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Vol. 159 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013 No. 142 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was THE JOURNAL LET’S GOVERN RESPONSIBLY called to order by the Speaker pro tem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The (Mr. WITTMAN asked and was given pore (Mr. COLLINS of Georgia). Chair has examined the Journal of the permission to address the House for 1 last day’s proceedings and announces minute and to revise and extend his re- f to the House his approval thereof. marks.) Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Speaker, in July, DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER nal stands approved. I stood at this same podium arguing it PRO TEMPORE Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to shouldn’t take a government shutdown The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- clause 1, rule I, I demand a vote on threat each year to force Congress to fore the House the following commu- agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of do its job. I voted against Congress ad- nication from the Speaker: the Journal. journing for the month of August, in- WASHINGTON, DC, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The sisting that Congress remain to com- October 11, 2013. question is on the Speaker’s approval plete critical business. I hereby appoint the Honorable DOUG COL- of the Journal. The work of the people remains un- LINS to act as Speaker pro tempore on this The question was taken; and the finished. Today is day 11 of the govern- day. Speaker pro tempore announced that ment shutdown. Thousands of workers JOHN A. BOEHNER, stay home, without a paycheck, and Speaker of the House of Representatives. the ayes appeared to have it. Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I object to yet Congress has not done its job. f the vote on the ground that a quorum This shutdown has failed to will Con- is not present and make the point of gress and the administration to the fin- PRAYER order that a quorum is not present. ish line, and we have seen a cycle of crisis management rather than respon- The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ant to clause 8, rule XX, further pro- sible governing. J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: Mr. Speaker, Washington is broken. Loving God, we give You thanks for ceedings on this question will be post- poned. This is not governing. This is not what giving us another day. our Founding Fathers intended. Lord, You know there are many The point of no quorum is considered withdrawn. I urge Congress and the leadership in Americans who look to the people’s Washington to return to regular order House as uncertainty about the future f of business. Instead of governing by of the economy and their livelihoods crisis, let’s responsibly govern, by get- hang in the balance. Petty partisanship PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ting the people’s business completed on and ever-politicizing rhetoric should time. have no place at all when men and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the f women of goodwill come together to gentleman from Virginia (Mr. WITT- serve the common good. MAN) come forward and lead the House END THE GOVERNMENT We ask again that You bless the in the Pledge of Allegiance. SHUTDOWN Members of the people’s House with the Mr. WITTMAN led the Pledge of Alle- (Mr. TONKO asked and was given understanding that it is their work to giance as follows: permission to address the House for 1 develop the strategies and plans to as- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the minute and to revise and extend his re- suage the fears of their fellow country- United States of America, and to the Repub- marks.) men and -women. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, as we slug We ask again that You impel those indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. through the second week of the govern- who possess power here in the Capitol ment shutdown, American families and to be mindful of those whom they rep- f small businesses are hurting. Every resent who possess little or no power day of the last 10 days I have been con- and whose lives are made all the more ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER tacted by constituents who cannot op- difficult by a failure to work out seri- PRO TEMPORE erate their stores, pay tribute to their ous differences. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The loved ones at a Federal memorial, or May all that is done today be for Chair will now entertain up to five re- secure a small business loan. Your greater honor and glory. quests for 1-minute speeches on each These unnecessary hardships damage Amen. side of the aisle. our economy, and could have been

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They are basic functions of gov- this month. the issue. ernment and should not be used as an This is creating needless uncertainty So, Speaker BOEHNER, please bring up opportunity to secure political points in our markets and makes it harder for a clean resolution today. The impact or hold America’s economy hostage. businesses to know what is actually on the economy is getting to be more It is well past time to vote to end the happening in our economy. and more devastating every day. As my government shutdown, pay our bills, Before the House Republicans shut colleagues have mentioned, more and get the Nation back to work, and grow down the government, what we did more jobs are being lost. our economy. know about our labor market was we Instead of losing jobs, Speaker BOEH- f still had 11 million people looking for NER, we should be here trying to create work following the deepest recession jobs and use the government to work A PICTURE IS WORTH A since the Great Depression. with the private sector to create jobs THOUSAND WORDS Mr. Speaker, it is time for the Repub- and grow the economy. (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was licans to bring the clean continuing Don’t continue to keep this govern- given permission to address the House resolution to the floor that has their ment shut down. It is 2 weeks now, and for 1 minute and to revise and extend budget number in it, and let’s reopen the longer it goes on, the more it is her remarks.) the government. going to have an impact on the econ- Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, a f omy and make it more difficult to cre- picture is worth a thousand words, and ate jobs. We will continue to lose jobs. I felt like it was appropriate today be- IT IS TIME FOR DEBT SOLUTIONS Bring up the clean resolution, Mr. cause so many of our colleagues say, (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- Speaker. Why do we want to discuss ObamaCare mission to address the House for 1 f when we talk about the budget or talk minute.) LET’S GET OUR SPENDING AND about the continuing resolution? Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, it is time for DEBT UNDER CONTROL And here is the reason why. It is a solutions. We’re 11 days into a Federal program that is too expensive to af- Government shutdown and days away (Mr. MICA asked and was given per- ford. from exhausting government’s $16.7 mission to address the House for 1 Take a look at this graph. We all trillion credit limit. Both parties need minute and to revise and extend his re- know that, supposedly, when to be committed to opening govern- marks.) ObamaCare started out—by the way, as ment and getting our debt under con- Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, it has been a an insurance access program for the trol. while. I know the American people are nearly 40 million that didn’t have in- House Republicans want to reopen frustrated with the shutdown, and a surance—it was to be under $1 trillion, the government, pay our bills, and de- week from now, the country will de- exactly $863 billion. fend America’s credit rating. So let’s fault if action is not taken. So now we look at what has happened keep talking and work to build com- How we got into this situation is not to the growth of this program. CBO mon ground. that complicated. You can only con- shows us, looking at this, when you ad- It doesn’t matter if you are a Repub- tinue to spend so much of the public’s dress $1.4 trillion, 1.7, we are now at lican or a Democrat. Each side can see money, and then you run out of the $2.6 trillion in costs over a 10-year pe- the mathematical writing on the wall. public’s money. riod of time. In 10 years, discretionary spending will After years, 4 years of unchecked So to my colleagues, Mr. Speaker, I grow 17 percent. Meanwhile, manda- spending, when the Democrats con- say, this is why we have to put this tory spending on our debt drivers will trolled the House, the Senate and the program on the table and discuss it. It grow 79 percent. White House, it has caught up with us. is now a nationalization of 17 percent Let’s agree to start there. Let’s re- We put the brakes on 2 years ago, and of our Nation’s economy and has gone open government, and let’s reform this is a difficult way to put the brakes from under $1 trillion to $2.6 trillion. what’s driving our debt. Let’s talk on now. Let’s get the spending under control. about making our Tax Code fairer and No one likes it. The American people don’t like it. But we have got to get f more competitive. Let’s do the respon- sible thing to make sure we don’t find our spending and we have got to get THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT ourselves in this situation year after our debt under control. You continue SHUTDOWN year. to spend, you incur debt. Next week we’ll go from $17 trillion (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given f permission to address the House for 1 to probably a request for another $1 minute.) REPUBLICANS DON’T WANT TO trillion. That’s not sustainable. We Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, as the REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT must work together to resolve this in House Republicans continue to shut (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given the long-term interest and national down our Federal Government, I rise to permission to address the House for 1 economic and financial security of our draw attention to the impact it is hav- minute.) Nation. ing on our labor markets and job cre- Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, the f ation in this country. House Republicans don’t want to re- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER The House Republican shutdown has open the government. If they did, all PRO TEMPORE prevented even the Bureau of Labor they have to do is bring up the Senate The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Statistics from releasing the Sep- clean resolution and pass it here on the ant to clause 4 of rule I, the following tember jobs report, and the Bureau is floor today. It’ll go back to the Sen- enrolled joint resolution was signed by down to just three employees from its ate—I don’t even know if it has to go the Speaker on Thursday, October 10, usual number, while the Republican back to the Senate—and the President 2013: shutdown is, in effect, making it im- has already agreed to sign it. possible to compile the data for a jobs They are keeping the government H.J. Res. 91, making continuing appropria- tions for death gratuities and related sur- report for our country. closed as hostage because they want to vivor benefits for survivors of deceased mili- All we know is that our labor mar- negotiate—I don’t even know what tary servicemembers of the Department of ket, the number of people applying for anymore. Initially, it was because they Defense for fiscal year 2014, and for other unemployment benefits, increased wanted to repeal or defund the Afford- purposes.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:29 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.003 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6497 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY appropriation, fund, or authorization is con- ready and our nuclear fleet operating ADMINISTRATION CONTINUING tained is enacted into law. efficiently. APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, SEC. 105. This joint resolution shall be im- plemented so that only the most limited b 0915 2014 funding action of that permitted in the joint These vital programs keep our coun- Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, resolution shall be taken in order to provide try safe and secure and require well- pursuant to House Resolution 371, I for continuation of projects and activities. trained, dedicated personnel. SEC. 106. Amounts made available under call up the joint resolution (H.J. Res. So far, these high-priority national 76) making continuing appropriations section 101 for civilian personnel compensa- tion and benefits in each department and security missions have been sustained for the National Nuclear Security Ad- agency may be apportioned up to the rate for during this shutdown by operating off ministration for fiscal year 2014, and operations necessary to avoid furloughs prior-year funding. While most of the for other purposes, and ask for its im- within such department or agency, con- Department of Energy’s science and en- mediate consideration. sistent with the applicable appropriations ergy laboratories have enough carry- The Clerk read the title of the joint Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such au- over funding to operate through No- resolution. thority provided under this section shall not vember, the national security labora- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- be used until after the department or agency tories and stockpile production sites of ant to House Resolution 371, the joint has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative the NNSA are not in that same posi- resolution is considered read. expenses. tion. The text of the joint resolution is as SEC. 107. It is the sense of Congress that This week, the NNSA sites began no- follows: this joint resolution may also be referred to tifying workers that they would be H.J. RES. 76 as the ‘‘Nuclear Weapon Security & Non-Pro- shutting down as early as October 17 to liferation Act’’. Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- preserve remaining funds for essential This joint resolution may be cited as the resentatives of the United States of America in functions like protecting nuclear mate- ‘‘National Nuclear Security Administration Congress assembled, That the following sums rials. By the end of the month, 90 per- Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014’’. are hereby appropriated, out of any money in cent of the personnel at our nuclear the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill weapons sites may be laid off, halting and out of applicable corporate or other rev- shall be debatable for 40 minutes, work to keep our nuclear weapons reli- enues, receipts, and funds, for the National equally divided and controlled by the able. Once laid off, some of these vital Nuclear Security Administration for fiscal chair and ranking minority member of year 2014, and for other purposes, namely: workers may never return. the Committee on Appropriations. Suspending an ongoing nuclear pro- SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be nec- The gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. essary, at a rate for operations as provided duction operation is no simple task. FRELINGHUYSEN) and the gentlewoman in the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations That interruption will lead to higher Act, 2013 (division F of Public Law 113–6) and from Ohio (Ms. KAPTUR) each will con- costs and only make it more difficult under the authority and conditions provided trol 20 minutes. to maintain an aging stockpile. We in such Act, for continuing projects or ac- The Chair recognizes the gentleman must act now to prevent disruption of tivities (including the costs of direct loans from New Jersey. these important nuclear security ac- and loan guarantees) of the National Nuclear GENERAL LEAVE tivities. Security Administration that are not other- Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, We must also sustain the critical wise specifically provided for in this joint I ask unanimous consent that all Mem- resolution or in the Pay Our Military Act of work the NNSA’s nonproliferation ex- September 30, 2013, that were conducted in bers may have 5 legislative days in perts perform overseas. Despite hopeful fiscal year 2013, and for which appropria- which to revise and extend their re- press reports, Iran has not turned off tions, funds, or other authority were made marks and include extraneous mate- its centrifuges; North Korea may have available by such Act under the following rials on House Joint Resolution 76, and restarted its reactors to make more headings: that I may include tabular material on plutonium; and the Russian and Chi- (1) ‘‘Weapons Activities’’. the same. nese Governments continue to build (2) ‘‘Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’’. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there nuclear-armed ballistic submarines. (3) ‘‘Naval Reactors’’. objection to the request of the gen- The technical expertise provided by (4) ‘‘Office of the Administrator’’. tleman from New Jersey? (b) The rate for operations provided by sub- our nuclear security experts is essen- section (a) for each account shall be cal- There was no objection. tial to our Nation’s ability to monitor culated to reflect the full amount of any re- Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, and respond to international develop- duction required in fiscal year 2013 pursuant I yield myself as much time as I may ments such as these. We simply cannot to— consume. afford to lose this oversight of nuclear (1) any provision of division G of the Con- Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present weapons and their potential for pro- solidated and Further Continuing Appropria- critical legislation that will ensure our liferation. tions Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–6), including Nation’s nuclear security, the Nuclear Finally, our nuclear deterrent relies section 3004; and Weapons Security and Nonproliferation on the mission of our submarines, the (2) the Presidential sequestration order Act, the joint resolution just men- dated March 1, 2013, except as attributable to very capable assets of which are main- budget authority made available by the Dis- tioned. tained by the Naval Reactors Program aster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public This legislation continues funding for at the Department of Energy. We must Law 113–2). the National Nuclear Security Admin- ensure they have adequate support to SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section istration at the current level provided perform their mission across the globe. 101 shall be available to the extent and in the in fiscal year 2013 until December 15, or Colleagues, I do recognize that this manner that would be provided by the perti- until full-year appropriations have bill will not solve the larger funding nent appropriations Act. been signed into law. There are no new problem. We must enact full-year an- SEC. 103. Unless otherwise provided for in anomalies and there is no special treat- nual appropriations to meet today’s re- this joint resolution or in the applicable ap- ment, but continuing these activities propriations Act for fiscal year 2014, appro- quirements, as voted on earlier this priations and funds made available and au- without interruption is vital to our na- year, and not rely on continuing reso- thority granted pursuant to this joint resolu- tional defense. lutions to keep the government open. tion shall be available until whichever of the The National Nuclear Security Ad- In this regard, my thanks to Ranking following first occurs: (1) the enactment into ministration is responsible for main- Member KAPTUR for her leadership and law of an appropriation for any project or ac- taining our nuclear deterrent, securing support of our annual appropriations tivity provided for in this joint resolution; vulnerable nuclear materials around process. Until we get back to regular (2) the enactment into law of the applicable the world to keep them out of the order, this bill will provide critical appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014 with- hands of terrorists, and supporting our out any provision for such project or activ- funding to our Nation’s security, and I ity; or (3) December 15, 2013. Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines urge my colleagues to support it. SEC. 104. Expenditures made pursuant to and aircraft carriers. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of this joint resolution shall be charged to the Funds will be used to keep the doors my time. applicable appropriation, fund, or authoriza- open so our scientists and engineers Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I yield tion whenever a bill in which such applicable can keep our nuclear arsenal at the myself such time as I may consume.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:29 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.005 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6498 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 11, 2013 I want to thank my colleague, Con- and negative consequences. Over 800,000 Imported energy. And what is the num- gressman FRELINGHUYSEN, for his com- workers have been furloughed. They ber two category of trade deficit? Auto- ments though, obviously, I have seri- are having to borrow on their credit motive and automotive parts. It is all ous reservations about this bill because cards because they don’t know how connected. If America doesn’t heal our country has been the world’s shin- they are going to make their mortgage those accounts, we become weaker as a ing example in how a democratic Re- payment. They have to put their kids country; we have fewer jobs here at public can actually work efficiently, in school. They have to buy groceries. home, less wealth creation here at successfully, and democratically. Yet, From coast-to-coast, we know—al- home. today, we continue with the shenani- though we don’t have people in place at And this particular bill is absent any gans from a minority of the majority, the Department of Labor right now— forward thinking about new energy wasting God’s good time. that over 66,000—up to 300,000—more systems for our country. The United For my colleagues who are listening, unemployment claims have now been States has spent $2.3 trillion importing and for the country, let me say this bill filed in the country because of what is petroleum just since 2003. should be coming to the floor at a level going on due to these 800,000 more peo- I hear my colleagues on the other of $31 billion to meet the national secu- ple that have gotten some form of a side of the aisle say we have a $17 tril- rity, energy, and water needs of this pink slip. lion debt that we have to pay off. We country. The measure before us today For the entire country, this shut- sure do. And where do you think it has contains $10.6 billion and only deals down is wrong and unnecessary. The come from? It has come from the lack with the nuclear security portion of impacts will be felt across this econ- of wealth creation inside this country the legislation. That is simply not suf- omy—and already are—in the services for a quarter of a century, starting ficient for this great country. that the American taxpayers pay for with imported energy. We cannot continue to be governed and that the Federal Government has, This represents thousands and thou- by staggering from manufactured crisis up to now, provided. As we continue to sands and millions of jobs across this to manufactured crisis, and the folly— shortchange critical energy and infra- country lost and dollars out of the some would say madness—of what is structure investments so vital to a pockets of working-class Americans going on here must be stopped. It is strong economy, we will witness, as who see their purchases of fuel trans- creating great uncertainty inside this dusk follows dawn, the slowing of eco- ferred to build giant hotels in Dubai, economy, and it is harming us globally nomic growth and the hindering of supporting universities in Dubai, all with our trading partners and with American competitiveness. across the Middle East, while we see countries who simply can’t understand Let me turn to what is not funded by companies close, communities shut what is happening here. the piecemeal approach that this bill down, Detroit go bankrupt; and all Over the course of the last several represents. Our bill should be coming these problems because we are not en- weeks, my Republican colleagues have to the floor with all the parts of the ergy independent and we are not trans- loudly called for compromise. They Department of Energy and Army Corps portation independent. have said, Negotiate to reopen the gov- of Engineers and National Nuclear Se- These are dollars spent not in much- ernment, but, all the while, changing curity Administration in it. The bill needed job creation but siphoned off their demands daily and moving the should be coming to us at a level of $31 overseas, assisting our competitors in goalpost. They moved it up the field, billion. The bill is but one-third of developing their economies and their down the field, off the field. We start that. At a level of $10.6 billion, it is energy futures, not our own. the day and never know exactly where two-thirds underfunded. Is it any wonder that America has a we are. Let me turn to what is not funded in debt? It is rooted in very major holes Mr. Speaker, the Democratic Mem- inside this economy. You could start bers of this House have agreed to a the bill that is before us. First of all, the Corps of Engineers, with two wars. What did those cost us? total spending level that is the Repub- one of the most important instrumen- Probably $4 trillion to $6 trillion—un- lican level of $986 billion for all of our talities in our government to create paid for. There wasn’t any war tax im- bills. That is not a number I personally agree with. It will not meet our Na- jobs, is not even in this cynical bill. posed when President Bush took us to tion’s needs, but it is a compromise of- Communities across our country will war. I remember Donald Rumsfeld saying, fered in good faith to move our country continue to feel the consequences of Well, you have got to go to war with forward. this decreased investment. We should My advice to all those who are listen- be doing more to prevent flooding, to the military you have. Well, they bor- ing is to bring that clean continuing build infrastructure, to create jobs, not rowed to do that, and now this Presi- resolution with the Republican budget less. dent has begun to keep his promise to number in it to the floor. Let’s reopen For those of you who have been the American people. We are out of the government, and we can deal with yelling from the rooftops about the Iraq and we are moving out of Afghani- our tangential issues that have nothing Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, this stan, as we try to hold those sad places to do with operating the Government bill does nothing—zero—for your ports together with our allies. of the United States. and harbors. The housing crisis of 2008, it is any- Our economy is still in the process