likewise, in these the RECORD from the American Asso- on expertise that is not specifically per- ciation for the Advancement of mitted in the bill? Will there be legal rami- hard economic times, more Americans fications? Clearly, scientific experts will will make it in America when more Science, signed by 35 groups rep- think twice before joining the SAB if it things are made in America. resenting scientific organizations and means they will have to consult their law- Therefore, regulations that hamper research universities. In the letter, yers before they give advice. manufacturing should really be scruti- they state:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:26 Jan 19, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAR 15\H18MR5.REC H18MR5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE March 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1739 The research community is concerned What Jefferson was talking about I know my friends on the other side about how some of the key terms in this bill was the multitude of regulations and of the aisle don’t like the EPA, and could be interpreted or misinterpreted, espe- regulatory agencies that the King of they don’t believe in sound science— cially terms such as ‘‘materials,’’ ‘‘data,’’ England had instituted here on the they have made that very clear during and ‘‘reproducible.’’ Would the Environmental Protection continent of North America. the time that they have the majority— Agency be excluded from utilizing research Over the past decades, we have seen a but this so-called Secret Science Re- that involved physical specimens or biologi- rampant growth not only in the num- form Act is a dangerous attack on the cal materials that are not easily accessible? ber of Federal agencies that have regu- EPA’s ability to use the best available How would the Agency address research that latory authority over Americans, but science to protect public health and combines both public and private data? the scope of the regulations, that they our environment. These are all important questions have impacted our very lives. Every Peer reviewed scientific research that were not addressed when this bill moment of your day is in some way im- from our world class universities in- was proposed last Congress and still re- pacted by regulation—and I argue over- forms EPA rulemaking. To limit access main unaddressed today. So I continue regulation—by the Federal Govern- to this research—and open the doors to to stand alongside thousands of my col- ment. industry-manipulated data—is just leagues in science in opposition to the As we speak here today, the EPA is plain wrong. Secret Science Reform Act. These are considering a decrease in the amount I have cosponsored an amendment of- the standards that should be set by sci- of acceptable ozone in our atmosphere, fered by my good friend JOE KENNEDY entists and not by Washington politi- which is questionable. Many scientists to allow the EPA to continue relying cians. have said that that level of ozone that upon peer reviewed scientific data. Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I they are trying to achieve is Boy, what a radical idea. This com- yield myself 30 seconds before yielding unachievable. Even some of the most monsense amendment will ensure the to the gentleman from Georgia. remote areas of our Nation would not EPA has access to the valuable re- Mr. Chairman, I almost feel like we even be able to achieve that. These are search necessary to make sound deci- ought to take a 5-minute recess and areas that don’t have any type of in- sions about our public health and envi- allow everybody a chance to read the dustry or significant population. ronment. bill, which, again, is only two pages The National Black Chamber of Com- Mr. Chairman, there isn’t ‘‘secret long. merce testified in a committee hearing science,’’ just science that my Repub- There is nothing in this bill that tells the other day that this level of ozone lican colleagues do not like. The con- scientists how to conduct their science. in the regulation the EPA is trying to tempt for science demonstrated by the All the bill does is to say that the data impose would have significant impact Republican majority in this House is on the economy, especially small busi- should be publicly available and should troublesome. Putting profits of a par- ness owners and minority business be independently verified and let the ticular industry ahead of the safety owners. Most of their small businesses American people see it—nothing more, and well-being of our citizens by rig- are in metropolitan areas. This over- nothing less. That is why, according to ging the data is dangerous. regulation is eating out the substance a public opinion poll, 90 percent of the People might wonder: Why are we de- of Americans. American people support this bill. bating this bill here today? Well, I Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to The Small Business & Entrepreneur- ship Council recently testified that the would suggest you follow the money, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. follow where the political campaign LOUDERMILK), who happens to be chair- average American pays $14,974 in hid- den taxes. These are taxes because of contributions are going. man of the Subcommittee on Oversight The notion that we, in this House, regulation by the Federal Government. of the Committee on Science, Space, would disregard sound science and in- That is $14,000 a year average Ameri- and Technology. stead open the doors for profitmaking cans are spending out of their own Mr. LOUDERMILK. I thank the industries to come in and dictate what pocket because of overregulation. chairman for the opportunity to speak the rules and regulations are with re- Much of this is because of questionable on this very important bill. gard to the safety and well-being of our Mr. Chair, as I stand in the Chamber science that is hidden and not trans- citizens is just plain dangerous. here, this historic Chamber, all around parent. That is 23 percent of their in- I urge my colleagues, at the very the top of the wall here are engraved come. least, support the Kennedy amendment images of great lawgivers who have in- The CHAIR. The time of the gen- and defeat the underlying legislation. fluenced this Nation and the great in- tleman has expired. Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I stitutions of government we have. As yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from the Prime Minister of Israel pointed yield the gentleman an additional 30 Texas (Mr. BABIN), who is a hard- out, Moses is in the back, who gave us seconds. Mr. LOUDERMILK. Thank you, Mr. working member of the Science Com- the natural laws our Founders referred mittee. to, but over my right shoulder, just Chairman. While this bill would not fix the over- Mr. BABIN. I thank the chairman for above the rostrum, is the image of yielding. Thomas Jefferson. reach of this administration in their regulation, it will bring transparency— Mr. Chairman, it is time to end the b 1300 that the American people have a right era of secret science within the Envi- Thomas Jefferson wrote about an- to know that when their rights and ronmental Protection Agency. This bill other set of laws and rights that are their liberties are being restricted by before us, H.R. 1030, does just that. given to us. He also wrote 27 griev- government, that it is substantiated As the Representative of a very di- ances—27 violations—of either the nat- and it is sound science. verse district in Texas with timber; ag- ural law that Moses wrote about or the I fully support this measure. It is one ricultural interests; four ports, includ- natural rights of men that he wrote of the most important ones, I believe, ing the Port of Houston; and more pe- about in the Declaration of Independ- that we will do in this Congress. trochemical plants than any other in ence. These were grievances against Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of the United States, I rise in strong sup- the King of England for violations Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes port of this bill. against the natural laws or the natural to the gentleman from Massachusetts I cosponsored this bill because I be- rights of men. (Mr. MCGOVERN). lieve that the American people deserve The 10th grievance, ironically, that Mr. MCGOVERN. I thank the gentle- a greater level of accountability from he wrote about can also be seen as a woman for yielding. the EPA and less bureaucratic regula- warning to where we are today in this Mr. Chairman, for the second time in tion and dodging the facts. Let the Nation. The 10th grievance says that: a 6-month period, we are considering facts speak for themselves. The King has erected a multitude of new legislation specifically designed to Transparency is one of the funda- offices and sent hither swarms of officers to delay implementation of EPA regula- mental tenets of science. I have a biol- harass the people and eat out their sub- tions and prevent the EPA from using ogy degree. I have had plenty of stance. the best available scientific data. science, chemistry, and physics—I am a

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The legislation Director, Center for Science and As new sets of data are created, I represents a solution in search of a problem, Democracy, Union of Concerned Scientists. hope that this level of transparency and would greatly impede the agency’s mis- will encourage researchers, companies, sion to protect public health and the envi- MARCH 16, 2015. and nonprofits towards a greater level ronment. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of our As you know, this bill is nearly identical millions of members and supporters we of openness. to the bill that the Committee reported out strongly urge you to oppose the ‘‘Secret The President committed that his ad- last November. That bill received a veto Science Reform Act of 2015’’ (HR), the ‘‘EPA ministration would be the most trans- threat from the Administration, which noted Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015’’. parent administration in history. Un- that it would prevent the Environmental Collectively, these misleadingly named bills fortunately, I believe this administra- Protection Agency from protecting public would radically diminish EPA’s ability to tion has fallen short of this goal. This health and safety and the environment, ‘‘if protect public health. Under these bills, EPA bill is necessary to ensure that the the data supporting [its] decisions cannot, would be required to ignore significant for legitimate reasons, be made publicly science; the Scientific Advisory Board would American people have transparency in available.’’ be required to ignore conflicts of interest; the Environmental Protection Agency. It appears that the language changes in and enforcement officials would be required When the EPA overreaches, it costs the 2015 version of this bill were made to ob- to ignore pollution emitted in violation of Americans their jobs by putting U.S. scure the drafters’ true intent, making it the law. These bills are broadly written and workers at a competitive disadvantage. more difficult to discern that it would crip- would have damaging impacts far in excess We need transparency and account- ple the ability of the EPA to regulate based of what their sponsors will admit. ability so that American workers and on information supplied by industries that is The ‘‘Secret Science Reform Act is based designated confidential, or on public health their families are protected. on a faulty premise. Its notion of ‘‘secret and medical data where the privacy of pa- science,’’ based on claims about studies of Let’s put an end to ‘‘secret science.’’ tients must be protected. fine soot pollution conducted almost two H.R. 1030 does exactly this, and I call The EPA already makes the data, method- decades ago, is unfounded despite lengthy on my colleagues to join me in voting ology, and peer-reviewed research it relies on congressional inquiries. The bill would deny for this bill. in its rule-making processes as transparent EPA the ability to rely upon peer-reviewed Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of as possible. Moreover, the additional restric- medical studies that involve commitments Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes tions imposed by this proposed bill would to patient confidentiality, when the agency make it almost impossible to base public to the gentlewoman from Massachu- carries out its statutory responsibilities to protections on the best available scientific safeguard public health and the environ- setts (Ms. CLARK). information. In particular, if enacted, the Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Mr. ment. Further, this bill would effectively language appears to indicate that the agency amend numerous environmental statutes by Chairman, this will be the second time would be inhibited by the following chal- forbidding EPA to use certain kinds of stud- that I have cosponsored an amendment lenges: ies in setting health standards. It would also The EPA wouldn’t be able to use most to the Secret Science Reform Act with make it impossible for EPA to use many health studies. The agency would likely be Representatives KENNEDY and MCGOV- kinds of economic models it routinely relies prevented from using any study that uses on because those models are proprietary. ERN. personal health data. The confidentiality of This marks a radical departure from long- I have spoken in opposition to this such data is usually protected by institu- standing practices. Its end result would be to bill before, but so long as the House tional review boards ORB); thus, the data continues to consider antiscience legis- could not be made publicly available as de- make it much more difficult to protect the public by forcing EPA to ignore key sci- lation that endangers public health, I manded. Since many EPA rules are health- based standards, this rule would severely re- entific studies. will continue to point out why it is Science Advisory Board bill would attack strict the ability of the agency to base rules dangerous. EPA’s scientific process in a different way. on science. As written, the Secret Science Re- The EPA wouldn’t be able to draw from in- The worst provision would mandate allowing form Act prohibits the EPA from con- dustry data sources. The agency would be the participation of scientists with financial sidering any science that is not pub- prevented from using data provided by indus- conflicts of interest, as long as those con- licly available in its rulemaking proc- try to the agency. Since information from flicts are disclosed. This is inconsistent with ess. A great deal of important research, industry sources is often not publicly avail- a set of nearly universally accepted sci- able, a law requiring as such would prevent entific principles to eliminate or limit finan- particularly related to public health, is cial conflicts. This bill would significantly based on sensitive personal informa- the agency from utilizing industry data, a source of information that often provides weaken the content and credibility of the tion that this bill would exclude from otherwise unknown data to inform EPA rule- Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) reviews—a consideration. making. textbook example of making a government This limit poses an impossible choice The EPA wouldn’t be able to use new and program function poorly to the benefit of for the EPA: disregard critical re- innovative science. New scientific methods polluting industries and at the expense of search—even when it has been subject and data may be restricted by intellectual public health and independent science. The to rigorous evaluation and peer re- property protections or industry trade secret bill will add unnecessary new burdens on the SAB, distorting its mission and altering its view—or violate the privacy of volun- exemptions. This proposed bill would limit EPA’s ability to rely on the best available process with no benefit to EPA or the public. teers. science including novel approaches that may The bill also significantly broadens the scope Our amendment ensures that this not yet be publicly available. of the SAB and creates a comment process will not happen. It simply provides Long-term and meta-analyses would be un- that will add needless delay to the Board’s that the EPA may rely on any peer re- available. Many of EPA’s health-based stand- work. The result would be further stalling viewed scientific publication when ards rely on long-term exposure studies that and undermining of important public health, making rules, even if all of the under- assess the link between chronic diseases/ safety, and environmental protections. mortality and pollutants; or on meta- anal- This legislation will obstruct the imple- lying data is not publicly available. yses that include many different studies and mentation and enforcement of critical envi- This will protect the scientific integ- locations to provide a more robust look at ronmental statutes, undermine the EPA’s rity of the EPA’s process without en- the science. In HR 4012, the provision that ability to consider and use science, and jeop- dangering the privacy of Americans studies be conducted ‘‘in a manner that is ardize public health. For these reasons, we who participate in scientific research. sufficient for independent analysis and sub- urge you to oppose these bills. Mr. Chairman, I include two letters stantial reproduction of research’’ may pre- Sincerely, in opposition to H.R. 1030 for the vent use of these vital studies by the EPA, as BlueGreen Alliance, Center for Effective Government, Clean Water Action, De- RECORD. One is from the Union of Con- it is unclear whether such spatially and tem- fenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Envi- cerned Scientists and the other is from porally comprehensive studies would be con- sidered ‘‘sufficient for substantial reproduc- ronmental Defense Fund, Friends of a coalition of environmental organiza- tion.’’ the Earth, Greenpeace, League of Con- tions, including the Sierra Club and I strongly urge you to oppose H.R. 1030, the servation Voters, Natural Resources Clean Water Action. Secret Science Reform Act of 2015. The pro- Defense Council, Physicians for Social

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H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from What you are basically saying is all Act of 2015, gives independent sci- Arizona (Mr. SCHWEIKERT), who is a information, all knowledge, is housed entists an opportunity to validate the former chairman of the Environment in a tiny population and the rest of the studies EPA uses to make new regula- Subcommittee of the Science Com- world be damned. tions. mittee. There is a crowdsourcing concept of In 2012, the President’s own science Mr. SCHWEIKERT. I thank Chair- refining, and here is where I am fas- adviser testified that, ‘‘absolutely, the man SMITH for yielding, and to all my cinated that the left hasn’t caught on. data on which regulatory decisions are friends, I miss all of you, but are we This bill, this piece of legislation may based should be made available to the having that sense of de´ja` vu all over come back to us and say: EPA, you are committee and should be made public.’’ again? Have you ever started listening actually not doing enough. The chair of EPA’s Science Advisory to a debate and you are starting to It could actually come back and say: Board testified that EPA’s advisers think: Are we discussing two com- When we make the data public, when recommend ‘‘that literature and data pletely separate pieces of legislation we bounce it up against other data used by EPA be peer reviewed and be here? sources, when we do other latitudinal made available to the public.’’ Mr. Chair, this isn’t that com- studies, we may find we are not doing Let me repeat. The chair of EPA’s plicated. So far, I have got to tell you, enough. We may find there is a much own Science Advisory Board said the this debate—and this is going to be a better way to do a regulation set. data EPA relies upon should be public. little harsh—has been absolutely intel- I would think, actually, in the mod- And a recent poll from the Institute lectually vacuous because we are not ern world, where we know information for Energy Research found that 90 per- saying things that are true. Let’s try is providing us so many opportunities, cent of Americans agree that studies one more time—no, Madam Ranking and data used to make Federal Govern- Member, you are not. So let’s try it why aren’t we embracing that? Why has that become partisan? ment decisions should be public. one more time. Relying on public data prevents the What does the piece of legislation do? 1315 b manipulation of scientific evidence. So It is public policy made by public data, There are actually also a couple of this bill is no different from any other public data by public policy. Why is other things that have been said from sunshine law, such as the Freedom of that so terrifying to the left? This con- behind the microphone across the aisle cept of, well, there’s personal medical Information Act. that we need to, one more time, restate It doesn’t roll back the laws that pro- records used for part of this—there are. honestly. That is why this White House, 3 or 4 tect the air we breathe and the water What if a data set is provided by in- years ago, did a series of memos in- we drink; it simply requires the EPA to dustry? structing how to do the use the best available science when it One of the biggest complaints in the deidentification of personal data. makes new regulations. If you really object to that, then I past said, Well, if a Republican Presi- In other words, the EPA should rely am sure you are going to stand up and dent had a Republican EPA and they upon good science, not science fiction. start saying that the FDA, the CFPB, used industry data to set up a reg— The bill does not change or repeal all the others that get personal data, guess what? That falls under this same critical privacy laws that prevent the you don’t want them to touch that ei- piece of legislation. That also is dis- EPA from releasing confidential infor- ther. Come on, a little intellectual con- closed. All data that is used to create mation. It does not give the EPA any sistency here, let’s try it. public policy is public. new authority to take private informa- Something I chose not to do when we Why does this terrify the left so tion and make it public. In fact, it pro- ran this bill last time—and I am going much, public policy by public data and hibits that. to do this time—is that I will submit at public data by public policy, and then In a democratic society, regulations a later time into the RECORD a handful the opportunity for everyone who should not be based upon undisclosed of memos coming from my office from takes an interest in this to be able to data. Maybe in Putin’s Russia, but not when this body was controlled by the refine it and make it better and make in the United States of America. Undis- Democrats and there was a Republican it more efficient and more healthy for closed data rightfully raises a lot of in the White House. our families, for our environment, for suspicions. The Democrats were demanding this our economy, instead of a small, arro- Actually, this bill is more than just of the White House—and a series of gant population controlling all knowl- about data. It is about an agency that senior Democrat officials—demanding edge and all information? apparently doesn’t trust the American this type of disclosure to make public The CHAIR. The Chair will remind people. The EPA thinks it knows bet- policy. I think that would be sort of Members to address their remarks to ter than the American people what is amusing to put into the public record, the Chair. good for them. so folks can see how duplicitous this Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of It is time to change that mindset. It argument has started to become. Texas. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the bal- is time to restore faith in our govern- Now, back to sort of an underlying ance of my time. ment and return the power to the peo- principle that I embraced—and I hope Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I ple. It is time for honesty, and it is all those who actually are not at war am prepared to close, so I reserve the past time to ensure that the EPA bases with science and want to embrace the balance of my time. their regulations on data that is pub- complete aggregation of information— Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of lic. The American people deserve to see is that we need to walk away from this Texas. Mr. Chairman, I have no further the data. arrogance that there is a small subset requests for time, so I yield back the Let us not forget the President also in our society that absolutely knows balance of my time. asked for this. H.R. 1030 ensures the everything. Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I speedy implementation of President Because the fact of the matter is you yield myself such time as I may con- Obama’s Executive Order 13536, to give put up a study today and a handful of sume. the public access to federally funded smart folks at KENNEDY’S—do you rep- First of all, I would like to thank science. resent MIT? Sorry. That is where all Science Committee member and Envi- This bill supports the administra- the really smart kids are, right? ronment Subcommittee Chairman tion’s commitment to open science, but But people like Arizona State, the DAVID SCHWEIKERT for his great efforts now they threaten to veto it. It makes next smartest school in the Nation, on this particular subject. Our goal is you wonder what the administration is

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They If you support this administration’s fered only in the order printed in the must either ignore the requirements of promise to be the most transparent in report, by a Member designated in the this legislation because the majority history and want to make the EPA’s report, shall be considered read, shall isn’t providing them with the resources data public, then support H.R. 1030. be debatable for the time specified in to carry them out, or they can comply Mr. Chairman, finally, there are the report, equally divided and con- with the requirements for—and Mr. three questions that those who are op- trolled by the proponent and an oppo- Chairman, hold your breath—they posed either can’t answer or won’t an- nent, shall not be subject to amend- could comply with the requirements swer: ment, and shall not be subject to a de- for 11⁄2 days. That is what the funding One, what is the EPA hiding? mand for division of the question. would allow: $1 million, 11⁄2 days, and Two, why won’t they make the data AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MS. EDWARDS then shut down all of the covered ac- public? The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- tions under the bill. And three, why doesn’t the EPA trust sider amendment No. 1 printed in part So I know we think it might be the American people? B of House Report 114–37. laughable, except that it is true. But if Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Chairman, I have the majority really believes in the ance of my time. an amendment at the desk. premise behind this legislation, which I The CHAIR. All time for general de- The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate do not, then the majority should pro- bate has expired. the amendment. vide the Agency with the $250 million Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be The text of the amendment is as fol- annually that, at a minimum, the considered for amendment under the 5- lows: Agency would need to carry out this minute rule. bill. Page 2, lines 21 through 24, amend para- Those are not my estimates. Those It shall be in order to consider as an graph (4) to read as follows: original bill for the purpose of amend- ‘‘(4) There are authorized to be appro- are the estimates of the independent ment under the 5-minute rule an priated to the Administrator to carry out Congressional Budget Office. amendment in the nature of a sub- this subsection $250,000,000 for each of fiscal I am opposed to the bill for a number stitute consisting of the text of Rules years 2016 through 2019.’’. of reasons, and most likely, my col- Committee Print 114–11. That amend- The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- leagues on the other side of the aisle would disagree with me on those ment in the nature of a substitute shall lution 138, the gentlewoman from points. However, I have a hard time be- be considered as read. Maryland (Ms. EDWARDS) and a Member lieving that any responsible Member of The text of the amendment in the na- opposed each will control 5 minutes. Congress who supports fiscal conserv- ture of a substitute is as follows: The Chair recognizes the gentle- woman from Maryland. atism would consciously support a bill H.R. 1030 that is guaranteed, absolutely guaran- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of my amendment to H.R. teed to cause failure. resentatives of the United States of America in So I urge my colleagues to support Congress assembled, 1030, the so-called Secret Science Re- form Act. my amendment and not allow this bill SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. to move forward with an unfunded This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secret Science Let me just say first that I am op- Reform Act of 2015’’. posed to the bill and the underlying mandate to the Agency. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance SEC. 2. DATA TRANSPARENCY. premise that there is not good science, good research, and good data being of my time. Section 6(b) of the Environmental Research, Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I Development, and Demonstration Authorization gathered by the EPA. claim the time in opposition to the Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 4363 note) is amended to Unfortunately, this bill would force read as follows: amendment. the EPA to choose between protecting The CHAIR. The gentleman is recog- ‘‘(b)(1) The Administrator shall not propose, our health and environment and main- finalize, or disseminate a covered action unless nized for 5 minutes. all scientific and technical information relied on taining the privacy of patient medical Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I to support such covered action is— records and the confidentiality of busi- do thank my colleague, the gentle- ‘‘(A) the best available science; ness records. woman from Maryland, for her amend- ‘‘(B) specifically identified; and But my amendment highlights one ment, but I must oppose it. ‘‘(C) publicly available online in a manner issue that, to me, makes a mockery of This amendment would allow the En- that is sufficient for independent analysis and this entire effort. The bill, as written, vironmental Protection Agency to con- substantial reproduction of research results. currently gives the EPA only $1 mil- tinue its practice of hiding data from ‘‘(2) Nothing in the subsection shall be con- lion per year to carry out the provi- strued as— the American people. ‘‘(A) requiring the Administrator to dissemi- sions in the bill. This amendment is based upon what nate scientific and technical information; or It wouldn’t be so bad except that the appears to be a misreading of the bill ‘‘(B) superseding any nondiscretionary statu- Congressional Budget Office estimates that has resulted in an inaccurate tory requirement. the cost of the bill to be $250 million score by the Congressional Budget Of- ‘‘(3) In this subsection— per year to implement the bill. fice. In fact, the statutory language di- ‘‘(A) the term ‘covered action’ means a risk, I know, Mr. Chairman, that you per- rectly contradicts the CBO’s analysis, exposure, or hazard assessment, criteria docu- haps think that you did not hear me and here is why. ment, standard, limitation, regulation, regu- correctly. But to put this disparity in latory impact analysis, or guidance; and For its analysis, CBO assumed that ‘‘(B) the term ‘scientific and technical infor- some perspective, the Congressional the bill requires the EPA to collect and mation’ includes— Budget Office is estimating that imple- disseminate the underlying data of the ‘‘(i) materials, data, and associated protocols menting this bill would cost 25,000 per- science it relies upon. Through some necessary to understand, assess, and extend cent more than the majority is pro- unknown calculation, CBO then came conclusions; viding. up with a $250 million price tag for the ‘‘(ii) computer codes and models involved in Now I understand why the majority collection and dissemination of the the creation and analysis of such information; is doing this. They don’t want to pass data. ‘‘(iii) recorded factual materials; and legislation that costs anything to im- ‘‘(iv) detailed descriptions of how to access However, the bill does not require the and use such information. plement. It wouldn’t be fiscally con- collection and dissemination of infor- ‘‘(4) The Administrator shall carry out this servative. mation. It simply says that the EPA subsection in a manner that does not exceed Now, I am not a math major, but must use data that is public and avail- $1,000,000 per fiscal year, to be derived from simple math tells me that if a bill is $1 able to independent scientists. amounts otherwise authorized to be appro- million in the text but costs $250 mil- The bill itself states that there is no priated.’’. lion to implement, you are asking the requirement for the EPA to dissemi- The CHAIR. No amendment to that EPA to undertake $250 million of work nate scientific and technical informa- amendment in the nature of a sub- with $1 million—not exactly fiscally or tion. Again, I urge my colleagues to stitute shall be order except those legislatively conservative or sound. read the bill.

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The question is on the So the CBO is way off base—not for as she may consume to the gentle- amendment offered by the gentle- the first time—and, therefore, so is this woman from Texas (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE woman from Maryland (Ms. EDWARDS). amendment. JOHNSON), my colleague and the rank- The question was taken; and the CBO’s cost estimate also contradicts ing Democrat on the committee. Chair announced that the noes ap- the clear statutory bill language, peared to have it. b 1330 which reads: ‘‘The Administrator shall Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Chairman, I de- carry out this subsection in a manner Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of mand a recorded vote. that does not exceed $1 million per fis- Texas. Mr. Chair, I want to thank the The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of cal year to be derived from amounts gentlelady, and I fully support her rule XVIII, further proceedings on the otherwise authorized to be appro- amendment. amendment offered by the gentle- priated.’’ EPA normally relies upon approxi- woman from Maryland will be post- When the CBO says that under this mately 50,000 scientific studies each poned. legislation the EPA will have to spend year to support these actions. The Con- AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. KENNEDY hundreds of millions of dollars to col- gressional Budget Office estimated The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- lect and disseminate new data, that is that if EPA were to cut the amount of sider amendment No. 2 printed in part clearly inconsistent with the language studies they considered in half, it B of House Report 114–37. and intent of the bill. So the CBO’s would still cost the Agency roughly Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Chairman, I have cost estimate is meaningless. $250 million annually to comply with an amendment at the desk. But let’s assume that the EPA de- this legislation. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate cides it must collect and disseminate This bill will effectively require EPA the amendment. the data itself. EPA has an $8 billion to pay more in order to do less, yet my The text of the amendment is as fol- budget. It spends more than $20 million colleagues are only providing EPA with lows: of taxpayer money every day to issue $1 million annually to comply with the At the end of the bill, add the following: regulations that cost taxpayers tens of provisions of this bill. SEC. 3. ENSURING THE USE OF THE BEST billions of dollars every year. And the This forces EPA into a lose-lose situ- SCIENCE. ation. Either drastically limit the Nothing in this Act shall prevent the Ad- President has asked Congress for an in- ministrator of the Environmental Protection crease of $50 million for the Agency amount of science used to protect the Agency from considering or relying upon any this year. public health and the environment or peer-reviewed scientific publication even if Surely the EPA can base its rules on spend hundreds of millions of dollars such publication is based on data that is pro- science that is transparent and avail- per year ensuring that the job is done hibited from public disclosure. able to everyone, and do it with funds right. The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- from its already massive budget. A I think this legislation is seriously lution 138, the gentleman from Massa- Federal agency that spends over $8 bil- misguided. chusetts (Mr. KENNEDY) and a Member lion a year in taxpayer money should Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Chairman, I opposed each will control 5 minutes. be able to afford to honor the public’s yield back the balance of my time. The Chair recognizes the gentleman right to know. Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I from Massachusetts. This amendment would allow the yield myself the balance of the time. Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Chairman, I EPA to continue business as usual and Mr. Chairman I really don’t know yield myself 4 minutes. would ignore congressional intent and why it is so difficult to read this bill. It Mr. Chairman, I echo the comments statutory language. For these reasons, is only two pages long. And those who of my colleagues about the importance I oppose the amendment. are concerned about the cost ought to of transparency that we have heard Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance recognize—or I hope they have realized over the course of this debate. An open of my time. and seen—that the bill this year reads government with transparent rules and Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Chairman, so we differently than the bill last year. regulations is at the very core of our know that the EPA’s jurisdiction is to And what I would like to do is read democracy. But I am discouraged and make sure that we have clean water to those who are opposed who raised disappointed that we are having this and clean air. That is sort of the basics the cost issue. Look at lines 17 and 18 debate yet again, especially on a bill of it. of page 1 and lines 1 and 2 of page 2. that undermines science even more And now we are hearing from the ma- They read as follows: ‘‘Nothing in the dramatically than last year’s version. jority, Mr. Chairman, that not only do subsection shall be construed as requir- When this country’s greatest minds they not believe the science and they ing the Administrator to disseminate come together to tackle our greatest think it is secret, they also don’t be- scientific and technical information.’’ problems, we are a stronger nation. lieve the Congressional Budget Office. I hope that allays their concerns. But Whether we are talking about achieve- But for the fact that we cannot pick it is always nice to hear my colleagues ments in cancer treatment or clean and choose which numbers we believe on the other side of the aisle so con- water, science makes us healthier, out of the Congressional Budget Office, cerned about the cost of legislation. more innovative, and more competi- the fact is that the Congressional Mr. Chairman, contrary to the CBO tive. Unfortunately, the bill we are Budget Office, not just this year but in estimate, H.R. 1030 does not require the considering today takes science off the the last term as well, said that this bill EPA to disseminate information. It re- table for the EPA, the very Agency en- would cost American taxpayers $250 quires the EPA to base their regula- trusted with keeping our air clean, our million if the Agency were imple- tions on data that is public so that all water safe, and our homes clear of menting it according to the legislative Americans are better informed about toxic substances. language. So I don’t think that the ma- the regulations that affect their daily The bill before us leaves EPA with jority should be allowed to pick and lives. unworkable standards, prohibiting it choose its science or pick and choose Americans deserve all the facts, and from using certain studies simply be- its numbers. they deserve all the data. They have cause they include information that, The Congressional Budget Office, in the right to know if the regulations by law, cannot be made public, such as fact, has said that this bill would cost they are forced to live under are justi- people’s personal health records. $250 million to implement, more than fied by sound science. My amendment does a very simple 25,000 times the amount that is author- The EPA spends over $8 billion a thing. It fixes that oversight by clari- ized in the language, and I think it is year. Surely it can base its rules on fying that the EPA should use the most

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:26 Jan 19, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAR 15\H18MR5.REC H18MR5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H1744 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 18, 2015 reliable scientific information avail- lies upon when it makes public regula- using information for the highest and able, regardless of whether that can be tions. It is time for the EPA to show best use as we promulgate rules and publicly disclosed. its work and come out into the day- regulations that are going to impact The Congressional Budget Office esti- light. Peer review alone is not a suffi- the American people—nothing less, mates that the EPA relies on about cient check. Peer reviewers are not al- nothing more. 50,000 scientific studies every year. As ways provided the underlying data, and I yield back the balance of my time. written, H.R. 1030 would drastically the quality of peer review is highly Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chairman, shrink this number. The bill before us variable. let me just say to my friend from Mas- could even prohibit the EPA from The simple premise behind H.R. 1030 sachusetts that I appreciate his com- using other government-funded re- is that public policy should be backed ments and his friendship as well. While search, like NIH studies that link toxic up by public data. Peer review alone we agree on many things, we do happen substances to premature births or CDC does not allow independent scientists to disagree on this one amendment. research on mitigating the impact of to verify the EPA’s claims. Let me also say that I wish he was natural disasters on public health. This amendment would destroy the still a member of the Science Com- Furthermore, there are several pro- purpose of the bill and provide the EPA mittee, and he would be welcomed back tections in place already to ensure the Administrator with permission to dis- any time. science the EPA uses is properly vetted regard the basic principles of trans- Mr. Chairman, the gentleman’s and credited. First, any and all studies parency and accountability that are amendment would allow the EPA to go through a significant peer review provided by H.R. 1030. For these rea- continue to hide the data it says justi- process, including an independent anal- sons, I oppose the amendment. fies its regulations. ysis. Second, Mr. Chairman, the Office Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance Peer review does not allow inde- of Science and Technology Policy is al- of my time. pendent scientists to verify the EPA’s Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Chairman, if I ready working to ensure that all pub- claims. It is not a sufficient check to could inquire into the time that I have licly funded research is available on- ensure that the EPA uses the best remaining. line. Third, public comment periods science available. The CHAIR. The gentleman from H.R. 1030 promotes the fundamental allow for anyone, an individual or orga- Massachusetts has 2 minutes remain- principles of transparency and account- nization, to submit evidence sup- ing. ability. This amendment would make porting or opposing a proposed regula- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Chairman, I want it harder to achieve that goal. tion. However, this bill would actually to begin by thanking the chairman of Giving independent scientists an op- put limits on the public comment pe- the committee, my friend from Texas, portunity to examine the data that the riod. for his friendship and for the work that EPA relies upon when it makes public Mr. Chairman, this legislation jeop- he has been doing. I know that we regulations will ensure transparency ardizes our clean air, our clean water, share the same goal of having a trans- and accountability. and the health of our families. I urge parent government and a transparent Public policy should be backed up by the House to accept my amendment to enforcement mechanism. Unfortu- public data. Peer review alone will not clarify that the EPA may use the most nately, I think he and I have come to give the American people all the facts. reliable science available. disagree on the underlying impact of Americans deserve access to this I would also like to thank my col- my amendment and the underlying bill data. They have the right to know if leagues from Massachusetts, Congress- itself. the regulations paid for with their tax man JIM MCGOVERN and KATHERINE The EPA—the goal of this amend- dollars are based upon the best science CLARK, and the ranking member of the ment is to make sure that they are available. committee for their support of this able to rely on the most sound, reliable For these reasons, I oppose the amendment. information available. We heard from amendment. I reserve the balance of my time. the gentlewoman from Maryland (Ms. I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I EDWARDS), my colleague, earlier that The CHAIR. The question is on the claim the time in opposition to the there are already constraints put in amendment offered by the gentleman amendment. place by this legislation that limit the from Massachusetts (Mr. KENNEDY). The CHAIR. The gentleman from EPA from doing so should this bill The question was taken; and the Texas is recognized for 5 minutes. pass. Chair announced that the noes ap- Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chairman, My amendment takes up that same peared to have it. first of all, I want to thank my col- challenge and tries to make sure that Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Chairman, I de- league and friend from Massachusetts when we are making rules and regula- mand a recorded vote. for offering this amendment, but I tions that are going to impact our soci- The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of must oppose it. ety that we are using the best data rule XVIII, further proceedings on the The gentleman’s amendment implies that is available. All of that data and amendment offered by the gentleman that the bill does something that, in all of those studies must be peer re- from Massachusetts will be postponed. fact, it does not. The amendment also viewed. There is a process which the ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIR creates a loophole the EPA Adminis- EPA goes through that is publicly The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of trator could easily exploit. available and not actually under any rule XVIII, proceedings will now re- First, by stating that nothing in the sort of challenge because the under- sume on those amendments printed in act prevents the EPA from considering lying bill here doesn’t say that that part B of House Report 114–37 on which or relying upon peer reviewed science, peer review process is flawed. further proceedings were postponed, in the amendment appears to imply that So if we take it as given, then, that the following order: the bill would do otherwise. This is that peer review process is sound and is Amendment No. 1 by Ms. EDWARDS of simply not true. strong and can be relied upon, then the Maryland. The EPA, through its implementa- issue is the underlying data. And what Amendment No. 2 by Mr. KENNEDY of tion of the Information Quality Act, is we have seen here is an effort to try to Massachusetts. already required to rely on peer re- ensure that, yes, the analysis and the The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes viewed information. Nothing in this method for the inquiry is actually the minimum time for any electronic legislation changes that. available, but the underlying data that vote after the first vote in this series. What this bill would accomplish—and can contain people’s personal health AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MS. EDWARDS what the gentleman’s amendment records, that can contain personally The CHAIR. The unfinished business would undermine—is to ensure that the identifiable information is kept private is the demand for a recorded vote on science the EPA relies upon is publicly to not expose people to the dissemina- the amendment offered by the gentle- available and verifiable. tion of data that they never even knew woman from Maryland (Ms. EDWARDS) Independent scientists don’t have an was going to be publicly available. on which further proceedings were opportunity to examine the assump- That is the sole point of this amend- postponed and on which the noes pre- tions and methodologies that EPA re- ment: to ensure that our government is vailed by voice vote.

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Gibson McCarthy Salmon vice, and there were—ayes 164, noes 254, A recorded vote was ordered. Gohmert McCaul Sanford The CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute not voting 14, as follows: Goodlatte McClintock Scalise vote. [Roll No. 122] Gosar McHenry Schrader Gowdy McKinley Schweikert The vote was taken by electronic de- AYES—164 Graham McMorris Sensenbrenner vice, and there were—ayes 184, noes 231, Granger Rodgers Sessions Adams Foster Moulton Graves (GA) McSally Shimkus not voting 17, as follows: Bass Frankel (FL) Nadler Graves (LA) Meadows Shuster [Roll No. 123] Beatty Gabbard Napolitano Griffith Meehan Simpson Becerra Gallego Neal AYES—184 Grothman Messer Sinema Bera Garamendi Nolan Guinta Mica Smith (MO) Adams Frankel (FL) Nadler Beyer Grayson Norcross Guthrie Miller (FL) Smith (NE) Aguilar Gabbard Napolitano Bishop (GA) Green, Al O’Rourke Hanna Miller (MI) Smith (NJ) Bass Gallego Neal Blumenauer Green, Gene Pallone Hardy Moolenaar Smith (TX) Beatty Garamendi Nolan Bonamici Grijalva Pascrell Harper Mooney (WV) Stefanik Becerra Gibson Norcross Boyle, Brendan Gutie´rrez Pelosi Harris Mullin Stewart Bera Graham O’Rourke F. Hahn Perlmutter Hartzler Mulvaney Stivers Beyer Grayson Pallone Brady (PA) Hastings Pingree Heck (NV) Murphy (FL) Stutzman Bishop (GA) Green, Al Brown (FL) Heck (WA) Pocan Pascrell Hensarling Murphy (PA) Thompson (PA) Blumenauer Green, Gene Brownley (CA) Higgins Polis Pelosi Herrera Beutler Neugebauer Thornberry Bonamici Grijalva Butterfield Himes Price (NC) Perlmutter Hice, Jody B. Newhouse Tiberi Boyle, Brendan Gutie´rrez Capps Honda Rangel Peters Hill Noem Tipton F. Hahn Capuano Hoyer Rice (NY) Peterson Holding Nugent Trott Brady (PA) Hanna Ca´ rdenas Huffman Richmond Pingree Hudson Nunes Turner Brown (FL) Hastings Carney Israel Roybal-Allard Pocan Huelskamp Olson Upton Brownley (CA) Heck (WA) Carson (IN) Jackson Lee Ruppersberger Polis Huizenga (MI) Palazzo Valadao Bustos Higgins Cartwright Jeffries Rush Price (NC) Hultgren Palmer Wagner Butterfield Himes Castor (FL) Johnson (GA) Ryan (OH) Quigley Hunter Paulsen Walberg Capps Honda Castro (TX) Johnson, E. B. Sa´ nchez, Linda Rangel Hurt (VA) Pearce Walden Capuano Hoyer Chu, Judy Keating T. Rice (NY) Issa Perry Walker Ca´ rdenas Huffman Cicilline Kennedy Sarbanes Richmond Jenkins (KS) Peters Walorski Carney Israel Clark (MA) Kildee Schakowsky Roybal-Allard Jenkins (WV) Peterson Walters, Mimi Carson (IN) Jackson Lee Clarke (NY) Kilmer Schiff Ruiz Johnson (OH) Pittenger Walz Cartwright Jeffries Clay Kind Scott (VA) Ruppersberger Johnson, Sam Pitts Weber (TX) Castor (FL) Johnson (GA) Cleaver Langevin Scott, David Rush Jolly Poe (TX) Webster (FL) Castro (TX) Johnson, E. B. Clyburn Larsen (WA) Serrano Ryan (OH) Jones Poliquin Wenstrup Chu, Judy Keating Cohen Larson (CT) Sewell (AL) Sa´ nchez, Linda Jordan Pompeo Westerman Cicilline Kelly (IL) Conyers Lawrence Sherman T. Joyce Posey Westmoreland Clark (MA) Kennedy Costa Lee Sires Sarbanes Katko Price, Tom Whitfield Clarke (NY) Kildee Courtney Levin Slaughter Schakowsky Kelly (PA) Quigley Williams Clay Kilmer Crowley Lewis Speier Schiff King (IA) Ratcliffe Wilson (SC) Cleaver Kind Cuellar Lieu, Ted Swalwell (CA) Schrader King (NY) Reed Wittman Clyburn Kirkpatrick Cummings Lipinski Takai Scott (VA) Kinzinger (IL) Reichert Womack Cohen Kuster Davis (CA) Loebsack Takano Scott, David Kirkpatrick Renacci Woodall Connolly Langevin Davis, Danny Lofgren Thompson (CA) Serrano Kline Ribble Yoder Conyers Larsen (WA) DeFazio Lowenthal Thompson (MS) Sewell (AL) Knight Rice (SC) Yoho Cooper Larson (CT) DeGette Lowey Titus Sherman Kuster Rigell Young (AK) Costa Lawrence Delaney Lujan Grisham Tonko Sinema Labrador Roby Young (IA) Courtney Lee DeLauro (NM) Torres Sires LaMalfa Roe (TN) Zeldin Crowley Levin DelBene Luja´ n, Ben Ray Tsongas Slaughter Lamborn Rogers (AL) Zinke Cuellar Lewis DeSaulnier (NM) Van Hollen Cummings Lieu, Ted Speier Deutch Lynch Vargas NOT VOTING—14 Davis (CA) Lipinski Swalwell (CA) Dingell Maloney, Veasey Takai Fudge Kelly (IL) Schock Davis, Danny Loebsack Doggett Carolyn Vela Takano Graves (MO) Luetkemeyer DeFazio Lofgren Doyle, Michael Maloney, Sean Vela´ zquez Scott, Austin Thompson (CA) Hinojosa Payne DeGette Lowenthal F. Matsui Visclosky Smith (WA) Thompson (MS) Hurd (TX) Roskam Delaney Lowey Edwards McCollum Wasserman Young (IN) Titus Kaptur Sanchez, Loretta DeLauro Lujan Grisham Ellison McDermott Schultz DelBene (NM) Tonko Engel McGovern Waters, Maxine b 1408 DeSaulnier Luja´ n, Ben Ray Torres Eshoo McNerney Watson Coleman Deutch (NM) Tsongas Esty Meeks Welch Messrs. FLORES, DUFFY, Dingell Lynch Van Hollen Farr Meng Wilson (FL) WALBERG, ABRAHAM, MILLER of Doggett Maloney, Vargas Fattah Moore Yarmuth Dold Carolyn Veasey Florida, WALZ, and YOUNG of Alaska Vela NOES—254 Doyle, Michael Maloney, Sean changed their vote from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ F. Matsui Vela´ zquez Abraham Bridenstine Cook Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. Duckworth McCollum Visclosky Aderholt Brooks (AL) Cooper TORRES, and Messrs. ISRAEL and Edwards McDermott Walz Aguilar Brooks (IN) Costello (PA) Ellison McGovern Wasserman Allen Buchanan Cramer PASCRELL changed their vote from Engel McNerney Schultz Amash Buck Crawford ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ Eshoo Meeks Waters, Maxine Amodei Bucshon Crenshaw So the amendment was rejected. Esty Meng Watson Coleman Ashford Burgess Culberson The result of the vote was announced Farr Moore Welch Babin Bustos Curbelo (FL) Fattah Moulton Wilson (FL) Barletta Byrne Davis, Rodney as above recorded. Foster Murphy (FL) Yarmuth Barr Calvert Denham Stated against: NOES—231 Barton Carter (GA) Dent Mr. HURD of Texas. Mr. Chair, on rollcall Benishek Carter (TX) DeSantis No. 122 I was unavoidably detained. Had I Abraham Bilirakis Bridenstine Bilirakis Chabot DesJarlais Aderholt Bishop (MI) Brooks (AL) Bishop (MI) Chaffetz Diaz-Balart been present, I would have voted ‘‘no.’’ Allen Bishop (UT) Brooks (IN) Bishop (UT) Clawson (FL) Dold AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. KENNEDY Amash Black Buchanan Black Coffman Duckworth Amodei Blackburn Buck Blackburn Cole Duffy The CHAIR. The unfinished business Babin Blum Bucshon Blum Collins (GA) Duncan (SC) is the demand for a recorded vote on Barletta Bost Burgess Bost Collins (NY) Duncan (TN) the amendment offered by the gen- Barr Boustany Byrne Boustany Comstock Ellmers (NC) tleman from Massachusetts (Mr. KEN- Barton Brady (TX) Calvert Brady (TX) Conaway Emmer (MN) Benishek Brat Carter (GA) Brat Connolly Farenthold NEDY) on which further proceedings

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:26 Jan 19, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAR 15\H18MR5.REC H18MR5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H1746 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 18, 2015 Carter (TX) Jenkins (WV) Renacci Accordingly, the Committee rose; viduals convicted of major environ- Chabot Johnson (OH) Ribble and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. mental crimes. The Democratic motion Chaffetz Johnson, Sam Rice (SC) Clawson (FL) Jolly Rigell WOODALL) having assumed the chair, to recommit would help ensure the in- Coffman Jones Roby Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Chair of the tegrity and the independence of the Cole Jordan Roe (TN) Committee of the Whole House on the EPA’s scientific review process by pro- Collins (GA) Joyce Rogers (AL) state of the Union, reported that that hibiting the reliance on advice from Collins (NY) Katko Rogers (KY) Comstock Kelly (PA) Rohrabacher Committee, having had under consider- those who are funded by the biggest Conaway King (IA) Rokita ation the bill (H.R. 1030) to prohibit the abusers of our environment. Cook King (NY) Rooney (FL) H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform Costello (PA) Kinzinger (IL) Environmental Protection Agency Ros-Lehtinen Cramer Kline from proposing, finalizing, or dissemi- Act, would impose arbitrary, unneces- Ross Crawford Knight sary, and expensive requirements that Rothfus nating regulations or assessments Crenshaw Labrador Rouzer based upon science that is not trans- would seriously impede the EPA’s abil- Culberson LaMalfa Curbelo (FL) Lamborn Royce parent or reproducible, and, pursuant ity to use science to protect public Davis, Rodney Lance Russell to House Resolution 138, he reported health and the environment, as re- Denham Latta Ryan (WI) quired under an array of environmental Salmon the bill back to the House with an Dent LoBiondo laws, while increasing uncertainty for DeSantis Long Sanford amendment adopted in the Committee DesJarlais Love Scalise of the Whole. businesses and States. This bill would Diaz-Balart Lucas Schweikert The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under stack the cards in favor of industry- Duffy Luetkemeyer Sensenbrenner the rule, the previous question is or- backed data studies rather than the Duncan (SC) Lummis Sessions Duncan (TN) MacArthur Shimkus dered. most reliable studies. In doing so, it Ellmers (NC) Marchant Shuster The question is on the amendment in will prevent the EPA from using the Emmer (MN) Marino Simpson the nature of a substitute. best data possible to make decisions. Farenthold Massie Smith (MO) The amendment was agreed to. Think about 50 years of tobacco- Fincher McCarthy Smith (NE) Fitzpatrick McCaul Smith (NJ) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The backed studies that lied about the ef- Fleischmann McClintock Smith (TX) question is on the engrossment and fects of cigarette smoking in order to Fleming McHenry Stefanik third reading of the bill. avoid labeling, regulation, and fines. Flores McKinley Stewart The bill was ordered to be engrossed That is the type of data that this bill Forbes McMorris Stivers Fortenberry Rodgers Stutzman and read a third time, and was read the wants the EPA to rely on to make deci- Foxx McSally Thompson (PA) third time. sions about our environment—indus- Franks (AZ) Meadows Thornberry MOTION TO RECOMMIT try-backed data that shifts the favor to Garrett Meehan Tiberi Mr. TAKAI. Mr. Speaker, I have a polluters, climate deniers, and those Gibbs Messer Tipton Gohmert Mica Trott motion to recommit at the desk. who do not have the best interests of Goodlatte Miller (FL) Turner The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the public health and our environment in Gosar Miller (MI) Upton mind. This amendment would make Gowdy Moolenaar gentleman opposed to the bill? Valadao Mr. TAKAI. I am opposed. sure that this data does not come from Granger Mooney (WV) Wagner Graves (GA) Mullin Walberg The SPEAKER pro tempore. The corporations or individuals who show Graves (LA) Mulvaney Walden Clerk will report the motion to recom- disregard for our environmental laws, Griffith Murphy (PA) Walker Guinta Neugebauer mit. which is the main reason the EPA ex- Walorski Guthrie Newhouse The Clerk read as follows: ists in the first place. Walters, Mimi Hardy Noem Weber (TX) Mr. Takai moves to recommit the bill H.R. Consequences of H.R. 1030 could in- Harper Nugent Webster (FL) 1030 to the Committee on Science, Space, and clude the public release of industry- Harris Nunes Technology with instructions to report the Hartzler Olson Wenstrup funded studies and data intended to Heck (NV) Palmer Westerman same back to the House forthwith, with the bias the body of scientific evidence Hensarling Paulsen Westmoreland following amendment: that the EPA is allowed to consider to- Whitfield Add at the end the following new section: Herrera Beutler Pearce wards a particular industry position. Hice, Jody B. Perry Williams SEC. 3. PROTECTING TAXPAYERS FROM SCIENCE Hill Pittenger Wilson (SC) PROMOTED BY POLLUTING COMPA- For example, research that shows ar- Hudson Pitts Wittman NIES. senic, mercury, or benzene is not bad Huelskamp Poe (TX) Womack Under the amendment made by section 2, Woodall for you could be in the majority of Huizenga (MI) Poliquin the Environmental Protection Agency shall Hultgren Pompeo Yoder studies the EPA is allowed to base its Hunter Posey Yoho not rely on advice from any scientist whose recommendations and regulations on. Hurd (TX) Price, Tom Young (AK) primary source of research funds comes from Unfortunately, Republicans will Hurt (VA) Ratcliffe Young (IA) corporations or individuals convicted of claim that this bill increases the EPA’s Issa Reed Zeldin major environmental crimes, including the Jenkins (KS) Reichert Zinke release of toxic pollutants into safe drinking transparency and accountability by en- suring that its regulations are based on NOT VOTING—17 water, refusal to clean up Superfund waste sites, or violations from the release of air public data that can be verified and re- Ashford Holding Sanchez, Loretta pollutants that endanger human health and produced. In reality, this bill would Frelinghuysen Kaptur Schock safety. Fudge Loudermilk Scott, Austin prevent the EPA from functioning ef- Graves (MO) Palazzo Smith (WA) Mr. SCHWEIKERT (during the read- fectively and from using the most rel- Grothman Payne Young (IN) ing). Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of evant scientific data, including data Hinojosa Roskam order. that is legally protected from public The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point disclosure. b 1412 of order is reserved. An effort to limit the scope of So the amendment was rejected. The Clerk will read. science that can be considered by the The result of the vote was announced The Clerk continued to read. EPA does not strengthen scientific in- as above recorded. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- tegrity but undermines it. The EPA re- Stated against: tleman from Hawaii is recognized for 5 lies on peer reviewed scientific re- Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. minutes in support of his motion. search from our universities as the 123 I was detained. Had I been present, I Mr. TAKAI. Mr. Speaker, this is the backbone of its mission to protect pub- would have voted ‘‘no.’’ final amendment to the bill, which will lic health and our environment. This Mr. LOUDERMILK. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. not kill the bill or send it back to com- amendment ensures that this data does 123 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been mittee. If adopted, the bill would im- not come from sources that routinely present, I would have voted ‘‘no.’’ mediately proceed to final passage, as break our environmental laws. Because The CHAIR. The question is on the amended. clinicians and researchers are legally amendment in the nature of a sub- Mr. Speaker, this amendment is sim- prohibited from making the data pub- stitute. ple. It would prohibit the EPA from re- licly available, if this bill becomes law, The amendment was agreed to. lying on advice from any scientist the EPA would be forced to ignore this The CHAIR. Under the rule, the Com- whose primary source of research fund- valuable research when protecting the mittee rises. ing comes from corporations or indi- public.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:26 Jan 19, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAR 15\H18MR5.REC H18MR5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE March 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1747 At no point does this bill make the Do you believe the public—the re- McNerney Rangel Takai public safer, which is the fundamental searchers, the scientists, those who are Meeks Rice (NY) Takano Meng Richmond Thompson (CA) function of government. The Secret academics, those who just have an in- Moore Roybal-Allard Thompson (MS) Science Reform Act would only reduce terest in the subject area—should have Moulton Ruiz Titus the science available to the EPA on the right to touch the data, to model Murphy (FL) Ruppersberger Tonko some of the most important decisions it, to stress it, to put it up against Nadler Rush Torres it makes. Napolitano Ryan (OH) Tsongas other data sets and see if we are doing Neal Sa´ nchez, Linda Van Hollen Mr. Speaker, over 30 of the most re- what is best for our environment? Are Nolan T. Vargas spected groups that are dedicated to we doing it the best way? Is there a Norcross Sarbanes Veasey scientific and health research have op- better way? Is there a more efficient O’Rourke Schakowsky Vela posed this bill, and I urge my col- way? Is there a more cost-effective Pallone Schiff Vela´ zquez leagues to do the same. However, be- Pascrell Schrader Visclosky way? That is what this bill accom- Pelosi Scott (VA) Walz fore doing so, I urge my colleagues to plishes, and I have no idea why my Perlmutter Scott, David Wasserman vote for this commonsense amendment brothers and sisters on the left are so Peters Serrano Schultz to this bill. fearful of that. Peterson Sewell (AL) Waters, Maxine Again, all this amendment does is Pingree Sherman Watson Coleman As I yield back, I beg all of my fellow Pocan Sires Welch prohibit the EPA from relying on ad- Members here to vote ‘‘yes’’ on this vice from any scientist whose primary Polis Slaughter Wilson (FL) legislation but to vote ‘‘no’’ on this Price (NC) Speier Yarmuth source of research funding comes from motion to recommit. Quigley Swalwell (CA) corporations or individuals convicted Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of major environmental crimes. This NOES—239 of my time. ensures the integrity and independence The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Abraham Foxx McCaul of the EPA’s scientific review process Aderholt Franks (AZ) McClintock by prohibiting advice from those who objection, the previous question is or- Allen Frelinghuysen McHenry are funded by the biggest abusers of dered on the motion to recommit. Amash Garrett McKinley Amodei Gibbs McMorris our environment. There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Babin Gibson Rodgers I urge my colleagues to vote in favor Barletta Gohmert McSally of the Democratic motion to recommit, question is on the motion to recommit. Barr Goodlatte Meadows and I yield back the balance of my The question was taken; and the Barton Gosar Meehan time. Speaker pro tempore announced that Benishek Gowdy Messer Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I the noes appeared to have it. Bilirakis Granger Mica Bishop (MI) Graves (GA) Miller (FL) withdraw my reservation of a point of RECORDED VOTE Bishop (UT) Graves (LA) Miller (MI) order. Mr. TAKAI. Mr. Speaker, I demand a Black Griffith Moolenaar The SPEAKER pro tempore. The res- recorded vote. Blackburn Grothman Mooney (WV) Blum Guinta Mullin ervation of the point of order is with- A recorded vote was ordered. drawn. Bost Guthrie Mulvaney Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Boustany Hanna Murphy (PA) Brady (TX) Hardy Neugebauer rise in opposition to the motion. ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum Brat Harper Newhouse The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Bridenstine Harris Noem tleman from Arizona is recognized for 5 time for any electronic vote on the Brooks (AL) Hartzler Nugent minutes. question of passage. Brooks (IN) Heck (NV) Nunes Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, to This is a 5-minute vote. Buchanan Hensarling Olson The vote was taken by electronic de- Buck Herrera Beutler Palazzo the gentleman from Hawaii, whom I Bucshon Hice, Jody B. Palmer have not actually had the chance to vice, and there were—ayes 181, noes 239, Burgess Hill Paulsen make friends with yet, you are actu- not voting 12, as follows: Byrne Holding Pearce ally hitting on one really good point: If [Roll No. 124] Calvert Hudson Perry Carter (GA) Huelskamp Pittenger there is data being used by bad actors, AYES—181 shouldn’t we all know it? Carter (TX) Huizenga (MI) Pitts Adams Cummings Huffman Chabot Hultgren Poe (TX) The way the EPA operates right now Aguilar Davis (CA) Israel Chaffetz Hunter Poliquin with their keeping their data sets se- Ashford Davis, Danny Jackson Lee Clawson (FL) Hurd (TX) Pompeo cret, none of you are going to get to Bass DeFazio Jeffries Coffman Hurt (VA) Posey know that. That is actually what this Beatty DeGette Johnson (GA) Cole Issa Price, Tom Becerra Delaney Johnson, E. B. piece of legislation fixes. If there is Collins (GA) Jenkins (KS) Ratcliffe Bera DeLauro Jones Collins (NY) Jenkins (WV) Reed going to be data of groups that are bad Beyer DelBene Keating Comstock Johnson (OH) Reichert actors—industries that you consider Bishop (GA) DeSaulnier Kelly (IL) Conaway Johnson, Sam Renacci Blumenauer Deutch Kennedy Cook Jolly Ribble dodgy—wouldn’t it be a wonderful Bonamici Dingell Kildee Costello (PA) Jordan Rice (SC) thing to have that data available for Boyle, Brendan Doggett Kilmer F. Doyle, Michael Kind Cramer Joyce Rigell everyone, whether you be on the right Crawford Katko Roby or whether you be on the left, so it can Brady (PA) F. Kirkpatrick Brown (FL) Duckworth Kuster Crenshaw Kelly (PA) Roe (TN) be refined by sunshine? so it can be re- Brownley (CA) Edwards Langevin Culberson King (IA) Rogers (AL) viewed and meshed up against other Bustos Ellison Larsen (WA) Curbelo (FL) King (NY) Rogers (KY) data sets? Butterfield Engel Larson (CT) Davis, Rodney Kinzinger (IL) Rohrabacher Capps Eshoo Lawrence Denham Kline Rokita If you believe that making informa- Capuano Esty Lee Dent Knight Rooney (FL) tion public refines it, if you believe Ca´ rdenas Farr Levin DeSantis Labrador Ros-Lehtinen public policy should be made by public Carney Fattah Lewis DesJarlais LaMalfa Ross data and public data should be avail- Carson (IN) Foster Lieu, Ted Diaz-Balart Lamborn Rothfus Cartwright Frankel (FL) Lipinski able in the making of public policy, Dold Lance Rouzer Castro (TX) Gabbard Loebsack Duffy Latta Royce you like this piece of legislation. Chu, Judy Gallego Lofgren Duncan (SC) LoBiondo Russell What is so fascinating in the debate Cicilline Garamendi Lowenthal Duncan (TN) Long Ryan (WI) Clark (MA) Graham Lowey we have had this time and last year is Ellmers (NC) Loudermilk Salmon Clarke (NY) Grayson Lujan Grisham Emmer (MN) Love Sanford that I have a number of memos, de- Clay Green, Al (NM) Farenthold Lucas Scalise mand letters, threats of subpoenas Cleaver Green, Gene Luja´ n, Ben Ray from when the left in this body was in Clyburn Grijalva (NM) Fincher Luetkemeyer Schweikert Cohen Gutie´rrez Lynch Fitzpatrick Lummis Sensenbrenner both the majority and the minority, Connolly Hahn Maloney, Fleischmann MacArthur Sessions but there was a Republican President Conyers Hastings Carolyn Fleming Marchant Shimkus who was demanding this type of legis- Cooper Heck (WA) Maloney, Sean Flores Marino Shuster lation. Let’s try something new around Costa Higgins Matsui Forbes Massie Simpson Courtney Himes McCollum Fortenberry McCarthy Sinema here: a little bit of intellectual consist- Crowley Honda McDermott ency. Cuellar Hoyer McGovern

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Tipton Wenstrup Zeldin Pearce Ryan (WI) Walters, Mimi The result of the vote was announced Trott Westerman Zinke Perry Salmon Weber (TX) Peterson Sanford as above recorded. Webster (FL) NOT VOTING—12 Pittenger Scalise A motion to reconsider was laid on Wenstrup Castor (FL) Kaptur Schock Pitts Schweikert the table. Westerman Fudge Payne Scott, Austin Poe (TX) Sensenbrenner Westmoreland Stated for: Graves (MO) Roskam Smith (WA) Poliquin Sessions Whitfield Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. Hinojosa Sanchez, Loretta Young (IN) Pompeo Shimkus Posey Shuster Williams 125 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been Wilson (SC) b 1432 Price, Tom Simpson present, I would have voted ‘‘yes.’’ Ratcliffe Smith (MO) Wittman Stated against: So the motion to recommit was re- Reed Smith (NE) Womack Reichert Smith (NJ) Woodall Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, on March jected. Renacci Smith (TX) Yoder 18, 2015, I was unavoidably detained and The result of the vote was announced Ribble Stefanik Yoho missed one vote. Had I been present, I would as above recorded. Rice (SC) Stewart Young (AK) have voted ‘‘no’’ on rollcall No. 125. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Rigell Stivers Young (IA) Roby Stutzman Zeldin Mr. HIMES. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to be question is on the passage of the bill. Roe (TN) Thompson (PA) Zinke present to cast my vote on passage of H.R. The question was taken; and the 1030—The Secret Science Reform Act. I wish Speaker pro tempore announced that NOES—175 the record to reflect my intentions had I been the ayes appeared to have it. Adams Frankel (FL) Murphy (FL) able to vote. Had I been present for rollcall Aguilar Gabbard Nadler RECORDED VOTE Bass Gallego Napolitano No. 125, I would have voted ‘‘no.’’ Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I Beatty Garamendi Neal f demand a recorded vote. Becerra Gibson Nolan Bera HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMORROW A recorded vote was ordered. Graham Norcross Beyer Grayson O’Rourke Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Bishop (GA) Green, Al Pallone 5-minute vote. Blumenauer Green, Gene Pelosi er, I ask unanimous consent that when The vote was taken by electronic de- Bonamici Grijalva Perlmutter the House adjourns today, it adjourn to Boyle, Brendan Gutie´rrez Pingree meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow. vice, and there were—ayes 241, noes 175, F. Hahn Pocan The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there not voting 16, as follows: Brady (PA) Hastings Polis [Roll No. 125] Brown (FL) Heck (WA) Price (NC) objection to the request of the gen- Brownley (CA) Higgins tleman from Georgia? AYES—241 Quigley Bustos Honda Rangel There was no objection. Abraham Denham Hurd (TX) Butterfield Hoyer Rice (NY) Capps Huffman Aderholt Dent Hurt (VA) Richmond f Capuano Israel Allen DeSantis Issa Roybal-Allard Ca´ rdenas Jackson Lee NATIONAL AGRICULTURE DAY Amash DesJarlais Jenkins (KS) Ruiz Carney Jeffries Amodei Diaz-Balart Jenkins (WV) Ruppersberger (Mr. NEWHOUSE asked and was Carson (IN) Johnson (GA) Ashford Dold Johnson (OH) Rush Cartwright Johnson, E. B. given permission to address the House Babin Duffy Johnson, Sam Ryan (OH) Castor (FL) Keating for 1 minute.) Barletta Duncan (SC) Jolly Sa´ nchez, Linda Castro (TX) Kelly (IL) Barr Duncan (TN) Jones T. Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, as a Chu, Judy Kennedy Barton Ellmers (NC) Jordan Sarbanes third-generation farmer from Wash- Cicilline Kildee Benishek Emmer (MN) Joyce Schakowsky Clark (MA) Kilmer ington State, I am amazed by the level Bilirakis Farenthold Katko Schiff Clarke (NY) Kind of progress our Nation’s agricultural Bishop (MI) Fincher Kelly (PA) Schrader Bishop (UT) Fitzpatrick King (IA) Clay Kirkpatrick community has made, even in just my Cleaver Kuster Scott (VA) Black Fleischmann King (NY) Scott, David lifetime. It is because of this great Blackburn Fleming Kinzinger (IL) Clyburn Langevin Cohen Larsen (WA) Serrano progress that today we celebrate March Blum Flores Kline Sewell (AL) Bost Forbes Knight Connolly Larson (CT) 18 as National Agriculture Day. Conyers Lawrence Sherman Boustany Fortenberry Labrador Sinema Few people realize that during the Brady (TX) Foxx LaMalfa Cooper Lee Courtney Levin Sires 1960s the average American farmer fed Brat Franks (AZ) Lamborn Slaughter Bridenstine Frelinghuysen Lance Crowley Lewis 25 people. Today it is 144 people. The Cummings Lieu, Ted Speier Brooks (AL) Garrett Latta Swalwell (CA) difference is that today our farmers are Brooks (IN) Gibbs LoBiondo Davis (CA) Lipinski Davis, Danny Loebsack Takai growing more disease- and pest-resist- Buchanan Gohmert Long Takano Buck Goodlatte Loudermilk DeFazio Lofgren ant crops that require less water and DeGette Lowenthal Thompson (CA) pesticides and better conserve our nat- Bucshon Gosar Love Thompson (MS) Burgess Gowdy Delaney Lowey Lucas Titus ural resources. Advancements in tech- Byrne Granger Luetkemeyer DeLauro Lujan Grisham Tonko nology and technique have allowed our Calvert Graves (GA) Lummis DelBene (NM) ´ Torres Carter (GA) Graves (LA) MacArthur DeSaulnier Lujan, Ben Ray farmers to continue the long-held tra- Tsongas Carter (TX) Griffith Marchant Deutch (NM) dition of caring for the land they use Vargas Chabot Grothman Marino Dingell Lynch Veasey and the people they grow for. Chaffetz Guinta Massie Doggett Maloney, Vela On National Agriculture Day, please Clawson (FL) Guthrie McCarthy Doyle, Michael Carolyn Vela´ zquez Coffman Hanna McCaul F. Maloney, Sean join me in recognizing our farming Visclosky Cole Hardy McClintock Duckworth Matsui community and the essential role they Walz Collins (GA) Harper McHenry Edwards McCollum Wasserman continue to fill in feeding our Nation Collins (NY) Harris McKinley Ellison McDermott Schultz Comstock Hartzler McMorris Engel McGovern and the world. Waters, Maxine Conaway Heck (NV) Rodgers Eshoo McNerney f Cook Hensarling McSally Esty Meeks Watson Coleman Costa Herrera Beutler Meadows Farr Meng Welch PAYING TRIBUTE TO DR. WILLIAM Costello (PA) Hice, Jody B. Meehan Fattah Moore Wilson (FL) Foster Moulton Yarmuth E. ‘‘BRIT’’ KIRWAN UPON HIS RE- Cramer Hill Messer TIREMENT AS CHANCELLOR OF Crawford Holding Mica Crenshaw Hudson Miller (FL) NOT VOTING—16 THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF Cuellar Huelskamp Miller (MI) Fudge Kaptur Roskam MARYLAND Culberson Huizenga (MI) Moolenaar Graves (MO) Pascrell Sanchez, Loretta Curbelo (FL) Hultgren Mooney (WV) Himes Payne (Mr. HOYER asked and was given Davis, Rodney Hunter Mullin Hinojosa Peters permission to address the House for 1

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:26 Jan 19, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAR 15\H18MR5.REC H18MR5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE March 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1749 minute and to revise and extend his re- ered in an era of academic and research ex- ington does business. The women of the marks.) cellence, targeted workforce development, 114th Congress are shaping our Nation, Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to greater economic impact, and improved af- and it is an opportunity and responsi- pay tribute to one of our Nation’s fordability. In fact, the average tuition for bility that we take seriously. undergraduate in-state students at USM in- greatest higher education leaders and a stitutions, once the nation’s seventh highest, f great advocate for accessible quality has now dropped to twenty-sixth. HONORING NATIONAL WOMEN’S higher education. He is a dear friend With the launch of its Course Redesign Ini- HISTORY MONTH AND MAYOR and a colleague of mine for the last 40 tiative in 2006, the USM became the first uni- JEAN STOTHERT years. versity system in the nation to use innova- On June 30, Dr. William E. ‘‘Brit’’ tive new technology to redesign entire (Mr. ASHFORD asked and was given Kirwan will retire after 12 years as courses. To facilitate academic trans- permission to address the House for 1 chancellor of the University System of formation and excellence even further, in minute.) 2012 the USM established the Center for Aca- Mr. ASHFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise Maryland. Under his leadership, the demic Innovation (CAI) to develop, apply, University System has transformed today in observation of National Wom- and evaluate more ways to deliver high-qual- en’s History Month. During this time, from being a national leader in public ity courses optimizing technology and other it is important to celebrate the higher education into a national model resources system-wide. Today the USM is in several areas; these include campus recognized as a national leader in the bur- achievements and contributions of diversity, academic innovation, and ef- geoning academic innovation movement. women in our great Nation. I am proud to recognize my friend, forts to close the achievement gap. Mr. Speaker, Dr. Kirwan’s impact has also Mayor Jean Stothert, the 51st mayor of There is, of course, a lot I could say, been felt beyond Maryland’s borders. He cur- rently serves or has served as Co-Chair of the the great city of Omaha, Nebraska, and Mr. Speaker, to my colleagues about Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Ath- the first woman elected to this office. Dr. Kirwan’s distinguished career and letics; Chair of the College Board’s Commis- In 1993, Mr. Speaker, Ms. Stothert commitment to improving higher edu- sion on Access, Admissions, and Success in moved to Nebraska, quickly embracing cation across the country. Higher Education; a member of the Business- her new home. Her advocacy garnered Mr. Speaker, on June 30, Dr. William E. Higher Education Forum, and Chair of the National Research Council Board of Higher an appointment to the Millard school ‘‘Brit’’ Kirwan, who has served as chancellor board, a position to which she was re- of the University System of Maryland (USM) Education and the Workforce. Dr. Kirwan for more than twelve years, will retire after has also been called upon by U.S. Presidents elected three times. a career dedicated to advancing higher edu- from both parties to advise on national high- Expanding her passion for service, cation. er education efforts. His impact on higher she sought and won election to the Dr. Kirwan has left his mark on academia education has been honored with two of the Omaha City Council in 2009. With a and the State of Maryland in a way few oth- most prestigious awards in the field: the strong work ethic and ambition, Mayor ers have. After a quarter-century as an edu- TIAA–CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award Stothert was elected mayor of the city cator and administrator at the University of for Leadership (2010) and the Carnegie Cor- of Omaha on May 14, 2013. Maryland, he was President of the Univer- poration Leadership Award (2009). An illustration by our very famous sity of Maryland, College Park, before serv- Under Dr. Kirwan’s leadership the USM has flourished, and his lifetime of achievement editorial cartoonist Jeff Koterba of the ing as President of The Ohio State Univer- Omaha World-Herald portrays Mayor sity. Later, he returned to Maryland to as- and service will be celebrated on April 18 at sume the position of USM Chancellor. Com- a special retirement gala that will raise en- Stothert breaking the proverbial glass mon threads throughout his fifty-one-year dowment funds for the Center for Academic ceiling in Omaha. career in public higher education include an Innovation, which promises to continue ex- Good for her—she represents a pha- unwavering commitment to affordability, a ploring the themes of access, affordability, lanx of women in Omaha who are tak- passion for excellence, and a drive to in- and excellence in higher education that have ing leadership positions in our commu- crease access, especially for underrep- been hallmarks of his career. nity and in our State. resented minorities and low-income stu- I hope my colleagues in the House will join f dents. me in thanking Dr. Kirwan for fifty-one Mr. Speaker, Dr. Kirwan’s leadership has years of service to higher education in our WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES helped move the USM from a national leader country and congratulating him on his re- tirement. (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania in public higher education to a national asked and was given permission to ad- model in several areas. The USM’s f groundbreaking Effectiveness and Efficiency dress the House for 1 minute and to re- (E&E) initiative—a reengineering of admin- b 1445 vise and extend his remarks.) istrative and academic processes to cut costs WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. and improve quality—has been profiled in Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the House Ag- national publications and specifically cited (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- riculture Subcommittee on Conserva- by President Obama. The ‘‘Closing the mission to address the House for 1 tion, Energy, and Forestry, which I Achievement Gap’’ Initiative, which USM minute.) chair, held a hearing to review the defi- launched in 2007, targets the gap in college Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, March is nition of the ‘‘waters of the United participation, retention, and graduation Women’s History Month, which honors rates between low-income students, first- States’’ proposed rule and its impact and celebrates the struggles and on rural America. generation college students, and underrep- achievements of American women resented minorities, on one hand, and the Enacted in 1972, the Clean Water Act general student population on the other. throughout the history of the United established a Federal-State partner- With this enhanced focus, these gaps in di- States. ship to protect our Nation’s navigable versity have been narrowed—and even elimi- Since 1917, when Republican Rep- waterways; however, despite strong op- nated—on some USM campuses. resentative Jeannette Rankin of Mon- position from Congress and the public, As President of the University of Mary- tana became the first woman to serve the Obama administration has taken land, College Park, Dr. Kirwan helped make in Congress, 313 women have served as upon itself to redefine the Clean Water that institution one of the most diverse pub- U.S. Representatives, Senators, or Del- Act’s jurisdictional waters. The EPA’s lic research universities in the United egates. States. As President of The Ohio State Uni- proposed rule could have serious con- versity, he made diversity a centerpiece of In 2014, the American people made sequences for rural America and the the University’s Academic Plan. When he history by electing a record number of Nation’s economy. left Ohio State in 2002, the University added women to Congress. In January, 12 new Yesterday, members of the House his name to its interdisciplinary research in- women were sworn in to the House of Committee on Agriculture asserted stitute dedicated to understanding racial and Representatives, joining 72 incumbents that the administration has acted on ethnic disparities worldwide, now known as who won reelection. The number of its own, without input from the States the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race women serving in the Senate has and stakeholders, to broaden the scope and Ethnicity. reached 20, and four of the five non- Dr. Kirwan’s effort to establish a produc- of the Clean Water Act, threatening tive working relationship with Maryland’s voting Delegates are women. the livelihood of farmers, ranchers, and elected officials is another testament to his These women with rich perspectives rural America. leadership. By aligning higher education and a commitment to good ideas and It is my hope that yesterday’s hear- goals with state priorities, the USM has ush- teamwork are changing the way Wash- ing will spur the administration to pull

