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Congressional Record—Senate S2852 S2852 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 10, 2020 that can and should be enjoyed for gen- Grassley Merkley Sinema a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of erations to come. Harris Murkowski Smith 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Hassan Murphy Stabenow Revenue Service, and for other purposes. It is also about ballparks and swim- Hawley Murray Sullivan Mitch McConnell, John Hoeven, John ming pools because not all of these dol- Heinrich Perdue Tester Thune, Cory Gardner, Pat Roberts, lars go to purchase land. In fact, here Hirono Peters Thune Hoeven Portman Lindsey Graham, Susan M. Collins, is a photo of a ballpark in Pueblo, CO. Tillis Jones Reed Udall John Boozman, Kevin Cramer, Thom Kaine Roberts Runyon Park was funded through the Van Hollen Tillis, Rob Portman, Roy Blunt, Lamar King Rosen Land and Water Conservation Fund. Warner Alexander, Todd Young, Steve Daines, Klobuchar Rubio Warren Shelley Moore Capito, David Perdue. We have swimming pools across Utah Leahy Sanders and Alaska that were funded through it Loeffler Schatz Whitehouse AMENDMENT NO. 1626 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1617 as well. States determine a great por- Manchin Schumer Wicker Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Wyden tion of it. McConnell Scott (FL) have an amendment at the desk, and I McSally Scott (SC) Young Listed here is Paradise Sports Park Menendez Shaheen ask the clerk to report. in Paradise, UT. It sounds like a great The PRESIDING OFFICER. The place. In 2015, $80,000 was used for that NAYS—18 clerk will report. park in Paradise. Barrasso Johnson Risch The senior assistant legislative clerk Cassidy Kennedy Romney In Alaska, the Kenai Peninsula, there Crapo Lankford Rounds read as follows: is the Kenai soccer park in the city of Cruz Lee Sasse The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. MCCON- Kenai, which received $321,000 from the Enzi Moran Shelby NELL] proposes an amendment numbered 1626 Land and Water Conservation Fund. Inhofe Paul Toomey to amendment No. 1617. Let’s lead. Let’s inspire. Let’s show NOT VOTING—3 Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask that the the American people that, indeed, from Burr Hyde-Smith Markey reading be dispensed with. sea to shining sea, across America, the The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without beautiful, the Great American Out- objection, it is so ordered. f doors Act can stand as a testament to The amendment is as follows: a Congress that realizes generations TAXPAYER FIRST ACT OF 2019 At the end add the following: ahead of us need for us to work for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ‘‘This Act shall take effect 1 day after the date of enactment.’’ them as well. clerk will report the bill by title. I will end this with a quote from the The senior assistant legislative clerk Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask for the yeas Father of Rocky Mountain National read as follows: and nays on my amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Park, who said: ‘‘Within National A bill (H.R. 1957) to amend the Internal Parks is room—glorious room—room in Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and im- sufficient second? which to find ourselves, in which to prove the Internal Revenue Service, and for There appears to be a sufficient sec- think and hope, to dream and plan, to other purposes. ond. rest and resolve.’’ The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- The yeas and nays were ordered. I hope my colleagues will join me in jority leader. AMENDMENT NO. 1627 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1626 Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I supporting the motion to proceed, the AMENDMENT NO. 1617 have a second-degree amendment at rollcall vote we are about to take. I (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute.) would encourage my colleagues to vote the desk. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I yes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The call up amendment No. 1617. I yield the floor. clerk will report. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The senior assistant legislative clerk The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. clerk will report. LANKFORD). All time has expired. read as follows: The senior assistant legislative clerk The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. MCCON- The question is on agreeing to the read as follows: motion. NELL] proposes an amendment numbered 1627 The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. MCCON- to amendment No. 1626. Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I ask NELL], for Mr. GARDNER, proposes an amend- Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask that the for the yeas and nays. ment numbered 1617. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a reading be dispensed with. Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous sufficient second? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without consent that the reading be dispensed There appears to be a sufficient sec- objection, it is so ordered. with. The amendment is as follows: ond. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The clerk will call the roll. Strike ‘‘1 day’’ and insert ‘‘2 days’’ objection, it is so ordered. AMENDMENT NO. 1628 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1617 The senior assistant legislative clerk (The amendment is printed in today’s called the roll. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I RECORD under ‘‘Text of Amendments.’’) Mr. THUNE. The following Senators have an amendment to the text of the Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask for the yeas underlying bill. are necessarily absent: the Senator and nays on my amendment. from North Carolina (Mr. BURR) and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a clerk will report. the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. sufficient second? HYDE-SMITH). The senior assistant legislative clerk There appears to be a sufficient sec- read as follows: Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the ond. Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. MAR- The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. MCCON- The yeas and nays were ordered. NELL] proposes an amendment numbered 1628 KEY) is necessarily absent. CLOTURE MOTION to the language proposed to be stricken by The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ROM- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I amendment No. 1617. NEY). Are there any other Senators in Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask that the the Chamber desiring to vote? send a cloture motion to the desk for reading be dispensed with. The result was announced—yeas 79, the substitute amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without nays 18, as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- ture motion having been presented objection, it is so ordered. [Rollcall Vote No. 116 Leg.] under rule XXII, the Chair directs the The amendment is as follows: YEAS—79 clerk to read the motion. At the end add the following. Alexander Cantwell Cramer The senior assistant legislative clerk ‘‘This Act shall take effect 3 days after the Baldwin Capito Daines date of enactment.’’ Bennet Cardin Duckworth read as follows: Blackburn Carper Durbin CLOTURE MOTION Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask for the yeas Blumenthal Casey Ernst We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- and nays on my amendment. Blunt Collins Feinstein ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Booker Coons Fischer sufficient second? Boozman Cornyn Gardner Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Braun Cortez Masto Gillibrand move to bring to a close debate on amend- There appears to be a sufficient sec- Brown Cotton Graham ment No. 1617 to Calendar No. 75, H.R. 1957, ond. VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Jun 11, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G10JN6.019 S10JNPT1 CTELLI on DSK30NT082PROD with SENATE June 10, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2853 The yeas and nays were ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The to be United States Circuit Judge for the AMENDMENT NO. 1629 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1628 clerk will report. District of Columbia Circuit. Mitch McConnell, Tom Cotton, John Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Boozman, Joni Ernst, Todd Young, have a second-degree amendment at Steve Daines, Cory Gardner, Jerry the desk. The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. MCCON- Moran, James E. Risch, Shelley Moore The PRESIDING OFFICER. The NELL] proposes an amendment numbered 1631 Capito, David Perdue, Ben Sasse, Kevin clerk will report. to the instructions of the motion to commit. Cramer, Tim Scott, Lamar Alexander, The senior assistant legislative clerk Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous Mike Rounds, Pat Roberts. read as follows: consent that the reading be waived. Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. MCCON- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without consent that the mandatory quorum NELL] proposes an amendment numbered 1629 objection, it is so ordered. call be waived. to amendment No. 1628. The amendment is as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask that the Strike ‘‘5 days’’ and insert ‘‘6 days’’ objection, it is so ordered. reading be dispensed with. Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask for the yeas f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and nays on my amendment. LEGISLATIVE SESSION objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The amendment is as follows: sufficient second? ask unanimous consent to move to leg- Strike ‘‘3 days’’ and insert ‘‘4 days’’ There appears to be a sufficient sec- islative session. CLOTURE MOTION ond. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The yeas and nays were ordered. question is on agreeing to the motion. send a cloture motion to the desk for AMENDMENT NO. 1632 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1631 the underlying bill. The motion was agreed to. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The Senator from Maryland. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- have a second-degree amendment at ture motion having been presented JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT the desk. Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I rise under rule XXII, the Chair directs the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk to read the motion. today in strong support of the Justice clerk will report. in Policing Act, introduced yesterday The senior assistant legislative clerk The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: by my colleagues Senator HARRIS from read as follows: OOKER CLOTURE MOTION California and Senator B from The Senator from Kentucky [Mr.
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