of This bill does not fund any of the en- body’s guess what that cost us, but we recovering from a horrible Great Re- ergy technology accounts so critical to know it hollowed out money creation cession. We have still not come back to our Nation becoming energy inde- in this country. We have the largest the preemployment levels in this coun- pendent again. As our foreign competi- transfer of wealth and loss of equity in try that were so deeply harmed by the tors double down to develop 21st cen- modern history. Do you think you Wall Street-induced housing crisis. tury technology—look at the Chinese crawl out of that in a month or 2 Shouldn’t we be debating ways to spur stealing our solar technology—and un- months? It takes years. We have had 42 economic growth, not continuing to de- dermine our markets through illegal months of steady job creation. bate a shutdown that is slowing eco- dumping and intellectual property The trade deficit, America hasn’t had nomic growth? poaching, our choice in this bill: do a balanced trade account in three dec- Under the Obama administration, we nothing. ades. Since 1975, the cumulative trade have had 42 consecutive months of eco- So, renewable energy will receive deficit of this country was $8.4 trillion. nomic growth. We are crawling out of a cost competitiveness by whom? Which There was more petroleum coming in mammoth hole. The American people countries will succeed? Who will de- here from abroad than American en- view the disarray here as very, very de- velop it and own that technology? Ac- ergy exports out, more cars and auto stabilizing to their own security be- cording to this, we are ceding the turf parts in here from abroad than cars cause they are worried about their fu- to them, ceding the field to them. and auto parts out, and more elec- tures, and what is going on here adds If you look at U.S. trade accounts, tronics components coming in here to their anxiety. you don’t have to be a mathematical than American electronics exports out. For the entire country, the Repub- genius. What is the number one cat- So if you add up $8.4 trillion of trade lican shutdown is already having real egory of trade deficit of this country? deficit, $6 trillion of war expenditures,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:29 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.008 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6499 if you take the cost of the meltdown on this country is being put on the shelf also helps to ensure that nuclear weap- Wall Street—only God knows how while they watch this charade here in- ons and materials don’t fall into the many trillions that cost us—is it any side this Chamber. wrong hands—those of terrorists and wonder that the United States has a This bill does nothing to address the other enemies of our Nation. budget deficit and debt and the Federal funding for the Office of Environ- H.J. Res. 76 provides funding for the Government is trying to hold the Re- mental Management, whose mission is NNSA to continue this vital work—to public together and our 50 States from to complete the safe cleanup of what keep our nuclear arsenal at the ready coast-to-coast? It is pretty clear to me they call an ‘‘environmental legacy’’ and our Navy ships powered—and, ulti- what is going on here. and that I call a ‘‘nuclear mess,’’ mately, to keep this country safe and So we look at this bill. Our Republic brought about by five decades of nu- secure and protected. will not compete in the 21st century clear weapons development and govern- This is particularly important at a and beyond if we further reduce invest- ment-sponsored nuclear energy re- time when we face multiple threats ments in energy and cede our energy search. from unpredictable nations and groups. future to other countries. The bill be- So what do we do to clean up nuclear When our government shut down, it did fore us today does nothing about that. mess around our country in this bill? not also shut down nuclear power reac- In fact, in one of the most important Zero. We do nothing. tors, research and testing in Iraq, Iran, related sectors to us, manufacturing, What about our promises to the peo- or North Korea. Funding is provided at this bill does nothing in manufac- ple who live near those communities? the current annual rate of $10.59 billion turing. What about those who sacrifice so to sustain the national labs, to con- One of the reasons we don’t have as much for America’s nuclear superi- tinue the work of skilled workers and much economic muscle in this country ority? We shut the door. So long. Noth- scientists, to conduct ongoing non- is because every community you go to, ing. There is nothing in this bill. proliferation intelligence operations, what do you see? Shuttered factories. This energy and water bill is one of and to maintain the safety and readi- Every product you pick up, what does the most critical investments we can ness of our nuclear stockpile. it say? ‘‘Made in China.’’ Anytime I go make in this country. It should pro- As with the prior 14 mini-CRs this to the store and find anything made in mote job creation. It should ensure na- House has passed in the last week, this America, I buy it in hopes that it will tional security. It should protect and language is essentially identical to help somebody somewhere along the promote our vital infrastructure and what was included in my initial short- way. advance American competitiveness term continuing resolution. So this is a This bill does nothing for manufac- through energy independence and clean bill, Mr. Speaker, adhering to the turing. We have lost 15 percent of our through strengthening manufacturing Senate’s demands in that regard. Also, manufacturing jobs. And it isn’t just and scientific capability right here at as with the prior bills, this funding will because of technology; it is because home, right here in the good old USA. last until December 15 or until full- they have been shipped out, Unfortunately, a minority of the ma- year appropriations are enacted. It is outsourced, made in China, not made jority of Republicans is choosing to ig- my hope that the latter is what hap- in the USA, made in countries some of nore all of these critical investments pens. my constituents don’t even know in order to execute a blatantly polit- Our Nation deserves the certainty of where they are, and these goods come ical stunt that is already harming our an adequately funded government with in here. And every time American jobs country, upsetting our people, and appropriations bills that reflect cur- get displaced in the manufacturing sec- tamping down on job growth. rent needs but also current fiscal re- tor, 8.8 million manufacturing jobs dis- Mr. Speaker, our Nation is stronger straints. To achieve this, we must appear. when we come together. We as a people come together with our Senate coun- can solve the serious challenges facing terparts and have a meaningful discus- b 0930 our country; yet here we find ourselves sion that establishes a single, common, Manufacturing is one of the most im- today again, wasting time on a lop- top-line number for discretionary portant drivers in our economy, and sided bill which only extends the GOP- spending that Members of both parties yet we have a huge trade deficit in driven shutdown. We should be spend- and both Houses of Congress can work manufacturing. There is little merit in ing our time passing a clean continuing toward. using Federal dollars to foster techno- resolution, not holding the entire coun- The ongoing standoffs are not pro- logical advances or breakthroughs for try hostage to a reckless political ductive. They aren’t getting us any products that are not ultimately man- stunt that some must get great pleas- closer to reopening the government. ufactured domestically in our country. ure out of but that is such a sadistic While it is not the ideal path forward This bill usually provides a means for approach to the governing of this coun- at this time, passing this funding bill us to do more to reverse the trend of try. We ought to work together toward does get us a step closer to ending the domestic firms shifting manufacturing a long-term solution, not continue to shutdown, which I know is the goal of overseas because, to put it simply, do- award a faction of one party which has my colleagues on both sides of the mestic manufacturing drives domestic no interest in governing this country. aisle. innovation, and that drives wealth cre- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of So far, this House has voted on a bi- ation and job creation in our country. my time. partisan basis to reopen critical gov- This bill does nothing in the advanced Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, ernment functions, including the sup- manufacturing sector—off the table. I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the port for those who serve the country in How sad. How sad for those people gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. ROG- the Department of Defense. Our nu- across our country who know the value ERS), the chairman of the full Appro- clear security efforts are equally im- added from manufacturing. priations Committee. portant to our defense and should have This bill does nothing for science or Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Thank ongoing funding to keep the country advanced science and energy. Return you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding me safe and sound. So I urge my colleagues on investments from our publicly fund- this time. to support this bill, Mr. Speaker. ed research and development ranges Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, might I from 20 to 67 percent. What a bang for Nuclear Weapon Security and Non-Pro- inquire as to the time remaining on the buck. With this rate of return, we liferation Act. this side, please. should be passing a bill that invests in Yes, it is a narrow scope, but it is a The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- science and high sciences, but that is terribly important piece of the govern- tlewoman from Ohio has 41⁄2 minutes not happening inside this bill. In fact, ment. Like the bill we passed yester- remaining, and the gentleman from across this country, at all of our major day, this legislation addresses matters New Jersey has 12 minutes remaining. labs, the workers are furloughed or of critical importance to our national Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I yield have the threat of being furloughed security. The National Nuclear Secu- 11⁄2 minutes to the gentlelady from New hanging over them—at Livermore, at rity Administration maintains our nu- York, Congresswoman NITA LOWEY, our Sandia, at Argonne. The brain power of clear deterrents here at home, but it esteemed ranking member.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:29 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.009 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6500 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 11, 2013 Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in cans. The Nation’s security is at risk. the very important work in dealing opposition to the Republican shut- This bill keeps Y–12 open, and this is with nonproliferation, as well as keep- down. exactly what we need to do. ing our nuclear-powered ships oper- Of course we support funding for nu- Let’s put aside the partisan rhetoric, ating. All of those things central to our clear weapon security and non- and let’s honor the hardworking men country’s security are empowered by proliferation activities, but this bill and women of Y–12. Let’s keep them this bill. does nothing to address a number of working, and let’s keep the greatest b 0945 other critical energy and water prior- Nation on the face of the Earth safe ities, including the Army Corps of En- and secure. Mr. Speaker, it is the easiest excuse gineers, the Department of Energy’s Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 any of us can use to oppose a bill be- Office of Science, ARPA–E, and the Of- minute and 15 seconds to the gen- cause of what it does not do. fice of Environmental Management, tleman from New York, Mr. HAKEEM What we ought to do is look at what which is responsible for cleaning up JEFFRIES. a bill does do. What this bill does do is five decades’ worth of weapons develop- Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, this is keep the central part of our country’s ment and nuclear energy research. day 11 of the reckless Republican shut- security operating even as we sort out Even if House Republicans’ irrespon- down of the United States Government, our other budget woes. sible, piecemeal bills were enacted, at and you have still failed to provide a I think it deserves the support of all the rate they are going, it would take way out of the mess that you have cre- Members of the House, and I encourage until after Christmas before the gov- ated. them to vote for it. ernment would be fully up and running. The communities that I represent in Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 We could end this shutdown today if Brooklyn and Queens are still strug- minute to the esteemed gentleman Republican leadership would just allow gling from the devastation of from New Mexico, Congressman BEN a vote. The claim that Democrats Superstorm Sandy; yet this bill fails to RAY LUJA´ N. ´ won’t negotiate is a farce, my friends. fund the Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico. Throughout the year, we have pleaded This was a wholesale government Mr. Speaker, funding for the NNSA is with Republicans to sit down and nego- shutdown, and all that is offered is a critically important to my State of tiate a broader budget agreement; and piecemeal reopening. You have burned New Mexico, for we are home to both