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They need a plan that levels portunity to present tenets of our f the playing field, that gives them an budget to a group of interested peo- opportunity to succeed, and puts their ple—everyday working people—people ADDRESSING THE WEALTH GAP interests above the interests of cor- who are working for decent-paying (Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California porations and the wealthy. They need a jobs. asked and was given permission to ad- budget that is of the people, by the They are not looking for handouts. dress the House for 1 minute.) people, and for the people. That is what They are looking for recognition that Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. we are offering in the people’s budget. they are part of this American Dream, Mr. Speaker, today, I have introduced If you need a way to pay for afford- and it is our responsibility to ensure the addressing the wealth gap resolu- able child care while you are at your that we are not impediments, but that tion which calls on Congress to recog- job, we have got it in the people’s budg- we are facilitators of that American nize the wealth gap and the racial et. If you need access to quality edu- Dream for everyone. wealth gap as national economic crises cation for your children, teachers that At this time, Mr. Speaker, I yield to and focus its efforts on their elimi- are trained to give them the knowledge my colleague, the chairman of the Pro- nation. they need to be great, we have got it in gressive Caucus, Congressman ELLISON. This country is facing the widest the people’s budget. Mr. ELLISON. Let me thank the gen- wealth gap since 1983. The statistics If you worked hard to get into col- tlewoman for yielding, the Congress- are alarming. Wealthy families make lege but now need a way to pay for woman from New Jersey, BONNIE WAT- nearly seven times as much as middle your tuition, we have got it in the peo- SON COLEMAN. class families and 70 times as much as ple’s budget. If you can’t make ends As I said earlier today, BONNIE WAT- lower class families. African Ameri- meet, if the pay you take home barely SON COLEMAN may have just got sworn cans have 13 times and Latinos have 10 keeps a roof over your head and you in as a Member of Congress a few times less wealth than White house- are making important choices between months ago, but she is no stranger to holds. White households have $100,000 food and shelter and you are looking fighting for people. more in retirement savings than Afri- for a livable wage, we have got it in the That was on full display when she can Americans and Latinos. people’s budget. spoke at a rollout of our Progressive The cause of the record-level wealth Mr. Speaker, in the hands of the Caucus budget where she talked about gap stems from a structural crisis that GOP, this Congress has offered tax how you can look at any aspect of the started well before the Great Reces- break after tax break after tax break Progressive Caucus budget and you will sion. The recession hit, and the hous- after tax break for corporations and find the same thing in every place: ing market collapsed and made every- billionaires while cutting the very pro- prioritizing people, making sure people thing worse. grams that working Americans rely on can get their needs met in this govern- In the aftermath, middle-income to pull themselves up the economic ment, making sure that workers can families and people of color have had ladder that has given generations of get access to a job, making sure that to endure income inequality, slow wage American families access to the middle people who are sick but who are work- growth, skyrocketing student loans, class. ing can actually get a sick day so that and continued unequal access to qual- If anyone deserves a tax cut, it is not they don’t bring that sickness back to ity education and barriers to the hous- millionaires. It is the folks that are their workplace and don’t have to ing market. These are problems that loading the trucks, the folks that are abandon their children that might be widened the gap and require Congress scanning the groceries, the folks that sick, too. to implement pragmatic solutions. are cleaning the office buildings, the You pointed out, Congresswoman We cannot sit idly by and expect folks that are working as clerks, the WATSON COLEMAN, the fact is that job things to change. This is why I am in- folks that are working as secretaries, creation should be the primary metric troducing the addressing the wealth and the folks that are doing the impor- of any budget. How are we doing put- gap resolution. The first step to resolv- tant service jobs that our society so ting people back to work in good jobs? ing this problem is acknowledging that needs. How are we helping take care of them it exists, and I encourage all of my col- The people’s budget would invest in while they are on the job? If they are leagues on both sides of the aisle to priorities that will keep the American sick, can they take time off? How are join and focus on the goal of rebuilding people strong, just for everyone. It of- we educating people? You focused on wealth in America. fers jobs that will restore our middle the key elements of the Progressive f class. It addresses our Nation’s most Caucus budget, and I was proud to hear pressing challenges, issues like climate you do it. CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE change, aging transportation infra- The fact is this is our fifth budget CAUCUS: THE PEOPLE’S BUDGET structure, access to education at every that we have put out. It is a budget The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. level, and good-paying jobs. that is about working people. That is KATKO). Under the Speaker’s an- This, Mr. Speaker, is about restoring why we call it the people’s budget. We nounced policy of January 6, 2015, the Congress’ commitment to serving hard- urge people to check out the people’s gentlewoman from New Jersey (Mrs. working Americans who are playing by budget online at the Congressional WATSON COLEMAN) is recognized for 60 the rules but still not getting ahead. Progressive Caucus Web site. minutes as the designee of the minor- This, Mr. Speaker, is about the lives Let me name a few things about the ity leader. that regular Americans are able to Progressive Caucus budget that are im- Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. live. portant to highlight. It creates 8.4 mil- Speaker, I am here today representing Some say that it is not hard to find lion good-paying jobs by 2018. the Congressional Progressive Caucus any old job and get a paycheck, but Now, you just take the Republican and to discuss our budget, the people’s does that job offer a high enough wage budget that was put out yesterday. It budget. I pray that I am not the only or enough hours to pay the rent? Can was interesting to me that none of my one that is speaking for the 60 minutes you take time off for illness or to take Republican colleagues wanted to tout allotted. care of your kids? Do you know that how many jobs their budget would cre- Yesterday, Mr. Speaker, the House of you will have enough to pay for child ate, how many jobs the economists— Representatives released their budget care while you are at the job? Do you after looking at the Republican budget proposal. Although they have a new have health insurance in the event that proposed—would create because that is chairman, they are following the same you need it? not what they consider to be a priority;

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One moral document which lists the prior- We have seen the results of seques- way we are going to get the jobs is we ities of the Nation? tration taking housing assistance from are going to invest $820 billion to re- Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Thank 70,000 families, and the CPC budget pair America’s rapidly aging roads and you very much for giving me the oppor- moves us from trying to preserve exist- bridges and upgrade our energy sys- tunity to respond to that question, ing affordable housing to making sig- tems to address climate change, keep Congressman. nificant improvements and invest- our communities safe, and prepare for As a State legislator, I spent many ments in new production. the next generation to thrive in our so- years in appropriations and on the When you are an elected official or a budget committee, and I came to real- ciety and workforce. mayor of a community, you see first- I would like to share with the Speak- ize that there is no other document hand the challenges from unemploy- er that I come from a town—Min- that represents the values and the pri- ment, the challenges of jobs that are neapolis, Minnesota—where, 6 years orities of the governing entity than the being reduced, the unemployed, and ago, the I–35 bridge fell into the Mis- budget statement. trying to maintain housing. So where we put our money is where sissippi River because we had not It is important that we realize that we think our interests lie; where we taken care of it. We had not done ade- in this budget we call for two new put our money represents our prior- quate maintenance on this bridge. sources for affordable housing, the Na- ities; where we put our money rep- Thirteen people died when that tional Housing Trust Fund and the resents our values. And that is one of bridge fell. They were Black. They Capital Magnet Fund, to be fully fund- the major reasons that I am just so were White. They were wealthy. They ed by contributions from Fannie Mae proud to be associated with the peo- and Freddie Mac, as is already required were low income. They were born in ple’s budget as crafted by the Congres- by law. This budget gives families and America. They were born abroad. They sional Progressive Caucus. communities devastated by foreclosure were America. That is who lost their Thank you for giving me that oppor- the resources to renovate and resell lives on that bridge, and 100 more peo- tunity. homes and maintain overall property ple got injured. Mr. ELLISON. Will the gentlewoman values. This Progressive Caucus investment yield for another question? I come from Michigan, and I rep- in infrastructure repair is not just a Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. I yield to resent Detroit. Here I have an article job creator and a productivity in- the gentleman from Minnesota. that states: ‘‘Downtown Detroit Ten- creaser; it is public safety to have de- Mr. ELLISON. So the Progressive ants Rally to Demand Decent and Af- cent, safe infrastructure. I am very Caucus budget was not just written by fordable Housing.’’ This conversation is proud of that. members of the Progressive Caucus. We happening all over the country while We also provide $945 million to help didn’t just sit in a room and write up a we see some communities where fami- States and municipalities hire police, budget. We actually pulled in our part- lies are actually being displaced as a firefighters, health care workers, ners, like the Economic Policy Insti- result of the upper class of our commu- teachers, librarians, and other public tute, labor. nities being able to buy and push prices employees. How important were our progressive up while those in the bottom of our Mr. Speaker, I have got to tell you, I partners in pulling our budget to- economic class are being challenged met with my chiefs of police in the gether? every day to find the simple thing that Fifth Congressional District about a Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Well, I we call quality of life in America, and week ago. Of course, all of us here to- certainly would like to yield to the that is housing. night represent more than one city. gentlelady from Michigan. I just sim- In my State of Michigan, we have a I met with the chiefs of police—I am ply want to say that the associations, campaign to end homelessness, to pro- very proud to represent a city where the affiliations, and the organizations mote housing, first, through the pre- law enforcement is dedicated—and they that you identified just very quickly vention and rapid rehousing activities. were asking me: What’s going on with represent the interests of working class We understand in Michigan that in the Byrne grants? What’s going on with people, represent the interests of those order to effectively approach homeless- the JAG grants? What’s going on with who wish to be part of the middle class, ness, a community needs a clear, delib- the COPS grants? These things that and represent those individuals who erate, and comprehensive strategy. The have helped us be a better police de- are responsible for the standards that low incomes of so many families across partment have shrunk. Our ability to we have that protect people in the this country make this increasingly protect the public is weakened by our working environment, that protect difficult for them to manage the rising limited resources. jobs here in America, and that protect cost of housing. This puts them at risk, b 1500 the aspirations and hopefulness of and some lose their housing and fall those who recognize that things like into homelessness. We may call this a Well, we are going to do something public education are great equalizers. homelessness crisis, but it is primarily about that. We are going to rehire Congressman, I would very much ap- a housing affordability crisis. teachers. So if you have got a teacher preciate the opportunity to yield to the Permanent housing subsidies like with 30 second graders in the classroom gentlewoman from Michigan, my class- section 8 need to do a better job of ad- trying to keep up with all of them, we mate and my friend, Congresswoman dressing the family housing crisis. can hire a teacher’s aide who might be BRENDA LAWRENCE. However, as this body knows, such sub- able to actually help that teacher do Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, and sidies are severely underfunded. Na- what that teacher does most effec- to my colleagues, thank you for yield- tionally, only one-quarter of the need tively. ing. for such subsidies are being met. We put $1.9 trillion in America’s fu- I am here today to speak in my sup- Before I conclude, I want to be clear ture by investing in the working fami- port for the Congressional Progressive that we, as members of the Progressive lies. This restores and enhances fund- Caucus alternative budget and their Caucus, stress strongly that we present ing for vital programs that Americans fight for greater access to affordable a budget that is funded, that will en- rely on, like SNAP, like food, nutri- housing. sure that in America the American tion, so that young people can be in the As you know, I was previously a Dream and the basic quality of life classroom and can be fully fed and mayor, and the quality of life in Amer- right to have a home is maintained ready to learn. ica is determined by our housing op- through our budget. So these are just a few things about tions, and the CPC budget acknowl- Mr. ELLISON. I represent Min- the Progressive Caucus budget. But I edges that. neapolis, Minnesota, and I was talking

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And we rec- areas, and that is not true in urban those positions. ognize that not only did we lose a lot of areas, and that is not true for minority Here is another separate fact which I housing during the predatory lending communities, and that is not true for would like you to react to, if you don’t crisis, a lot of that housing is still va- those who simply aren’t looking any- mind. In Minneapolis, we pride our- cant, and we need to figure out a way more because they have been so dog- selves on being a progressive town. We to recapture that housing and use it for gone discouraged that they don’t even have got 4,000 kids who leave shelters affordable housing purposes. Our budg- think that there is any hope for them every day to go to a public school, and et proposes the extension of the use of to have a job. For those people, for those kids are asked to take standard- vouchers for housing because we recog- that cohort that I am speaking of, un- ized tests. nize how fundamental the need is to employment is double digits. It could How important is it for a budget, par- have safe and secure housing. be 25 percent. It could be 13 percent. It ticularly a Progressive Caucus budget, We recognize that, over the last sev- is something that we really don’t even to house America’s people? eral years, millionaires, billionaires, know exactly what it is, but we need to Mrs. LAWRENCE. It is extremely im- and corporations have been getting tre- be focusing on lifting up all of our com- portant. mendous tax breaks, that the very munities. Thank you. wealthy have received extremely gen- And if we truly, absolutely want the It is extremely important, and those erous credits. American economy to expand, then we of us who understand the cry of the We want to see working people get need to know that we need more con- people for housing, and understand the credit for work, get tax advantages for sumers. We need more jobs. We need impact of homelessness on Americans the work that working people do, get more paychecks. We need more cus- today, funding of housing, affordable additional child care credits so that tomers. And we do that by investing in housing, is critical. they can provide the kind of safety and our middle class. We do that by invest- I served on the local government security and healthy environment for ing in small businesses, in new busi- board, and one of the things we looked their families. nesses, in startups, in education, and in at consistently is: How do we sustain Everybody has the desire to have a research and development. This budget the low-income or sustainable housing healthy family. Everybody has a desire recognizes that if we are going to be for our population? to be able to participate in our society, the great America that we are sup- Children repeatedly, every day across to even pay taxes, Mr. Speaker. They posed to be, that we need to make this country, awaken, go to school, and just need to have the mechanisms, the these investments. then their families, they are living in infrastructure, the opportunity, the Today was monumental for me be- cars or they are living in shelters, and policies that will provide those oppor- cause I got to articulate and to stand with individuals who expressed things they have to take on that responsi- tunities, and this budget does just that I have believed. Even as a legis- bility, as a child, and adjust to an envi- that. ronment that they can learn. We know It is known that one in five children lator in the State of New Jersey, I be- that this is a total distraction. Some of live, in the United States of America, lieved that if we are to experience an America that really works, an America them, through this homelessness, the in poverty. One out of three African where our communities are safe be- school is the only stable place for them American children live in poverty. cause there is full employment—so no to go to every single day. That is unacceptable for any child to one is trying to rob anybody or no one So now we are in a position where we live impoverished in a nation that is as is feeling a need to engage in illegal ac- are looking at cutting back on edu- rich and that has so much wealth con- tivity simply to put some food on the cation. We are cutting back on hous- centrated in so few hands. table—if we are going to be competi- ing. In America, are we sending a mes- To whom much is given, much is re- tive globally, then we need to be in- sage through a budget that will not quired, and it is pay now or pay later. vesting in education. We need to be support sustainable housing for Amer- We need to recognize the significance building schools. We need to ensure ican citizens who are not in the top 1 of our budget that recognizes that edu- that even the schools in the poorest percent, who some, by no fault of their cation is, indeed, the equalizer here. districts across the United States of own, are unemployed? Are we, in this Not only are we looking to expand ac- America have all of the 21st century cess to preschool care, but full funding country and as a government, turning technology and opportunities to learn of K–12. our backs on those people? and produce. And we need to have high That is why we have, through the In addition to that, we recognize that expectations. We need to have high ex- higher education is what distinguishes Progressive Caucus, a budget that will pectations for everyone. awaken the minds of so many in this our middle class from those who never So I thank you very much for this country and this government, and we can get into the middle class. But we opportunity, and I will take this mo- want our colleagues across the aisle— want to make sure that students have ment to yield back to my colleague, and all of our colleagues—to look at access to education without being over- the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. this budget and say that this is the ly burdened with debt. So we want to ELLISON), the cochair of our Progres- time in America we need to step up and look at creating opportunities for stu- sive Caucus. fund sustainable housing in America. dents to refinance their debt. Mr. ELLISON. I thank the gentlelady Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. Let’s look at this country as a coun- for yielding. Speaker, can you tell us just how much try of diplomacy, of humanitarianism. I was really intrigued by the things time we have left? Let’s look at this country as a country that you were saying about the Pro- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- of peacefulness and hopefulness for gressive Caucus budget because I have tlewoman from New Jersey has ap- goodwill for all nations. Let us move always believed that you know some- proximately 40 minutes remaining. away from the sort of cold war men- one’s treasure by how they prioritize Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. I appre- tality; look at modernizing our mili- their expenses. ciate the comments that have been of- taristic events; look at what we are You can look at a family’s budget, fered by both of my colleagues here. I doing with our resources; invest our re- and if you see a lot of money being think that you can certainly under- sources here in America, not overseas; spent on television and movies and stand that a lot of work went into the seek to bring humanitarian aid; seek to candy, you know that they care a lot creation, the development, and the evo- bring diplomacy. Seek, first, peace; about that. And if you see people spend lution of this budget. We are happy to seek, first, coalitions; but seek, first a lot of money on books and education, note that, over the years, some of and foremost, to invest in America. you know they care about that.

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I think have I heard it, but I have helped some What does that mean at a time when that these two things alone will bring of the teachers buy the supplies for income inequality is at its height since money back to the United States Gov- their classrooms. the Great Depression? ernment so we can invest in roads and Mr. ELLISON. Right. So the fact is, My problem with the Republican bridges and infrastructure, so we can we need to respond to these kinds of budget is that they have been acting make sure that no 5-year-old kid is things. like rich people don’t have enough leaving a shelter and going to a public I would also like to ask the gentle- money and poor people have too much school in the morning, so we can make lady, What does it mean to a police de- partment that needs about, you know, for 40 years. What it has brought us is sure that there is enough SNAP, that 40 people to protect the people of the massive income inequality. And their kids have a decent meal to eat, and city but only has 20 folks? What does answer to that is to do it some more. that our seniors can actually hope to that mean? Does that mean the officers It has hurt this economy to prioritize one day be able to beat Parkinson’s the well-to-do over everyone else. It aren’t getting out of their cars and and Alzheimer’s and all of these kinds forming relationships? Does that mean doesn’t even help rich people very of diseases. These things take public they are just running from call to call much because rich people own stores investment to solve these kinds of to call? Does that mean they may not and factories and stuff like that. If reg- medical problems. have the equipment that they need? ular folks, ordinary people don’t have So the Progressive Caucus budget, I What does it mean? any money, how can they even help am very proud to be a part of it be- Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Thank boost the consumer demand? cause it is a budget that looks at the you for that question, Congressman. It This economy that we have, it is im- needs of the American people and does means all of those things. portant to point out that the United something about it. What it means for communities like States is a country of tremendous re- Let me just talk about the education the capital of the State of New Jersey, sources. This is still the richest coun- side of it. We have universal pre-K. which is the city of Trenton, it means try in the world. Not only is America Now, it doesn’t matter if you are a con- that our neighborhoods are unsafe. It the richest country in the world but servative economist or if you are a lib- means that police are running to situa- America itself has never been richer. eral economist; they all agree that the tions that have already occurred, as If you look at per capita income and best return on investment is educating opposed to having the resources and you scale it on a graph and compare it little kids. You educate those little the capacity to understand what is over time, you are looking at a stead- guys and it will keep them out of trou- happening out there and be proactive ily rising line. Yet the American budg- ble. It will put them on a path to col- and preventative in nature. So it cer- et, our governmental expenditures as a lege or some form of higher education. tainly does negatively impact the qual- proportion of it, we have seen one of And they will not become a govern- ity of life for those who live in the the lowest proportions of government ment expense; they will be a govern- city—and cities particularly—and spending relative to GDP in a great ment asset. They will not be an ex- those who work there. many years. penditure on the taxpayer; they will be I am particularly concerned about The fact of the matter is, the reason paying taxes. the seniors who invested in the cities the proportion of government expendi- Yet the Progressive Caucus doesn’t years ago when the cities where the ture to GDP has been going down is be- just know that, we actually do some- thriving environments, Congressman, cause America has been giving away thing about it by funding universal and now they are still living there be- the resources that it needs to take care pre-K. I am so happy about that be- cause they can’t afford to move. So of the needs of its people. I am talking cause, you know, those little guys are they are finding themselves in commu- about lifesaving research in medicine. I so cute, and we definitely want to see nities where, because of the housing am talking about dealing with issues of those bright-eyed little children maxi- crisis, there are vacant houses all climate. I am talking about infrastruc- mize their talents. They are actually around them. Members of gangs have ture investment. really smart. And if you put them in an settled into some of those houses, cre- One of the things that the Progres- educational environment, an academic ating almost prison-like environments sive Caucus budget does to try to re- environment where they can do more for the people who can’t even go out- capture some of the money that the than just learn how to count—they can side and sit on their porch. And all of government is due and owed is we end maybe even learn how to use a com- this has been the function of our dis- corporate inversion and deferral. puter—you never know what tremen- investment in our cities. Mr. ELLISON. The Progressive Cau- What is corporate inversion? Cor- dous benefits they will bring to our so- cus budget is trying to step up and ad- porate inversion is where the company ciety. And we move from there. does not actually physically move any- In K–12 education, we help fund mu- dress these issues. When you talk to of- where, but they sell themselves to a nicipal and local public employees who ficers and firefighters, health care workers, teachers, librarians, all of foreign corporation with a lower tax need that kind of help. We have placed these local government functions have rate or no tax rate, thereby escaping $95 billion in that, where we can, again, been cut. the payment of moneys in taxes as an put a teacher or a teacher’s aide back I would like to ask the gentlewoman American corporation but not really into the classroom. Ever since the re- another question: moving anything. In fact, they might cession in 2008, local governments have What does it mean to see the library even increase their physical footprint been shedding public employees, in- hours cut in your city because the Fed- in the country that they are in. cluding teachers. eral assistance or the local municipali- We have had that happen in my own Now, what does this mean? To the av- ties just don’t have enough funding for community. And before I went to criti- erage teacher, the average teacher used the library, so the hours get cut, the li- cize the company that did it, I had to to have a classroom of 28 kids, 19 kids. brary staff gets cut. What does that deal with the fact that it is legal to do. Well, those classes are bigger because mean to a local community? How are you going to blame a cor- you have got fewer teachers. You used Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. I thank poration for trying to get money when to be able to have a little budget to you for the opportunity to address this it is legal to do? Well, I say, rather decorate the classroom, to put inspir- because I know this firsthand. In the than blame the company, I will blame ing messages and notes and pictures up capital city in the State of New Jersey, Congress, you know? So we went and there. they have had to actually close librar- did something about it. We went to the I would actually like to ask the gen- ies. Progressive Caucus budget and we tlelady from New Jersey a question. Now, we already experience a digital ended inversions. You can’t do that Have you had the experience of talking divide in urban centers and in poor en- anymore. to a teacher where they tell you that vironments, and sometimes the only

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It has also negatively impacted those employment benefits for the 99 weeks, They want to turn Medicaid and food who are looking for jobs, who go to li- I believe it is over a 2-year period, stamps into block grants for States. braries to be able to research jobs on gives people an opportunity, as well as What does that mean? In some States, the Internet. It has had a devastating gives the policymakers an opportunity maybe the Governor will do the right impact on the community. to create opportunities for these people thing. I am pretty confident in Min- So when we look at our budget, the to find jobs and to have some meager nesota our Governor would do the right Progressive budget, and we recognize form of income while they are looking, thing. Our unemployment is at a that we wish to restore services, re- because they basically have been left record low. In our State, our wages store funding to programs that em- with absolutely nothing. So it is a fur- have been climbing. We actually have a power our communities, it is giving ther illustration that the people’s surplus in the State of Minnesota. Our them a chance, again, to become pro- budget is a reflection of the people’s next-door neighbor, Wisconsin, is run ductive, productive in the work envi- needs. I am so very fortunate to be as- by Scott Walker. They have a big, ugly ronment, productive in the school envi- sociated with it. deficit, which is embarrassing, given ronment. It restores hope where hope One last thing I wanted to raise as it that he is supposed to be this fiscal has been taken away for so long. relates to our urban centers, Mr. conservative. But facts don’t seem to Mr. ELLISON. That is right. Speaker, right now in Washington, bother some people. If I could just say, putting workers D.C., there is a conference of the urban My point is that the Republicans back on the job who are firefighters, li- mayors from the State of New Jersey. want to block grant these programs. If brarians, police officers, teachers, I am going to have an opportunity to you block grant it in Minnesota, it will these are very important to the quality speak to them later on this evening. I be less money. Whenever there is a of life. tell you, I am very excited to talk to budget pinch, they will use that money I would like to refer to these people them about what it means to support for other things other than the in- as everyday heroes. They may not wear the Progressive budget, the alternative tended purpose. But if you send it to a big letters on their chest. But when I Progressive Caucus budget, and what it State like Wisconsin with a Governor think about the people other than my means to their communities, whether like Scott Walker, the people who are parents who helped inspire me, it was it is for education, for teachers, for intended to benefit from that money probably a teacher, probably a cop who aides, for paraprofessionals, for police, may never ever see it at all. And so saw me hanging on the corner and said, for nurses, for hospitals, whatever. this is a very important program not Hey, man, we know you are smart. You They will understand that this is a to block grant these programs. budget that recognizes that where the can do better than what you are doing. Tax reforms that lower rates and majority of the people live in this You know what I mean? All of these eliminate any taxation on profits re- country there is a budget that ac- people are the everyday heroes that ported abroad—come on. As a matter of knowledges that their needs are para- make neighborhoods run every single fact, if just cutting taxes to the bone mount to the success of collective suc- day. So I just think it is important for and cutting taxes for rich people as cess of our economy and our country. the Progressive Caucus to say, We are much as we possibly can would be good I yield to the gentleman. for the economy, wouldn’t we have going to prioritize rehiring these peo- Mr. ELLISON. That’s right. I thank avoided the recession of 2008? We ple who have been let go in the course the gentlelady for yielding back to me. of this recession. Mr. Speaker, I just want to point out should have more jobs than we could We have seen private sector employ- that, again, the Progressive Caucus possibly imagine with these guys. We ment increase every single month. But budget is in dramatic contrast to the should have never had any recession, you know what? We have also seen pub- Republican budget. Take the Repub- and every American should be paid, I lic sector employment actually go lican budget, for example. The Repub- don’t know, $100,000 a year if just cut- down. lican budget calls for repealing the Af- ting taxes was good for the economy. Cutting taxes is good for some people, b 1530 fordable Care Act. This is a piece of legislation that has extended health but it is not good for the economy One of the things I would also like to care access to literally millions and overall. The evidence is all around us. get your take on, if you wouldn’t mind millions and millions of people. The The Republicans want to turn the rest sharing your views on this issue, is re- Republicans want to snatch health care of the world into a tax haven for multi- storing and enhancing emergency un- access out of people who now, for the nationals. employment compensation. As you first time in their life, have acquired Now, the President has been trying know, back on December 26, 2013, the it; and they are doing it by saying: Oh, to set the record straight. He has been long-term unemployed were just cast we want you to have freedom, and we trying to signal what an economy adrift by the Republican majority. think ObamaCare infringes on your where there is shared prosperity should These are people who were working but freedom, so now be free to be sick with look like. But the fact is that, if you just couldn’t find a job soon enough. no access to health care other than an look at the Republican budget and you Some people tried to imply that they emergency room. contrast it with other proposals, it cer- were lazy and just didn’t want a job, so That is their idea of freedom, I sup- tainly fails the test of being good for we had to kick them off unemployment pose. the American people. The Progressive so they would actually look for a job. They want to partially privatize Caucus budget, on the other hand, I wonder what your thoughts are Medicare. Is that what we need is pri- passes the test. We do programs that about this. vatization of Medicare? actually help the American people: Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. First of A few years ago, the Republicans universal pre-K, robust support for all, let me just say for those individ- wanted to privatize Social Security. title I, and debt-free college to ensure uals who, without any fault of their They wanted to say: We are going to every child gets a quality education. own, were victims of the trickle-down take all the money you saved, and we When you contrast their budget and economics that have failed us from 40 are going to put it in some Wall Street you look at our budget, it is clear years ago to even today, those individ- account. Of course, they will be admin- which one the American people find to uals who but for the shift in policies istered for a ‘‘reasonable fee’’—I put be most meritorious. and having this negative impact be- that in quotes—but don’t worry about So we ask people to look at the Pro- cause of trickle-down economics which it. Everything will be fine. gressive Caucus budget. We ask people doesn’t work except for perhaps on an Then we see stock market prices fall to read it; share it with your friends; essay paper, they struggled. They and plummet. They go up and they go offer your views on it. We ask people to

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Because if you are an American economy. person and you are busy, you are try- In recent years, burdensome Federal Consolidating this patchwork of aid ing to raise kids, you are trying get to regulations, a lack of transparency, programs will simplify the application work on time, and you are trying to and a dizzying maze of student aid pro- and eligibility process and help more earn a living, you don’t have time to be grams have only contributed to the students understand, manage, and plugged in to politics like some of us problem. Students and families deserve repay their debt. who do this our whole lives. You are better. Third, we must promote innovation, busy. But you are smart and you know Mr. Speaker, when my husband and I access, and completion. In recent what is going on. were in high school and contemplating years, as the postsecondary student I am going to ask Americans to actu- the possibility of college, we were population has changed, many institu- ally slow down and say: Hey, look, penniless people. In his case, his par- tions have developed new approaches to what is going on in this budget? What ents had no formal education—they delivering higher education, including does the Republican budget look like? couldn’t read and write—and my fam- competency-based curriculums and on- They want to cut taxes. They don’t ily had very limited education, but we line classes. The Federal Government should want overseas corporations to return understood then that the way out of make every effort to support these in- those profits and pay taxes on that. poverty was to go to college, work novations, as they have enabled more The Progressive Caucus wants to let hard, and get a good job. Folks like us Americans to earn a degree or certifi- the little kids go to school, let the who had no resources could do that. It cate faster with less cost and without teenagers and the young adults go to is very difficult for people in this day additional disruption to their daily school. They want to train our work- and time to do what he and I did. He graduated from college with a very lives. force, and they want to invest in our Finally, we must ensure strong ac- small debt. I graduated from college Nation’s infrastructure. countability by limiting the Federal I guarantee this is what the people in with absolutely no debt because of role. The current administration has this country want to see. working my way through. It did take subjected institutions to onerous regu- Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the me 7 years to do it, but I was able to do lations and requirements, which have gentlewoman for upholding the Pro- it. created a costly and time-consuming gressive Caucus message, and I wish Mr. Speaker, we want to be able to process, hampered innovation, and you very great success in the people’s provide an environment in this country jeopardized academic freedom. where people with very limited re- budget. Eliminating ineffective Federal bur- sources can do what my husband and I Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. dens will provide States and institu- and millions of other young people did Speaker, I am thankful for this oppor- tions the flexibility they need to de- in the past, which is get a higher edu- tunity to share the good news about liver effectively a high-quality edu- cation without going deeply into debt the Progressive budget and to inform cation to their students. those who are here as well as those who to do so. We are confident that these pillars are at home what this budget rep- The upcoming reauthorization of the will translate into meaningful Federal resents. Higher Education Act provides Con- reforms that reflect the evolving needs One last issue that I think I would gress an opportunity to help every in- of students and the workforce. like to address that we may not have dividual—regardless of age, location, or Yesterday, the Subcommittee on clearly or substantively articulated background—access and complete high- Higher Education and Workforce has to do with environmental issues. er education if they choose. Training held its first hearing of the This budget acknowledges the dev- To inform the reauthorization proc- 114th Congress, where we heard policy astating impact that we have had on ess, the Education and the Workforce recommendations on how we can the environment, and it takes concrete Committee has held 15 hearings over strengthen America’s higher education steps to reverse it, forcing polluters to the last several years. After receiving system to serve students, families, pay for the carbon that is causing so feedback from students, institutions, workers, and taxpayers better. much of our climate change, elimi- innovators, administrators, and re- Former Indiana Governor and Purdue nating fossil fuel subsidies for Big Oil searchers, the committee established a University President Mitch Daniels that, frankly, don’t need government set of key principles that will guide our testified: support, and ensuring EPA has the re- reform of the postsecondary education It is my great hope that this Congress will sources it needs to help reduce our car- law. have the courage to see the challenges and bon footprint. First, we must empower students and treat reauthorization of the Higher Edu- We have spent this last 45, 50 min- families to make informed decisions cation Act as an opportunity for reform. utes—I am thankful for this oppor- when it comes to selecting the institu- He continued: tunity—sharing the good news about tion that meets their unique needs. To- The country needs a reauthorization that the people’s budget, the Progressive day’s higher education resources are will reduce the costs of higher education’s budget, and I hope that anyone who has incomplete and inaccurate and often regulatory burdens, simplify and improve a need for additional information will complicate the financial aid process, student aid, and create an environment more seek this information out online. misguiding students about their aca- conducive to innovation in higher education. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance demic and financial options. Devel- Dr. Christine Keller, vice president of of my time. oping a more streamlined and trans- the Association of Public and Land- f parent system, as well as enhancing fi- grant Universities, stressed the need nancial literacy services, will help stu- for ‘‘access to clear, meaningful data STRENGTHENING HIGHER dents better understand the higher . . . to answer questions and provide EDUCATION education landscape and make choices essential information for higher edu- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. based on easy-to-understand, relevant cation stakeholders—for students and KNIGHT). Under the Speaker’s an- information. families to make more informed deci- nounced policy of January 6, 2015, the Second, we must simplify and im- sions about where to attend college, for gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. prove student aid. Currently, the Fed- policymakers to determine allocations FOXX) is recognized for 60 minutes as eral Government operates more than 10 of public resources and evaluate insti- the designee of the majority leader. aid programs, each with its own set of tutional effectiveness, and for college Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, today, too rules and requirements. Many stu- leaders to facilitate innovation and many Americans struggle to realize the dents, particularly first-generation and successful student outcomes.’’

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Act. chael Bennett, associate vice president (d) Legislative meetings of the Committee Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.— and its subcommittees shall be open to the Wages and hours of workers, including but for financial aid services at St. Peters- public, including radio, television, and still not limited to the Davis-Bacon Act, the burg College, recommended ‘‘a new re- photography coverage, unless such meetings Walsh-Healey Act, the Service Contract Act, payment model that will simplify and are closed pursuant to the requirements of and the Fair Labor Standards Act; workers’ streamline the repayment process by the Rules of the House of Representatives. compensation including the Federal Employ- collapsing the various existing plans No business meeting of the Committee, other ees’ Compensation Act, the Longshore and Har- into two basic plans . . . simplifying than regularly scheduled meetings, may be bor Workers’ Compensation Act, and the Black repayment for students would cer- held without each member being given rea- Lung Benefits Act; the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act; the Family tainly decrease default rates and the sonable notice. (e) The Chair of the Committee or of a sub- and Medical Leave Act; the Worker Adjustment taxpayers’ burden of having to shoul- committee, as appropriate, shall preside at and Retraining Notification Act; the Employee der the costs of defaulted loans.’’ meetings or hearings. In the absence of the Polygraph Protection Act of 1988; trade and im- In the coming months, there will be Chair of the Committee or of a sub- migration issues as they affect employers many conversations and what can be committee, members shall preside as pro- and workers; workers’ safety and health, in- done to maintain the strength of our vided in clause 2(d) of Rule XI of the Rules of cluding but not limited to occupational safe- robust higher education system. We the House of Representatives. No person ty and health, mine safety and health, and have a responsibility to act now to pre- other than a Member of Congress or Congres- migrant and agricultural worker safety and health; and all matters related to equal em- serve our unique role in the world as a sional staff may walk in, stand in, or be seat- ed at the rostrum area during a meeting or ployment opportunity and civil rights in em- summit of opportunity. hearing of the Committee or subcommittee ployment. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance unless authorized by the Chair. Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, of my time. and Pensions.—All matters dealing with rela- RULE 2. STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES AND tionships between employers and employees, f JURISDICTION including but not limited to the National PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE (a) There shall be four standing sub- Labor Relations Act, the Labor-Management RULES committees. In addition to conducting over- Relations Act, and the Labor-Management Re- sight in the area of their respective jurisdic- porting and Disclosure Act; the Bureau of RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND tions as required in clause 2 of Rule X of the Labor Statistics; and employment-related THE WORKFORCE FOR THE 114TH CONGRESS Rules of the House of Representatives, each health and retirement security, including Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I submit for publi- subcommittee shall have the following juris- pension, health, and other employee benefits cation in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD the at- diction: and the Employee Retirement Income Security tached copy of the rules of the Committee on Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elemen- Act (ERISA). Education and the Workforce for the U.S. tary, and Secondary Education.—Education (b) The majority party members of the House of Representatives for the 114th Con- from early learning through the high school Committee may provide for such temporary, level, including but not limited to elemen- ad hoc subcommittees as determined to be gress: tary and secondary education, special edu- appropriate. RULE 1. REGULAR, ADDITIONAL, AND SPECIAL cation, homeless education, and migrant RULE 3. EX OFFICIO MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS education; overseas dependent schools; ca- The Chair of the Committee and the rank- (a) Regular meetings of the Committee reer and technical education; school safety ing minority party member (‘‘Ranking Mem- shall be held on the second Wednesday of and alcohol and drug abuse prevention; ber’’) shall be ex officio members, but not each month at 10:00 a.m., while the House is school lunch and child nutrition programs; voting members, of each subcommittee to in session. The Committee shall meet for the educational research and improvement in- which such Chair or Ranking Member has consideration of a bill or resolution pending cluding the Institute of Education Sciences; not been assigned. before the Committee or the transaction of environmental education; pre-service and in- RULE 4. SUBCOMMITTEE SCHEDULING other committee business on regular meet- service teacher professional development in- (a) Subcommittee chair shall set meeting ing days fixed by the Committee if notice is cluding Title II of the Elementary and Sec- or hearing dates after consultation with the given in accordance with paragraph (g)(3) of ondary Education Act and Title II of the High- Chair and other subcommittee chair with a er Education Act; early care and education Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep- view toward avoiding simultaneous sched- programs including the Head Start Act and resentatives. uling of Committee and subcommittee meet- (b) The Chair may call and convene, as he the Child Care and Development Block Grant ings or hearings, wherever possible. No such or she considers necessary, additional meet- Act; adolescent development and training meetings or hearings, however, shall be held ings of the Committee for the consideration programs, including but not limited to those outside of Washington, D.C., or during a re- of any bill or resolution pending before the providing for the care and treatment of cer- cess or adjournment of the House of Rep- Committee or for the conduct of other Com- tain at-risk youth, including the Juvenile resentatives without the prior authorization mittee business. Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act and of the Committee Chair. Where practicable, (c) If at least three members of the Com- the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; and all 14 days’ notice will be given of such meeting mittee desire that a special meeting of the matters dealing with child abuse and domes- or hearing. Committee be called by the Chair, those tic violence, including the Child Abuse Pre- (b) Available dates for subcommittee meet- members may file in the offices of the Com- vention and Treatment Act and child adoption. ings during the session shall be assigned by mittee their written request to the Chair for Subcommittee on Higher Education and Work- the Chair to the subcommittees as nearly as that special meeting. Immediately upon the force Training.—Education and training be- practicable in rotation and in accordance filing of the request, the staff director of the yond the high school level, including but not with their workloads. As far as practicable, Committee shall notify the Chair of the fil- limited to higher education generally, post- the Chair shall not schedule simultaneous ing of the request. If, within three calendar secondary student assistance and employ- subcommittee markups, a subcommittee days after the filing of the request, the Chair ment services, and the Higher Education Act; markup during a full Committee markup, or does not call the requested special meeting Title IX of the Education Amendments of any hearing during a markup. to be held within seven calendar days after 1972; all domestic volunteer programs; all RULE 5. SUBCOMMITTEE RULES the filing of the request, a majority of the programs related to the arts and humanities, members of the Committee may file in the museum and library services, and arts and The rules of the Committee shall be the offices of the Committee their written notice artifacts indemnity; postsecondary career rules of its subcommittees. that a special meeting of the Committee will and technical education, apprenticeship pro- RULE 6. SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT OF MEMBERS be held, specifying the date and hour thereof, grams, and job training, including the Work- To facilitate the oversight and other legis- and the measure or matter to be considered force Innovation and Opportunity Act, voca- lative and investigative activities of the at that special meeting. Immediately upon tional rehabilitation, and training programs Committee, the Chair of the Committee the filing of the notice, the staff director of from immigration funding; science and tech- may, at the request of a subcommittee chair, the Committee shall notify all members of nology programs; adult basic education make a temporary assignment of any mem- the Committee that such meeting will be (family literacy); all welfare reform pro- ber of the Committee to such subcommittee held and inform them of its date and hour grams, including work incentive programs for the purpose of constituting a quorum and and the measure or matter to be considered. and welfare-to-work requirements; poverty of enabling such member to participate in Such notice shall also be made publicly programs, including the Community Services any public hearing, investigation, or study available in electronic form and shall satisfy Block Grant Act and the Low Income Home by such subcommittee to be held outside of the notice requirements in clause (g)(3)(A(ii) Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); the Washington, D.C. Any member of the Com- of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep- Native American Programs Act; the Institute of mittee may attend public hearings of any resentatives. The Committee shall meet on Peace; and all matters dealing with pro- subcommittee and any member of the Com- that date and hour and only the measure or grams and services for the elderly including mittee may question witnesses only when

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they have been recognized by the Chair for RULE 8. QUESTIONING OF HEARING WITNESSES House Resolution authorizing the taking of that purpose. (a) Subject to clauses (b), (c), and (d), a the deposition, and Rule X of the Rules of RULE 7. HEARING PROCEDURE Committee member may question hearing the House of Representatives. (a) The Chair, in the case of hearings to be witnesses only when the member has been (d)(1) A deposition shall be conducted by conducted by the Committee, and the appro- recognized by the Chair for that purpose, and one or more members or Committee counsel priate subcommittee chair, in the case of only for a five-minute period until all mem- as designated by the Chair or Ranking Mem- hearings to be conducted by a subcommittee, bers present have had an opportunity to ber. (2) A deposition shall be taken under oath shall make public announcement of the date, question a witness. The questioning of wit- or affirmation administered by a member or place, and subject matter of any hearing to nesses in both Committee and subcommittee a person otherwise authorized to administer be conducted on any measure or matter at hearings shall be initiated by the Chair, fol- oaths and affirmations. least one week before the commencement of lowed by the Ranking Member and all other (3) A deposition shall be, unless waived by that hearing unless the Chair of the Com- members alternating between the majority the deponent, attended by a member of the mittee, with the concurrence of the Ranking and minority party. The Chair shall exercise Committee. Member, determines that there is good cause discretion in determining the order in which (e) A deponent may be accompanied at a to begin such hearing at an earlier date or members will be recognized. In recognizing deposition by counsel to advise the deponent the Committee so determines by majority members to question witnesses in this fash- of the deponent’s rights. Only members and vote in the presence of the number of mem- ion, the Chair shall take into consideration Committee counsel, however, may examine bers required under the rules of the Com- the ratio of the majority to minority party the deponent. No one may be present at a mittee for the transaction of business. In the members present and shall establish the deposition other than members, Committee latter event, the Chair or the subcommittee order of recognition for questioning in such staff designated by the Chair or Ranking chair, as the case may be, shall have such an a manner as not to place the members of the Member, such individuals as may be required announcement promptly published in the majority party in a disadvantageous posi- to administer the oath or affirmation and Daily Digest and made publicly available in tion. transcribe or record the proceedings, the de- electronic form. To the extent practicable, (b) The Chair may permit a specified num- the Chair or the subcommittee chair shall ponent, and the deponent’s counsel (includ- ber of members to question a witness for ing personal counsel and counsel for the en- make public announcement of the final list longer than five minutes. The time for ex- of witnesses scheduled to testify at least 48 tity employing the deponent if the scope of tended questioning of a witness under this the deposition is expected to cover actions hours before the commencement of the hear- clause shall be equal for the majority party ing. The staff director of the Committee taken as part of the deponent’s employ- and the minority party and may not exceed ment). Observers or counsel for other persons shall promptly notify the Daily Digest Clerk one hour in the aggregate. of the Congressional Record as soon as prac- or entities may not attend. (c) The Chair may permit Committee staff (f)(1) Unless the majority, minority, and ticable after such public announcement is for the majority and the minority party made. deponent agree otherwise, questions in a dep- members to question a witness for equal osition shall be propounded in rounds, alter- (b) Subcommittees are authorized to hold specified periods. The time for extended hearings, receive exhibits, hear witnesses, nating between the majority and minority. A questioning of a witness under this clause and report to the Committee for final action, single round shall not exceed 60 minutes per shall be equal for the majority party and the together with such recommendations as may side, unless the members or counsel con- minority party and may not exceed one hour be agreed upon by the subcommittee. ducting the deposition agree to a different (c) All opening statements at hearings con- in the aggregate. length of questioning. In each round, a mem- ducted by the Committee or any sub- (d) In an investigative hearing or in an ex- ber or Committee counsel designated by the committee will be made part of the perma- ecutive session, the Chair’s authority to ex- Chair shall ask questions first, and the mem- nent written record. Opening statements by tend questioning under subsection (b) and (c) ber or Committee counsel designated by the members may not be presented orally, unless of this rule shall be equal for the majority Ranking Member shall ask questions second. the Chair of the Committee or any sub- and the minority party and may not exceed (2) Any objection made during a deposition committee determines that one statement one hour in the aggregate, and shall only be must be stated concisely and in a non-argu- from the Chair or a designee will be pre- conducted by counsel for the majority and mentative and non-suggestive manner. Depo- sented, in which case the Ranking Member the minority party when authorized under nent may refuse to answer a question only to or a designee may also make a statement. If subsection (c) of this rule. preserve a privilege. When the deponent has a witness scheduled to testify at any hearing RULE 9. SUBPOENA AUTHORITY objected and refused to answer a question to of the Committee or any subcommittee is a The power to authorize and issue sub- preserve a privilege, the Chair may rule on constituent of a member of the Committee poenas is delegated to the Chair of the full any such objection after the deposition has or subcommittee, such member shall be enti- Committee, as provided for under clause adjourned. If the Chair overrules any such tled to briefly introduce such witness at the 2(m)(3)(A)(i) of Rule XI of the Rules of the objection and thereby orders a deponent to hearing. House of Representatives. The Chair shall answer any question to which a privilege ob- (d) To the extent practicable, witnesses notify the Ranking Member prior to issuing jection was lodged, such ruling shall be filed who are to appear before the Committee or a any subpoena under such authority. To the with the clerk of the Committee and shall be subcommittee shall file with the staff direc- extent practicable, the Chair shall consult provided to members and the deponent no tor of the Committee, at least 48 hours in ad- with the Ranking Member at least 24 hours less than three days before the ruling is en- vance of their appearance, a written state- in advance of a subpoena being issued under forced at a reconvened deposition. If a mem- ment of their proposed testimony, together such authority, excluding Saturdays, Sun- ber of the Committee appeals in writing the with a brief summary thereof, and shall days, and federal holidays. As soon as prac- ruling of the Chair, the appeal shall be pre- limit their oral presentation to a summary ticable after issuing any subpoena under served for Committee consideration. A depo- thereof. The staff director of the Committee such authority, the Chair shall notify in nent who refuses to answer a question after shall promptly furnish to the staff director writing all members of the Committee of the being directed to answer by the Chair in of the minority a copy of such testimony issuance of the subpoena. writing may be subject to sanction, except submitted to the Committee pursuant to this that no sanctions may be imposed if the rul- RULE 10. DEPOSITION PROCEDURE rule. The Chair of the Committee, or a mem- ing of the Chair is reversed on appeal. In all ber designated by the Chair, may administer (a) In accordance with the Committee re- cases, when deposition testimony for which oaths to witnesses. ceiving authorization by the House of Rep- an objection has been made is offered for ad- (e) When any hearing is conducted by the resentatives for the taking of depositions in mission in evidence before the Committee, Committee or any subcommittee upon any furtherance of a Committee investigation, all properly lodged objections then made measure or matter, the minority party mem- the Chair, upon consultation with the Rank- shall be timely and shall be considered by bers on the Committee shall be entitled, ing Member, may order the taking of deposi- the Committee prior to admission in evi- upon request to the Chair by a majority of tions pursuant to notice or subpoena as con- dence before the Committee. those minority party members before the templated by this rule. (g) Deposition testimony shall be tran- completion of such hearing, to call witnesses (b) The Chair or majority staff shall con- scribed by stenographic means and may also selected by the minority to testify with re- sult with the Ranking Member or minority be video recorded. The clerk of the Com- spect to that measure or matter during at staff no less than three business days before mittee shall receive the transcript and any least one day of hearing thereon. The minor- any notice or subpoena for a deposition is video recording and promptly forward such ity party may waive this right by calling at issued. After such consultation, all members to minority staff at the same time the clerk least one witness during a Committee hear- shall receive written notice that a notice or distributes such to other majority staff. ing or subcommittee hearing. subpoena for a deposition will be issued. (h) The individual administering the oath (f) In the conduct of hearings of sub- (c) A notice or subpoena issued under this shall certify on the transcript that the depo- committees sitting jointly, the rules other- rule shall specify the date, time, and place of nent was duly sworn. The transcriber shall wise applicable to all subcommittees shall the deposition and the method or methods by certify that the transcript is a true, ver- likewise apply to joint subcommittee hear- which the deposition will be recorded. Prior batim record of the testimony, and the tran- ings for purposes of such shared consider- to testifying, a deponent shall be provided script and any exhibits shall be filed, as shall ation. with a copy of the Committee’s rules, the any video recording, with the clerk of the

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In no case shall any video re- the concurrence of the Ranking Member, de- (1) any record that the Committee (or a cording be considered the official transcript termines that there is good cause or the subcommittee) makes available for public of a deposition or otherwise supersede the Committee so determines by majority vote use before such record is delivered to the Ar- certified written transcript. in the presence of the number of members re- chivist under clause 2 of Rule VII of the (i) After receiving the transcript, majority quired under the rules of the Committee for Rules of the House of Representatives shall staff shall make available the transcript for the transaction of such business. be made available immediately, including review by the deponent or deponent’s coun- (d) When a bill or resolution is being con- any record described in subsection (a) of this sel. No later than ten business days there- sidered by the Committee or a sub- Rule; after, the deponent may submit suggested committee, members shall provide the clerk (2) any investigative record that contains changes to the Chair. Committee majority in a timely manner a sufficient number of personal data relating to a specific living in- staff may direct the clerk of the Committee written copies of any amendment offered, so dividual (the disclosure of which would be an to note any typographical errors, including as to enable each member present to receive unwarranted invasion of personal privacy), any requested by the deponent or minority a copy thereof prior to taking action. A any administrative record with respect to staff, via an errata sheet appended to the point of order may be made against any personnel, and any record with respect to a transcript. Any proposed substantive amendment not reduced to writing. A copy hearing closed pursuant to clause 2(g)(2) of changes, modifications, clarifications, or of each such amendment shall be maintained Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep- amendments to the deposition testimony in the public records of the Committee or resentatives shall be available if such record must be submitted by the deponent as an af- subcommittee, as the case may be. has been in existence for 50 years; or fidavit that includes the deponent’s reasons (e) In determining the order in which (3) except as otherwise provided by order of therefore. Any substantive changes, modi- amendments to a matter pending before the the House of Representatives, any record of fications, clarifications, or amendments Committee or a subcommittee will be con- the Committee for which a time, schedule, or shall be included as an appendix to the tran- sidered, the Chair may give priority to: condition for availability is specified by script, a copy of which shall be promptly for- (1) The Chair’s mark, and (2) Amendments, otherwise in order, that order of the Committee (entered during the warded to minority staff. have been filed with the Committee at least Congress in which the record is made or ac- (j) The Chair and Ranking Member shall 24 hours prior to the Committee or sub- quired by the Committee) shall be made consult regarding the release of deposition committee business meeting on said measure available in accordance with the order of the transcript or electronic recordings. If either or matter. Committee. objects in writing to a proposed release of a (c) The official permanent records of the RULE 13. VOTES deposition transcript or electronic recording Committee include noncurrent records of the or a portion thereof, the matter shall be (a) With respect to each roll call vote on a Committee (including subcommittees) deliv- promptly referred to the Committee for reso- motion to report any bill, resolution, or mat- ered by the Clerk of the House of Represent- lution. ter of a public character, and on any amend- atives to the Archivist of the United States ment offered thereto, the total number of RULE 11. QUORUMS for preservation at the National Archives votes cast for and against, and the names of One-third of the members of the Com- and Records Administration, which are the those members voting for and against, shall mittee or subcommittee shall constitute a property of and remain subject to the rules be included in the Committee report on the quorum for taking any action other than and orders of the House of Representatives. measure or matter. (d)(1) Any order of the Committee with re- amending Committee rules, closing a meet- (b) In accordance with clause 2(h) of Rule spect to any matter described in paragraph ing from the public, reporting a measure or XI of the Rules of the House of Representa- (2) of this subsection shall be adopted only if recommendation, or in the case of the Com- tives, the Chair of the Committee or a sub- the notice requirements of Committee Rule mittee or a subcommittee authorizing a sub- committee is authorized to postpone further 12(c) have been met, a quorum consisting of poena. For the enumerated actions, a major- proceedings when a record vote is ordered on a majority of the members of the Committee ity of the Committee or subcommittee shall the question of approving a measure or mat- is present at the time of the vote, and a ma- constitute a quorum. Any two members shall ter or on adopting an amendment. Such constitute a quorum for the purpose of tak- Chair may resume proceedings on a post- jority of those present and voting approve ing testimony and receiving evidence. poned request at any time after reasonable the adoption of the order, which shall be sub- mitted to the Clerk of the House of Rep- RULE 12. REFERRAL OF BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, notice. When proceedings resume on a post- resentatives, together with any accom- AND OTHER MATTERS poned question, notwithstanding any inter- panying report. (a) The Chair shall consult with sub- vening order for the previous question, an (2) This subsection applies to any order of committee chair regarding referral to the underlying proposition shall remain subject the Committee which— appropriate subcommittees of such bills, res- to further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the question was postponed. (A) provides for the non-availability of any olutions, and other matters that have been record subject to subsection (b) of this rule RULE 14. RECORDS AND ROLLCALLS referred to the Committee. Once copies of a for a period longer than the period otherwise bill, resolution, or other matter are avail- (a) Written records shall be kept of the applicable; or able to the Committee, the Chair shall, with- proceedings of the Committee and of each (B) is subsequent to, and constitutes a in three weeks of such availability, provide subcommittee, including a record of the later order under clause 4(b) of Rule VII of notice of referral, if any, to the appropriate votes on any question on which a roll call is the Rules of the House of Representatives, subcommittee. demanded. The result of each such roll call regarding a determination of the Clerk of the (b) Referral to a subcommittee shall not be vote shall be made available by the Com- House of Representatives with respect to au- made until three days have elapsed after mittee or subcommittee for inspection by thorizing the Archivist of the United States written notification of such proposed referral the public at reasonable times in the offices to make available for public use the records to all subcommittee chair, at which time of the Committee or subcommittee and shall delivered to the Archivist under clause 2 of such proposed referral shall be made unless be made available on the Committee’s Rule VII of the Rules of the House of Rep- one or more subcommittee chair shall have website within 48 hours of such record vote. resentatives; or given written notice to the Chair of the full Information so available for public inspec- (C) specifies a time, schedule, or condition Committee and to the chair of each sub- tion and on the Committee’s website shall for availability pursuant to subsection (b)(3) committee that he or she intends to question include a description of the amendment, mo- of this Rule. such proposed referral at the next regularly tion, order, or other proposition; the name of scheduled meeting of the Committee, or at a each member voting for and each member RULE 15. REPORTS special meeting of the Committee called for voting against such amendment, motion, (a) Reports of the Committee. All Com- that purpose, at which time referral shall be order, or proposition; and the names of those mittee reports on bills or resolutions shall made by the majority members of the Com- members present but not voting. The text of comply with the provisions of clause 2 of mittee. All bills shall be referred under this an amendment offered to a measure or mat- Rule XI and clauses 2, 3, and 4 of Rule XIII rule to the subcommittee of proper jurisdic- ter considered in Committee shall be made of the Rules of the House of Representatives. tion without regard to whether the author is publicly available in electronic form not (1) No such report shall be filed until cop- or is not a member of the subcommittee. later than 24 hours after its final disposition ies of the proposed report have been avail- Upon a majority vote of the Committee, a in Committee. A record vote may be de- able to all members at least 36 hours prior to bill, resolution, or other matter referred to a manded by one-fifth of the members present such filing in the House of Representatives. subcommittee in accordance with this rule or, in the apparent absence of a quorum, by No material change shall be made in the re- may be recalled at any time for the Commit- any one member. port distributed to members unless agreed to tee’s direct consideration or for reference to (b) In accordance with Rule VII of the by the Ranking Member; but any member or another subcommittee. Rules of the House of Representatives, any members of the Committee may file, as part (c) The Chair shall announce the date, official permanent record of the Committee of the printed report, individual, minority, place, and subject matter of a Committee (including any record of a legislative, over- or dissenting views, without regard to the meeting, which may not commence earlier sight, or other activity of the Committee or preceding provisions of this rule. than the third day on which members have any subcommittee) shall be made available (2) Such 36-hour period shall not conclude notice thereof; but this requirement may be for public use if such record has been in ex- earlier than the end of the period provided waived if the Chair of the Committee, with istence for 30 years, except that— under clause 4 of Rule XIII of the Rules of

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When a bill is of business in a manner that allows the pub- notice of intention to file supplemental, mi- reported from a subcommittee, such measure lic to easily listen to and view the pro- nority, or additional views for inclusion as shall be accompanied by a section-by-section ceedings and shall maintain the recordings part of the printed report. analysis; and, if the Chair of the Committee of such coverage in a manner that is easily (3) To the extent practicable, any report so requires (in response to a request from the accessible to the public. Such coverage shall prepared pursuant to a Committee or sub- Ranking Member of the Committee or for be fair and nonpartisan in accordance with committee study or investigation shall be other reasons), a comparison showing pro- clause 4(b) of Rule XI of the Rules of the available to members no later than 48 hours posed changes in existing law. House of Representatives and other applica- prior to consideration of any such report by RULE 16. APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES, NOTICE ble rules of the House of Representatives and the Committee or subcommittee, as the case OF CONFERENCE MEETINGS, AND CONFERENCE of the Committee. Personnel providing such may be. MOTION coverage shall be employees of the House of (b) Disclaimers. Representatives or currently accredited to (a) Whenever in the legislative process it (1) A report on activities of the Committee the Radio and Television Correspondents’ becomes necessary to appoint conferees, the required under clause 1 of Rule XI of the Galleries. Chair shall recommend to the Speaker as Rules of the House of Representatives shall RULE 19. COMMITTEE STAFF include the following disclaimer in the docu- conferees the names of those members of the (a) The employees of the Committee shall ment transmitting the report to the Clerk of subcommittee which handled the legislation be appointed by the Chair in consultation the House of Representatives: in the order of their seniority upon such sub- with subcommittee chair and other majority This report has not been officially adopted committee and such other Committee mem- party members of the Committee within the by the Committee on Education and the bers as the Chair may designate with the ap- budget approved for such purposes by the Workforce or any subcommittee thereof and proval of the majority party members. Rec- Committee. therefore may not necessarily reflect the ommendations of the Chair to the Speaker (b) The staff appointed by the minority views of its members. shall provide a ratio of majority party mem- shall have their remuneration determined in Such disclaimer need not be included if the bers to minority party members no less fa- such manner as the minority party members report was circulated to all members of the vorable to the majority party than the ratio of the Committee shall determine within the Committee at least seven days prior to its of majority members to minority party budget approved for such purposes by the submission to the House of Representatives members on the full Committee. In making Committee. and provision is made for the filing by any assignments of minority party members as member, as part of the printed report, of in- conferees, the Chair shall consult with the RULE 20. SUPERVISION AND DUTIES OF dividual, minority, or dissenting views. Ranking Member of the Committee. COMMITTEE STAFF (2) All Committee or subcommittee reports (b) After the appointment of conferees pur- The staff of the Committee shall be under printed pursuant to legislative study or in- suant to clause 11 of Rule I of the Rules of the general supervision and direction of the vestigation and not approved by a majority the House of Representatives for matters Chair, who shall establish and assign the du- vote of the Committee or subcommittee, as within the jurisdiction of the Committee, ties and responsibilities of such staff mem- appropriate, shall contain the following dis- the Chair shall notify all members appointed bers and delegate authority as he or she de- claimer on the cover of such report: to the conference of meetings at least 48 termines appropriate. The staff appointed by This report has not been officially adopted hours before the commencement of the meet- the minority shall be under the general su- by the Committee on Education and the ing. If such notice is not possible, then no- pervision and direction of the minority party Workforce (or pertinent subcommittee there- tice shall be given as soon as possible. members of the Committee, who may dele- of) and therefore may not necessarily reflect (c) The Chair is directed to offer a motion gate such authority as they determine ap- the views of its members. under clause 1 of Rule XXII of the Rules of propriate. All Committee staff shall be as- The minority party members of the Com- the House of Representatives whenever the signed to Committee business and no other mittee or subcommittee shall have three cal- Chair considers it appropriate. duties may be assigned to them. endar days, excluding weekends and holi- RULE 17. MEASURES TO BE CONSIDERED UNDER RULE 21. AUTHORIZATION FOR TRAVEL days, to file, as part of the printed report, SUSPENSION (a) Consistent with the primary expense supplemental, minority, or additional views. A member of the Committee may not seek resolution and such additional expense reso- (c) Reports of Subcommittees. Whenever a to suspend the Rules of the House of Rep- lutions as may have been approved, the pro- subcommittee has ordered a bill, resolution, resentatives on any bill, resolution, or other visions of this rule shall govern travel of or other matter to be reported to the Com- matter which has been modified after such Committee members and staff. Travel to be mittee, the chair of the subcommittee re- measure is ordered reported, unless notice of paid from funds set aside for the full Com- porting the bill, resolution, or matter to the such action has been given to the Chair and mittee for any member or any staff member Committee, or any member authorized by Ranking Member of the full Committee. shall be paid only upon the prior authoriza- the subcommittee to do so, may report such tion of the Chair. Travel may be authorized bill, resolution, or matter to the Committee. RULE 18. BROADCASTING OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND MEETINGS by the Chair for any member and any staff It shall be the duty of the chair of the sub- member in connection with the attendance (a) Television, Radio and Still Photog- committee to report or cause to be reported of hearings conducted by the Committee or raphy.— promptly such bill, resolution, or matter, any subcommittee thereof and meetings, (1) Whenever a hearing or meeting con- and to take or cause to be taken the nec- conferences, and investigations that involve ducted by the Committee or any sub- essary steps to bring such bill, resolution, or activities or subject matter under the gen- committee is open to the public, those pro- matter to a vote. eral jurisdiction of the Committee. The ceedings shall be open to coverage by tele- (1) In any event, the report, described in Chair shall review travel requests to assure vision, radio, and still photography subject the proviso in subsection (c)(2) of this rule, the validity to Committee business. Before to the requirements of clause 4 of Rule XI of of any subcommittee on a measure which has such authorization is given, there shall be the Rules of the House of Representatives been approved by the subcommittee shall be submitted to the Chair in writing the fol- and except when the hearing or meeting is filed within seven calendar days (exclusive of lowing: days on which the House is not in session) closed pursuant to the Rules of the House of (1) The purpose of the travel; after the day on which there has been filed Representatives and of the Committee. The (2) The dates during which the travel is to with the staff director of the Committee a coverage of any hearing or meeting of the be made and the date or dates of the event written request, signed by a majority of the Committee or any subcommittee thereof by for which the travel is being made; members of the subcommittee, for the re- television, radio, or still photography shall (3) The location of the event for which the porting of that measure. Upon the filing of be under the direct supervision of the Chair travel is to be made; and any such request, the staff director of the of the Committee, the subcommittee chair, (4) The names of members and staff seek- Committee shall transmit immediately to or other member of the Committee presiding ing authorization. the chair of the subcommittee a notice of the at such hearing or meeting and may be ter- (b)(1) In the case of travel outside the filing of that request. minated by such member in accordance with United States of members and staff of the (2) Bills, resolutions, or other matters fa- the Rules of the House of Representatives. Committee for the purpose of conducting vorably reported by a subcommittee shall (2) Personnel providing coverage by the hearings, investigations, studies, or attend- automatically be placed upon the agenda of television and radio media shall be then cur- ing meetings and conferences involving ac- the Committee as of the time they are re- rently accredited to the Radio and Tele- tivities or subject matter under the legisla- ported. No bill or resolution or other matter vision Correspondents’ Galleries. tive assignment of the Committee or perti- reported by a subcommittee shall be consid- (3) Personnel providing coverage by still nent subcommittees, prior authorization ered by the full Committee unless it has been photography shall be then accredited to the must be obtained from the Chair, or, in the delivered or electronically sent to all mem- Press Photographers’ Gallery. case of a subcommittee, from the sub- bers and notice of its prior transmission has (b) Audio and Video Coverage of Com- committee chair and the Chair. Before such been in the hands of all members at least 48 mittee Hearings and Meetings.—To the max- authorization is given, there shall be sub- hours prior to such consideration. A member imum extent practicable, the Committee mitted to the Chair, in writing, a request for

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Each request, which by the Committee on House Administration, the Chairman of the Committee (hereinafter shall be filed in a manner that allows for a and with the prior authorization of the Chair in these rules referred to as the ‘‘Chair’’), reasonable period of time for review before of the Committee in each case, there may be there is no need for the meeting. such travel is scheduled to begin, shall in- expended in any one session of Congress for (3) Additional regular meetings and hear- clude the following: necessary travel expenses of witnesses at- ings of the Committee may be called by the (A) The purpose of travel; tending hearings in Washington, D.C.: Chair, in accordance with clause 2(g)(3) of (B) The dates during which the travel will (1) Out of funds budgeted and set aside for rule XI of the Rules of the House. occur; each subcommittee, not to exceed $5,000 for (4) Special meetings shall be called and (C) The names of the countries to be vis- expenses of witnesses attending hearings of convened by the Chair as provided in clause ited and the length of time to be spent in each such subcommittee; 2(c)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the House. each; (2) Out of funds budgeted for the full Com- Notice for Meetings (D) an agenda of anticipated activities for mittee majority, not to exceed $5,000 for ex- (b)(1) The Chair shall notify each member each country for which travel is authorized penses of witnesses attending full Committee of the Committee of the agenda of each reg- together with a description of the purpose to hearings; and ular meeting of the Committee at least three be served and the areas of Committee juris- (3) Out of funds set aside to the minority calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sun- diction involved; and party members, (A) Not to exceed, for each days, and legal holidays except when the (E) The names of members and staff for of the subcommittees, $5,000 for expenses of House is in session on any such day) before whom authorization is sought. witnesses attending subcommittee hearings, the time of the meeting. (2) Requests for travel outside the United and (B) Not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of (2) The Chair shall provide to each member States may be initiated by the Chair or the witnesses attending full Committee hear- of the Committee, at least three calendar chair of a subcommittee (except that indi- ings. days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and viduals may submit a request to the Chair (c) A full and detailed monthly report ac- legal holidays except when the House is in for the purpose of attending a conference or counting for all expenditures of Committee session on any such day) before the time of meeting) and shall be limited to members funds shall be maintained in the Committee each regular meeting for each measure or and permanent employees of the Committee. office, where it shall be available to each matter on the agenda a copy of— (3) The Chair shall not approve a request member of the Committee. Such report shall (A) the measure or materials relating to involving travel outside the United States show the amount and purpose of each ex- the matter in question; and while the House is in session (except in the penditure, and the budget to which such ex- (B) an explanation of the measure or mat- case of attendance at meetings and con- penditure is attributed. ter to be considered, which, in the case of an ferences or where circumstances warrant an RULE 23. CHANGES IN COMMITTEE RULES explanation of a bill, resolution, or similar exception). measure, shall include a summary of the The Committee shall not consider a pro- (4) At the conclusion of any hearing, inves- major provisions of the legislation, an expla- posed change in these rules unless the text of tigation, study, meeting, or conference for nation of the relationship of the measure to such change has been delivered or electroni- which travel outside the United States has present law, and a summary of the need for cally sent to all members and notice of its been authorized pursuant to this rule, each the legislation. subcommittee (or members and staff attend- prior transmission has been in the hands of (3) At least 24 hours prior to the com- ing meetings or conferences) shall submit a all members at least 48 hours prior to such mencement of a meeting for the markup of written report to the Chair covering the ac- consideration; a member of the Committee legislation, the Chair shall cause the text of tivities of the subcommittee and containing shall receive, upon his or her request, a such legislation to be made publicly avail- the results of these activities and other per- paper copy of the proposed change. able in electronic form. tinent observations or information gained as f (4) The provisions of this subsection may a result of such travel. PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE be waived by a two-thirds vote of the Com- (c) Members and staff of the Committee mittee or by the Chair with the concurrence performing authorized travel on official busi- RULES of the ranking minority member. ness shall be governed by applicable laws, RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL RULE 3 resolutions, or regulations of the House of SERVICES FOR THE 114TH CONGRESS MEETING AND HEARING PROCEDURES Representatives and of the Committee on Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, I submit In General House Administration pertaining to such for publication the attached copy of the rules travel, including rules, procedures, and limi- (a)(1) Meetings and hearings of the Com- tations prescribed by the Committee on of the Committee on Financial Services of the mittee shall be called to order and presided House Administration with respect to do- U.S. House of Representatives as adopted on over by the Chair or, in the Chair’s absence, mestic and foreign expense allowances. January 14, 2015, for the 114th Congress: by a member designated by the Chair to carry out such duties. (d) Prior to the Chair’s authorization for RULE 1 (2) Meetings and hearings of the committee any travel, the Ranking Member shall be GENERAL PROVISIONS given a copy of the written request therefor. shall be open to the public unless closed in (a) The rules of the House are the rules of accordance with clause 2(g) of rule XI of the RULE 22. BUDGET AND EXPENSES the Committee on Financial Services (here- Rules of the House. (a) The Chair, in consultation with the ma- inafter in these rules referred to as the (3) Any meeting or hearing of the Com- jority party members of the Committee, ‘‘Committee’’) and its subcommittees so far mittee that is open to the public shall be shall prepare a preliminary budget. Such as applicable, except that a motion to recess open to coverage by television broadcast, budget shall include necessary amounts for from day to day, and a motion to dispense radio broadcast, and still photography in ac- staff personnel, for necessary travel, inves- with the first reading (in full) of a bill or res- cordance with the provisions of clause 4 of tigation, and other expenses of the Com- olution, if printed copies are available, are rule XI of the Rules of the House (which are mittee; and, after consultation with the mi- privileged motions in the Committee and incorporated by reference as part of these nority party membership, the Chair shall in- shall be considered without debate. A pro- rules). Operation and use of any Committee clude amounts budgeted to the minority posed investigative or oversight report shall operated broadcast system shall be fair and party members for staff personnel to be be considered as read if it has been available nonpartisan and in accordance with clause under the direction and supervision of the to the members of the Committee for at 4(b) of rule XI and all other applicable rules minority party, travel expenses of minority least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sun- of the Committee and the House. party members and staff, and minority party days, or legal holidays except when the (4) To the extent feasible, members and office expenses. All travel expenses of minor- House is in session on such day). witnesses may use the Committee equipment ity party members and staff shall be paid for (b) Each subcommittee is a part of the for the purpose of presenting information out of the amounts so set aside and budg- Committee, and is subject to the authority electronically during a meeting or hearing, eted. The Chair shall take whatever action is and direction of the Committee and to its provided the information is transmitted to necessary to have the budget as finally ap- rules so far as applicable. the appropriate Committee staff in an appro- proved by the Committee duly authorized by (c) The provisions of clause 2 of rule XI of priate electronic format at least one busi- the House of Representatives. After such the Rules of the House are incorporated by ness day before the meeting or hearing so as budget shall have been adopted, no change reference as the rules of the Committee to to ensure display capacity and quality. The shall be made in such budget unless approved the extent applicable. content of all materials must relate to the by the Committee. The Chair or the chair of RULE 2 pending business of the Committee and con- any standing subcommittee may initiate form to the Rules of the House. The con- MEETINGS necessary travel requests as provided in fidentiality of the material will be main- Committee Rule 21 within the limits of their Calling of Meetings tained by the technical staff until its official portion of the consolidated budget as ap- (a)(1) The Committee shall regularly meet presentation to the Committee members. proved by the House, and the Chair may exe- on the first Tuesday of each month when the For the purposes of maintaining the official cute necessary vouchers therefor. House is in session. records of the Committee, printed copies of (b) Subject to the Rules of the House of (2) A regular meeting of the Committee all materials presented, to the extent prac- Representatives and procedures prescribed may be dispensed with if, in the judgment of ticable, must accompany the presentations.

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The Chair, with the be seated at the rostrum area of the Com- concurrence of the ranking minority mem- (d)(1)(A) The Chair shall make public an- mittee rooms unless the Chair determines ber, will determine the date, time, and place nouncement of the date, place, and subject otherwise. of such hearing. matter of any committee hearing at least (6) At any hearing of the Committee, open- Quorum one week before the commencement of the ing statements by members of the Com- (b)(1) For the purpose of taking testimony hearing, unless the Chair, with the concur- mittee shall be limited to 10 minutes in the and receiving evidence, two members of the rence of the ranking minority member, or aggregate. The Chair shall control five min- Committee shall constitute a quorum. the Committee by majority vote with a utes and recognize members in the Chair’s (2) A majority of the members of the Com- quorum present for the transaction of busi- sole discretion. The ranking minority mem- mittee shall constitute a quorum for the pur- ness, determines there is good cause to begin ber shall control five minutes; the Chair poses of reporting any measure or matter, of the hearing sooner, in which case the Chair shall recognize members for such five min- authorizing a subpoena (other than a sub- shall make the announcement at the earliest utes according to the direction of the rank- poena authorized and issued by the Chair possible date. pursuant to subsection (e)(1)), of closing a (B) Not less than three days before the ing minority member as communicated to meeting or hearing pursuant to clause 2(g) of commencement of a hearing (excluding Sat- the Chair. rule XI of the Rules of the House (except as urdays, Sundays, and legal holidays except (7) Notwithstanding any member’s oral de- provided in clause 2(g)(2)(A) and (B)) or of re- when the House is in session on any such livery of an opening statement, written leasing executive session material pursuant day) announced under this paragraph, the opening statements by any member of the to clause 2(k)(7) of rule XI of the Rules of the Chair shall provide to the members of the Committee submitted to the Chair within 5 House. Committee a concise summary of the subject legislative days after the adjournment of a (3) For the purpose of taking any action of the hearing, or, in the case of a hearing on hearing shall be made a part of the official other than those specified in paragraph (2), a measure or matter, a copy of the measure hearing record thereof. one-third of the members of the Committee or materials relating to the matter in ques- Subpoenas and Oaths shall constitute a quorum. tion and a concise explanation of the meas- (e)(1) The power to authorize and issue sub- Voting ure or matter to be considered. At the same poenas is delegated to the Chair. The Chair (c)(1) No vote may be conducted on any time the Chair provides the information re- will provide written notice to the ranking measure or matter pending before the Com- quired by the preceding sentence, the Chair minority member at least 48 hours in ad- mittee unless the requisite number of mem- shall also provide to the members of the vance of the authorization and issuance of a bers of the Committee is actually present for Committee a list of the witnesses expected subpoena, except when exigent cir- such purpose. to appear before the Committee at that hear- cumstances exist that do not permit such (2) A record vote of the Committee shall be ing. The witness list may not be modified amount of notice, in which case the Chair provided on any question before the Com- within 24 hours of a hearing, unless the shall provide such notice as soon as possible. mittee upon the request of one-fifth of the Chair, with the concurrence of the ranking (2) Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by members present. minority member, determines there is good the Chair or by any member designated by (3) No vote by any member of the Com- cause for such modification. the Committee, and may be served by any mittee on any measure or matter may be (2) To the greatest extent practicable— person designated by the Chair or such mem- cast by proxy. (A) each witness who is to appear before ber. (4) In addition to any other requirement of the Committee shall file with the Committee (3) The Chair, or any member of the Com- these rules or the Rules of the House, includ- two business days in advance of the appear- mittee designated by the Chair, may admin- ing clause 2(e)(1)(B) of rule XI, the Chair ance sufficient copies (including a copy in ister oaths to witnesses before the Com- shall make the record of the votes on any electronic form), as determined by the Chair, mittee. of a written statement of proposed testi- question on which a record vote is demanded RULE 4 publicly available for inspection at the of- mony and shall limit the oral presentation PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING MEASURES OR fices of the Committee and in electronic to the Committee to brief summary thereof; MATTERS form on the Committee’s Web site not later and than one business day after such vote is (B) each witness appearing in a non-gov- (a) No measure or matter shall be reported taken. Such record shall include in elec- ernmental capacity shall include with the from the Committee unless a majority of the tronic form the text of the amendment, mo- written statement of proposed testimony a Committee is actually present. tion, order, or other proposition, the name of curriculum vitae and a disclosure of the (b) The Chair of the Committee shall re- each member voting for and each member amount and source (by agency and program) port or cause to be reported promptly to the voting against such amendment, motion, of any Federal grant (or subgrant thereof) or House any measure approved by the Com- order, or proposition, and the names of those contract (or subcontract thereof) received mittee and take necessary steps to bring a members of the Committee present but not during the current fiscal year or either of matter to a vote. voting. With respect to any record vote on the two preceding fiscal years. Such disclo- (c) The report of the Committee on a meas- any motion to report or record vote on any sure statements, with appropriate redactions ure which has been approved by the Com- amendment, a record of such votes shall be to protect the privacy of the witness, shall mittee shall be filed within seven calendar included in the report of the Committee be made publicly available in electronic form days (exclusive of days on which the House is showing the total number of votes cast for not later than one day after the witness ap- not in session) after the day on which there and against and the names of those members pears. has been filed with the clerk of the Com- of the Committee present but not voting. (3) The requirements of paragraph (2)(A) mittee a written request, signed by a major- (5) POSTPONED RECORD VOTES.—(A) Subject may be modified or waived by the Chair ity of the members of the Committee, for the to subparagraph (B), the Chairman may post- when the Chair determines it to be in the reporting of that measure pursuant to the pone further proceedings when a record vote best interest of the Committee. provisions of clause 2(b)(2) of rule XIII of the is ordered on the question of approving any (4)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Rules of the House. measure or matter or adopting an amend- five-minute rule shall be observed in the in- (d) All reports printed by the Committee ment. The Chairman may resume pro- terrogation of witnesses before the Com- pursuant to a legislative study or investiga- ceedings on a postponed request at any time, mittee or any of its subcommittees until tion and not approved by a majority vote of but no later than the next meeting day. each present member thereof has had an op- the Committee shall contain the following (B) In exercising postponement authority portunity to question the witnesses. No disclaimer on the cover of such report: ‘‘This under subparagraph (A), the Chairman shall member shall be recognized for a second pe- report has not been officially adopted by the take all reasonable steps necessary to notify riod of five minutes to interrogate witnesses Committee on Financial Services and may members on the resumption of proceedings until each present member of the Committee not necessarily reflect the views of its Mem- on any postponed record vote. or such subcommittee has been recognized bers.’’ (C) When proceedings resume on a post- once for that purpose. (e) The Chair is directed to offer a motion poned question, notwithstanding any inter- (B) The Chair may permit a specified num- under clause 1 of rule XXII of the Rules of vening order for the previous question, an ber of members to question one or more wit- the House whenever the Chair considers it underlying proposition shall remain subject nesses for a specified period of time not to appropriate. to further debate or amendment to the same exceed 60 minutes in the aggregate, equally RULE 5 extent as when the question was postponed. divided between and controlled by the Chair SUBCOMMITTEES (D) The Chair’s authority to postpone re- and the ranking minority member. corded votes will not be used to prejudice a (5) Whenever any hearing is conducted by Establishment and Responsibilities of member with regard to the offering of an- the Committee on any measure or matter, Subcommittees other amendment. In the application of this the minority party members of the Com- (a)(1) There shall be five subcommittees of rule, the Chair will consult regularly with mittee shall be entitled, upon the request of the Committee as follows:

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(A) SUBCOMMITTEE ON CAPITAL MARKETS AND struction and design and safety standards; basis, the application, administration, exe- GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISES.—The housing-related energy conservation; hous- cution, and effectiveness of those laws, or jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Capital ing research and demonstration programs; fi- parts of laws, the subject matter of which is Markets and Government Sponsored Enter- nancial and technical assistance for non- within its general responsibility. prises includes— profit housing sponsors; housing counseling Referral of Measures and Matters to (i) securities, exchanges, and finance; and technical assistance; regulation of the Subcommittees (ii) capital markets activities, including housing industry (including landlord/tenant (b)(1) The Chair shall regularly refer to one business capital formation and venture cap- relations); and real estate lending including or more subcommittees such measures and ital; regulation of settlement procedures; matters as the Chair deems appropriate (iii) activities involving futures, forwards, (iii) community development and commu- given its jurisdiction and responsibilities. In options, and other types of derivative instru- nity and neighborhood planning, training making such a referral, the Chair may des- ments; and research; national urban growth policies; ignate a subcommittee of primary jurisdic- (iv) the Securities and Exchange Commis- urban/rural research and technologies; and tion and subcommittees of additional or se- sion; regulation of interstate land sales; and quential jurisdiction. (v) secondary market organizations for (iv) the qualifications for and designation (2) All other measures or matters shall be home mortgages, including the Federal Na- of Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Com- subject to consideration by the full Com- tional Mortgage Association, the Federal munities (other than matters relating to tax mittee. Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the benefits). (3) In referring any measure or matter to a (D) SUBCOMMITTEE ON MONETARY POLICY AND Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation; subcommittee, the Chair may specify a date TRADE.—The jurisdiction of the Sub- (vi) the Federal Housing Finance Agency; by which the subcommittee shall report committee on Monetary Policy and Trade in- and thereon to the Committee. (vii) the Federal Home Loan Banks. cludes— (4) The Chair, in his or her sole discretion, (i) financial aid to all sectors and elements (B) SUBCOMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL INSTITU- may discharge a subcommittee from consid- TIONS AND CONSUMER CREDIT.—The jurisdic- within the economy; (ii) economic growth and stabilization; eration of any measure or matter referred to tion of the Subcommittee on Financial Insti- a subcommittee of the Committee. tutions and Consumer Credit includes— (iii) defense production matters as con- (i) all agencies, including the Office of the tained in the Defense Production Act of 1950, Composition of Subcommittees Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal De- as amended; (c)(1) Members shall be elected to each sub- posit Insurance Corporation, the Board of (iv) domestic monetary policy, and agen- committee and to the positions of chair and Governors of the Federal Reserve System cies which directly or indirectly affect do- ranking minority member thereof, in accord- and the Federal Reserve System, and the Na- mestic monetary policy, including the effect ance with the rules of the respective party tional Credit Union Administration, which of such policy and other financial actions on caucuses. The Chair of the Committee shall directly or indirectly exercise supervisory or interest rates, the allocation of credit, and designate a member of the majority party on regulatory authority in connection with, or the structure and functioning of domestic fi- each subcommittee as its vice chair. The provide deposit insurance for, financial insti- nancial institutions; Chair may designate one member of the (v) coins, coinage, currency, and medals, tutions, and the establishment of interest Committee who previously has served as the including commemorative coins and medals, rate ceilings on deposits; chairman of the Committee as the Chairman (ii) all matters related to the Bureau of proof and mint sets and other special coins, Emeritus. Consumer Financial Protection; the Coinage Act of 1965, gold and silver, in- (2) The Chair and ranking minority mem- (iii) the chartering, branching, merger, ac- cluding the coinage thereof (but not the par ber of the Committee shall be ex officio quisition, consolidation, or conversion of fi- value of gold), gold medals, counterfeiting, members with voting privileges of each sub- nancial institutions; currency denominations and design, the dis- committee of which they are not assigned as (iv) consumer credit, including the provi- tribution of coins, and the operations of the members and may be counted for purposes of sion of consumer credit by insurance compa- Bureau of the Mint and the Bureau of En- establishing a quorum in such subcommit- nies, and further including those matters in graving and Printing; tees. The Chairman Emeritus shall be an ex (vi) development of new or alternative the Consumer Credit Protection Act dealing officio member without voting privileges of forms of currency; with truth in lending, extortionate credit each subcommittee to which he or she is not (vii) multilateral development lending in- transactions, restrictions on garnishments, assigned and shall not count for purposes of stitutions, including activities of the Na- fair credit reporting and the use of credit in- establishing a quorum in such subcommit- tional Advisory Council on International formation by credit bureaus and credit pro- tees. Monetary and Financial Policies as related viders, equal credit opportunity, debt collec- (3) The subcommittees shall be comprised thereto, and monetary and financial develop- tion practices, and electronic funds trans- as follows: ments as they relate to the activities and ob- fers, including consumer transactions using (A) The Subcommittee on Capital Markets jectives of such institutions; and Government Sponsored Enterprises shall mobile devices; (viii) international trade, including but not (v) creditor remedies and debtor defenses, be comprised of 30 members, 17 elected by limited to the activities of the Export-Im- the majority caucus and 13 elected by the Federal aspects of the Uniform Consumer port Bank; Credit Code, credit and debit cards, and the minority caucus. (ix) the International Monetary Fund, its (B) The Subcommittee on Financial Insti- preemption of State usury laws; permanent and temporary agencies, and all (vi) consumer access to financial services, tutions and Consumer Credit shall be com- matters related thereto; and prised of 30 members, 17 elected by the ma- including the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (x) international investment policies, both jority caucus and 13 elected by the minority and the Community Reinvestment Act; as they relate to United States investments (vii) the terms and rules of disclosure of fi- caucus. for trade purposes by citizens of the United (C) The Subcommittee on Housing and In- nancial services, including the advertise- States and investments made by all foreign ment, promotion and pricing of financial surance shall be comprised of 21 members, 12 entities in the United States. elected by the majority caucus and 9 elected services, and availability of government (E) SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVES- by the minority caucus. check cashing services; TIGATIONS.—The jurisdiction of the Sub- (D) The Subcommittee on Monetary Policy (viii) deposit insurance; and committee on Oversight and Investigations and Trade shall be comprised of 21 members, (ix) consumer access to savings accounts includes— 12 elected by the majority caucus and 9 and checking accounts in financial institu- (i) the oversight of all agencies, depart- elected by the minority caucus. tions, including lifeline banking and other ments, programs, and matters within the ju- (E) The Subcommittee on Oversight and consumer accounts. risdiction of the Committee, including the Investigations shall be comprised of 21 mem- (C) SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND INSUR- development of recommendations with re- bers, 12 elected by the majority caucus and 9 ANCE.—The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee gard to the necessity or desirability of enact- elected by the minority caucus. on Housing and Insurance includes— ing, changing, or repealing any legislation (i) insurance generally; terrorism risk in- within the jurisdiction of the Committee, Subcommittee Meetings and Hearings surance; private mortgage insurance; govern- and for conducting investigations within (d)(1) Each subcommittee of the Com- ment sponsored insurance programs, includ- such jurisdiction; and mittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, ing those offering protection against crime, (ii) research and analysis regarding mat- receive testimony, mark up legislation, and fire, flood (and related land use controls), ters within the jurisdiction of the Com- report to the full Committee on any measure earthquake and other natural hazards; the mittee, including the impact or probable im- or matter referred to it, consistent with sub- Federal Insurance Office; pact of tax policies affecting matters within section (a). (ii) housing (except programs administered the jurisdiction of the Committee. (2) No subcommittee of the Committee by the Department of Veterans Affairs), in- (2) In addition, each such subcommittee may meet or hold a hearing at the same time cluding mortgage and loan insurance pursu- shall have specific responsibility for such as a meeting or hearing of the Committee. ant to the National Housing Act; rural hous- other measures or matters as the Chair re- (3) The chair of each subcommittee shall ing; housing and homeless assistance pro- fers to it. set hearing and meeting dates only with the grams; all activities of the Government Na- (3) Each subcommittee of the Committee approval of the Chair with a view toward as- tional Mortgage Association; housing con- shall review and study, on a continuing suring the availability of meeting rooms and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:26 Jan 19, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAR 15\H18MR5.REC H18MR5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE March 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1763 avoiding simultaneous scheduling of Com- tion of the Committee. Before such author- transaction of business in a manner that al- mittee and subcommittee meetings or hear- ization is granted, there shall be submitted lows the public to easily listen to and view ings. to the Chair in writing the following: the proceedings; and Effect of a Vacancy (A) The purpose of the travel. (2) maintain the recordings of such cov- (B) The dates during which the travel is to erage in a manner that is easily accessible to (e) Any vacancy in the membership of a occur. the public. subcommittee shall not affect the power of (C) The names of the States or countries to f the remaining members to execute the func- be visited and the length of time to be spent tions of the subcommittee as long as the re- in each. PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE quired quorum is present. (D) The names of members and staff of the RULES Records Committee for whom the authorization is RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ (f) Each subcommittee of the Committee sought. AFFAIRS FOR THE 114TH CONGRESS shall provide the full Committee with copies (2) Members and staff of the Committee of such records of votes taken in the sub- shall make a written report to the Chair on Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I sub- committee and such other records with re- any travel they have conducted under this mit for publication the attached copy of the spect to the subcommittee as the Chair subsection, including a description of their rules of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs for deems necessary for the Committee to com- itinerary, expenses, and activities, and of the U.S. House of Representatives for the ply with all rules and regulations of the pertinent information gained as a result of 114th Congress: House. such travel. (3) Members and staff of the Committee JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RULE 6 performing authorized travel on official busi- VETERANS’ AFFAIRS STAFF ness shall be governed by applicable laws, Rule X of the Rules of the House of Rep- In General resolutions, and regulations of the House and resentatives establishes the standing com- (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), of the Committee on House Administration. mittees of the House and their jurisdiction. the professional and other staff of the Com- RULE 8 Under that rule, all bills, resolutions, and other matters relating to the subjects within mittee shall be appointed, and may be re- COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATION the jurisdiction of any standing committee moved by the Chair, and shall work under Records the general supervision and direction of the shall be referred to such committee. Clause Chair. (a)(1) There shall be a transcript made of 1(s) of Rule X establishes the jurisdiction of (2) All professional and other staff provided each regular meeting and hearing of the the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs as fol- to the minority party members of the Com- Committee, and the transcript may be print- lows: mittee shall be appointed, and may be re- ed if the Chair decides it is appropriate or if (1) Veterans’ measures generally. moved, by the ranking minority member of a majority of the members of the Committee (2) Cemeteries of the United States in the Committee, and shall work under the requests such printing. Any such transcripts which veterans of any war or conflict are or general supervision and direction of such shall be a substantially verbatim account of may be buried, whether in the United States member. remarks actually made during the pro- or abroad (except cemeteries administered (3) It is intended that the skills and experi- ceedings, subject only to technical, gram- by the Secretary of the Interior). ence of all members of the Committee staff matical, and typographical corrections au- (3) Compensation, vocational rehabilita- be available to all members of the Com- thorized by the person making the remarks. tion, and education of veterans. mittee. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed (4) Life insurance issued by the Govern- to require that all such transcripts be sub- ment on account of service in the Armed Subcommittee Staff ject to correction and publication. Forces. (b) From funds made available for the ap- (2) The Committee shall keep a record of (5) Pensions of all the wars of the United pointment of staff, the Chair of the Com- all actions of the Committee and of its sub- States, general and special. mittee shall, pursuant to clause 6(d) of rule committees. The record shall contain all in- (6) Readjustment of servicemembers to X of the Rules of the House, ensure that suf- formation required by clause 2(e)(1) of rule civil life. ficient staff is made available so that each XI of the Rules of the House and shall be (7) Servicemembers’ civil relief. subcommittee can carry out its responsibil- available in electronic form and for public (8) Veterans’ hospitals, medical care, and ities under the rules of the Committee and inspection at reasonable times in the offices treatment of veterans. that the minority party is treated fairly in of the Committee. RULE 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS the appointment of such staff. (3) All Committee hearings, records, data, (a) APPLICABILITY OF HOUSE RULES—The Compensation of Staff charts, and files shall be kept separate and Rules of the House are the rules of the Com- (c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), distinct from the congressional office mittee on Veterans’ Affairs and its sub- the Chair shall fix the compensation of all records of the Chair, shall be the property of committees so far as applicable, except that professional and other staff of the Com- the House, and all Members of the House a motion to recess from day to day, and a mittee. shall have access thereto as provided in motion to dispense with the first reading (in (2) The ranking minority member shall fix clause 2(e)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the full) of a bill or resolution, if printed copies the compensation of all professional and House. are available, are non-debatable privileged (4) The records of the Committee at the other staff provided to the minority party motions in Committees and subcommittees. National Archives and Records Administra- members of the Committee. (b) SUBCOMMITTEES—Each subcommittee of tion shall be made available for public use in RULE 7 the Committee is a part of the Committee accordance with rule VII of the Rules of the and is subject to the authority and direction BUDGET AND TRAVEL House of Representatives. The Chair shall of the Committee and to its rules so far as Budget notify the ranking minority member of any applicable. decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause (a)(1) The Chair, in consultation with other (c) INCORPORATION OF HOUSE RULE ON COM- 4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record other- members of the Committee, shall prepare for MITTEE PROCEDURE—Rule XI of the Rules of each Congress a budget providing amounts wise available, and the matter shall be pre- the House, which pertains entirely to Com- for staff, necessary travel, investigation, and sented to the Committee for a determination mittee procedure, is incorporated and made other expenses of the Committee and its sub- on written request of any member of the part of the rules of the Committee to the ex- committees. Committee. tent applicable. Pursuant to clause 2(a)(3) of (2) From the amount provided to the Com- Committee Publications on the Internet Rule XI of the Rules of the House, the Chair- mittee in the primary expense resolution (b) The Chair shall maintain an official man of the full Committee is directed to adopted by the House of Representatives, the Committee website for the purpose of car- offer a motion under clause 1 of Rule XXII of Chair, after consultation with the ranking rying out the official responsibilities of the the Rules of the House whenever the Chair- minority member, shall designate an amount Committee, including communicating infor- man considers it appropriate. to be under the direction of the ranking mi- mation about the Committee’s activities. (d) VICE CHAIRMAN—Pursuant to clause 2(d) nority member for the compensation of the The ranking minority member may main- of Rule XI of the Rules of the House, the minority staff, travel expenses of minority tain an official website. To the maximum ex- Chairman of the full Committee shall des- members and staff, and minority office ex- tent feasible, the Committee shall make its ignate the Vice Chairman of the Committee. penses. All expenses of minority members publications available in electronic form on RULE 2—REGULAR AND ADDITIONAL MEETINGS and staff shall be paid for out of the amount the official Committee website maintained (a) REGULAR MEETINGS—The regular meet- so set aside. by the Chair. ing day for the Committee shall be at 10 a.m. Travel Audio and Video Coverage of Committee on the second Wednesday of each month in (b)(1) The Chair may authorize travel for Hearings and Meetings such place as the Chairman may designate. any member and any staff member of the (c)(1) To the maximum extent feasible, the However, the Chairman may dispense with a Committee in connection with activities or Committee shall provide audio and video regular Wednesday meeting of the Com- subject matters under the general jurisdic- coverage of each hearing or meeting for the mittee.

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(b) ADDITIONAL MEETINGS—The Chairman meeting room while the committee is in ses- consent of all members present. The ques- of the Committee may call and convene, as sion. tioning of witnesses in both Committee and he considers necessary, additional meetings (6)(A) Except as provided in subdivision subcommittee hearings shall be initiated by of the Committee for the consideration of (B), floodlights, spotlights, strobelights, and the Chairman, followed by the ranking mi- any bill or resolution pending before the flashguns may not be used in providing any nority party member and all other members Committee or for the conduct of other Com- method of coverage of the hearing or meet- alternating between the majority and minor- mittee business. The Committee shall meet ing. ity. Except as otherwise announced by the for such purpose pursuant to the call of the (B) The television media may install addi- Chairman at the beginning of a hearing, Chairman. tional lighting in a hearing or meeting room, members who are present at the start of the (c) NOTICE—The Chairman shall notify without cost to the Government, in order to hearing will be recognized before other mem- each member of the Committee of the agen- raise the ambient lighting level in a hearing bers who arrive after the hearing has begun. da of each regular and additional meeting of or meeting room to the lowest level nec- In recognizing members to question wit- the Committee at least 24 hours before the essary to provide adequate television cov- nesses in this fashion, the Chairman shall time of the meeting, except under cir- erage of a hearing or meeting at the current take into consideration the ratio of the ma- cumstances the Chairman determines to be state of the art of television coverage. jority to minority members present and of an emergency nature. Under such cir- (7) If requests are made by more of the shall establish the order of recognition for cumstances, the Chairman shall make an ef- media than will be permitted by a com- questioning in such a manner as not to dis- fort to consult the ranking minority mem- mittee or subcommittee chair for coverage advantage the members of the majority. ber, or in such member’s absence, the next of a hearing or meeting by still photography, (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of para- ranking minority party member of the Com- that coverage shall be permitted on the basis graph (1) regarding the 5-minute rule, the mittee. of a fair and equitable pool arrangement de- Chairman after consultation with the rank- vised by the Standing Committee of Press RULE 3—MEETINGS AND HEARINGS GENERALLY ing minority member may designate an Photographers. equal number of members of the Committee (a) OPEN MEETINGS AND HEARINGS—Meet- (8) Photographers may not position them- or subcommittee majority and minority ings and hearings of the Committee and each selves between the witness table and the party to question a witness for a period not of its subcommittees shall be open to the members of the committee at any time dur- longer than 30 minutes. In no event shall the public unless closed in accordance with ing the course of a hearing or meeting. Chairman allow a member to question a wit- clause 2(g) of Rule XI of the Rules of the (9) Photographers may not place them- ness for an extended period under this rule House. selves in positions that obstruct unneces- until all members present have had the op- (b) ANNOUNCEMENT OF HEARING—The Chair- sarily the coverage of the hearing by the portunity to ask questions under the 5- man, in the case of a hearing to be conducted other media. minute rule. The Chairman after consulta- by the Committee, and the subcommittee (10) Personnel providing coverage by the tion with the ranking minority member may Chairman, in the case of a hearing to be con- television and radio media shall be currently permit Committee staff for its majority and ducted by a subcommittee, shall make public accredited to the Radio and Television Cor- minority party members to question a wit- announcement of the date, place, and subject respondents’ Galleries. ness for equal specified periods of time. matter of any hearing to be conducted on (11) Personnel providing coverage by still (3) Non-Committee Members may be in- any measure or matter at least one week be- photography shall be currently accredited to vited to sit at the dais for Committee hear- fore the commencement of that hearing un- the Press Photographers’ Gallery. ings with the unanimous consent of all Mem- less the Committee or the subcommittee de- (12) Personnel providing coverage by the bers present. Further, non-Committee Mem- termines that there is good cause to begin television and radio media and by still pho- bers may be recognized for questioning of the hearing at an earlier date. In the latter tography shall conduct themselves and their witnesses but only after all Committee Mem- event, the Chairman or the subcommittee coverage activities in an orderly and unob- bers have first been recognized. Chairman, as the case may be, shall consult trusive manner. (4) When a hearing is conducted by the with the ranking minority member and (e) REQUIREMENTS FOR TESTIMONY Committee or a subcommittee on any meas- make such public announcement at the ear- (1) Each witness who is to appear before ure or matter, the minority party members liest possible date. The clerk of the Com- the Committee or a subcommittee shall file on the Committee shall be entitled, upon re- mittee shall promptly notify the Daily Clerk with the clerk of the Committee, at least 48 quest to the Chairman of a majority of those of the Congressional Record and the Com- hours in advance of his or her appearance, or minority members before the completion of mittee scheduling service of the House Infor- at such other time as designated by the the hearing, to call witnesses selected by the mation Resources as soon as possible after Chairman after consultation with the Rank- minority to testify with respect to that such public announcement is made. ing Member, a written statement of his or measure or matter during at least one day of (c) WIRELESS TELEPHONE USE PROHIBITED— her proposed testimony. Each witness shall, the hearing thereon. No person may use a wireless telephone dur- to the greatest extent practicable, also pro- (g) SUBPOENAS—Pursuant to clause 2(m) of ing a Committee or subcommittee meeting vide a copy of such written testimony in an Rule XI of the Rules of the House, a sub- or hearing. electronic format prescribed by the Chair- poena may be authorized and issued by the (d) MEDIA COVERAGE—Any meeting of the man. Each witness shall limit any oral pres- Committee or a subcommittee in the con- Committee or its subcommittees that is open entation to a summary of the written state- duct of any investigation or series of inves- to the public shall be open to coverage by ment. (2) Pursuant to clause 2(g)(5) of Rule tigations or activities, only when authorized radio, television, and still photography in ac- XI of the Rules of the House: by a majority of the members voting, a ma- cordance with the provisions of clause 4(f) of (A) In the case of a witness appearing in a jority being present. House rule XI as follows: non-governmental capacity, a written state- (h) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS— (1) If audio or visual coverage of the hear- ment of proposed testimony shall include a (1) The text of all bills or resolutions for ing or meeting is to be presented to the pub- curriculum vitae and a disclosure of any markup, and any amendments in the nature lic as live coverage, that coverage shall be Federal grants or contracts, or contracts or of a substitute to such bills or resolution to conducted and presented without commer- payments originating with a foreign govern- be first recognized by the Chairman, shall be cial sponsorship. ment, received during the current calendar made available, via written or electronic no- (2) The allocation among the television year or either of the two previous calendar tice, to Committee members at least 48 media of the positions or the number of tele- years by the witness and related to the sub- hours prior to a scheduled markup, except as vision cameras permitted by a committee or ject matter of the hearing. agreed to by unanimous consent. subcommittee chair in a hearing or meeting (B) The disclosure required by this Rule (2) Subject to the second sentence of this room shall be in accordance with fair and eq- shall include the amount and source of each paragraph, it shall not be in order for the uitable procedures devised by the Executive Federal grant (or subgrant thereof) or con- Committee to consider any amendment pro- Committee of the Radio and Television Cor- tract (or subcontract thereof) related to the posed to a bill or resolution under consider- respondents’ Galleries. subject matter of the hearing and the ation by the Committee, or proposed to an (3) Television cameras shall be placed so as amount and country of origin of any pay- amendment in the nature of a substitute no- not to obstruct in any way the space between ment or contract related to the subject mat- ticed under paragraph (1), unless a written or a witness giving evidence or testimony and ter of the hearing originating with a foreign electronic copy of such amendment has been any member of the committee or the visi- government. delivered to each Member of the Committee bility of that witness and that member to (f) CALLING AND QUESTIONING WITNESSES (or Subcommittee for purposes of Sub- each other. (1) Committee and subcommittee members committee markups) at least 24 hours before (4) Television cameras shall operate from may question witnesses only when they have the meeting at which the amendment is to fixed positions but may not be placed in posi- been recognized by the Chairman of the Com- be proposed. This paragraph may be waived tions that obstruct unnecessarily the cov- mittee or subcommittee for that purpose, by unanimous consent and shall apply only erage of the hearing or meeting by the other and only for a 5-minute period until all mem- when the 48-hour written notice has been media. bers present have had an opportunity to provided in accordance with paragraph (1). (5) Equipment necessary for coverage by question a witness. The 5-minute period for (i) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE SCOR- the television and radio media may not be questioning a witness by any one member ING—The Committee shall not include any installed in, or removed from, the hearing or may be extended only with the unanimous bill or resolution for consideration during a

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The requirements of this para- ommendations. The subcommittee shall have consistent with their jurisdiction as set graph may be waived by a majority of Com- legislative jurisdiction over such bills or res- forth in Rule 5, shall have oversight respon- mittee members, a quorum being present. olutions as may be referred to it by the sibilities as provided in subsection (b). RULE 4—QUORUM AND RECORD VOTES; Chairman of the full Committee. (b) REVIEW OF LAWS AND PROGRAMS—The POSTPONEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS (2) Each subcommittee shall have responsi- Committee and its subcommittees shall re- view and study, on a continuing basis, the (a) WORKING QUORUM—A majority of the bility for such other measures or matters as applications, administration, execution, and members of the Committee shall constitute the Chairman refers to it. effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, a quorum for business and a majority of the (b) VACANCIES—Any vacancy in the mem- the subject matter of which is within the ju- members of any subcommittee shall con- bership of a subcommittee shall not affect risdiction of the Committee or sub- stitute a quorum thereof for business, except the power of the remaining members to exe- committee, and the organization and oper- that two members shall constitute a quorum cute the functions of that subcommittee. ation of the Federal agencies and entities for the purpose of taking testimony and re- (c) RATIOS—On each subcommittee, there having responsibilities in or for the adminis- ceiving evidence. shall be a ratio of majority party members tration and execution thereof, in order to de- (b) QUORUM FOR REPORTING—No measure or to minority party members which shall be recommendation shall be reported to the consistent with the ratio on the full Com- termine whether such laws and the programs House of Representatives unless a majority mittee. thereunder are being implemented and car- of the Committee was actually present. (d) REFERRAL TO SUBCOMMITTEES—The ried out in accordance with the intent of the Congress and whether such programs should (c) RECORD VOTES—A record vote may be Chairman of the Committee may refer a demanded by one-fifth of the members measure or matter, which is within the gen- be continued, curtailed, or eliminated. In ad- present or, in the apparent absence of a eral responsibility of more than one of the dition, the Committee and its subcommit- quorum, by any one member. With respect to subcommittees of the Committee, as the tees shall review and study any conditions or any record vote on any motion to amend or Chairman deems appropriate. In referring circumstances which may indicate the neces- report, the total number of votes cast for any measure or matter to a subcommittee, sity or desirability of enacting new or addi- and against, and the names of those mem- the Chairman of the Committee may specify tional legislation within the jurisdiction of bers voting for and against, shall be included a date by which the subcommittee shall re- the Committee or subcommittee (whether or in the report of the Committee on the bill or port thereon to the Committee. not any bill or resolution has been intro- resolution. (e) POWERS AND DUTIES— duced with respect thereto), and shall on a (d) PROHIBITION AGAINST PROXY VOTING— (1) Each subcommittee is authorized to continuing basis undertake future research No vote by any member of the Committee or meet, hold hearings, receive evidence, and and forecasting on matters within the juris- a subcommittee with respect to any measure report to the full Committee on all matters diction of the Committee or subcommittee. or matter may be cast by proxy. referred to it or under its jurisdiction. Sub- (c) OVERSIGHT PLAN.—Not later than Feb- (e) POSTPONING PROCEEDINGS—Committee committee chairmen shall set dates for hear- ruary 15 of the first session of a Congress, and subcommittee chairmen may postpone ings and meetings of their respective sub- the Committee shall meet in open session, further proceedings when a record vote is or- committees after consultation with the with a quorum present, to adopt its over- dered on the question of approving a measure Chairman of the Committee and other sub- sight plans for that Congress for submission or matter or on adopting an amendment, and committee chairmen with a view toward to the Committee on House Administration may resume proceedings within two legisla- avoiding simultaneous scheduling of Com- and the Committee on Oversight and Govern- tive days on a postponed question after rea- mittee and subcommittee meetings or hear- ment Reform, in accordance with the provi- sonable notice. When proceedings resume on ings whenever possible. sions of clause 2(d) of Rule X of the Rules of a postponed question, notwithstanding any (2) Whenever a subcommittee has ordered a the House. intervening order for the previous question, bill, resolution, or other matter to be re- (d) OVERSIGHT BY SUBCOMMITTEES—The ex- an underlying proposition shall remain sub- ported to the Committee, the Chairman of istence and activities of the Subcommittee ject to further debate or amendment to the the subcommittee reporting the bill, resolu- on Oversight and Investigations shall in no same extent as when the question was post- tion, or matter to the full Committee, or any way limit the responsibility of the other sub- poned. member authorized by the subcommittee to committees of the Committee on Veterans’ do so shall notify the Chairman and the Affairs for carrying out oversight duties. RULE 5—SUBCOMMITTEES ranking minority party member of the Com- RULE 7—BUDGET ACT RESPONSIBILITIES (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND JURISDICTION— mittee of the Subcommittee’s action. (1) There shall be four subcommittees of (a) BUDGET ACT RESPONSIBILITIES—Pursu- (3) A member of the Committee who is not ant to clause 4(f)(1) of Rule X of the Rules of the Committee as follows: a member of a particular subcommittee may (A) Subcommittee on Disability Assistance the House, the Committee shall submit to sit with the subcommittee during any of its and Memorial Affairs, which shall have legis- the Committee on the Budget not later than meetings and hearings, but shall not have lative, oversight and investigative jurisdic- six weeks after the President submits his authority to vote, cannot be counted for a tion over compensation; general and special budget, or at such time as the Committee on quorum, and cannot raise a point of order at pensions of all the wars of the United States; the Budget may request— the meeting or hearing. life insurance issued by the Government on (1) Its views and estimates with respect to (4) Non-Committee Members may be in- account of service in the Armed Forces; all matters to be set forth in the concurrent vited to sit at the dais for subcommittee cemeteries of the United States in which vet- resolution on the budget for the ensuing fis- hearings with the unanimous consent of all erans of any war or conflict are or may be cal year that are within its jurisdiction or Members present. Further, non-Committee buried, whether in the United States or functions; and Members may be recognized for questioning abroad, except cemeteries administered by (2) An estimate of the total amounts of of witnesses but only after all subcommittee the Secretary of the Interior; burial benefits; new budget authority, and budget outlays re- Members have first been recognized for ques- the Board of Veterans’ Appeals; and the sulting therefrom, to be provided or author- tioning. United States Court of Appeals for Veterans ized in all bills and resolutions within its ju- (5) Each subcommittee shall provide the Claims. risdiction that it intends to be effective dur- Committee with copies of such record votes (B) Subcommittee on Economic Oppor- ing that fiscal year. taken in subcommittee and such other tunity, which shall have legislative, over- RULE 8—RECORDS AND OTHER MATTERS records with respect to the subcommittee as sight and investigative jurisdiction over edu- (a) TRANSCRIPTS—There shall be a tran- the Chairman of the Committee deems nec- cation of veterans, employment and training script made of each regular and additional essary for the Committee to comply with all of veterans, vocational rehabilitation, vet- meeting and hearing of the Committee and rules and regulations of the House. erans’ housing programs, readjustment of its subcommittees. Any such transcript shall servicemembers to civilian life, and RULE 6—GENERAL OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY be a substantially verbatim account of re- servicemembers civil relief. (a) PURPOSE—Pursuant to clause 2 of Rule marks actually made during the proceedings, (C) Subcommittee on Health, which shall X of the Rules of the House, the Committee subject only to technical, grammatical, and have legislative, oversight, and investigative shall carry out oversight responsibilities. In typographical corrections authorized by the jurisdiction over the Veterans Health Ad- order to assist the House in— person making the remarks involved. ministration (VHA) including medical serv- (1) Its analysis, appraisal, evaluation of— (b) RECORDS—

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A letter from the Chief of Staff, Media information required by clause 2(e)(1) of Rule (A) A veteran who (i) was instrumental in Bureau, Federal Communications Commis- XI of the Rules of the House and shall be the construction or the operation of the fa- sion, transmitting the Commission’s final available for public inspection at reasonable cility to be named, or (ii) was a recipient of rule — Amendment of Sec. 73.622(i), Post- times in the offices of the Committee. the Medal of Honor or, as determined by the Transition Table of DTV Allotments, Tele- (2) There shall be kept in writing a record Chairman and Ranking Minority Member, vision Broadcast Stations (Lansing, Michi- of the proceedings of the Committee and otherwise performed military service of an gan) [MB Docket No.: 15-2] [RM-11744] re- each of its subcommittees, including a extraordinarily distinguished character; ceived March 17, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. record of the votes on any question on which (B) A Member of the United States House 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and a recorded vote is demanded. The result of of Representatives or Senate who had a di- Commerce. each such record vote shall be made avail- rect association with such facility; 800. A letter from the Chairman, Federal able by the Committee for inspection by the (C) An Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs, Energy Regulatory Commission, transmit- public at reasonable times in the offices of a Secretary of Veterans Affairs, a Secretary ting a report on the extensions of hydro- the Committee. Information so available for of Defense or of a service branch, or a mili- power construction deadlines under Sec. 13 of public inspection shall include a description tary or other Federal civilian official of com- the Federal Power Act, pursuant to the En- of the amendment, motion, order or other parable or higher rank; or ergy Policy Act of 1992, section 1701(c)(5); to proposition and the name of each member (D) An individual who, as determined by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. voting for and each member voting against the Chairman and Ranking Minority Mem- 801. A letter from the Chairman, Nuclear such amendment, motion, order, or propo- Waste Technical Review Board, transmitting sition, and the names of those members ber, performed outstanding service for vet- erans. in accordance with the Nuclear Waste Policy present but not voting. Amendments Act of 1987, Pub. L. 100-203, ‘‘A (c) AVAILABILITY OF ARCHIVED RECORDS— (2) Each Member of the Congressional dele- Report to the U.S. Congress and the Sec- The records of the Committee at the Na- gation representing the State in which the retary of Energy’’, for the period January 1, tional Archives and Records Administration designated facility is located must indicate shall be made available for public use in ac- in writing such Member’s support of the pro- 2008, through December 31, 2012; to the Com- cordance with Rule VII of the Rules of the posal to name such facility after such indi- mittee on Energy and Commerce. 802. A letter from the Assistant Legal Ad- House. The Chairman shall notify the rank- vidual. Evidence of a Member’s support in ing minority member of any decision, pursu- writing may either be in the form of a letter viser, Office of Treaty Affairs, Department of ant to clause 3 or clause 4 of Rule VII of the to the Chairman and Ranking Member or co- State, transmitting a report concerning Rules of the House, to withhold a record oth- sponsorship of legislation proposing to name international agreements other than trea- erwise available, and the matter shall be pre- the particular VA facility in question. ties, entered into by the United States, to be sented to the Committee for a determination (3) The pertinent State department or transmitted to the Congress within the on written request of any member of the chapter of each Congressionally chartered sixty-day period specified in the Case-Za- Committee. veterans’ organization having a national blocki Act, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b; to the (d) AVAILABILITY OF PUBLICATIONS—Pursu- membership of at least 500,000 must indicate Committee on Foreign Affairs. ant to clause 2(e)(4) of Rule XI of the Rules in writing its support of such proposal. 803. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, of the House, the Committee shall make its (b) The above criteria for naming a VA fa- Legislative Affairs, Department of State, publications available in electronic form to cility may be waived by unanimous consent. transmitting a certification pursuant to the the maximum extent feasible. reporting requirements of Sec. 36(c) of the f RULE 9—TRAVEL Arms Export Control Act (Transmittal No.: DDTC 14-143); to the Committee on Foreign (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAVEL—All re- ADJOURNMENT Affairs. quests for travel, funded by the Committee, Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I move that 804. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- for Members and staff in connection with ac- the House do now adjourn. ment of the Treasury, transmitting as re- tivities or subject matters under the general quired by Sec. 401(c) of the National Emer- jurisdiction of the Committee, shall be sub- The motion was agreed to; accord- gencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and Sec. 204(c) mitted to the Chair for approval or dis- ingly (at 3 o’clock and 51 minutes of the International Emergency Economic approval. All travel requests should be sub- p.m.), under its previous order, the Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), a six-month mitted to the Chair at least five working House adjourned until tomorrow, periodic report on the national emergency days in advance of the proposed travel. For Thursday, March 19, 2015, at 9 a.m. all travel funded by any other source, notice with respect to Somalia that was declared in shall be given to the Chair at least five f Executive Order 13536 of April 12, 2010; to the working days in advance of the proposed Committee on Foreign Affairs. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 805. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- travel. All travel requests shall be submitted ETC. ment of the Treasury, transmitting as re- to the Chair in writing and include the fol- lowing: Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive quired by Sec. 1705(e)(6) of the Cuban Democ- (1) The purpose of the travel. communications were taken from the racy Act of 1992, as amended by Sec. 102(g) of (2) The dates during which the travel is to Speaker’s table and referred as follows: the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Soli- occur. darity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, 22 U.S.C. (3) The names of the locations to be visited 796. A letter from the Director, Defense Se- 6004(e)(6), and pursuant to Executive Order and the length of time to be spent in each. curity Cooperation Agency, Department of 13313 of July 31, 2003, a semiannual report de- (4) The names of members and staff of the Defense, transmitting Notice of Proposed tailing telecommunications-related pay- Committee for whom the authorization is Issuance of Letter of Offer and Acceptance to ments made to Cuba pursuant to Department sought. Travel by the minority shall be sub- Mexico, pursuant to Sec. 36(b)(1) of the Arms of the Treasury licenses during the period mitted to the Chair via the Ranking Mem- Export Control Act, as amended, Trans- from July 1 through December 31, 2014; to the ber. mittal No.: 15-04; to the Committee on Committee on Foreign Affairs. (b) TRIP REPORTS—Members and staff shall Armed Services. 806. A letter from the Assistant Director, make a written report to the Chair within 15 797. A letter from the Under Secretary, Senior Executive Management Office, De- working days on all travel approved under Personnel and Readiness, Department of De- partment of Defense, transmitting two re- this subsection. Reports shall include a de- fense, transmitting the ‘‘Calendar Year 2014 ports pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Re- scription of their itinerary, expenses, and ac- Reports on the Science and Technology Re- form Act of 1998; to the Committee on Over- tivities, and pertinent information gained as invention Laboratory Personnel Manage- sight and Government Reform. a result of such travel. ment Demonstration Projects’’, pursuant to 807. A letter from the Under Secretary, When travel involves majority and minor- Sec. 1107(d) of the National Defense Author- Personnel and Readiness, Department of De- ity Members or staff, the majority shall sub- ization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as amended fense, transmitting authorization for nine of- mit the report to the Chair on behalf of the (Pub. L. 110-181), and Sec. 1107(g) of the Na- ficers to wear the insignia of the grade of majority and minority. The minority may tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal brigadier general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777; append additional remarks to the report at Year 2014 (Pub. L. 113-66); to the Committee to the Committee on Oversight and Govern- their discretion. on Armed Services. ment Reform. (c) APPLICABILITY OF HOUSE RULES—Mem- 798. A letter from the Acting Director, Di- 808. A letter from the District of Columbia bers and staff of the Committee performing rectorate of Whistleblower Protection Pro- Auditor, transmitting a report entitled ‘‘Ex- authorized travel on official business shall grams, OSHA, Department of Labor, trans- amination of Non-Governmental Organiza- be governed by applicable laws, resolutions, mitting the Department’s final rule — Proce- tions (NGOs) Receiving Local District Funds and regulations of the House and of the Com- dures for the Handling of Retaliation Com- to Provide Homeless Services in Fiscal Year mittee on House Administration. plaints Under Section 806 of the Sarbanes- (FY) 2014’’; to the Committee on Oversight RULE 10—FACILITY NAMING Oxley Act of 2002, as Amended [Docket No.: and Government Reform. (a) FACILITY NAMING—No Department of OSHA-2011-0126] (RIN: 1218-AC53) received 809. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Veterans Affairs (VA) facility or property March 17, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting

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Proc. and Commerce, for a period to be subse- Results Act of 1993 (as amended), the GPRA 2015-22) received March 12, 2015, pursuant to 5 quently determined by the Speaker, in each Modernization Act of 2010, the provisions of U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on case for consideration of such provisions as Sec. 5 (as amended) of the Inspector General Ways and Means. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee Act of 1978, and the Reports Consolidation 821. A letter from the Chief, Publications concerned. Act of 2000, the Corporation’s 2014 Annual and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue By Mr. PIERLUISI: Report; to the Committee on Oversight and Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule H.R. 1417. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Government Reform. — Health Insurance Providers Fee [TD 9711] Social Security Act to provide parity to 810. A letter from the General Counsel, Na- (RIN: 1545-BM52) received March 12, 2015, pur- Puerto Rico hospitals with respect to inpa- tional Endowment for the Humanities, trans- suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- tient hospital payments under the Medicare mitting a report pursuant to the Federal Va- mittee on Ways and Means. program; to the Committee on Ways and cancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Com- 822. A letter from the Chief, Publications Means. mittee on Oversight and Government Re- and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue By Mr. PIERLUISI: H.R. 1418. A bill to amend part B of the form. Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 811. A letter from the Chief Counsel for Ad- — Alternative Simplified Credit Election apply deemed enrollment to residents of ministrative Law, Office of the United States [TD 9712] (RIN: 1545-BL78) received March 12, Trade Representative, Executive Office of Puerto Rico and to provide a special enroll- 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the ment period and a reduction in the late en- the President, transmitting a report pursu- Committee on Ways and Means. rollment penalties for certain residents of ant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 823. A letter from the Chairman, United Puerto Rico; to the Committee on Energy 1998; to the Committee on Oversight and States World War One Centennial Commis- and Commerce, and in addition to the Com- Government Reform. sion, transmitting the Commission’s periodic mittee on Ways and Means, for a period to be 812. A letter from the Director, Adminis- report for the period ending December 31, subsequently determined by the Speaker, in trative Office of the United States Courts, 2014, pursuant to Public Law 112-272, section each case for consideration of such provi- transmitting the ‘‘Executive Summary of 5(b)(1); jointly to the Committees on Finan- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the the 2014 Annual Report of the Director of the cial Services, Natural Resources, and Over- committee concerned. Administrative Office of the Unites States sight and Government Reform. By Mr. BECERRA (for himself, Mr. Courts’’ and ‘‘Judicial Business of the United 824. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, LEVIN, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. LARSON of States Courts’’, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Legislative Affairs, Department of Defense, Connecticut, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 604(a)(4); to the Committee on the Judiciary. transmitting a draft of proposed legislation RANGEL, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. THOMPSON of 813. A letter from the Board of Trustees, titled ‘‘National Defense Authorization Act California, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DANNY National Railroad Retirement Investment for Fiscal Year 2016’’; jointly to the Commit- K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. LINDA T. Trust, transmitting the Annual Management tees on Armed Services, Financial Services, SA´ NCHEZ of California, Mr. CUMMINGS, Report for Fiscal Year 2014, pursuant to Sec. Oversight and Government Reform, Vet- Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 105 of the Railroad Retirement and Sur- erans’ Affairs, Science, Space, and Tech- Ms. MATSUI, and Mr. PIERLUISI): vivors’ Improvement Act of 2001; to the Com- nology, and Foreign Affairs. H.R. 1419. A bill to amend title II of the So- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- cial Security Act to improve the Social Se- f ture. curity Administration’s ability to fight 814. A letter from the Assistant Adminis- fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social trator for Procurement, National Aero- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Security Trust Fund, and for other purposes; nautics and Space Administration, transmit- to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in ting the Administration’s final rule — NASA Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of addition to the Committee on the Budget, Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement committees were delivered to the Clerk for a period to be subsequently determined (RINs: 2700-AE01 and 2700-AE09) received for printing and reference to the proper by the Speaker, in each case for consider- March 16, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. calendar, as follows: ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Science, risdiction of the committee concerned. Space, and Technology. Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin: Committee on By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself and 815. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Ways and Means. H.R. 1021. A bill to amend Mr. ROONEY of Florida): for Legislation, Department of Health and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to im- H.R. 1420. A bill to direct the Secretary of Human Services, transmitting the Depart- prove the integrity of the Medicare program, Health and Human Services, acting through ment’s ‘‘FY 2012 Annual Report to Congress and for other purposes; with an amendment the Director of the Centers for Disease Con- on the Child Support Program’’, pursuant to (Rept. 114–46, Pt. 1). Referred to the Com- trol and Prevention, to establish a surveil- Sec. 452(a) of the Social Security Act; to the mittee of the Whole House on the state of lance system regarding traumatic brain in- Committee on Ways and Means. the Union. jury, and for other purposes; to the Com- 816. A letter from the Chief, Publications f mittee on Energy and Commerce. and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue By Mr. POCAN (for himself, Mr. LAR- Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE SEN of Washington, Ms. MENG, Ms. rule — Beginning of Construction for Secs. 45 TSONGAS, Ms. LEE, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XIII, the and 48 [Notice 2015-25] received March 12, GRIJALVA, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. WILSON 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of Florida, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali- Committee on Ways and Means. discharged from further consideration. fornia, Mr. KILMER, Mr. PETERS, Ms. 817. A letter from the Chief, Publications H.R. 1021 referred to the Committee of JUDY CHU of California, Mr. DEUTCH, and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue the Whole House on the state of the Mr. HONDA, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALO- Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only Union. NEY of New York, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. rule — 2015 Calendar Year Resident Popu- LOWENTHAL, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALO- lation Figures [Notice 2015-23] received f NEY of New York, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. March 12, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS NORTON, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and GARAMENDI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. LAN- Means. Under clause 2 of rule XII, public GEVIN, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. BONAMICI, 818. A letter from the Chief, Publications bills and resolutions of the following and Mr. RUIZ): and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue titles were introduced and severally re- H.R. 1421. A bill to prevent harassment at Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only ferred, as follows: institutions of higher education, and for rule — Notice under Sec. 529A [Notice 2015- other purposes; to the Committee on Edu- 18] received March 12, 2015, pursuant to 5 By Mr. POE of Texas (for himself and cation and the Workforce. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Mr. COHEN): By Mr. ROYCE (for himself and Mr. Ways and Means. H.R. 1415. A bill to amend title 18, United HUFFMAN): 819. A letter from the Chief, Publications States Code, to strengthen enforcement of H.R. 1422. A bill to amend the Federal and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue spousal court-ordered property distributions, Credit Union Act to exclude a loan secured Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only and for other purposes; to the Committee on by a non-owner occupied 1- to 4-family dwell- rule — Safe Harbor Method for Determining the Judiciary. ing from the definition of a member business a Wagering Gain or Loss from Slot Machine By Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina loan, and for other purposes; to the Com- Play [Notice 2015-21] received March 12, 2015, (for herself and Mr. ISRAEL): mittee on Financial Services. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- H.R. 1416. A bill to prevent application of By Mr. ROE of Tennessee: mittee on Ways and Means. sequestration to payment for certain physi- H.R. 1423. A bill to amend the Public 820. A letter from the Chief, Publications cian-administered drugs under part B of the Health Service Act, the Employee Retire- and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Medicare program in fiscal years 2016 and ment Income Security Act of 1974, and the

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Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude By Mr. CARTER of Georgia: setts, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. from the definition of health insurance cov- H.R. 1431. A bill to amend the National LANGEVIN, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. erage certain medical stop-loss insurance ob- Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor GRIJALVA, and Mr. DAVID SCOTT of tained by certain plan sponsors of group Act to prohibit the preemption of State Georgia): health plans; to the Committee on Energy stalking laws; to the Committee on Edu- H.R. 1435. A bill to amend the Elementary and Commerce, and in addition to the Com- cation and the Workforce, and in addition to and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to re- mittees on Ways and Means, and Education the Committee on Transportation and Infra- quire States to develop policies on positive and the Workforce, for a period to be subse- structure, for a period to be subsequently de- school climates and school discipline; to the quently determined by the Speaker, in each termined by the Speaker, in each case for Committee on Education and the Workforce. case for consideration of such provisions as consideration of such provisions as fall with- By Mr. DEFAZIO: fall within the jurisdiction of the committee in the jurisdiction of the committee con- H.R. 1436. A bill to require that certain concerned. cerned. Federal lands be held in trust by the United By Mr. LATTA (for himself, Mr. MUR- By Mr. CARTER of Georgia: States for the benefit of the Cow Creek Band PHY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. YAR- H.R. 1432. A bill to amend the National of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, and for other MUTH): Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor purposes; to the Committee on Natural Re- H.R. 1424. A bill to amend the Federal In- Act to prohibit the preemption of State iden- sources. secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to tity theft laws; to the Committee on Edu- By Mr. DEFAZIO: allow the marketing, distribution, or sale of cation and the Workforce, and in addition to H.R. 1437. A bill to amend the Coquille Res- solid antimicrobial copper alloys with cer- the Committee on Transportation and Infra- toration Act to clarify certain provisions re- tain claims, to amend the Federal Food, structure, for a period to be subsequently de- lating to the management of the Coquille Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude certain termined by the Speaker, in each case for Forest; to the Committee on Natural Re- solid antimicrobial copper alloys from regu- consideration of such provisions as fall with- sources. lation as drugs or devices, and for other pur- in the jurisdiction of the committee con- By Mr. DEFAZIO: poses; to the Committee on Energy and Com- cerned. H.R. 1438. A bill to require that certain merce, and in addition to the Committee on By Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. GRI- Federal lands be held in trust by the United Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently JALVA, Ms. MOORE, Ms. KELLY of Illi- States for the benefit of the Confederated determined by the Speaker, in each case for nois, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw consideration of such provisions as fall with- LAWRENCE, and Ms. CLARKE of New Indians, and for other purposes; to the Com- in the jurisdiction of the committee con- York): mittee on Natural Resources. cerned. H.R. 1433. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mrs. By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for enue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, himself, Mr. OLSON, and Mr. LAM- for the establishment of supermarkets in Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. BORN): certain underserved areas; to the Committee MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New H.R. 1425. A bill to amend titles 10 and 32, on Ways and Means. Mexico, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PALLONE, United States Code, to require congressional By Mr. COURTNEY (for himself, Mr. Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. GRI- approval before any change may be made to SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. JALVA, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. KAPTUR, the oaths required for appointment as an of- ELLISON, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. CLARK of Mas- ficer in the Armed Forces, enlistment in the POCAN, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. CLARK of sachusetts, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Armed Forces, or appointment as a cadet or Massachusetts, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. WASSERMAN midshipman at a military service academy, DEGETTE, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. CROW- SCHULTZ, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. HAS- and for other purposes; to the Committee on LEY, Ms. BASS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KAP- TINGS, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. HONDA, Mr. Armed Services. TUR, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. TAKAI, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. JUDY CHU By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself DEFAZIO, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. BRENDAN of California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. and Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. CUM- LOFGREN, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. KEN- Texas): MINGS, Ms. ESTY, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. NEDY, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of H.R. 1426. A bill to ensure public access to LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. LARSEN New York, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, published materials concerning scientific re- of Washington, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. Ms. PINGREE, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. MCCOL- search and development activities funded by CAPUANO, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BEN RAY LUM, Ms. LEE, Miss RICE of New York, Federal science agencies; to the Committee LUJA´ N of New Mexico, Mr. MCGOV- Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ, Mr. on Science, Space, and Technology. ERN, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. SARBANES, LARSEN of Washington, Mrs. LOWEY, By Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. CAS- DEGETTE, and Mr. WHITFIELD): fornia, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mrs. TOR of Florida, Ms. BROWN of Florida, H.R. 1427. A bill to amend title XVIII of the BUSTOS, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. CLARKE of Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. Social Security Act to specify coverage of New York, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of SWALWELL of California, Mr. GENE continuous glucose monitoring devices, and Pennsylvania, Ms. HAHN, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. SCOTT of Vir- for other purposes; to the Committee on En- JEFFRIES, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. TSON- ginia, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. POLIS, Mr. ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the GAS, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. CAPU- Committee on Ways and Means, for a period DESAULNIER, Ms. WASSERMAN ANO, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. to be subsequently determined by the Speak- SCHULTZ, Mr. SIRES, Mr. TED LIEU of LYNCH, Mr. TONKO, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, er, in each case for consideration of such pro- California, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. DAVIS Mr. ELLISON, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the of California, Ms. BROWN of Florida, KUSTER, Mr. NADLER, Mr. PRICE of committee concerned. Mr. NADLER, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali- North Carolina, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself fornia, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LEE, TAKANO, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. and Mr. CONYERS): Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. H.R. 1428. A bill to extend Privacy Act LYNCH, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. ENGEL, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Cali- remedies to citizens of certified states, and LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California, Mr. fornia, Mr. BERA, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. for other purposes; to the Committee on the NEAL, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. MICHELLE COHEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. DELANEY, Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. Ms. HAHN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. on Oversight and Government Reform, for a KENNEDY, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. CLY- NAPOLITANO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, period to be subsequently determined by the BURN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mrs. Speaker, in each case for consideration of ESHOO, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. LAWRENCE, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- BLUMENAUER, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. BONAMICI, and Ms. MENG): tion of the committee concerned. CLEAVER, Mr. WALZ, Ms. DELAURO, H.R. 1439. A bill to provide paid family and By Mr. BOST (for himself and Mr. CON- Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, medical leave benefits to certain individuals, NOLLY): Mr. PALLONE, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. and for other purposes; to the Committee on H.R. 1429. A bill to amend the Small Busi- KEATING, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY): Ways and Means. ness Act to allow for petitions for reconsid- H.R. 1434. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- By Mr. DESJARLAIS (for himself and eration of size standards for small business cation Act of 1965 to provide for the refi- Mr. FLEISCHMANN): concerns, and for other purposes; to the nancing of certain Federal student loans, H.R. 1440. A bill to amend the Age Dis- Committee on Small Business. and for other purposes; to the Committee on crimination in Employment Act of 1967 to By Mr. BOUSTANY (for himself, Mr. Education and the Workforce, and in addi- treat employment as a field emergency med- KIND, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. NEAL, Mr. tion to the Committees on Ways and Means, ical service practitioner in the same manner REED, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. SCHOCK, and and the Budget, for a period to be subse- as employment as a firefighter for purposes Mr. LARSON of Connecticut): quently determined by the Speaker, in each of such Act; to the Committee on Education H.R. 1430. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- case for consideration of such provisions as and the Workforce. enue Code of 1986 to make permanent the fall within the jurisdiction of the committee By Ms. ESTY (for herself, Mr. COLLINS look-through treatment of payments be- concerned. of New York, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MEE- tween related controlled foreign corpora- By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois HAN, Mr. THOMPSON of California, and tions; to the Committee on Ways and Means. (for himself, Ms. CLARK of Massachu- Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois):

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H.R. 1441. A bill to emphasize manufac- By Ms. LEE: BANES, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. turing in engineering programs by directing H.R. 1449. A bill to repeal certain impedi- LOWENTHAL, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- the National Institute of Standards and ments to the administration of the firearms fornia, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Technology, in coordination with other ap- laws; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. COSTA, Mr. LAMALFA, Ms. TSON- propriate Federal agencies including the De- By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of GAS, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, partment of Defense, Department of Energy, New York: Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. CAROLYN B. and National Science Foundation, to des- H.R. 1450. A bill to permit employees to re- MALONEY of New York, Ms. MENG, ignate United States manufacturing univer- quest, and to ensure employers consider re- Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. sities; to the Committee on Science, Space, quests for, flexible work terms and condi- LEVIN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. LORETTA and Technology. tions, and for other purposes; to the Com- SANCHEZ of California, Mr. KENNEDY, By Mr. GIBSON (for himself, Mr. mittee on Education and the Workforce, and Ms. SPEIER, Mr. NUNES, Mr. DENHAM, in addition to the Committees on Oversight ZELDIN, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California, and Government Reform, House Administra- ISRAEL, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. BASS, Ms. LOF- tion, and the Judiciary, for a period to be MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, GREN, Mr. GARRETT, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, subsequently determined by the Speaker, in Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. CLARKE of New Ms. TITUS, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Ms. ESHOO, each case for consideration of such provi- York, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. CAROLYN B. Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. POLIS, Mr. TROTT, sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the MALONEY of New York, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. LEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. PETERSON, committee concerned. Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. HONDA, and Mr. By Mr. MILLER of Florida: ENGEL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. SEAN PAT- CAPUANO): H.R. 1451. A bill to provide for the land ex- H. Res. 154. A resolution calling on the RICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. change involving Navy Outlying Landing TONKO, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. HANNA, Mr. President to work toward equitable, con- Field Site 8 in Escambia County, Florida; to structive, stable, and durable Armenian- REED, Mr. KATKO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, the Committee on Armed Services. Turkish relations based upon the Republic of Mr. HIGGINS, and Mr. COLLINS of New By Mr. MILLER of Florida: York): Turkey’s full acknowledgment of the facts H.R. 1452. A bill to authorize Escambia and ongoing consequences of the Armenian H.R. 1442. A bill to designate the facility of County, Florida, to convey certain property Genocide, and a fair, just, and comprehensive the United States Postal Service located at that was formerly part of Santa Rosa Island international resolution of this crime 90 Cornell Street in Kingston, New York, as National Monument and that was conveyed against humanity; to the Committee on For- the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post Of- to Escambia County subject to restrictions eign Affairs. fice Building’’; to the Committee on Over- on use and reconveyance; to the Committee By Mr. SESSIONS: sight and Government Reform. on Natural Resources. H. Res. 155. A resolution electing a Member By Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mrs. KIRK- By Mr. NUNES (for himself, Mr. LAR- to a certain standing committee of the PATRICK, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SON of Connecticut, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, House of Representatives; considered and SCHWEIKERT, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. RANGEL, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. agreed to. considered and agreed to. Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. ZINKE, and Ms. PETERS, Mr. SWALWELL of California, By Mr. HONDA (for himself, Mrs. CARO- SINEMA): Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. LYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. H.R. 1443. A bill to direct the Secretary of WESTMORELAND, Mr. HARPER, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, the Interior to establish a bison management BURGESS, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. plan for Grand Canyon National Park; to the HULTGREN, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. PETERS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. TED Committee on Natural Resources. MCNERNEY, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. MUR- LIEU of California, Mrs. WATSON By Mr. HANNA (for himself, Mr. PHY of Florida, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, COLEMAN, Mr. MICA, Mr. SMITH of CHABOT, and Ms. MENG): Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. Washington, Mr. LOWENTHAL, and Ms. GUTHRIE, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. JOHNSON H.R. 1444. A bill to amend the Small Busi- JUDY CHU of California): of Ohio, Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. H. Res. 156. A resolution recognizing the ness Act to prohibit the use of reverse auc- VEASEY): cultural and historical significance of tions for procurements of covered contracts; H.R. 1453. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Nowruz; to the Committee on Foreign Af- to the Committee on Small Business. Social Security Act to modernize payments fairs. By Mr. HARDY (for himself and Mr. for ambulatory surgical centers under the By Ms. LEE (for herself, Ms. CLARKE of STIVERS): Medicare program, and for other purposes; to New York, Ms. TITUS, Mr. MCGOVERN, H.R. 1445. A bill to provide that there shall the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Ms. MCCOLLUM): be no net increase in the acres of certain and in addition to the Committee on Ways H. Res. 157. A resolution supporting the Federal land under the jurisdiction of the and Means, for a period to be subsequently goals and ideals of Social Work Month and Bureau of Land Management, the National determined by the Speaker, in each case for World Social Work Day; to the Committee Park Service, the United States Fish and consideration of such provisions as fall with- on Education and the Workforce. Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service unless in the jurisdiction of the committee con- By Ms. NORTON: the Federal budget is balanced for the year cerned. H. Res. 158. A resolution condemning Dalit in which the land would be purchased; to the By Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Ms. BASS, untouchability, the practice of birth-descent Committee on Natural Resources, and in ad- Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BROWN of Flor- discrimination against Dalit people, which is dition to the Committee on Agriculture, for ida, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CICILLINE, widely practiced in India, Nepal, the Asian a period to be subsequently determined by Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. FARR, diaspora, and other South Asian nations, and the Speaker, in each case for consideration Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GRI- calling on these countries to recognize the of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- JALVA, Mr. HONDA, Mr. ISRAEL, Mrs. human rights of the Dalit people and end all tion of the committee concerned. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, forms of untouchability within their borders; By Mr. HURT of Virginia (for himself Ms. NORTON, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. and Mr. PETERSON): TAKANO, and Ms. CASTOR of Florida): By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MEEKS, H.R. 1446. A bill to amend the Patient Pro- H.R. 1454. A bill to modify the definition of Mr. RANGEL, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. CLY- tection and Affordable Care Act to provide armor piercing ammunition to better cap- BURN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, privacy protections that enable certain indi- ture its capabilities; to the Committee on Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. viduals to remove their profiles from the the Judiciary. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS, healthcare.gov website, and for other pur- By Mr. STIVERS (for himself and Mr. Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali- poses; to the Committee on Energy and Com- RYAN of Ohio): fornia, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. BASS, Ms. merce. H.R. 1455. A bill to require the Food and KAPTUR, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. MOORE, By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Drug Administration to expedite review of pharmaceuticals that are approved for mar- Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. CLAY, KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. RODNEY keting in the European Union; to the Com- Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. WILSON of DAVIS of Illinois, and Mr. POLIS): mittee on Energy and Commerce. Florida, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. JEFFRIES, H.R. 1447. A bill to amend the Carl D. Per- By Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself, Mr. Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. kins Career and Technical Education Act of STIVERS, and Mr. DEFAZIO): MCDERMOTT, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- 2006 to improve the Act; to the Committee H.R. 1456. A bill to provide a biennial budg- fornia, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, on Education and the Workforce. et for the United States Government; to the Mr. POCAN, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. NAD- By Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. Committee on the Budget, and in addition to LER, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. SEWELL of Ala- COHEN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RYAN of the Committees on Oversight and Govern- bama, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. Ohio, and Ms. DUCKWORTH): ment Reform, and Rules, for a period to be RUSH, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. THOMPSON of H.R. 1448. A bill to amend title 49, United subsequently determined by the Speaker, in California, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. MCGOV- States Code, to direct the Secretary of each case for consideration of such provi- ERN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. Transportation to carry out a transit acces- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the DELANEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. VAN sibility innovation program, and for other committee concerned. HOLLEN, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. ELLISON, purposes; to the Committee on Transpor- By Mr. DOLD (for himself, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor- tation and Infrastructure. Mr. VALADAO, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. SAR- gia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms.

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BROWN of Florida, Mr. LYNCH, and By Mr. POCAN: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Ms. KELLY of Illinois): H.R. 1421. lation pursuant to the following: H. Res. 159. A resolution expressing the Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, section 8, clause 3 (relating to sense of the House of Representatives that lation pursuant to the following: the power to interstate commerce). the current record breaking wealth gap is a Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 By Mr. COURTNEY: national problem for the nation’s economic The Congress shall have Power . . . To reg- H.R. 1434. security, and that broad-based, generational ulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and Congress has the power to enact this legis- and systemic inequities continue to distort among the several States, and with the In- lation pursuant to the following: economic progress and opportunity for tens dian Tribes. Article I, Section 8. of millions of Americans -especially low and By Mr. ROYCE: By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois: middle-income Americans and communities H.R. 1422. H.R. 1435. of color; to the Committee on Education and Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- the Workforce. lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Article I, section 8, clause 1 of the Con- f U.S. Constitution to regulate commerce. stitution, and Article I, section 8, clause 18 CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY By Mr. ROE of Tennessee: of the Constitution. STATEMENT H.R. 1423. By Mr. DEFAZIO: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1436. Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- the Rules of the House of Representa- Article 1, Section 8, paragraph 3 of the U.S. lation pursuant to the following: tives, the following statements are sub- Constitution. Clause 3, of Section 8, of Article I of the mitted regarding the specific powers By Mr. LATTA: Constitution. granted to Congress in the Constitu- H.R. 1424. By Mr. DEFAZIO: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1437. tion to enact the accompanying bill or lation pursuant to the following: joint resolution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. POE of Texas: To regulate Commerce with foreign Na- Clause 3, of Section 8, of Article I of the H.R. 1415. tions, and among the several States, and Constitution. with the Indian Tribes; Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. DEFAZIO: lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas: H.R. 1438. Clause 3 of Article I, Section 8 of the H.R. 1425. Congress has the power to enact this legis- United States Constitution Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: By Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina: lation pursuant to the following: Clause 3, of Section 8, of Article I of the Article I, Section 8, Clause 16 of the United H.R. 1416. Constitution. States Constitution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. DELAURO: lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. SENSENBRENNER: H.R. 1439. H.R. 1426. The Commerce Clause: Article I, Section 8, Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution gives Con- lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: gress the power ‘‘to regulate commerce with Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 foreign nations, and among the several States Constitution and Article I. Section 8, To make all Laws which shall be necessary states, and with the Indian tribes.’’ Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. and proper for carrying into Execution the By Mr. PIERLUISI: By Mr. DESJARLAIS: foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vest- H.R. 1417. H.R. 1440. ed by the Constitution in the Government of Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- the United States, or in any Department or lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: Officer thereof The constitutional authority on which this Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United By Mr. REED: bill rests is the power of the Congress to pro- States Constitution H.R. 1427. vide for the general welfare of the United By Ms. ESTY: Congress has the power to enact this legis- States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, H.R. 1441. lation pursuant to the following: Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, section 8, clause 1 to make all laws which shall be necessary lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. SENSENBRENNER: and proper for carrying into execution such Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the H.R. 1428. power, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Congress has the power to enact this legis- Constitution. Clause 18 of the Constitution; and to make lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. GIBSON: rules and regulations respecting the U.S. ter- Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 H.R. 1442. ritories, as enumerated in Article IV, Sec- By Mr. BOST: Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution. H.R. 1429. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. PIERLUISI: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 H.R. 1418. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. GOSAR: Congress has the power to enact this legis- The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to H.R. 1443. lation pursuant to the following: Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- The constitutional authority on which this United States Constitution, which provides lation pursuant to the following: bill rests is the power of the Congress to pro- Congress with the ability to enact legisla- Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (The Prop- vide for the general welfare of the United tion necessary and proper to effectuate its erty Clause) States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, purposes in taxing and spending. The Property Clause states that Congress Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; By Mr. BOUSTANY: has the power to make all needful rules and to make all laws which shall be necessary H.R. 1430. regulations respecting the territory or other and proper for carrying into execution such Congress has the power to enact this legis- property belonging to the United States. The power, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, lation pursuant to the following: Supreme Court in Fort Leavenworth Rail- Clause 18 of the Constitution; and to make Article I road v. Lowe (1885), reasoned that the au- rules and regulations respecting the U.S. ter- By Mr. CARTER of Georgia: thority of the federal government over fed- ritories, as enumerated in Article IV, Sec- H.R. 1431. eral lands is ‘‘necassarily paramount.’’ The tion 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Court opinion went on to further reason that By Mr. BECERRA: lation pursuant to the following: state governments also have rights though H.R. 1419. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Con- with regards to certain activites that take Congress has the power to enact this legis- stitution: ‘‘To regulate Commerce with for- place on federal lands within state borders. lation pursuant to the following: eign Nations, and among the several States The Act provides guidelines for controlling Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United and with the Indian Tribes.’’ populations of bison in Grand Canyon Na- States Constitution, to ‘‘provide for the com- By Mr. CARTER of Georgia: tional Park and requires the Secretary to mon Defence and general Welfare of the H.R. 1432. corrdinate with the appropriate State Wild- United States.’’ Congress has the power to enact this legis- life Management Agency, thus making it By Mr. PASCRELL: lation pursuant to the following: constitutionally permissible. H.R. 1420. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Con- By Mr. HANNA: Congress has the power to enact this legis- stitution: ‘‘To regulate Commerce with for- H.R. 1444. lation pursuant to the following: eign Nations, and among the several States Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- and with the Indian Tribes.’’ lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, By Mr. COHEN: The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. H.R. 1433. Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the

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United States Constitution, which provides This bill is enacted pursuant to the power H.R. 900: Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina. Congress with the ability to enact legisla- granted to Congress under Article I, section H.R. 903: Mr. MULLIN. tion necessary and proper to effectuate its 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. H.R. 920: Mr. FARENTHOLD. purposes in taxing and spending. The Constitution’s Commerce Clause allows H.R. 967: Mr. RYAN of Ohio. By Mr. HARDY: Congress to enact laws when reasonably re- H.R. 977: Ms. SLAUGHTER. H.R. 1445. lated to the regulation of interstate com- H.R. 986: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Congress has the power to enact this legis- merce. H.R. 996: Ms. MATSUI and Mr. PRICE of lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. WHITFIELD: North Carolina. ‘‘clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the H.R. 1456. H.R. 999: Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. Constitution’’. Congress has the power to enact this legis- HANNA, Mr. EMMER of Minnesota, Mr. HEN- By Mr. HURT of Virginia: lation pursuant to the following: SARLING, and Mr. WALZ. H.R. 1446. Article I, Section 8, clause 1 of the Con- H.R. 1002: Mr. BYRNE, Mr. KING of New Congress has the power to enact this legis- stitution York, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. JOLLY, Ms. SCHA- lation pursuant to the following: The Congress shall have Power to lay and KOWSKY, Mr. ROSS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BOU- Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, STANY, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. POSEY, and Mr. By Mr. KENNEDY: to pay the Debts and provide for the common SMITH of Missouri. H.R. 1447. Defence and general Welfare of the United H.R. 1009: Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mex- Congress has the power to enact this legis- States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises ico and Ms. SINEMA. lation pursuant to the following: shall be uniform throughout the United H.R. 1019: Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania and Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to States. the power of Congress to provide for the gen- Mr. DOLD. eral welfare of the United States) and Clause f H.R. 1027: Mr. MCNERNEY. H.R. 1042: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. RAN- 18 (relating to the power to make all laws ADDITIONAL SPONSORS necessary and proper for carrying out the GEL, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. TAKAI, Ms. KAPTUR, powers vested in Congress Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors and Mr. LOEBSACK. By Mr. LANGEVIN: were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 1062: Mr. NOLAN, Mr. CRAMER, and H.R. 1448. tions, as follows: Mrs. HARTZLER. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1084: Ms. MCSALLY. H.R. 25: Mr. RATCLIFFE. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1086: Mr. CRAMER and Mr. RIBBLE. H.R. 140: Mr. NUGENT. Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of H.R. 1091: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. H.R. 167: Mr. ISRAEL and Mr. NEWHOUSE. the United States grant Congress the author- H.R. 1105: Mr. NEUGEBAUER and Mr. KELLY H.R. 173: Mr. CRAWFORD. ity to enact this bill. of Pennsylvania. H.R. 223: Ms. STEFANIK. By Ms. LEE: H.R. 1120: Mr. DENT and Mr. YOUNG of Alas- H.R. 231: Ms. BROWN of Florida. H.R. 1449. ka. H.R. 233: Mr. GUINTA. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1131: Mr. CARTWRIGHT and Mr. CON- H.R. 262: Mr. BLUMENAUER. lation pursuant to the following: YERS. H.R. 282: Mr. BLUMENAUER. Article 1 of the Constitution H.R. 1139: Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of H.R. 304: Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. KILMER, and By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York and Mr. BEYER. Mrs. BEATTY. New York: H.R. 1148: Mr. BILIRAKIS. H.R. 395: Mr. HUFFMAN. H.R. 1450. H.R. 1149: Mr. BILIRAKIS and Mr. DUNCAN of H.R. 400: Mrs. COMSTOCK. Congress has the power to enact this legis- South Carolina. H.R. 408: Ms. MENG. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1185: Mr. DUFFY. H.R. 504: Mr. POLIS. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 H.R. 1188: Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. H.R. 531: Mr. PETERS. The Congress shall have Power *** To regu- H.R. 1206: Mr. WALKER, Mrs. ELLMERS of H.R. 540: Mr. POCAN and Mr. HASTINGS. late Commerce with foreign Nations, and North Carolina, and Mr. LAMALFA. among the several States, and with the In- H.R. 546: Mr. MULVANEY and Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania. H.R. 1221: Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. dian Tribes. RUSH, and Mr. GUTHRIE. H.R. 588: Mr. MARINO and Mr. RIBBLE. By Mr. MILLER of Florida: H.R. 1247: Mr. POLIS and Mr. LANGEVIN. H.R. 595: Mr. PITTENGER and Mr. PIERLUISI. H.R. 1451. H.R. 1249: Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina. H.R. 602: Mr. GUTHRIE and Mr. COLLINS of Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1269: Mr. POE of Texas. lation pursuant to the following: New York. H.R. 1284: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. Article 1, Section 8. H.R. 631: Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GROTHMAN, and Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. NOLAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, and Ms. JUDY CHU of By Mr. MILLER of Florida: California. H.R. 1452. H.R. 650: Mr. DENT, Mr. BYRNE, and Mrs. H.R. 1302: Mr. ISRAEL and Mr. BLUM. Congress has the power to enact this legis- BROOKS of Indiana. H.R. 1310: Ms. SINEMA. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 663: Mr. NOLAN and Mr. LARSON of H.R. 1332: Mr. OLSON, Mr. SESSIONS, and Article IV, Section III, Clause II Connecticut. Mr. NEUGEBAUER. By Mr. NUNES: H.R. 670: Mr. HUFFMAN. H.R. 1453. H.R. 711: Ms. GRANGER, Ms. TSONGAS, and H.R. 1339: Mrs. BUSTOS. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. KEATING. H.R. 1358: Mr. NADLER and Mr. RANGEL. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 722: Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. H.R. 1368: Mr. POE of Texas and Mr. OLSON. Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the H.R. 727: Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. H.R. 1369: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. United States Constitution CUMMINGS, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. H.R. 1378: Ms. TITUS and Ms. EDWARDS. By Ms. SPEIER: HAHN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. H.R. 1384: Mr. NUGENT. H.R. 1454. SCHRADER, and Ms. WILSON of Florida. H.R. 1411: Mr. ISRAEL. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 729: Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. H.J. Res. 25: Mr. GARAMENDI. lation pursuant to the following: ESHOO, and Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. H.J. Res. 29: Mr. RUSSELL. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power H.R. 750: Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. H. Con. Res. 19: Mr. DUFFY. granted to Congress under Article 1, Section H.R. 782: Ms. MCCOLLUM. H. Con. Res. 23: Mr. BUCK, Mr. NORCROSS, 8 of the United States Constitution. H.R. 804: Ms. MCCOLLUM. Ms. DELAURO, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. STEWART, By Mr. STIVERS: H.R. 818: Mr. MULLIN. Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mrs. H.R. 1455. H.R. 822: Mr. SMITH of Missouri. NAPOLITANO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. SINEMA, Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 825: Mr. BYRNE and Mr. JOHNSON of Ms. GRAHAM, Mr. HANNA, and Mr. ENGEL. lation pursuant to the following: Ohio. H. Res. 110: Ms. FRANKEL of Florida.