dozens of times Republicans have re- down the entire house, but offer only Los Alamos and Sandia National Labs. fused. Now, after wasting the first 10 to rebuild the kitchen. That is a However, this bill denies these national months of the year and after shutting shameful dereliction of duty and a woe- security labs the funding they need as down the government as they steer the fully inadequate remedy. This shut- it locks in the deep cuts of sequester country towards economic catastrophe, down is hurting the American people. for 2 more months. they claim they want to negotiate. It is undemocratic, unconscionable, un- There is not a Member of this body— Democrats and the President have al- necessary, unreasonable, and unjust. Democrat or Republican—that says ready agreed to the Republicans’ fund- It is time to get back to doing the they like the sequester, Mr. Speaker, ing level. If only Republicans would business of the American people. Let’s but my Republican colleagues refuse to allow a vote, we could have the govern- reopen the entire government. Vote lift it. They say they want to keep the ment reopened tonight. ‘‘no’’ on this piecemeal approach. government open, but they place condi- Vote ‘‘no’’ on this bill, and let’s vote Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, tions on it. to immediately end the Republican I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the This piecemeal approach in this bill shutdown. gentleman from Texas (Mr. THORN- to the Department of Energy and to Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, BERRY), a member of the Armed Serv- the NNSA is picking winners and losers I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the ices Committee. with employees that are going to be gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Mr. THORNBERRY. I commend the furloughed. This is a shame, and it is a FLEISCHMANN). gentleman from New Jersey for his sham—this Republican charade that is Mr. FLEISCHMANN. Mr. Chairman, leadership and for bringing this meas- going to go home to my State of New thank you. ure to the floor. Mexico and direct the Directors of the To all of my colleagues in this great Mr. Speaker, the bill the gentleman labs to tell employees who is going to United States House of Representa- brought to the floor on Wednesday, go home without a paycheck and who tives, I want to ask each and every one just the day before yesterday, passed will not—because there is still not as- of you to support this bill. the House, passed the Senate, and it surance that the Secretary of Energy, Mr. Speaker, I am privileged to rep- was signed into law by the President through the Department of Energy, resent the Third District of Tennessee. last night. So the argument that you will make these employees whole In the Third District of Tennessee is a can’t fund any of the government un- through allowable costs that will be ac- very special city. It’s called Oak Ridge. less you fund all of the government is, cepted. Enough is enough. At one point in time, it was called the obviously, not true. Every single Mem- Mr. Speaker, this is a shame. Let’s do Secret City. That’s where we had the ber of the House voted for the bill that the right thing and open the govern- Manhattan Project and brought World the gentleman from New Jersey ment. War II to a close because of the efforts brought to the floor that was dealing Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, of the men and women who worked with military death benefits. I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the there and who succeeded there. We won We have set priorities. We have said gentleman from Nevada (Mr. HECK), the Cold War there. the military has to be paid, and this also a member of the House Armed Today, this bill does one very specific bill also sets priorities because the nu- Services Committee. thing: it honors the almost 5,000 work- clear deterrent is absolutely central to Mr. HECK of Nevada. Mr. Speaker, I ers who work every day at the Y–12 Na- our national security just as the mili- thank my friend, the gentleman from tional Security Complex for our nu- tary is. New Jersey (Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN), for clear deterrent. For 60 years, the centerpiece of our bringing this important measure to the Let me be clear: this is not a matter country’s security has been the nuclear floor. of partisan politics; this is a matter of deterrent that has helped keep us se- Since the start of this partial shut- national security. So I stand here, put- cure. These are aging weapons, how- down 11 days ago, the House has fo- ting a very human face on this for the ever, and so that means there are cused on one of our core constitutional workers who work hard every day, who maintenance issues, there are safety functions: funding key portions of the have toiled for years. They deserve bet- issues, there are reliability issues, Federal Government. ter, and this bill does that. which a very highly skilled, dedicated We have come together in a bipar- Again, let me be clear: Y–12 is going workforce must address every single tisan way several times over the past through an orderly shutdown. We can- day. few days to pay our troops, provide not allow this to happen, not as Repub- So that’s what this bill does. This al- benefits for the families of fallen sol- licans, not as Democrats, but as Ameri- lows that work to continue, as well as diers, reopen the NIH, provide money

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:19 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.011 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6501 for disaster relief efforts, and fund have refused to do that for 6 months. If I appreciate Chairman HAL ROGERS other crucial governmental depart- you want to control spending, bring for bringing this bill to the floor today ments and operations. your own appropriations bills to the and urge all of my colleagues of both These are the types of tough spend- floor and see if your people have the parties to vote in support of this legis- ing choices the American people, and fortitude to slash government spending lation. people in my district, demand we further. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, make. When you are nearly $17 trillion Remember, they stopped operation I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the in debt, you have to prioritize, just like on the Transportation-HUD bill 2 gentleman from Ohio (Mr. TURNER), a any business or family does when funds months ago. It can be brought up member of the Armed Services Com- are tight. today. But they refuse to do so because mittee. Today, Mr. Speaker, we turn our their spending levels are so unrealistic Mr. TURNER. Mr. Speaker, I want to focus to a critical issue of national se- their own Members won’t vote for thank Chairman FRELINGHUYSEN for curity and public safety. That is ensur- them. They would rather deal in the his dedication and commitment to the ing that the National Nuclear Security abstract. They would rather hold important issue of our strategic assets. Administration has the funding it America hostage. It is shameful. It is When we look at the NNSA, they needs to secure our nuclear stockpile unnecessary. have had for a number of years dif- and materials. Bring a continuing resolution to the ficulty in getting support from this ad- Recent reports indicate that the De- floor and put the government back to ministration for the important efforts partment of Energy may begin fur- work. of modernizing our nuclear weapons in- loughing employees and contractors at The SPEAKER pro tempore. The frastructure and ensuring the strategic the eight NNSA sites around the coun- time of the gentleman has expired. assets that are so essential to our Na- try starting October 21. Sites such as Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, tion’s security. I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the the Nevada National Security Site, This issue also is one that represents, gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. which is home to approximately 2,500 I think, a great analogy to the dif- WILSON), a member of the Armed Serv- employees and contractors, will reduce ficulty that we are having in resolving ices Committee. staffing to levels sufficient to maintain this conflict. We have the President of Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. ‘‘minimally safe operations.’’ This situ- the United States, who openly states Thank you, Congressman RODNEY ation presents a threat to national se- that he will have negotiations with FRELINGHUYSEN, for yielding. I am very curity, public safety, and our economy. Russia on our strategic assets, on our grateful for your leadership on this The Nevada National Security Site is nuclear weapons. He will even have se- issue. charged with supporting our national cret negotiations—as we saw in his Mr. Speaker, funding our national se- stockpile. Additionally, the Security open mic incident—with his secret deal curity interests within the Department Site oversees the administration of with the Russians concerning our mis- of Energy must be a priority in order training for first responders in the pre- sile defense systems; yet, the President to protect every American family. vention of, protection from, and re- openly says he will not negotiate with Today, the House will pass an impor- sponse to possible terrorist use of radi- the legislature. He will negotiate with tant measure that will fund the Na- ological or nuclear material. With crit- Syria, he will negotiate with Iran, but tional Nuclear Security Administra- ical functions such as these, ‘‘mini- he won’t negotiate with the legisla- tion. The NNSA will provide necessary mally safe operations’’ is simply not an ture. option. resources that are critical and allow Also, this issue illustrates some of The same is true at NNSA sites our country to continue operations for the difficulties that we have in this around the country. The men and dozens of vital national security mis- House itself. We are putting on House women who work at these sites not sions. bills that should have 100 percent unan- only have critical duties, but they are I am fortunate to represent the De- imous support. Yet when these bills also critical to our local economies. partment of Energy Savannah River In fact, contractors at NNSA sites Site in Aiken and Barnwell Counties, come to the House, these bills predomi- may reduce their workforce by as much South Carolina. I especially appreciate nantly have been divided on a partisan as 80 to 90 percent. Such attrition its personnel, as the only Member of basis because people want to say, Well, would take a great deal of money out Congress who has actually worked at it doesn’t fund everything. of the economy at a time when States the site. Everyone knows when you have a dis- like mine, with an unemployment rate The passage of this bill is essential, agreement, you start first upon the of 9.5 percent, can ill-afford to lose as it will provide our dedicated workers things you agree. The bills that have jobs. who are handling these operations the been coming forth on this House floor H.J. Res. 76 maintains our national security they need to complete their should be the things that we agree on, security and prevents harm to our vital missions. Our Nation is a much but partisan politics continues to di- economy. safer place because of ongoing tritium vide us where, instead of the House I urge my colleagues to support this operations and the mixed oxide fuel coming together on all of these bills important measure. fabrication facility currently under and saying, yes, these are the things Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I yield construction at SRS. These missions that we agree on, and we will put aside the remainder of my time to the gen- are essential to our Nation’s national the things we disagree on for later, we tleman from Oregon, Congressman security, as they allow us to service have difficulty in getting even the im- EARL BLUMENAUER. our nuclear stockpile and honor inter- portant things done, and this is an im- Mr. BLUMENAUER. I appreciate the national nuclear obligations of non- portant one. gentlelady’s courtesy. proliferation. I want to thank Chairman FRELING- Mr. Speaker, one of my colleagues on Additionally, the Savannah River HUYSEN for his commitment to ensure the other side of the aisle talked about Site, which established victory in the the safety of our nuclear deterrent, the our being the ‘‘greatest Nation in the Cold War, has thousands of committed workers, and the important work that world,’’ but Republicans are running it employees working on Department of is being done at the NNSA. like a banana republic. People who ran Energy environmental management This is a discussion, though, that out of this Chamber gleeful that the projects. These professionals also pro- needs to go beyond just this stopgap government was going to shut down vide crucial services to our country bill and even the issue of a CR. This ad- have suddenly discovered that there is through their nuclear nonproliferation ministration has continually cut the 20 percent of the government that they and environmental cleanup efforts. resources for our nuclear deterrent in want to operate. Although I am encouraged by today’s ways which jeopardize the future of our There is a simple way to resolve this legislation, I remain hopeful that Con- strategic assets. We need to make cer- impasse. If you want to negotiate gress can work together to provide nec- tain that this conversation continues. truly, appoint the conferees to the essary funding for these projects as Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Ms. KAPTUR, Budget Committee. The Republicans well. do you have any further speakers?