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Vol. 161 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015 No. 46 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was to help victims of modern slavery ap- the Legal Services Corporation Act, called to order by the President pro parently because leftwing lobbyists the Department of Defense Authoriza- tempore (Mr. HATCH). told them to. Yes, their historic mis- tion Act, the Foreign Assistance Act, f take is callous and extreme, but more and others—language that is quite than that it is tragic. common and has been voted for numer- PRAYER I mentioned the story of Melissa yes- ous times by our friends on the other The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- terday. Melissa was sold into sexual side of the aisle. fered the following prayer: slavery before she had even become a That is why the distinguished Demo- Let us pray. teenager. She still bears the scars of cratic leader, my friend, had been such Merciful God, enthroned above all her years of torment, the beatings, the a strong supporter of the bipartisan powers, thank You for bestowing on us shackling, the emotional cruelty. When Hyde provision for so many years and the dignity of being called Your chil- Melissa finally escaped, she wasn’t em- why he said during his tenure as major- dren. You are mighty in power and we braced as a victim, she was branded as ity leader: ‘‘My belief in the sanctity of are grateful for the masterpiece of an- a criminal. life is why I have repeatedly voted other day. Lord, forgive us when we Melissa’s story is heartbreaking, but against using taxpayer money for abor- forget that You are still in charge of it is anything but unique. Stories such tions.’’ That was my friend, the Demo- what happens in our Nation and world. as hers remind us how important the cratic leader. That is the declared view This world belongs to You, and though Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of my friend. It is what he said just a the wrong seems very strong, Your sov- is. It is stories such as hers that re- few short years ago before he and his ereignty still prevails. Your power is mind us that no excuse about not read- party voted to filibuster a bill that far beyond any conceivable authority. ing a bill and no command from left- would help the victims of modern slav- Guide our Senators with Your sov- wing lobbyists could justify filibus- ery. ereignty. Use them, Lord, to solve the tering the critical help this human So this afternoon we invite Demo- critical problems in our time, contrib- rights bill would provide. crats to ignore the lobbyists and do the uting to the peace and stability of this So we have not given up on the thou- right thing. We invite every Democrat land we love. Bless those who support sands of victims in this country who to help us write a happy ending to this them in their work as You surround us suffer as Melissa did—shaken and story, where the forces of hope and hu- all with the shield of Your divine favor. shackled but still hanging on to hope. manity, not powerful lobbyists, pre- We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen. Democrats owe these victims, not lob- vail. f byists, help—help the Senate is so close f to passing. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE A strong majority of the Senate, in- THE SENATE BUDGET The President pro tempore led the cluding several Democrats, have al- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, on Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: ready voted in favor of this human another matter, several weeks ago the I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the rights bill. Now all it takes is a few White House released an unserious United States of America, and to the Repub- more Democrats of courage to ignore budget that would have raised taxes by lic for which it stands, one nation under God, the lobbyists and do what is right. All nearly $2 trillion and increase the na- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. that will mean is the Democrats on the tional debt by more than $7 trillion. In f Judiciary Committee supporting the other words, it was more of the same very same bill they voted for just a few old tired, failed policies of the past. RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY weeks earlier. Hardly anyone took that budget seri- LEADER Apparently, all of these Senators ously mostly because it was not meant The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. were for this human rights bill before to be taken seriously. PAUL). The majority leader is recog- they were against it, and it is not like Contrast that with the balanced nized. the bipartisan provision now suddenly budget the Senate will introduce this f in question is anything new. As the morning. It is a budget that controls Congressional Research Service notes, spending, reduces the deficit, and im- HUMAN TRAFFICKING bipartisan provisions such as this one proves programs such as Medicaid. It is LEGISLATION ‘‘have been enacted in a variety of con- a budget that will support economic Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, it is texts since 1970,’’ appearing in author- growth and more opportunity for hard- hard to believe what we saw yesterday. izing legislation as diverse as the State working families while protecting our Democrats actually filibustered a bill Children’s Health Insurance Program, most vulnerable citizens. It is a budget

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The Senate can do two things at work on this sensible budget. don’t want to be considering legisla- the same time. We can certainly work We have heard some talk of shrink- tion that would make these goals hard- on coming up with a path forward on ing deficits these days. Of course, Re- er to achieve—undermining future eco- trafficking and also do something to publicans are proud to take credit for nomic and job growth. move forward and have a vote for a new helping force some fiscal responsibility The good news is our country has Attorney General. on the Obama administration, but we decades of experience with the kind of The chief law enforcement officer of know these deficits will soon shoot up bipartisan trade promotion legislation this country—the man who is now the dramatically if Washington does not that allows for the best deals for Amer- Attorney General—said months ago he start making more commonsense ican workers to be negotiated by Amer- wants to leave. He has been winding choices. ica’s trade representatives and then ap- down. It is not right for this country The reality is our country still has proved by Congress. Several members not to have a fully engaged Attorney many tough fiscal challenges to con- of my conference will speak about that General. front. These are not challenges that issue on the floor today. Like many of I am disappointed that with all the can just be taxed away. These are not our Democratic friends, these Senators work the Senate needs to accomplish, challenges that can be denied away ei- are interested in getting the best deals the majority leader is bound and deter- ther. But by working together these possible for the American people—the mined to waste the rest of this week are challenges we can overcome, and kind of deals that would only be pos- with the same votes we took yesterday. the way we can overcome them is with sible with truly effective and bipar- I was told we are going to have the sensible ideas to get spending under tisan trade legislation. So they will ex- same votes today that we had yester- control and make government more ef- plain this important issue, and that is day, and we will have the same votes ficient, more effective, and more ac- just what is needed. They will explain on Thursday that we are going to have countable, just as the Senate’s budget it in further detail. today and that we had on Tuesday. proposes to do. Before I leave the floor, I wish to rec- Albert Einstein, a genius, said the f ognize the good work of the chairman pure definition of insanity is somebody who does the same thing over and over TRADE PROMOTION LEGISLATION of the Finance Committee for being an incredible advocate on this issue, and again and comes up with the same re- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I allow me to also recognize the ranking sult. It is insane to keep going forward have one final matter. For all the member of the Finance Committee for on these votes that everyone knows are issues that may divide Democrats and working hard to try to get this right. going to turn out the same way. Republicans these days, there is one We all look forward to working with Loretta Lynch has waited 130 days. thing many of us can agree on—trade is these Members, and all Members, on There is no reason to delay her con- good for America. There is bipartisan this very important issue. firmation another minute. We can vote agreement that trade is good for Amer- for her confirmation now and move ican wages with export-related manu- f back to the trafficking bill right now. facturing jobs paying nearly 20 percent RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY f more than other kinds of jobs, and LEADER there is bipartisan agreement that THE HOUSE BUDGET The PRESIDING OFFICER. The trade is good for American jobs overall. Mr. REID. Mr. President, Gandhi Democratic leader is recognized. According to one study, trade sup- said, ‘‘Action expresses priorities.’’ Ac- ports nearly 40 million jobs nation- f tion expresses priorities. Congressional ally—about one out of every five jobs THANKING SENATOR PAUL Republicans’ actions on the budget and more than one-half million jobs in clearly demonstrate how little regard my State of Kentucky alone. In fact, Mr. REID. Mr. President, just as an they have for the American middle Kentucky’s exports in goods and serv- aside, most everybody knows at this class. I want to get into a few exam- ices have already increased dramati- point that on New Year’s Day I fell and ples. Their budget proposal—the one cally since the enactment of trade hurt myself and injured my right eye. the House is going to send to us soon— agreements with countries such as During this period of time, the Pre- ends Medicare as we know it, replacing Australia, from about $10 billion a year siding Officer—who by the way is a it with another voucher program. It to almost $30 billion a year. Trade is medical doctor, an ophthalmologist— takes health care away from 16.4 mil- good for Kentucky and trade is good has been so kind and thoughtful and lion Americans now insured through for America, and that is why this is an considerate in visiting with me, giving the Affordable Care Act. It guts Med- issue where the White House and Con- me encouragement and some expert ad- icaid and undercuts millions of fami- gress are working together to support vice as to what he has seen in the past lies who rely on it to fund nursing American jobs and wages. and given me hope for better sight out homes and other care. It cuts billions While the United States has histori- of my right eye. I appreciate it very in education funding—billions—and it cally been a world leader in opening much. cuts job training and employment serv- more markets to the products our I want the people of Kentucky to ices for 4 million American workers. country makes and grows, we have fall- know how thoughtful and considerate The list goes on and on. en woefully behind in recent years. and kind the Presiding Officer has been But we know one thing their budget Thankfully, emerging agreements to me over these past few months. does not do. It doesn’t cut a single tax with countries in Europe and the Pa- f loophole for the superwealthy to re- cific present us with a real chance to duce the deficit. Not one. Instead, this catch up. These agreements present us LYNCH NOMINATION budget is brimming with more tax with the unique opportunity to export Mr. REID. Mr. President, instead of breaks for the megarich—many new more of what we make over there so we being bogged down in another Repub- tax breaks. In fact, the Republican can create more American jobs right lican-contrived fight, I have proposed a budget would drastically cut the tax here at home. But we cannot make this path forward that is very simple and bill for the average millionaire while important progress for America’s mid- very direct. While we work toward an raising taxes on the middle class. That dle class without passing the right agreement to pass trafficking legisla- is not just irresponsible, it is immoral. kind of trade legislation in Congress tion—and there is work being done on Of course, lowering taxes for million- first. that as we speak—we should move to aires and billionaires will add to the

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Democrats controlling the first half, neys Association supports Loretta House Republicans are really hiding and the majority controlling the sec- Lynch, as do the Federal Law Enforce- the ball—moving the ball—claiming ond half. ment Officers Association, the Inter- massive savings without explaining The assistant Democratic leader. national Association of Chiefs of Po- how. They are, for lack of a better de- f lice, the Major Cities Chiefs Associa- scription, cooking the books, using tion, the Association of Prosecuting LYNCH NOMINATION speculative and what they call ‘‘dy- Attorneys. The FBI Agents Association namic scoring.’’ What is dynamic scor- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, this is supports Loretta Lynch, and a long list ing? This is an effort to claim they are the Executive Calendar of the U.S. Sen- of Republican- and Democratic-ap- balancing the budget. Dynamic scoring ate. This Executive Calendar tells us pointed former U.S. Attorneys, includ- says, here is all this tax revenue and the nominations that are pending be- ing Patrick Fitzgerald from my State other money we are going to get and it fore the U.S. Senate where action is of Illinois, and former FBI Director will help significantly. The fact is ev- needed. There is one name to be found Louis Freeh, appointed by a Repub- eryone knows there isn’t any truth to on this calendar on page 4—a name lican President, and Deputy Attorney that. It is only some numbers on paper. which has been sitting on this calendar General Larry Thompson from the They are relying on transparent tricks longer than any nominee for Attorney George W. Bush administration. The to hide their refusal to protect our General of the United States of Amer- list goes on and on. military from sequestration and budget ica over the last 30 years. This name The fact is there is no substantive cuts. Yet Republicans say of their own has been sitting on this calendar for 20 reason to stop this nomination. The budget plan, we do not rely on gim- days, which doesn’t seem like an ex- Republican majority leader announced micks or creative accounting to bal- traordinarily long period of time. How- over the weekend that he was going to ance our budget. ever, it turns out that the previous hold this nomination of Loretta Lynch The definition of ‘‘gimmick’’ is a nominees for Attorney General were until the bill which is pending before concealed, devious aspect or feature of moved so quickly on this Senate cal- something, as a plan or a deal—a con- the Senate passes, whenever that may endar that the last five combined, by be. cealed, devious aspect or feature. Democratic and Republican Presidents, So Loretta Lynch, the first African- Well, we have a perfect example of a took less time to be confirmed than American woman nominated to be At- gimmick in the Republican budget that this one name. What is that name? It is torney General, is asked to sit in the the House is working on and we are Loretta E. Lynch of New York to be back of the bus when it comes to the told they will complete. It sounds like Attorney General—a name that was Senate calendar. That is unfair. It is a gimmick to me. At least one Repub- submitted to the U.S. Senate by Presi- unjust. It is beneath the decorum and lican from the House agrees with me. dent Barack Obama to make history— dignity of the U.S. Senate. Congressman KEN BUCK of Colorado a name, a nominee to make history. said yesterday, ‘‘It’s all hooey.’’ The This is the first African-American This woman deserves fairness. She budget is all hooey. But as Dana woman in the history of the United seeks to lead the Department of Jus- Milbank said in today’s Washington States to be nominated to serve as At- tice, and the U.S. Senate should be just Post, speaking of the House Repub- torney General. It is a civil rights in its treatment of her nomination. To licans’ plan: ‘‘True, the budget does not milestone that her name has been sub- think that we would jeopardize her op- rely on gimmicks. The budget is a gim- mitted. portunity to serve this Nation and to mick.’’ That is a direct quote. I sat through the Senate Judiciary make history is fundamentally unfair. We don’t need gimmicks. We need a Committee hearing, and it was a What is the issue? The issue is this responsible budget and this is not a re- packed room. All the TV cameras were important bill. It is a bill which relates sponsible budget. This is not respon- there. Loretta Lynch came and sat at to human trafficking. As chairman of sible governance. the table, with her father behind her, the constitution subcommittee, I have Unfortunately, though, this is the with her family around her, with close held hearings on this subject and it is budget we have come to expect from friends gathered from all over the heartbreaking to hear how primarily today’s Republican Party—a party that United States, and this woman calmly, young women have been enslaved and is so committed to supporting the in a dignified way, gave the most com- exploited not just around the world but superwealthy that they are throwing pelling testimony I have heard of any in the United States. I support this leg- America’s middle class and the mili- witness before the Senate Judiciary islation. I think we should move it for- tary overboard. Committee, including those who came ward. What is holding this up is very Democrats are focused on the middle before us seeking to be appointed to simple: one sentence. Out of a 112-page class. We want to create jobs, invest in the U.S. Supreme Court. She was excel- bill, there is 1 sentence on pages 50 and the future, and make sure that all lent. No one laid a glove on her. No one 51 that relates to the issue of abortion. Americans benefit from an improving raised any concern about her nomina- I needn’t tell anyone following this economy. tion. And then, when the public wit- debate how controversial and divisive We are more than happy to work nesses were invited to come in from that issue can be and has been for so with our Republican colleagues in both the Republican and Democratic many decades in the United States. order to make our goals a reality. Un- sides to comment on her nomination, The fact is that issue has nothing to do fortunately, helping the middle class Senator PATRICK LEAHY of Vermont with human trafficking. It should be just doesn’t seem to be a priority for asked all of them gathered: Is there debated at another moment, another congressional Republicans. time, on another bill. But, sadly, this 1 Mr. President, would the Chair an- any one of you who opposes the nomi- sentence in this 100-page bill is holding nounce the business of the day. nation of Loretta Lynch to be Attor- ney General? Not one. Not one. it up from being considered on the f Yet, here we are now, with this nomi- floor. RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME nation pending longer than any Attor- If the senior Senator from Texas, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under ney General nomination in the last 30 who is the lead sponsor on this bill, the previous order, the leadership time years. Why? Why has the Senate Re- would come to the floor and simply re- is reserved. publican leadership decided to target move this one sentence, this bill would f this good woman and to stop her from pass. It would pass this afternoon, serving as the first female African- overwhelmingly. There is no question MORNING BUSINESS American Attorney General of the about it. He knows it. We have told The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under United States of America? There is no him that. We have offered that to him, the previous order, the Senate will be good reason. There is no substantive but he refuses.

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That is more than three times of these agreements, the Trans-Pacific motion authority in this year’s State the period of time it took for us to con- Partnership, is being negotiated with a of the Union Address. firm Attorney General Ashcroft. It is number of Asia-Pacific nations, includ- This is an excellent chance, I would more than 21⁄2 times as long as it took ing Australia, Japan, New Zealand, add, for Democrats and Republicans to to confirm Attorney General Mukasey Singapore, and Vietnam. Currently, accomplish something significant for and twice as long as it took to confirm American goods face heavy tariffs in the American people and to show that Attorney General Holder. many of these countries—at times as Washington is working again. It is time for us to give Loretta high as 85 percent. Tariffs of that size Unfortunately, while the President Lynch an opportunity to continue to put American goods at incredible dis- and Republicans are united on this serve America and to make civil rights advantage compared to their foreign issue, many Senate Democrats con- history by allowing this African-Amer- competitors. Tariffs provide a powerful tinue to oppose trade promotion au- ican woman to step forward and serve. disincentive for citizens in other na- thority legislation. The chairman of It is time to stop holding her hostage tions to purchase American products. the Senate Finance Committee is cur- to a political debate on the floor of the Removing this disincentive would in- rently engaged in negotiations on a U.S. Senate that has nothing to do crease foreign demand for U.S. prod- TPA bill with the committee’s ranking with her obvious qualifications to serve ucts, which would mean more business member, the senior Senator from Or- this Nation. for U.S. farmers, ranchers, and manu- egon. I am hopeful and I know a lot of Mr. President, I yield the floor. facturers and more jobs and opportuni- us on the committee and many of us in I suggest the absence of a quorum. this Chamber are hopeful that these ef- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ties for American workers. Just to give an example of how im- forts will yield legislation both Repub- clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to portant trade is to American agri- licans and Democrats can support. Republicans are very open to sugges- call the roll. culture, we currently export half of Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask U.S. wheat, milled rice production, and tions and improvements. In fact, I ex- unanimous consent that the order for soybean production; 70 percent of al- pect the final agreement will include the quorum call be rescinded. mond, walnut, and pistachio produc- many elements advocated by the senior The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. COT- tion; more than 75 percent of cotton Senator from Oregon and other Senate TON). Without objection, it is so or- production; 40 percent of grapes; 20 per- Democrats, such as greater trans- dered. cent of cherries; 20 percent of apples; 20 parency surrounding trade negotia- tions. However, the one thing Repub- f percent of poultry and pork produc- tion; and 10 percent of beef production. licans cannot support is an attempt to TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY If you think about it, there are ap- undermine the core of trade promotion Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, if there is proximately now 260 preferential trade authority—that guaranteed up-or-down one thing Americans have made clear, agreements worldwide. Only 20 of those vote that gives other countries the it is that they want their leaders to do involve the United States. Every time confidence to put forward their best of- something about the economy. The re- we have entered into a new trade fers in trade negotiations. Simply put, cession may have officially ended al- agreement where we have been able to we cannot afford to weaken TPA. most 6 years ago, but millions of Amer- eliminate tariffs and duties on a lot of I know the senior Senator from Utah, icans are still struggling economically our products, we see an explosion in ex- who is the chairman of the Senate Fi- and opportunities are still few and far ports into those particular markets. nance Committee—who is on the floor between. That is why negotiating the strongest right now; and we will hear from him One big thing we can do to help the possible transpacific trade agreement, in just a few minutes—is working very economy and expand opportunities for as well as the agreement the United hard to ensure that we have a strong American workers is pass trade pro- States is negotiating with the Euro- TPA agreement that we can bring to motion authority or what we refer to pean Union, has to be a priority. For the floor of the Senate, that we can as TPA. Our prior trade agreements that, we have to have trade promotion pass through the Congress, and that we have been a boon to the economy, pro- authority. can put on the President’s desk so that viding American workers with jobs and Trade promotion authority has been we can enable these trade negotiations American farmers, ranchers, and man- the means by which nearly every U.S. to continue in a way that will lead to ufacturers with new markets for their free-trade agreement has been nego- a conclusion, to a result that is good goods. In my home State of South Da- tiated. The idea behind TPA is very for American manufacturers and serv- kota, 74 percent of exports go to coun- simple: Congress sets the negotiating ice industries and American farmers tries with which the United States has priorities the administration must fol- and ranchers. a free-trade agreement. Between 2005 low and then requires the administra- If we fail to pass TPA, which will and 2014, South Dakota saw a 110-per- tion to consult with Congress during likely spell the failure of the Trans-Pa- cent increase in exports to free-trade the negotiating process. In return, Con- cific Partnership and the United agreement countries. That has been a gress promises a simple up-or-down States-European Union trade agree- huge benefit to South Dakota farmers, vote on the final agreement, instead of ment, we will not be maintaining the ranchers, and manufacturers. a lengthy amendment process that status quo. Just because we are not ne- Speaking of farmers and trade, today could leave the final agreement look- gotiating agreements does not mean is National Agriculture Day. I would ing nothing like the deal the adminis- other countries will not be. Other just like to add as an aside that the tration negotiated. countries will secure favorable treat- substantial agriculture trade surplus The promise of that up-or-down vote ment of their goods, and American the United States currently enjoys is a on a final agreement is the key. That is goods will fall further and further be- tribute to the efficiency and the pro- what gives our trading partners the hind. That is not something we can af- ductivity of America’s farmers and confidence they need to put their best ford in this economy. ranchers. I salute American farmers, offers on the table, which allows for a If we pass TPA, on the other hand, ranchers, and agribusinesses that pro- successful conclusion of negotiations. that will allow the transpacific trade vide America and the world with a safe Trade promotion authority dem- agreement and the United States-Euro- and abundant food supply. onstrates that Congress and the admin- pean Union trade agreement to move Passing trade promotion authority is istration are on the same page when it forward, which means American pro- one way we can ensure an even greater comes to the content of trade agree- ducers will benefit from new markets

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If we the floor to talk about the importance that’s necessary to reach a final agreement pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership and of Trade Promotion Authority, or TPA, until they are sure that the president has the to the health of our Nation’s economy. authority that he needs to conclude the deal. the United States-European Union Absent that, they are content to wait. trade agreements, we could be looking At the beginning of this Congress, I, In other words, if we want good trade at more than 1 million more new jobs along with many of my colleagues, agreements, we must have strong TPA over the next few years. stated publicly that trade was one of It is time to pass TPA, to get these the few areas where the new Repub- procedures in place, and we need to be agreements concluded, and to let lican Congress would be able to find clear on one other point: The specifics of those procedures matter. They mat- American workers and businesses start common ground with President Obama. ter a great deal. This is bipartisanship experiencing the benefits. It has been I still believe that is the case. at its best. far too long. Mr. President, 2007 is I chatted with him just last week— one of the few conversations I have had Our goal should not be to pass just when the last TPA expired. We are los- any TPA bill. Our goal should be to ing ground by the day when we are not with him since he has been President— and I was very appreciative. He would pass the strongest bill possible. That is in the room and a part of negotiating the only way to ensure we get the best new trade agreements that are bene- like to get this done, and he is right. The Obama administration is cur- possible deal out of our trade negotia- ficial to American businesses, farmers, tions, which is, in the end, the purpose and ranchers. rently negotiating some of the most ambitious trade agreements in our Na- of TPA. We have used the same basic I wish to point out one more time TPA structure for every major trade that there are approximately now 260 tion’s history. The first is the Trans- Pacific Partnership, or TPP, an Asia- agreement over the last four decades preferential trade agreements world- and, quite frankly, the results speak wide, only 20 of which involve the Pacific trade agreement being nego- tiated between the United States and for themselves. United States. So if we want to partici- As my colleagues have so eloquently pate in a growing global economy 11 other countries. On the other side of the world, the United States is negoti- stated today, we do not need new, un- where 95 percent of the world’s popu- tested changes to establish TPA proce- lation lives, we have to become aggres- ating a bilateral trade agreement with 28 countries of the European Union; dures that can hamper the process and sive in creating the trading opportuni- make it harder for both our nego- ties that will enable our businesses to that is called T-TIP. Together, these two trade agree- tiators to reach a good deal and for prosper, to create good-paying jobs ments have the potential to greatly ex- Congress to be able to vote on agree- here in the United States, to raise in- pand access to U.S. trade with other ment up or down. comes for middle-income families in countries, allowing our job creators to When Republicans took control of this country, and to give us as a coun- sell more American-made goods and the Senate this year and I became the try an opportunity to lead the world services. They are in demand. We just chairman of the Senate Finance Com- when it comes to an economy that ben- have to get in the game. This helps us mittee, I made renewing TPA my top efits all people—not just those here in create and support more high-paying trade priority for this Congress. I set the United States but all around the export-related jobs at home. Of these out to work with my colleagues on world. We have the wherewithal, the two agreements, the TPP negotiations, both sides of the aisle to craft the best know-how, the technology, the cre- or the Trans-Pacific Partnership nego- possible bill. We already had a good ativity, and the innovation in our tiations, are further advanced. Accord- framework in place—the bill I intro- economy to make that possible, to ing to administration officials, the duced last year with former Chairman make it happen. That is why these agreement could be concluded over the Baucus and Chairman Camp, which had trade agreements are so essential. next few months. That is good news. broad support in Congress, in the ad- These trade agreements, as I pointed Now, I wish talk about the bad news. ministration, and in the business com- out, do not happen unless we have Without renewal of effective TPA pro- munity. trade promotion authority in place to cedures, the administration will simply My goal has been to see if we could make sure they happen. If we do not not be able to conclude a strong TPP improve upon that product in order to have it in place and these trade agree- agreement. broaden support for TPA. I am cer- ments do not get done, it is not that Why is TPA, or trade promotion au- tainly willing to do that, but I have America—that we are just going to be thority, so important? made it clear throughout this process standing still, we are going to be losing TPA is a compact between the Sen- that I cannot agree to any bill that ground as countries around the world ate, the House, and the administration. would dilute the effectiveness of TPA that are aggressively trying to nego- Under this compact, the administra- as a tool to negotiate and enact strong tiate trade agreements and improve tion agrees to pursue specified objec- trade agreements. the economies of their countries con- tives and consult with Congress as it Recently, I had the opportunity to tinue to do that, leaving us further and negotiates trade agreements. Both the talk personally with President Obama further behind. House and the Senate agree to allow about TPA, as I mentioned. I think he So I hope we can get this passed for expedited consideration of trade understands the importance of getting through the Senate Finance Com- agreements without amendments. This a strong TPA bill through Congress. mittee, passed through the Senate, the is essential for the conclusion and pas- That is why I am willing to work with House of Representatives, and on the sage of strong trade agreements. him to make the advancement of our President’s desk where it can be signed Put simply, without TPA, our trad- Nation’s trade agenda a higher pri- into law. The sooner that happens, the ing partners will not put their best of- ority. I am hoping the President will better it will be for our economy, for fers on the table because they will have do his part to help persuade the Mem- jobs, for American businesses, and for no guarantees the agreement they sign bers of his party to support an effective American farmers and ranchers. will be the same one Congress will vote TPA bill. He says he will, and I believe I yield the floor. on in the end. The distinguished Sen- him. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ator from South Dakota made that Make no mistake. Our competitors ator from Utah. very clear. They don’t want to agree are not sitting on their laurels when it Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I am with our Trade Representative and comes to trade. There are literally pleased to join my colleagues, and I ap- then have countless amendments in the hundreds of trade agreements under ne- preciated the wonderful remarks of the House and the Senate that could gotiation throughout the world, and senior Senator from South Dakota, Mr. change the whole agreement they had the United States is party to only a THUNE. He is working very hard on that agreed to. That is why trade promotion few. committee and really making a dif- authority became such an important This hurts our exporters badly. This ference, as I think most people on the part of our international relations. bill is really necessary. We need to do

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It al- with the White House and my col- spread among a number of agencies. lows some individuals to receive pay- leagues in the Senate to get an effec- Surely we can reduce that number sig- ments from the U.S. Treasury just by tive TPA bill introduced out of com- nificantly. And if we could do so, we filing a tax return. It reduces the mittee and onto the Senate floor as could save the taxpayer $200 million. amount of tax an individual owes and soon as possible. And last week—somewhat tongue in it may also provide a tax refund. We cannot afford to miss this oppor- cheek, nevertheless not small change— Why is this issue qualified as waste tunity. This is a grand opportunity for I talked about a $387,000 grant issued of the week? Since the President is try- us. It is bipartisan down the line, and I by the National Institutes of Health in ing to legalize an additional 4 million think it would be a great accomplish- which 18 New Zealand white rabbits individuals, if his action is upheld by ment for the Congress of the United were given, four times a day, 30-minute the court, 4 million people will now States to get this done. But, more im- massages to determine whether they have retroactive access to this benefit portantly, it would be a great accom- would be relieved of some soreness and taxpayers foot the bill for these 4 plishment for the President and this after they were given some physical ex- million illegal immigrants who will be administration to have this done. It ercise. Then four massages a day, 30 in a position to earn this tax credit. would give him the tools to do a lot of minutes apiece, costing $387,000, to The Joint Committee on Taxation the things that need to be done. prove that a massage helped to make says this so-called amnesty bonus for I suggest the absence of a quorum. them feel better or removed some of those who have come into our country The PRESIDING OFFICER. The those aches and pains. illegally will drain about $2.1 billion clerk will call the roll. I think we could have asked any ath- from the United States Treasury. The senior assistant legislative clerk lete from any college. As we are mov- I am for legal immigration. The proceeded to call the roll. ing into college basketball’s March United States has a rich history as a Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask Madness and Final Four that we all en- destination where people from all over unanimous consent that the order for gage in at this time of year, we could the world can come to make a better the quorum call be rescinded. ask any college athlete, or any person life for themselves. We are a nation of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without for that matter who is doing work in immigrants. As a matter of fact, I am objection, it is so ordered. the yard: Do you think 4 30-minute the son of an immigrant. My mother massages a day would help you feel a came here with her family, and it has f little better and help you with some of been the narrative of our family. Legal CONCLUSION OF MORNING those aches and pains? Do we need to immigration is what has made America BUSINESS spend $387,000 of taxpayer dollars in the great prosperous country it is The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning order to prove this and give rabbits today. But we also are a nation of laws, business is closed. massages? and Congress should help ensure that So up we go with the chart. Waste of legal immigrants to our country can f the week. This is week No. 4, and I benefit from the opportunities they JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF would like to talk about a so-called need to succeed, but that doesn’t in- TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2015 bonus that has been given by our Fed- clude rewarding those who are gaming eral Government that is quite egre- our immigration system to receive The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under gious. benefits they do not legally qualify for. the previous order, the Senate will re- I am sure many look forward to a po- To address this matter, I have joined sume consideration of S. 178, which the tential bonus at the end of the year— with Senator GRASSLEY and several clerk will report. though it doesn’t apply in our business other of my colleagues to introduce The senior assistant legislative clerk here. A bonus sounds like something legislation that would correct this read as follows: that comes along with something that issue. If we can correct this issue, we A bill (S. 178) to provide justice for the vic- was earned, but what if it was a bonus will save the taxpayers an estimated tims of trafficking. you didn’t earn? Is it still a bonus or $2.1 billion in future spending. Pending: does it become fraud? So up we go with the thermometer Portman amendment No. 270, to amend the Internal Revenue Service Commis- here, and we will be adding another $2.1 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act sioner John Koskinen recently con- billion to the money that can be saved to enable State child protective services sys- firmed to the Senate that unless action our taxpayers by eliminating duplica- tems to improve the identification and as- is taken, an amnesty bonus would be tion, by pursuing awards that are not sessment of child victims of sex trafficking. available to millions who have broken legally given, by looking at the way Portman amendment No. 271, to amend the definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ under the our immigration laws. All of this stems the Federal Government wastes money McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to from the President’s announcement in by giving rabbits back rubs, and we are include certain homeless children and youth. November of 2014 to grant 3 years of going to continue to fill this up until Vitter amendment No. 284 (to amendment tentative legal status to as many as 4 we hopefully reach the $100 billion No. 271), to amend section 301 of the Immi- million individuals who crossed Amer- goal. That is not small change. gration and Nationality Act to clarify those ica’s borders into this country ille- I continue to hear from Hoosiers and classes of individuals born in the United gally. Fortunately, President Obama’s others who write and say: Yes, we States who are nationals and citizens of the Executive amnesty has been tempo- haven’t been able to address the big United States at birth. rarily blocked by a Federal court. issues of debt and deficit, but we can go The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Hopefully, that blockage will survive after government waste. And those who ator from Indiana. all legal challenges to undo it. But if say we can’t afford to cut spending a WASTEFUL SPENDING this amnesty plan moves forward, 4 nickel because we have cut so much so Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I did not million illegal individuals will be far clearly have not paid attention to come down to speak on this particular granted Social Security numbers. the billions of dollars that can be saved bill. I am back for week No. 4 of waste Why does this matter? Well, when the taxpayers simply by addressing the of the week. you are granted a Social Security num- waste and illegal use of the taxpayer In recent weeks, I have highlighted ber, it triggers certain benefits, includ- money. what I describe as excess spending of ing eligibility for the earned income I look forward to sharing some more taxpayer dollars. We have talked about tax credit for up to 3 prior years in fu- of these in coming weeks, and I thank double dipping in unemployment insur- ture tax filing years. the sponsor of the bill here for giving

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It was a 12-year-old in Rochester, speak on the pending business, the Jus- ation, especially sad for the victims of MN, which is an idyllic community, a tice for Victims of Human Trafficking trafficking, and I think we have a mo- beautiful place. This little 12-year-old Bill. ment in time today and tomorrow got a text. She was with a girl who was The Senate is now on the second where we can actually work on this a little older than herself. The text in- week of the trafficking bill and my col- and try to resolve it. I believe this vited them to a party. She thought leagues in the minority refuse to allow great august body, which has dealt that was pretty cool. She goes to the this body to amend or pass this bipar- with many large issues in the past—100 McDonald’s parking lot. She is at the tisan bill. When this legislation was re- people who I think have come to this McDonald’s parking lot, and this pimp ported out of committee, not a single place with good will—should be able to puts her in the car. She thinks she is Democrat on the committee raised any resolve it in some way, get through going to a party. She gets carted up to concern with the inclusion of the pro- this, and get this bill done. the Twin Cities. She gets raped. He tections offered by the Hyde amend- As we continue to work on the issues takes sexually explicit pictures of her. ment. This was hardly surprising, after with the bill at hand, Senator CORNYN’s He puts them on Craigslist. She gets all, Democrats have previously voted bill, I also want to talk about the bill sold the next day to two other guys, in favor of legislation that includes I have and why both these bills are im- raped by two other guys. similar long standing statutory protec- portant and actually work together. Finally they were able to track down tions—such as the Affordable Care Act. On trafficking. First, we know the this perpetrator. He has been charged That is why it’s so shocking that numbers. More than 27 million people with a very serious crime by the U.S. Democrats—out of nowhere—have had around the world are victims of some Attorney’s office. This happened in a change of heart on the Hyde amend- kind of trafficking each year. It is not Minnesota. We can ask Senator ment, and are now obstructing efforts always sex trafficking. Sometimes it is HEITKAMP, who has been involved in to help victims of human trafficking. labor trafficking and other things. this issue. It happens in the oil patches I urge my colleagues who are filibus- When it comes to sex trafficking, the in North Dakota. It happens on the tering this legislation to consider the average age of a victim when she is streets of Washington, DC. It happens gravity of their actions. While Demo- trafficked is 13 years old. She is not all over this country. crats play politics as usual, thousands even old enough to go to a high school We may say, why is everyone talking of victims—many of whom are chil- prom, not even old enough to get a about this now in this day and age? I dren—are assaulted and abused every driver’s license. look at this, as a former prosecutor, as day, hoping someone will hear their When you look at the statistics back when people viewed domestic vio- cries for help. We cannot and must not around the world, it is the third big- lence as a crime that was behind doors, allow political gamesmanship to stand gest international criminal enterprise that no one wanted to talk about it, in the way of helping thousands of vic- in the world. The first is the illegal and no one realized it was a crime. tims of human trafficking. Now is the trafficking of drugs. I don’t think that They thought of it as a family issue. time we must work together to protect is a surprise. The second is the illegal When we start seeing kids who are in our Nation’s most vulnerable from a trafficking of guns, and the third is the situations of domestic violence are horrific trade that robs our children of illegal trafficking of children, mostly multiple times more likely to commit their childhood and rejects the sanc- little girls. But what people don’t al- crimes themselves because they grow tity of life. ways realize when they think about up seeing it, we realize it is not just an Let us honor our commitment to pro- trafficking—I think they often think issue between two people. As horrible tect children from abuse, neglect and about kids who are found in the bottom as the injuries are to the immediate rape. Let us put aside politics and do of a boat. That does happen, horrible victim, it is also an issue for their en- the right thing by moving forward on stories like that. But when it comes to tire family and for the entire commu- this bill. the United States of America, 83 per- nity. We learned that about domestic Mr. COATS. I suggest the absence of cent of the victims—83 percent of the violence. We learned that about child a quorum. victims—are from our own country. abuse. Now we are starting to see this The PRESIDING OFFICER. The They are from our own country. They about trafficking. clerk will call the roll. are girls such as Tamara Vandermoon We can’t have a 12-year-old who is a The senior assistant legislative clerk of Minnesota. She was 12 when she was criminal, right? The 12-year-old is a proceeded to call the roll. first sold for sex. She was not even a victim of this. The 12-year-old doesn’t Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I teenager. She was just mad at her know what they are doing. They are ask unanimous consent that the order mom, and she ran away. A pimp found only 12 years old, but they are a vic- for the quorum call be rescinded. her and made her all kinds of prom- tim, they are not a criminal. That is The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. SUL- ises—promises that sounded pretty the focus of the Safe Harbor Act. LIVAN). Without objection, it is so or- good when you are a scared kid away I want to thank my colleague, Re- dered. from home. It happened when she was publican ERIK PAULSEN in the House, Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I the most vulnerable. He took advan- who has taken this bill on. We have am here today for two reasons. One is tage of her before she even had a worked together on it. A version of it to manage the bill at hand for the next chance to grow up and be an adult. She has passed the House. We like ours a few hours, and the other is to talk a has worked to change her life around little bit better because it has the na- little bit about Loretta Lynch, and through services and help in our State. tional sex trafficking strategy in it, how I hope we can resolve both these Our State has been the leader in this and that is the bill we are going to be issues. area. That is one of the things why I putting on as an amendment. ERIK has I believe when it comes to the human introduced the safe harbor bill, which I been a true leader on this issue, and we trafficking bill on the floor, as well as hope will be the first amendment to just talked yesterday about it. This my bill, the safe harbor bill—which is this bill after we resolve these issues. bill actually now has—a version of it, not the one on the floor, but it is also My bill also is sponsored with Senator my safe harbor bill—has passed the a strong bipartisan bill that passed out CORNYN. He and I have worked together House twice. It doesn’t have the issues of the Judiciary Committee with every on this bill. with the Hyde amendment. Hopefully single person voting for it, 20 to 0. I Another example—because people al- it will be the first bill, the first amend- want to talk a little bit about the bill ways use numbers. I used a bunch of ment, when we resolve these other so people don’t forget it. It is expected numbers at the beginning of this issues.

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The laws basically Attorney’s office. They just wanted view this. They have their own internal say we are not going to treat these people to get the job done. They didn’t problems with this and other things as kids as criminals. We are going to actually understand the jurisdictional well, obviously, in Mexico. We went make sure they are treated as victims, divisions. By making this national sex there not to say you are doing some- that they get the services they need. trafficking strategy the idea—and I thing wrong. We went there to say we And mostly then from a law enforce- have seen this with the Violence have our own problems, and so do you. ment perspective—from someone who Against Women Act—it may not be Let’s figure out how we can work to- was a prosecutor for 8 years, ran an of- that we are mandating people do a cer- gether on this issue. fice of 400 people and saw these cases tain thing, but we put out there some Again, Cindy McCain is an example coming in and out of our doors all the best practices that local offices can of someone who on the private side has time—what it means is these victims cover. We look at what is working in been very involved with her foundation will then better testify against the peo- certain States. Then we put those out in working on this issue and helping ple whom we want to get. Those are there because we have a national sex with shelters and other things. The pri- the perps. Those are the people running trafficking strategy, and we give peo- vate sector piece of this, they can be the rings. Those are the johns who are ple ideas of what they can do best. called trafficking facilitators, unknow- buying the sex. By having this ap- Those are parts of the bill. It is pret- ingly, because they are allowing this to proach, we have a much better chance ty straightforward. Again, it is not the happen. But in a way, they are a major of going after the people who are doing bill on the floor right now which, of part of the solution. I do not want us to this. course, has an important purpose, to forget that as we go forward and as The Ramsey County attorney’s office help fund some of the shelters and pay they work with us to address the needs out of St. Paul, MN, with their leader for it by an increase on the fees on per- of the victims, and mostly to be able to John Choi, was able to get a 40-year petrators, but it is a part of the solu- catch these cases and bring them to sentence last year of someone who was tion. law enforcement. running one of these rings. We have Another part of the solution we That is kind of a tour through what had numerous prosecutions in Min- haven’t talked too much about over the safe harbor bill does. Again, Sen- nesota. the last few days, because there have ator CORNYN and I have talked about it This idea of having a shelter, a place been a lot of other things going on, I being the first amendment to the bill. for the victims to go—because other- think we have to also remember the I am very aware that we need to work wise what is going to happen if they role of the private sector. We certainly out the issues on the underlying bill, don’t think they are going to get help have seen this in our State, where and I am hopeful after days of acri- or maybe get some job training, have a Marilyn Carlson Nelson, who is a won- mony that at some point we are going place to stay, they are going to go derful business leader, headed up Carl- to be able to work together. I am hop- right back to the pimp, and then they son Companies for many years. Carlson ing there will be a different flavor to are not going to be willing to testify Companies owns the Radisson Hotels. people’s discussions about this issue and tell their story. That is what has She has made training of her workforce today. happened through history, and that has a major part of this because it is the LYNCH NOMINATION enabled the rings to get worse and people on the frontline—and you can The Loretta Lynch nomination now worse. see Delta and all the others, American, has been tied into this. I have a little The other thing we know that has en- United, a lot of the airlines are making bit of a different approach because I do abled them to get worse is the Inter- this a priority as well. They are train- not think we should be slowing it down net. We love the Internet, but it has al- ing their workers because they are on anymore. I understand that we have to lowed people to market things on all the frontline, and they are going to see work out the issues on the sex traf- kinds of Web sites and in all kinds of this happen. They are going to see the ficking, and there is plenty of blame devious ways. They are able to sell victims. They are going to figure out that can go around. But I think the young girls and young boys on these something is going on that is wrong, so major focus should be on working it Web sites. They get a text and they they can at least report it to their ho- out instead of playing this blame game. show up and think they are going to a tel’s security or whatever authorities Loretta Lynch, on the other hand—I party. That is what is happening. It is they think they need to; they can stop do not understand why our friends on behind closed doors and it is hidden. it right there on the ground floor and the other side of the aisle have been de- That is one of the reasons we are see- report it to the authorities. laying this for so long. I understand ing this increase and these problems We shouldn’t forget that. Because un- this is a major job, but this is a woman coming up, in addition to the realiza- less these private sector entities who who has had 900 written questions and tion we are not going to tolerate this see it happening come forward—this an 8-hour job interview, to my mind, anymore. isn’t in any of our bills. This is some- where members of the Judiciary Com- We have 15 States across the country thing they are doing on their own. Un- mittee could ask her whatever they that already have the safe harbor laws. less they do that, we can have all the wanted, in several rounds of questions, Another 12 States are making good laws we want on the books, but it is if they wanted. She also met with progress in this direction. It is not really hard to catch these things from members of that committee. I am sure starting from scratch. As I said, my happening. I am proud of the work they that anyone who wanted to met with home State is one of the first ones, but have done. her—I know she has met with at least we are seeing them. What our bill does My good friend Cindy McCain, HEIDI 59 Senators to date. That is a pretty is create incentives for States to adopt HEITKAMP, and I went to Mexico last major job interview. Twenty-five U.S. these kinds of laws. It is not involving spring with the major focus on sex traf- Attorneys from Republican and Demo- a lot of money. It is taking existing ficking. We met with the attorney gen- cratic administrations have approved programs and trying to create incen- eral of Mexico and met with the head and suggested that she is more than fit tives so that States will adopt these of their law enforcement in Mexico for this job. laws. City about this very topic. Because How do I come down on this? I come The other piece of the bill is that it Mexico, along with many other coun- down on this as a perspective of know- allows victims of these crimes to qual- tries, has girls who do come in and are ing that Attorney General Holder ify for certain Federal job programs brought in for purposes of sex traf- wants to leave. I think he has done that they may not qualify for now. It ficking. I do want to emphasize, how- some really good things. I know some

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When we border or what would happen with un- for criminal activity related to al- look at those through history, we real- documented workers or the work Sen- Shabaab with their terrorist activities ize those Presidents to some degree or ator HATCH and I did on making sure in Somalia, we have recently indicted a other—I know the Liberian community we had the green card and visa system number of people who decided they in Minnesota. They have been for dec- up to date. We have a situation in our were going to go fight with ISIS, com- ades on an emergency order, and that country right now where we have lit- ing out of our State. And I am proud of is why they are in our State. Every erally unlimited visas for wild hockey our communities, our Muslim and So- year, they have to come back, and players. We love our hockey team in mali communities, that have been sometimes Congress does something Minnesota, and they are able to recruit working with law enforcement on this. and sometimes the President does a bunch of Canadians. That is good for This has been an effort, because no kid something. But year after year, they us, but doctors from the Mayo Clinic should be going over there and no par- need this Executive order because of are not able to bring in a spouse if they ent wants their kid to go join a ter- the status under which they came to want to come from another country. rorist organization. this country. They are law-abiding citi- We have to look at this as to the un- That being said, to keep our commu- zens. They are working throughout our documented workers who are here, we nities safe, we have to be very aggres- State and have been here for 15 or 20 have the border issues, and we also sive about these cases. So given that years. And that is just one example. have these issues related to agriculture these cases are going on right in my These Executive orders on immigra- and the innovation economy that make hometown, I would really like to have tion have been going on since Dwight this comprehensive reform so impor- the support of an Attorney General in Eisenhower. I don’t really have the tant. Let’s remember that when it place, and one who is nominated before time to look back and see what every comes to business issues, we have a this body. And as the nominee, she is Attorney General did at the time, but case where 200 of our Fortune 500 com- someone who is uniquely qualified to my guess is that the Attorneys General panies were started by immigrants or handle these kinds of cases that the under Dwight Eisenhower and Richard kids of immigrants. Ninety of our For- citizens in my State want to have han- Nixon and both Bushes and Bill Clinton tune 500 companies were started by im- dled, these terrorism cases. In fact, her all said: OK, this is legal. You can go migrants. Thirty percent of our U.S. office is No. 1 in the country when it ahead and do this Executive order. Nobel laureates were born in other comes to how many terrorism cases I am not saying this one is not of countries. I neglected to add MARCO RUBIO to they have successfully handled in New more magnitude. It is. But there was a the Gang of 8 as I recall in my mind ev- York. So she is a seasoned U.S. attor- major Executive order when George Bush was President. We know that. So eryone who was in it. ney. She is not someone who comes That is why I was such a fan of the why we would then somehow take that from a political background; she is comprehensive immigration reform— history and extrapolate it into, OK, someone who comes from a prosecutor because it was so important to look at well, Loretta Lynch is somehow law- background and is a former prosecutor all parts of the issue. and someone who wants to see that less just because she said the President So now I get to Loretta Lynch. We kind of commonsense, no-nonsense could issue an Executive order—it just passed a bill with pretty strong support mentality in the Attorney General’s of- doesn’t make any sense to me at all. here—I think it was like 68 votes or fice. We have a woman who has been pros- something in that neighborhood—and I highly recommend that my col- ecuting these cases of terrorism for then it went over to the House and it leagues not only vote for her confirma- years. We have someone who has sig- sat there in a deep freeze. That bill sat tion but just let this come to the floor nificant support from Democratic and there for over a year somewhere be- as soon as possible. Republican U.S. attorneys from many tween the chocolate ice cream and the Some of the critiques I have heard administrations. We have someone who frozen peas. We were never able to get against her from some of my col- really did pass her senatorial job re- it out of the House, and that is what leagues—some have said she has been view. I understand that my colleagues led to the President’s Executive order, lawless, and that doesn’t quite make feel strongly about immigration and and now somehow—OK, that is fine, it sense to me, especially when we look at that they didn’t like what the Presi- was bad enough that that all happened, who has been backing her from the law dent did, and the President himself and I am still hopeful we will be able to enforcement community, such as the 25 said he would like to tear up that piece get this done, but how that story leads U.S. attorneys I mentioned. The New of paper that contained the Executive to Loretta Lynch’s confirmation being York police commissioner has endorsed action if only this body and the House held up is beyond belief to me. I think her, as has the president of the Federal would pass comprehensive immigration it is time to get her nomination voted Law Enforcement Association and the reform. on. I don’t think it should be related to president of the International Associa- When I look back through this whole the present difficulties we are having tion of Chiefs of Police. These people story, one of my proudest moments with this bill that I care so much about are not exactly known for supporting was when the Senate came together on and mostly also with my safe harbor lawlessness. comprehensive immigration reform. I legislation, which has been slotted to The other thing that has been men- am on the Judiciary Committee, and I be the first amendment. tioned by many of my colleagues that believe that was the best moment for I am hopeful we will be able to work concerns me as to the reason they gave the Judiciary Committee in the last everything out with the bill that is on for blocking her nomination is that she few years. Under Chairman LEAHY’s the floor right now—I truly am—be- said when she was at a hearing that she leadership, our committee was able to cause I don’t think it is fitting of the would be supportive, as the chief law work together across party lines, start- Senate to keep up this fight when there enforcement person for our country, of ing with the Gang of 8 who came up are victims of sex trafficking every sin- the President’s policies when it comes with the base concept, which was half gle day, such as that 12-year-old girl to immigration. Democrats and half Republicans, in- out of Rochester, MN. How are we Let’s start with the law. We know cluding Senator DURBIN, Senator going to explain this to that little girl, this is now tied up in the courts, and MCCAIN, Senator SCHUMER, Senator that we are fighting it out every single there are different court decisions. One BENNET, Senator MENENDEZ, Senator day instead of trying to come to a reso- court is upholding the Executive order FLAKE, and the work of many other lution? of the President, and another court has Members, which made it possible to get I remember when we were down in said it is not legal. We have had dis- that bill done. Mexico—HEIDI HEITKAMP and Cindy

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She introduced herself, of Georgia.’’ So I came to answer that for the atmosphere and our health. and then she just started to cry and rhetorical question and to answer the Eight years ago, when I had just en- could not stop crying. As she cried, you reference that was made in the edi- tered the U.S. Senate, I bought a hy- just knew that whatever happened to torial by Senator REID and Senator brid vehicle. I still drive that hybrid her was so bad, she could not even talk WHITEHOUSE. Ford Escape today. I did so because I about it. This is a picture of me and Senator thought it was a good business and a It reminded me of when Senator COONS in Ghana, Africa. It is 5 years good atmospheric decision. I didn’t buy GILLIBRAND, Senator GRAHAM, Senator old. At the request of the Coca-Cola it because someone made me; I bought HOEVEN, and I were on a trip and went Company, he and I traveled the con- it because I cared. My wife and I recy- to a refugee camp in Jordan and met tinent of Africa looking at clean water cle because we think it is a good idea. with a group of refugees. One of the projects all over that continent. Afri- There are lots of things we can do to women there said that what she had can people who never had the oppor- reduce the footprint of carbon, but to seen happen to her family in Syria was tunity to drink clean water now have infer in USA TODAY or in a speech so sad that it would make stones cry. sustainable clean water plants thanks that we are not cognizant of the things That is what I thought of when I saw to the Coca-Cola Company. These that are done by our corporations to Paloma, that what had happened to plants are environmentally safe, envi- reduce carbon emissions and reduce the her—this little, young, beautiful, 12-, ronmentally friendly, noncarbon-emit- danger to the environment is just 13-year-old girl—what had happened to ting water purification systems. wrong and it is just unfair. her was so sad that it would make During the course of the years I have Senator WHITEHOUSE wrote a great stones cry. been in the U.S. Senate, the Coca-Cola book, which I read, called ‘‘Virtues.’’ It I hope my colleagues keep this in Company has briefed me on the fol- is about the great virtues of living a mind as we work on these two bills. I lowing things about their business as it good and healthy life, and one of those am tired of talking about how this hap- deals with climate change or carbon. virtues is truth. The truth is that all of pened or how we got where we are. They have saved 7 billion gallons of us care about the environment; we just There is a way to resolve this problem, water in the United States with facil- don’t all subscribe to the same theory and certainly the nomination of the ity improvements in the United States. about what happens. We should all be praising the good Attorney General of the United States They have donated 70,000 ingredient things that corporations are doing and should not be held up because of it. drums for reuse as rain barrels, have recognize that it is not just Democrats I yield the floor. supported over 100 watershed projects I see my good friend Senator ISAKSON and not just Republicans, but it is across North America, and have from Georgia is here. American politicians who make the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- partnered with the National Forest policies that determine where we go in ator from Georgia. Service to provide water to 60 million the future. Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I en- Americans. I think it is very important that we courage the Members of the Senate to On energy and climate, they have im- reduce carbon emissions, but I think it vote favorably on cloture so we can proved cooling equipment efficiency by is important to be practical in those move forward on the important bill on 60 percent in their operation since the reductions. We can pass all the great human trafficking. year 2000. They own the largest heavy- regulations in the world that are good Mr. President, I come to the floor to duty hybrid electric truck fleet in for the environment, but if they shut ask unanimous consent to address the North America and have improved en- down the American economy and Senate as in morning business. ergy efficiency in manufacturing by 8 American business, they are probably The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without percent since 2008. not a very good idea. objection, it is so ordered. In packaging, over 96 percent of total The environment and business should SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT waste is diverted away from landfills. work in harmony together rather than Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I don’t Since 2007, they have distributed be adversaries and enemies. Publica- normally come to the floor and address 240,000 public recycling bins. They have tions like what appeared in USA a question that was asked rhetorically achieved a 70 million-pound reduction TODAY over the weekend or speeches on the floor the night before, but I am in packaging material, and innovative like the one that was made last night compelled to do so today. packaging avoids 150,000 metric tons of don’t do anything to foster harmony or There were two instances that hap- CO2 emissions—150,000 metric tons of a good commitment; instead, they pened in the last week where my name CO2 emissions. raise controversy. and the Coca-Cola name came up, and I As far as agriculture, they have in- I love SHELDON WHITEHOUSE. He is a thought I should set the record vested over $1 million to support sus- great U.S. Senator. I appreciate Leader straight. tainable agriculture in Georgia and REID and what he does. But I don’t ap- This weekend, in an op-ed published across the United States. They have preciate the references that were made in USA TODAY, the Democratic leader, supported the planting of 25,000 acres of about Coca-Cola or about me in the ar- HARRY REID, and SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, new orange groves in Florida and 4,100 ticle they wrote over the weekend or the Senator from Rhode Island, made new jobs in energy efficiency. the speech that was made last night. the following statement: That is what the Coca-Cola Company In fact, as I thought about what I Republicans in Congress who represent has advised me of since I have been in would do in terms of responding to great corporations headquartered in their the U.S. Senate in terms of their com- what was said, I sat down last night states ignore those corporations—Walmart mitment to a clean environment for and made an interesting observation. in Arkansas, Coca-Cola in Georgia, VF Cor- our world and country. Monday of this week before I left Geor- poration in North Carolina—when they ex- I believe the climate does change, gia to come up here, I met with the plain the business case for addressing cli- but I don’t believe climate change is a Southern Company, and one of the dis- mate change and are already reducing their religion, I think it is science. I have cussions that came up were the solar own pollution. Republicans in Congress who root bois- done everything I can as a Senator to panels they put out in the Southwest terously for their state university sports educate myself on the carbon and cli- to amend the grid out there with solar teams ignore the warnings of scientists and mate change issue. Seven years ago, I energy—something that is environ- researchers at those very universities on cli- went with Senator BOXER from Cali- mentally sound and doesn’t emit car- mate change. fornia to Disko Bay in Greenland with bon. They talked about Plant Vogtle, Then last night on the floor of the Dr. Ally, the leading glaciologist in the where they are adding three or four re- Senate, in his 93rd speech on global world, to study what he says about the actors, which is renewable energy and

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Then Yesterday, I had a meeting with the I manage this bill. she lowers her hand and her long fingers ges- UPS corporation, which just happens So I thought I would read on the ticulate and flutter in the air with incon- to be one of the leaders in the world floor a book that has been a national gruous grace as she recounts her odyssey. using nonfossil fuel-burning waste to bestseller by Nicholas Kristof of the Rath is short and small-boned, pretty, vi- deliver their packages. New York Times and his wife Sheryl brant, and bubbly, a wisp of a girl whose neg- You can go down the list of corporate WuDunn. It is a book about sex traf- ligible stature contrasts with an outsized America and the things they are doing and outgoing personality. When the skies ficking. It is an incredible book. It fo- abruptly release a tropical rain shower that to reduce carbon emissions every single cuses more on international sex traf- drenches us, she simply laughs and rushes us day, and they deserve the credit. But ficking. As we know, our bills here— to cover under a tin roof, and then cheerfully they don’t need to be criticized or lec- the one that is on the floor and the one continues her story as the rain drums over- tured by Members of the Senate for not I have authored—are about how our head. But Rath’s attractiveness and winning lobbying me because they do lobby me. own country gets a handle on this, by personality are perilous bounties for a rural They believe, as I believe, that reduc- getting better laws in place and cre- Cambodian girl, and her trusting nature and ing carbon is good, but it shouldn’t be ating incentives and working with the optimistic self-assuredness compound the hazard. a religion; it should be dealt with sci- private sector and doings things so our When Rath was fifteen, her family ran out entifically. It is important that we un- country, I think from my perspective, of money, so she decided to go work as a derstand that every contribution we internationally can be a true leader. dishwasher in Thailand for two months to can make to a carbonless environment We can’t be a true leader and tell these help pay the bills. Her parents fretted about is a good contribution, but we can’t states and democracies and countries her safety, but they were reassured when abolish it absolutely. Every regulation that aren’t even democracies across Rath arranged to travel with four friends we pass to improve our environment is the world that they need to do a better who had been promised jobs in the same Thai restaurant. The job agent took the girls deep important, but if it shuts down Amer- job if we don’t do a better job. into Thailand and then handed them to ican business, it probably is not the To me, this should be a major tenet gangsters who took them to Kuala Lumpur, right decision to make. of our foreign policy. Once we get the capital of Malaysia. Rath was dazzled by So since the question was asked rhe- women so that they are not treated as her first glimpses of the city’s clean avenues torically last night on the floor of the slaves and they are not treated as chat- and gleaming high-rises, including at the Senate, I thought I would come to the tel—once we get them to that cir- time the world’s tallest twin buildings; it floor and answer it in person. I believe cumstance—countries always do bet- seemed safe and welcoming. But then thugs truth is a virtue. The truth is the Coca- ter. When we have women who can sequestered Rath and two other girls inside a Cola Company has informed me con- karaoke lounge that operated as a brothel. work and own businesses, women who One gangster in his late thirties, a man tinuously about the efforts they have can serve in government, it changes a known as ‘‘the boss,’’ took charge of the girls made to reduce carbon emissions and whole society. and explained that he had paid money for to improve their environmental con- So that is why the sex trafficking bill them and that they would now be obliged to tribution. There is no greater evidence is on the floor and the one that I have repay him. ‘‘You must find money to pay off of that than me drinking water that that will be considered as an amend- the debt, and then I will send you back just came out of a purification plant in ment. The reason we need to get home,’’ he said, repeatedly reassuring them Ghana, Africa, out of a Coca-Cola cup. through where we are right now and that if they cooperated they would eventu- ally be released. I think that is about the best evidence focus on the real issue at hand is that Rath was shattered when what was hap- we can possibly find that they have de- our country can not only help the vic- pening dawned on her. The boss locked her livered their message. They are doing tims in our own country, but by shin- up with a customer, who tried to force her to their job. I am proud of the Coca Cola ing a light on this, by being a leader on have sex with him. She fought back, enrag- Company. this internationally, it will help us ing the customer. ‘‘So the boss got angry and I yield the floor. internationally. We want to be able to hit me in the face, first with one hand and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- work with other countries—not saying then with the other,’’ she remembers, telling ator from Minnesota. they are doing something bad when we her story with simple resignation. ‘‘The mark stayed on my face for two weeks.’’ Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I have our own problem, but saying, wanted to clarify something I said Then the boss and the other gangsters raped Here is what we did and here is how we her and beat her with their fists. when I spoke about the work the Sen- are handling this and we want to work ‘‘You have to serve the customers,’’ the ate did on comprehensive immigration with you as partners and we want to boss told her as he punched her. ‘‘If not, we reform in relation to the Loretta have women be treated with respect will beat you to death. Do you want that?’’ Lynch nomination. I mentioned the throughout the world. Rath stopped protesting, but she sobbed and Gang of 8, and I think I got seven of So this book, as I said, focuses on refused to cooperate actively. The boss forced her to take a pill; the gangsters called them right. I wish to clarify exactly international sex trafficking. It is who was a Member of the Gang of 8: it ‘‘the happy drug’’ or ‘‘the shake drug.’’ called ‘‘Half the Sky.’’ I love this She doesn’t know exactly what it has, but it Senator SCHUMER, Senator DURBIN, name. It is a Chinese proverb. It talks made her head shake and induced lethargy, Senator MENENDEZ, Senator BENNET, about how women basically are holding happiness, and compliance for about an hour. Senator MCCAIN, Senator FLAKE, Sen- up half the sky. That is what it is When she wasn’t drugged, Rath was teary ator GRAHAM, and Senator RUBIO. That about. Women are holding up half the and insufficiently compliant—she was re- was the starting-off point for the com- sky. We can’t forget about half the sky quired to beam happily at all customers—so prehensive immigration reform that and just let half the sky go and let the boss said he would waste no more time passed through the Senate. on her: She would agree to do as he ordered them be sold into slavery and not be or he would kill her. Rath then gave in. The I wish to get back to the matter at treated equally and expect a society to hand. As I stand in the Chamber today, girls were forced to work in the brothel function. seven days a week, fifteen hours a day. They I am going to keep reminding people of So this is how the book starts out. It were kept naked to make it more difficult why we are really here, why the bill is has a great quote from Mark Twain. I for them to run away or to keep tips or other on the floor—which is about sex traf- like jokes. Listen to this one: ‘‘What money, and they were forbidden to ask cus- ficking—and the reason we want to try would men be without women? Scarce, tomers to use condoms. They were battered to resolve these issues and actually sir, mighty scarce.’’ until they smiled constantly and simulated focus on the matter at hand and not on It is making the point again that joy at the sight of customers, because men would not pay as much for sex with girls extraneous issues and other issues and women hold up half the sky. other fights. My own Republican Con- with reddened eyes and haggard faces. The So this is the book and how it starts: girls were never allowed out on the street or gressman who carries my bill, the safe Srey Rath is a self-confident Cambodian paid a penny for their work. harbor bill—which of course is not the teenager whose black hair tumbles over a ‘‘They just gave us food to eat, but they bill at issue but we hope will be the round, light brown face. She is in a crowded didn’t give us much because the customers

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Indeed, girls have been doused in kerosene and set girls went out onto their balcony and pried when we began reporting about international alight by family members or in-laws—or, loose a long, five-inch-wide board from a affairs in the 1980s— perhaps worse, been seared with acid—for rack used for drying clothes. They balanced This is a book by Nicholas Kristof perceived disobedience in the last nine years. it precariously between their balcony and and his wife Sheryl, whose book, ‘‘Half Imagine the outcry if the Pakistani or In- one on the next building, twelve feet away. dian governments were burning women alive The board wobbled badly, but Rath was des- the Sky,’’ is a national best seller. The at those rates. Yet when the government is perate, so she sat astride the board and subhead is ‘‘Turning Oppression into not directly involved, people shrug. gradually inched across. Opportunity for Women Worldwide.’’ Again, how does this apply to the ‘‘There were four of us who did that,’’ she Again, why am I reading this? Be- matter at hand? We know there are says. ‘‘The others were too scared, because it cause this is what we are supposed to girls who are victims of trafficking was very rickety. I was scared, too, and I be talking about here. This is a bill we couldn’t look down, but I was even more who are put into slavery—sex slavery— are supposed to be getting done and not every single day in this country. So if scared to stay. We thought that even if we talking about extraneous issues that I died it would be better than staying behind. we think we can be a leader when it If we stayed we would die as well.’’ think we should be able to resolve be- comes to what is going on around the Once on the far balcony, the girls pounded cause they have been resolved in the world and we want to hold our Nation on the window and woke the surprised ten- past. To do that, we have to decide up, then we have to be a leader in this ant. They could hardly communicate with that these girls are important enough Chamber this week and get this bill him because none of them spoke the lan- to do that. done and get these extraneous issues guage, but the tenant let them into his Continuing on, they talked about apartment and then out the front door. The behind us that people feel strongly how these issues have barely registered about. But, as I said, somehow we have girls took the elevator down and wandered on the global agenda: the silent streets until they found a police been able to handle these issues in the station and walked inside. The police first Indeed, when we began reporting about past on other bills, and I hope the girls tried to shoo them away, then arrested the international affairs in the 1980s, we couldn’t we are talking about here are just as have imagined writing this book. We as- girls for illegal immigration. Rath served a important as those other issues. year in prison under Malaysia’s tough anti- sumed that the foreign policy issues that When a prominent dissident was arrested immigrant laws, and then she was supposed properly furrowed the brow were lofty and in China— to be repatriated. She thought a Malaysian complex, like nuclear nonproliferation. It policeman was escorting her home when he was difficult back then to envision the Coun- I go back to the book— drove her to the Thai border—but then he cil on Foreign Relations fretting about ma- we would write a front-page article; when sold her to a trafficker, who peddled her to a ternal mortality or genital mutilation. Back 100,000 girls were routinely kidnapped and Thai brothel. then the oppression of women was a fringe trafficked into brothels, we didn’t even con- issue, the kind of worthy cause the girl sider it news. Partly that is because we jour- So I say to my colleagues, this is scouts might raise money for— what we are talking about. This story nalists tend to be good at covering events that happen on a particular day, but we slip is in another country, but this same And I hope that is not how we are treating this in the Senate. I hope that at covering events that happen every day— story is repeated in our country day in such as the . . . cruelties inflicted on women and day out. If we are going to try to is not how we are treating it, and I hope we are not treating it as a polit- and girls. We journalists weren’t the only lead in Cambodia and try to change the ones who dropped the ball on this subject. [A world for these girls, we have to lead in ical football. tiny portion] of U.S. foreign aid is specifi- our own country. Certainly we have to We preferred to probe the recondite ‘‘seri- cally targeted to women and girls. lead by focusing on the issue at hand, ous issues.’’ They then go on to quote a Nobel So this book is the outgrowth— which is sex trafficking, and what we Prize-winning economist who has de- can do in our country. What can we do? The writers write— veloped a way to look at gender in- Well, we can have better services for of our own journey of awakening as we equality that is a striking reminder of the victims. We can set up our law en- worked together as journalists for The New the stakes involved. York Times. The first milestone in that jour- ‘‘More than 100 million are missing,’’ Sen forcement system in a way that works ney came in China. Sheryl is a Chinese- wrote in a classic essay in 1990 in ‘‘The New by not treating—for so long, these American who grew up in New York City, York Review of Books,’’ spurring a new field young 12-year-olds and 13-year-olds and Nicholas is an Oregonian who grew up on of research. Sen noted that in normal cir- were thought of as criminals when, in a sheep and cherry farm near Yamhill, Or- cumstances women live longer than men, fact, they are victims. How can we say egon. After we married, we moved to China, and so there are more females than males in where seven months later we found ourselves someone is not raped, how can we say much of the world. Even poor regions like standing on the edge of Tiananmen Square the story of this girl, who thought she most of Latin America and much of Africa watching troops fire their automatic weap- was going to work to have a better life have more females than males. Yet in places ons at prodemocracy protestors. The mas- where girls have a deeply unequal status, for herself as a dishwasher, then gets sacre claimed between four hundred and they vanish. China has 107 males for every raped—how can we say that is not rape, eight hundred lives and transfixed the world. 100 females in its overall population . . . that it is prostitution or a crime? No. It was the human rights story of the world. India has 108, and Pakistan has 111. She is a victim. It was the human rights story of the year, That is what the safe harbor bill— and it seemed just about the most shocking I remember at the McCain Institute, which I have introduced and which I violation imaginable. where Cindy McCain and HEIDI am hopeful will be the first amendment Then the following year, we came across HEITKAMP and I spoke on a panel, that once we work out these other issues— an obscure but meticulous demographic Senator MCCAIN had just returned from would do. It would treat these girls and study that outlined a human rights violation a trip abroad and had been in a country that had claimed tens of thousands more that was experiencing enormous up- boys as victims. lives. This study found that thirty-nine So I wish to remind my colleagues thousand baby girls die annually in China heaval. He had asked: ‘‘Where are the what we are truly dealing with. This is because parents don’t give them the same girls?’’ And someone said to him: not supposed to be a fight over abor- medical care and attention that boys re- ‘‘Most of them have been sold.’’ They tion. This is a fight about how to help ceive—and that is just in their first year of had been sold. So this is really hap- these young girls throughout our coun- life. One Chinese family-planning official, Li pening, and the people in this Chamber try and by virtue of us being a leader Honggui, explained it this way: ‘‘If a boy know it is happening. That is why, throughout the world. gets sick, the parents may send him to the again, I get back to the fact that if we So I am going to continue reading hospital at once. But if a girl gets sick, the want to do something about it here, we parents may say to themselves, ‘‘Well, let’s from the book, just so we are all re- see how she is tomorrow.’’ need to resolve these issues, we need to minded what we are talking about. . . . A similar pattern emerged in other do it without going into a blame game, Rath’s saga offers a glimpse of the bru- countries, particularly in South Asia and the and we need to get this done so we can tality inflicted routinely on women and girls Muslim world. In India, a ‘‘bride burning’’— pass this bill—and not have a dispute

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In the nineteenth cen- truth: Women aren’t the problem but the so- poor nations, but the United States and tury, the central moral challenge was slav- lution. The plight of girls is no more a trag- other western countries are not immune. In ery. In the twentieth century, it was the bat- edy than an opportunity. America, millions of women and girls face tle against totalitarianism. We believe that I will repeat that: beatings or other violence from their hus- in this century the paramount moral chal- Women aren’t the problem but the solu- bands or boyfriends and more than one in six lenge will be the struggle for gender equality undergo rape or attempted rape at some tion. The plight of girls is no more a tragedy around the world. point in her life, according to the National than an opportunity. Violence Against Women survey. Then there That will be the struggle to help That was a lesson we absorbed in Sheryl’s is forced prostitution. Teenage runaways are these girls. ancestral village, at the end of a dirt road beaten, threatened and branded (with tat- Maybe this is the battle we are hav- amid the rice paddies of southern China. For toos) by pimps in American cities, and thou- ing right now. Maybe this institution many years we have regularly trod the mud paths of the Taishan region to . . . the ham- sands of foreign women are trafficked into has to come up to speed. We have 20 the United States as well. Still, in poor let in which Sheryl’s paternal grandfather Senators who are women. Twenty per- grew up. China traditionally has been one of countries gender discrimination is often le- cent of the Senate are women. That is thal in a way that is usually not in America. the most oppressive and smothering places In India, for example, mothers are less likely pretty good. It is the best we have ever for girls, and we could see hints of this in to take their daughters to be vaccinated gotten. But when you look at the num- Sheryl’s own family history. Indeed, on our than their sons—that alone accounts for one bers, the numbers aren’t frequent when first visit, we accidentally uncovered a fam- fifth of India’s missing females—while stud- you look back through history. Maybe ily secret: a long-lost stepgrandmother. Sheryl’s grandfather had traveled to Amer- ies have found that, on average, girls are that is what we are going to have to do brought to the hospital only when they are ica with his first wife, but she had given to have people take these bills seri- birth only to daughters. So Sheryl’s grand- sicker than boys taken to the hospital. All ously and not play king of the hill with told, girls in India from 1 to 5 years of age father gave up on her and returned her to are 50 percent more likely to die than boys a bill as serious as this one. Shunshui, where he married a younger the same age. The best estimate is that a lit- I will continue to read ‘‘Half the woman as a second wife and took her to tle Indian girl dies from discrimination Sky’’ by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl America. This was Sheryl’s grandmother, every four minutes. WuDunn. who duly gave birth to a son—Sheryl’s dad. The previous wife and daughters were then A big, bearded Afghan . . . once told us The owners of the Thai brothel to which that his wife and son were sick. He wanted wiped out of the family memory. Rath was sold did not beat her and did not Something bothered us each time we ex- both to survive, he said, but his priorities constantly guard her. So two months later, were clear: A son is an indispensable treas- plored [the town] and the surrounding vil- she was able to escape and make her way lages: Where were the young women? ure, while a wife is replaceable. He had pur- back to Cambodia. chased medication for the boy alone. ‘‘She is Upon her return, Rath met a social worker This is, by the way, what Senator always sick,’’ he gruffly said of his wife, ‘‘so who put her in touch with an aid group that MCCAIN said when he returned from a it’s not worth buying medicine for her.’’ helps girls who have been trafficked start country that was repressed. Again, why is this relevant to the new lives. The group, American Assistance Young men were toiling industriously in matter at hand? I think these young for Cambodia, used $400 in donated funds to the paddies or fanning themselves in the girls and women in our own country buy a small cart and a starter selection of shade, but young women and girls were and across the world deserve to be goods so that Rath could become a street scarce. We finally discovered them and we treated seriously. They deserve not to peddler. She found a good spot in the open stopped in the factories that were then area between the Thai and Cambodian cus- be treated as a political football on ex- spreading throughout the [Guangdong] Prov- toms offices. . . . Travelers crossing between ince, the epicenter of China’s economic erup- traneous issues this Chamber likes to Thailand and Cambodia walk along this tion. These factories produced the shoes, debate. strip, the size of a football field, and it is toys, and shirts that filled America’s shop- This bill needs to be treated just as lined with peddlers selling drinks, snacks ping malls, generating economic growth seriously—and my safe harbor bill—as and souvenirs. rates almost unprecedented in the history of any other bill. Somehow, the people in Rath outfitted her cart with shirts and the world—and creating the most effective charge of these institutions have been hats, costume jewelry, notebooks, pens and antipoverty program ever recorded. The fac- able to work out the differences. small toys. Now her good looks and outgoing tories turned out to be cacophonous hives of personality began to work in her favor, turn- Modernization and technology can aggra- distaff bees. ing her into an effective saleswoman. She vate the discrimination. Since the 1990s, the Eighty percent of the employees on the as- saved and invested in new merchandise, her spread of ultrasound machines has allowed sembly lines in coastal China are female, and business thrived, and she was able to support pregnant women to find out the sex of their the proportion across the manufacturing belt her parents and two younger sisters. She fetuses—and then get abortions if they are of East Asia is at least 70 percent. The eco- female. married and had a son, and she began saving nomic explosion in Asia was, in large part, for his education. an outgrowth of the economic empowerment Again, we are talking about China. In 2008, Rath turned her cart into a stall, of women. ‘‘They have small fingers, so ‘‘We don’t have to have daughters and then also acquired the stall next door. they’re better at stitching,’’ the manager of anymore!’’ someone said in China. She also started a ‘‘public phone’’ business a purse factory explained to us. ‘‘They’re To prevent sex-selective abortion, China by charging people to use her cell phone. So obedient and work harder than men,’’ said and India now bar doctors and ultrasound if you ever cross from Thailand into Cam- the head of a toy factory. ‘‘And we can pay technicians from telling a pregnant woman bodia at Poipet, look for a shop on your left, them less.’’ Women are indeed the linchpin the sex of her fetus. Yet that is a flawed so- halfway down the strip, where a teenage girl of the region’s development strategy. lution. will call out to you, smile, and try to sell Economists who scrutinized East Asia’s According to the book: you a souvenir cap. She’ll laugh and claim success noted a common pattern. These she’s giving you a special price, and she’s so countries took young women who previously Research shows that when parents are bubbly and appealing she’ll probably make had contributed negligibly to the gross na- banned from selectively aborting female the sale. tional product and injected them into the fetuses, more of their daughters die as in- Rath’s eventual triumph— formal economy, hugely increasing the labor fants. Mothers do not deliberately dispatch force. The basic formula was to ease repres- infant girls they are obligated to give birth If you remember from the first part sion, educate girls as well as boys, give the to, but they are lackadaisical about caring of the book that I read, she was sold girls the freedom to move to the cities and for them. A development economist at into slavery when she simply thought take factory jobs, and then benefit from a Brown University . . . quantified the she was going to work as a dishwasher; demographic dividend as they delayed mar- wrenching trade-off: On average, the deaths she was sold into sex and repeatedly riage and reduced childbearing. The women of fifteen infant girls can be avoided by al- raped— meanwhile financed the education of young- lowing 100 female fetuses to [die]. is a reminder that if girls get a chance, in er relatives, and saved enough of their pay to This is what is going on around the the form of an education or a microloan, boost national savings rates. This pattern world right now. they can be more than baubles or slaves; has been ‘‘the girl effect.’’ In a nod to the fe- The global statistics on the abuse of girls many of them can run businesses. Talk to male chromosomes, it could also be called are numbing. It appears that more girls have Rath today—after you’ve purchased that ‘‘the double X solution.’’

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The Self Em- (UNDP) summed up the mounting research that have been used for discussions of MIRV ployed Women’s Association was founded in this way: ‘‘Women’s empowerment helps warheads . . . are now employed as well to India in 1972 and ever since has supported the raise economic productivity and reduce in- host well-attended sessions on maternal poorest women in starting businesses—rais- fant mortality. It contributes to improved mortality. ing living standards in ways that have daz- health and nutrition. It increases the This is now Nicholas Kristof and zled scholars and foundations. In Ban- chances of education for the next genera- gladesh, Muhammad Yunus developed micro- tion.’’ Sheryl WuDunn speaking in their book, finance at the Grameen Bank and targeted More and more, the most influential schol- which has been a national best seller, women borrowers—eventually winning a ars of development and public health—in- ‘‘Half the Sky.’’ It is about sex traf- Nobel Peace Prize for the economic and so- cluding Sen and Summers, Joseph Stiglitz, ficking and how important it is to take cial impact of his work. Jeffrey Sachs, and Dr. Paul Farmer—are this issue on—not just in our own coun- I would note here—just a little side- calling for much greater attention to women try but the world. note, as I am reading through Nicholas and development. Private aid groups and foundations have We will try to lay out an agenda for the Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s book, to shifted gears as well. ‘‘Women are the key to world’s women focusing on three particular make everyone in this Chamber re- ending hunger in Africa,’’ declared the Hun- abuses: sex trafficking and forced prostitu- member why we are here. We are here ger Project. French foreign minister Bernard tion; gender-based violence, including honor to help girls, not just in the United Kouchner, who founded Doctors Without killings and mass rape; and maternal mor- Borders, bluntly declared of development: tality, which still needlessly claims one States, but in the world. We are here to woman a minute. We will lay out solutions hold up ‘‘Half the Sky.’’ We are here to ‘‘Progress is achieved through women.’’ The Center for Global Development issued a such as girls’ education and microfinance, show that this Chamber, at its best, which are working right now. can actually help the people we are major report explaining ‘‘why and how to put girls at the center of development.’’ While the most urgent needs are in the de- supposed to help, the most vulnerable CARE is taking women and girls as the cen- veloping world, wealthy countries also need in our society, instead of debating ex- terpiece of its antipoverty efforts. The Nike to clear up their own neighborhoods. If we traneous issues that we are unable to Foundation and the NoVo Foundation are are to lead the way we must show greater resolve on this bill but that we seem both focusing on building opportunities for resolution in cracking down on domestic vio- able to resolve on other bills that just girls in the developing world. ‘‘Gender in- lence and sex trafficking in our own neigh- borhoods, rather than just sputter about must be more important than the girls equality hurts economic growth,’’ Goldman Sachs concluded in a 2008 research report abuses far away. and the women of this world. That is It is true that there are many injustices in all I can figure out. that emphasized how much developing coun- tries could improve their economic perform- the world, many worthy causes competing But I would like to note, as I read ance by educating girls. Partly as a result of for attention and support, and we all have di- about one of their suggestions for that research, Goldman Sachs committed vided allegiances. things that help girls and women $100 million to a ‘‘10,000Women’’ campaign This sounds kind of like us, right? around the world, this idea of micro- meant to give that many women a business There are a lot of different topics and credit. My dad, who is kind of an ad- education. things that we have to take on, and venturer and goes around the world, I think this is actually a really good there are many worthy causes that are actually wrote a book on microcredit book. I just plan to keep reading it calling for our attention and support. called ‘‘The Miracles of Barefoot Cap- whenever I can over the next few days We all have divided allegiances. I think italism’’—in case he is watching on C- until we get a resolution to this prob- that is kind of what is going on in this Span, I thought he would like that lem. Chamber. But why do we need to focus note—with his wife Susan Wilkes. They I am going to take a look at how on this? Well, I will go back to the are big believers in helping women many pages it is. Well, if you include book. around the world with microcredit. the notes, it is 296 pages. I will obvi- We focus on this topic because, to us, this So then they go on in the book to ously take breaks when our colleagues kind of oppression feels transcendent—and so talk about helping people through come down here. But I do think it is does the opportunity. We have seen that out- microcredit. really important that we keep the pres- siders can truly make a significant dif- In the early 1990s, the United Nations and sure on, that the women and girls of ference. the World Bank began to appreciate the po- this country demand that this get re- Consider Rath once more. tential resource that women and girls rep- solved, because as I said, we have some- Now, remember, this was the girl resent. Investment in girls’ education may how been able to resolve it on other that was sold into sex trafficking in well be the highest return investment avail- bills. I think this bill and the bill that Malaysia. able in the developing world. I have, the safe harbor bill, are just as We had been so shaken by her story that I think it is something that we need important. I think our colleagues, in we wanted to locate that brothel in Malay- to remember in the United States as my discussions with them, know sev- sia, interview its owners, and try to free the we look at the low numbers of girls eral ways we could resolve this prob- girls still imprisoned there. Unfortunately, that go into science and technology lem, including just eliminating this ex- we could not determine the brothel’s name or address. (Rath didn’t know English or and head up companies, because for traneous provision. But there might be some reason they do not have the con- even the Roman alphabet, so she hadn’t been other ways as well. We know what they able to read signs when she was there.) When fidence to go into those fields or they are. I hope they keep working on them. are not encouraged to go into those we asked her if she would be willing to re- Concerns about terrorism after the 9/11 at- turn to Kuala Lumpur and help us find the fields. If we in the Senate cannot even tacks triggered interest in these issues as an brothel, she turned ashen. ‘‘I don’t know,’’ say they should not be trafficked and unlikely constituency: the military and she said. ‘‘I don’t want to face that again.’’ we cannot do anything to help them, I counterterrorism agencies. Some security She wavered, talked it over with her family, do not think we are helping that cause experts noted that the countries that nur- and ultimately agreed to go back in the hope very much. ture terrorists are disproportionately those of rescuing her girlfriends. Larry Summers wrote, when he was where woman are marginalized. The reason Rath voyaged back to Kuala Lumpur with the chief economist of the World Bank: that there are so many Muslim terrorists, the protection of an interpreter and a local ‘‘The question is not whether countries they argued, has little to do with the Koran antitrafficking activist. Nonetheless, she but a great deal to do with the lack of robust trembled in the red light district upon seeing can afford this investment, but wheth- female participation in the economy and so- the cheerful neon signs that she associated er countries can afford not to educate ciety of many Islamic countries. As the Pen- with so much pain. But since her escape, Ma- more girls.’’ tagon gained a deeper understanding of coun- laysia has been embarrassed by public criti- In 2001, the World Bank produced an influ- terterrorism . . . it became increasingly in- cism about trafficking, so the police had ential study, Engendering Development terested in grassroots projects such as girls’ cracked down on the worst brothels that im- Through Gender Equality in Rights, Re- education. Empowering girls, some in the prisoned girls against their will. One of those sources, and Voice, arguing that promoting military argued, would disempower terror- was Rath’s. A modest amount of inter- gender equality is crucial to combat global ists. When the Joint Chiefs of Staff hold dis- national scolding had led a government to poverty. UNICEF issued a major report argu- cussions of girls’ education in Pakistan and take action, resulting in an observable im- ing that gender equality yields a ‘‘double Afghanistan . . . you know that gender is a provement in the lives of girls at the bottom

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In much the same way, slavery was once The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Meena strolls through the brothels to a widely viewed by many decent Europeans SASSE). Without objection, it is so or- larger hut that functions as a part-time and Americans as a regrettable but ineluc- dered. school, sits down, and makes herself com- table feature of human life. It was just one Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I fortable. Behind her, the villagers gradually more horror that has existed for thousands am reading the book ‘‘Half the Sky,’’ resume their activities. of years. But then in the 1780s a few indig- ‘‘I was eight or nine years old when I was nant Britons, led by William Wilberforce, de- by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl kidnapped and trafficked,’’ Meena begins. cided that slavery was so offensive that they WuDunn. I think it is a beautiful book. She is from a poor family on the Nepal bor- had to abolish it. And they did. Today, we It is on sex trafficking around the der and was sold to a Nutt clan, then taken see the seed of something similar, a global world and what has been happening to a rural house where the brothel owner movement to emancipate women and girls. around the world. A part of this is that kept prepubescent girls until they were ma- By the way, later in the book—since I think we need to make the point that ture enough to attract customers. When she I have read it already, but now I will be we can lead in our country when it was twelve—she remembers that it was five able to read it again—they talk about comes to sex trafficking. months before her first period—she was taken to the brothel. how, in fact, it was the evidence of that We have Senator CORNYN’s bill, and ‘‘They brought in the first client, and brutality of the slavery, of the stench we know there is an issue with one of they’d taken lots of money from him,’’ of the people who were slaves who were the provisions that needs to be re- Meena recounted, speaking clinically and in the bottom of that ship that really solved—and I don’t think it is a provi- without emotion. The induction was similar drove action. Yes, the activists and sion that is related to this topic—but to that endured by Rath in Malaysia, for sex William Wilberforce understandably we are hopeful people of good will can trafficking operates on the same business get a lot of the attention and well-de- come together and resolve this issue. model worldwide, and the same methods are used to break girls everywhere. ‘‘I started served credit for what happened, but it The easiest way would be to take it fighting and crying out, so that he couldn’t was the evidence that led to Britain, out. We can have other discussions. succeed,’’ Meena said. ‘‘I resisted so much the people and their society, long be- Somehow, through history, the Senate that they had to return the money to him. fore many other countries had even has been able to come together and And they beat me mercilessly, with a belt, thought about abolishing slavery—it take care of this issue with the Hyde with sticks, with iron rods. The beating was was the evidence of the brutality that amendment and other bills. tremendous.’’ She shook her head to clear led them to make a change. I think the point I am trying to the memory. ‘‘But even then I resisted. They That is one of the things that we make today is this bill is just as impor- showed me swords and said they would kill need to talk about and why I am talk- me if I didn’t agree. Four or five times, they tant as those bills and that these girls brought customers in, and I still resisted, ing about this here today. We have to who are victims of sex trafficking are and they kept beating me. Finally they get back on what really matters here, just as important as anyone else in this drugged me: They gave me wine in my drink such as the story of the 12-year-old girl country. and got me completely drunk.’’ Then one of in Rochester, MN—a 12-year-old girl I am going to continue reading this the brothel owners raped her. She awoke, who just got a text message and went book. I am hopeful—as I mentioned, it hungover and hurting, and realized what had to a McDonald’s parking lot and was is very long, and I will obviously pause happened. ‘‘Now I am wasted,’’ she thought, shoved into a car and then brought to for my colleagues who come to the and so she gave in and stopped fighting cus- tomers. the Twin Cities and then raped. Then floor, but I am going to continue read- In Meena’s brothel, the tyrant was a fam- her pictures were taken—sexually ex- ing it until we get this resolved. ily matriarch, Ainul Bibi. Sometimes Ainul plicit pictures—and put on Craigslist. We are now on chapter 1, ‘‘Emanci- would beat the girls herself, and sometimes Then she was sold the next day and pating Twenty-First-Century Slaves.’’ she would delegate the task to her daughter- raped by two men. The quote on this is actually from in-law or her sons, who were brutal in in- That is what this is really about. It is Christopher Buckley, one of my favor- flicting punishment. not about these extraneous fights and ite authors, from ‘‘Florence of Arabia,’’ ‘‘I wasn’t even allowed to cry,’’ Meena re- what has been going on, dragging this members. ‘‘If even one tear fell, they would from the beginning of the chapter: beat me. I used to think that it was better to Chamber down, and even stopping us ‘‘Women might just have something to die than to live like this. Once I jumped from from confirming a well-qualified person contribute to civilization other than the balcony, but nothing happened. I didn’t for the Attorney General of the United their vaginas.’’ even break a leg.’’ States. That is what they are talking That might not have been said on Meena and the others girls were never al- about here. It is the evidence that the this floor that many times, but he is a lowed out of the brothel and were never paid. American people see. They start de- humorous writer. Now, let’s go on with They typically had ten or more customers a day, seven days a week. If a girl fell asleep or manding change. I hope that is hap- the book: pening today. complained about a stomachache, the issue The red-light district in the town of was resolved with a beating. And when a girl So let’s be clear about this up front. We Forbesgunge does not actually have any red showed any hint of resistance, all the girls hope to recruit you to join— lights. Indeed, there is no electricity. The would be summoned to watch as the recal- These are the authors. brothels are simply mud-walled family com- citrant one was tied up and savagely beaten. —an incipient movement to emancipate pounds along a dirt path, with thatch-roof ‘‘They turned the stereo up loud to cover women and fight global poverty by shacks set aside for customers. the screams,’’ Meena said dryly. unlocking women’s power as economic cata- Children play and scurry along the dirt India almost certainly has more modern lysts. That is the process underway—not a paths, and a one-room shop on the corner slaves, in conditions like these, than any drama of victimization but of empowerment, sells cooking oil, rice, and bits of candy. other country. There are 2 to 3 million pros- the kind that transforms bubbly teenage Here, in the impoverished northern Indian titutes in India, and although many of them girls from brothel slaves into successful state of Bihar near the Nepalese border, now sell sex to some degree willingly, and businesswomen. there’s not much else available commer- are paid, a significant share of them entered This is a story of transformation. It has cially—except sex. the sex industry unwillingly. One 2008 study change that is already taking place, and As Meena Hasina walks down the path, the of Indian brothels found that of Indian and change that can accelerate if you will just children pause and stare at her. The adults Nepali prostitutes who started as teenagers, open your heart and join in. stop as well, some glowering and the tension about half said they had been coerced into I think we need some opening of rises. Meena is a lovely, dark-skinned Indian the brothels; women who began working in woman in her thirties with warm, crinkly their twenties were more likely to have hearts here in the Chamber. I am going eyes and a stud in her left nostril. She wears made the choice themselves, often to feed to take one break to talk to our staff, a sari and ties her black hair back, and she their children. Those who start out enslaved and then I will be back. seems utterly relaxed as she strolls among often accept their fate eventually and sell I suggest the absence of a quorum. people who despise her. sex willingly, because they know nothing The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Meena is an Indian Muslim who for years else and are too stigmatized to hold other clerk will call the roll. was prostituted in a brothel run by the Nutt, jobs.

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But a friendly neighbor warned Meena (so called because they ring hotel rooms thing done. that the brothel owners had decided to mur- looking for business), and even those work- We know an extraneous provision is der her. That doesn’t happen often in red- ing in massage parlors and saunas are typi- on this bill and that we need to resolve light districts, any more than farmers kill cally there on commission and can leave if this one way or another. As I have producing assets such as good milk cows, but they want to. noted, we have been able to resolve this from time to time a prostitute becomes so Paradoxically, it is the countries with the in the past, and I welcome my col- nettlesome that the owners kill her as a most straightlaced and sexually conserv- warning to the other girls. ative societies, such as India, Pakistan, and leagues to come and speak about this issue. I hope this blame game is behind Fearing for her life, Meena abandoned her Iran, that have disproportionately large children and fled the brothel. She traveled numbers of forced prostitutes. Since young us, and that we won’t be making accu- several hours by train to Forbesgunge. men in those societies rarely sleep with their sations but instead we will actually Someone there told one of Ainul’s sons, girlfriends, it has become acceptable for work on getting this bill done. Because Manooj, of her whereabouts, and he soon ar- them to relieve their sexual frustrations lost in all of this is the fact this isn’t rived to beat up Meena. Manooj didn’t want with prostitutes. just some game people can play. These her causing trouble in his brothel again, so The implicit social contract is that upper- are actual young girls. he told her that she could live on her own in class girls will keep their virtue, while Forbesgunge and prostitute herself, but she young men will find satisfaction in the As I said, why is this international prostitution relevant to what we are would have to give him the money. Not brothels. And the brothels will be staffed knowing how she could survive otherwise, with slave girls trafficked from Nepal or talking about? It is relevant because Meena agreed. Bangladesh or poor Indian villages. As long our country can actually become a Whenever Manooj returned to Forbesgunge as the girls are uneducated, low-caste peas- leader in this area. We can be a leader. to collect money, he was dissatisfied with ants like Meena, society will look the other We can actually do something in Amer- the amount Meena gave him and beat her. way—just as many antebellum Americans ica to show we are taking this on. Our Once Manooj threw Meena to the ground and turned away from the horrors of slavery be- bill, the safe harbor bill I am leading, was beating her furiously with a belt when a cause the people being lashed looked dif- respectful local man intervened. ferent from them. which we hope will be the first amend- In Meena’s brothel, no one used condoms. ment to this bill, sets up a national sex ‘‘You’re already pimping her, you’re al- Meena is healthy for now, but she has never trafficking strategy. We don’t have one ready taking her lifeblood,’’ remonstrated had an AIDS test. (While HIV prevalence is right now. her saviour, a pharmacist named Kuduz. low in India, prostitutes are at particular As a former prosecutor, I know when ‘‘Why beat her to death as well?’’ risk because of their large number of cus- we work between Federal and State It wasn’t the same as leaping on Manooj to tomers.) Because Meena didn’t use condoms, pull him off, but for a woman like Meena, and local authorities, and we take on who was scorned by society, it was startling she became pregnant, and this filled her with these cases and do it in a smart way, despair. to have anyone speak up for her. we actually are able to get things done. ‘‘I used to think that I never wanted to be To have anyone speak up for her. a mother, because my life had been wasted, We did it with the Violence Against and I didn’t want to waste another life,’’ Women Act, when everyone thought That is what I hope we are going to be Meena said. But Ainul’s brothel, like many that was just a situation where you can doing in this Chamber in the next few in India, welcomed the pregnancy as a beat your wife and no one is going to days, that we are going to speak up for chance to breed a new generation of victims. notice. It happened behind closed these victims and show that we want to Girls are raised to be prostitutes, and boys doors. But we took it on as a country actually get something done and that become servants to do the laundry and cook- and we changed things and changed they have value outside of being a po- ing. litical football. In the brothel, without medical help, things for women in this country. Now Meena gave birth to a baby girl, whom she we can do this with prostitution. Manooj backed off, and Kuduz helped her named Naina. But soon afterward, Ainul We can no longer see this as a up. Meena and Kuduz lived near each other took the baby away from Meena, partly to victimless crime. There is a victim. in Forbesgunge, and the incident created a stop her from breast-feeding—customers dis- The victim is 12 years old. She is some- bond between them. Soon Kuduz and Meena were chatting regularly, and then he offered like prostitutes who are lactating—and part- one in your State right now. So that is ly to keep the baby as a hostage to ensure to marry her. Thrilled, she accepted. that Meena would not try to flee. why these bills are so serious and why Manooj was furious when he heard about ‘‘We will not let Naina stay with you,’’ we need to continue to get them done. the marriage, and he offered Kuduz 100,000 Ainul told her. ‘‘You are a prostitute, and I am going to keep talking about this rupees ($2,500) to give Meena up—a sum that you have no honor. So you might run away.’’ issue because I think at some point we perhaps reflected his concern that she might Later a son, Vivek, followed, and the owners have to realize why we are here and use her new respectability as a married also took him away. So both of Meena’s chil- what we are talking about, instead of woman to cause trouble for the brothel. dren were raised by others in the brothel, using it as a political football. Kuduz wasn’t interested in a deal. mostly in sections of the compound where So the story goes on: ‘‘Even if you offered me two hundred fifty she was not allowed to go. thousand rupees, I will not give her up,’’ ‘‘They held my children captive, so they Meena estimates that in the dozen years Kuduz said. ‘‘Love has no price.’’ thought I would never try to escape,’’ she she was in the brothel, she was beaten on av- erage five days a week. Most girls were After they were married, Meena bore two said. To some degree, this strategy worked. daughters with Kuduz, and she went back to Meena once helped thirteen of the girls es- quickly broken and cowed, but Meena never quite gave in. Her distinguishing char- her native village to look for her parents. cape, but didn’t flee herself because she Her mother had died—neighbors said she had couldn’t bear to leave her children. The pen- acteristic is obstinacy. She can be dogged and mulish, and that is one reason the vil- cried constantly after Meena disappeared, alty for staying behind was a brutal beating then had gone mad—but her father was for complicity in the escape. lagers find her so unpleasant. She breaches the pattern of femininity in rural India by stunned and thrilled to see his daughter res- Ainul had herself been a prostitute when urrected. she was young, so she was unsympathetic to talking back—and fighting back. Life was clearly better, but Meena couldn’t the younger girls. ‘‘If my own daughters can The police seemed unlikely saviors to girls forget her first two children left behind in be prostituted, then you can be, too,’’ Ainul in the brothels because police officers regu- the brothel. So she began making journeys would tell the girls. And it was true that she larly visited the brothels and were serviced back—five hours by bus—to Ainul Bibi’s had prostituted her own two daughters. free. But Meena was so desperate that she brothel. There she would stand outside and (‘‘They had to be beaten up to agree to it,’’ once slipped out and went to the police sta- plead for Naina and Vivek. Meena explained. ‘‘No one wants to go into tion to demand help. this.’’) ‘‘I was forced into prostitution by a broth- ‘‘As many times as I could, I would go back to fight for my children,’’ she remembered. That is a good place to stop and talk el in town,’’ Meena told the astonished offi- cer at the police station. ‘‘The pimps beat ‘‘I knew they would not let me take my chil- a little about what we are doing on the me up, and they’re holding my children hos- dren. I knew they would beat me up. But I floor. No one wants to go into this. tage.’’ Other policemen came out to see this thought I had to keep trying.’’ That is what these bills are about. unusual sight, and they mocked her and told It didn’t work. Ainul and Manooj didn’t let These bills are about having a victims her to go back. Meena in the brothel; they whipped her and

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Our own estimate is that there are 3 mil- to steal the two little girls, but Kuduz The story I told, by the way, of the lion women and girls (and a very small num- grabbed a knife and warned: ‘‘If you even try girl in Rochester, she just went about ber of boys) worldwide who can be fairly to steal them, I’ll cut you into pieces.’’ termed enslaved in the sex trade. That is a Meena was terrified for her two younger an hour-and-a-half drive. So this idea conservative estimate that does not include girls, but she couldn’t forget Naina. She the trafficking is just about going from many others who are manipulated and in- knew that Naina was approaching puberty one nation to another or being in the timidated into prostitution. Nor does it in- and would soon be on the market. But what hold of a boat or something like that is clude millions more who are under eighteen could she do? not necessarily always the case. So we and cannot meaningfully consent to work in So these stories are pretty raw, and use the words sex trafficking because brothels. We are talking about 3 million peo- they are stories we usually don’t tell people have to understand this is more ple who in effect are the property of another than just one pimp and one prostitute, person and in many cases could be killed by on the floor of the United States Sen- their owner with impunity. ate. But I think we need to, because that these are usually rings and these Technically, trafficking is often defined as maybe it is the only way people will re- girls are usually brought someplace taking someone (by force or deception) member why we are here and what we where they do not want to be. But it across an international border. The U.S. are supposed to be doing right now, doesn’t necessarily mean they are State Department has estimated that be- which is to get these bills done and brought long distances. tween 600,000 and 800,000 people are trafficked then hopefully confirm an Attorney So when we talk about the bills on across international borders each year, 80 the floor, let’s remember that, and I percent of them women and girls, mostly for General of the United States, which is sexual exploitation. Since Meena didn’t cross something else we need to do that think this is a good reminder from this a border, she wasn’t trafficked in the tradi- seems completely unrelated to these book. tional sense. That’s also true of most people sex trafficking stories of these girls, And, by the way, if I ever mis- who are enslaved in brothels. As the U.S. except for one reason, and that is that pronounce names or words, my apology State Department notes, its estimate doesn’t we would want to have an attorney to the authors Nicholas Kristof and include ‘‘millions of victims around the general in place so they can enforce the Sheryl WuDunn. I have to say it is kind world who are trafficked within their own law. of small print, and I am trying my national borders.’’ Some of these cases are actually Fed- best. I know the Presiding Officer has a The bills that we have—the one be- eral, such as the one we had in Min- good command of English and will help fore us and my bill, the safe harbor nesota involving the little girl from me out or correct me if I make a mis- bill, which we would like to see as the Rochester, or the case in Senator take. first amendment, which passed the Ju- HEITKAMP’s State of North Dakota in- The horror of sex trafficking can more diciary Committee with 20 votes on a volving the incident of a sex traf- properly be labeled slavery. bipartisan basis—these bills are fo- ficking ring in the oil patch. This is The total number of modern slaves is dif- cused on sex trafficking within our own going on right now in this country. So ficult to estimate. The International Labour borders, although some of the victims Organization, a UN agency, estimates that what could an Attorney General do? I will be brought in from other coun- at any one time there are 12.3 million people tries. This book, ‘‘Half the Sky,’’ is so would ask: What can we do? What we engaged in forced labor of all kinds, not just can do is to get this bill done. sexual servitude. A UN report estimated that good because it really is about what is Again, I welcome my colleagues to 1 million children in Asia alone are held in going on all around the world and all come and talk about this issue, but I conditions indistinguishable from slavery. these victims around the world. Every hope when they talk about it we will The Lancet, a prominent medical journal in country has their own problems. De- actually focus on the matter at hand— Britain, calculated that ‘‘1 million children spite all of the political machinations not blame anyone anymore, not talk are forced into prostitution every year and and extraneous provisions and other the total number of prostituted children about the things we disagree on but things, what we are trying to get done could be as high as 10 million.’’ today is to do something real to help what we agree on. And then, hopefully, Antitrafficking campaigners tend to use that will lead to the discussions I know higher numbers, such as 27 million modern the victims of sex trafficking through are going on to resolve this bill because slaves. That figure originated in research by the fund Senator CORNYN has in his bill we can get this resolved. Kevin Bales, who runs a fine organization and then in my safe harbor bill, which Continuing to read, this is the writ- called Free the Slaves. Numbers are difficult is also a strong bipartisan bill, to make ers talking now: to calculate in part because sex workers it clear there is a good model we can can’t be divided neatly into categories of Interviewing women like Meena over the use across the country that has been those working voluntarily and those working years has led us to change our own views on used in 15 States and others, and one involuntarily. Some commentators look at sex trafficking. Growing up in the United dozen more are working on them, prostitutes and see only sex slaves; others States and then living in China and Japan, see only entrepreneurs. But in reality there where Minnesota has been one of the we thought of prostitution as something are some in each category and many other States leading the way to view these women may turn to opportunistically or out women who inhabit a gray zone between girls as victims and not as criminals, of economic desperation. In Hong Kong, we freedom and slavery. when the average age is 12 years old, knew an Australian prostitute who slipped Sheryl into the locker room of her ‘‘men’s I will note this number—I have al- not even old enough to go to a high club’’ to meet the local girls, who were there ways tried to get the right number of school prom, not even old enough to because they saw a chance to enrich them- how many victims we are talking drive the car. selves. We certainly didn’t think of pros- about—but as I noted at the beginning Again, I welcome my colleagues to titutes as slaves, forced to do what they do, of my remarks this morning, the 27 come down and talk about this issue. I for most prostitutes in America, China, and million modern slaves includes victims am just going to keep filling in reading Japan aren’t truly enslaved. of not just sex trafficking but also this book when no one is on the floor. Yet it’s hyperbole to say that millions of I only hope that when we talk about women and girls are actually enslaved today. labor trafficking. (The biggest difference from nineteenth-cen- Back to the book. this bill and this issue, we do it with tury slavery is that many die of AIDS by An essential part of the brothel business some respect for the victims of these their late twenties.) The term that is usually model is to break the spirit of girls through crimes and the respect they deserve. used for this phenomenon, ‘‘sex trafficking,’’ humiliation, rape, threats and violence. We Technically, trafficking is often defined as is a misnomer. The problem isn’t sex, nor is met a 15-year-old Thai girl whose initiation taking someone (by force or deception) it prostitution as such. In many countries— consisted of being forced to eat dog drop- across an international border. The U.S. China, Brazil, and most of sub-Saharan Afri- pings so as to shatter her self-esteem. Once State Department has estimated that be- ca—prostitution is widespread but mostly a girl is broken and terrified, all hope of es- tween 600,000 and 800,000 people are trafficked voluntary (in the sense it is driven by eco- cape squeezed out of her, force may no longer across international borders each year, 80 nomic pressure rather than physical compul- be necessary to control her. She may smile percent of them women and girls, mostly for sion). In those places, brothels do not lock and laugh at passersby, and try to grab them sexual exploitation. Since Meena didn’t cross

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Kiln workers most likely live to- national borders.’’ gether with their families, and their work job was to just manage the bill for 4 hours; then I just decided, after being Again, as I have noted, 83 percent of does not expose them to the risk of AIDS, so somewhat disgusted by all of the anger the victims in the United States are there’s always hope of escape down the road. Inside the brothel, Naina and Vivek were that I have heard in this Chamber, that from the United States, and I don’t beaten, starved, and abused. They were also maybe I would just start reading from think that is what we think of when we confused about their parentage. Naina grew this book. I had no plan to do it. I hap- first think about sex trafficking, but up calling Ainul [the brothel’s owner] Grand- pened to have it with me because I those are facts. ma, and Ainul’s son Vinod, Father. Naina have used it when I have given speech- In contrast, in the peak decade of the sometimes was told that Vinod’s wife, transatlantic slave trade, the 1780s, an aver- Pinky, was her mother; at other times she es. This isn’t an official filibuster, as I age of just under eighty thousand slaves was told her mother had died and that Pinky guess we have been asked. I am just were shipped annually across the Atlantic was her stepmother. But when Naina asked going to keep reading from the book. from Africa to the New World. The average to go to school, Vinod refused and described When my colleagues want to come then dropped to a bit more than fifty thou- the relationship in blunter terms. down, I welcome them. But I only ask sand between 1811 and 1850. In other words, ‘‘You must obey me,’’ he told Naina, ‘‘be- them one thing—if maybe they could far more women and girls are shipped into cause I am your owner.’’ just focus on the issue at hand and stop The neighbors tried to advise the children. brothels each year in the early twenty-first all of this vengeance and anger, and century than African slaves were shipped ‘‘People used to say that they could not be into slave plantations each year in the eight- my real parents, because they tortured me so then maybe we will have an oppor- eenth or nineteenth centuries—although the much,’’ Naina recalled. Occasionally, the tunity, if we stop throwing darts, to overall population was of course far smaller children heard or even saw Meena coming to get this done—and then also to confirm then. As the journal Foreign Affairs ob- the door and calling out to them. Once the next Attorney General of the served: ‘‘Whatever the exact number is, it Meena saw Naina and told her, ‘‘I am your United States, which is completely un- seems almost certain that the modern global mother.’’ related to this. slave trade is larger in absolute terms than ‘‘No,’’ Naina replied. ‘‘Pinky is my moth- So let me continue on with this the Atlantic slave trade in the eighteenth er.’’ story, as we have an 11-year-old boy in and nineteenth centuries was.’’ Vivek remembers Meena’s visits as well. ‘‘I As on slave plantations two centuries ago, used to see her being beaten up and driven the story whose voice was the only there are few practical restraints on slave away,’’ he says. ‘‘They told me that my voice of conscience. owners. In 1791, North Carolina decreed that mother was dead, but the neighbors told me ‘‘My ‘mother’ was telling me not to get killing a slave amounted to ‘‘murder,’’ and that she was my mother after all, and I saw scared, as he is a nice man,’’ Naina remem- Georgia later established that killing or her coming back to try to fight for me.’’ bered. ‘‘Then they locked me inside the room maiming a slave was legally the same as Naina and Vivek never went to a day of with the man. The man told me to lock the killing or maiming a white person. But those school, never saw a doctor, and were rarely room from the inside. I slapped him. . . . doctrines existed more on paper than on allowed out. They were assigned chores such Then that man forced me. He raped me.’’ plantations, just as Pakistani laws exist in as sweeping floors and washing clothes, and Once a customer gave Naina a tip, and she the statute books but don’t impede brothel they had only rags to wear—and no shoes, for secretly passed on the money to Vivek. They owners who choose to eliminate troublesome that might encourage them to run away. thought that perhaps Vivek could use a girls. Then, when Naina was twelve, she was pa- phone, a technology that they had no experi- While there has been progress in address- raded before an older man in a way that left ence with, to track down the mysterious ing many humanitarian issues in the last few her feeling uncomfortable. ‘‘When I asked woman who claimed to be their real mother decades, sex slavery has actually worsened. ‘Mother’ about the man,’’ Naina recalled, and seek help from her. But when Vivek One reason for that is the collapse of Com- ‘‘she beat me up and sent me to bed without tried to use the telephone, the brothel own- munism in Eastern Europe and Indochina. In dinner.’’ ers found out and both children were flogged. Romania and other countries, the immediate A couple of days later, ‘‘Mother’’ told Ainul thought that Vivek could be dis- result was economic distress, and every- Naina to bathe and took her to the market, tracted with girls, and so he was told to try where criminal gangs arose and filled the where she bought her nice clothes and a nose to have sex with the prostitutes. He was power vacuum. Capitalism created new mar- ring. ‘‘When I asked her why she was buying overwhelmed and intimidated at the kets for rice and potatoes, but also for fe- me all these things, she started scolding me. thought, and when he balked, Pinky beat male flesh. She told me that I had to listen to every- him up. Seething and fearful of what would A second reason for the growth of traf- thing the man says. She also told me, ‘Your become of his sister, Vivek decided that ficking is globalization. A generation ago, father has taken money from the man for their only hope would be for him to run away people stayed at home; now it is easier and you.’ I started crying out loudly.’’ and try to find the person who claimed to be cheaper to set out for the city or a distant Pinky told Naina to wear the clothes, but their mother. Somewhere Vivek had heard country. A Nigerian girl whose mother never the girl threw them away, crying inconsol- that the woman’s name was Meena and that left her tribal area may now find herself in a ably. Vivek was only eleven, a short boy she lived in Forbesgunge, so he fled to the brothel in Italy. In rural Moldolva, it is pos- with a meek manner. But he had inherited train station one morning and used Naina’s sible to drive from village to village and not his mother’s incomprehension of surrender. tip to buy a ticket. find a female between the ages of sixteen and So he pleaded with his ‘‘parents’’ and his ‘‘I was trembling because I thought that thirty. ‘‘grandma’’ to let his sister go, or to find a they would come after me and cut me into I believe this is one of the countries husband for her. Each appeal brought him pieces,’’ he recalled. After arriving in only another beating—administered with Forbesgunge, he asked directions to the that Senator MCCAIN visited, when I brothel district. He trudged down the road to talked to him after he came back last scorn. ‘‘You don’t earn any income,’’ ‘‘Fa- ther’’ told him mockingly, ‘‘so how do you the red-light area and then asked one pass- Easter, where he simply didn’t see the think you can look after your sister?’’ erby after another: Where is Meena? Where girls. He asked: Where are the girls? Yet Vivek found the courage to confront does she live? And they said: Well, the girls—many of his tormenters again and again, begging for Finally, after a long walk and many them have been sold into sex. So these his sister’s freedom. In a town where police missed turns, he knew he was close to her are things that are happening right officers, government officials, Hindu priests, home, and he called out: Meena! Meena! A and respectable middle-class citizens all woman came out of one little home—Vivek’s now in this world and in our own coun- lip quivered as he recounted this part of the try. averted their eyes from forced prostitution, the only audible voice of conscience belonged story—and looked him over wonderingly. A third reason for the worsening situation to an eleven-year-old boy who was battered The boy and the woman gazed at each other is AIDS. Being sold to a brothel was always each time he spoke up. His outspokenness for a long moment, and then the woman fi- a hideous fate, but not usually a death sen- gained him nothing, though. Vinod and nally said in astonishment: ‘‘Are you tence. Now it often is. And because of the Pinky locked him up, forced Naina into the Vivek?’’ fear of AIDS, customers prefer younger girls new clothes, and the girl’s career as a pros- The reunion was sublime. It was a blessed whom they believe are less likely to be in- titute began. few weeks of giddy, unadulterated joy, the fected. In both Asia and Africa, there is also first happiness that Vivek had known in his a legend that AIDS can be cured by sex with So I think that is a pretty good place life. Meena is a warm and emotional woman, a virgin, and that has nurtured demand for to break for a minute as we talk about and Vivek was thrilled to feel a mother’s young girls kidnapped from their villages. ‘‘the only audible voice of conscience love for the first time. Yet now that Meena

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Partly this feels like a year.’’ Is this country truly independent? is because the causes are worthy and inspir- Meena had noticed that Apne Aap Women The next part of the chapter: ‘‘Fight- ing; those who study education for girls, for Worldwide, an organization that fights sex ing Slavery from Seattle.’’ This is a example, naturally believe in it. As we’ll see, slavery in India, had opened an office in book, ‘‘Half the Sky,’’ by Nicholas the result is that the research isn’t often Forbesgunge. Apne Aap is based in Kolkata, conducted with the same rigor as is found in, the city formerly known as Calcutta, but its Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. It is about say, examinations of the effectiveness of founder—a determined former journalist sex trafficking, and I am reading it, toothpaste. Aid groups are also reluctant to named Ruchira Gupta—grew up partly in one, because it is a really good book acknowledge mistakes, partly because frank Forbesgunge. Other aid groups are reluctant and so people understand the issue, discussion of blunders is an impediment in to work in rural Bihar because of the wide- two, so people will refocus on why we soliciting contributions. spread criminality, but Ruchira knew the have these bills on the floor and work The reality is that past efforts to as- area and thought it was worth the risk to together. We all know some potential sist girls have sometimes backfired. In open a branch office. One of the first people ways to resolve this on both sides of 1993, Senator Tom Harkin wanted to to drop in was Meena. ‘‘Please, please,’’ Meena begged Ruchira, ‘‘help me get my the aisle so we can pass this bill and re- help Bangladeshi girls laboring in daughter back!’’ solve this Hyde amendment provision sweatshops, so he introduced legisla- There had never been a police raid on a which should not be on this bill. But tion that would ban imports made by brothel in Bihar State, as far as anyone there are ways to resolve this, and we workers under the age of fourteen. knew, but Ruchira decided that this could be know what they are, and then, also, Bangladeshi factories promptly fired the first. While Ainul Bibi’s brothel had hopefully, pass my safe harbor bill tens of thousands of young girls, and warm ties with the local police, Ruchira had which was the bill that in addition to many of them ended up in brothels and strong connections with national police offi- Senator CORNYN’s bill passed through are presumably now dead of AIDS. cials. And Ruchira can be every bit as in- timidating as any brothel owner. our Committee on the Judiciary unani- Again, I am reading from the book So Apne Aap harangued the local police mously. Every single person voted for ‘‘Half the Sky,’’ by Nicholas Kristof into raiding the brothel to rescue Naina. The it. It is slated to be the first amend- and Sheryl WuDunn, which is a great police burst in, found Naina, and took her to ment vote on this bill, and it estab- book about sex trafficking in order to the police station. But the girl had been so lishes safe harbor incentives so that refocus this Chamber on what we drugged and broken that at the station she other States will do what Minnesota should be doing, which is getting these looked at Meena and declared numbly: ‘‘I’m and about 15 States have done, which is bills done and coming up with a way to not your daughter.’’ Meena was shattered. not to consider these victims as crimi- resolve timeworn disputes which we Naina explained later that she had felt alone and terrified, partly because Ainul Bibi nals but to consider them as victims. somehow have been able do with other had told her that Vivek had died. But after Then not only do we help these girls so bills. an hour in the police station, Naina began to they have a chance of turning their I am trying to make the case here realize that maybe she could escape the lives around but also so that we actu- that these girls, as reflected in some of brothel, and she finally whispered, ‘‘Yes, ally make better criminal cases. these stories, are just as important as you’re my mother.’’ I know as a former prosecutor, run- some of the other work that we do in So Apne Aap whisked Naina off to a hos- ning an office of 400 people for 8 years— the Senate and deserve our greatest ef- pital in Kolkata, where she was treated for seeing some of these major cases come forts. severe injuries and a morphine addiction. Yet many forms of assistance—particu- The brothel had drugged Naina constantly to in our doors—the best way to make larly in health and education—have an excel- render her compliant, and the morphine these cases, if you have victims who lent record. Consider the work of Frank Gri- withdrawal was brutal to watch. In feel that they are protected, who feel jalva, the principal of the Overlake School in Forbesgunge, life became more difficult and they have another life they can lead, Redmond, Washington, a fine private school dangerous for Meena and her family. Some of who feel they can do something with with 450 students in grades five through the brothel owners there are related to Ainul their lives between going back to their twelve. Annual tuition hovers around $22,000, and Manooj, and they were furious at Meena. pimp and going back to the person who and most of the kids are raised in a sheltered Even those in the Nutt community who has beaten them up and gotten them upper-middle class environment. Grijalva didn’t like prostitution disapproved of the was looking for a way to teach his students police raid, and so the townspeople shunned hooked on drugs, is by doing something like that. So those are two worthy bills about how the other half lives. Apne Aap’s school and shelter. Meena and ‘‘It became clear that we, as a very privi- her children were stigmatized, and a young that are on the floor. Again, my colleagues are welcome to leged community, needed to be a bigger, man working with Apne Aap was stabbed. more positive force in the world,’’ Grijalva Threats were made against Meena’s two come down here and join me. I think it recalled. Frank heard about Bernard Krisher, daughters with Kuduz. Yet Meena was serene would be nice for a change if people fo- a former Newsweek correspondent who was as she walked about the streets. She laughed cused on the issue at hand instead of a so appalled by poverty in Cambodia that he at the idea that she should feel cowed. partisan fight that has been going on, formed an aid group, American Assistance ‘‘They think that good is bad,’’ she scoffed, because I think this institution is bet- for Cambodia. Rescuing girls from brothels is speaking of the local villagers. ‘‘They may important, Krisher believes, but the best not speak to me, but I know what is right ter than what we have seen in the last week. way to save them is to prevent them from and I will stick to it. I will never accept being trafficked in the first place—which prostitution of myself or my children as long The next part of the chapter: ‘‘Fight- ing Slavery from Seattle.’’ means keeping them in school. So American as I breathe.’’ Meena is working as a commu- Assistance for Cambodia focuses on edu- nity organizer in Forbesgunge, trying to dis- People always ask how they can help. cating rural children, especially girls. Bernie courage parents from prostituting their Given concerns about corruption, waste, and Krisher’s signature program is the Rural daughters and urging them to educate their mismanagement, how can one actually help School Project. For $13,000, a donor can es- sons and daughters alike. Over time the re- women like Meena and defeat modern slav- tablish a school in a Cambodian village. The sentment against her has diminished a bit, ery? Is there anything an ordinary person donation is matched by funds from the World but she is still seen as pushy and unfeminine. can do? Bank and again by the Asian Development Apne Aap later started a boarding school That is a good question. I finally de- Bank. in Bihar, partly with donations from Amer- cided to start reading this book be- Grijalva had a brainstorm. His students ican supporters, and Meena’s children were cause I was sick of what was going on could sponsor a school in Cambodia and use placed there. The school has a guard and is it as a way of emphasizing the importance of a much safer place for them. Naina now stud- here. I think ordinary people around the country can do something about public service. Initially the response from ies at that boarding school and hopes to be- students and parents was polite but cautious, come a teacher, and in particular to help dis- sex slavery by supporting strong laws but then the attacks of 9/11 took place, and advantaged children. and making sure Congress gets its job suddenly the community was passionately One afternoon, Meena was singing to her done but also doing work on their local concerned with the larger world and engaged two young daughters, teaching them a song. and State level. in this project. The students conducted bake This is how it went: The authors say: sales, car washes, and talent shows, and also

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For donors ficking, we can stop going back and of nineteen students from Overlake School who can’t afford to fund an entire school, it’s forth on who is to blame and who knew to Cambodia for the opening. A cynic might a way to fight trafficking at a cost of $120 what when and what people did wrong say that the money for the visit would have per year per girl. The approach helps because and instead just focus on resolving this been better spent on building another Cam- it is typically girls like Kun Sokkea who end issue and getting a bill passed and cer- bodian school, but in fact that visit was an up trafficked. Their families are desperate essential field trip and a learning oppor- for money, the girls are poorly educated, and tainly not attaching it to the Attorney tunity for those American students. They a trafficker promises them a great job sell- General of the United States. lugged along boxes of school supplies, but as ing fruit in a distant city. I will say that it is attached to the they approached Pailin by car, they realized Kun Sokkea showed us her home, a Attorney General in one way, and that that Cambodia’s needs were greater than rickety shack built on stilts—to guard is when it comes to Federal sex traf- they ever could have imagined. The dirt-and- against flooding and vermin—in a field ficking cases. Most of these cases are gravel road to Pailin was so deeply rutted on the local level, county level, State that it was barely passable, and they saw a near the school. The house has no elec- bulldozer overturned beside a crater—it had tricity, and her possessions were in one level, the DA’s office, but there are hit a land mine. small bag. She never has to worry cases that are handled federally. I When the Americans reached the Cam- about choosing what to wear: She has know from talking to the nominated bodian school, they saw a sign declaring it just one shirt, and no shoes other than Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, that the OVERLAKE SCHOOL in English and a pair of flip-flops. Kun Sokkea has she cares very much about these cases. Kmer script. At the ribbon cutting, the It would be good to have her in place so Americans were welcomed by a sea of excited never been to a dentist and to a doctor Cambodians—led by a principal who was only once, and she gets the family’s we can start working on this national missing a leg, a land-mine victim himself. drinking water from the nearby creek. sex trafficking strategy. So in that Cambodian men then had an average of only That’s the same creek in which Kun way they are connected, but they cer- 2.6 years of education, and Cambodian Sokkea washes the family clothes (she tainly are not connected, in my mind, women averaged just 1.7 years, so a new borrows someone else’s shirt to wear procedurally. school was appreciated in a way the Ameri- when she has to wash her own). She I know some of my colleagues have cans could barely fathom. addressed this. I have spoken out for The school dedication—and the full week shares a mattress on the floor with her in Cambodia—left an indelible impression on brother, as three other family members her several times. Not everyone knows the American students. So Overlake students sleep a few feet way. Kun Sokkea has about Loretta Lynch’s background. Lo- and parents decided to forge an ongoing rela- never touched a phone, ridden in a car, retta Lynch is someone who grew up in tionship with its namesake in Cambodia. The or had a soft drink; when she was asked a neighborhood—her family didn’t have Americans funded an English teacher at the if she ever drank milk, she looked con- a lot of money. Her dad was a pastor at school and arranged for an Internet connec- fused and said as a baby she had drunk the church. tion for e-mail. They built a playground and her mother’s milk. When she was in elementary school, sent books. Then, in 2006, the American Yet one thing Kun Sokkea has beside her she took a test and did really well on school decided to send delegations annually, bed is a photo of the American Overlake stu- that test. The teacher came to her and dispatching students and teachers during dents on their campus. In the evenings be- spring vacation to teach English and arts to said: You know what, we don’t really fore she goes to sleep, she sometimes picks the Cambodian pupils. And in 2007, the group know if that was really you who took up the photo and studies the smiling families decided to assist a school in Ghana as well, that test or if that was really your and neat lawns and modern buildings. In her score. So she took the test again, and and to send a delegation there. own shack, with her mother sick and often ‘‘This project is simply the most crying, her siblings hungry, it is a window she scored even higher the second time. meaningful and worthwhile initiative into a magical land where people have plenty When Loretta Lynch graduated from that I have undertaken in my thirty- to eat and get cured when they fall ill. In high school, she was actually the val- six years in education,’’ Frank Grijalva such a place, she thinks, everybody must be edictorian. The principal of that school said. The Overlake School in Cambodia happy all the time. came up to Loretta Lynch and said: is indeed an extraordinary place. A For one thing, we know that is not You know what, it is a bit controver- bridge has washed out, so you have to quite true in our country. As we know, sial to have you as our valedictorian, walk across a stream to reach it, but it we have these same crimes occurring in so you will have to share it with a looks nothing like the dilapidated our country every single day. Every White student. That happened to Lo- buildings that you see in much of the single day, we have thousands of girls retta Lynn, and she just waited it out, developing world. There are 270 stu- who are victims of sex trafficking. We and that is what she is going to do with dents, ranging in age from six to fif- had it happen in Minnesota. We have this Chamber. She is going wait it out, teen. The English teacher is university had it happen across the country. We and in the end she will be confirmed as educated and speaks good English. have it happen when some girls are the next Attorney General. Most stunning of all, when we dropped brought in from other countries. We Why is this relevant? Because some by, the sixth graders were busy sending know it is going on every day in our of our friends on the other side of the e-mails from their Yahoo accounts—to own Nation. We have an opportunity to aisle are attaching it to the sex traf- the kids at Overlake School in Amer- do something about it, to tell the rest ficking issue, and I don’t think it ica. of the world that this place is a place should be attached to the sex traf- One of those writing an e-mail was Kun where good things get done. But some- ficking issue. I think we should get her Sokkea, a thirteen-year-old girl who would how we have gotten bogged down in a confirmed. soon be the first in her family ever to grad- political game again with blame going But most importantly and the reason uate from elementary school. Her father had back and forth and back and forth, and I am here on the floor reading from died of AIDS, and her mother was sick with I just don’t think that is dignified for this book is just to say, can we just the same disease and needed to be nursed the Senate. stop going back and forth and the constantly. Kun Sokkea is rail-thin, a bit While we can battle it out—and we vengeance and get this bill done? gangly, with long, stringy black hair. She is From the very beginning, Senator reserved, and her shoulders sag with the bur- should—on issues such as the budget dens of poverty. and on issues where we don’t have an CORNYN and I have worked on my bill, ‘‘My mom encourages me to stay in school, agreement when it comes to our coun- the safe harbor bill—which is not the but sometimes I think I should go out and try’s international affairs, this is an bill on the floor—together. While I was earn money,’’ Kun Sokkea explained. ‘‘I have issue on which we actually agree, but not involved in the beginning of the no dad to support Mom, so maybe I should somehow we found a way to not agree, drafting of his bill, I believe that idea provide for her. In one day, I could earn sev- and I think we need to find our way of helping victims in some way with enty baht, [a bit more than two dollars] cut- some kind of funding with shelters is a ting hay or planting corn.’’ back. That is why I am going to con- To address these financial pressures, Amer- tinue to read from this book. really good idea as well. ican Assistance for Cambodia started a pro- Someone asked me if this is a fili- I hope we can resolve the issue on his gram called Girls Be Ambitious, which in ef- buster. It is not a filibuster because ob- bill, the Hyde amendment provision,

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The Americans them- for the victims in America, it is also me here—I know the women in the selves have been transformed as much as the important because of the victims inter- Senate have always worked together— Cambodians. And that is something you see nationally. We have an opportunity in and at least talk about this issue in- routinely: Aid projects have a mixed record this country to actually stand up and stead of simply fighting with each in helping people abroad, but a superb record say: We want to be a leader on this other, I think we would really improve in inspiring and educating the donors. Some- times the lessons are confusing, as Overlake internationally. We are going to cast our chances of getting it done. found when it tried to help Kun Sokkea get this dysfunction aside and actually get ‘‘But many of the Nepali girls being traf- to middle school after graduating from ele- this done and show the world we can be ficked are good girls, too.’’ mentary school. She needed transport be- a leader when it comes to elevating ‘‘Oh, yes, but those are peasant girls. They cause the middle school was far away, and girls and young women, when it comes can’t even read. They’re from the country- young men in the area often harassed girls to holding up half the sky. side. The good Indian middle-class girls are on their way to school. safe.’’ Chapter 2, ‘‘Prohibition and Prostitu- Nick, who had been gritting his teeth, of- So, at the teacher’s suggestion, Overlake tion.’’ It starts with a quote by Abra- bought Kun Sokkea a bicycle, and for several fered an explosive suggestion: ‘‘I’ve got it! months that worked very well. Then an older ham Lincoln: You know, in the United States we have a lot woman, a neighbor, asked to borrow Kun Although volume upon volume is written of problems with harmony in society. So we Sokkea’s bicycle; the girl felt she couldn’t to prove slavery a good thing, we never hear should start kidnapping Indian middle-class say no to an older person. The woman then of the man who wishes to take the good of it, girls and forcing them to work in brothels in sold the bicycle and kept the money she re- by being a slave himself. the United States! Then young American ceived for it. Frank Grijalva and the Amer- After visiting Meena Hasina and Ruchira men could have fun, too, don’t you think? ican students were beside themselves, but Gupta in Bihar, Nick crossed from India into That would improve our harmony in soci- they learned an important lesson about how Nepal at a border village with stalls selling ety!’’ defeating poverty is more difficult than it clothing, snacks, and more sinister wares. There was an ominous silence, but finally seems at first. The Americans decided they That border crossing is the one through the police officer roared with laughter. couldn’t just buy Kun Sokkea another bicy- which thousands of Nepali girls are traf- ‘‘You are joking!’’ the officer said beaming. cle, so the girl returned to walking an hour ficked into India on their way to the broth- ‘‘That’s very funny!’’ each way to school and back. Perhaps in part els of Kolkata. There they are valued for Nick gave up. because of the distance involved and the their light skin, good looks, docility, and in- People get away with enslaving village risks of getting to school, Kun Sokkea began ability to speak the local language. As Nick girls for the same reason that people got to miss a fair number of days. Her grades filled out some required paperwork at the away with enslaving blacks 200 years ago: suffered. In early 2009, she dropped out of border post, Nepalis streamed into India, The victims are perceived as discounted hu- school. without filling out a form. mans. India had delegated an intelligence of- America’s schools rarely convey much un- While sitting in the border shack, Nick ficer to look for pirated goods because it derstanding of the 2.7 billion people (40 per- began talking to one Indian officer who knew that the United States cares about in- cent of the world’s population) who today spoke excellent English. The man said he tellectual property. When India feels that live on less than $2 a day. So while the pri- had been dispatched by the intelligence bu- the West cares as much about slavery as it mary purpose of a new movement on behalf reau to monitor the border. does about pirated DVDs, it will dispatch of women is to stop slavery and honor ‘‘So what exactly are you monitoring?’’ people to the borders to stop traffickers. killings, another is to expose young Ameri- Nick asked. The tools to crush modern slavery exist, cans to life abroad so that they, too, can ‘‘We’re looking for terrorists, or terror but the political will is lacking. That must learn and grow and blossom—and then con- supplies,’’ said the man, who wasn’t moni- be the starting point of any abolitionist tinue to tackle the problems as adults. toring anything very closely, since one truck movement. We’re not arguing that West- ‘‘After going to Cambodia, my plans for after another was driving past. ‘‘After 9/11, erners should take up this cause because it is the future have changed,’’ said Natalie we’ve tightened things up here. And we’re the fault of the West; Western men do not Hammerquist, a seventeen-year-old at also looking for smuggled or pirated goods. If play a central role in prostitution in most Overlake who regularly e-mails two Cam- we find them, we will confiscate them.’’ poor countries. True, American and Euro- bodian students. ‘‘This year I’m taking three ‘‘What about trafficked girls?’’ Nick asked. pean sex tourists are part of the problem in foreign languages, and I plan on picking up ‘‘Are you keeping an eye out for them? There Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and more in college.’’ must be a lot.’’ Belize, but they are still only a small per- Natalie’s Cambodian girlfriend wants to be ‘‘Oh, a lot. But we don’t worry about them. centage of the johns. The vast majority are a doctor but can’t afford to go to university. There’s nothing that we can do about them.’’ local men. Moreover, Western men usually That grates on Natalie: A girl just like me ‘‘Well, you could arrest the traffickers. go with girls who are more or less voluntary has to abandon her dreams because they’re Isn’t trafficking girls as important as prostitutes, because they want to take the unaffordable. Now Natalie plans on a career pirating DVDs?’’ girls back to their hotel rooms, while forced empowering young people around the world: The intelligence officer laughed genially prostitutes are not normally allowed out of ‘‘All anyone should do is to use their gifts in and threw up his hands. ‘‘Prostitution is in- the brothels. So this is not a case where we what way they can, and this is how I can use evitable.’’ He chuckled. ‘‘There has always in the West have a responsibility to lead be- mine. That is the weight of how valuable see- been prostitution in every country. And cause we are the source of the problem. ing Cambodia was for me.’’ what’s a young man going to do from the Rather, we single out the West because even though we are peripheral to the slavery, our This is now chapter 2 of Nicholas time he turns eighteen until he gets married at thirty?’’ action is necessary to overcome a horrific Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s book ‘‘Well, is the best solution really to kidnap evil. ‘‘Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Nepali girls and imprison them in Indian One reason the modern abolitionist move- Opportunity for Women Worldwide.’’ brothels?’’ ment has not been more effective is the divi- And I noted that really most of the The officer shrugged, unperturbed. ‘‘These sive politics of prostitution. In the 1990s, the book is about sex trafficking and pros- girls are sacrificed so we can have harmony American left and right collaborated and titution and why this is such a major in society. So that good girls can be safe.’’ achieved the Trafficking Victims Protection problem worldwide. It is unfortunate. I hope that is not Act of 2000, which was a milestone in raising awareness of international trafficking in the Look at what happened that night what we are going to be saying in this global agenda. The anti-trafficking move- when those girls were doing nothing body—from the Senate to the rest of ment then was unusually bipartisan, strong- but learning at a school and Boko the world and to trafficked girls and to ly backed by some liberal Democrats, such Haram came in and broke into that those groups who are advocating so as the late senator Paul Wellstone, and by school and took those girls away. Their hard, especially over the last 2 years, some conservative Republicans, such as Sen- parents had nothing but motorcycles in trying to get this done. I hope we ator Sam Brownback. and bicycles and bows and arrows to will not say: It is unfortunate. We were I do want to pause from this book for try to chase them. They were never not able to resolve this. These are a second to note that when I was at the able to get their daughters back, and major fights, and this person did this, McCain Institute out in Arizona, Cindy

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Department under a Republican admin- same, but somehow back then, we were Do my colleagues know what is so in- istration, and he talked to me about able to reach some kind of an agree- teresting about this—let me see when how when Paul Wellstone died, they ment, and this was treated as a serious this book was written: 2009. So even put forward some kind of a scholarship issue and a serious bill which we need since that time, what is sort of a cool in his honor for students who wanted to do. thing is that we have gotten some to work in the area of combating sex They go on to talk about who else agreement now on the fact that when trafficking and trying to eliminate sex worked on this. we see a Republican House of Rep- trafficking. They say: resentatives being able to pass the safe It was at that moment last spring . . . Paul Wellstone, Sam Brownback, Hil- harbor bill—the bill I wrote in the Sen- that I actually found out that Paul lary Rodham Clinton, Carolyn Maloney, a ate, the bill that is not yet on the Wellstone, the Senator from Min- Democratic Congresswoman from New York. floor, to make clear, but the bill that nesota, whom we miss so dearly, who Likewise, one of George W. Bush’s few posi- would be considered as the first amend- died in that tragic plane crash, had tive international legacies was a big push ment—we have gotten some agreement taken on this issue. He had taken on so against trafficking. Vital Voices and other here in these two Houses that these liberal groups were stalwart on sex traf- younger victims are, in fact, victims. I many other issues, speaking for the ficking, as were International Justice Mis- voiceless, from mental health to do- sion, and other conservative evangelical think that is really important for our mestic violence, that I did not know— groups. Yet, while the left and the right each country to hear that. Because when we and I think this shows how sometimes do important work fighting trafficking, they do things such as that—such as when this issue gets second shrift—that he mostly do it separately. The abolitionist we pass the Violence Against Women was such a hero when it came to sex movement would be far more effective if it Act, it changes the whole way people trafficking. forged unity in its own rank. think about these crimes. Who is com- I think part of that was Paul always Now we get back to something I al- mitting the crime? It is the people run- believed that there were a lot of causes ways remember MIKE ENZI talking ning the ring. It is the johns. It is not around this building that had people about, about how we can have disagree- the victims. advocating for them, that keep people ment on something like 20 percent of So I think that is why as we move busy at meetings all day or that they the things, but we have agreement on forward, trying to get these bills get called up for that are so important, 80 percent. Maybe that is what we have passed, it is so important beyond the but, in fact, those who can’t afford that to remember with this bill. We know immediate bills. kind of help—the victims of domestic how Senator ENZI always worked well OK. So they are talking about this violence or those with mental illness or with Ted Kennedy, as did Senator debate. I don’t think we should dwell victims of sex trafficking—they don’t HATCH, even with how different they on debate. We have had enough of them have a lot of lobbyists coming over were politically. But they were able to in this Chamber, but that is what this here to meet with people and they need find some common ground. part of the book is about. someone to stand up for them, and Certainly this bill should not be de- They continue: they should not be forgotten or dis- volving into a fight over abortion. What policy should we pursue to try to missed or marginalized in becoming a There is so much we agree on in this eliminate that slavery? Originally, we sym- political football, that maybe they bill. There is also so much we agree on pathized with the view that a prohibition need someone advocating on their be- in the safe harbor bill which doesn’t won’t work any better in prostitution today contain the Hyde provision. than it did against alcohol in America in the half. 1920s. Instead of trying fruitlessly to ban The other thing about Paul is he al- So this idea that we are going back prostitution, we believed it would be pref- ways embraced that immigrant experi- and forth and dwelling on whose fault erable to legalize and regulate it. That prag- ence. He believed that no matter where this was and how it happened—frankly, matic ‘‘harm reduction’’ model is preferred one comes from in this country, or no I think: Enough. I think we need to re- by many aid groups because it allows aid matter what one’s roots were, they solve this. I know there are ways to re- workers to pass out condoms and it permits should be able to rise up. He also be- solve this. I hope that is continuing to access to brothels so that they can be more lieved that everyone should be treated go on today. We have a lot of things, in easily checked for underage girls. addition to passing this bill, we need to Over time, we’ve changed our minds. That with dignity. legalize-and-regulate model simply hasn’t I will never forget when I first came get done. We need to get the vote on worked very well in countries where pros- to the Senate, Darrell, the train driver the next Attorney General of the titution is often coerced. who recently retired, came up to me United States. We have a major budget This is a change. I think we remem- and I told him I am a Senator from that we need to get done. The budget ber back decades ago where people Minnesota, and all he said was, ‘‘Paul needs to be approved. I am looking at were talking about legalizing prostitu- Wellstone,’’ because he remembered our staff and I know they are looking tion. I think what we have realized, him. Whether it was the cops at the forward to one of those nights where those of us who have worked as pros- front desk or the secretaries, they re- we are going until 3 or 4 in the morn- ecutors, is that so often prostitution is member Paul. So it is no surprise that ing. Maybe we wouldn’t have to do that not consensual. So often there are rea- Paul Wellstone, along with conserv- if we could stop these kinds of fights. sons—either the pimp is keeping some- This is kind of a practical argument ative Republican Sam Brownback, ac- one hooked on drugs to keep someone for getting this done, I know that, but tually took this issue on. being a prostitute or they are threat- one has to be slightly practical as we In this book, ‘‘Half the Sky,’’ Nich- ening their lives or threatening their look at the fights before us on impor- olas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn con- family lives—and this is something tant matters that we need to resolve. tinue talking about who worked on that we don’t want to have be legal. this when people were actually work- One of the fights shouldn’t be this. I am going to finish this paragraph, ing together. They say: This is a fight against evil. This is a and then I see we have been joined by Hillary Rodham Clinton was also a leader fight against those who are trafficking the great Senator from New Jersey on this issue, and no one has been a greater in little girls. It shouldn’t be a fight who I am really happy has come so I champion than Carolyn Maloney, a Demo- across the aisle. cratic Congresswoman from New York. can sit down and drink some water. The authors talk about the groups It continues: In fact, Congresswoman MALONEY, in that have worked on it and how we That legalize-and-regulate model simply conjunction with Congressman POE, a would be more effective if we forged hasn’t worked very well in countries where Republican Congressman, are spon- unity. prostitution is often coerced. Partly, that is soring a bill that is not exactly the They continue: because governance is often poor so the regu- same as Senator CORNYN’s bill, but One reason for discord is a dispute about lation is ineffective, and partly it is because similar. They are also cosponsors of how to regard prostitution. The left often re- the legal brothels tend to attract a parallel

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In coun- for a committee vote after her hearing, ized test scores were so high that the tries with widespread trafficking, we favor a again longer than any of George Bush’s disbelieving school demanded she re- law enforcement strategy that pushes for nominees to be Attorney General. Now take her test. The great thing about fundamental change in police attitudes and her nomination has lingered on the that story is she retook the test and regular police inspections to check for un- Senate floor without a vote for 20 days, got a higher score. On one other occa- derage girls or anyone being held against which is again longer than the wait for sion, she was named the valedictorian their will. That means holding governments any of the last five Attorneys General of her high school class which was a accountable not just to pass laws but also to combined. Her historic nomination has predominantly White high school, but enforce them, and monitoring how many brothels are raided and pimps are arrested. now been pending in the Senate for the White administrators in the school Jail-like brothels should be closed down, more than 130 days since the President did not think it was appropriate to sting operations should be mounted against first nominated her. I have not heard a have a Black girl as the top student, so buyers of virgin girls, and national police single good reason germane to her they asked her to share that honor chiefs must be under pressure to crack down qualifications, to her values, to her with a White student, and she did so on corruption as it relates to trafficking. views, and to the kind of service she with dignity and grace. The idea is to reduce the brothel owners’ has rendered or will render, as to why She would go on to earn an Ivy profit. she should not be promptly confirmed. League education, climb the highest With that, I will take a pause from She comes before the Senate having ladders of her profession, and stand this book. I will say that Senator been twice appointed by two different today nominated by the President of BOOKER has done not only an amazing Presidents and twice unanimously con- the United States of America, and job as a Senator, but he also knows a firmed by this very body, to be a U.S. when confirmed by the Senate, she will little bit about being a mayor. He attorney. She has been a career Fed- be our 83rd Attorney General. Only in knows the struggle of poverty and also eral prosecutor for almost a decade, a this great Nation can a story such as understands that to govern, we have to partner at a prestigious law firm, and this be possible, can a story such as have a change of tone. I have always led one of the finest Federal pros- this be told. appreciated the work he has done ecuting offices in the country, the Today, we continue our efforts. All of across the aisle and the tone he brings Eastern District of New York. us—Republicans and Democrats—in to the Senate. We are really trying to Her nomination has the support of this body are committed to building a push today as we try to come together dozens of law enforcement organiza- more perfect Union. I know this con- to work on this bill. tions, civil rights organizations, and firmation will inspire people all across I yield the floor. outspoken citizens from across the The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. our country—people who may have lost country. their faith in law enforcement or in our PERDUE). The Senator from New Jer- So, again, I wonder why are we here government’s ability to get things sey. today still waiting? Why does this Mr. BOOKER. Mr. President, I thank done, to know that despite the odds or President’s exceptionally well-qualified challenges, we are still a great nation, my colleague for those incredibly gen- nominee deserve such unfair treat- erous words. I recognize the Presiding that we are devoted to overcoming our ment? challenges. Officer, Senator PERDUE. I am grateful Attorneys General are important be- We celebrate someone who has bro- to be able to serve with him, and it is cause they lead the Department that ken glass ceilings, who has broken bar- great seeing him in the captain’s chair, keeps us safe and secure and protects rier after barrier, and now as a quali- to use my ‘‘Star Trek’’ parlance. I am our rights. From securing the right to fied candidate will hopefully soon as- happy to have the chance to formally vote to combating the violence of orga- cend to this position. It is a reaffirma- welcome the Senator from Georgia to nized crime, to bringing terrorists to tion of the American dream. the Senate. It is good to serve with him justice, this position is too important While history is important, I don’t as well. for any kind of political games and for want to overshadow those qualifica- LYNCH NOMINATION any kind of delay. Mr. President, I am honored to stand Seventy-five years ago, another At- tions. I want to reiterate them. on the Senate floor to express my torney General, Robert H. Jackson, She is a well-qualified nominee. She strong support for the historic nomina- spoke eloquently about the qualities of graduated with Harvard College and tion of Loretta Lynch to be the Attor- a good Federal prosecutor and hence a Harvard Law School degrees, and went ney General of the United States. Our good Attorney General, when he said: on to gain exceptional experience as a Nation is fortunate to have Ms. Lynch ‘‘The citizen’s safety lies in the pros- prosecutor and as a manager. As U.S. as the nominee for Attorney General. ecutor who tempers zeal with human Attorney for the Eastern District of She is seasoned, competent, wise, ex- kindness, who seeks truth and not vic- New York, she led one of the Nation’s traordinarily dedicated, and has al- tims, who serves the law and not fac- most challenging prosecutorial offices. ready served this Nation for many tional purposes, and who approaches I know this. I live right across the years, receiving accolades from across her task with humility.’’ river from where she works. Her tough the country. She is historic in and of This is the type of prosecutor Ms. approach to fighting crime became al- herself and exceptionally well quali- Lynch has always been and the type of most legendary. She won acclaim fied. I wish to tell everyone a little bit Attorney General she will be. throughout our metropolitan region as more about her. This appointment is historic. Once well as in the law enforcement commu- First, though, I want to ask—and confirmed, Ms. Lynch will be the first nity. this should not be necessary, but I Black woman to serve in the Nation’s In that office she established a record want to ask: Why do we almost have a highest law enforcement position. She that would make any prosecutor proud. double standard for Ms. Lynch’s nomi- will be only the second woman and sec- She led an office that had the tenacity nation? She is the first African-Amer- ond African American to be Attorney to take on violent criminals, to con- ican woman appointed to head the De- General. Her story is our story. It is an front political corruption, and to dis- partment of Justice. She has had her American story. It reflects a long his- rupt organized crime. nomination pending on the Senate tory of our Nation, the distance we At a time when the Senate is consid- floor longer than any nominee for At- have traveled as a country. ering legislation to combat human torney General going back three dec- It is a story of a Black woman who trafficking, we need an Attorney Gen- ades. Ms. Lynch has had to wait 81 days grew up in the Jim Crow South, the eral who will vigorously, for a hearing in committee—longer daughter of a fourth-generation min- unapologetically, and courageously than any of President George W. Bush’s ister and segregation-fighting mother prosecute traffickers. Ms. Lynch has nominees for Attorney General had to who overcame discrimination and been a leader on that very issue. Her

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What is who will use that post to do the very any other Senators in the Chamber de- clear from Ms. Lynch’s record is not same. siring to vote? just that she is a tough prosecutor but Mr. President, I yield the floor. The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 57, that she is a leader with a vision and Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I nays 41, as follows: the right values to be Attorney Gen- wholeheartedly echo the passionate [Rollcall Vote No. 74 Leg.] eral. and cogent presentation that my col- YEAS—57 Too many Americans distrust the league from New Jersey has just given, Ayotte Ernst Moran ability of law enforcement to fairly en- that this body can be well served—very Barrasso Fischer Murkowski force our laws. Ms. Lynch believes in well served—for us to go immediately Blunt Flake Paul the principles of equality and justice to the confirmation of Loretta Lynch. Boozman Gardner Perdue Burr Graham Portman first and foremost, and she will restore The delay in this critical position is Capito Grassley Risch even more faith in our system. In her unacceptable, does a disservice to the Casey Hatch Roberts committee testimony she articulated a individual, a disservice to the office, a Cassidy Heitkamp Rounds vision about how in a great time of disservice to the executive branch, and Coats Heller Rubio Cochran Hoeven Sasse tension in our country we can rebuild a disservice to justice in America. Collins Inhofe Scott the trust between dedicated, com- Let’s have that vote. Corker Isakson Sessions mitted law enforcement officers on the The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cornyn Johnson Shelby Cotton Kirk Sullivan streets and the communities they CRUZ). The majority leader. Crapo Lankford Thune serve. Too many Americans, as I said Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Cruz Lee Tillis time and again, go to prison for far too move to proceed to the motion to re- Daines Manchin Toomey long. The majority of people incarcer- consider the vote by which cloture was Donnelly McCain Vitter Enzi McConnell Wicker ated today in Federal prisons are there not invoked on the committee-reported for nonviolent offenses. We have a na- amendment to S. 178. NAYS—41 tion that leads the globe in incarcer- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Baldwin Hirono Reed ating people, and we do it often in a question is on agreeing to the motion Bennet Kaine Reid to proceed. Blumenthal King Sanders way that is discriminatory against Booker Klobuchar Schatz poor people and minorities. The motion was agreed to. Boxer Leahy Schumer Ms. Lynch has a vision of alter- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Cantwell Markey Shaheen natives to incarceration for nonviolent move to reconsider the vote by which Cardin McCaskill Stabenow Carper Menendez Tester offenders that are based on facts and cloture was not invoked on the com- Coons Merkley Udall mittee-reported amendment to S. 178. Durbin Mikulski based on her experience. She supported Warner Feinstein Murphy her district’s drug court with a diver- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Warren question is on agreeing to the motion Franken Murray sion program taking first-time non- Gillibrand Nelson Whitehouse violent offenders out of the prosecution to reconsider. Heinrich Peters Wyden The motion was agreed to. system and giving them access to drug NOT VOTING—2 treatment. Her innovation and suc- CLOTURE MOTION Alexander Brown cesses speak volumes about her com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant mitment to saving taxpayer dollars to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this and addressing our swelling prison pop- Senate the pending cloture motion, vote, the yeas are 57, the nays are 41. ulation while also driving down crime. which the clerk will state. Three-fifths of the Senators duly cho- So I say in conclusion, she has ster- The bill clerk read as follows: sen and sworn not having voted in the ling character. She has incredible cre- CLOTURE MOTION affirmative, the motion, upon reconsid- dentials. She has unflappable integrity. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- eration, is rejected. I am confident that as Attorney Gen- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the The Senator from Vermont. eral she will ensure that the Depart- Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I have ment leads in a way that will make us move to bring to a close debate on the com- had the opportunity in the 40 years I proud. mittee-reported substitute amendment to S. have been in the Senate to lead with The road to building a more perfect 178, a bill to provide justice for the victims others of both parties many efforts to Union in this country has been long, of trafficking. help support victims—crime victims, Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, Shelley domestic violence victims, victims of and the work still continues. We are at Moore Capito, Steve Daines, Roger F. a time in this Nation when cynicism Wicker, James Lankford, Deb Fischer, child abuse, and human trafficking vic- with government is at an all-time high. Tom Cotton, Ron Johnson, Richard tims. One of the highest-ranked concerns Burr, Daniel Coats, Roy Blunt, Chuck One of the things I have learned dur- that Americans have right now—issues Grassley, Tim Scott, Pat Roberts, Bill ing that time is we have to pay atten- of employment and education are now Cassidy, Jerry Moran. tion to what the survivors tell us when being caught up to by concerns that The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- they tell us what they need. None of us Americans have about whether their imous consent, the mandatory quorum have walked in their shoes. very government will work together to call has been waived. We can offer advice, but we can’t sec- do what is right. The question is, Is it the sense of the ond-guess them. We can’t assume we The delay in her nomination under- Senate that debate on the committee- know best. Our job is to listen and try mines the integrity of this body. It reported substitute amendment to S. to help them rebuild their lives. gives a signal to all those who are cyn- 178, a bill to provide justice for the vic- If we would all just stop the political ical to further surrender to that emo- tims of trafficking, shall be brought to rhetoric and listen, the message from tion. This great candidate passed a close, upon reconsideration? these survivors is clear. through committee in bipartisan fash- The yeas and nays are mandatory Earlier this week, the National Task ion. She is a great woman, a great Afri- under the rule. Force to End Sexual and Domestic Vio- can American, and most of all a great The clerk will call the roll. lence Against Women—this, inciden- American and she should not be de- The bill clerk called the roll. tally, is a coalition of thousands of or- layed on the sidelines when there is Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator ganizations representing millions of work to be done, when her very delay is necessarily absent: the Senator from survivors of domestic and sexual vio- begins to undermine what we say this Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER). lence—wrote:

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We ought to do closely with this group for more than 2 aways, which is very important. I have what we can to help them. years as we drafted the Leahy-Crapo met so many of them, as you have. It is SSCI STUDY OF THE CIA’S DETENTION AND Violence Against Women Reauthoriza- a heartbreaking story how so many are INTERROGATION PROGRAM tion Act. They are some of the most abused and exploited. Thank you for Mr. President, on another matter dedicated advocates I have ever worked your leadership and for bringing this which goes into an interesting area, with and I listen to what they say. I be- issue to our attention today. each year, Sunshine Week reminds us lieve they are showing us the way for- Mr. LEAHY. I thank the Senator we cannot take for granted our demo- ward. from Illinois, who has worked on this cratic system of government. Our Na- The House version of the very bill we throughout his career, both in the tion’s Founders understood that to are debating today does not contain House and in the Senate. It means a maintain a true democracy, we have to the unnecessary destructive provision lot. I will state what one survivor, Tina have an open government. Only an that wreaks such havoc here. Speaker Frundt, a survivor of human traf- open government can be truly account- JOHN BOEHNER found a way to bring the ficking who now helps counsel other able to the people. House together—Republicans and young trafficking victims, said: But pulling back the curtain on the Democrats—and passed a bill without It is not for us to judge the type of services internal workings of governmental injecting abortion politics into the dis- a survivor of sex trafficking needs. We need agencies is not always easy. Some- cussion. Now, if that deeply divided the basic rights of medical services without times, it is not even popular. In some body can do it, I would assume we can judgment. cases, it generates great controversy, do it here in the Senate. I think, instead of our trying to be as was the case of Senator FEINSTEIN’s Some are being very casual about the political about this, we should listen to hard-fought efforts last year to declas- divisive partisan provision that Senate survivors such as Tina. We can’t pass a sify the executive summary of the Sen- Republicans injected into this Senate bill that ignores the requests of the ate Intelligence Committee’s historic bill. They call it boilerplate. Well, it is various survivors it is designed to help. torture report. not. It places limitations on the health Experts across the political spectrum This extraordinary report thoroughly care services victims can use as they who treat survivors of trafficking are reviewed the CIA’s use of torture dur- access money collected from the very telling us to remove the language. ing the Bush administration and re- people who trafficked them. I heard, for example, from a group vealed that it was far more brutal than We are not talking about taxpayers’ called HEAL Trafficking, an organiza- we knew. Now, shedding light on the money. We are not talking about tax- tion of health care professionals who CIA’s actions demonstrates to the payers’ dollars. We are talking about treat survivors. These are physicians, world that America is different. We ac- traffickers’ money. This is the money nurses, and counselors. They wrote a knowledge our mistakes, so that we traffickers would pay in fines. letter to me and said: ‘‘We implore the can learn from them. We do not sweep Criminals have already taken away Senate to pass S. 178 without the inclu- them under a rug and pretend they so many choices for these young sion of Hyde amendment language, never happened. But some seem to women and girls, and we shouldn’t be which would place limits on trafficking want just that. taking away their right to make their survivors’ access to vital health serv- When Senator FEINSTEIN publically own health care choices. We certainly ices.’’ released the executive summary, she should not require these survivors to I also heard from the service pro- also provided the full report, which to- have to prove they were raped. That is viders, whom I know and respect, at taled, I am told, more than 6,700 pages. offensive. It is wrong. the Vermont Coalition of Runaway and She provided the full report to the Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield Homeless Youth. They work with President and the relevant executive for a question? Mr. LEAHY. I yield to the Senator young people who are exceptionally branch agencies. The report details the for a question. vulnerable to becoming victims of traf- failures that allowed this program to Mr. DURBIN. I thank the Senator for ficking and sexual exploitation. They happen. She rightly put these details in coming to the floor. I know how much wrote: ‘‘There should be no doubt that the hands of those officials who had ap- he supports this bill to end human traf- legislation involving the well-being of propriate clearances who could learn ficking, sex trafficking, and what a individuals who have been victimized from the mistakes and ensure that frustration he must feel—and which I by the most base of human behavior they do not happen again—whether it share—that we have been unable to should be free of partisan wrangling.’’ is a Republican or a Democratic ad- bring a bill before us that has strong It is time to listen to the people this ministration. bipartisan support and with few bill is supposed to help. They say: Take Unfortunately, some of the program’s amendments is likely to be considered out the provision; pass the bill. defenders will stop at nothing in an ef- and would pass very quickly in the I hope that we will. fort to erase this ugly history. Imme- Senate. I can only imagine what these vic- diately after the report was issued, I thank him for pointing out what I tims of trafficking go through. I have there was an unabashed campaign to tried to point out this morning. In this said several times on the floor—I re- discredit it and an attempt to portray 112-page bill, there is one sentence re- member so vividly; I remember as what happened as something other lated to the Hyde amendment, which though it were yesterday, listening to than what we all know it was—torture. changes what we have been doing here some of the victims when we were try- I have had enough of the disingen- for more than 30 years and which is ing to prosecute the people who traf- uous euphemisms and acronyms used holding up the passage of this impor- ficked them or harmed them or ex- to mask the truly brutal nature of tant bill. What we have been pleading ploited them. I thought, wouldn’t it be what was done to other human beings. with the Republican leaders to do is to great if we had some help to stop this We should acknowledge what it was. It remove this sentence, and then let’s horrible crime from happening in the was torture. The President has ac- pass this bill. first place. knowledged that. And Attorney Gen- Mr. LEAHY. I say to the Senator But at least we did not have politi- eral nominee Loretta Lynch did during from Illinois, that the Republican cians telling us: Well, you can offer her hearing, when she stated clearly House of Representatives passed this this service, but you cannot offer that and unequivocally that waterboarding Act without this provision, and Demo- service. They simply said: Find the is torture. Instead, defenders of this crats and Republicans here in the Sen- best experts you can and use their ad- brutality call it something else. They ate should do the same. vice. claim it was justified, but then they

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In January, the incoming that if these actions were committed they pay into a crime victims com- chairman of the Senate Intelligence against American soldiers, by a hostile pensation fund. We estimate, if our cal- Committee asked the President and the government, we would immediately culations are correct, that could gen- agencies to return the full report to condemn them as torture and a viola- erate as much as $30 million a year— the Senate. tion of international law. We have to $30 million a year. That money would That is essentially saying: let us pre- make clear to the rest of the world we then be subject to grants to help orga- tend we made no mistakes. Let us follow international law. We don’t tor- nizations that are set up to help the erase history. Let us be able to open ture. We have to ensure that America victims of human trafficking. the history book and just see blank never allows this to happen again. So not only are we interested in try- pages. We did nothing wrong. I suggest the absence of a quorum. ing to rescue these children from the Well, that is outrageous. Neither this The PRESIDING OFFICER. The grasp of these criminal organizations historic Senate report nor the shame- clerk will call the roll. that run human trafficking rings, we ful truths it reveals can be wiped out of The senior assistant legislative clerk want to find a way to help them heal existence. proceeded to call the roll. and get better. We have all heard story It is also appalling to learn that sev- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask after story about the tragedy of human eral of the agencies that received the unanimous consent that the order for trafficking. I have talked to the distin- full report in December haven’t even the quorum call be rescinded. guished ranking member of the Judici- opened it. In a Freedom of Information The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ary Committee, who, as a former pros- Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking release of objection, it is so ordered. ecutor, understands this issue and the the full report, Justice Department and Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, again human wreckage left in the wake of State Department officials submitted today, just like yesterday, we saw all the people who purchase these services declarations stating that their copies but four Senate Democrats filibuster a and help facilitate these criminal orga- remain locked away in unopened, bill that passed the Senate Judiciary nizations. So somehow, some way, we sealed envelopes. So they can say: I see Committee unanimously, including need to find a way to help the victims. nothing. It is locked up. It is sealed. nine Democratic Senator votes. This is Our focus ought to be on them and I don’t know if this was done in an a bill that is cosponsored by 12 Demo- them alone. attempt to bolster the government’s crats and a bill that came to the floor We have heard a lot of, to my mind, position in the FOIA lawsuit or to oth- by unanimous consent of the Senate— phony excuses about this bill. I actu- erwise avoid Federal records laws. I all 100 Senators. Any single Senator ally had some Senators tell me they certainly hope not. But regardless of could have barred that from happening didn’t know of this provision that lim- the motivation, it was a mistake that and forced us to go through procedural its the use of the fines and penalties. should be rectified. hoops. I would like to believe they did This is a rule that has prevailed for 39 The executive summary of the tor- so because all of us agree—Democrat years, known as the Hyde amendment. ture report, which they have seen, and Republican alike—that helping the They say they didn’t know it was makes clear that both the State De- victims of human trafficking should be there. They didn’t read the bill, appar- partment and the Justice Department our sole and solitary focus in this legis- ently. have much to learn from the history of lation. And that is what this bill does. I don’t actually quite believe that. I the CIA’s torture program. Both agen- This bill is probably the last bill you know that staff on both sides in the Ju- cies were misled by the CIA about the would imagine would be controver- diciary Committee and generally the program. Both should consider sys- sial—certainly one that people would staff in the Senate are highly profes- temic changes in how they deal with be loath to politicize—but, indeed, that sional people. They are not going to let covert actions. Yet neither agency has is exactly what has happened. I just something slip by. But if there is a rea- bothered to open the final, full version can’t explain it. Maybe some of our col- son why they did, I believe it is because of the report or, apparently, even those leagues who have done this can. How this language has become routine. It sections most relevant to them. can you cosponsor a bill, how can you has become routine. It has been in lit- The fight for government trans- vote for it and then come to the floor erally every appropriations bill since parency and accountability is never of the Senate on two occasions and 1976. It had been in things such as the complete. I have joined with the distin- vote to kill it? Children’s Health Insurance Program. guished Senator from Texas, Mr. COR- Well, as I said earlier, we have four It has been in Defense authorization NYN, over the years to write and pass Senate Democrats who have joined bills. It has been in ObamaCare. All of tougher provisions in FOIA. I think the with Republicans to pass this piece of our colleagues on the other side of the importance of the public release of this legislation, then reconcile it with the aisle have voted for this sort of lan- report’s executive summary cannot be House bill, and send it on to President guage over and over and over again. overstated. It is one of the most impor- Obama, where I am confident he would I happen to be proudly pro-life, but tant oversight achievements of this sign it. I am confident he would sign it we have many colleagues who consider body. Now we must ensure the full re- because this is an issue where, if we themselves pro-choice who have said: port, containing the results of years of can’t do a bill to help victims of human Well, I don’t think we ought to appro- painstaking work, is put to good use by trafficking, I wonder what we can pos- priate tax dollars to pay for abortions. those within the executive branch. sibly accomplish. If politics and the di- I agree with the Hyde amendment. So So today, as we recognize Sunshine visiveness here in Washington so polar- they have clearly had an opportunity Week, I send this message to the execu- izes people on this bill, how are we to read and understand the bill. I don’t tive branch agencies who received the going to do the other things we need to believe 12 Senators on the other side full Intelligence Committee torture re- do, such as pass a budget? How are we would cosponsor a bill they hadn’t read port: Do not return your copy to the going to take care of our national secu- and didn’t understand. I don’t believe Senate. Ensure that the appropriate rity needs? How will we deal with the nine members of the Senate Judiciary people in your agencies, with appro- immigration issue? How will we deal Committee on the other side would priate clearances, have access to it and with other things that are far more vote for it, including the distinguished learn from it. Initiate a process to con- controversial? ranking member, without knowing sider the lessons your agency should Just to reiterate what this bill does, what was in the bill. learn from this experience. Follow the it focuses on the people on the demand The reason why this was so example of FBI Director Comey, who side of sex trafficking and the sex unremarkable is because, as I said, it

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I United States Senate. tims that exist in America? would think that among the 12 people So I hope we have at least two more It is estimated that about 100,000 who cosponsored the bill, among the 9 Senators on the other side examine children are sex trafficked a year in who voted for it already in committee, their conscience and reconsider their the United States. It happens in Texas, we could find at least 3 more who ‘‘no’’ vote and decide to close off de- sadly; it happens in Vermont; and it would vote for this legislation and bate by providing the votes. We need to happens everywhere. The fact of the allow us to finish it. do that tomorrow. matter is, most Americans are simply I know the distinguished ranking Mr. President, I yield the floor. unaware of it because this is an under- member from Vermont has an amend- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. belly of life, a criminality that is real- ment he wants to offer on the bill, and TOOMEY). The Senator from Vermont. ly unbeknownst to most of us because he has that right. He should have that Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I totally it happens outside of our view and out- right. But we can’t do it unless we get agree with the senior Senator from side of our experience. But we have past this hurdle of the filibuster. This Texas that the Hyde amendment has thousands of scared and abused chil- bill is simply too important to let poli- been in a number of bills that spend dren who need our help. tics get in the way of helping the inno- tax dollars. I have been in the Appro- By killing this bill, as our friends cent victims who need our support. priations Committee for nearly 40 across the aisle have done, with the ex- So the Senate being the way it is, years. I am aware of that. But as the ception of four brave exceptions, in- which is somewhat broken these days, distinguished senior Senator from stead of our helping hand we are giving how in the world do we get to the point Texas just stated, there are no tax dol- them a shrug of indifference. We are where we can actually help the victims lars in this matter. The way he has saying: You know what. Our political of human trafficking, given the fili- drafted this bill, it would take moneys fights here in Washington are more im- buster? Well, Senator MCCONNELL has from fines levied against those who are portant than your future and your life said he is going to keep bringing this convicted of sex exploitation. and the fact that you have been treated bill back again and again—and, indeed, This would be the first time, to my as human baggage. this is now the second vote we have knowledge—and I would stand cor- I happen to believe—and I know had on this—until we can recruit at rected if I am wrong, but I cannot many share this belief—that we are all least two more Democrats to vote to think of a time in the past 40 years created in the image of God, and it is a close off debate to allow us to finish that we have applied the Hyde amend- terrible sin and it is an evil thing to the bill. He has also said we are not ment to such funds. I think that is treat a human being created in the going to be able to get to the confirma- probably why—because there are tax image of God as a commodity, as a tion of Attorney General Loretta dollars in the House companion bill— thing to be bought and sold. Lynch, which has been voted out of the that the House of Representatives did We went through a terrible period in Senate Judiciary Committee, until we not include the Hyde amendment. our Nation’s history where we had Afri- finish this bill. I agree with that. I I have voted for appropriation bills can Americans treated as less than think the majority leader has made the with the Hyde amendment in it so we human. We fought a civil war, where right call, because, apparently, if the could move them to the floor. But to 600,000 people died, and then we passed cries and the needs of the innocent vic- go to this expansion when all these dif- a constitutional amendment and other tims of human trafficking aren’t ferent groups who have written in to us important legislation to try to heal enough to move our friends across the tell us please don’t do this, and the those wounds that existed from the aisle to let us finish this bill, then we groups who actually work with vic- very beginning of our Nation. Indeed, it are going to have to look for whatever tims—they say don’t include it. I agree has not yet finished healing even leverage we can. with them. today. Indeed, I would say this does not I think there can be a way forward. Knowing what we know about human bode well for the future of the 114th We came together in this body to pass slavery and what that has been in our Congress if this is the way we are going the Leahy-Crapo Violence Against history, why in the world wouldn’t we to be operating. I don’t know how Women Reauthorization Act, with the want to do something about modern- many nominations will be voted out of Trafficking Victims Protection Reau- day human slavery to try to rectify, to committee and be eligible for floor ac- thorization Act as an amendment. We try to rescue, to try to help heal these tion that will not be considered on the worked for some time, but we passed it. victims, which is what this legislation Senate floor because we are stuck in I also want to say that—again, based does? situations such as this—where we know on my experience here—I cannot think To summarize: We have a piece of what the right thing to do is, all of the of a time, whether the Senate was legislation that contains a provision Senators know what the right thing to under Democratic control or Repub- that has been the law of the land for 39 do is, but somehow we can’t quite seem lican control, that a piece of legisla- years. We have a bill on the floor that to get it done. We have to get it done. tion has been used like this to hold up was cosponsored by 12 Democrats on We have to get all of the Senate’s busi- a key member of the President’s Cabi- the other side of the aisle. Unfortu- ness done, including considering the net. Loretta Lynch has been held up nately, most of them have voted to fili- President’s nominees. longer than the past four Attorney buster this bill now that it has come to So I hope we do. I look forward to General nominees—four men—put to- the floor because of this provision they having another opportunity, perhaps gether. She is still being held up. I said they didn’t know about or they tomorrow, to vote to close off debate. think that is unfortunate. weren’t aware of or they object to. My hope is that overnight, sometime I yield the floor. We have a piece of legislation that during the next 24 hours, at least 2 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- will not cost taxpayers anything be- more of our colleagues—we would be ator from Texas. cause it is financed by the fines and glad to have more—can examine their Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I would penalties assessed against people who conscience, can think about why it is say to my friend and colleague, the demand and purchase these illicit serv- they actually ran for the Senate, why Senator from Vermont, whom I have ices. That is why this is the sort of bi- it is they are here. Is it to try to actu- worked with closely on a number of partisan consensus legislation I think ally do something good to help people pieces of legislation and whom I would the American people would like to see who can’t help themselves? I believe it love to be able to work with to find a us pass. is. I think that is why all of us came solution to the current impasse that We need to overcome this obstacle. I here, to try to do that. But somehow, we have on this legislation—I would know the majority leader, Senator some way, we have gotten off track, say to my friend that if the objection is

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As I noted this morning, this is now tion to the bill that is on the floor, It actually takes the money from the the third biggest criminal enterprise in Senator CORNYN’s bill, which sets up a people who create the demand and uses the world. The first is illegal drugs, the victims fund, there is another bill, and that to help heal and save and rescue second illegal guns, and the third is the that is the Stop Exploitation Through the victims. illegal sale of children. The average Trafficking Act. That is my bill. Sen- I guess I would have a little dif- age of a victim of sex trafficking is 12 ator CORNYN is the cosponsor. There ference of opinion—and maybe it is just years old—not even old enough to go to are 19 bipartisan cosponsors. It is a bill semantics—that once the fines and their first prom or not even old enough that went through the Judiciary Com- penalties are paid to the Treasury, my to get a driver’s license. That is what mittee a few weeks ago—unanimously view is they become public dollars al- we are talking about here. on the vote. Every single Senator voted though they technically aren’t derived As I said, we have seen it in every for it. A similar version led by Rep- from taxes, per se. But beyond that part of the country. Just last week, resentative ERIK PAULSEN of Minnesota point, I would say once this money is there was a case out of Rochester, MN, has gone through the House. I like ours paid into the fund, I think we could of a 12-year-old girl who was charged a little better because it includes a na- come up with a mechanism that would by the U.S. Attorney’s office. She got a tional sex trafficking strategy. Those then allow the Appropriations Com- text and went to a McDonald’s parking two bills will be easily resolved to get mittee to play its traditional role in di- lot. She thought she was going to go to this done. recting the money to the purposes for a party. She got shoved in a car and My hope is—my bill is supposed to be which Congress designates. And I got brought up to the Twin Cities, got the first amendment once we can go on know, as a long-time member of the raped. Sexually explicit pictures were to this bill, once we get the fix of the Appropriations Committee, the Sen- taken and posted on Craigslist by the bill—the provision of the bill that is in ator believes—and I respect—that is an pimp. She was sold for sex to two men, controversy. I want to remind people important part of the process. raped by two men. Finally, the guys that this bill is equally important. It It is important, though, to note that got caught and they have charged the sets a standard—the safe harbor bill— this would still be subject to the same case. So that is what we are talking so other States will start looking at rule which has prevailed for 39 years, about here. Minnesota and what about 15 other and that is the Hyde amendment. Here I know there are disagreements on States have done. It says these 12-year- is where I don’t understand the prin- the issues of our time, whether they olds are not criminals; they are vic- ciple of the objection—because the are the issues of our economy and the tims. Hyde amendment has an exception, as budget fight that is going to be coming How can you say a 12-year-old is a the Senator knows, for the physical up next week, or whether it is the criminal? They are victims. Once you health and mental health of the moth- issues of foreign relations, but there start thinking like that, it changes the er, as certified by a physician, and also shouldn’t be a disagreement about this. way you handle the cases. As a former in cases of rape. I can’t imagine any This is a bipartisan bill. There is a pro- prosecutor, what matters to me is that case where a potential beneficiary of vision in this bill that I don’t believe when you change the way you look at this fund would be excluded from serv- needs to be in this bill. There are some the case, you have a better case be- ices that would be allowed under the potential solutions here and I hope my cause then you have a victim who feels legislation as written. But I would say colleagues are talking about them. they have some place to go—a shelter. if the Senator thinks that might be a We have to refocus our efforts on They can get a job. They can get an fruitful area for us to continue con- what matters. That is what we have to education. They are much more likely versations and to figure a way to struc- remember. I am tired of looking back to turn on the pimp and to turn on the ture this so that it would be subject to at who is blaming who and whose fault perpetrator that is running the sex an annual appropriation process—sub- it is and now, somehow, it has gotten ring. ject to those limitations that have pre- tied to the confirmation of the next At- In Minnesota, last year we got a 40- vailed now since 1976—I think there torney General of the United States. year sentence against a guy. John might be some room for discussion. This makes no sense at all. If these Choi, the chief attorney for Ramsey I yield the floor. issues are connected at all, it is simply County, got a guy that was running I suggest the absence of a quorum. because the Attorney General of the one of these rings. That is what is The PRESIDING OFFICER. The United States helps to enforce the sex going on here when we talk about this clerk will call the roll. trafficking laws. Their office some- bill and the importance of passing this The legislative clerk proceeded to times takes on Federal cases such as bill. call the roll. we saw in the oil patch of North Da- We have the 20 women Senators who Ms. WARREN. Mr. President, I ask kota. They enforce our other laws, came together and asked for a hearing unanimous consent that the order for such as what we care about right now on sex trafficking. We got that done. the quorum call be rescinded. in Minnesota where we have had a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Now is the time where I hope we can number of people indicted for going to objection, it is so ordered. come together and resolve this. (The remarks of Ms. WARREN per- help ISIS, or we have had 20 people in- So one of the things I have taken to taining to the introduction of S. 793 are dicted and 9 convictions for helping al- doing is reading Nicholas Kristof and printed in today’s RECORD under Shabaab, and here we have an Attorney Sheryl WuDunn’s great book ‘‘Half the ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and General who is immensely qualified Sky.’’ Joint Resolutions.’’) and who literally has the highest num- ‘‘Half the Sky’’ refers to women hold- Ms. WARREN. I suggest the absence ber out of her office of terrorism pros- ing up half the sky. It refers to the fact of a quorum. ecutions in the Nation. So let’s just get that we have countries and systems The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Loretta Lynch confirmed. That is for that marginalize women and don’t clerk will call the roll. starters. treat them as equal. This is not good The legislative clerk proceeded to As to this bill, I would like to see a for our world. call the roll. different tone as we discuss it. I would We have seen countries that do it the Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I like to see people on both sides of the worst, that treat them as sex slaves, ask unanimous consent that the order aisle talk about solutions and remem- that allow that to happen. Those coun- for the quorum call be rescinded. ber what we are dealing with here. We tries tend to have very poor human The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without have been able to deal with this issue rights records. They tend not to be objection, it is so ordered. on other bills. I don’t understand why good partners for our country. If we

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If we are going to reach out to other people being able to come together But when pressed, they admitted lower rates. countries, such as HEIDI HEITKAMP, across party lines to get this done. ... Cindy McCain, and I did last spring— So they talk about how things have This goes on and they talk about the we went down to Mexico to work with changed, and they say that ‘‘over time, problem with this. What we are talking them on some of the issues of cases on we’ve changed our minds’’ about how about here is underage girls and what which they have actually helped in the we look at this. They talk about the is really going on. United States with the U.S. attorney’s fact that it used to be: Well, let’s legal- I am going to quote from one story office. We need to be able to show that ize prostitution and regulate. That will they told when they went to this broth- our country is doing the right thing, really work. I think we have learned el. and this is an opportunity to do that. that it will never really work. It While the madam spoke with others in the So I have been reading from this doesn’t work in those countries that room, gushing about the group’s success, the book in part in the hope that we can have tried it, and it certainly doesn’t three of us on the bed asked the prostitute in change the tone and remember who we work for these young girls who are vic- Hindi to tell us if those things were true. are here to protect. It is also a great tims of the sex trade. So they talk Afraid and timid, the prostitute remained si- book. They have actually written an- about how we, in fact, through law en- lent until we assured her that we wouldn’t other book as well that is focused on forcement, need to go after the profits get her in trouble. Barely audible, she told domestic sex trafficking that I will be and we have to take this on. That is us that almost none of the prostitutes . . . came with aspirations of being a sex worker. reading from tomorrow as well. what the bills we are considering help Most of them like herself were trafficked. I note this is not an official fili- to do. They give State and local pros- . . . When I asked her if she wanted to leave buster, but whenever I have time and ecutors and shelters the tools that they Sonagachi, her eyes lit up; before she could there is time on the floor, I am simply need. say anything, the DMSC official put her going to come down here to remind They say: hand on my back and said that it was time people of the importance of getting We won’t eliminate prostitution. In Iran, to move on. . . . this bill done. brothels are strictly banned, and the mayor These are stories about how it So we are talking in the book—I was of Tehran was a law-and-order hard-liner doesn’t really work to have this model in the chapter on ‘‘Prohibition and until, according to Iranian news accounts, he of allowing the prostitution to con- Prostitution.’’ I talked about the fact was arrested in a police raid on a brothel where he was in the company of six naked tinue and regulate. that ‘‘the tools to crush modern slav- prostitutes. So crackdowns don’t work per- In the developing world, however, this dif- ery’’—I am reading from the book— fectly, but they tend to lead nervous police ficult, polarizing debate is mostly just a dis- ‘‘but the political will is lacking.’’ to demand higher bribes, which reduces prof- traction. In India, for example, brothels are That seems to be what is going on in itability for the pimps. Or the police will technically illegal—but, as we said earlier, this Chamber when extraneous bills are close down at least those brothels that they are ubiquitous—the same is true in in the way of getting this done. When aren’t managed by other police officers. With Cambodia. In poor countries, the law is often my Republican coauthor over in the such methods, we can almost certainly re- irrelevant, particularly outside the capital. Our focus has to be on changing reality, not House has said that these kinds of poli- duce the number of fourteen-year-old girls who are held in cages until they die of AIDS. changing laws. tics don’t belong on these bills, I agree. This is happening in our world. Congress took an important step in that The tools to crush modern slavery exist, direction in 2000 by requiring the State De- but the political will is lacking. That must ‘‘It’s pretty doable,’’ says Gary Haugen, partment to put out an annual Trafficking in be the starting point of any abolitionist who runs International Justice Mission. Persons report—the TIP report. movement. We’re not arguing that West- ‘‘You don’t have to arrest everybody. You just have to get enough that it sends a ripple I will remind again that this was erners should take up this cause because it’s done on a bipartisan basis. We didn’t the fault of the West; Western men do not effect and changes the calculations. That play a central role in prostitution in most changes the pimps’ behavior. You can drive see the kind of fights we are having poor countries. True, American and Euro- traffickers of virgin village girls to fence now because people decided that here is pean sex tourists are part of the problem in stolen radios instead.’’ one thing that we could agree on—from Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Many liberals and feminists are taken Paul Wellstone to Sam Brownback— Belize, but they are still only a small per- aback by the big stick approach we advocate, and that perhaps without having out- centage of the johns. The vast majority are arguing that it just drives sex establish- ments underground. They argue instead for a side political debates, we can agree local men. Moreover, Western men usually that we do not want young girls aged 12 go with girls who are more or less voluntary legalize-and-regulate model based on em- powerment of sex workers, and they cite a to be sex trafficked. prostitutes, because they want to take the What did this report do? girls back to their hotel rooms, while forced success: The Sonagachi Project. Sonagachi, which means ‘‘golden tree,’’ is prostitutes are not normally allowed out of The report ranks countries according to a sprawling red-light district in Kolkata. In the brothels. So this is not a case where we how they tackle trafficking, and those in the the 1700s and 1800s, it had been a legendary in the West have a responsibility to lead be- lowest tier are sanctioned. This meant that locale for concubines. Today it has hundreds cause we’re the source of the problem. Rath- for the first time U.S. embassies abroad had of multistory brothels built along narrow er, we single out the West because, even to gather information on trafficking. Amer- alleys, housing more than six thousand pros- though we’re peripheral to the slavery, our ican diplomats began holding discussions titutes. In the early 1990s, health experts action is necessary to overcome a horrific with their foreign ministry counterparts, were deeply concerned about the spread of evil. who then had to add trafficking to the list of AIDS in India, and in 1992 they started [this major concerns such as proliferation and ter- So that is my argument here, that by project]. . . . A key element was to nurture rorism. As a result, the foreign ministries doing something here in this Chamber a union of sex workers . . . which would en- made inquiries of the national police agen- and by showing that we care about courage condom use and thus reduce the cies. these girls in the United States, then spread of AIDS through prostitution. Simply asking questions put the issue on we show we care internationally and it DMSC seemed successful in encouraging the agenda. Countries began passing laws, the use of condoms. It publicized its role as staging crackdowns, and compiling fact should be a major tenet of our foreign a pragmatic solution to the public health policy. sheets. Pimps found that the cost of bribing problems of prostitution. One study found police went up, eroding their profit margins. One reason the modern abolitionist move- [this project] increased . . . condom use by 25 This approach can be taken further. Within ment hasn’t been more effective is the divi- percent. the State Department, the trafficking office sive politics of prostitution. They go on to explain it. has been marginalized, even relegated to an- I talked about this earlier today. The But then they say—and this is key to other building. If the secretary of state pub- issue that we have is that a number of our approach to trying not to allow licly and actively embraced the trafficking people way back—including the late prostitution to continue: office— great Senator Paul Wellstone of Min- As we probed the numbers, however, we I think we see this has happened nesota, Senator Brownback of Kansas, saw that they were flimsier than they at since this book was written—since 2009

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And, by the way, that is something So I am going to go to the next part She knows how important this issue is. that HEIDI HEITKAMP, Cindy McCain, of the chapter, which is called ‘‘Res- I know she is going to talk a little bit and I did when we went to Mexico. cuing Girls Is the Easy Part.’’ about that as well as some other Europe should have made trafficking an We became slave owners in the twenty- things. I welcome her to the floor. issue in negotiating the accession of Eastern first century the old-fashioned way: We paid I yield the floor. European countries wishing to enter the Eu- cash in exchange for two slave girls and a The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ropean Union, and it can still make this an couple of receipts. The girls were then ours GARDNER). The Senator from Cali- issue for Turkey in that regard. to do with as we liked. fornia. The big-stick approach should focus in par- Rescuing girls from brothels is the easy Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I ticular on the sale of virgins. Such trans- part, however. The challenge is keeping ask unanimous consent to speak for actions, particularly in Asia, account for a them from returning. The stigma that the such time as I may consume. disproportionate share of trafficker profits girls feel in their communities after being As Senator KLOBUCHAR stated, I come and kidnappings of young teenagers. And the freed, coupled with drug dependencies or to the floor to speak on the sex traf- girls, once raped, frequently resign them- threats from pimps, often lead them to re- selves to being prostitutes until they die. It turn to the red-light district. It’s emotion- ficking bill. I know it is now held up by is often rich Asians, particularly overseas ally dispiriting for well-meaning aid workers certain language, which I will go into Chinese, who are doing the buying—put a few who oversee a brothel raid to take the girls in the details of my remarks, but brief- of them in jail, and good things will happen: back to a shelter and give them food and ly, I would like to begin by describing The market for virgins will quickly shrink, medical care, only to see the girls climb over the bill’s highlights. The bill clarifies their price will drop, gangs will shift to less the back wall. that a person who buys a sex act from risky and more profitable lines of business, That is what I talked about earlier. a minor or other trafficking victim can the average age of prostitutes will rise some- That is why, when we look at it from a be prosecuted under the Federal com- what, and the degree of compulsion in pros- mercial sex trafficking statute. The titution will diminish as well. U.S. perspective, what these bills focus on is trying to turn these girls’ lives bill authorizes block grants for State This is from ‘‘Half the Sky,’’ written around and trying to set that standard. and local governments to develop pro- by New York Times reporter Nicholas We are not mandating it in other grams to rescue trafficking victims Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. They have States; we are simply creating some in- and investigate and prosecute traf- a more recent book that they have centives and giving them some funding fickers. The bill also includes nearly written called ‘‘A Path Appears,’’ and so that States can start doing these all of the provisions from the Combat this is about domestic prostitution, cases in a different way and start see- Human Trafficking Act which Senator which I will also be reading from. But ing them as victims and making it PORTMAN and I introduced in January. I thought I would start that tomorrow, easier to go after the people who are I am very grateful to the authors— as we continue to focus on this, so peo- running the ring. Senator KLOBUCHAR, Senator CORNYN— ple understand what we are really talk- Back to the book: for adding these. Those provisions es- ing about. tablish a minimum period of 5 years of As we all know, the bills before the Our unusual purchase came about when Nick— supervised release for a person who Senate today are about domestic traf- conspires to violate the commercial Referring here to Nick Kristof— ficking. They are about what is hap- sex trafficking statute. pening in the United States right now traveled with Naka Nathaniel, then a New It would require the Justice Depart- in every town in this country. York Times videographer, to an area in ment to train on investigating and We talked earlier this morning about northwestern Cambodia notorious for its criminality. Nick and Naka arrived at the prosecuting buyers, on seeking restitu- why this is happening, why we are see- town of Poipet and checked into an $8-a- tion, and on connecting victims with ing this kind of increase, and we are night guest house that doubled as a brothel. health services. It would require re- talking about it more. The reason is They focused their interviews on two teen- porting on sex trafficking prosecutions. that more and more because of the age girls, Srey Neth and Srey Momm, each in It would expand wiretap authority to Internet people can anonymously ad- a different brothel. cover all human trafficking offenses. It vertise. They can send instant mes- Neth was very pretty, short and light- would expand the rights of crime vic- sages and texts. It is just more hidden, skinned. She looked fourteen or fifteen, but tims—something I have been interested and it is harder to track down for law she thought she was older than that; she had no idea of her actual birth date. A woman in since Senator Kyl and I did the enforcement. That is part of why we pimp brought her to Nick’s room, and she sat Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights. are seeing this going on right now and on the bed, quivering with fear. She had been The bill, which is not controversial, why this is such a major issue in our in the brothel only a month, and Nick would should pass, except for the surrep- country. have been her first foreign customer. Nick titious inclusion—I use this word con- I would tie it into our international needed his interpreter present in the room as sidered—of a provision that is known theme, because, again, first of all, we well, and this puzzled the pimp, who never- as the Hyde amendment. The provision have a percentage of these victims— theless accommodated. was not included by language but by mostly girls—who come from foreign Black hair fell over Neth’s shoulders and cross-reference to provisions in another onto her tight pink T-shirt. Below, she wore previously enacted appropriations bill. countries. So it matters to us what equally tight blue jeans, and sandals. Neth goes on in foreign countries with their had plump cheeks, but the best of her was Here is what it says: law, which is the focus of ‘‘Half the thin and fragile; thick makeup caked her Limitations. Amounts in the Fund, or oth- Sky.’’ face in a way that seemed incongruous, as if erwise transferred from the Fund, shall be But it also matters to us because we she were a child who had played with her subject to the limitations on the use or ex- want a better world, and we want these mother’s cosmetics. pending of amounts described in sections 506 After some awkward conversation through and 507 of division H of the Consolidated Ap- countries to do better. We don’t want propriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76; 128 to put all our money in military spend- the interpreter, as Nick asked Neth about how she had grown up and about her family, Stat. 409) to the same extent as if amounts in ing. We want these countries to become she began to calm down. She stopped trem- the Fund were funds appropriated under divi- democracies, to become trading part- bling and mostly looked in the direction of sion H of such Act. ners, to become places that we can the television in the corner of the room, This provision was not included in work with. Instead, if we allow these which Nick had put on to muffle the sound of the bill Senator CORNYN introduced girls to be subjugated and we allow their voices. She responded to questions last Congress, which I cosponsored. His them to be chattel and we allow them briefly and without interest. staff approached my staff and staffs of to be treated like slaves, they are Now we have been joined—I am going other Senators early in 2015. They never going to get the kind of democ- to stop reading from the book for a asked if I would cosponsor again. My racy that we want them to get to and while. Senator FEINSTEIN has come to staff asked whether the bill was iden- that will allow for a better country. the floor. Senator FEINSTEIN has been a tical to last year’s bill and for an ex- You are not going to have a woman true leader on this issue of sex traf- planation of any changes that were

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This particular task force is com- This is the same picture of this same In other words, an important and prised of a number of Federal and local girl. sensitive change was made to the bill law enforcement agencies in Orange We blocked out the image, and it is and was not disclosed upon request. County, including Anaheim and Hun- shocking. It is simply shocking that That does not excuse us for not catch- tington Beach police departments, the this is going on to the extent it is in ing this, but if you see the complicated U.S. Attorney’s Office, the FBI, and our country, right in a ribald way on and sort of obfuscated nature of this— the District Attorney’s Office. the Internet. I am not saying it is intended obfusca- Now, here it comes: Regardless of Law enforcement officials and anti- tion, but all of the numbers that are in how children are first trafficked, one trafficking organizations say there are there—I think it makes it understand- thing is almost universal—victims will a number of key indicators that allow able. be advertised on the Internet. By one them to identify ads that are likely for If the Hyde amendment—which is estimate, 76 percent of child sex traf- trafficking victims. what this is—if that language comes ficking victims—76 percent of them are In this advertisement we see three of out, this bill will pass easily. sold over the Internet. those key indicators. First, the title Let me address for a moment the My staff and I have spoken with a states the victim is ‘‘New to your enormous problem we are trying to ad- number of law enforcement officials in City.’’ Anti-trafficking organizations dress with this bill. Today, high de- California about the Internet’s role in say this is code for being underage. mand and easy access fuels a huge connecting sellers of underage children You may also see girls in ads described amount of sex trafficking. Human traf- with buyers. Nearly every single offi- as ‘‘new,’’ ‘‘fresh,’’ or ‘‘new in town’’ to ficking today is the second largest cial we spoke with said the Internet is indicate they are underage. Second, we criminal industry in the world. It is the primary means to connect sellers see a victim is listed from outside the only behind illegal drugs. with buyers. So this is where we next area. Here she is listed as from Miami In 2005, human trafficking was a $32 must take decisive steps to stop sex for a posting that is in the Houston billion criminal enterprise. Today, trafficking. Purveyors of these online area. some 9 years later, it is a $150 billion ads must be held accountable. Senator Third, the victim also has an out-of- estimate of illegal gains. Two-thirds of KIRK and I have an amendment that area phone number. the proceeds from human trafficking will do that. Those are three indicators of what come from sex trafficking. There are at least 19 distinct Web this ad is for—to sell sex with children. Children as young as 12, 13, and 14 sites that accept ads relating to traf- Law enforcement and experts confirm can be found on the street or over the ficking underage boys and girls. Here this point. Internet. It is not an exaggeration to they are: Backpage.com; EscortAds The Cook County Sheriff’s Office in say that this is modern-day slavery. .xxx; ErosAds.com; Illinois found that 100 percent of Those victims are moved against their EscortsInCollege.com; women claiming to be massage thera- will to cities throughout the country AsianEscortSF.com; EscortsInThe.us; pists or platonic escorts on one Web and even to other countries, wherever LiveEscortReviews.com; MyProvider site, Backpage, were being sold for sex. demand is high. Guide.com; EroticMugShots.com; This isn’t mine, this is the Cook Coun- Trafficking rings are also run by NaughtyReviews.com; EscortPhone ty Sheriff’s Office. gangs. In San Diego, for example, prof- List.com; RubAds.com; Eros.com; The sheriff’s office set up so-called its are so great and the risk of being TheEroticReview.com; RubMaps.com; dates with 618 girls via Backpage. All caught so minimal that rival gangs do APerfectSin.com; EscortDater.com; 618 agreed to provide sex for money. not fight each other over sex traf- MyRedBook.com; and NightShift.com. The sheriff’s office concluded: ‘‘This ficking, as they do when drugs are in- Nineteen Web sites act as purveyors of presents irrefutable evidence that volved. child sex trafficking in this country. Backpage is indeed a haven for pimps Some traffickers make as much as They ought to be ashamed of them- and sex solicitors who are victimizing $33,000 per week. These are numbers selves. women and girls for their own gain. gathered by the Urban Institute: At- This site I am going to show you, Any notion that Backpage employs a lanta, gross take per trafficker per Backpage.com, allows a purveyor to legitimate business model simply does week, $32,833; Denver, $31,200; Seattle, post an advertisement for an escort or not stand up to the facts.’’ $18,000; Miami, $17,741; Dallas, $12,025; a body rub. In fact, nearly all of these This is a direct letter from Sheriff Washington, DC, $11,588; and San ads are for commercial sex acts; many Tom Dart, Cook County, IL. Diego, $11,129. This is weekly gross of them depict minors. When you view Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- cash intake per individual trafficker. an ad for an escort or a body rub, you sent to have printed in the RECORD a Traffickers lure victims through will see pictures of young girls, often memorandum to Sheriff Tom Dart. promises of love and money or some- with few or no clothes on. There being no objection, the mate- times use an older trafficked girl as a Now I am going to show you two rial was ordered to be printed in the recruiter. Those criminals prey on the girls. The first is a missing 17-year-old RECORD, as follows: most vulnerable children in our soci- girl. She is here as a runaway. This is COOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE MEMORANDUM ety, including those who are homeless a listing of the National Center for Date: 6/9/2014. or in the foster care system. They tar- Missing and Exploited Children, a very To: Sheriff Thomas J. Dart. get children who have been victims of legitimate organization which I am From: Deputy Chief Michael Anton, Cook sexual abuse. Once they have a victim fully in support of. It is entitled ‘‘En- County Sheriff’s Police. under their control, they may traffic dangered Runaway,’’ and it is informa- Subject: Backpage.com Arrests. him or her from city to city based on tion about her, her date of birth, her Per Sheriff Dart’s direction, the Cook demand. age, her sex, her race, and all of it, and County Sheriff’s Police Vice Unit has uti- lized Backpage.com as its primary forum for For example, this is a slide of Cali- where you can get in touch if you have fornia. It is from the Orange County recovering victims of human trafficking in any information. Cook County. Please find our year-to-year Human Trafficking Task Force, and it I wish to show how this is also used. Backpage arrest statistics shows the route traffickers take to This is the same girl on Backpage, and Cook County Sheriff’s Police Arrests Off of move victims around the State of Cali- this essentially says: Backpage: fornia to meet demand. You can see Hello Texas, 2009: 142 these circles from Oakland to Sac- Are you looking for an unforgettable expe- 2010: 108 ramento and then down into the Inland rience? Look no further! 2011: 63

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According to a study General (Acting); Scott Pruitt, Okla- Prostitution since 2007, with many of those of Department of Justice human trafficking homa Attorney General; Ellen F. investigations originating from responses to task force cases, 83 percent of sex trafficking Rosenblum, Oregon Attorney General; Backpage ads. victims identified in the United States were Ce´sar R. Mı´randa Rodriguez, Puerto It is important to note that 100% of the U.S. citizens. Shockingly, there are numer- Rico Attorney General; Alan Wilson, women claiming to be massage therapists or ous cases nationally of children being used in South Carolina Attorney General; Her- platonic escorts on Backpage have accepted prostitution as young as 12. bert H. Slatery, III, Tennessee Attor- the offer of money for sex from our under- Every day, children in the United States ney General; Sean Reyes, Utah Attor- cover male officers. Our team has set up are sold for sex. The use of the ‘‘adult serv- ney General; Mark R. Herring, Virginia ‘‘dates’’ with 618 via this website—all 618 ices sections’’ on websites such as Attorney General; Peter K. Michael, have turned out to be prostitutes. This pre- Backpage.com has created virtual brothels Wyoming Attorney General; Kathleen sents irrefutable evidence that Backpage is where children are bought and sold using eu- Kane, Pennsylvania Attorney General; indeed a haven for pimps and sex solicitors phemistic labels such as ‘‘escorts.’’ The in- Peter Kilmartin, Rhode Island Attor- who are victimizing women and girls for volvement of these advertising companies is ney General; Marty J. Jackley, South their own gain. Any notion that Backpage not accidental—these companies have con- Dakota Attorney General; Greg Ab- structed their business models around in- employs a legitimate business model simply bott, Texas Attorney General; William come gained from those participating in does not stand up to the facts. H. Sorrell, Vermont Attorney General; commercial sex. In just one week this June, Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia Attor- Mrs. FEINSTEIN. A study of ads law enforcement arrested 281 alleged sex ney General. placed in this year’s Super Bowl in traffickers and took 168 children out of pros- Phoenix concludes that 65 percent of titution in a nationwide FBI crackdown Mrs. FEINSTEIN. The attorneys gen- the ads placed on Backpage’s Phoenix where many child victims were offered for eral wrote: Web site around the weekend of the sale on ‘‘escort’’ and other ‘‘adult services’’ The use of the ‘‘adult services sections’’ on game had indicators that the ad was websites. Organized crime groups as well as websites such as Backpage.com has created street gangs are involved with human traf- virtual brothels where children are bought for a victim of sex trafficking. ficking, and many of these perpetrators use Simply put, there are Internet com- and sold using euphemistic labels such as the Internet to sell their victims. ‘‘escorts.’’ panies that are profiting off the rape The undersigned attorneys general respect- and abuse of children. This must stop. fully request that the Senate Judiciary Com- This is a quote from a letter to this One way we can combat sex traf- mittee pass the SAVE Act so that these effect—I don’t want anybody to think ficking over the Internet is to make it websites that are facilitating trafficking this is what I am saying, it is what a crime for a person such as the owner through their very business model will have they are saying. of a Web site to knowingly advertise a to take steps to verify the identity of indi- The use of the term ‘‘adult services sec- viduals posting advertisements and the age commercial sex act with a minor. As I tions’’ on websites such as Backpage.com has of those who appear in these advertisements. created virtual brothels where children are said, Senator KIRK and I have intro- We thank you in advance for your contin- bought and sold using euphemistic labels duced such an amendment. It would ued dedication to the eradication of human such as ‘‘escorts.’’ create a new offense of knowingly ad- trafficking. Put simply, if you have knowledge vertising a commercial sex act with a Greg Zoeller, Indiana Attorney General; that an advertisement placed on your minor on the Internet. Luther Strange, Alabama Attorney Web site is for commercial sex with a The amendment is identical to a General; Tom Horne, Arizona Attorney minor, then you should be prosecuted. House bill that has 52 cosponsors and General; Kamala Harris, California At- torney General; George Jepsen, Con- That is what our amendment would do. passed that Chamber by voice vote. necticut Attorney General; Irvin Na- I have no doubt that prohibiting mis- If we come to a point where we are than, District of Columbia Attorney conduct by a Web site owner is con- voting on amendments to Senator COR- General; Robert W. Ferguson, Wash- stitutional. As the Supreme Court has NYN’s bill, I urge my colleagues to sup- ington Attorney General; Michael held on several occasions: ‘‘Offers to port this amendment, and I know Sen- Geraghty, Alaska Attorney General; engage in illegal transactions are cat- ator KIRK and I would bring it to the Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas Attorney egorically excluded from First Amend- floor. General; John W. Suthers, Colorado At- ment protection.’’ Last October, 53 attorneys general of- torney General; Joseph R. ‘‘Beau’’ In fact, the Supreme Court in 1973 fered a letter to the Senate Judiciary Biden III , Delaware Attorney General; Pamela Jo Bondi, Florida Attorney wrote: ‘‘We have no doubt that a news- Committee in support of the bill that General; Samuel S. Olens, Georgia At- paper constitutionally could be forbid- Senator KIRK and I introduced last torney General; David Louie, Hawaii den to publish a want ad proposing a June that is similar to the amendment. Attorney General; Lisa Madigan, Illi- sale of narcotics or soliciting pros- This is the list of the attorneys gen- nois Attorney General; Derek Schmidt, Kansas Attorney General; James titutes.’’ eral. This amendment targets illegal con- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- ‘‘Buddy’’ Caldwell, Louisiana Attorney duct—commercial sex with minors— sent to have printed in the RECORD the General; Douglas F. Gansler, Maryland that would not be protected by the letter of 53 attorneys general. Attorney General. Bill Schuette, Michigan Attorney Gen- First Amendment. There being no objection, the mate- eral; Lenny Rapadas, Guam Attorney It imposes liability on Web sites that rial was ordered to be printed in the General; Lawrence Wasden, Idaho At- know that their sites are being used to RECORD, as follows: torney General; Tom Miller, Iowa At- advertise minors for sex. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF torney General; Jack Conway, Ken- In conclusion, the Internet has made ATTORNEYS GENERAL, tucky Attorney General; Janet Mills, this industry what it is, the second Washington, DC, October 20, 2014. Maine Attorney General; Martha largest criminal industry in the world, Hon. PATRICK LEAHY, Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney Gen- Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Wash- eral; Lori Swanson, Minnesota Attor- second only to drugs, and it is up to us ington, DC. ney General; Jim Hood, Mississippi At- to do something about it. Hon. CHUCK GRASSLEY, torney General; Tim Fox, Montana At- One of our duties in this body is to Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, torney General; Catherine Cortez protect the most vulnerable of individ- Washington, DC. Masto, Nevada Attorney General; John uals. That includes children, and this is DEAR CHAIRMAN LEAHY AND RANKING MEM- Jay Hoffman, New Jersey Attorney what this amendment does. BER GRASSLEY: We, the undersigned state General (Acting); Eric T. Some say other parts of the bill will and territorial attorneys general, urge you Schneiderman, New York Attorney help stop sex trafficking, and we don’t to join us in the fight against human traf- General; Wayne Stenehjem, North Da- ficking in the United States. We commend kota Attorney General; Michael need to touch the Internet. That makes your recent action to pass legislation to in- DeWine, Ohio Attorney General; Chris no sense to me. Seventy-six percent of crease federal penalties and victim restitu- Koster, Missouri Attorney General; Jon sales of sex trafficking victims begin tion and encourage you to act to protect Bruning, Nebraska Attorney General; on the Internet. So you can just touch

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They are every code change. But my colleague ment, assuming we can get past this put out on the streets, they are and I both know that occasionally block. This is so much more important watched. They are moved around. If it things slip through. I will plead mea than putting the Hyde amendment, becomes too hot in one area, they are culpa on that. But once I found out, I cloaked in difficult language, in this moved to another. They are moved to had an obligation to do something bill, when the House bill doesn’t con- another State, and they come from about it. tain it. The House understands that it other countries. So I am pleading with my colleague, is going to have difficulty passing it It just seems to me to have this in let’s just take it out. Let’s just pass with this in the bill. Why isn’t that this bill—and, Senator, I have great re- this bill. Let’s put the Kirk-Feinstein recognized in this House? If they take spect for you. I have wanted to work amendment in. Let’s go after the Inter- that out, this bill swims through. with you on this. I know you are sin- net purveyors. Let’s go after 19 sites Mr. CORNYN. Will the Senator yield cere. that put pictures of girls 12, 13, and 14 for a question? It is not in the House bill. So maybe to be sold all around the United States, Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I yield to the Sen- the House understands this. I can’t to be sold after big football games in ator. speak for the House. various areas of the country. Let’s go Mr. CORNYN. I was in my office and Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask after them. Isn’t that more important? watching the Senator on TV, so I unanimous consent to engage in a col- I would like to ask my colleague a thought I would come to the floor and loquy. question. maybe we could get to the bottom of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Mr. CORNYN. That is the reason I this. There seems to be a ship passing objection? am so confused by the filibuster of this in the night, it seems to me. Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I am pleased to do legislation by people, including my I know the Senator from California so. friend, who are cosponsors of the legis- cares passionately about this issue, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without lation and who already voted for it. I am not about pointing fingers in I don’t question that for a moment. It objection, it is so ordered. terms of what staff or Members should is very clear to me. But I ask the Sen- Mr. CORNYN. Otherwise, we are have read or understood about the leg- ator from California, she graciously going to have to keep addressing ques- islation, but I believe the reason it was agreed to cosponsor this legislation? tions through the Chair and keep ask- not debated at the Judiciary Com- Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I did. ing for permission. I think it is great mittee level is because it had become a Mr. CORNYN. She voted for it in the to have an honest conversation with routine matter since 1976, when the Senate Judiciary Committee that my friend. Hyde amendment was passed. Every ap- passed unanimously. It does contain, So it is clear that the Senator from propriation of Labor-HHS or other on page 50 and 51 of this bill, the lan- California has voted for this restriction funding that could arguably use tax guage that the Senator referred to. I on use of taxpayer funding for abor- dollars for abortions has been limited saw it on my TV screen in my office, tions previously, correct? by the Hyde amendment language. which incorporates the limitation that Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Not to my knowl- I had a couple of Senators in my of- was contained in the Consolidated Ap- edge. Let me put it that way. Now you fice yesterday afternoon who are propriations Act of 2014. It incor- can blame me and say I should have proudly pro-choice. I am proudly pro- porates that into the bill by reference. known—I am not the only one on our life. But even my pro-choice friends Not only—I believe the Senator voted committee, Senator, who is in this po- said we still believe taxpayer funds for the bill in committee and cospon- sition, either, who communicated with should not be used for abortions except sored it. The Senator also voted for your staff and was under the impres- in the case of rape or to protect the that limitation in the Consolidated Ap- sion that the bill was identical to last health of the victim. propriations Act of 2014. This is the year, with the exception of seven Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Well, why then, if I same or similar language of what was pieces, which are not this. The seven may ask a question, respectfully. contained in the Affordable Care Act, were detailed to us. Mr. CORNYN. Sure. contained in the Defense authorization Mr. CORNYN. I am not going to en- Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Why isn’t it in the bill, and contained in literally every gage in a debate about whether the House language? appropriations bill since 1976. Senator should have known or how she Mr. CORNYN. I would say to my This is what I would love to have my voted in the past. I believe the record friend that I can’t vouch for the friend, the Senator from California, ex- would demonstrate that she and others House’s product. I can just say what plain to me: Why is it that it all of a voted for the Affordable Care Act, the Congress as a whole has done since sudden becomes objectionable on this which actually National Abortion 1976, and it has limited the expenditure legislation—when you care and I care Rights Action League says is an expan- of funds for this purpose under the so passionately about getting help for sion of the Hyde amendment. terms of the Hyde amendment. these victims—that this is the reason I ask the Senator, you rightly point That was the reason we referred in to derail the legislation? out that these child victims of sexual the legislation, on page 50, which my Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Because of what assault will have been raped, either colleague has blown up here, referring this legislation is. This legislation is statutory rape—they are below the age to the language in the Committee on the raping and the misconduct, sexu- of consent—or they are adults and they Appropriations, which I am confident ally, with young girls, girls 14, 15, and have been assaulted, criminally as- my friend, the Senator from California, 16. What if they are impregnated? saulted. voted for, just as she did in the limita- Should they be entitled to be able to go Isn’t it your understanding of the tion that was contained in the Afford- and get an abortion? Does this body Hyde amendment that the exclusion to able Care Act and all the other times really want them to be forced to bear the Hyde amendment would still allow that Hyde has been part of our process. somebody else’s child? them to gain access to the services This has become so unremarkable and So this offers the opportunity for that you believe they need or deserve? so routine that it hardly seems like some funding. These aren’t wealthy Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Yes. I think that is something someone would point out be- girls. They don’t live in Beverly Hills, correct. I suppose we could change this cause this language doesn’t change the Hyde Park, or any of these places that to have a rape implication, but the status quo at all. are prominent. They are on the streets. gauntlet has been thrown down. And it So we have talked about ways to get They are lost, maybe lost mentally, is not up to me alone to remove it. past this impasse, and I would just

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It has become this me, that is so secondary to the enor- directly with victims groups, including one area, in a divisive area of abortion, mous harm that is being done. those who took care of very young chil- where there has been bipartisan con- I have great respect for my colleague. dren who had been sexually assaulted, sensus for 39 years, at least to the He has been a very distinguished jurist sometimes by members of their own point it has remained the law of the in his State. He makes sense when he family—just the worst, the most rep- land effectively. To take it out and say speaks on the Judiciary Committee. rehensible sorts of crimes. somehow we are going to depart from We have listened to each other for But if I can ask the Senator just one that today or this week would, to me, more than a decade now. Let this drop. last question. Of course, we have had be a dramatic expansion of taxpayer Let us get on with the work of this the procedural vote on the floor, twice funding for this purpose that I can’t bill—and the work of this bill isn’t now, where Democrats have blocked support. completed until we get some of the our ability to both vote on amend- So I would say, if there are ways we amendments that relate to the bill— ments, including amendments the Sen- can deal with this fund, as a fund that and then I think we can debate this an- ator may have with the Senator from can be appropriated on an annual basis other day. Illinois, Mr. KIRK. Why is there an ob- subject to the normal restrictions— I would say I plead a mea culpa. I jection to processing those amend- that is something I talked about with wish I had known. All I can say is I did ments and allowing the Senate to work the ranking member, our friend from not know. Is that my fault? Probably. its will? Why can’t we vote on them? Vermont, that possibility—I think But I didn’t know. So if you don’t Why can’t the Democratic minority there are ways we might be able to get know, and you make a mistake, isn’t take up the majority leader’s offer for to a solution. But stripping out this the right thing to try to set that right? a vote to strip the language out that limitation, which has been the law of That is what we have tried to do, and your side objects to? the land for 39 years, is not acceptable women on our side, and some on my Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Can I answer that because it would represent a huge ex- colleague’s side, feel very strongly as honestly as I feel? pansion on the use of taxpayer funding about this. Mr. CORNYN. I wish the Senator for abortions in ways many of my pro- My colleague knows over the years would. choice friends don’t support. we have lost virtually every battle that Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Because there are Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Well, I guess I dis- has been on this floor and we are tired many of us who believe this is one agree with that. Those of us who be- of it. So we are taking a stand and we small step for womankind. It is one lieve a woman should control her own are going to hold that stand. battle we can win, and we have had loss reproductive system, in concert with Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I obvi- after loss after loss. her family and her doctor, have objec- ously don’t agree with my friend from You know, many of us ran on the tion to the government getting in- California, but I respect her for answer- right to choose. I was one of them. I volved and telling us what to do. It is ing the questions I have posed here am old enough to have seen the way it actually not your reproductive sys- today. I just find it a terrible shame we was before, to have sentenced women tem—and I say ‘‘you’’ generically, as a are going to relitigate what has been who committed illegal abortions with man—it is our reproductive system. In the law of the land for 39 years on this coat hangers. That is sort of the sys- a sense this has been a battle for our bill in a way that would block help to temic root of all of this. It is our his- identity. the very people I know the Senator tory, Senator. We are trying to change I sat on a term-setting and paroling from California cares so passionately that history, and we keep losing. So authority in California in the 1960s, about. there is one small thing in this. when abortion was illegal. I sentenced If we are going to undo the Hyde My colleague is right, we didn’t see women to State prison for abortion. It amendment, which the Senator has it, and we have to live with that. I un- had then an indeterminate sentence of voted for in some form or another re- derstand that. But now we see it and between 6 months and 10 years. I saw peatedly over the years, then we are we are trying to do something about it abortionists come back to prison. I not going to make any progress. If we and, thankfully, our party is standing asked one, when I was setting the sen- can find some other way to structure up with us. So we say make that small tence: Why do you keep doing this? Her the funds so the appropriators will change and we pass this bill, and first name was Anita. And she said: Be- have a more direct role in appro- maybe we can even strengthen it with cause I feel so sorry for the women. priating the fines and penalties paid amendments. That was the way it was. I remember into this fund on an annual basis, I My colleague has done a superior job passing the plate at Stanford for a think maybe there is some room to in putting the bill together. Let it go. young woman to go to Tijuana for an talk. But I thank the Senator for her Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I would abortion. The morbidity that was done courtesy in answering my questions. I just say, in conclusion, that I think it to women through back-alley abor- am sorry we find ourselves at this log- is a terrible shame that my colleague’s tions, this has opened a Pandora’s box gerhead, but I hope at some point that side of the aisle has decided to take of big emotional issues for women. can be resolved. this bill hostage to try to litigate As to the Hyde amendment, if there Mrs. FEINSTEIN. May I say one something that has been the law of the is rape and you can prove it, that is more thing? It is my understanding— land for 39 years. I understand she feels right; and then there is a 12-year-old, a breaking news coming here—that there passionately about it. I don’t question 13-year-old who is out on the streets as is no language in Federal statute on that for a minute—the sincerity of my a prostitute, which is a different sex trafficking that defines a traf- colleague’s deeply held personal views. thing—sort of the same but sort of dif- ficking survivor as a victim of rape. So But why in the world would my col- ferent. The overwhelming evil of this the victim would have to prove she is a leagues take as a hostage a piece of trade overcomes any of this, because victim of rape. legislation that is going to help those you take a young woman, and you Now, look at what happens. I don’t 100,000 children who are sex-trafficked probably change their life for the worse know if in my colleague’s legal career each year? Why should they suffer so for the rest of her life. it took him close to very young vic- my colleagues can make a point on this Imagine your daughter being out on tims of this who cover up and who particular piece of legislation? the street; my daughter, my grand- don’t want to let people know. I am I don’t understand that and I think it daughters being out on the street like sure my colleague knows all of the vi- is a terrible shame. this and what it would do to them cissitudes, the hard life. We are asking Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Well, let me an- being handcuffed and moved and traded someone to prove it. swer a question with a question. Why around the country and girls brought Mr. CORNYN. I would say to my doesn’t my colleague just take it out? from Nepal through India, all over Eu- friend that when I was attorney gen- It is not in the House bill. Then we rope. This is what is going on in the eral of Texas for 4 years, I had respon- don’t have to conference it, we don’t

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Mr. President, I would important criminal justice reform leg- power the Department of Justice and say to my friend, I don’t blame her for islation. former offenders harmed by a violation asking, but why in the world would we The right to vote for all is a principle of this legislation with the right to change settled law for 39 years in order that goes to the very heart of all de- sue. to accommodate the minority’s view mocracy. Voting is a fundamental This bill corrects a civil rights on this bill, and to change, as I said, right because it is the right from which wrong. It would sweep away the last what has been the law of the land? all other rights derive. Participation in vestige of Jim Crow laws. It would out- Since the Senator voted for this very the political process is about giving a law State disenfranchisement laws language previously this year in the voice to the voiceless. It is about who that have a disparate impact on racial Judiciary Committee—since she co- we are as a Nation and whether we minorities. It would provide a uniform sponsored it, I don’t really understand want citizens that contribute to our so- standard to govern the restoration of it since she voted for the legislation ciety to have a say in who represents voting rights. that is referred to here that has that them in the Federal Government. This bill reforms the criminal justice amendment. Does the Senator see this The road to extend voting rights to system. Every year, over 600,000 people as breaking new ground? Is she trying all Americans has been long and not leave prison. We must find ways to re- to expand or eliminate the Hyde without bumps. Our country was found- integrate them back into the commu- amendment? ed at a time when African Americans nity. Civic participation gives ex-of- Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I see it for stand- were denied the right to vote. For over fenders a stake in government, which ing up for a principle. I know some- a hundred years, we silenced entire motivates law-abiding behavior and re- thing about these girls. I know some- populations of Americans and deemed duces the likelihood of future crimes. thing about the history of abortion in them unworthy of participating in the No evidence exists that denying voting this country. I am old enough to have political process merely because of rights to people after release from pris- gone through it and know that I don’t their race. on reduces crime. To the contrary, it want to go back to those days. I don’t During his famous Gettysburg Ad- makes sense that people who have paid want young women who take the law dress, President Lincoln called for the their debt to society should reclaim now so much for granted to have to re- country to have a ‘‘new birth of free- their rights. turn back. dom.’’ After the Civil War, the States This bill builds off of the progress in This is just one small step. There is ratified the Civil War Amendments to the States. Recently, 8 States have ei- nothing wrong with accommodating the Constitution to honor President ther repealed or amended lifetime dis- the minority on what is a relatively Lincoln’s promise. One of those amend- enfranchisement laws. Two states ex- small point. In the House, 435 people ments, the Fifteenth Amendment, gave panded voting rights to persons on pro- over there didn’t want it in. So why African Americans the right to vote. bation or parole. Ten States eased the not accommodate the minority? The Decades later, the Nineteenth Amend- restoration process for people seeking Senator just comes out a bigger person. ment gave women suffrage. to have their right to vote restored Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I would Despite this progress, many States after the completion of their sentence. say to my friend I appreciate her cour- passed laws during the Jim Crow era to The Federal Government should follow tesy and her indulgence in having this disenfranchise African Americans, in- their lead. conversation. I also feel on principle cluding literacy tests, poll taxes, and Nothing is more powerful than an this limitation on tax dollars is an ap- grandfather clauses. These States also idea whose time has come. This Con- propriate one. I understand the Sen- passed laws that banned people with gress can remedy the barriers to full ator disagrees and she would like to certain convictions from voting. With citizenship faced by millions of for- eliminate this from this point forward. the passage of the Voting Rights Act of merly incarcerated people in our coun- But I am simply unable on principle to 1965, many of these State try, if this bill is enacted into law. Re- accommodate the Senator in that re- disenfranchising laws were outlawed. storing the right to vote is good public quest. But the ban on voting for people with policy. As I said, I do appreciate her cour- certain convictions was not touched To protect basic public safety and tesy. and it remains the law in many States. strengthen the core of our democracy, Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I appreciate it, Today, 35 States restrict voting I urge my fellow Senators to support too. And I appreciate the discussion. rights of persons who were formerly in- the Democracy Restoration Act and Principle doesn’t know minority and carcerated. In fact, felony disenfran- quickly pass this important legisla- majority. Principle is deeply held. chisement laws prevent 5.85 million tion. I thank the Senator very much. Americans from voting. This is a stag- f I yield the floor. gering number of Americans that do not have a say in our political process. CONGRATULATING NANCIE I suggest the absence of a quorum. ATWELL The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. LEE). Punishment is a legitimate goal of The clerk will call the roll. our justice system. But once someone Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I wish The senior assistant legislative clerk has served their time and been re- to recognize the inspiring accomplish- proceeded to call the roll. leased, we must help our fellow citizens ments of Nancie Atwell from Southport, ME, who was awarded the Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I get back on their feet. As President ask unanimous consent that the order George W. Bush said in his State of the first Global Teacher Prize by the for the quorum call be rescinded. Union Address in 2004, ‘‘America is the Varkey Foundation. This inter- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without land of second chance, and when the national, nonprofit organization is objection, it is so ordered. gates of the prison open, the path committed to improving the quality of ahead should lead to a better life.’’ To education worldwide. Nancie’s selec- f further punish people who are back in tion as the foundation’s first ever prize MORNING BUSINESS the community by denying them the recipient is a testament to her out- right to vote counters the expectation standing contributions to the teaching that citizens have rehabilitated them- profession and her effect on countless DEMOCRACY RESTORATION ACT selves after a conviction. students and teachers. The $1 million Mr. BOOKER. Mr. President, I sup- The Democracy Restoration Act prize was awarded at a ceremony in port the Democracy Restoration Act. would restore voting rights in Federal Dubai attended by former President This important legislation would re- elections to millions of disenfranchised Bill Clinton and Sheikh Mohammed

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Nancie was selected from more to have such a pioneering and driven f than 5,000 nominations received from educator fighting for a brighter future. MEASURES REFERRED 120 countries. The candidates were Nancie is a remarkable ambassador for The following bill was read the first evaluated based on their innovative both the State of Maine and our coun- and the second times by unanimous teaching practices, including their try, and I congratulate her on this out- consent, and referred as indicated: ability to prepare students to be global standing accomplishment. citizens. H.R. 1029. An act to amend the Environ- The pool of thousands was narrowed f mental Research, Development, and Dem- down to a group of 10 remarkable nomi- RECOGNIZING TONY ALEXANDER onstration Authorization Act of 1978 to pro- vide for Scientific Advisory Board member nees, including teachers from Afghani- Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. President, I wish qualifications, public participation, and for stan, India, Kenya, Haiti, Malaysia, to recognize Tony Alexander, executive other purposes; to the Committee on Envi- Cambodia, and the United States. chairman of the board of FirstEnergy ronment and Public Works. Within this elite group, Nancie Atwell Corporation. Tony’s 43-year career at f rose above the rest. Nancie has been a FirstEnergy and its predecessor compa- MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME teacher since 1973. In 1990, she used nies was characterized by a commit- money from her own pocket to found ment to superior customer service, The following bill was read the first the Center for Teaching & Learning, an greater value to shareholders, and time: independent demonstration school that more opportunities for employees. As H.R. 1191. An act to amend the Internal educates students from kindergarten FirstEnergy’s longest serving chief ex- Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emer- through eighth grade in the small town ecutive officer, Tony’s vision, drive, gency services volunteers are not taken into of Edgecomb. Her vision was to foster a and leadership helped propel the com- account as employees under the shared re- more meaningful education for Maine sponsibility requirements contained in the pany to the forefront of the energy in- students. The center serves a close- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. dustry. knit population of approximately 75 Through Tony’s management, Akron- f students who travel from several sur- based Ohio Edison quadrupled in size to rounding towns because they are at- EXECUTIVE AND OTHER become today’s FirstEnergy. Over the tracted to the school’s small class COMMUNICATIONS course of his career, he guided the com- sizes, research-based curriculum, and The following communications were pany through significant mergers, ac- teacher outreach programs. laid before the Senate, together with In a gesture that exemplifies her deep quisitions, and divestitures; complex accompanying papers, reports, and doc- commitment to her students, Nancie regulatory and environmental chal- uments, and were referred as indicated: announced that she intends to donate lenges; and a wide range of operational and financial issues. His willingness to EC–941. A communication from the Direc- every last penny of the $1 million prize tor of the Regulatory Management Division, back to her school to support its re- push hard for important ideas and poli- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- sources, scholarships, library, and to cies made him a strong advocate dur- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- replace its worn out furnace. ing one of the most challenging periods titled ‘‘Dimethomorph; Pesticide Toler- Nancie, who has authored many in the history of the electric industry. ances’’ (FRL No. 9923–59) received in the Of- books and articles about education and Tony’s principled leadership has also fice of the President of the Senate on March hosted 140 education workshops, em- shown through his tireless work to im- 12, 2015; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. bodies a teaching philosophy based on prove his community. As a recognized leader in his community, he currently EC–942. A communication from the Direc- student engagement, not just assign- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, ments. She encourages her pupils to serves as an advisor to the boards of Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- identify and pursue their passions. By trustees for Akron Tomorrow, Team ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- enabling students to choose to read and NEO, and the University of Akron. Ad- titled ‘‘Boscalid; Pesticide Tolerances’’ (FRL write about what interests them, the ditionally, he serves on the board of di- No. 9921–01) received in the Office of the center has created an environment rectors and President’s Advancement President of the Senate on March 12, 2015; to where children are excited to learn and Council of the Austen BioInnovation the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, eager to demonstrate their knowledge. Institute. and Forestry. In addition to teaching students, the Tony’s service has not gone without EC–943. A communication from the Chief of the Planning and Regulatory Affairs Branch, center does remarkable work teaching notice. He has been awarded the Dr. Food and Nutrition Service, Department of teachers. Educators from other schools Frank L. Simonetti Distinguished Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, regularly visit the center for profes- Business Alumni Award from the Uni- the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Professional sional development. Once there, they versity of Akron—a testament to his Standards for State and Local School Nutri- observe school-wide morning meetings, community leadership. tion Programs Personnel as Required by the libraries in every classroom, and stu- I congratulate Tony, his wife Becky, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010’’ dent-driven writing workshops. The and their four sons for the profound (RIN0584–AE19) received in the Office of the center facilitates a teacher internship impact he has made throughout his President of the Senate on March 12, 2015; to program that pairs visiting educators the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, community and the energy industry. and Forestry. with teachers at the school. These in- f EC–944. A communication from the Con- tern-teachers observe and confer about gressional Review Coordinator, Animal and instruction methods and leave MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE Plant Health Inspection Service, Department equipped to make substantive changes At 11:09 a.m., a message from the of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to back in their own schools. House of Representatives, delivered by law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Gypsy In her acceptance speech, Nancie Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, Moth Generally Infested Areas; Additions in said: announced that the House has passed Minnesota, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wis- When children are engaged, when learning consin’’ (Docket No. APHIS–2014–0023) re- the following bills, in which it requests ceived during adjournment of the Senate in is joyful, those are the lessons that stick. the concurrence of the Senate: Those are the lessons that are worthwhile the Office of the President of the Senate on and meaningful and hang around. H.R. 1029. An act to amend the Environ- March 13, 2015; to the Committee on Agri- mental Research, Development, and Dem- culture, Nutrition, and Forestry. This philosophy has inspired teachers onstration Authorization Act of 1978 to pro- EC–945. A communication from the Assist- and students alike. In fact, it was one vide for Scientific Advisory Board member ant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense of Nancie’s former students who nomi- qualifications, public participation, and for and Global Security), transmitting, pursuant nated her for the prize. other purposes. to law, a report relative to a consolidated