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:19 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.013 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6502 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 11, 2013 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY want to get back to work, to stay at tlewoman from Ohio’s time has ex- ADMINISTRATION CONTINUING home and not to do the job our Nation pired. APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, depends on them to do? Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I would be 2014 As we sit here voting to fund bills bit happy to yield 1 minute to the gentle- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- by bit, our constituents are being dealt woman from Ohio (Ms. KAPTUR). ant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further the full blow and consequences of this Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I would consideration of House Joint Resolu- shutdown. They can’t afford for this thank the chairman for that courtesy tion 76 will now resume. shutdown to drag on as we mull over and just say that I would urge my col- The Clerk read the title of the joint whether it is more important to get leagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on this particular resolution. our food inspectors back on the job or piecemeal continuing resolution. Hope- for America’s veterans to have their MOTION TO RECOMMIT fully, others will come to their senses Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I benefits claims processed. The piecemeal approach isn’t work- and we will be able to vote for a clean have a motion to recommit at the ing. The gimmicks must stop. continuing resolution, which I think desk. As we discussed nuclear weapon secu- the majority of members of our sub- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the rity, I was reminded of the movie ‘‘War committee would appreciate, so we can gentlewoman opposed to the joint reso- Games.’’ This was the eighties movie reopen the government and deal with lution? all of the responsibilities that we have Ms. KELLY of Illinois. I am opposed. with Matthew Broderick as the slacker under this particular bill and meet our The SPEAKER pro tempore. The hacker facing off against a supercom- responsibilities to energy and water Clerk will report the motion to recom- puter that was programmed to go to across this country. mit. war when it doesn’t even know what it I thank the gentleman for his cour- The Clerk read as follows: is fighting for. I will allow a quick second for a tesy, and I hope to reciprocate some- Ms. Kelly of Illinois moves to recommit time. the joint resolution H.J. Res. 76 to the Com- ‘‘spoiler alert’’ and summarize: after Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, mittee on Appropriations with instructions several failed attempts at starting a it has been a pleasure to work with Ms. to report the same back to the House forth- global nuclear war, the computer runs KAPTUR. with with the following amendment: through all the possible scenarios—all In closing, Robert Spalding wrote in Strike all after the resolving clause and in- of which end in stalemates—before it The Washington Post recently an arti- sert the following: discovers the concept of mutually as- cle called ‘‘Nuclear Weapons are In- That upon passage of this joint resolution by sured destruction, the very simple con- struments of Peace.’’ In his close, he the House of Representatives, the joint reso- cept that the war it was trying to wrote: lution (H.J. Res. 59) making continuing ap- launch was an exercise in futility be- propriations for fiscal year 2014, and for The sensible path to peace starts with the other purposes, as amended by the Senate on cause it would destroy the U.S. in the realization that peace can be secured only September 27, 2013, shall be considered to process. through strength. Nuclear weapons represent have been taken from the Speaker’s table ‘‘A strange game,’’ the computer that strength. We must embrace it through and the House shall be considered to have (1) says. ‘‘The only winning move is not to funding and rhetoric. receded from its amendment; and (2) con- play.’’ And that is where we find our- Indeed we do. Nothing is more impor- curred in the Senate amendment. selves as a Nation, heading toward a tant than the reliability of our nuclear Ms. KELLY of Illinois (during the mutually assured destruction at the weapon stockpile, as is obviously our reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous hands of an ideological few, pro- responsibility to the world to prevent consent to dispense with the reading. grammed to go to war when they don’t nuclear proliferation, and one of the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there even know the risk of the game they ways that we protect America and pro- objection to the request of the gentle- are playing and the consequences of vide for a strong national defense is to woman from Illinois? their fight. have a strong naval reactor program so There was no objection. We have had a week go by without that our aircraft carriers and subs can Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, the lessons resonating that there are truly do the work of freedom. I reserve a point of order on the gentle- no winners in the funding scenarios I yield back the balance of my time. woman’s motion. that have been brought to the floor, The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point and the American people are losing out for debate has expired. of order is reserved. worst of all. Pursuant to House Resolution 371, The gentlewoman from Illinois is rec- But this isn’t a game. This is reality. the previous question is ordered. ognized for 5 minutes in support of her This isn’t a fictional eighties movie. The question is on the engrossment motion. This is the United States of America in and third reading of the bill. Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, October of 2013. The bill was ordered to be engrossed my amendment is a long-overdue com- For the past week, we have pursued a and read a third time, and was read the monsense improvement that has bipar- fundamentally inept method for re- third time. tisan support in this House and has the opening the government. Today we The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- majority of support of the American need to pay particular attention to one ant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further people. If my amendment passes, it will number, 79. That is how many different consideration of House Joint Resolu- end this costly and irresponsible gov- appropriations bills the House and Sen- tion 76 is postponed. ernment shutdown and reopen the en- ate will have to pass to fund the full f tire Federal Government so that we nondefense portion of the Federal Gov- may once again appropriately serve the RECESS ernment, given the rate of funding and American people. the bills passed or announced in the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- As written, the bill before us offers House of Representatives so far. ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair the men, women, and children we rep- The men, women, and children in my declares the House in recess subject to resent little comfort. This piecemeal district—in all of our districts—are the call of the Chair. approach to funding the government is dealing with the taxing reality of a Accordingly (at 9 o’clock and 57 min- hurting folks in all of our districts. shut-down government. We can’t cher- utes a.m.), the House stood in recess. How can we commit to protecting nu- ry-pick who to fund and who not to f clear security but not commit to the fund bit by bit. b 1025 security of our Federal Government by I ask all of you to vote ‘‘yes’’ on this completely funding it? How can we pro- motion because Congress has a duty to AFTER RECESS tect nuclear weapons but furlough our offer the security of a functional gov- The recess having expired, the House intelligence personnel who serve on the ernment to our families, our veterans, was called to order by the Speaker pro front lines in defending us from ter- and our economy. Vote ‘‘yes’’ on this tempore (Mr. COLLINS of Georgia) at 10 rorist attacks? Why are we paying motion. Vote ‘‘yes’’ to open up all of o’clock and 25 minutes a.m. hardworking Federal employees, who our government right now.

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Carson (IN) Jackson Lee Price (NC) Cartwright Jeffries October 10, the instructions contain a Quigley The vote was taken by electronic de- Castor (FL) Johnson (GA) Rahall special order of business within the ju- vice, and there were—yeas 226, nays Castro (TX) Johnson, E. B. Rangel risdiction of the Committee on Rules, Chu Kaptur 195, not voting 10, as follows: Richmond Cicilline Keating and, therefore, the amendment is not [Roll No. 541] Roybal-Allard germane to the underlying bill. Clarke Kelly (IL) YEAS—226 Clay Kennedy Ruiz Mr. Speaker, I insist on my point of Cleaver Kildee Ruppersberger Aderholt Graves (MO) Petri order. Clyburn Kilmer Ryan (OH) Amash Griffin (AR) Pittenger Cohen Kind Sa´ nchez, Linda The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the Amodei Griffith (VA) Pitts Connolly Kirkpatrick T. gentlewoman from Illinois wish to Bachmann Grimm Poe (TX) Conyers Kuster Sanchez, Loretta Bachus Guthrie speak on the point of order? Pompeo Cooper Langevin Sarbanes Barletta Hall Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Yes, I do, Mr. Posey Costa Larsen (WA) Schakowsky Barr Hanna Price (GA) Courtney Larson (CT) Schiff Speaker. Barton Harper Radel Crowley Lee (CA) Schneider The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Benishek Harris Reed Cuellar Levin Schrader Bentivolio Hartzler tlewoman is recognized to speak on the Reichert Cummings Lewis Schwartz Bilirakis Hastings (WA) point of order. Renacci Davis (CA) Lipinski Scott (VA) Bishop (UT) Heck (NV) Ribble Davis, Danny Loebsack Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, Black Hensarling Scott, David Rice (SC) DeFazio Lofgren doesn’t the bill before us fund a portion Blackburn Holding Serrano Rigell DeGette Lowenthal Boustany Hudson Sewell (AL) of the Federal Government? My motion Roby Delaney Lowey Brady (TX) Huelskamp Shea-Porter to recommit would open up the entire Roe (TN) DeLauro Lujan Grisham Bridenstine Huizenga (MI) Sherman Rogers (AL) DelBene (NM) Federal Government so that all of the Brooks (AL) Hultgren Sinema Rogers (KY) Deutch Luja´ n, Ben Ray benefits that the taxpayers have paid Brooks (IN) Hunter Sires Rogers (MI) Dingell (NM) Broun (GA) Hurt Slaughter for with their hard-earned dollars are Rohrabacher Doggett Lynch Buchanan Issa Smith (WA) Rokita Doyle Maffei available. Bucshon Jenkins Speier Rooney Duckworth Maloney, Sean Can the Chair explain why it is not Burgess Johnson (OH) Swalwell (CA) Ros-Lehtinen Edwards Matheson Calvert Johnson, Sam Takano germane to open up all of the govern- Roskam Ellison Matsui Camp Jones Thompson (CA) ment instead of just a portion of the Ross Engel McCollum Campbell Jordan Thompson (MS) Rothfus Enyart McDermott government? Mr. Speaker, if you rule Cantor Joyce Tierney Royce Eshoo McGovern this motion out of order, does that Capito Kelly (PA) Titus Runyan Esty McNerney Carter King (IA) mean we will not have a chance to keep Ryan (WI) Farr Meeks Tonko Cassidy King (NY) the entire Federal Government open Salmon Fattah Meng Tsongas Chabot Kingston Sanford Foster Michaud Van Hollen today? Can the Chair please explain Chaffetz Kinzinger (IL) Scalise Frankel (FL) Miller, George Vargas Coffman Kline why we can’t keep the entire Federal Schock Fudge Moore Veasey Cole Labrador Government open today? Schweikert Gabbard Moran Vela Collins (GA) LaMalfa The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Scott, Austin Gallego Murphy (FL) Vela´ zquez Collins (NY) Lamborn Sensenbrenner Garamendi Nadler Visclosky tleman from New Jersey makes a point Conaway Lance Sessions Garcia Napolitano Walz Cook Lankford of order that the instructions proposed Shimkus Grayson Neal Wasserman Cotton Latham in the motion to recommit offered by Shuster Green, Al Negrete McLeod Schultz Cramer Latta Simpson Green, Gene Nolan Waters the gentlewoman from Illinois are not Crawford LoBiondo Smith (MO) Grijalva O’Rourke Watt germane. Culberson Long Gutie´rrez Owens Waxman Daines Lucas Smith (NE) The joint resolution extends funding Hahn Pallone Welch Davis, Rodney Luetkemeyer Smith (NJ) relating to the National Nuclear Secu- Hanabusa Pascrell Wilson (FL) Denham Lummis Smith (TX) Hastings (FL) Pastor (AZ) Yarmuth rity Administration. The instructions Dent Marchant Southerland in the motion propose an order of busi- DeSantis Marino Stewart NOT VOTING—10 DesJarlais Massie Stivers ness of the House. Coble Maloney, Rush Diaz-Balart McCarthy (CA) Stockman As the Chair most recently ruled on Crenshaw Carolyn Duffy McCaul Stutzman Whitfield Herrera Beutler McCarthy (NY) October 10, 2013, a motion to recommit Duncan (SC) McClintock Terry Young (FL) Higgins McIntyre proposing an order of business of the Duncan (TN) McHenry Thompson (PA) House is not germane to a measure pro- Ellmers McKeon Thornberry b 1055 Farenthold McKinley Tiberi viding for the appropriation of funds Fincher McMorris Tipton Messrs. GARCIA and RICHMOND because such motion addresses a mat- Fitzpatrick Rodgers Turner changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to Upton ter within the jurisdiction of a com- Fleischmann Meadows ‘‘nay.’’ mittee not represented in the under- Fleming Meehan Valadao Flores Messer Wagner Mr. YOUNG of Alaska changed his lying measure. Forbes Mica Walberg vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Therefore, the instructions propose a Fortenberry Miller (FL) Walden So the motion to table was agreed to. Foxx Miller (MI) Walorski non-germane amendment. The point of The result of the vote was announced order is sustained. Franks (AZ) Miller, Gary Weber (TX) Frelinghuysen Mullin Webster (FL) as above recorded. Ms. KELLY of Illinois. I appeal the Gardner Mulvaney Wenstrup A motion to reconsider was laid on ruling of the Chair. Westmoreland Garrett Murphy (PA) the table. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Gerlach Neugebauer Williams The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is, Shall the decision of the Gibbs Noem Wilson (SC) Gibson Nugent Wittman question is on the passage of the joint Chair stand as the judgment of the Gingrey (GA) Nunes Wolf resolution. House? Gohmert Nunnelee Womack Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, Goodlatte Olson Woodall The question was taken; and the I move to lay the appeal on the table. Gosar Palazzo Yoder Speaker pro tempore announced that Gowdy Paulsen Yoho the ayes appeared to have it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Granger Pearce Young (AK) question is on the motion to table. Graves (GA) Perry Young (IN) RECORDED VOTE The question was taken; and the Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I demand NAYS—195 Speaker pro tempore announced that a recorded vote. Andrews Beatty Bishop (NY) A recorded vote was ordered. the ayes appeared to have it. Barber Becerra Blumenauer Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, Barrow (GA) Bera (CA) Bonamici The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a on that I demand the yeas and nays. Bass Bishop (GA) Brady (PA) 5-minute vote.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:19 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.024 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6504 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 11, 2013 The vote was taken by electronic de- Blumenauer Hastings (FL) Pastor (AZ) tempore (Mr. HASTINGS of Washington) Bonamici Heck (WA) Payne vice, and there were—ayes 248, noes 176, Brady (PA) Himes Pelosi at 1 o’clock and 59 minutes p.m. not voting 7, as follows: Brown (FL) Hinojosa Perlmutter f [Roll No. 542] Brownley (CA) Holt Peterson Butterfield Honda Pingree (ME) AYES—248 Capps Horsford Pocan REPORT ON RESOLUTION RELAT- Capuano Hoyer Aderholt Granger Pearce Polis Ca´ rdenas Huffman ING TO CONSIDERATION OF Amash Graves (GA) Perry Price (NC) Carney Israel HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE Amodei Graves (MO) Peters (CA) Quigley Carson (IN) Jackson Lee Bachmann Griffin (AR) Peters (MI) Rahall AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2642, FED- Cartwright Jeffries Bachus Griffith (VA) Petri Rangel Castor (FL) Johnson (GA) ERAL AGRICULTURE REFORM Barber Grimm Pittenger Richmond Castro (TX) Johnson, E. B. AND RISK MANAGEMENT ACT OF Barletta Guthrie Pitts Roybal-Allard Chu Kaptur Barr Hall Poe (TX) 2013; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDER- Cicilline Keating Ruppersberger Barrow (GA) Hanna Pompeo Clarke Kelly (IL) Ryan (OH) ATION OF H. RES. 378, EXPRESS- Barton Harper Posey Clay Kennedy Sa´ nchez, Linda ING SENSE OF HOUSE RELATING Benishek Harris Price (GA) Cleaver Kildee T. Bentivolio Hartzler Radel TO TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS FOR Clyburn Kilmer Sanchez, Loretta Bera (CA) Hastings (WA) Reed RAW AND REFINED SUGAR; AND Cohen Kind Sarbanes Bilirakis Heck (NV) Reichert Connolly Kirkpatrick Schakowsky PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION Bishop (UT) Hensarling Renacci Conyers Kuster Schiff Black Holding Ribble OF H. RES. 379, EXPRESSING Cooper Langevin Schrader Blackburn Hudson Rice (SC) SENSE OF HOUSE RELATING TO Costa Larsen (WA) Schwartz Boustany Huelskamp Rigell Courtney Larson (CT) Scott (VA) CROP INSURANCE Brady (TX) Huizenga (MI) Roby Crowley Lee (CA) Scott, David Braley (IA) Hultgren Roe (TN) Cuellar Levin Ms. FOXX, from the Committee on Bridenstine Hunter Rogers (AL) Serrano Cummings Lewis Rules, submitted a privileged report Brooks (AL) Hurt Rogers (KY) Sewell (AL) Davis (CA) Lofgren Brooks (IN) Issa Rogers (MI) Shea-Porter (Rept. No. 113–244) on the resolution (H. Davis, Danny Lowenthal Broun (GA) Jenkins Rohrabacher Sherman DeFazio Lowey Res. 380) relating to consideration of Buchanan Johnson (OH) Rokita Sires DeGette Lujan Grisham the House amendment to the Senate Bucshon Johnson, Sam Rooney Slaughter Delaney (NM) Burgess Jones Ros-Lehtinen Smith (WA) amendment to the bill (H.R. 2642) to DeLauro Luja´ n, Ben Ray Bustos Jordan Roskam Speier Deutch (NM) provide for the reform and continu- Calvert Joyce Ross Swalwell (CA) Dingell Maffei ation of agricultural and other pro- Camp Kelly (PA) Rothfus Takano Doggett Maloney, Campbell King (IA) Royce Thompson (CA) grams of the Department of Agri- Doyle Carolyn Cantor King (NY) Ruiz Thompson (MS) Duckworth Matsui culture through fiscal year 2018, and Capito Kingston Runyan Tierney Edwards McCollum for other purposes; providing for con- Carter Kinzinger (IL) Ryan (WI) Titus Ellison McDermott Cassidy Kline Salmon sideration of the resolution (H. Res. Engel McGovern Tonko Chabot Labrador Sanford Enyart McNerney Tsongas 378) expressing the sense of the House Chaffetz LaMalfa Scalise Eshoo Meeks Van Hollen Coffman Lamborn Schneider of Representatives regarding certain Esty Meng Vargas Cole Lance Schock provisions of the Senate amendment to Farr Michaud Veasey Collins (GA) Lankford Schweikert Fattah Miller, George Vela H.R. 2642 relating to the Secretary of Collins (NY) Latham Scott, Austin Frankel (FL) Moore Vela´ zquez Conaway Latta Sensenbrenner Agriculture’s administration of tariff- Fudge Moran Visclosky Cook Lipinski Sessions rate quotas for raw and refined sugar; Gabbard Nadler Walz Cotton LoBiondo Shimkus Garamendi Napolitano Wasserman and providing for consideration of the Cramer Loebsack Shuster Grayson Neal Schultz Crawford Long Simpson resolution (H. Res. 379) expressing the Green, Al Negrete McLeod Waters Culberson Lucas Sinema sense of the House of Representatives Green, Gene Nolan Watt Daines Luetkemeyer Smith (MO) Grijalva O’Rourke Waxman regarding certain provisions of the Davis, Rodney Lummis Smith (NE) Gutie´rrez Owens Welch DelBene Lynch Smith (NJ) Senate amendment to H.R. 2642 relat- Hahn Pallone Wilson (FL) Denham Maloney, Sean Smith (TX) ing to crop insurance, which was re- Hanabusa Pascrell Yarmuth Dent Marchant Southerland ferred to the House Calendar and or- DeSantis Marino Stewart NOT VOTING—7 DesJarlais Massie Stivers dered to be printed. Diaz-Balart Matheson Stockman Coble Higgins Young (FL) Duffy McCarthy (CA) Stutzman Crenshaw McCarthy (NY) f Duncan (SC) McCaul Terry Herrera Beutler Rush Duncan (TN) McClintock Thompson (PA) COMMUNICATION FROM THE Ellmers McHenry Thornberry b 1106 Farenthold McIntyre Tiberi CLERK OF THE HOUSE Fincher McKeon Tipton So the joint resolution was passed. Fitzpatrick McKinley Turner The result of the vote was announced The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- Fleischmann McMorris Upton as above recorded. fore the House the following commu- Fleming Rodgers Valadao nication from the Clerk of the House of Flores Meadows Wagner A motion to reconsider was laid on Forbes Meehan Walberg the table. Representatives: Fortenberry Messer Walden OFFICE OF THE CLERK, Foster Mica Walorski f HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Foxx Miller (FL) Weber (TX) Washington, DC, October 11, 2013. Franks (AZ) Miller (MI) Webster (FL) RECESS Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, Frelinghuysen Miller, Gary Wenstrup Gallego Mullin Westmoreland The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The Speaker, House of Representatives, Garcia Mulvaney Whitfield ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Washington, DC. Gardner Murphy (FL) Williams declares the House in recess subject to DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- Garrett Murphy (PA) Wilson (SC) the call of the Chair. mission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of Gerlach Neugebauer Wittman the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- Gibbs Noem Wolf Accordingly (at 11 o’clock and 7 min- tives, the Clerk received the following mes- Gibson Nugent Womack utes a.m.), the House stood in recess. Gingrey (GA) Nunes Woodall sage from the Secretary of the Senate on Oc- Gohmert Nunnelee Yoder f tober 11, 2013 at 10:15 a.m: Goodlatte Olson Yoho That the Senate passed S. 1276. Gosar Palazzo Young (AK) b 1359 That the Senate agreed to with amend- Gowdy Paulsen Young (IN) AFTER RECESS ments H. Con. Res. 58. NOES—176 With best wishes, I am, Andrews Beatty Bishop (GA) The recess having expired, the House Sincerely, Bass Becerra Bishop (NY) was called to order by the Speaker pro KAREN L. HAAS.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:34 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.021 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6505 b 1400 Ms. FOXX. House Resolution 380 pro- the majority party in the House as all RELATING TO CONSIDERATION OF vides for a motion to go to conference part of one rule. This is kind of an odd HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE with the Senate on H.R. 2642, the Fed- precedent, Mr. Speaker; but there are a AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2642, FED- eral Agriculture Reform and Risk Man- lot of odd things going on around here ERAL AGRICULTURE REFORM agement Act, also known as the farm during these last few days. We see major pieces of legislation, appropria- AND RISK MANAGEMENT ACT OF bill. tion bills, coming to the Rules Com- 2013; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDER- Mr. Speaker, this rule authorizes mittee that have never even been con- ATION OF H. RES. 378, EXPRESS- House Agriculture Committee Chair- sidered on the floor; and all of a sud- ING SENSE OF HOUSE RELATING man FRANK LUCAS to make a motion to den, they are brought before the House TO TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS FOR go to conference with the Senate on under a closed process. But anyway, I RAW AND REFINED SUGAR; AND the farm bill and provides for consider- think it is pretty clear that regular PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION ation of two resolutions expressing the sense of the House regarding specific order has been discarded in this House. OF H. RES. 379, EXPRESSING But putting that aside, let me say SENSE OF HOUSE RELATING TO provisions in the farm bill. Conference committees are a crucial that I would like to take most of my CROP INSURANCE step in resolving policy differences be- time here to talk about the issue of Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, by direction tween the House and Senate, and I am hunger in America because this bill is of the Committee on Rules, I call up encouraged that the House is taking very relevant to that subject. House Resolution 380 and ask for its this step to provide certainty for farm- After a $20 billion cut to the SNAP immediate consideration. ers across this country by reauthor- program was voted down by the House The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- izing Federal agriculture policy. in June, the Republican leadership lows: The House proposal is not perfect, sadly decided to double-down on the H. RES. 380 but it moves Federal agriculture policy cruelty with a nearly $40 billion cut. Resolved, That it shall be in order without in the right direction; and my hope is That bill also narrowly passed, and I intervention of any point of order for the that during a conference committee want to thank the brave Republicans chair of the Committee on Agriculture or his with the Senate, we can find common who stood with us, who listened to designee to move that the House insist on its ground. their own constituents, and who lis- amendment to the Senate amendment to tened to their consciences and joined H.R. 2642 and agree to a conference with the Additionally, the rule makes in order the consideration of two resolutions with us in voting ‘‘no’’ on that $40 bil- Senate thereon. lion cut. SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it that express the sense of the House on shall be in order without intervention of any crop insurance and the U.S. sugar pro- Supporters of those cuts say it is all point of order to consider in the House the gram. The first resolution expresses about ‘‘reform.’’ Well, this is not about resolution (H. Res. 378) expressing the sense the sense of the House that conferees reform, Mr. Speaker. It is about trying of the House of Representatives regarding should agree to limit crop insurance to destroy a very important part of the certain provisions of the Senate amendment social safety net. based on average adjusted gross income to H.R. 2642 relating to the Secretary of Ag- I am happy to talk to anyone and ev- in excess of $750,000. This commonsense riculture’s administration of tariff-rate eryone about how we can improve quotas for raw and refined sugar. The resolu- proposal ensures that crop insurance is SNAP. Where there is waste or there is tion shall be considered as read. The pre- appropriately targeted to those who fraud or there is abuse, we should vious question shall be considered as ordered need it most. crack down on it; but the House bill on the resolution to its adoption without in- The second resolution instructs con- takes a sledgehammer to a program tervening motion or demand for division of ferees to advance provisions to repeal the question except one hour of debate equal- that provides food—food, Mr. Speaker— the administration of tariff rate quotas to some of our most vulnerable neigh- ly divided and controlled by Representative and, thus, restore the Secretary of Ag- Pitts of Pennsylvania or his designee and an bors. opponent. riculture’s authority to manage sup- The CBO says that the nearly $40 bil- SEC. 3. Upon adoption of this resolution it plies of sugar throughout the year to lion cut would throw 3.8 million low-in- shall be in order without intervention of any meet domestic demand at reasonable come people off SNAP in 2014 and mil- point of order to consider in the House the prices. I strongly support this resolu- lions more in the following years. resolution (H. Res. 379) expressing the sense tion, as it restores free-market prin- These are some of America’s poorest of the House of Representatives regarding ciples to the U.S. sugar program. certain provisions of the Senate amendment adults as well as many low-income This rule provides for the business of children, seniors, and families that to H.R. 2642 relating to crop insurance. The legislating and resolving differences resolution shall be considered as read. The work for low wages. Let me say that previous question shall be considered as or- between our two Chambers to find com- again, Mr. Speaker, so there is no con- dered on the resolution to its adoption with- mon ground and move forward in reau- fusion. People who work or who don’t out intervening motion or demand for divi- thorizing Federal agriculture policy. I make enough to feed their families sion of the question except one hour of de- urge my colleagues to support this would be cut from this program. bate equally divided and controlled by Rep- rule, the motion to go to conference, Well, if that weren’t bad enough, resentative Ryan of Wisconsin or his des- and the motions to instruct provided 210,000 children in these families will ignee and an opponent. by this rule. also lose their free school meals; and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of 170,000 unemployed veterans will lose tlewoman from North Carolina is rec- my time. their SNAP benefits. Now, we all stand ognized for 1 hour. Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I want up here and tell our constituents how Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, for the pur- to thank the gentlelady from North much we care about our veterans and pose of debate only, I yield the cus- Carolina for yielding me the customary how much we honor them; but to throw tomary 30 minutes to the gentleman 30 minutes, and I yield myself such 170,000 of these veterans off this food from Massachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN), time as I may consume. program because they can’t find work, pending which I yield myself such time Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that we that is unbelievable. That is unbeliev- as I may consume. During consider- are finally going to conference on the able, and it is unacceptable. ation of this resolution, all time yield- farm bill. I believe strongly that we Mr. Speaker, it is not easy to be poor ed is for the purpose of debate only. need to reauthorize a 5-year bill to pro- in America. It is not a glamorous life. GENERAL LEAVE vide some clarity and provide some It is a struggle just to make it through Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- certainty not just for our farmers, but the day. The average SNAP benefit is mous consent that all Members have 5 also for the millions of Americans who $1.50 per meal. Housing costs, transpor- legislative days to revise and extend rely on nutrition assistance to feed tation costs, child care costs—they all their remarks. themselves and their families. add up. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there I need to just say a few words about Fighting hunger used to be a bipar- objection to the request of the gentle- the process. I do not think I have ever tisan issue. Think of people like Bob woman from North Carolina? seen a motion to go to conference with Dole and Bill Emerson working with There was no objection. two motions to instruct conferees to George McGovern and Tony Hall.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:00 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.026 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6506 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 11, 2013 I am hopeful that once we get to con- b 1415 farm bill. These motions take a con- ference, we can resurrect that bipar- Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to trary position to the position that the tisan spirit and work together to speak in favor of the rule to consider House took, so we are going to be vot- strengthen our Nation’s food assistance my resolution to reform the sugar pro- ing to go against the position that we programs. gram. At the time we passed the farm took here just a couple of months ago. I would also note that we are ap- bill this summer, opponents of sugar So that is my problem with this. Historically, the minority gets a mo- proaching November 1, a day of reck- reform were telling us that the pro- tion to instruct, and that has been the oning for my Republican colleagues. gram didn’t cost taxpayers a dime. way it has been. In all the years that I Automatic cuts to SNAP are already Now, just a few months later, the pro- have been here, that is the way it has scheduled to take place. If they do not gram is costing taxpayers $250 million. been. But there’s never been a situa- end the Republican shutdown, we are Sugar is the only commodity pro- tion like this. I think it is a bad prece- going to see even more terrible, ter- gram in the farm bill that had no re- dent. It is going to be confusing to peo- rible consequences for the hungry in form. Even as other commodities were ple, and we need to get to conference to this country. We have already seen modified to put more risk on farmers, get this resolved. some assistance delayed or denied. If sugar continues to get its sweet deal. Given the way this conference ap- this shutdown isn’t ended, SNAP, WIC, Cotton, peanuts, dairy farmers will all pears it is going to be put together, I Meals on Wheels, and the Emergency see changes in the coming year, but am not so optimistic that it is going to Food Assistance Program will all be not sugar farmers. work because you are bringing people devastated. It is a sweet deal that is sour for con- from outside of the committee into I would say to my colleagues, you sumers, for taxpayers, and for busi- this process, which is what blew this can’t approach the budget in a piece- nesses across the country. For con- thing up in the first place in June. And meal way, and you can’t approach the sumers, those who use sugar, high it’s not going to make anything easier. social safety net in this country in a prices mean they are paying an addi- We are going to work together and piecemeal way. If you miss a part of tional $3.5 billion a year. For tax- try to get this resolved, but the way all that net that makes up the social safe- payers, low sugar prices mean bailouts this is coming down is making our job ty net in this country, then people fall rising to hundreds of millions of dol- a lot harder, rather than a lot easier, through the cracks; and people are fall- lars. For businesses, for those who use which is the wrong direction, as far as ing through the cracks because of this and consume sugar in the food indus- I am concerned. ridiculous shutdown that my Repub- try, high sugar prices place them at a So I encourage Members to oppose lican friends have thrust upon this distinct disadvantage to foreign com- this rule. This is unprecedented. It is country. petition. apparently being done because that is We shouldn’t be here talking about a The Department of Commerce esti- the only way they can get the votes. shutdown or about whether we are mates that 127,000 jobs were lost in And we are doing a lot of things around going to default on our debt come Oc- food industries between 1997 and 2011. here because of that, and that is not tober 17. We should be talking about There are 600,000 jobs across the coun- the way we should do things. how we create jobs for people or how try at risk. Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- we strengthen programs to end hunger My resolution does not repeal the self such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2642 makes com- in America and how we make life for sugar program. It is very modest re- monsense, market-oriented reforms to people in this country better, not form, modest reform that would allow agricultural policy, which is why it is worse. And yet here we are, as we are the Secretary of Agriculture to sta- bilize the price of sugar. Stabilizing time to begin conversations with our about to go to conference on the farm Senate colleagues on a path forward bill, dealing with this shutdown that is the price isn’t just good for consumers, it is good for farmers who can rely on that ultimately gets these important making hunger worse in America. reforms enacted into law. I would urge my colleagues to, once a more constant price and not be sub- ject to wild swings in the market. This bill isn’t perfect, but it puts us again, come to the floor with a clean on a path to provide certainty to continuing resolution. Bring up the With the truth about the sugar pro- gram even more clear now, it is time America’s farmers and ranchers by Senate bill, the Senate bill that is at adopting a 5-year farm bill that will ac- Republican numbers, the budget num- we had an honest debate about fairness in our agriculture programs. This does tually become law. bers that my Republican friends said This measure is the result of more not require the import of a single addi- they wanted, the sequester numbers than 3 years of debate and discussion, that I think are awful; but let’s bring it tional pound of sugar. It gives the Sec- including 46 hearings and a 2-year up and have a clean vote. retary flexibility to meet domestic de- audit of every farm program. The bill mand. I am willing to compromise and co- repeals or consolidates more than 100 So I urge Members to support the operate with my Republican colleagues programs administered by the United resolution and support the rule. to pass a short-term continuing resolu- States Department of Agriculture, in- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, at this tion at their numbers to keep the gov- cluding direct payments. time I am very proud to yield 2 min- It eliminates and streamlines dupli- ernment going. I think that is the least utes to the gentleman from Minnesota we could do. And I would urge my col- cative and overlapping conservation (Mr. PETERSON), the ranking member of programs and trims traditional