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A communication from the Sec- Office of the President of the Senate on ments and Options’’ ((RIN1545–BL46 and retary of Defense, transmitting a report on March 12, 2015; to the Committee on Environ- RIN1545–BM60) (TD 9713)) received in the Of- the approved retirement of Lieutenant Gen- ment and Public Works. fice of the President of the Senate on March eral James L. Huggins, Jr., United States EC–957. A communication from the Direc- 12, 2015; to the Committee on Finance. Army, and his advancement to the grade of tor of the Regulatory Management Division, EC–965. A communication from the Chief of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- Committee on Armed Services. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ternal Revenue Service, Department of the EC–947. A communication from the Acting titled ‘‘National Emission Standards for Haz- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and ardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired report of a rule entitled ‘‘Empowerment Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to law, a Electric Steam Generating Units’’ (FRL No. Zone Designation Extension’’ (Notice 2015–26) report describing activities under the Sec- 9923–98–OAR) received in the Office of the received in the Office of the President of the retary of Defense personnel management President of the Senate on March 12, 2015; to Senate on March 12, 2015; to the Committee demonstration project authorities for De- the Committee on Environment and Public on Finance. partment of Defense Science and Technology Works. EC–966. A communication from the Chief of Reinvention Laboratories (STRLs) for cal- EC–958. A communication from the Direc- the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- endar year 2014; to the Committee on Armed tor of the Regulatory Management Division, ternal Revenue Service, Department of the Services. Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the EC–948. A communication from the Under ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Beginning of Con- Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readi- titled ‘‘Consolidated Rules of Practice Gov- struction for Sections 45 and 48’’ (Notice ness), transmitting the report of nine (9) offi- erning the Administrative Assessment of 2015–25) received in the Office of the Presi- cers authorized to wear the insignia of the Civil Penalties, Issuance of Compliance or dent of the Senate on March 12, 2015; to the grade of brigadier general in accordance with Corrective Action Orders, and the Revoca- Committee on Finance. title 10, United States Code, section 777; to tion, Termination or Suspension of Permits; EC–967. A communication from the Chief of the Committee on Armed Services. Correction’’ (FRL No. 9922–62–OECA) re- the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- EC–949. A communication from the Assist- ceived in the Office of the President of the ternal Revenue Service, Department of the ant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Af- Senate on March 12, 2015; to the Committee Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the fairs), transmitting legislative proposals rel- on Environment and Public Works. report of a rule entitled ‘‘Rulings and Deter- ative to the ‘‘National Defense Authoriza- EC–959. A communication from the Direc- mination Letters’’ (Rev. Proc. 2015–21) re- tion Act for Fiscal Year 2016’’; to the Com- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, ceived in the Office of the President of the mittee on Armed Services. Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Senate on March 12, 2015; to the Committee ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- EC–950. A communication from the Sec- on Finance. retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Imple- EC–968. A communication from the Chief of ant to law, a six-month periodic report on mentation Plans; Region 4 States; 2008 Lead, the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- the national emergency with respect to So- 2008 Ozone and 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide Preven- ternal Revenue Service, Department of the malia that was declared in Executive Order tion of Significant Deterioration Infrastruc- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 13536 on April 12, 2010; to the Committee on ture Plans’’ (FRL No. 9924–47–Region 4) re- report of a rule entitled ‘‘2015 Calendar Year Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. ceived in the Office of the President of the Resident Population Figures’’ (Notice 2015– Senate on March 12, 2015; to the Committee EC–951. A communication from the Chair- 23) received in the Office of the President of on Environment and Public Works. man and President of the Export-Import the Senate on March 12, 2015; to the Com- EC–960. A communication from the Direc- Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, mittee on Finance. port relative to a transaction involving U.S. EC–969. A communication from the Chief of Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- exports to South Korea; to the Committee on the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. ternal Revenue Service, Department of the titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air EC–952. A communication from the Asso- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; ciate General Counsel for Legislation and report of a rule entitled ‘‘Notice Under Sec- Minor NSR for Title V and FESOP Sources’’ Regulations, Office of Public and Indian tion 529A’’ (Notice 2015–18) received in the Of- (FRL No. 9924–22–Region 5) received in the Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Office of the President of the Senate on fice of the President of the Senate on March Development, transmitting, pursuant to law, March 12, 2015; to the Committee on Environ- 12, 2015; to the Committee on Finance. the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Removal of Ob- EC–970. A communication from the Chief of ment and Public Works. solete Section 8 Rental Assistance Certifi- EC–961. A communication from the Direc- the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- cate Program Regulations’’ (RIN2577–AC93) tor of the Regulatory Management Division, ternal Revenue Service, Department of the received in the Office of the President of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Senate on March 12, 2015; to the Committee ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Safe Harbor Meth- on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air od for Determining a Wagering Gain or Loss EC–953. A communication from the Direc- Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; from Slot Machine Play’’ (Notice 2015–21) re- tor, Office of Management and Budget, Exec- Amendments to Gasoline Vapor Recovery ceived in the Office of the President of the utive Office of the President, transmitting, Requirements for Illinois’’ (FRL No. 9922–71– Senate on March 12, 2015; to the Committee pursuant to law, a report relative to discre- Region 5) received in the Office of the Presi- on Finance. tionary appropriations legislation; to the dent of the Senate on March 12, 2015; to the EC–971. A communication from the Chief of Committee on the Budget. Committee on Environment and Public the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- EC–954. A communication from the Chair- Works. ternal Revenue Service, Department of the man of the Federal Energy Regulatory Com- EC–962. A communication from the Direc- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the mission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, report of a rule entitled ‘‘User Fees and port relative to the status of all extensions Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Change of Address for Submission of Applica- granted by Congress regarding the require- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- tions for Approval of Section 403(b) Pre-ap- ments of Section 13 of the Federal Power titled ‘‘Standards of Performance for New proved Plans’’ (Rev. Proc. 2015–22) received in Act; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- Residential Wood Heaters, New Residential the Office of the President of the Senate on ural Resources. Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces’’ March 12, 2015; to the Committee on Finance. EC–955. A communication from the Direc- (FRL No. 9920–50–OAR) received in the Office EC–972. A communication from the Chief of tor of the Regulatory Management Division, of the President of the Senate on March 12, the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- 2015; to the Committee on Environment and ternal Revenue Service, Department of the ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- Public Works. Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air EC–963. A communication from the Chief report of a rule entitled ‘‘Health Insurance Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Counsel for Administrative Law, Office of Providers Fee’’ ((RIN1545–BM52) (TD 9711)) Low Emission Vehicle Program’’ (FRL No. the United States Trade Representative, Ex- received in the Office of the President of the 9915–05–Region 1) received in the Office of the ecutive Office of the President, transmitting, Senate on March 12, 2015; to the Committee President of the Senate on March 12, 2015; to pursuant to law, a report relative to a va- on Finance. the Committee on Environment and Public cancy in the position of Deputy United EC–973. A communication from the Chief of Works. States Trade Representative, received in the the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- EC–956. A communication from the Direc- Office of the President of the Senate on ternal Revenue Service, Department of the tor of the Regulatory Management Division, March 12, 2015; to the Committee on Finance. Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- EC–964. A communication from the Chief of report of a rule entitled ‘‘Alternative Sim- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- plified Credit Election’’ ((RIN1545–BL78) (TD

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A communication from the Chair cation, Labor, and Pensions. law, a report entitled ‘‘Report to Congress on of the Securities and Exchange Commission, By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. REID, Medicaid and CHIP’’; to the Committee on transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commis- Mr. LEAHY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. WHITE- Finance. sion’s fiscal year 2012 and fiscal year 2013 HOUSE, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. SANDERS, EC–975. A communication from the Assist- FAIR Act Commercial and Inherently Gov- Mr. BROWN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and Mr. ant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military ernmental Activities Inventory; to the Com- BOOKER): Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- S. 772. A bill to secure the Federal voting pursuant to law, an addendum to a certifi- mental Affairs. rights of persons when released from incar- cation of the proposed sale or export of de- EC–986. A communication from the Dis- ceration; to the Committee on the Judiciary. fense articles and/or defense services to a trict of Columbia Auditor, transmitting, pur- By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Middle East country (OSS–2015–0274); to the suant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Examination BALDWIN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. Committee on Foreign Relations. of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) FRANKEN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. MAR- EC–976. A communication from the Assist- Receiving Local District Funds to Provide KEY, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. MERKLEY): ant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Homeless Services in fiscal year 2014’’; to the S. 773. A bill to prevent harassment at in- Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- stitutions of higher education, and for other pursuant to law, an addendum to a certifi- ernmental Affairs. purposes; to the Committee on Health, Edu- cation, Labor, and Pensions. cation of the proposed sale or export of de- EC–987. A communication from the Direc- By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. fense articles and/or defense services to a tor, Administrative Office of the United MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, Ms. AYOTTE, Middle East country (OSS–2015–0275); to the States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to Mr. PORTMAN, and Mrs. CAPITO): Committee on Foreign Relations. law, a report entitled ‘‘Executive Summary S. 774. A bill to amend the Federal Finan- EC–977. A communication from the Assist- of the 2014 Annual Report of the Director of ant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Depart- cial Institutions Examination Council Act of the Administrative Office of the United 1978 to improve the examination of deposi- ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to States Courts’’ and the Uniform Resource law, a report prepared by the Department of tory institutions, and for other purposes; to Locator (URL) for the Office’s 2014 Annual the Committee on Banking, Housing, and State on progress toward a negotiated solu- Report of the Director of the Administrative tion of the Cyprus question covering the pe- Urban Affairs. Office of the United States Courts; to the By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. riod October 1, 2014, through November 30, Committee on the Judiciary. 2014; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. ALEXANDER, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. RUBIO, EC–978. A communication from the Assist- f Mr. BURR, Mr. ROBERTS, and Mr. BAR- RASSO): ant Secretary of Legislative Affairs, U.S. De- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES partment of State, transmitting, pursuant to S. 775. A bill to amend the Public Health law, a report relative to the waiver of the re- The following reports of committees Service Act, the Employee Retirement In- strictions contained in Section 907 of the were submitted: come Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from the def- FREEDOM Support Act of 1992; to the Com- By Mr. SHELBY, from the Committee on mittee on Foreign Relations. inition of health insurance coverage certain Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, with- medical stop-loss insurance obtained by cer- EC–979. A communication from the Assist- out amendment: ant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Depart- tain plan sponsors of group health plans; to S. 792. An original bill to expand sanctions the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to imposed with respect to Iran and to impose law, a report relative to section 36(c) of the and Pensions. additional sanctions with respect to Iran, By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mrs. Arms Export Control Act (DDTC 14–143); to and for other purposes. the Committee on Foreign Relations. SHAHEEN, Mr. KIRK, and Mr. BROWN): S. 776. A bill to amend title XVIII of the EC–980. A communication from the Assist- f Social Security Act to improve access to ant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Depart- INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND medication therapy management under part ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to the D of the Medicare program; to the Com- Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, JOINT RESOLUTIONS mittee on Finance. the report of the texts and background state- The following bills and joint resolu- By Mr. CASEY: ments of international agreements, other tions were introduced, read the first S. 777. A bill to permit employees to re- than treaties (List 2015–0026—2015–0028); to and second times by unanimous con- quest, and to ensure employers consider re- the Committee on Foreign Relations. sent, and referred as indicated: quests for, flexible work terms and condi- EC–981. A communication from the Assist- tions, and for other purposes; to the Com- By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Ms. KLO- ant Secretary for Occupational Safety and mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and BUCHAR, Mr. KING, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. Health, Department of Labor, transmitting, Pensions. KIRK, Ms. COLLINS, and Ms. MUR- pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. ‘‘Procedures for the Handling of Retaliation KOWSKI): TILLIS, Mrs. ERNST, Mr. VITTER, and Complaints Under Section 806 of the Sar- S. 768. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare ben- Mr. LANKFORD): banes-Oxley Act of 2002, as Amended’’ S. 778. A bill to prohibit the provision of eficiary access to eye tracking accessories (RIN1218–AC53) received in the Office of the certain foreign assistance to countries re- for speech generating devices and to remove President of the Senate on March 17, 2015; to ceiving certain detainees transferred from the rental cap for durable medical equipment the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, United States Naval Station, Guantanamo under the Medicare Program with respect to and Pensions. Bay, Cuba; to the Committee on Foreign Re- EC–982. A communication from the Direc- speech generating devices; to the Committee lations. tor of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ on Finance. By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. By Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. Compensation, Office of Workers’ Compensa- WYDEN): tion Programs, Department of Labor, trans- MANCHIN, and Mr. THUNE): S. 779. A bill to provide for Federal agen- mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule S. 769. A bill to streamline the permit proc- cies to develop public access policies relating entitled ‘‘Longshore and Harbor Workers’ ess for rail and transit infrastructure; to the to research conducted by employees of that Compensation Act: Transmission of Docu- Committee on Commerce, Science, and agency or from funds administered by that ments and Information’’ (RIN1240–AA09) re- Transportation. agency; to the Committee on Homeland Se- ceived in the Office of the President of the By Mr. RUBIO: curity and Governmental Affairs. Senate on March 12, 2015; to the Committee S. 770. A bill to authorize Escambia Coun- By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. ty, Florida, to convey certain property that GRASSLEY, and Mr. BLUMENTHAL): EC–983. A communication from the General was formerly part of Santa Rosa Island Na- S. 780. A bill to permit the televising of Su- Counsel, National Endowment for the Hu- tional Monument and that was conveyed to preme Court proceedings; to the Committee manities, transmitting, pursuant to law, a Escambia County subject to restrictions on on the Judiciary. report relative to a vacancy in the position use and reconveyance; to the Committee on By Mr. DONNELLY (for himself and of Chairperson, National Endowment for Hu- Energy and Natural Resources. Mr. SCOTT): manities, received in the Office of the Presi- By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. GRA- S. 781. A bill to improve knowledge about dent of the Senate on March 12, 2015; to the HAM, Ms. AYOTTE, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, the best practices for teaching financial lit- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and and Ms. BALDWIN): eracy, and for other purposes; to the Com- Pensions. S. 771. A bill to emphasize manufacturing mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and EC–984. A communication from the Deputy in engineering programs by directing the Na- Pensions. Director, Department of Health and Human tional Institute of Standards and Tech- By Mr. MCCAIN (for himself and Mr. Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the nology, in coordination with other appro- FLAKE):

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SCHUMER, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. CORNYN, MERKLEY, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. S. 299 Mr. LEAHY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. MAR- BLUMENTHAL, Mr. SCHATZ, Ms. BALD- At the request of Mr. FLAKE, the KEY, and Mr. BLUMENTHAL): WIN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. name of the Senator from California S. 783. A bill to provide for media coverage HEITKAMP, Mr. MARKEY, and Mr. (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a co- of Federal court proceedings; to the Com- PETERS): sponsor of S. 299, a bill to allow travel mittee on the Judiciary. S. 793. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- between the United States and Cuba. By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. cation Act of 1965 to provide for the refi- S. 301 GARDNER): nancing of certain Federal student loans, S. 784. A bill to direct the Secretary of En- and for other purposes; to the Committee on At the request of Mrs. FISCHER, the ergy to establish microlabs to improve re- Finance. names of the Senator from South Caro- gional engagement with national labora- By Mrs. MCCASKILL: lina (Mr. GRAHAM), the Senator from tories; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- S. 794. A bill to extend whistleblower pro- South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS), the Sen- ural Resources. tections for defense contractor employees to ator from North Carolina (Mr. BURR), By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. DUR- employees of contractors of the elements of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. CRAPO), BIN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. REED, Mr. the intelligence community; to the Select the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mrs. FEIN- Committee on Intelligence. UDALL), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. STEIN, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mrs. GILLI- By Mrs. MCCASKILL: BRAND, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. HIRONO, S. 795. A bill to enhance whistleblower pro- KIRK) and the Senator from New Jersey and Mr. SCHUMER): tection for contractor and grantee employ- (Mr. BOOKER) were added as cosponsors S. 785. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking ees; to the Committee on Homeland Security of S. 301, a bill to require the Secretary Water Act to repeal a certain exemption for and Governmental Affairs. of the Treasury to mint coins in com- hydraulic fracturing, and for other purposes; By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. memoration of the centennial of Boys to the Committee on Environment and Pub- LANKFORD): Town, and for other purposes. lic Works. S.J. Res. 10. A joint resolution dis- S. 308 By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. approving the action of the District of Co- BROWN, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. lumbia Council in approving the Reproduc- At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the MARKEY, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. MIKUL- tive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. SKI, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Act of 2014; to the Committee on Homeland MERKLEY) and the Senator from Wis- Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. REED, Mr. Security and Governmental Affairs. consin (Ms. BALDWIN) were added as co- BLUMENTHAL, and Ms. WARREN): By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. sponsors of S. 308, a bill to reauthorize S. 786. A bill to provide paid and family LANKFORD): medical leave benefits to certain individuals, 21st century community learning cen- S.J. Res. 11. A joint resolution dis- ters, and for other purposes. and for other purposes; to the Committee on approving the action of the District of Co- Finance. lumbia Council in approving the Human S. 314 By Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself and Rights Amendment Act of 2014; to the Com- At the request of Mr. CASEY, the Ms. AYOTTE): mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- name of the Senator from New York S. 787. A bill to streamline the collection mental Affairs. (Mr. SCHUMER) was added as a cospon- and distribution of government information; sor of S. 314, a bill to amend title XVIII to the Committee on Commerce, Science, f and Transportation. of the Social Security Act to provide By Mrs. MCCASKILL: SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND for coverage under the Medicare pro- S. 788. A bill to require the termination of SENATE RESOLUTIONS gram of pharmacist services. any employee of the Department of Veterans The following concurrent resolutions S. 319 Affairs who is found to have retaliated and Senate resolutions were read, and At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the against a whistleblower; to the Committee name of the Senator from New Mexico on Veterans’ Affairs. referred (or acted upon), as indicated: (Mr. UDALL) was added as a cosponsor By Ms. MIKULSKI: By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Ms. S. 789. A bill to establish the Social Work MIKULSKI, and Mr. FRANKEN): of S. 319, a bill to designate a mountain Reinvestment Commission to provide inde- S. Res. 103. A resolution supporting the in the State of Alaska as Mount pendent counsel to Congress and the Sec- goals and ideals of Social Work Month and Denali. retary of Health and Human Services on pol- World Social Work Day; to the Committee S. 396 icy issues related to recruitment, retention, on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the research, and reinvestment in the profession By Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. name of the Senator from California of social work, and for other purposes; to the GRASSLEY, Mr. JOHNSON, and Mr. (Mrs. BOXER) was added as a cosponsor Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and MCCAIN): Pensions. S. Res. 104. A resolution to express the of S. 396, a bill to establish the Propri- By Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. sense of the Senate regarding the success of etary Education Oversight Coordina- MCCONNELL): Operation Streamline and the importance of tion Committee. S. 790. A bill to provide for the establish- prosecuting first time illegal border crossers; S. 423 ment of free market enterprise zones in to the Committee on Homeland Security and At the request of Mr. MORAN, the order to help facilitate the creation of new Governmental Affairs. names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. jobs, entrepreneurial opportunities, en- f hanced and renewed educational opportuni- GRASSLEY) and the Senator from Wyo- ming (Mr. ENZI) were added as cospon- ties, and increase community involvement in ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS bankrupt or economically distressed areas; sors of S. 423, a bill to amend the to the Committee on Finance. S. 139 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an By Mr. CRUZ: At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the exception to the annual written pri- S. 791. A bill to free the private sector to name of the Senator from Colorado vacy notice requirement. harness domestic energy resources to create (Mr. BENNET) was added as a cosponsor S. 565 jobs and generate economic growth by re- of S. 139, a bill to permanently allow an moving statutory and administrative bar- At the request of Mr. PETERS, the riers; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- exclusion under the Supplemental Se- name of the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. ural Resources. curity Income program and the Med- ERNST) was added as a cosponsor of S. By Mr. SHELBY: icaid program for compensation pro- 565, a bill to reduce the operation and S. 792. An original bill to expand sanctions vided to individuals who participate in maintenance costs associated with the imposed with respect to Iran and to impose clinical trials for rare diseases or con- Federal fleet by encouraging the use of additional sanctions with respect to Iran, ditions. remanufactured parts, and for other and for other purposes; from the Committee S. 170 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; purposes. placed on the calendar. At the request of Mr. TESTER, the S. 590 By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. At the request of Mrs. MCCASKILL, FRANKEN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. REED, Mr. DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. the names of the Senator from Utah

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Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Se- name of the Senator from Michigan In this Act, the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ curity Policy and Campus Crime Sta- (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor means an Executive agency, as defined under tistics Act to combat campus sexual vi- of S. 756, a bill to require a report on section 105 of title 5, United States Code. olence, and for other purposes. accountability for war crimes and SEC. 4. FEDERAL RESEARCH PUBLIC ACCESS S. 616 crimes against humanity in Syria. POLICY. (a) REQUIREMENT TO DEVELOP POLICY.— At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the S. CON. RES. 4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after name of the Senator from Minnesota At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the the date of enactment of this Act, each Fed- (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- name of the Senator from New Mexico eral agency with extramural research ex- sponsor of S. 616, a bill to amend the (Mr. HEINRICH) was added as a cospon- penditures of over $100,000,000 shall develop a Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to pro- sor of S. Con. Res. 4, a concurrent reso- Federal research public access policy that is vide recruitment and retention incen- lution supporting the Local Radio consistent with and advances the purposes of the Federal agency. tives for volunteer emergency service Freedom Act. (2) COMMON PROCEDURES.—To the extent workers. S. RES. 87 practicable, Federal agencies required to de- S. 650 At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the velop a policy under paragraph (1) shall fol- At the request of Mr. THUNE, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. low common procedures for the collection name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. and depositing of research papers. MORAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. (b) CONTENT.—Each Federal research public Res. 87, a resolution to express the access policy shall provide for— 650, a bill to extend the positive train sense of the Senate regarding the rise (1) submission to the Federal agency of an control system implementation dead- of anti-Semitism in Europe and to en- electronic version of the author’s final line, and for other purposes. courage greater cooperation with the manuscript of original research papers that S. 677 European governments, the European have been accepted for publication in peer- At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the Union, and the Organization for Secu- reviewed journals and that result from re- name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. rity and Co-operation in Europe in pre- search supported, in whole or in part, from funding by the Federal Government; KIRK) was added as a cosponsor of S. venting and responding to anti-Semi- (2) the incorporation of all changes result- 677, a bill to prohibit the application of tism. ing from the peer review publication process certain restrictive eligibility require- AMENDMENT NO. 300 in the manuscript described under paragraph ments to foreign nongovernmental or- At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the (1); ganizations with respect to the provi- name of the Senator from New Jersey (3) the replacement of the final manuscript with the final published version if— sion of assistance under part I of the (Mr. MENENDEZ) was added as a cospon- Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (A) the publisher consents to the replace- sor of amendment No. 300 intended to ment; and S. 682 be proposed to S. 178, a bill to provide (B) the goals of the Federal agency for At the request of Mr. DONNELLY, the justice for the victims of trafficking. functionality and interoperability are re- name of the Senator from West Vir- f tained; ginia (Mrs. CAPITO) was added as a co- (4) free online public access to such final STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED peer-reviewed manuscripts or published sponsor of S. 682, a bill to amend the BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS Truth in Lending Act to modify the versions as soon as practicable, but not later By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and than 6 months after publication in peer-re- definitions of a mortgage orginator and viewed journals; Mr. WYDEN): a high-cost mortgage. (5) providing research papers as described S. 779. A bill to provide for Federal S. 686 in paragraph (4) in formats and under terms agencies to develop public access poli- At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the that enable productive reuse, including com- cies relating to research conducted by name of the Senator from Arkansas putational analysis by state-of-the-art tech- employees of that agency or from funds nologies; (Mr. COTTON) was added as a cosponsor administered by that agency; to the (6) production of an online bibliography of of S. 686, a bill to amend the Internal Committee on Homeland Security and all research papers that are publicly acces- Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a limi- Governmental Affairs. sible under the policy, with each entry link- tation on certain aliens from claiming Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask ing to the corresponding free online full text; the earned income tax credit. and unanimous consent that the text of the S. 697 (7) long-term preservation of, and free pub- bill be printed in the RECORD. lic access to, published research findings— At the request of Mr. UDALL, the There being no objection, the text of (A) in a stable digital repository main- names of the Senator from Michigan the bill was ordered to be printed in tained by the Federal agency; or (Mr. PETERS) and the Senator from the RECORD, as follows: (B) if consistent with the purposes of the South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS) were added S. 779 Federal agency, in any repository meeting as cosponsors of S. 697, a bill to amend conditions determined favorable by the Fed- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- eral agency, including free public access, the Toxic Substances Control Act to resentatives of the United States of America in interoperability, and long-term preservation. reauthorize and modernize that Act, Congress assembled, and for other purposes. (c) APPLICATION OF POLICY.—Each Federal SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. research public access policy shall— S. 751 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Access (1) apply to— At the request of Mr. THUNE, the to Science and Technology Research Act of (A) researchers employed by the Federal names of the Senator from Wyoming 2015’’. agency whose works remain in the public do- (Mr. BARRASSO) and the Senator from SEC. 2. FINDINGS. main; and Texas (Mr. CRUZ) were added as cospon- Congress finds that— (B) researchers funded by the Federal agen- sors of S. 751, a bill to improve the es- (1) the Federal Government funds basic and cy; tablishment of any lower ground-level applied research with the expectation that (2) provide that works described under new ideas and discoveries that result from paragraph (1)(A) shall be— ozone standards, and for other pur- the research, if shared and effectively dis- (A) marked as being public domain mate- poses. seminated, will advance science and improve rial when published; and S. 753 the lives and welfare of people of the United (B) made available at the same time such At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the States and around the world; works are made available under subsection names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. (2) the Internet makes it possible for this (b)(4); and information to be promptly available to (3) make effective use of any law or guid- MERKLEY) and the Senator from Michi- every scientist, physician, educator, and cit- ance relating to the creation and reservation gan (Mr. PETERS) were added as cospon- izen at home, in school, or in a library; and of a Government license that provides for sors of S. 753, a bill to amend the meth- (3) the United States has a substantial in- the reproduction, publication, release, or od by which the Social Security Ad- terest in maximizing the impact and utility other uses of a final manuscript for Federal ministration determines the validity of of the research it funds by enabling a wide purposes.

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Mr. President, I ask The bill I am introducing today, public access policy shall not apply to— unanimous consent that the text of the along with Senator SCHUMER and a (1) research progress reports presented at bill be printed in the RECORD. number of cosponsors from both sides professional meetings or conferences; There being no objection, the text of of the aisle, including Judiciary Com- (2) laboratory notes, preliminary data analyses, notes of the author, phone logs, or the bill was ordered to be printed in mittee Ranking Member LEAHY, will other information used to produce final the RECORD, as follows: greatly improve public access to fed- manuscripts; S. 780 eral courts by letting federal judges (3) classified research, research resulting Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- open their courtrooms to television in works that generate revenue or royalties resentatives of the United States of America in cameras and other forms of electronic for authors (such as books) or patentable dis- Congress assembled, media. coveries, to the extent necessary to protect a SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. The Sunshine in the Courtroom Act copyright or patent; or This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cameras in is full of provisions that ensure that (4) authors who do not submit their work the Courtroom Act’’. to a journal or works that are rejected by the introduction of cameras and other SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 28. journals. broadcasting devices into courtrooms (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 45 of title 28, (e) PATENT OR COPYRIGHT LAW.—Nothing in goes as smoothly as it has at the state this Act shall be construed to affect any United States Code, is amended by inserting level. First, the presence of the cam- at the end the following: right under the provisions of title 17 or 35, eras Federal trial and appellate courts United States Code. ‘‘§ 678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings is at the sole discretion of the judges— (f) REPORT.— ‘‘The Supreme Court shall permit tele- it is not mandatory. The bill also pro- (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1 vision coverage of all open sessions of the vides a mechanism for Congress to of each year, the head of each Federal agen- Court unless the Court decides, by a vote of cy shall submit a report on the Federal re- the majority of justices, that allowing such study the effects of this legislation on search public access policy of that Federal coverage in a particular case would con- our judiciary before making this agency to— stitute a violation of the due process rights change permanent through a 3-year (A) the Committee on Homeland Security of 1 or more of the parties before the sunset provision. The bill protects the and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; Court.’’. privacy and safety of non-party wit- (B) the Committee on Oversight and Gov- (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The chapter nesses by giving them the right to have ernment Reform of the House of Representa- analysis for chapter 45 of title 28, United tives; their faces and voices obscured. The States Code, is amended by inserting at the bill prohibits the televising of jurors. (C) the Committee on Science and Tech- end the following: nology of the House of Representatives; Finally, it includes a provision to pro- ‘‘678. Televising Supreme Court pro- tect the due process rights of each (D) the Committee on Commerce, Science, ceedings.’’. and Transportation of the Senate; party. (E) the Committee on Health, Education, By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, We need to open the doors and let the Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and light shine in on the Federal Judiciary. (F) any other committee of Congress of ap- Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. GRA- This bill improves public access to and propriate jurisdiction. therefore understanding of our Federal (2) CONTENT.—Each report under this sub- HAM, Mr. MARKEY, and Mr. section shall include— BLUMENTHAL): courts. It has safety provisions to en- (A) a statement of the effectiveness of the S. 783. A bill to provide for media sure that the cameras won’t interfere Federal research public access policy in pro- coverage of Federal court proceedings; with the proceedings or with the safety viding the public with free online access to to the Committee on the Judiciary. or due process of anyone involved in papers on research funded by the Federal Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, this the cases. Our States have allowed agency; week is Sunshine Week, when we af- news coverage of their courtrooms for (B) the results of a study by the Federal decades. It is time we join them. agency of the terms of use applicable to the firm the public’s right to know how their government is run. Sunshine Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- research papers described in subsection sent that the text of the bill be printed (b)(4), including— Week, which began as Sunshine Sunday (i) a statement of whether the terms of use in 2002, emphasizes the importance of in the RECORD. There being no objection, the text of applicable to such research papers are effec- transparency and accountability in a the bill was ordered to be printed in tive in enabling productive reuse and com- government of the people, by the peo- the RECORD, as follows. putational analysis by state-of-the-art tech- ple, and for the people. In the spirit of nologies; and S. 783 (ii) an examination of whether such re- government transparency, we are pleased to introduce the Sunshine in Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- search papers should include a royalty-free resentatives of the United States of America in copyright license that is available to the the Courtroom Act of 2015. This impor- Congress assembled, public and that permits the reuse of those re- tant piece of bipartisan legislation fur- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. search papers, on the condition that attribu- thers the public’s access to court pro- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sunshine in tion is given to the author or authors of the ceedings by permitting federal judges the Courtroom Act of 2015’’. research and any others designated by the at all federal court levels to open their SEC. 2. FEDERAL APPELLATE AND DISTRICT copyright owner; courtrooms to television cameras and COURTS. (C) a list of papers published in peer-re- (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: viewed journals that report on research fund- radio broadcasts. Openness in our courts improves the (1) PRESIDING JUDGE.—The term ‘‘presiding ed by the Federal agency; judge’’ means the judge presiding over the (D) a corresponding list of papers made public’s understanding of what happens court proceeding concerned. In proceedings available by the Federal agency as a result inside our courts. Our judicial system in which more than 1 judge participates, the of the Federal research public access policy; remains a mystery to too many people presiding judge shall be the senior active and across the country. That doesn’t need judge so participating or, in the case of a cir- (E) a summary of the periods of time be- cuit court of appeals, the senior active cir- tween public availability of each paper in a to continue. Letting the sun shine in cuit judge so participating, except that— journal and in the online repository of the on Federal courtrooms will give Ameri- (A) in en banc sittings of any United Federal agency. cans an opportunity to better under- States circuit court of appeals, the presiding (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—A Federal agen- stand the judicial process. Courts are judge shall be the chief judge of the circuit cy shall make the statement under para- the bedrock of the American justice whenever the chief judge participates; and graph (2)(A) and the lists of papers under system. Granting the public greater ac- (B) in en banc sittings of the Supreme subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2) cess to an already public proceeding Court of the United States, the presiding available to the public by posting such state- will inspire greater faith in and appre- judge shall be the Chief Justice whenever the ment and lists on the website of the Federal Chief Justice participates. agency. ciation for our judges who pledge equal and impartial justice for all. (2) APPELLATE COURT OF THE UNITED By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. For decades, States such as my home STATES.—The term ‘‘appellate court of the United States’’ means any United States cir- GRASSLEY, and Mr. State of Iowa have allowed cameras in their courtrooms with great results. As cuit court of appeals and the Supreme Court BLUMENTHAL): of the United States. S. 780. A bill to permit the televising a matter of fact, all 50 States and the (b) AUTHORITY OF PRESIDING JUDGE TO of Supreme Court proceedings; to the District of Columbia now allow some ALLOW MEDIA COVERAGE OF COURT PRO- Committee on the Judiciary. news coverage of proceedings. CEEDINGS.—

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:23 Mar 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18MR6.012 S18MRPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S1632 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 18, 2015 (1) AUTHORITY OF APPELLATE COURTS.— management and administration of Every Democrat, every Independent, (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under photographing, recording, broadcasting, or and three Republicans voted to move subparagraph (B), the presiding judge of an televising described under paragraphs (1) and this bill forward. More than 700,000 peo- appellate court of the United States may, at (2). ple signed petitions in support of stu- the discretion of that judge, permit the (5) MANDATORY GUIDELINES.—Not later than photographing, electronic recording, broad- 6 months after the date of enactment of this dent loan refinancing, but Republicans casting, or televising to the public of any Act, the Judicial Conference of the United filibustered the bill, so it didn’t pass. It court proceeding over which that judge pre- States shall promulgate mandatory guide- is time to try again, because a problem sides. lines which a presiding judge is required to that was bad last year has gotten (B) EXCEPTION.—The presiding judge shall follow for obscuring of certain vulnerable worse—much worse. not permit any action under subparagraph witnesses, including crime victims, minor Since last year, nearly 1 million (A), if— victims, families of victims, cooperating wit- more borrowers have fallen behind in (i) in the case of a proceeding involving nesses, undercover law enforcement officers only the presiding judge, that judge deter- their payments. Nearly 1 million more or agents, witnesses subject to section 3521 of are watching their balances get bigger, mines the action would constitute a viola- title 18, United States Code, relating to wit- tion of the due process rights of any party; ness relocation and protection, or minors not smaller. Nearly 1 million more peo- or under the age of 18 years. The guidelines ple are sweating out how they are ever (ii) in the case of a proceeding involving shall include procedures for determining, at going to repay their student loan debt. the participation of more than 1 judge, a ma- the earliest practicable time in any inves- Last year, student loan debt was an jority of the judges participating determine tigation or case, which witnesses should be economic emergency. Now, 1 year that the action would constitute a violation considered vulnerable under this section. later, the emergency is getting worse. of the due process rights of any party. (6) PROCEDURES.—In the interests of justice Just look at the numbers. Students are (2) AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT COURTS.— and fairness, the presiding judge of the court now struggling with $100 billion more (A) IN GENERAL.— in which media use is desired has discretion (i) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other to promulgate rules and disciplinary meas- debt than 1 year ago. Since last year, provision of law, except as provided under ures for the courtroom use of any form of total student loan debt has jumped to clause (iii), the presiding judge of a district media or media equipment and the acquisi- $1.3 trillion, and the debt is crushing court of the United States may, at the dis- tion or distribution of any of the images or young people. cretion of that judge, permit the sounds obtained in the courtroom. The pre- Last year, experts at the U.S. Treas- photographing, electronic recording, broad- siding judge shall also have discretion to re- ury, the Federal Reserve, and the Con- casting, or televising to the public of any quire written acknowledgment of the rules sumer Financial Protection Bureau all court proceeding over which that judge pre- by anyone individually or on behalf of any sides. sounded the alarm on student debt. entity before being allowed to acquire any This year, the alarm bells are sounding (ii) OBSCURING OF WITNESSES.—Except as images or sounds from the courtroom. provided under clause (iii)— (7) NO BROADCAST OF CONFERENCES BETWEEN even louder. One year ago, the Federal (I) upon the request of any witness (other ATTORNEYS AND CLIENTS.—There shall be no Government was projected to take in than a party) in a trial proceeding, the court audio pickup or broadcast of conferences tens of billions in profits on the backs shall order the face and voice of the witness which occur in a court proceeding between of our kids as a result of artificially to be disguised or otherwise obscured in such attorneys and their clients, between co-coun- manner as to render the witness unrecogniz- high interest rates. One year later, in- sel of a client, between adverse counsel, or able to the broadcast audience of the trial terest rates on new loans are even between counsel and the presiding judge, if proceeding; and higher, and even with millions of peo- the conferences are not part of the official (II) the presiding judge in a trial pro- ple struggling to pay, even after ac- record of the proceedings. ceeding shall inform each witness who is not (8) EXPENSES.—A court may require that counting for administrative and other a party that the witness has the right to re- any accommodations to effectuate this Act costs, the Federal Government is still quest the image and voice of that witness to raking in huge profits on its student be obscured during the witness’ testimony. be made without public expense. (9) INHERENT AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this loan program. (iii) EXCEPTION.—The presiding judge shall not permit any action under this subpara- Act shall limit the inherent authority of a Despite overwhelming public support graph— court to protect witnesses or clear the court- for cutting the interest rates on stu- (I) if that judge determines the action room to preserve the decorum and integrity dent loans, Republicans last year re- would constitute a violation of the due proc- of the legal process or protect the safety of fused to even debate this bill. Repub- ess rights of any party; and an individual. licans said there were other, better (II) until the Judicial Conference of the By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. ways to tackle student debt, but Re- United States promulgates mandatory guide- publicans did nothing, nothing except lines under paragraph (5). FRANKEN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. filibuster the only student loan bill on (B) NO MEDIA COVERAGE OF JURORS.—The REED, Mr. LEAHY, Ms. MIKUL- presiding judge shall not permit the SKI, Mrs. BOXER, Mrs. MURRAY, the table. So tens of millions of bor- photographing, electronic recording, broad- Mr. WYDEN, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. rowers got nothing, no help at all. casting, or televising of any juror in a trial STABENOW, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. Today, millions of borrowers are left proceeding, or of the jury selection process. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. CASEY, with interest rates of 6 percent, 8 per- (C) DISCRETION OF THE JUDGE.—The pre- cent, 10 percent, and even higher. Near- siding judge shall have the discretion to ob- Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. WHITE- HOUSE, Mr. UDALL, Mrs. SHA- ly 1 million more borrowers are falling scure the face and voice of an individual, if behind, and the Republicans have done good cause is shown that the photographing, HEEN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mrs. GILLI- electronic recording, broadcasting, or tele- BRAND, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. nothing. Nearly 1 million more bor- vising of the individual would threaten— SCHATZ, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. rowers are falling behind, and they are (i) the safety of the individual; HIRONO, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. watching their debt load get bigger. (ii) the security of the court; HEITKAMP, Mr. MARKEY, and Nearly 1 million more borrowers are (iii) the integrity of future or ongoing law Mr. PETERS): falling behind, paying interest rates enforcement operations; or S. 793. A bill to amend the Higher that produce obscene profits for the (iv) the interest of justice. Education Act of 1965 to provide for the U.S. Government, and the Republicans (D) SUNSET OF DISTRICT COURT AUTHORITY.— will not even debate refinancing stu- The authority under this paragraph shall refinancing of certain Federal student terminate 3 years after the date of the enact- loans, and for other purposes; to the dent loans. ment of this Act. Committee on Finance. Why can’t people refinance their stu- (3) INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS BARRED.—The Ms. WARREN. Mr. President, I rise dent loans? When interest rates are decision of the presiding judge under this today to announce the introduction of low, homeowners can refinance their subsection of whether or not to permit, deny, the Bank on Students Emergency Loan mortgages to reduce their payments. or terminate the photographing, electronic Refinancing Act of 2015. This bill will Businesses can refinance their debts. recording, broadcasting, or televising of a allow student loan borrowers to take Even governments can refinance their court proceeding may not be challenged advantage of today’s lower interest debts. But student loan borrowers are through an interlocutory appeal. stuck with their loans, sometimes at 6 (4) ADVISORY GUIDELINES.—The Judicial rates, and I urge my colleagues to sup- Conference of the United States may promul- port it. percent, 8 percent, 10 percent, and even gate advisory guidelines to which a presiding Last Congress, Democrats pressed for higher. judge, at the discretion of that judge, may a similar bill which has strong support Our proposal is simple: refinance out- refer in making decisions with respect to the from the Senate and from the public. standing loans down to 3.9 percent for

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:23 Mar 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18MR6.015 S18MRPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with SENATE March 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1633 undergraduates, and a little higher for Whereas social work pioneers have helped delivery of appropriate consequences have graduates and PLUS loans. This single lead the struggle for social justice in the resulted in gains in border security in the change would give borrowers across United States and have helped pave the way Yuma Sector; this country a chance to save hun- for positive social change; Whereas a key to the success in the Yuma Whereas social workers are key employees Sector has been the implementation of Oper- dreds—and for some, thousands—of dol- at the Federal, State, and local levels of gov- ation Streamline, a program established in lars a year. That’s real money—money ernment and work to expand policies and 2005 that was described by former Depart- they can put toward paying down the practices that promote equity and social jus- ment of Homeland Security Secretary Janet balance on their debt, saving for a tice for all people; Napolitano as ‘‘a DHS partnership with the home, buying a car—money they can Whereas social workers stand up for indi- Department of Justice, . . . a geographically put toward building a solid future. viduals and support diverse families in every focused operation that aims to increase the This bill doesn’t add one dime to the community; consequences for illegally crossing the bor- deficit. It is fully paid for by closing up Whereas social workers continue to work der by criminally prosecuting illegal border- to improve the rights of women, the lesbian, crossers.’’; a tax loophole that allows millionaires gay, bisexual, and transgender (‘‘LGBT’’) Whereas known for its ‘‘zero-tolerance’’ ap- and billionaires to pay a lower tax rate community, and communities of color; proach, the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office than middle class families. Whereas social workers know from experi- cites 100 percent prosecution of illegal border If Republicans don’t like that way to ence that discrimination of any kind limits crossers as a shared goal of a partnership in- pay for the student loan bill, here’s an- human potential and must be eliminated; cluding Federal, State, and local law en- other idea. Senators REED and Whereas social workers know from experi- forcement agencies; BLUMENTHAL have advanced a bill that ence that poverty and trauma can create Whereas among the various consequences would close a different tax loophole. lifelong social and economic disadvantages; delivered to illegal crossers by the Depart- Whereas social workers help people in ment of Homeland Security, Operation They want to end the tax breaks for ex- every stage of life function better in their Streamline is associated with a recidivism ecutive bonuses that are bigger than a environments, improve relationships with rate that is well below average and has seen million dollars. others, and solve personal and family prob- a steady decrease in recidivism in recent I say to my Republican colleagues, if lems; years; you don’t like that way to pay for the Whereas all children have the right to safe Whereas the United States Attorney’s Of- student loan bill, there are other op- environments and quality education; fice for the District of Arizona will report- tions as well. Let’s sit down and talk Whereas dignity and caregiving for older edly no longer be prosecuting those appre- about it, but don’t close your eyes and adults help define the character of a nation; hended crossing the border illegally for the Whereas veterans and the families of vet- first time; and pretend this isn’t happening. Don’t erans need community support to ensure Whereas according to the Sheriff of Yuma turn your backs on the 40 million successful transitions after service; County, Operation Streamline ‘‘had a deter- Americans with student loan debt. Whereas access to mental health treat- rent effect in Yuma County, which gained a Don’t do nothing. ment and health care services saves millions reputation as an area to avoid crossing into Refinancing student loans will not of lives; because if caught, you were assured to go to fix everything that is wrong in our Whereas research has shown that all peo- court and possibly face penalties’’, but now higher education system. We need to ple, no matter the circumstance, may at the program has been ‘‘has been severely di- some point in their lives need the expertise luted.’’. cut the price of college. We need to re- of a skilled social worker; Now, therefore, be it invest in public universities. We need Whereas social workers celebrate the cour- Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate to shore up financial aid, crack down age, hope, and strength of the human spirit that— on for-profit colleges, and provide bet- throughout their careers; (1) gains made in border security in the ter protections on student loans, but Whereas March is recognized as Social Yuma Sector and positive trends in recidi- let’s start by allowing people to refi- Work Month; and vism rates are of critical importance to nance their student loans. Let’s start Whereas World Social Work Day is recog- those living and working in the border re- nized on March 18, 2015: Now, therefore, be it gion and to the Nation as a whole; by cutting back on the interest pay- Resolved, That the Senate— (2) refusing to prosecute first time illegal ments that are sinking young people (1) supports the goals and ideals of Social border crossers under Operation Streamline and holding back this economy. Work Month and World Social Work Day; will jeopardize border security gains; We could have refinanced student (2) acknowledges the diligent efforts of in- (3) the border security steps that have led loan debt 1 year ago, but Republicans dividuals and groups who promote the impor- to some measure of improvement on the bor- said no. Now Americans owe $100 bil- tance of social work and observe Social Work der, such as the historical implementation of lion more than they did. Now nearly 1 Month and World Social Work Day; Operation Streamline, should be preserved; million more borrowers are falling be- (3) encourages individuals to engage in ap- and hind. Now more people than ever are propriate ceremonies and activities to pro- (4) the Executive Branch should imme- mote further awareness of the life-changing diately remove any issued or related prohibi- choking on student loan debt. role that social workers play; and tion, policy, guidance, or direction to cease By refusing to act, Republicans are (4) recognizes with gratitude the contribu- prosecuting first time illegal border crossers sinking the hopes of an entire genera- tions of the millions of caring individuals under Operation Streamline. tion. It is time for Congress to step up who have chosen to serve their communities f and fix this problem, before it drags through social work. AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND down another million Americans and f another and another. It is time to refi- PROPOSED SENATE RESOLUTION 104—TO EX- nance student loan debt. SA 319. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amend- PRESS THE SENSE OF THE SEN- f ment intended to be proposed by him to the ATE REGARDING THE SUCCESS bill S. 178, to provide justice for the victims SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS OF OPERATION STREAMLINE of trafficking; which was ordered to lie on AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROS- the table. ECUTING FIRST TIME ILLEGAL f SENATE RESOLUTION 103—SUP- BORDER CROSSERS PORTING THE GOALS AND TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. GRASS- IDEALS OF SOCIAL WORK MONTH SA 319. Mr. TILLIS submitted an LEY, Mr. JOHNSON, and Mr. MCCAIN) AND WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY amendment intended to be proposed by submitted the following resolution; him to the bill S. 178, to provide justice Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Ms. MI- which was referred to the Committee for the victims of trafficking; which KULSKI, and Mr. FRANKEN) submitted on Homeland Security and Govern- was ordered to lie on the table; as fol- the following resolution; which was re- mental Affairs: lows: ferred to the Committee on Health, S. RES. 104 Education, Labor, and Pensions: At the appropriate place, insert the fol- Whereas the Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector lowing: S. RES. 103 has long grappled with the crossing of un- SEC. l. REVOCATION OF IMMIGRATION BENE- Whereas the primary mission of the social documented aliens and has seen illegal traf- FITS FOR ALIENS CONVICTED OF work profession is to enhance human well- fic decline precipitously from the early 2000s HUMAN TRAFFICKING. being and help meet the basic needs of all to the present; (a) IN GENERAL.—If a covered alien is con- people, especially the most vulnerable in so- Whereas a combination of increased man- victed of human trafficking or any con- ciety; power, technology implementation, and the spiracy related to human trafficking, the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:23 Mar 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G18MR6.044 S18MRPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S1634 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 18, 2015 Secretary of Homeland Security or the Sec- (12) The memorandum from the Secretary Litigation Practices on the American retary of State, as appropriate, shall— of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Families of Economy.’’ (1) revoke any immigration benefit granted U.S. Armed Forces Members and Enlistees’’ The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without to the covered alien; dated November 20, 2014. objection, it is so ordered. (2) revoke any relief from removal provided (13) The memorandum from the Secretary pursuant to policies implemented under, or of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Directive to COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS substantially similar to policies imple- Provide Consistency Regarding Advance Pa- Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I ask mented under, an Executive action or memo- role’’ dated November 20, 2014. unanimous consent that the Com- randa set out under subsection (c) granted to (14) The memorandum from the Secretary mittee on Veterans’ Affairs be author- the covered alien; and of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies to ized to meet during the session of the (3) place the covered alien in expedited pro- Promote and Increase Access to U.S. Citizen- Senate on March 18, 2015, at 10 a.m. in ceedings for removal from the United States ship’’ dated November 20, 2014. after the covered alien completes any term (15) The memorandum from the President room SD–G50 of the Dirksen Senate Of- of imprisonment for such a conviction. entitled ‘‘Modernizing and Streamlining the fice Building, to conduct a joint hear- (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: U.S. Immigrant Visa System for the 21st ing with the House Committee on Vet- (1) COVERED ALIEN.—The term ‘‘covered Century’’ dated November 21, 2014. erans’ Affairs. alien’’— (16) The memorandum from the President The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (A) means an alien present in the United entitled ‘‘Creating Welcoming Communities objection, it is so ordered. States; and and Fully Integrating Immigrants and Refu- SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER (B) does not include an alien lawfully ad- gees’’ dated November 21, 2014. Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I ask mitted for permanent residence. f (2) LAWFULLY ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT unanimous consent that the Sub- RESIDENCE.—The term ‘‘lawfully admitted for AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO committee on Seapower of the Com- permanent residence’’ has the meaning given MEET mittee on Armed Services be author- that term in section 101 of the Immigration COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES ized to meet during the session of the and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). Senate on March 18, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. (c) EXECUTIVE ACTIONS.—The Executive ac- Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tions and memoranda set out under this sub- objection, it is so ordered. section are the following: mittee on Armed Services be author- (1) The memorandum from the Director of ized to meet during the session of the f United States Immigration and Customs En- Senate on March 18, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR forcement entitled ‘‘Civil Immigration En- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without forcement: Priorities for the Apprehension, objection, it is so ordered. Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask Detention, and Removal of Aliens’’ dated unanimous consent that my intern, COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND March 2, 2011. Sirvat Tokatlian, be allowed privileges (2) The memorandum from the Director of TRANSPORTATION Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I ask of the floor throughout the day. United States Immigration and Customs En- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without forcement entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecu- unanimous consent that the Com- torial Discretion Consistent with the Civil mittee on Commerce, Science, and objection, it is so ordered. Immigration Enforcement Priorities of the Transportation be authorized to meet f Agency for the Apprehension, Detention, and during the session of the Senate on MEASURE READ THE FIRST Removal of Aliens’’ dated June 17, 2011. March 18, 2015, at 2:30 p.m., in room (3) The memorandum from the Principal TIME—H.R. 1191 Legal Advisor of United States Immigration SR–253 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I and Customs Enforcement entitled ‘‘Case-by- understand there is a bill at the desk, Case Review of Incoming and Certain Pend- ‘‘Oversight of the Federal Communica- ing Cases’’ dated November 17, 2011. tions Commission.’’ and I ask for its first reading. (4) The memorandum from the Secretary of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising objection, it is so ordered. clerk will read the bill by title for the Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to In- first time. COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC dividuals Who Came to the United States as WORKS The senior assistant legislative clerk Children’’ dated June 15, 2012. read as follows: (5) The memorandum from the Director of Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I ask A bill (H.R. 1191) to amend the Internal United States Immigration and Customs En- unanimous consent that the Com- Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emer- forcement entitled ‘‘Civil Immigration En- mittee on Environment and Public gency services volunteers are not taken into forcement: Guidance on the Use of Detainers Works be authorized to meet during account as employees under the shared re- in the Federal, State, Local, and Tribal the session of the Senate on March 18, sponsibility requirements contained in the Criminal Justice Systems’’ dated December 2015, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD–406 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 21, 2012. Dirksen Senate Office Building, to con- (6) The memorandum from the Secretary of Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Southern Bor- duct a hearing entitled ‘‘Frank R. Lau- ask for a second reading and, in order der and Approaches Campaign’’ dated No- tenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st to place the bill on the calendar under vember 20, 2014. Century Act.’’ the provisions of rule XIV, I object to (7) The memorandum from the Secretary of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without my own request. Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies for the objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- Apprehension, Detention and Removal of Un- COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS documented Immigrants’’ dated November tion having been heard, the bill will be 20, 2014. Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I ask read for the second time on the next (8) The memorandum from the Secretary of unanimous consent that the Com- legislative day. mittee on Indian Affairs be authorized Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Secure Com- f munities’’ dated November 20, 2014. to meet during the session of the Sen- (9) The memorandum from the Secretary of ate on March 18, 2015, in room SD–628 of ORDERS FOR THURSDAY, MARCH Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 19, 2015 Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to In- 2:30 p.m. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I dividuals Who Came to the United States as The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Children and with Respect to Certain Indi- ask unanimous consent that when the viduals Who Are the Parents of U.S. Citizens objection, it is so ordered. Senate completes its business today, it or Permanent Residents’’ dated November 20, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY adjourn until 11 a.m., Thursday, March 2014. Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I ask 19; that following the prayer and (10) The memorandum from the Secretary unanimous consent that the Com- pledge, the morning hour be deemed of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Expansion of mittee on the Judiciary be authorized expired, the Journal of proceedings be the Provisional Waiver Program’’ dated No- to meet during the session of the Sen- approved to date, and the time for the vember 20, 2014. (11) The memorandum from the Secretary ate, on March 18, 2015, at 10 a.m., in two leaders be reserved for their use of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies room SD–226 of the Dirksen Senate Of- later in the day; that following leader Supporting U.S. High-Skilled Businesses and fice Building, to conduct a hearing en- remarks, the Senate resume consider- Workers’’ dated November 20, 2014. titled ‘‘The Impact of Abusive Parent ation of S. 178, with the time until the

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RECOGNIZING GALENA TRAIN out to the greens of San Diego Country Club quez. Jacob is a very special young man who DERAILMENT FIRST RESPONDERS to practice his putting—at night. It was in has exemplified the finest qualities of citizen- these moments that Billy gained his impec- ship and leadership by taking an active part in HON. RON KIND cable touch, making him one of the greatest the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 43, and putters in the history of the game. OF WISCONSIN earning the most prestigious award of Eagle At a football game he spotted a pretty girl in Scout. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the bleachers. Soon, they were inseparable, Jacob has been very active with his troop, Wednesday, March 18, 2015 and after a short stint in the Navy and success participating in many scout activities. Over the Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor on the local amateur circuit, Shirley and Billy many years Jacob has been involved with the first responders who helped to control and Casper got married. They would remain a scouting, he has not only earned numerous contain the fire caused by the recent train de- team for life. merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- They saw the movie, Follow The Sun, in railment in Galena, IL on March 5, 2015. ily, peers, and community. Most notably, which Ben Hogan, played by Glenn Ford, These brave citizens responded to the derail- Jacob has contributed to his community came back from a near fatal accident to win ment quickly and performed their duties flaw- through his Eagle Scout project. Jacob con- the U.S. Open. Billy and Shirley were taken structed two team benches for the St. Joseph lessly. Thanks to their bravery and hard work, with the adventure of Ben Hogan and his wife Youth Soccer Association in St. Joseph, Mis- the fire was ultimately contained, and disaster Valerie, sallying forth on the PGA tour with no souri. was averted. The state of Wisconsin thanks guarantees and only themselves to rely on. Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in them for their courage and service. Soon after, they too decided to ‘‘Follow the On March 5, 2015, a Burlington Northern Sun.’’ commending Jacob Lee Velazquez for his ac- Santa Fe train derailed in Galena, Illinois, and With a Buick Roadmaster and a Spartan complishments with the Boy Scouts of Amer- started a fire in a rural area near the city. Fire- Trailer, they headed out on the PGA Tour. ica and for his efforts put forth in achieving the fighters from Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin re- Making less than $50 in their first event, the highest distinction of Eagle Scout. sponded to help control and contain the fire. difficulty of the tour became evident. Then, f Wisconsin fire departments from Cuba City, Billy’s talent began to prevail. By the third ALEXSANDER HAY Darlington, Dickeyville, Hazel Green, James- round of the 1958 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, town, Lancaster, and Platteville participated in Billy was leading, with such legends as Ben the incident response. After arriving on the Hogan and Sam Snead in hot pursuit. And let HON. ED PERLMUTTER scene, first responders assessed the situation me tell you, Mr. Speaker, the kid from San OF COLORADO and enacted procedures to control the derail- Diego knew how to close tournaments. He IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment. Their response was successful, the inci- won that U.S. Open and proceeded in the next Wednesday, March 18, 2015 dent was contained, and crisis was averted. decade to win more golf tournaments than Ar- Every day, firefighters and other first re- nold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus or Gary Player. Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise sponders go to work prepared to confront our Along the way, Billy put together the best today to recognize and applaud Alexsander most dangerous situations. These brave men Ryder Cup record in U.S. history. At Olympic, Hay for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge and women are on the front lines, protecting in the 1966 U.S. Open, Billy shot the greatest Service Ambassadors for Youth award. our communities from disaster. Today, I recog- come-from-behind closing nine holes in U.S. Alexsander Hay is a 12th grader at Standley nize these courageous first responders and Open history, making up seven shots on Lake High School and received this award be- thank them for their service. Arnie, with a closing 32. He defeated Arnold cause his determination and hard work have f Palmer the next day in an eighteen hole play- allowed him to overcome adversities. off with a 69. The dedication demonstrated by Alexsander HONORING THE LIFE OF BILLY In an age of sports psychologists and ‘‘living Hay is exemplary of the type of achievement CASPER in the moment,’’ where athletes are counseled that can be attained with hard work and perse- to jettison all distractions, Billy Casper rede- verance. It is essential students at all levels HON. DUNCAN HUNTER fined the term ‘‘family man.’’ He and Shirley strive to make the most of their education and OF CALIFORNIA were blessed with 11 children, who have given develop a work ethic which will guide them for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES them 71 grandchildren over the years. Billy the rest of their lives. Casper thrived on what others would consider I extend my deepest congratulations to Wednesday, March 18, 2015 career distractions and his reward for building Alexsander Hay for winning the Arvada Wheat Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, San Diego has a family of love and unity is that the Casper Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. produced many sports heroes over the years. support structure for young people will con- I have no doubt he will exhibit the same dedi- Rarely, a champion appears on the sports tinue. cation and character in all of his future accom- scene whose character and personal impact His annual golf tournament will be played plishments. this year as a memorial, run by the Casper on others transcends his athletic accomplish- f ments. Billy Casper was such a man. children and grandchildren as usual, and with Billy is known for his 51 victories on the pro- Shirley overseeing everything. Only one guy RECOGNIZING LAKE ALFRED, fessional golf tour, the seventh most in golf will be missing, the grandfather with the magic FLORIDA history. But I can tell you as a friend of Billy’s, golf touch and the big heart; the guy who did he was more than that; he radiated goodness us all proud . . . not just because of what he HON. DANIEL WEBSTER did, but because of who he was. Inside. and friendship. When Billy played, the game OF FLORIDA Where it counts. itself was secondary. Everyone just wanted to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES be around Billy and the love of his life, Shirley. f Wednesday, March 18, 2015 And Billy Casper was ‘‘G’’ rated in the same HONORING JACOB LEE VELAZQUEZ sense as Roy Rogers. To put it simply, you Mr. WEBSTER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, it is could bring your kids to a Billy Casper event. my privilege to recognize Lake Alfred, Florida Billy’s life was that of a San Diego legend. HON. SAM GRAVES as the city celebrates its 100th anniversary. OF MISSOURI Billy elected to stay in San Diego when his Lake Alfred is a beautiful community situated IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mom announced she was moving to Los An- among the many lakes of Central Florida. geles with her new husband. From that point Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Lake Alfred’s rich history began with its on, Billy bounced around the South Bay, stay- Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I original settlement as a military outpost, called ing with buddies, playing sports and venturing proudly pause to recognize Jacob Lee Velaz- Fort Cummings, in 1839. In 1887, a railroad

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She enhanced Gabe has been very active with his troop, shine State, formed the Florida Fruitlands and blessed my life with her boundless gifts of participating in many scout activities. Over the Company, purchasing vast tracts of land and wisdom, laughter, poetry, gardening tips, char- many years Gabe has been involved with planting citrus groves. In the subsequent ity, faith, integrity, humility and her sheer joy of scouting, he has not only earned numerous years, the community underwent several name life. Across all the decades, I have never merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- changes before finally choosing Lake Alfred, known a finer person. A conversation with ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Gabe one of the most scenic lakes in the commu- Bobbie was always a beautiful experience, has contributed to his community through his nity. Lake Alfred has continued to grow as one sprinkled with sparks of divinity. Simply put, Eagle Scout project. Gabe installed a flagpole of the most vibrant cities in Central Florida. there was no one like her. Mr. Speaker, I ask and added landscaping to the front of Commu- It is an honor to represent the residents of the entire House of Representatives to join me nity of Christ Church in Odessa, Missouri. Lake Alfred, and I am excited to join them in in honoring the life and work of Barbara Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in celebrating this historical milestone. Aymar Earle and in extending our deepest commending Gabriel Stillwell for his accom- f condolences to her magnificent family. plishments with the Boy Scouts of America f and for his efforts put forth in achieving the TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF THE LIFE highest distinction of Eagle Scout. OF BARBARA AYMAR EARLE CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNI- f VERSARY OF THE MISSOURI HON. ANNA G. ESHOO FARM BUREAU FEDERATION EMMA EAKER OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. BLAINE LUETKEMEYER HON. ED PERLMUTTER Wednesday, March 18, 2015 OF MISSOURI OF COLORADO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the life of an extraordinary Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Wednesday, March 18, 2015 American, Barbara (Bobbie) Aymar Earle who Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise passed away in Essex, Connecticut on De- today to honor the 100th Anniversary of the today to recognize and applaud Emma Eaker cember 10, 2014, in the company of her five Missouri Farm Bureau Federation. The Mis- for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service children. souri Farm Bureau has been a champion of Ambassadors for Youth award. Emma Eaker Barbara was born in New York City on Jan- advocating for farmers the past century. Over is a 12th grader at Standley Lake High School uary 1, 1925, the daughter of Gordon Aymar, the years, this organization has built a reputa- and received this award because her deter- a noted illustrator and portrait painter, and tion of service based on credibility, integrity, mination and hard work have allowed her to Margaretta Aymar, a civic leader. She at- and thorough knowledge of the issues—a rep- overcome adversities. tended The Thomas School in Rowayton, utation that continues to grow. The dedication demonstrated by Emma Connecticut, Barnard College, and the Julliard On March 24, 1915, the county Farm Bu- Eaker is exemplary of the type of achievement School of Music in New York City. She played reau movement changed forever. A group of that can be attained with hard work and perse- the harp professionally for a short time before farmers and ranchers gathered in Saline verance. It is essential students at all levels marrying the great love of her life, Harry W. County to organize the nation’s first state strive to make the most of their education and Earle, of Norwalk, Connecticut, upon his return Farm Bureau organization. Since then, Mis- develop a work ethic which will guide them for in 1944 from Air Force service in Europe dur- souri Farm Bureau has continued to grow in the rest of their lives. ing World War II. She devoted the next thirty strength and is the state’s most effective orga- I extend my deepest congratulations to years to raising her family, to civic activities, nization that works to improve the quality of Emma Eaker for winning the Arvada Wheat and to writing. She co-founded Person-to-Per- life for farmers, rural Missouri, and all Missou- Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. son, the Connecticut-based volunteer organi- rians. When members join, their voice is heard I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedi- zation that provides clothing, food and other at the county, state, and national level. cation and character in all of her future ac- necessities to those in need. She also spent Over these one hundred years, Missouri complishments. many years as a hospice volunteer, the orga- Farm Bureau has worked on various issues on f nization that assisted her during the final days the state and national level that would affect of her life. More than forty years after she first the farming industry. This organization is also IN RECOGNITION OF MR. MARK started college, Bobbie returned to earn her committed to teaching consumers and school GIESEN, THE SUNBURY, PENN- Bachelor of Science degree, graduating children how crop/food production affects their SYLVANIA ROTARY CLUB’S summa cum laude in 1983 from the University daily lives. By educating future generations SUNBURY CITIZEN OF THE YEAR of Washington/Oshkosh, at the age of 58, with about the importance of agriculture, this indus- a major in human services and a minor in try will continue to be successful. HON. LOU BARLETTA music. ‘‘Give Us This Day’’, a book of her As a farmer and member of Missouri Farm OF PENNSYLVANIA poems will be published in 2015. Bureau, it is a privilege to recognize the im- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bobbie is remembered for her love of life, pact this organization has had on the agri- Wednesday, March 18, 2015 music, gardening and poetry, her devotion to culture industry and families in Missouri. I am family and friends, and for her deep and last- confident that Missouri Farm Bureau will con- Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor ing influence on the communities where she tinue to succeed in the years to come. to recognize the Sunbury, Pennsylvania Ro- lived. Her daughters, Penrhyn Cook and Bar- I ask you in joining me in recognizing the tary Club’s Sunbury Citizen of the Year, Mark bara Ballard; her sons, David, John and Gor- 100th Anniversary of the Missouri Farm Bu- Giesen, or otherwise known by his radio don; and her sister Carol Armstrong survive reau. name, ‘‘Mark Lawrence.’’ The Sunbury Rotary her. She was the proud grandmother of eleven f Club is an organization within my district that grandchildren: Matthew and Jonathan Earle, reaches out locally and internationally to better Geoffrey Bailey, Joby and Derry Earle, Mar- HONORING GABRIEL STILLWELL the lives of others through an array of service garet and Harry Kaplan-Earle, Gordon Earle, projects. Mr. Giesen has acted both within the Benjamin and Emily Ballard, Naima Guzman, HON. SAM GRAVES club and the medium of broadcast journalism and one great granddaughter, Katherine OF MISSOURI to proudly serve his community. Guzman. She was predeceased by her broth- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Often referred to as ‘‘The Voice of the Val- er, Gordon Aymar, Jr. and by Harry Earle, her ley,’’ Mr. Giesen serves as the Program Direc- husband of 56 years. Wednesday, March 18, 2015 tor at Newsradio 1070 WKOK, and through his I met Bobbie in 1966 when the Earle family Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I position, helps many constituents throughout moved to California from Connecticut. Her proudly pause to recognize Gabriel Stillwell. my district promote events and fundraisers.

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Mr. Giesen’s passion for broadcasting the chagrin of the Japanese, Chennault and Mr. Speaker, Chuckie Wheeler attended began at a young age. As a child, he used to Tex learned of their plan. Tex led a flight to South Boston High School where he was a spin the dials on an old radio at night in an ef- the river with the intention of blocking Japa- multi-sport all-star athlete and where he met fort to reach as many stations as possible. nese advancement, and the plan proved suc- his future wife, Charlene McGinn in the story- Later on, Mr. Giesen became a fellow at cessful. According to Chennault, this was one book football player meets cheerleader fash- WKOK/AM/FM in Sunbury, and would ride his of the most critical missions the Flying Tigers ion. After graduation, he attended Saint bike to the studio in the Fort Augusta Museum would go on to accomplish. Anselm College and Northeastern University to continually immerse himself in the world of In July of 1942, after many successful com- as well as played for the South Boston Chip- broadcast journalism. bat missions, the Flying Tigers were dis- pewas Football Club. Mr. Speaker, for his committed service to banded. Though they’re remembered for their Throughout his career, Chuckie always the Sunbury Rotary Club, to his role as the successes and heroic air battles, their success worked to support his community. Chuck was employed by the Boston Housing Authority Program Director at Newsradio 1070 WKOK, came with a price. Lacking resources that typ- and the Boston Public Schools Police Depart- and to the constituents of my district, I com- ical U.S. air corps had, such as doctors, ment, prior to joining the Boston Police De- mend Mr. Giesen and congratulate him on nurses, fresh food, and maintenance per- partment in 1986 where he remained until his being named the Sunbury Rotary Club’s sonnel, the Flying Tigers were constantly fac- ing setbacks. Wounds were rarely properly retirement this year. Sunbury Citizen of the year. During his time with the Boston Police De- treated and the threat of disease was con- f partment, Chuckie provided distinguished stant. Sixteen Flying Tigers gave their lives in THE FLYING TIGERS service at both the community level as well as 1941 and 1942, though not before taking out at the Department’s Headquarters. Chuckie nearly 300 Japanese aircrafts. patrolled the streets of South Boston through After the deactivation, Tex, and five other HON. TED POE District C–6 for the early part of his career, al- former Flying Tigers, officially rejoined the OF TEXAS ways providing guidance and mentorship to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES United States Army Air Force. On Thanks- the neighborhood youth. In the latter half of giving of 1943, Tex led troops into Formosa Wednesday, March 18, 2015 his career, Chuck became one of the corner- where they were heavily outnumbered by the stones and first members of a newly-created Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on March Japanese. Against all odds, his squadron re- Crime Scene Response Unit, where he re- 28, China will open the doors to a new mu- turned home unscathed, despite having mained until his retirement. During his time seum in Chongqing. The museum will be dedi- downed over 40 Japanese planes. with the Crime Scene Unit, Chuckie held fast cated to a group of American fighter pilots and Tex left active duty in 1946, but joined the to his mentorship genes and was an integral heroes. The group was originally called the Air Force Reserves shortly after, where he part of bringing the Unit to the nationally-rec- American Volunteer Group, though they are would serve until his retirement in 1968 as a ognized success it is today. Chuckie’s dedica- now famously referred to as the Flying Tigers. brigadier general. His career will go down as tion to the Department and the Crime Scene Known for the shark face art on the nose of one of the most impressive in United States Response Unit was only outshined by his their planes, the Flying Tigers were a group of military history. He’s been inducted into both commitment to his family and community, volunteers that fought alongside the Chinese the National and Texas Aviation Hall of where Chuckie could regularly be found in their defense against the Japanese at the Fames, and has received numerous awards coaching the South Boston and Braintree beginning of World War II. The group was from both the United States and China. youth in football, t-ball, baseball and softball. formed by Claire Chennault, a retired U.S. Tex and his fellow Flying Tigers, such as Mr. Speaker, Chuckie Wheeler is known for Army Air Corps Lieutenant General from Com- Claire Chennault, will go down in history as his generous spirit and kind heart. He has had merce, Texas, with permission from President one of the most selfless and heroic service the good fortune to be married to Charlene for Roosevelt himself. The Flying Tigers were groups in United States military history. They thirty-five years. Chuckie and Charlene are comprised of over 100 pilots who hailed from went to war when they didn’t have to, to de- proud parents of three children and three the United States Army Air Corps, the Navy, fend a country to which they held no alle- grandchildren with a fourth on the way! and the Marine Corps. giance. The selfless acts of the Flying Tigers Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct honor to take Before the creation of the Flying Tigers, will forever be remembered, and their duty, the floor of the House today to join with Chennault was in China working as an avia- honor, and character should help guide Ameri- Charles ‘‘Chuckie’’ Wheeler’s family, friends, tion advisor to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek cans for years to come. and contemporaries to thank him for his re- and as the director of a Chinese Air Force It’s no surprise that many of those feisty, te- markable service to the Boston Police Depart- flight school in Kunming. In 1941, Chiang Kai- nacious volunteers were from Texas. They ment and his community. Shek sent Chennault to Washington to obtain would have made the defenders of the Alamo f a war-time loan and some fighter planes, but proud. AUSTIN GUT Chennault came back with much more than And that’s just the way it is. that. f HON. ED PERLMUTTER With directions from the President and in IN HONOR OF CHARLES ‘‘CHUCKIE’’ accordance with the Generalissimo, Chennault OF COLORADO WHEELER OF THE BOSTON PO- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES headed out to recruit pilots to volunteer with LICE DEPARTMENT him in China. Since the United States was not Wednesday, March 18, 2015 yet at war, this all had to be done discreetly. Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise These brave men were secretly discharged HON. STEPHEN F. LYNCH OF MASSACHUSETTS today to recognize and applaud Austin Gut for from their respective units and sent to Burma IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service for training. Within four months, the Flying Ti- Ambassadors for Youth award. Austin Gut is a gers were dropped into the battlefield and in- Wednesday, March 18, 2015 12th grader at Standley Lake High School and stantly made a name for themselves. Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in received this award because his determination One of the most famous Tigers was David honor of Charles ‘‘Chuckie’’ Wheeler, in rec- and hard work have allowed him to overcome Lee Hill, known by his comrades as ‘‘Tex,’’ ognition of his outstanding contributions to the adversities. due to his South Texas heritage. He’s remem- Boston Police Department and his hometown The dedication demonstrated by Austin Gut bered as a hero, both in China and back of South Boston, MA, and to commend him for is exemplary of the type of achievement that home. He joined the Flying Tigers in 1941, over twenty-nine years of dedicated service to can be attained with hard work and persever- and was credited with destroying over ten Jap- his community through his time at the depart- ance. It is essential students at all levels strive anese fighter planes in just his first battle in ment. to make the most of their education and de- January of 1942. A couple of months after, The son of Gerard and Anna Wheeler, velop a work ethic which will guide them for Tex was officially named squadron leader, Chuckie was born on October 1, 1955 in the rest of their lives.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:17 Mar 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K18MR8.014 E18MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E356 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 18, 2015 I extend my deepest congratulations to Aus- He conducted neighborhood traffic patrols even less for a disabled worker—but for most tin Gut for winning the Arvada Wheat Ridge and worked in the K–9 unit. Narcotics, SWAT, recipients, their Social Security paycheck is Service Ambassadors for Youth award. I have major crimes and internal affairs were also en- more than half their monthly income. no doubt he will exhibit the same dedication trusted to Captain Hoss as he rose through As a representative of those Americans and and character in all of his future accomplish- the ranks. He also worked on the most serious the Ranking Democrat on the Social Security ments. crimes impacting the community including rob- Subcommittee, I believe we have no more im- f bery, homicide and sexual assault. As you can portant responsibility than to make sure that see from this unusually broad list, there were Americans receive their earned Social Security HONORING CHARLES ALEXANDER very few responsibilities that he did not have VELAZQUEZ benefits on time and in full. That means pro- during his 28 years of service to the people of tecting Social Security beneficiaries from crimi- San Mateo. I am sure that he has many sto- nals and fraudsters who try to scam them out ries of difficult situations and also wonderful HON. SAM GRAVES of their benefits, and it also means protecting outcomes from the cases that he handled and OF MISSOURI Social Security’s trust funds against fraud and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the people he touched over these years. My staff and I found Captain Hoss to be errors so the money is available to pay earned Wednesday, March 18, 2015 highly responsive. He would anticipate our benefits. And it means doing so in a way that does not delay needed benefits for honest, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I concerns, raise our awareness about security, hard-working Americans. proudly pause to recognize Charles Alexander and inform us about other activities in the Velazquez. Alex is a very special young man community that we needed to know about in On occasion Social Security will provide a who has exemplified the finest qualities of citi- order to do our jobs better. His department recipient more than they are entitled to. That zenship and leadership by taking an active noted in its letter to us that he worked hard to overpayment rate is only a fraction of one per- part in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 43, build trust with the community. We can say cent (0.22%). Most of these overpayments are and earning the most prestigious award of from our own experience that Captain Hoss due to errors, but a small part is due to fraud. Eagle Scout. was exceptional in the thoroughness of his Social Security employees believe—and I Alex has been very active with his troop, communications and the support that he of- agree with them—that we could do more to participating in many scout activities. Over the fered. safeguard Social Security. many years Alex has been involved with San Mateo is a diverse city with a high qual- Recently the Social Security Administration scouting, he has not only earned numerous ity of life. Its success is due in part to the uncovered fraud conspiracies where Social merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- dedication of the men and women of the San Security contributions made by honest Ameri- Mateo Police Department who face big-city ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Alex cans were stolen to pay benefits to people policing challenges but also work in a city with has contributed to his community through his who didn’t earn them. In one of the conspir- a tight-knit sense of community. As spokes- Eagle Scout project. Alex installed a 20 foot acies, the ringleaders even instructed people person for the police department, leader and flagpole for the St. Joseph Youth Soccer As- to pretend they were disabled as a result of mentor, Wayne Hoss helped to create this sociation in St. Joseph, Missouri. the tragic events of September 11. Social Se- quality of life and the tight relationship that the Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in curity’s fraud investigators have also uncov- department has with populations originating commending Charles Alexander Velazquez for ered rings of criminals who electronically divert from around the globe. I am sure that many of his accomplishments with the Boy Scouts of Americans’ Social Security checks into their the skills that he demonstrated in San Mateo America and for his efforts put forth in achiev- own bank accounts. ing the highest distinction of Eagle Scout. originated with his service in our nation’s armed forces as a military police officer. MP’s The good news is, when you invest in train- f have to cope with many unusual situations ing highly qualified employees to protect So- IN RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN and sometimes extremely dangerous oper- cial Security, it pays off. Social Security’s WAYNE HOSS, SAN MATEO PO- ating conditions. I want to offer my apprecia- front-line employees uncovered those recent LICE DEPARTMENT tion to this veteran who turned his military ex- cases of fraud. With the help of Social Secu- perience into service to his neighbors and rity’s trained investigators, the ringleaders HON. JACKIE SPEIER friends in civilian life. have been charged with felonies, the bene- In closing, I want to salute Captain Hoss ficiaries have been made whole, and Social OF CALIFORNIA upon the occasion of his retirement from the Security has begun the process of recovering IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES police department and the city that he served. the money stolen from the trust fund. Wednesday, March 18, 2015 He was a talented carpenter on a team that is But the bad news is that these conspiracies Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor adept at getting a tough job done right the first show that Social Security is a tempting target Wayne Hoss who is retiring as a Captain in time. Retirement for a professional with enor- for those willing to break the law. Recent Re- the San Mateo Police Department after 28 mous talent is merely a stepping stone to the publican budget cuts have made it harder for years of distinguished service. The San Mateo next adventure. We thank Captain Hoss for Social Security to develop and use effective Police Department relied heavily upon the tal- his time in service to us all and wish him all tools to fight them. the best in these next adventurous years. ents of Captain Hoss over his decades of That’s why, over a year ago, my colleagues service, as indicated by the extraordinary f and I decided Congress needed to do its part range of responsibilities that he held while with REINTRODUCTION OF THE SOCIAL to protect Social Security. We introduced the the department. SECURITY FRAUD AND ERROR Social Security Fraud and Error Prevention Wayne Hoss worked in every major aspect PREVENTION ACT Act. Our bill would have given Social Security of department operations, always giving out- new tools to find fraud and errors, recoup standing service. He was initially assigned to HON. XAVIER BECERRA money that should be in the trust funds, and patrol and then to Investigations. He kept his thrown the book at people who steal from So- investigations skills well-honed throughout his OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cial Security. career and later used these skills repeatedly during the times my district office and I relied Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in upon Captain Hoss to respond to security con- Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, for nearly 80 Congress failed to act on our proposal and cerns. In addition to working in Investigations, years, Social Security has been the bedrock of continued to shortchange Social Security’s Wayne Hoss also worked in Field Operations, economic security for American families. Gen- budget. This lack of leadership has had con- Special Operations, and the Street Crimes erations of Americans have contributed to So- sequences for Americans. Suppression Team. Seeing his talent as an of- cial Security with every paycheck, earning For example, Republican budget cuts mean ficer, the department assigned Wayne Hoss birth-to-death protection for themselves and Social Security has fewer fraud cops on the as a training officer. Noticing that he could their families. As a result of their contribu- beat than it had five years ago. Our bill would manage a computer and other new technology tions—$16.1 trillion over Social Security’s life- guarantee Social Security’s fraud-fighting better than many in the department, probably time—Social Security currently has a $2.8 tril- budget, expand SSA’s special fraud-busting including many Chiefs and more senior per- lion surplus. investigative units to cover all 50 states, and sonnel, Wayne Hoss was given oversight of Social Security benefits are modest—about increase prosecutions of people who steal technology-related projects $15,000 a year for an average senior and from Social Security.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:17 Mar 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K18MR8.017 E18MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS March 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E357 Social Security has lost more than 5,000 OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL HONORING DR. KENNETH DOBBINS front-line workers to budget cuts. And Repub- DEBT licans in Congress blocked hundreds of mil- HON. JASON SMITH lions of dollars that the Budget Control Act au- HON. MIKE COFFMAN OF MISSOURI thorized for SSA’s most cost-effective methods OF COLORADO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of preventing waste, fraud and abuse. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Today, we are reintroducing the Social Se- Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Wednesday, March 18, 2015 curity Fraud and Error Prevention Act, which would provide SSA with guaranteed funding Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I rise for its most effective strategies to prevent 20, 2009, the day President Obama today to honor and thank Dr. Kenneth Dobbins fraud and errors. The bill will also provide ad- took office, the national debt was for his significant contributions to Missouri’s ditional resources to recoup benefits that $10,626,877,048,913.08. higher education system over the past two shouldn’t have been paid, along with pen- Today, it is $18,152,428,120,668.55. We’ve decades. After a distinguished fifteen year ten- alties, if the payments were the result of fraud. added $7,525,551,071,755.47 to our debt in 6 ure, Dr. Dobbins has announced his plans to Our measure would demand something in years. This is over $7.5 trillion in debt our na- retire from his position as the president of exchange for the guaranteed money: complete tion, our economy, and our children could Southeast Missouri State University at the end transparency and accountability. Social Secu- have avoided with a balanced budget amend- of this year’s spring semester. His leadership rity could only use the dedicated funds for the ment. will be difficult to replace and will undoubtedly most important and effective strategies. SSA f be missed. During his tenure as president of Southeast would have to report annually to Congress MIRIAM GALVAN how much was spent and what savings their Missouri State University, the university and its efforts generated for Social Security’s trust programs were nationally recognized by pres- funds. And the new funds would only be avail- HON. ED PERLMUTTER tigious publications such as U.S. News and able for additional fraud and error fighting—not OF COLORADO the Princeton Review. SMSU increased ac- to replace what SSA is already spending out IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cess to higher education for many Missou- of its regular budget. Wednesday, March 18, 2015 rians, and enrollment increased steadily each Our bill isn’t the complete answer to pro- Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise year under Dr. Dobbins’ leadership. In 1994, tecting Social Security’s trust fund. As we con- today to recognize and applaud Miriam Galvan only about 7,900 students attended SMSU. sulted Social Security employees, managers, for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service But, as a result of his continued guidance, en- experts, and beneficiary advocates, they all Ambassadors for Youth award. Miriam Galvan rollment for the fall semester of 2014 has in- told us the same thing: the best defense is a 12th grader at Wheat Ridge High School creased to 12,087 students. against fraud and errors is a well-staffed, well- and received this award because his deter- This gradual increase in enrollment is attrib- trained SSA. And for that to happen, Repub- mination and hard work have allowed him to uted to Dr. Dobbins’ goal of making Southeast licans in Congress have to agree to fund overcome adversities. Missouri State University’s enrollment rep- SSA’s overall budget. The dedication demonstrated by Miriam resentative of diversity of the state of Missouri. But providing guaranteed funding to fight Galvan is exemplary of the type of achieve- Moreover, throughout Dr. Dobbins’ tenure ac- fraud will at least spare SSA from having to ment that can be attained with hard work and cess to higher education increased dramati- choose between preventing fraud and proc- perseverance. It is essential students at all cally with record enrollments in the SMSU’s essing applications so that Americans receive levels strive to make the most of their edu- 25-county service region as a result of re- the benefits they earned on time and in full. cation and develop a work ethic which will gional campuses in Sikeston and Kennett I hope we can work together in a bipartisan guide them for the rest of their lives. serving place-bound students in and near way to enact this bill and protect Social Secu- I extend my deepest congratulations to Mir- those rural communities. rity. iam Galvan for winning the Arvada Wheat Dr. Dobbins also served a two-year term as f Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. president of the Missouri Council on Public Higher Education, which is the organization for RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF I have no doubt he will exhibit the same dedi- presidents and chancellors of Missouri’s public SCOTT JOHNSON TO THE TENTH cation and character in all of his future accom- colleges and universities. In addition, in 2007 DISTRICT OF FLORIDA plishments. f he was selected to serve a three-year term on the American Association of State Colleges HON. DANIEL WEBSTER HONORING SPENCER COLE and Universities Board of Directors, an organi- OF FLORIDA GOULDSMITH zation which represents over 420 U.S. public IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES college and university presidents, which Wednesday, March 18, 2015 HON. SAM GRAVES equates to 56 percent of the enrollment at all OF MISSOURI public four-year institutions. Mr. WEBSTER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I am extremely proud of all that Dr. Dobbins today I would like to extend my sincere appre- has done for Missouri’s higher education sys- ciation to a dedicated staffer in the office of Wednesday, March 18, 2015 tem. It is my honor to recognize him before the Tenth Congressional District of Florida. Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I the U.S. House of Representatives. Scott Johnson will soon be moving on to new proudly pause to recognize Spencer Cole opportunities at the House Committee on the Gouldsmith. Spencer is a very special young Judiciary. man who has exemplified the finest qualities f Scott has done a wonderful job serving the of citizenship and leadership by taking an ac- PERSONAL EXPLANATION people of Florida’s Tenth District since he tive part in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop joined my staff in October 2013. As the face 264, and earning the most prestigious award of my DC front office, he has welcomed visi- of Eagle Scout. HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. tors to my office and to the People’s House, Spencer has been very active with his troop, OF MICHIGAN and demonstrated the responsiveness to the participating in many scout activities. Over the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES needs and concerns of the people of Florida’s many years Spencer has been involved with Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Tenth District that this institution was formu- scouting, he has not only earned numerous lated to reflect. Scott is enthusiastic, hard- merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I was not working, and dedicated to service. He has ily, peers, and community. Most notably, present for roll call votes # 113, 114, 115, been a valuable asset to the people of Florida. Spencer has contributed to his community 116, 117, and 118 because I was attending While I am sad to see Scott leave, I am through his Eagle Scout project. the funeral of community leader and former grateful for his service. He will be truly missed Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in United Auto Workers vice president General in the office. I wish him success and fulfillment commending Spencer Cole Gouldsmith for his Holiefield in Detroit. Had I been present, I in his new position, knowing that his character accomplishments with the Boy Scouts of would have voted AYE on roll call votes and talents will assure him both, in this and America and for his efforts put forth in achiev- # 113, 114, 115, and 118 and NAY on roll call any new adventure he chooses. ing the highest distinction of Eagle Scout. #116 and #117.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:55 Mar 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18MR8.004 E18MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E358 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 18, 2015 IN HONOR OF CHARLENE WHEEL- levels strive to make the most of their edu- ica and for his efforts put forth in achieving the ER OF SOUTH BOSTON AND cation and develop a work ethic which will highest distinction of Eagle Scout. BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS guide them for the rest of their lives. f I extend my deepest congratulations to Ayla Schuetz for winning the Arvada Wheat Ridge HONORING THE LIFE AND HON. STEPHEN F. LYNCH BRAVERY OF JAMES A. CARTER OF MASSACHUSETTS Service Ambassadors for Youth award. I have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES no doubt she will exhibit the same dedication and character in all of her future accomplish- HON. BILLY LONG Wednesday, March 18, 2015 ments. OF MISSOURI Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES honor of Charlene Wheeler, in recognition of Wednesday, March 18, 2015 her outstanding contributions to the Massa- INTRODUCTION OF FLEXIBILITY FOR WORKING FAMILIES ACT Mr. LONG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to chusetts Bay Transportation Authority and to honor the life and memory of a very special commend her for 32 years of dedicated serv- constituent of mine, James A. Carter. ice to the MBTA and the South Boston com- HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY James Carter was born on January 28, munity where Charlene was raised. OF NEW YORK 1921, in Hannibal, Missouri, and passed away The daughter of Robert and Mary McGinn, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on February 22, 2015. natives of South Boston, MA, Charlene was Wednesday, March 18, 2015 On that infamous day in 1941, James was born on May 5th, 1955 in South Boston and stationed at the Pearl Harbor military base in lived all over the neighborhood, from D Street Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Hawaii as a machinist. As you already know, to Middle Street to Dorchester St. until she Mr. Speaker, across all sectors and industries, on December 7, 1941, the Japanese Imperial moved to Braintree, MA with her family in flexible work arrangements are a key to meet- Navy launched a surprise attack on the U.S. 1991. Charlene attended the John Boyle ing the 21st century’s diverse workforce Naval Fleet stationed in Pearl Harbor. This O’Reilly School, Cardinal Cushing and South needs. Such voluntary arrangements have heinous act by the Japanese Empire struck a Boston High School, graduating in 1973. been shown to boost employee satisfaction massive blow to our armed forces in the Pa- Prior to joining the MBTA, Charlene worked and their physical and mental health as well cific theater of operations, costing the lives of a number of jobs in her South Boston commu- as improve businesses bottom line by helping over 2,400 people. nity including as a counselor with Jobs for to retain key talent, reduce absenteeism, and None could have anticipated the events that Youth. Additionally, Charlene volunteered her enhance employee productivity. occurred that day, but even as fiery death time by teaching Catholic education at St. Flexible workplace policies are a win-win for rained down upon servicemen and civilians Brigid’s School where her children attended. businesses and workers. To help promote alike, the brave men and women of Pearl Har- In her time with the MBTA, Charlene held a these policies, I am introducing the Flexibility bor rose to meet the occasion. On that day, number of positions, starting as Track Walker for Working Families Act. This legislation guar- James himself, caring nothing for his own life and progressing to her final position as Train antees employees the right to request flexible or safety, swam time and time again through Starter for the Red Line. At times, Charlene work arrangements and provides employers the raging inferno of burning oil which was one of the first females to hold positions with flexibility by encouraging them to review blanketed the surface of the harbor, dragging of authority at the ‘‘T’’ and always did so with these requests, propose changes, and even many back to safety on the shore. James the mindset of professionalism and equality. deny them if they are not in the best interest sought no recognition for his actions that day, She took pride in each position she held at the of the business. Such voluntary arrangements and never spoke of his valiant actions upon MBTA and made endless contributions to the between employees and employers include returning to civilian life. Authority. changing the time, amount, and/or place that I raise my voice today to honor, in memo- Mr. Speaker, Charlene is known for her car- work is conducted. rial, the life of a brave and humble man. I am ing heart, outgoing personality, and her dedi- It is time for our country’s workplace policies deeply honored to recognize James Carter cation to family, friends and her work. to reflect the reality of a 21st century econ- and his service to our nation. May his life be Charlene has had the good fortune to be mar- omy—where both parents are working and an example to us all. ried to her high school sweetheart, Chuckie overtime is expected. I urge my colleagues to f Wheeler for 35 years. They are the proud par- support the Flexibility for Working Families ents of three children and three grandchildren, Act, and I thank Sen. BOB CASEY for his work PERSONAL EXPLANATION with a fourth on the way. on this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct honor to take f HON. XAVIER BECERRA the floor of the House today to join with OF CALIFORNIA HONORING DANIEL GARNETT Charlene Wheeler’s family, friends, and con- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHAY temporaries to thank her for 32 years of re- Wednesday, March 18, 2015 markable service to the Massachusetts Bay HON. SAM GRAVES Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoid- Transportation Authority and the communities ably detained and missed roll call votes 113, OF MISSOURI of South Boston and Braintree in which she 114, and 115. If present, I would have voted IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lived and worked. ‘‘yea’’ on roll call vote 113, ‘‘yea’’ on roll call f Wednesday, March 18, 2015 vote 114, and ‘‘yea’’ on roll call vote 115. AYLA SCHUETZ Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I f proudly pause to recognize Daniel Garnett ROBERT CHRYSAFIS HON. ED PERLMUTTER Shay. Daniel is a very special young man who OF COLORADO has exemplified the finest qualities of citizen- ship and leadership by taking an active part in HON. ED PERLMUTTER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF COLORADO the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 264, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, March 18, 2015 earning the most prestigious award of Eagle Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise Scout. Wednesday, March 18, 2015 today to recognize and applaud Ayla Schuetz Daniel has been very active with his troop, Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service participating in many scout activities. Over the today to recognize and applaud Robert Ambassadors for Youth award. Ayla Schuetz many years Daniel has been involved with Chrysafis for receiving the Arvada Wheat is a 12th grader at Standley Lake High School scouting, he has not only earned numerous Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. and received this award because her deter- merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- Robert Chrysafis is a 12th grader at Arvada mination and hard work have allowed her to ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Dan- High School and received this award because overcome adversities. iel has contributed to his community through his determination and hard work have allowed The dedication demonstrated by Ayla his Eagle Scout project. him to overcome adversities. Schuetz is exemplary of the type of achieve- Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in The dedication demonstrated by Robert ment that can be attained with hard work and commending Daniel Garnett Shay for his ac- Chrysafis is exemplary of the type of achieve- perseverance. It is essential students at all complishments with the Boy Scouts of Amer- ment that can be attained with hard work and

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In addition, she served as the more time with her husband Charles Doyle Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. secretary of the board, the Executive Com- and their three children Bion, Jason and Lou- I have no doubt he will exhibit the same dedi- mittee and the Board Nominating and Govern- ise. cation and character in all of his future accom- ance Committee. Mr. Speaker, I ask the House of Represent- plishments. Lydia’s history with Chevron dates back to atives to rise with me to honor an amazing f 1977 when she originally joined as a contract woman whom Chevron named its first woman attorney. She then worked as a legislative rep- officer, whom the San Francisco Business CELEBRATING CARLOS resentative in Washington, D.C. from 1981– Times named one of the most influential busi- VILLARREAL 1985, and a senior management and tax nesswomen in the Bay Area for eight con- counsel in the tax department from 1985– secutive years, and whom I feel humbled to HON. HENRY CUELLAR 1995. count as a dear friend and irreplaceable ad- OF TEXAS Lydia’s competent, calm and clear advice viser. Lydia Beebe is a role model for women IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has earned her the trust and admiration of the and men everywhere. I am honored to con- Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Board of Directors senior management at gratulate her on her retirement from Chevron Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Chevron. Her leadership style has also earned on the eve of the 26th PBWC conference. celebrate a noteworthy American: Carlos her my trust and admiration. I had the great f privilege of working with Lydia Beebe on the Villarreal. From April of 2007 until 2014, Mr. RECOGNIZING LANCASTER HIGH Villarreal served as City Manager of Laredo, Board of Directors of PBWC, the Professional Business Women of California, an organiza- SCHOOL, TEXAS’S 2015 CLASS 5A Texas. In his own words, he worked diligently STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS to ‘‘shape the growth and prosperity of [his] tion I founded 26 years ago to give women a community.’’ platform to connect and help each other grow Carlos Villarreal graduated from Texas A&M and thrive. Lydia helped guide PBWC from HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON University with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Ad- 1998–2003, the last two years as chair of the OF TEXAS ministration. He began his career in public board. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES For Lydia, no problem is ever life-threat- service with the City of Laredo, serving as the Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Director of Community Development. During ening and there is always a Plan B. Her con- tributions to PBWC were and remain invalu- Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. his time in this role, he became the depart- Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to honor the Lan- ment’s chief planner and director for the re- able to the organization and in 1996 she de- servedly was awarded the ‘‘Breakthrough caster High School Tigers for winning the newal of urban housing programs, working State of Texas title in the class 5A State Bas- tirelessly to ensure affordable housing for low- Award.’’ As you can surmise from Lydia’s achieve- ketball Championship on Saturday, March 14, income Laredoans. Mr. Villarreal then served ments in the corporate world, she is a trail- 2015. On behalf of all the proud residents of as the Assistant City Manager for ten years blazer who simply ignored the glass ceiling the 30th Congressional District of Texas, I and went on to become the Executive Admin- and burst through it. Her impact reaches far stand with great pride to salute the Tigers for istrator for Webb County, where he oversaw beyond one company. She is a frequent their unmatched athleticism, dedication, perse- the administration and management of all speaker and panelist addressing corporate verance and teamwork. This victory is historic. county departments and worked with county governance topics. She has also been very The 2015 State Championship Team is the officials to improve county services. For the active with the Society of Corporate Secre- 100th basketball team in Lancaster I.S.D.’s past eight years, Mr. Villarreal has served as taries and Governance Professionals. history, and they are the first team to ever the City Manager of Laredo. Lydia Beebe is a native of Kansas and bring home this title to the great City of Lan- With his experience in government spanning earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism in caster. over thirty-five years, Mr. Villarreal success- 1974 and her Juris Doctor degree in 1977 The Lancaster Tigers worked hard through- fully procured two presidential permits for the from the University of Kansas. She moved to out the season in preparation for the challenge Colombia Solidarity Bridge and World Trade California and received her master’s degree in that awaited them in San Antonio, Texas. The Bridge, both of which allowed Laredo’s port to taxation from Golden Gate University in 1980. Tigers entered the 2015 State Tournament on become the country’s number one land port We in California are extraordinarily fortunate a remarkable 27 game winning streak. After a for commercial trade. He has also maintained that she relocated from the Midwest. Her intel- hard fought battle with the Clifton J. Ozen a valuable working relationship with the Mexi- ligence, resolve and philanthropy have bene- Panthers of Beaumont, Texas, the Tigers can government at the local, state, and federal fited many organizations and countless individ- emerged victorious. The team was led by Sen- levels. uals. Lydia serves on the National Association ior Forward, Elijah Thomas, a Top 20 pick, Mr. Villarreal has also served as Past Presi- of Corporate Directors of Northern California, who contributed seventeen points to the dent of LULAC Council #12. He is the recipi- the San Francisco Symphony, and the advi- team’s winning score of 59–47. ent of various awards such as the Republic of sory board of the Arthur and Toni Rembe The talented young men who make up Lan- Mexico-Jose Lopez Portillo Presidential Medal Rock Center for Corporate Governance at caster’s remarkable team have assembled a for Outstanding Service, the Sportsman of the Stanford. Lydia was appointed to the Board of fine record ending the season with 33 wins Year by the Latin American International Directors of the Presidio Trust in 2003 by and only 4 losses. Members of the team in- Sports Hall of Fame, and the Tejano Achiev- President George W. Bush and served until clude: Junior Power Forward, Nate Morris; ers Award for Community Service. Senior Point Guard, Antwoin Portley; Junior Mr. Speaker, I am honored to have the op- 2008. In 1991, she was appointed by Gov- Shooting Guard and Forward, JaColby Pem- portunity to recognize Carlos Villarreal for his ernor Pete Wilson to the California Fair Em- berton; and Junior Guard, Deon Barrett. outstanding service to the City of Laredo and ployment and Housing Commission where she This accomplishment is a testament to the its people. served for eight years, from 1995–1999 as chair. inspirational leadership of Head Coach, Ferrin f As a Golden Gate University graduate, she Douglas and his Varsity Assistant coach, Mr. IN RECOGNITION OF LYDIA I. served as board secretary and member of the Joseph Mayberry. Coach Douglas has built an BEEBE executive committee and received the 2004 impressive basketball program at Lancaster Alumna of the Year award. She was also a High School during his 9 year tenure. ‘‘Coach HON. JACKIE SPEIER member of the San Francisco Municipal Fiscal Doug,’’ as he is affectionately called, provides OF CALIFORNIA Advisory Committee to the mayor for more guidance that his players describe as crucial IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES than 10 years. in helping them realize their potential both on But Lydia, with her inexhaustible energy, and off the court. Wednesday, March 18, 2015 didn’t abandon her roots; she also serves on On behalf of the 30th District of Texas, I ask Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the governing boards of the Kansas University my colleagues to join me in celebrating the ac- Lydia I. Beebe, a leader in the Bay Area and Endowment Association and the Kansas Uni- complishments of the Lancaster High School

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:17 Mar 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K18MR8.020 E18MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E360 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 18, 2015 basketball team for their victory in the 2015 Greg Gadson who is in command of Ft. And digging in deep Texas Class 5A State Basketball Champion- Belvoir in Virginia, a graduate of West Point in Through thick and thin, ship. We are proud of your accomplishment, 1989. Greg was also a star linebacker on the How far we are all willing to go for victory and we share in the pride and excitement felt United States Army football team. Greg, a to reach by the city of Lancaster, Texas, the Super- twenty-year veteran, has received three To Hold intendant of Lancaster I.S.D., Mr. Michael bronze stars and a purple heart. While serving That McFarland, the Principal of Lancaster High in Operation Iraq Freedom, he was almost killed as the commander of a surge unit by an Line School, Mr. Michael Showell and the entire To walk through that valley of death, school. IED explosion, losing both of his legs. He has With clenched fists to one day Heaven reach f since done nothing but climbed mountain after For these are the things in life which speak mountain. He is also well-known as an inspira- HONORING DEVIN MCCOMBS And who have we saved? tional public speaker, and many give him cred- And who have we blessed? it for helping inspire the New York Giants to And what have we taught to pass that test? HON. SAM GRAVES their Super Bowl XLVI season. He has also By all our actions, whom have we reached OF MISSOURI appeared in the movie ‘‘Battleship’’ and truly is By our examples to beseech IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES an American hero and a man for all seasons. Will we stand up and go deep? Wednesday, March 18, 2015 I submit this poem, penned in his honor by Al- As have you Colonel, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I bert Carey Caswell. As to such new heights you’d so reach proudly pause to recognize Devin McCombs. HOLD THAT LINE In this new battle you began, Devin is a very special young man who has Hold And you so chose to fight and stand exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship That While, all in the midst of hell and leadership by taking an active part in the Line As your most courageous heart began to Boy Scouts of America, Troop 395, and earn- All in our lifetimes swell ing the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. Past what new goal lines will we so drive? And you had to start all over again Devin has been very active with his troop, When, it all so seems our backs are up Without your once strong legs upon which participating in many scout activities. Over the against the wall to find you so ran All in these the moments of our lives many years Devin has been involved with As you looked down as the red blood ran Coming off that line As in that moment your new battle so began scouting, he has not only earned numerous All in hearts now carried deep Being from The Point, merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- What promises to ourselves will we so keep? Your heart gave you a command ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Devin To find the faith and courage to compete To hold has contributed to his community through his To strive That Eagle Scout project. Will we get up and fight? Line Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in When it all so lies on the line As once again it was first and goal commending Devin McCombs for his accom- And hold With your back to the wall That plishments with the Boy Scouts of America As you had to plug up all those holes, Line and for his efforts put forth in achieving the And somehow find the strength to stand Or will we give in, To tackle all that misery at hand highest distinction of Eagle Scout. In these our darkest of all nights as they f begin? And somehow hold That BIANCA MARTINEZ Or will we go deep? All in our hearts of honor so to seek Line Whether, on football fields of green As you had done before, HON. ED PERLMUTTER Or out upon most heroic battlefields of honor Time and time again OF COLORADO seen As somehow you got up and stood, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES You Lt. Colonel Gadson, And started your whole life over as you Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Have always gleamed would Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise Will our hearts choose to stand and fight, Listening to your heart, today to recognize and applaud Bianca Mar- To compete? As you brought tears to all our eyes tinez for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge All in the seeds we’ve sown so deep Thanking your Father and your brothers for All in our hearts to reap being alive Service Ambassadors for Youth award. Bianca Emanating from somewhere inside, As a winner in that game of life you crossed Martinez is a 12th grader at Standley Lake So down so very deep that recovery goal line High School and received this award because Is the place Lt. Colonel, As Greg you crushed it her determination and hard work have allowed Where all of your promises you would so As death you sacked it her to overcome adversities. keep Firing out to victory to find The dedication demonstrated by Bianca All in your strength in honor which speaks And Colonel, Martinez is exemplary of the type of achieve- To be the best as you would seek If I ever have a son ment that can be attained with hard work and All in your actions, I pray to God, perseverance. It is essential students at all And deeds He could lead a life like yours as won levels strive to make the most of their edu- Firing out across that line to death to beat Who when it was all on the line, cation and develop a work ethic which will Tackling all of those obstacles in your way Did not thing think twice to compete guide them for the rest of their lives. To win that day, that fight As so gallantly you sow heroism seeds As a winner before us now stands here this I extend my deepest congratulations to As why in the game of life you shine so bril- Bianca Martinez for winning the Arvada Wheat night liantly Because it’s on our legs we stand Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. As it’s your faith Greg you were so to keep But it’s with our hearts we run to daylight I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedi- Running from end to end, And we cation and character in all of her future ac- As up ahead you would lead Hold To take control and command complishments. That To hold f Line That HONORING LT. COLONEL GREG Line For Greg you are Army strong GADSON As there you’d stand And why such men as you and MacArthur to When this battle before you so lie The Point so belong As across that goal line of life for victory Whose hearts of honor in history will live on HON. BILL FLORES Hoo ah OF TEXAS you’d strive IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES All because of men like you Colonel who so Mr. Speaker, before I close, I ask everyone courageously compete to continue to pray for our country and for our Wednesday, March 18, 2015 We all may live in peace Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Because, in the game of life military men and women that protect it. honor one of America’s finest, Lt. Colonel It’s all about digging in, God bless the United States of America.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:17 Mar 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18MR8.014 E18MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS March 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E361 HONORING THE CAREER AND AC- also extends to the University of Texas Per- THANKS MR. BASEM MUALLEM COMPLISHMENTS OF DUNKIRK mian Basin’s library. As the Odessa chairman FOR YOUR SERVICE TO FIRE CHIEF KEITH AHLSTROM of the book drive which founded the library in CALTRANS DISTRICT 8 the early 1970s, she helped obtain over HON. BRIAN HIGGINS 300,000 books to start the collection that stu- HON. PAUL COOK OF NEW YORK dents at the University of Texas Permian OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Basin still use to this day. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Maime’s dedication to her many cultural and Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Wednesday, March 18, 2015 philanthropic pursuits was admirable, as was Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the stable and loving home she provided for Mr. COOK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bid honor the career and accomplishments of he- her family. She is survived by her son and farewell to Basem Muallem who will be retiring roic member of the Western New York com- daughter-in-law, Alfred and Honey Shepperd, after 29 years with Caltrans at the end of munity, Dunkirk Fire Chief Keith Ahlstrom, on her daughter and son-in-law, Suzanne and March. A true man of the people, Muallem will the occasion of his retirement after a remark- Gary McIntosh, nine grandchildren, and twenty always be remembered as an extraordinary able career. great-grandchildren. Please join me in remem- leader who listened and understood the grow- Since joining the Fire Department in 1979, bering the extraordinary life of Maime ing infrastructure needs of Riverside and San Ahlstrom has provided wonderful leadership, Shepperd. Bernardino Counties. As District 8 Director, Muallem is currently responsible for the largest serving as chief for the last 8 years. His team f of 25 paid firefighters and numerous volun- of the 12 statewide Caltrans districts geo- teers work together to provide safety for the YURITZI MORA graphically, with four interstates and 32 routes residents of Dunkirk. Ahlstrom follows his totaling over 7,000 lane miles within its bound- aries. Muallem manages a staff of 1,280 and brother, who also recently retired from the fire HON. ED PERLMUTTER an operating budget of $181 million. He over- service, but his 35 years of committed work OF COLORADO sees all facets of design, construction, oper- will not be forgotten. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ation and maintenance of the state highway Along with his tenure as Fire Chief, Keith Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Ahlstrom also served as valuable member of system in the greater Inland Empire region. Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise the community, spending time as a high Muallem works in partnership with both re- today to recognize and applaud Yuritzi Mora school baseball umpire and serving as the gional transportation and local resource agen- for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service most senior Chautauqua County legislator. cies to provide a safe and reliable highway Ambassadors for Youth award. Yuritzi Mora is Ahlstrom looks forward to spending time with network for the traveling public. For as long as a 12th grader at Wheat Ridge High School his children and grandchildren. I have been in public office, our region con- and received this award because his deter- Mr. Speaker, I rise today to deeply thank tinues to face massive growth. As more peo- mination and hard work have allowed him to Keith Ahlstrom for his dedicated years of serv- ple, businesses and vehicles come into the overcome adversities. ice and sacrifice for his community. We wish area, the challenges of providing a highway The dedication demonstrated by Yuritzi him all of the greatest happiness in his future. system to meet the region’s growing needs in- Mora is exemplary of the type of achievement crease. Muallem has been a good friend to f that can be attained with hard work and perse- these needs in the various positions he has HONORING THE LIFE OF MAIME verance. It is essential students at all levels held within Caltrans. What’s next for him you ERNA STRIEBER SHEPPERD strive to make the most of their education and might ask? Muallem, who holds a Bachelors of develop a work ethic which will guide them for Science degree in biology, and a Bachelors HON. K. MICHAEL CONAWAY the rest of their lives. and Masters of Science degrees in Civil Engi- I extend my deepest congratulations to neering is headed to Parsons corporation, an OF TEXAS Yuritzi Mora for winning the Arvada Wheat engineering and construction company. I wish IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. him the best of luck in his new endeavors. Wednesday, March 18, 2015 I have no doubt he will exhibit the same dedi- f Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to cation and character in all of his future accom- IN RECOGNITION OF DR. CARL honor the life of Maime Erna Strieber plishments. DJERASSI Shepperd. Maime passed away in January, f just weeks after celebrating her ninety-seventh REMEMBERING A HEINOUS AT- birthday. Bright from a young age, Maime HON. JACKIE SPEIER TACK AGAINST THE KURDISH OF CALIFORNIA graduated high school as class valedictorian PEOPLE at the age of fifteen and enrolled in the Uni- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES versity of Texas at Austin Journalism School. HON. TIM WALBERG Wednesday, March 18, 2015 It was at the University of Texas where she Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor OF MICHIGAN met her husband of 51 years, the late John the iconic Dr. Carl Djerassi who died at the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ben Shepperd. They were married shortly age of 91 on January 30, 2015. In the weeks after her graduation. Wednesday, March 18, 2015 since his death, a great deal has been said Maime and John raised four children to- Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to about Dr. Djerassi. gether, living in both Austin and Odessa pause and remember a heinous attack against Most of these comments focus on his key throughout their marriage. She was first-lady the Kurdish people that occurred 27 years ago role in developing the contraceptive pill. Be- to John’s political career, first as Texas Sec- this week. cause Dr. Djerassi and two other scientists retary of State and then as Attorney General. On March 16, 1988, Saddam Hussein’s re- were able to synthesize norethindrone, a key When the family moved to Odessa, Maime got gime dropped chemical weapons on the city of ingredient of the pill was finally available for involved with many cultural, philanthropic, and Halabja, killing 5,000 innocent men, women, widespread use and commercialization. The political organizations. She served on the and children. human race owes Dr. Djerassi a great deal. board for the West Texas Rehabilitation Cen- Thousands more suffered permanent inju- Because women were finally able to control ter and founded the Crystal Ball, an annual ries. their own fertility, they were able to spend time benefit event. She was also involved as a This crime against humanity was the worst in school, obtain work and to fully join the board member for the Midland-Odessa Sym- part of a larger campaign of more than 40 gas economy. Millennia spent bearing children and phony, and was tapped by the New York Met- attacks aimed at exterminating the Kurds. being denied education and advancement due ropolitan Opera to serve as their West Texas The Kurdish people, however, have proudly to the demands of raising children were now representative. persevered, rebuilt, and now provide stability upended in those nations that embraced artifi- During Lyndon Johnson’s campaign for and an ally in an often unstable region. cial contraception. The pill is often character- president in 1964, Maime served as the Chair- Today, while we look back on this solemn ized as a great advancement for women but in man of the Ladies for Lyndon West Texas anniversary, it is important to offer our grati- truth all human beings were advanced as committee. She also joined Lady Bird Johnson tude to the Kurdish people for their courage women were freed to increasingly contribute on the whistle-stop Lady Bird Special train as and sacrifice in the current fight to defeat our their talents and intellect fully to the great re- it toured eight southern states. Maime’s legacy mutual enemy ISIL. search and economic challenges of their eras.

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It was a fateful offer for recognize Robert Lee Fink for his 50 years of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Carl Djerassi and for human beings globally. dedicated service to the field of Emergency Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Dr. Djerassi graduated summa cum laude Medical Services. Bob’s EMS career began Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to from Kenyon College before his 19th birthday when he was just 12 years old, when he wit- recognize Michael Graves, FAIA, a prominent and then earned his doctorate in chemistry nessed an 8 year old unconscious boy being and respected architect, who passed away from the University of Wisconsin. He subse- pulled from a public swimming pool. The boy last Thursday March 12, 2015 at the age of 80 quently worked for or founded several private was placed upon the ground, but no one ren- at his home in Princeton, NJ. dered aid to him. This was before CPR, but as companies, including early work for Syntex, Mr. Graves was born in Indianapolis on July a Sea Scout, Bob was taught the Holger-Niel- the company that commercialized 9, 1934. Upon graduating from Broad Ripple son back pressure arm lift, which saved the High School in 1952, he went on to pursue a norethindrone into the pill. His research was boy’s life. bachelor’s degree in architecture at the Uni- also key to the synthesizing of antihistamines This is what drove Bob to become a life- versity of Cincinnati. Enamored with design, and cortisone. guard, a career he officially began at 16 when Mr. Graves went on to obtain a masters de- After positions at a number of other univer- he took his first CPR and first aid classes gree in architecture from Harvard University, sities, Dr. Djerassi moved to Stanford where through the City of New York. A few years before teaching at Princeton University as the he conducted research and taught for dec- later, Bob was granted a waiver by the Mayor Robert Schirmer Professor of Architecture, ades. He was the ultimate professor who, be- of New York City to become the first lay per- Emeritus, a pursuit that would turn into a 40- son to be a CPR instructor. After graduating cause of his extraordinarily high standards, did year career. college, Bob had a successful 20 year career While at Princeton, Mr. Graves was an in- not suffer fools gladly. Stanford University indi- promoting health and fitness as a Physical spiring professor who taught architectural de- cated that Dr. Djerassi published more than Education teacher in Bedford Stuyvesant. In sign and theory to thousands of under- 1,200 scientific papers, and made early and 1977, Bob became an EMT and then in 1979, graduate and graduate architecture students, important contributions in many areas of he became a Critical Care EMT. A few years as well as extending his reach beyond Prince- chemistry, including the use of analytical tools later, in 1988, Bob was honored with the New ton through serving as guest lecturer at over of chemistry such as mass spectrometry, mag- York State Advanced Medical Technician of 1,000 public conferences. netic circular dichroism and optical rotary dis- the year. This honor was bestowed upon him In 1964, Mr. Graves founded his own firm, persion. Those he mentored remarked on his for saving the life of a 12 year old boy who now called Michael Graves Architecture & De- willingness to look after their careers despite was submerged in the waters of Lake sign or MGA&D. in Princeton, NJ. Since its es- an extraordinary schedule that at times com- Ronkonkoma. tablishment, Mr. Graves has been tasked with designing everything from office buildings, re- mitted him to travelling 100,000 miles per Bob went on to become an EMT instructor sorts and retail stores, to hospitals, monu- year. In 1973, Dr. Djerassi was awarded the in 1996, and since then, he has prepared thousands of students to become EMT’s and ments and university buildings. Renowned National Medal of Science by President Nixon. Critical Care EMT’s. At the age of 60, Bob re- across the country as one of the New York Stanford noted that he was the only awardee turned to school yet again to become a Para- Five, a group that redefined modernism in ar- to simultaneously be given that award by the medic as one of the oldest students in his chitecture, Mr. Graves became among the President while also being on Nixon’s enemies class at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center. most celebrated of the postmodernist archi- list. To this day, Bob remains dedicated to serv- tects in the 1980’s. In our region, Carl Djerassi was also known ing the public, continuing to volunteer and Mr. Graves designed more than 350 build- for his extraordinary love of art, poetry, and serve his community as a mentor and a Para- ings around the world. Among his most nota- ble projects are the Netherlands Ministry of his books of ‘‘science-in-fiction.’’ According to medic. Today, I thank and congratulate Bob Health, Welfare and Sport in The Hague, the those who knew him well, his short stories, for his 50 years of dedication and service. f Walt Disney Co. corporate headquarters in novels and plays provided unusual detail Burbank, CA, the NCAA Hall of Champions, about the lives and difficult choices of sci- CARLY BAUER the Newark Museum, and an innovative de- entists who bear the burdens of historic dis- sign scaffolding for the Washington Monument coveries. HON. ED PERLMUTTER Restoration here in our nation’s capital. He Mr. Speaker, some individuals leave as their OF COLORADO and his firm have designed over 2,500 prod- legacy an endowment or a building or fond IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ucts for manufacturers and retailers. Mr. Graves received more than 300 awards and memories of a life well lived. At least from my Wednesday, March 18, 2015 citations, including the National Medal of Arts perspective, Carl Djerassi left us all something Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise presented by President Bill Clinton in 1999 for that is much more valuable than any of these today to recognize and applaud Carly Bauer his exceptional achievements in architecture, gifts: He gave us options in life. Thanks to for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service design and education. In 2001, he was award- Carl Djerassi, we can choose to live as human Ambassadors for Youth award. Carly Bauer is ed the Gold Medal from the American Institute beings have lived for tens of thousands of a 12th grader at Ralston Valley High School of Architects (AIA), the highest honor the AIA years or we can acknowledge that human and received this award because her deter- bestows on an individual whose body of work beings may seek a different path—one of self- mination and hard work have allowed her to has had a lasting influence on the theory and determination and thus personal responsibility overcome adversities. practice of architecture. to leave the world a better place than when The dedication demonstrated by Carly Mr. Graves received 14 honorary degrees we entered it. Carl Djerassi left the world a Bauer is exemplary of the type of achievement from various universities, including Rutgers, much better place than when he entered it, that can be attained with hard work and perse- NJIT, Emory University, the University of Vir- verance. It is essential students at all levels having explored the greatest secrets of chem- ginia, and the University of Miami. In his most strive to make the most of their education and recent project, Mr. Graves established the Mi- istry and some of the most difficult moral di- develop a work ethic which will guide them for chael Graves School of Architecture at Kean lemmas confronted by inquiring minds. He the rest of their lives. University in New Jersey and Wenzou-Kean was truly a man for all ages, and we can only I extend my deepest congratulations to University in China, where his architectural hope that his insights passed down through Carly Bauer for winning the Arvada Wheat legacy will continue for generations to come. these past decades will endure and be im- Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. As a United States Congressman, it is my proved upon for decades yet to come. I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedi- great honor to recognize and commemorate

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:17 Mar 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A18MR8.020 E18MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS March 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E363 the life of Michael Graves. I am proud to say Austin has been very active with his troop, for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service that he was from my home state—truly his im- participating in many scout activities. Over the Ambassadors for Youth award. Cruz Garcia is pact was felt in New Jersey and throughout many years Austin has been involved with a 12th grader at Standley Lake High School the world. scouting, he has not only earned numerous and received this award because his deter- Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join our col- merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- mination and hard work have allowed him to leagues, Mr. Graves’ coworkers, family and ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Aus- overcome adversities. friends, all those whose lives he has touched, tin has contributed to his community through The dedication demonstrated by Cruz Gar- and me, in recognizing Mr. Michael Graves. his Eagle Scout project. cia is exemplary of the type of achievement f Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in that can be attained with hard work and perse- commending Austin Conway for his accom- verance. It is essential students at all levels RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF plishments with the Boy Scouts of America strive to make the most of their education and THE ‘‘THE BORINQUENEERS’’ and for his efforts put forth in achieving the develop a work ethic which will guide them for highest distinction of Eagle Scout. the rest of their lives. HON. ALAN GRAYSON I extend my deepest congratulations to Cruz f Garcia for winning the Arvada Wheat Ridge OF FLORIDA INTRODUCTION OF SUPERMARKET Service Ambassadors for Youth award. I have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TAX CREDIT FOR UNDERSERVED no doubt he will exhibit the same dedication Wednesday, March 18, 2015 AREAS ACT and character in all of his future accomplish- Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to rec- ments. ognize the brave individuals listed below for HON. STEVE COHEN f their service in the U.S. Army’s 65th Infantry OF TENNESSEE SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS Regiment, an all-volunteer Puerto Rican unit IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, known as ‘‘the Borinqueneers.’’ This excep- Wednesday, March 18, 2015 agreed to by the Senate of February 4, tional group of veterans has made Central 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- Florida their home. As their representative, it Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in tem for a computerized schedule of all is my honor to recognize each one of them for support of the Supermarket Tax Credit for Un- meetings and hearings of Senate com- their service to our nation. derserved Areas Act, which I introduced ear- mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- Aida I. Rodriguez, Andre Vergara, Andres lier today. If enacted, this bill would provide tees, and committees of conference. Medina, Angel L. Mendoza, Anibal Albertorio, tax incentives for the establishment of super- This title requires all such committees Carlos Diaz-Husband, Carlos Guffain, Carlos markets in urban and rural areas without ac- to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Soya, Celio Freytes Melendez, David Flores cess to fresh food. Digest—designated by the Rules Com- Mendez, Despian Quilles, Diego Melendez, It is hard to believe, but more than 23 mil- mittee—of the time, place and purpose Edwin Aviles, Efrain Diaz, Enrique De Jesus. lion Americans, including many residents in of the meetings, when scheduled and Enrique Quin˜ones, Epifonio Agosto, Eriberto my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, live in any cancellations or changes in the DeJesus, Esteban Alejandro, Felipe Ramos communities that lack access to fresh food. I meetings as they occur. Gonzalez, Feliz Lopez, Ferdinand Lopez, believe that is simply unacceptable in a nation As an additional procedure along Francisco Mendez Lugo, Fransisco Torregoza, as great as ours. with the computerization of this infor- German R. Colon, Gilberto Ramirez, Gisele No American should have to live in a so- mation, the Office of the Senate Daily Ayala-Granddaughter, Hector M. Perez, Jesus called, ‘‘food desert.’’ According to the Depart- Digest will prepare this information for Asencio, Jose A. Feria. ment of Agriculture, a ‘‘food desert’’ is a low printing in the Extensions of Remarks Jose Alujo, Jose Angel Colon, Jose´ A´ ngel income neighborhood that lacks grocery stores section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ramı´rez, Jose Mercado Pacheco, Jose within a 1 mile proximity for urban residents on Monday and Wednesday of each Semidey, Jose Troche, Juan B. Melendez and 10 miles for rural residents. Many families week. Rodriguez, Juan Bautista, Juan Ramos Flores, in these neighborhoods face transportation Meetings scheduled for Thursday, Leonardo Justiniano, Leonardo Zeno, Luis F. challenges and rely on corner convenience March 19, 2015 may be found in the Suarez, Luis Martinez, Luis Mun˜oz, Luis Rami- stores that often stock processed snack prod- Daily Digest of today’s RECORD. rez. ucts (potato chips, soft drinks, and candy) Luis Sabater, Marcia Mojica, Moises Rivera, rather than fresh meat and produce. Studies MEETINGS SCHEDULED Narcisco Villot, Nelson Gonzalez, Nestali have shown that access to healthy food MARCH 24 Franco Baez, Nicolas Ayala, Osvaldo Alva- choices can help prevent many diet-related ill- 9:30 a.m. rado, Osvaldo Rivera, Pedro Martinez, Rafael nesses, including diabetes, obesity, hyper- Committee on Armed Services Donis, Rafael Gonzalez, Rafael Lopez tension, heart disease and digestive diseases. To hold hearings to examine United Machado, Rafael Martinez Negron. That is why I introduced Supermarket Tax States Middle East policy. Ramon Mendez, Raul Aldarondo Galdan, Credit for Underserved Areas Act. This legisla- SH–216 Raul E. Reyes Castaneira, Raymond Medina, tion seeks to reduce food deserts, create jobs 10 a.m. Richard Acosta Guerreo, Ruben Aquino, Sam- and boost local economies by increasing the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry uel Collazo, Santiago Villafan˜e, Victor M. rehabilitation tax credit for supermarkets that To hold hearings to examine waters of Rosario, Victor Mesias, Victor Ortiz, Victor open stores in food desert communities. The the United States, focusing on stake- Roldan, Wilfredo Lopez. bill would also increase the work employment holder perspectives on the impacts of Mr. Speaker, I am happy to honor these tax credit for supermarkets that hire disadvan- the Environmental Protection Agen- members of the 65th Infantry Regiment for taged youth, community residents, veterans cy’s proposed rule. their exceptional service to our nation. and ex-felons. Finally, Supermarket Tax Credit SD–106 Committee on Banking, Housing, and f for Underserved Areas Act would provide a tax credit for supermarkets that purchase their Urban Affairs HONORING AUSTIN CONWAY To hold hearings to examine the regu- fresh fruits and vegetables from local growers. latory regime for regional banks. I urge my colleagues to support this much SD–538 HON. SAM GRAVES needed legislation. Committee on Commerce, Science, and OF MISSOURI f Transportation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Subcommittee on Surface Transportation CRUZ GARCIA and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Safety and Security Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I HON. ED PERLMUTTER To hold hearings to examine surface proudly pause to recognize Austin Conway. transportation reauthorization, focus- OF COLORADO ing on performance, not prescription. Austin is a very special young man who has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SR–253 exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Committee on Energy and Natural Re- and leadership by taking an active part in the sources Boy Scouts of America, Troop 395, and earn- Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise To hold hearings to examine manage- ing the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. today to recognize and applaud Cruz Garcia ment reforms to improve forest health

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:17 Mar 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18MR8.022 E18MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E364 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 18, 2015 and socioeconomic opportunities on MARCH 25 quest for fiscal year 2016 and the Fu- the nation’s forest system. 9 a.m. ture Years Defense Program. SD–366 Committee on Appropriations SR–232A Committee on Health, Education, Labor, Subcommittee on Department of Defense Committee on Armed Services and Pensions To hold hearings to examine proposed Subcommittee on Strategic Forces To hold hearings to examine continuing budget estimates and justification for To hold hearings to examine ballistic America’s leadership, focusing on ad- fiscal year 2016 for the Defense Health missile defense programs in review of vancing research and development for Program. the Defense Authorization Request for patients. fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years SD–430 SD–192 Committee on Homeland Security and Committee on Armed Services Defense Program. Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on SeaPower SR–222 To hold hearings to examine securing the To hold hearings to examine Navy and border, focusing on assessing the im- Marine Corps aviation programs in re- MARCH 26 pact of transnational crime. view of the Defense Authorization Re- 9:30 a.m. SD–342 quest for fiscal year 2016 and the Fu- Committee on Armed Services Committee on the Judiciary ture Years Defense Program. To hold hearings to examine U.S. Central To hold hearings to examine the nomina- SR–222 Command, U.S. Africa Command and tion of Sally Quillian Yates, of Geor- 2 p.m. U.S. Special Operations Command pro- gia, to be Deputy Attorney General, Committee on Homeland Security and grams and budget in review of the De- Department of Justice. Governmental Affairs fense Authorization Request for fiscal SD–226 To hold hearings to examine securing the year 2016 and the Future Years Defense 10:30 a.m. border, focusing on understanding and Program; with the possibility of a Committee on Appropriations addressing the root causes of Central closed session in SVC–217 following the Subcommittee on Financial Services and American migration to the United open session. General Government States. SD–G50 To hold hearings to examine proposed SD–342 Committee on Energy and Natural Re- budget estimates and justification for 2:15 p.m. fiscal year 2016 for the Judiciary. Committee on Foreign Relations sources SD–138 To hold hearings to examine the nomina- To hold hearings to examine the Admin- 2:30 p.m. tions of Paul A. Folmsbee, of Okla- istration’s Quadrennial Energy Review. Committee on Banking, Housing, and homa, to be Ambassador to the Repub- SD–366 Urban Affairs lic of Mali, Mary Catherine Phee, of Il- 10 a.m. Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, linois, to be Ambassador to the Repub- Committee on Homeland Security and and Investment lic of South Sudan, and Cassandra Q. Governmental Affairs To hold hearings to examine capital for- Butts, of the District of Columbia, to To hold hearings to examine securing the mation and reducing small business be Ambassador to the Commonwealth border, focusing on defining the cur- burdens. rent population living in the shadows SD–538 of The Bahamas, all of the Department and addressing future flows. Committee on Commerce, Science, and of State. SD–342 Transportation SD–419 Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Special Committee on Aging 2:30 p.m. Safety, and Security To hold hearings to examine the fight Committee on Armed Services To hold hearings to examine unmanned against Alzheimer’s disease, focusing Subcommittee on Airland aircraft systems, focusing on key con- on a treatment by 2025. To hold hearings to examine Army mod- siderations regarding safety, innova- SD–106 ernization in review of the Defense Au- tion, economic impact, and privacy. 2:30 p.m. thorization Request for fiscal year 2016 SR–253 Committee on Armed Services and the Future Years Defense Pro- Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Readiness and Manage- gram. To hold hearings to examine the Vet- ment Support SR–222 erans Choice Act, focusing on exploring To hold hearings to examine the current the distance criteria. state of readiness of U.S. forces in re- SR–418 view of the Defense Authorization Re-

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:17 Mar 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\M18MR8.000 E18MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Daily Digest Senate committee-reported substitute amendment to the Chamber Action bill. Page S1614 Routine Proceedings, pages S1591–S1635. A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- Measures Introduced: Twenty-eight bills and four viding for further consideration of the bill at ap- resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 768–795, proximately 11 a.m., on Thursday, March 19, 2015, S.J. Res. 10–11, and S. Res. 103–104. with the time until the vote on the motion to in- Pages S1628–29 voke cloture on the committee-reported substitute amendment to the bill at 12 noon equally divided Measures Reported: between the two Leaders, or their designees. S. 792, to expand sanctions imposed with respect Pages S1634–35 to Iran and to impose additional sanctions with re- spect to Iran. Page S1628 Messages from the House: Page S1626 Measures Considered: Measures Referred: Page S1626 Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act—Agree- Measures Read the First Time: Pages S1626, S1634 ment: Senate continued consideration of S. 178, to Executive Communications: Pages S1626–28 provide justice for the victims of trafficking, taking Additional Cosponsors: Pages S1629–30 action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto: Pages S1596–S1625 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pending: Pages S1630–33 Portman Amendment No. 270, to amend the Amendments Submitted: Pages S1633–34 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to en- Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S1634 able State child protective services systems to im- prove the identification and assessment of child vic- Privileges of the Floor: Page S1634 tims of sex trafficking. Pages S1596–S1625 Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. Portman Amendment No. 271, to amend the def- (Total—74) Page S1614 inition of ‘‘homeless person’’ under the McKinney- Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and Vento Homeless Assistance Act to include certain adjourned at 5:24 p.m., until 11 a.m. on Thursday, homeless children and youth. Pages S1596–S1625 March 19, 2015. (For Senate’s program, see the re- Vitter Amendment No. 284 (to Amendment No. marks of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on 271), to amend section 301 of the Immigration and pages S1634–35.) Nationality Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citi- Committee Meetings zens of the United States at birth. Pages S1596–S1625 During consideration of this measure today, Senate (Committees not listed did not meet) also took the following action: The motion to proceed to the motion to recon- APPROPRIATIONS: FOREST SERVICE sider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- March 17, 2015, was agreed to. Page S1614 ment of the Interior, Environment, and Related The motion to reconsider the vote by which clo- Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed ture was not invoked on March 17, 2015, was budget estimates and justification for fiscal year agreed to. Page S1614 2016 for the Forest Service, after receiving testimony By 57 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 74), three-fifths from Tom Tidwell, Chief, and Tony Dixon, Direc- of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having tor, Strategic Planning, Budget and Accountability, voted in the affirmative, Senate upon reconsideration both of the Forest Service, Department of Agri- rejected the motion to close further debate on the culture. D296

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:53 Mar 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D18MR5.REC D18MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with DIGEST March 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D297 APPROPRIATIONS: MISSILE DEFENSE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT AGENCY Committee on Environment and Public Works: Com- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- mittee concluded a hearing to examine S. 697, to ment of Defense concluded a hearing to examine amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reau- proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal thorize and modernize that Act, after receiving testi- year 2016 for the Missile Defense Agency, after re- mony from Senator Udall; James Jones, Assistant ceiving testimony from Vice Admiral J.D. Syring, Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollu- USN, Director, Missile Defense Agency, Department tion Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency; of Defense. Brian Frosh, Maryland Attorney General, Baltimore; Richard A. Denison, Environmental Defense Fund, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND Lynn R. Goldman, George Washington University FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM Milken Institute School of Public Health, and Ken- neth Cook, Environmental Working Group, all of Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Washington, D.C.; Edward R.B. McCabe, March of SeaPower concluded a hearing to examine Navy Dimes Foundation, White Plains, New York; and shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense Au- Bonnie Lautenberg, New York, New York. thorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and the Fu- ture Years Defense Program, after receiving testi- BUSINESS MEETING mony from Sean J. Stackley, Assistant Secretary of Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favor- the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisi- ably reported the following business items: tion, Vice Admiral William H. Hilarides, USN, S. 35, to extend the Federal recognition to the Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, and Vice Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Admiral Joseph P. Mulloy, USN, Deputy Chief of S. 438, to provide for the repair, replacement, and Naval Operations, Integration of Capabilities and maintenance of certain Indian irrigation projects, Resources (N8), all of the Department of Defense. with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 465, to extend Federal recognition to the DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy In- FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM dian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan hearing to examine the postures of the Department Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe; and of the Army and the Department of the Air Force The nomination of Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri, of in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Arizona, to be Chairman of the National Indian fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years Defense Pro- Gaming Commission. gram, after receiving testimony from John M. McHugh, Secretary of the Army, Deborah Lee James, NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE Secretary of the Air Force, General Raymond T. AND SELF-DETERMINATION Odierno, USA, Chief of Staff of the Army, and Gen- REAUTHORIZATION ACT eral Mark A. Welsh III, USAF, Chief of Staff of the Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a Air Force, all of the Department of Defense. hearing to examine S. 710, to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina- BUSINESS MEETING tion Act of 1996, after receiving testimony from Committee on the Budget: Committee began consider- Karen R. Diver, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior ation of the concurrent resolution on the budget for Chippewa, Cloquet, Minnesota; Gary Cooper, Cher- fiscal year 2016, but did not complete action there- okee Nation Housing Authority, Washington, D.C., on, and recessed subject to the call and will meet on behalf of the National American Indian Housing again on Thursday, March 19, 2015. Council; and Russell Sossamon, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Housing Authority, Hugo. FCC OVERSIGHT PATENT LITIGATION PRACTICES Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a Committee concluded an oversight hearing to exam- hearing to examine the impact of patent litigation ine the Federal Communications Commission, after practices on the American economy, including H.R. receiving testimony from Tom Wheeler, Chairman, 9, to amend title 35, United States Code, and the and Mignon L. Clyburn, Michael O’Rielly, Ajit Pai, Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improve- and Jessica Rosenworcel, each a Commissioner, all of ments and technical corrections, after receiving testi- the Federal Communications Commission. mony from Brad Powers, Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:53 Mar 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D18MR5.REC D18MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with DIGEST D298 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST March 18, 2015 Williamsburg, Iowa; Hans Sauer, Biotechnology In- Sac, Wisconsin; Michael R. Crum, Iowa State Uni- dustry Association, Washington, D.C.; Steven E. An- versity, Ames; and Krish Gupta, EMC Corporation, derson, Culver Franchising System, Inc., Prairie du Hopkington, Massachusetts. h House of Representatives corded vote of 164 ayes to 254 noes, Roll No. 122; Chamber Action and Pages H1742–43, H1744–45 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 42 pub- Kennedy amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of lic bills, H.R. 1415–1456; and 6 resolutions, H. H. Rept. 114–37) that allows the EPA to use all Res. 154–159, were introduced. Pages H1767–70 peer-reviewed scientific publications, by a recorded Additional Cosponsors: Page H1771 vote of 184 ayes to 231 noes, Roll No. 123. Pages H1743–44, H1745–46 Reports Filed: A report was filed today as follows: H. Res. 138, the rule providing for consideration H.R. 1021, to amend title XVIII of the Social Se- of the bills (H.R. 1029) and (H.R. 1030) was agreed curity Act to improve the integrity of the Medicare to yesterday, March 17th. program, and for other purposes, with an amend- ment (H. Rept. 114–46, Part 1). Page H1767 Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he at 9 a.m. tomorrow, March 19. Page H1748 appointed Representative Hardy to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H1725 Quorum Calls—Votes: Four recorded votes devel- oped during the proceedings of today and appear on Recess: The House recessed at 10:41 a.m. and re- pages H1745, H1745–46, H1747–48, and H1748. convened at 12 noon. Pages H1729–30 There were no quorum calls. Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and ad- Guest Chaplain, Reverend Dr. Mark Gooden, Mun- journed at 3:51 p.m. sey Memorial United Methodist Church, Johnson City, Tennessee. Page H1730 Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. Committee Meetings 155, electing Members to certain standing commit- THE IMPORTANCE OF TRADE TO U.S. tees of the House of Representatives. Page H1730 AGRICULTURE Secret Science Reform Act of 2015: The House Committee on Agriculture: Full Committee held a hear- passed H.R. 1030, to prohibit the Environmental ing on the importance of trade to U.S. agriculture. Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or dis- Testimony was heard from public witnesses. seminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible, by a APPROPRIATIONS—INTERIOR, recorded vote of 241 ayes to 175 noes, Roll No. ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 125. Pages H1733–48 PUBLIC AND OUTSIDE WITNESS DAY Rejected the Takai motion to recommit the bill Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Inte- to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology rior, Environment, and Related Agencies held a with instructions to report the same back to the hearing for public and outside witnesses. Testimony House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded was heard from public witnesses. vote of 181 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 124. Pages H1746–48 CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the na- HIGHER EDUCATION ture of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Committee Print 114–11 shall be considered as read. Health and Human Services, and Education held an Page H1742 oversight hearing on closing the achievement gap in Rejected: higher education. Testimony was heard from Aaron Edwards amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of Thompson, Executive Vice President and Chief Aca- H. Rept. 114–37) that authorizes $250 million for demic Officer, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary each of fiscal years 2016 through 2019, by a re- Education; and public witnesses.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:53 Mar 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D18MR5.REC D18MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with DIGEST March 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D299 APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS—MILITARY AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agri- RELATED AGENCIES culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Admin- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Mili- istration, and Related Agencies held a hearing on tary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Department of Agriculture Rural Development Agencies held a hearing on related agencies budget. budget. Testimony was heard from Lisa Mensah, Testimony was heard from Max Cleland, Secretary, Under Secretary, Rural Development; Lillian Salerno, American Battle Monuments Commission; Patrick Administrator, Rural Business—Cooperative Service; K. Hallinan, Executive Director, Army National Tony Hernandez, Administrator, Rural Housing Military Cemeteries; Bruce E. Kasold, Chief Judge, Service; Jasper Schneider, Acting Administrator, United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; Rural Utilities Service; and Michael Young, Budget and Steven G. McManus, Chief Operating Officer, Officer, Department of Agriculture. Armed Forces Retirement Home. APPROPRIATIONS—UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND AND UNITED STATES APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF FORCES KOREA TREASURY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, held a hearing on United States Pacific Command Foreign Operations, and Related Programs held a and United States Forces Korea budget. Testimony hearing on Department of Treasury International was heard from Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Programs budget. Testimony was heard from Jack United States Navy, Commander, United States Pa- Lew, Secretary, Department of the Treasury. cific Command; and General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, Commander, United Nations Command, Com- THE PRESIDENT’S PROPOSED mander, Republic of Korea, United States Combined AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF Forces Command, Commander, United States Forces MILITARY FORCE AGAINST ISIL AND THE Korea. This hearing was closed. FISCAL YEAR 2016 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Committee on Armed Services: Full Committee held a Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy hearing entitled ‘‘The President’s Proposed Author- and Water Development held a hearing on Depart- ization for the Use of Military Force Against ISIL ment of Energy, Environmental Management budg- and the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Author- et. Testimony was heard from David Klaus, Deputy Under Secretary, Management and Performance, De- ization Budget Request from the Department of De- partment of Energy; and Mark Whitney, Acting As- fense’’. Testimony was heard from Ashton B. Carter, sistant Secretary, Environmental Management, De- Secretary of Defense; and General Martin E. partment of Energy. Dempsey, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. APPROPRIATIONS—NATIONAL OCEANIC NAVAL COOPERATIVE STRATEGY AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Com- Seapower and Projection Forces; and Subcommittee merce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies held a on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation of the hearing on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, ministration budget. Testimony was heard from held a joint hearing entitled ‘‘Naval Cooperative Kathryn Sullivan, Administrator, National Oceanic Strategy’’. Testimony was heard from Vice Admiral and Atmospheric Administration. Charles D. Michel, USCG, Deputy Commandant for Operations; Major General Andrew W. O’Donnell APPROPRIATIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE Jr., USMC, Assistant Deputy Commandant, Combat SERVICE Development and Integration, and Deputy Com- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Finan- manding General, Marine Corps Combat Develop- cial Services and General Government held a hearing ment Command; and Rear Admiral Upper Half on Internal Revenue Service budget. Testimony was Kevin M. ‘‘Kid’’ Donegan, USN, Acting Deputy heard from John A. Koskinen, Commissioner, Inter- Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans, and nal Revenue Service. Strategy (N3/N5).

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EFFECT OF THE PRESIDENT’S FY 2016 ability’’. Testimony was heard from Brad Huther, BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing and FOR THE OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING ON Urban Development; E.J. Holland, Jr., Assistant Sec- PRIVATE SECTOR JOB CREATION, retary for Administration, Department of Health and DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION, STATE Human Services; Seto Bagdoyan, Director, Audit PROGRAMS AND DEFICIT REDUCTION Services, Forensic Audits and Investigative Service, Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on En- Government Accountability Office; and public wit- ergy and Mineral Resources held a hearing entitled nesses. ‘‘Effect of the President’s FY 2016 Budget and Leg- TANGLED IN RED TAPE: NEW islative Proposals for the Office of Surface Mining on CHALLENGES FOR SMALL Private Sector Job Creation, Domestic Energy Pro- MANUFACTURERS duction, State Programs and Deficit Reduction’’. Testimony was heard from Joseph Pizarchik, Direc- Committee on Small Business: Full Committee held a tor, Office of Surface Mining, Department of the In- hearing entitled ‘‘Tangled in Red Tape: New Chal- terior. lenges for Small Manufacturers’’. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. FUNDING PRIORITIES FOR AND THE UNITED STATES’ RESPONSIBILITIES THE PRESIDENT’S FISCAL YEAR 2016 CONCERNING INDIANS, ALASKA NATIVES, BUDGET: ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND INSULAR AREAS IN THE PRESIDENT’S FOR THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL FY 2016 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE PROTECTION AGENCY BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, INDIAN Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Sub- HEALTH SERVICE, OFFICE OF INSULAR committee on Water Resources and Environment AFFAIRS, AND OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL held a hearing entitled ‘‘The President’s Fiscal Year TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS 2016 Budget: Administration Priorities for the U.S. Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on In- Environmental Protection Agency’’. Testimony was dian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs held a hear- heard from Ken Kopocis, Deputy Assistant Adminis- ing entitled ‘‘Funding Priorities for and the United trator, Office of Water, Environmental Protection States’ Responsibilities concerning Indians, Alaska Agency; and Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Adminis- Natives, and Insular Areas in the President’s FY trator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Re- 2016 Budget Request for the Bureau of Indian Af- sponse, Environmental Protection Agency. fairs, Indian Health Service, Office of Insular Affairs, BURDENS FAMILY BUSINESSES AND and Office of the Special Trustee for American Indi- FARMS FACE PLANNING FOR AND PAYING ans’’. Testimony was heard from the following De- THE ESTATE TAX partment of the Interior officials: Kevin K. Washburn, Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs; Esther Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Se- Kia’aina, Assistant Secretary, Insular Areas; and Vin- lect Revenue Measures, held an organizational meet- cent G. Logan, Special Trustee, Office of Special ing for the 114th Congress and a hearing on the Trustee for American Indians; and Yvette burdens family businesses and farms face planning Roubideaux, M.D., Senior Adviser to the Secretary for and paying the estate tax. The subcommittee suc- on Native Americans and Alaska Natives, Depart- cessfully organized. Testimony was heard from pub- ment of Health and Human Services. lic witnesses. CYBERSECURITY: THE EVOLVING NATURE OF CYBER THREATS FACING THE PRIVATE Joint Meetings SECTOR ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Sub- Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a committee on Information Technology held a hear- hearing to examine the Economic Report of the ing entitled ‘‘Cybersecurity: The Evolving Nature of President 2015, after receiving testimony from Jason Cyber Threats Facing the Private Sector’’. Testimony Furman, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers. was heard from public witnesses. VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS FEDERAL WORKFORCE TAX Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Senate Committee con- ACCOUNTABILITY cluded a joint hearing with the House Committee Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Sub- on Veterans’ Affairs to examine the legislative pres- committee on Government Operations held a hear- entation from multiple veterans service organiza- ing entitled ‘‘Federal Workforce Tax Account- tions, after receiving testimony from Lonnie L.

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Larry Hyland, The Retired Enlisted Associa- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hear- tion, Palm Bay, Florida; Thomas J. Snee, Fleet Re- ings to examine U.S. crude oil export policy, 10 a.m., serve Association, Burke, Virginia; Colonel Peter J. SD–366. Duffy, USA (Ret.), National Guard Association of Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the the United States, Washington, D.C.; Charles Affordable Care Act at five years, 9:30 a.m., SD–215. Susino, Jr., American Ex-Prisoners of War, Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Africa Metuchen, New Jersey; Jeanette Early, Gold Star and Global Health Policy, to hold hearings to examine Wives of America, Inc., Aurora, Colorado; and Ryan the United States-Africa leaders summit seven months Kules, Wounded Warrior Project, Severna Park, later, focusing on progress and setbacks, 9:30 a.m., Maryland. SD–419. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: NORTHERN IRELAND Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Manage- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Com- ment, to hold hearings to examine Federal rulemaking mission concluded a hearing to examine Northern challenges and areas of improvement within the existing Ireland, focusing on Stormont, collusion, and the regulatory process, 10 a.m., SD–342. Finucane inquiry, including other issues of account- Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, to ability for past government collusion in paramilitary hold hearings to examine reining in amnesty, focusing on crimes, after receiving testimony from Anne Texas v. United States and its implications, 3:30 p.m., Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, SD–226. Armagh, Northern Ireland; and Kieran McEvoy, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold Queen’s University School of Law, and Geraldine hearings to examine patent reform, focusing on protecting Finucane, both of Belfast, Northern Ireland. innovation and entrepreneurship, 10 a.m., SR–428A. f Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to consider pending calendar business; to be immediately COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, followed by a closed hearing to examine certain intel- MARCH 19, 2015 ligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH–219. (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) House Senate Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, markup on Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military H.R. 897, the ‘‘Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, 2015’’, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth. to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, and justification for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 for the Environment, and Related Agencies, hearing on Bureau of Veterans Benefits Administration, 10:30 a.m., SD–124. Land Management budget, 9:30 a.m., B–308 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Af- to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates fairs, and Related Agencies, hearing on Department of and justification for fiscal year 2016 for the United States Veterans Affairs, Office of the Inspector General over- Secret Service, 2 p.m., SD–138. sight, 9:30 a.m., H–309 Capitol. Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Transportation Command, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, and U.S. Cyber Command in review of the Defense Au- hearing on Department of Agriculture Farm and Foreign thorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and the Future Agricultural Service budget, 10 a.m., 2362–A Rayburn. Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD–G50. Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on United States Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine European Command budget, 10 a.m., H–140 Capitol. Air Force force structure and modernization in review of This hearing will be closed. the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., Transportation Security Administration budget, 10 a.m., SR–222. 2359 Rayburn. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Gov- hold hearings to examine the regulatory regime for re- ernment, hearing on Consumer Product Safety Commis- gional banks, 10 a.m., SD–538. sion budget, 11 a.m., 2362–B Rayburn.

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Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban the Paroline v. United States Decision’’, 10 a.m., 2141 Development, and Related Agencies, hearing on Surface Rayburn. Transportation Programs budget, 10 a.m., 2358–A Ray- Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal burn. Lands; and Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Strategic joint hearing entitled ‘‘Examining the Spending Priorities Forces, hearing entitled ‘‘Fiscal Year 2016 Missile De- and Missions of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and fense Hearing’’, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hear- the President’s FY 2016 Budget Proposal’’, 9:30 a.m., ing entitled ‘‘Fiscal Year 2016 Ground Force Moderniza- 1334 Longworth. tion and Rotorcraft Modernization Programs’’, 10:30 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Com- a.m., 2212 Rayburn. mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘A Review of the Department of Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on En- Homeland Security’s Policies and Procedures for the Ap- ergy and Power, hearing on H.R. 906, to modify the effi- prehension, Detention, and Release of Non-Citizens Un- ciency standards for grid-enabled water heaters, 10 a.m., lawfully Present in the United States—Part II’’, 9 a.m., 2322 Rayburn. 2154 Rayburn. Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Con- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, tracting and Workforce, hearing entitled ‘‘Contracting hearing entitled ‘‘FCC Reauthorization: Oversight of the and the Industrial Base III: Reverse Auctions, Verification Commission’’, 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. and the SBA’s Role in Rule Making’’, 10 a.m., 2360 Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Rayburn. Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Over- entitled ‘‘Oversight of the SEC’s Division of Enforce- sight and Investigations, hearing on H.R. 571, the ‘‘Vet- ment’’, 9 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. erans Affairs Retaliation Prevention Act of 2015’’; H.R. Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing 593, the ‘‘Aurora VA Hospital Financing and Construc- entitled ‘‘Negotiations with Iran: Blocking or Paving tion Reform Act of 2015’’; H.R. 1015, the ‘‘Protecting Tehran’s Path to Nuclear Weapons?’’, 8:30 a.m., 2172 Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2015’’; H.R. Rayburn. 1016, the ‘‘Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emer- Safety Act of 2015’’; H.R. 1017, the ‘‘Veterans Informa- gency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, tion Security Improvement Act’’; H.R. 1128, the ‘‘De- hearing entitled ‘‘Agents of Opportunity: Responding to partment of Veterans Affairs Cyber Security Protection the Threat of Chemical Terrorism’’, 9:30 a.m., 311 Can- Act’’; and H.R. 1129, the ‘‘Veterans’ Whistleblower and non. Patient Protection Act of 2015’’, 8 a.m., 334 Cannon. Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Com- Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, hear- mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘The Growing Cyber Threat and ing entitled ‘‘Child Exploitation Restitution Following Its Impact on American Business’’, 9 a.m., HVC–210.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 11 a.m., Thursday, March 19 9 a.m., Thursday, March 19

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Thursday: Senate will continue consider- Program for Thursday: Consideration of S.J. Res. 8— ation of S. 178, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act. Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 At 12 noon, Senate will vote on the motion to invoke of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by cloture on the committee-reported substitute amendment the National Labor Relations Board relating to represen- to the bill. If cloture is not invoked, Senate will vote on tation case procedures (Subject to a Rule) and H. Res. the motion to invoke cloture on the bill. 132—Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Four- teenth Congress (Subject to a Rule).

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue.

HOUSE Flores, Bill, Tex., E360 Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E358 Graves, Sam, Mo., E353, E354, E356, E357, E358, E360, Pascrell, Bill, Jr., N.J., E362 Barletta, Lou, Pa., E354 E363 Perlmutter, Ed, Colo., E353, E354, E355, E357, E358, Becerra, Xavier, Calif., E356, E358 Grayson, Alan, Fla., E363 E358, E360, E361, E362, E363 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E357 Higgins, Brian, N.Y., E361 Poe, Ted, Tex., E355 Cohen, Steve, Tenn., E363 Hunter, Duncan, Calif., E353 Smith, Jason, Mo., E357 Conaway, K. Michael, Tex., E361 Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E359 Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., E357 Kind, Ron, Wisc., E353 Speier, Jackie, Calif., E356, E359, E361 Cook, Paul, Calif., E361 Long, Billy, Mo., E358 Walberg, Tim, Mich., E361 Cuellar, Henry, Tex., E359 Luetkemeyer, Blaine, Mo., E354 Webster, Daniel, Fla., E353, E357 Eshoo, Anna G., Calif., E354 Lynch, Stephen F., Mass., E355, E358 Zeldin, Lee M., N.Y., E362

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