farm leagues, before the day is out, to bring the Agriculture Committee. that kind of resolution to the House policy by almost $23 billion. The bill Mr. PETERSON. I thank the gen- eliminates direct payments and en- floor. tleman for yielding. So I urge my colleagues to pass a sures no payments are made to those Mr. Speaker, I reluctantly rise to op- who do not actually farm. clean continuing resolution and re- pose this motion because we have been The bill also provides regulatory re- move the sword hanging over the heads trying to get this farm bill resolved lief for farmers and ranchers. It elimi- of the hungry in this country. I would since May of 2010, back when I was still nates a duplicative permitting require- also urge all of my colleagues, as we go chairman of the committee, so we have ment for pesticides and prohibits the to conference, to insist that in that been working on it this long and we EPA from implementing the unjusti- conference we fix this terrible, terrible need to get this resolved. But what is fied and unscientific biological opin- mistake that this House of Representa- being done here today is unprecedented ions of the National Marine Fisheries tives made when they passed a $40 bil- as far as I can tell in the history of the Service until there is an unbiased, sci- lion cut in the SNAP program. House, where we are giving these two entific peer review of those opinions. With that, I reserve the balance of sense of the Congress resolutions to the The bill requires regulatory agencies my time. majority. across the government to use scientif- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I now yield From what I can tell, this has never ically sound information in moving 2 minutes to my distinguished col- been done before, and we are re-liti- forward with their regulatory initia- league from the State of Pennsylvania gating issues that were settled on the tives. It requires the Secretary of Agri- (Mr. PITTS). floor of the House when we debated the culture to advocate on behalf of the

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:00 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.028 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6507 farmers and ranchers as other agencies to this floor, a $40 billion cut that Mr. Speaker, Republicans care about move forward with regulations affect- would throw 3.8 million people off the Americans who are hungry. We care ing food and fiber. program, that would throw 170,000 vet- about hunger issues. He makes it sound The bill also eliminates duplicative erans off the program. as though we are heartless people. We reporting requirements for seed im- No hearings, nothing. Nothing. are not. porters. And my colleagues like to talk about What we are doing here is our best to Finally, H.R. 2642 repeals the under- regular order. That is not regular preserve the program for the truly lying 1949 permanent law and replaces order. That is blowing up the whole needy and those who are hungry in this it with the 2013 farm bill. This is im- process. country. portant, Mr. Speaker, because without If my friends have concerns about the My colleague says it is the most effi- reauthorization farm policy will revert SNAP program, which, by the way, is ciently and effectively-run program in to permanent statutes established in the most efficiently and effectively-run the country, with low error rates. That the 1938 and 1949 laws which are dras- Federal program we have, with one of is not what the research shows. It isn’t tically different from current pro- the lowest error rates—I wish the De- even what TV programs find out on grams. partment of Defense had those kind of their own with very little research. The permanent statutes exclude low error rates—then you hold a hear- They go out and they find the ter- many commodities such as rice, soy- ing. rible abuse with the program, the beans, and peanuts; set support prices You talk to the people who are on SNAP program, which used to be called much higher than current levels; and the program. You talk to the people the food stamp program, but it was prevent new enrollment in various con- who administer the program. You do given this Supplemental Nutrition As- servation programs. this thoughtfully. You do it so that sistance Program name some time ago Permanent agriculture law estab- people who don’t deserve to get the to get away from the term ‘‘food lished by the Agriculture Adjustments benefit don’t get it, and people who de- stamps.’’ But that is what it is. It is a Act of 1938 and the Agriculture Act of serve to get it get it. food stamp program. But my friends come to the floor 1949 does not reflect current farming Almost everybody in this country with this sledgehammer approach, this and marketing practices, trade agree- knows of people who have abused the mindless approach of just gutting the ments or market circumstances. program. Now, we don’t want to deny program, close to $40 billion. Farmers, as well as taxpayers, will help to truly needy people. If we can We are slowly but surely getting out benefit from a modernized bill. make these reforms in this program, of this terrible economy, and as we do, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Mr. Speaker, we have a chance to pre- fewer and fewer people will be on the my time. serve the entire program for those who program. Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield That is the way it works. When the truly need it. myself such time as I may consume. economy is good, fewer people need the Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3102, the Nutrition Mr. Speaker, I just want to associate benefit. When the economy is bad, Reform and Work Opportunity Act of myself with the remarks of the ranking more people need the benefit. 2013, as I said, is designed to preserve member on the Ag Committee, Mr. But to pull the rug right from under- the integrity of the SNAP program, or PETERSON, when he talks about kind of neath people who are still struggling— food stamps for families, and especially how unusual this process is with the my friends say all we want to do is for children who rely on food stamps. sense of Congress resolutions that are make sure that able-bodied people who Its cost-saving reforms are a step in put into this rule, basically, to instruct can work, work. Well, most of the peo- the right direction and are long over- conferees on what to do. ple who are able to work, work, who due out of respect for needy Americans It is highly unusual that the major- are on SNAP, but they earn so little and taxpayers. ity gives itself two of these sense of that they qualify for this benefit. This bill makes the first reforms to Congress resolutions. But this whole If my friends want to help lift people the program since the Welfare Reform process has been really strange. off the program, raise the minimum Act of 1996, and these reforms were I would just say to my colleagues, I wage. But there is something wrong in strengthened during a rigorous amend- come to this floor every week and I this country when you have got people ment process on the House floor. talk about the issue of hunger and food working full time and earning so little Despite media reports to the con- insecurity in America. There are 50 that they are still in poverty. That is trary, House Republicans are not cut- million people who are hungry; 17 mil- what we should be addressing. ting SNAP for individuals who cur- lion are kids. I think it is something But rather than going through reg- rently meet the program’s eligibility we all should be ashamed of. ular order, rather than having the Ag- requirements. Instead, our reforms I am on the Agriculture Committee, riculture Committee, the committee of focus on eliminating fraud and abuse as well as being on the Rules Com- jurisdiction, come up with a proposal, that exist within the program and re- mittee. I am on the Subcommittee on the majority leader takes this in his move from the programs individuals Nutrition. I was anxious to get on that own hands and does it on his own and who do not qualify for the benefits. committee so I could talk about the brings it to the floor, and we are all b 1430 importance of a social safety net, supposed to just take it. about the importance of making sure I want to, again, thank the handful of Mr. Speaker, I think that bears re- that people in this country have Republicans that had the guts to stand peating. What we are doing is elimi- enough to eat. Much to my surprise, up and do the right thing and vote nating fraud and abuse and removing Mr. Speaker, the Subcommittee on Nu- against it. We came very close to de- from the program individuals who do trition held a total of zero hearings on feating it. not qualify for benefits. That is what SNAP. The full committee held no But I will tell my friends right now the American people expect us to do in hearings. that people like me are not going to our oversight processes here. Then, even more surprising, Mr. support a farm bill that makes more Because of several well-documented Speaker, was that the nutrition title people hungry in America. and legally questionable efforts by wasn’t even written in the Agriculture Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of President Obama’s Department of Agri- Committee. It was written in the ma- my time. culture and by the individual States jority leader’s back room somewhere Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- that administer the program, SNAP by God knows who wrote this thing. self such time as I may consume. benefits have been extended to a num- But it never came to the Agriculture Mr. Speaker, I respect my colleague ber of recipients who would not other- Committee. from Massachusetts, and it is obvious wise qualify. The growth in SNAP It was never brought up for a hear- that every time we have anything on spending caused by such expansion ef- ing. There was no markup. There were this floor or in the Rules Committee forts will strain the safety net until it no amendments that were to be offered. where we are dealing with the subject breaks, necessitating much higher And then it showed up at the Rules of hunger that he is extraordinarily taxes and indiscriminate cuts that Committee magically and was brought passionate about the issue. would hit the poorest Americans the

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Even former Republican Senator The bill ensures benefits are reserved Governors to grant waivers in places Bob Dole has called these egregious for legal recipients and aren’t directed where people have no access to jobs. cuts ‘‘an about-face on our progress to illegal immigrants. Governors, Republicans and Democrats fighting hunger.’’ The bill closes the ‘‘heat-and-eat’’ alike, have requested these waivers be- If these cuts become law, over 4 mil- loophole related to electricity bill as- cause people need help, and the system lion of the Nation’s poorest citizens— sistance, gives States the authority to couldn’t meet their needs. children, seniors, veterans, and the dis- require drug testing for recipients, and If they are concerned about fraud, abled—would go hungry in the United prohibits felons from receiving SNAP waste, and abuse, look at the Crop In- States of America, the most bountiful benefits. surance Program, which has a higher Nation in the world. This is even as Re- H.R. 3102 reinstates work require- rate of abuse than the miniscule publicans continue to give $90 billion in ments for all able-bodied adults, with- amount with the food stamp program. crop insurance subsidies to some of out dependents, receiving SNAP bene- And yet they are in the process not of America’s wealthiest families and agri- fits. reforming crop insurance, but enrich- business. An overextended, unchecked SNAP ing it and putting in another provision, For food stamp recipients that in- program won’t be capable of serving the so-called ‘‘shallow loss’’ provision. clude a family of four, if their income the citizens it is purposed to help. It is They are cutting benefits for poor is $23,000 or less, that would give them the job of this Congress to ensure the people, increasing payments for eligibility for food stamps. program is held accountable as a stew- wealthy farmers, and not dealing with Let’s talk about the Crop Insurance ard of taxpayer dollars and to provide a simple, commonsense reforms that Program. You have got 26 beneficiaries safety net for the needy. would give more value to the tax- of that program today who get at least For the first time, the House sepa- payer—and not at the expense of the a million dollars in a subsidy from U.S. rated farm policy from the food stamp neediest Americans. taxpayers. They do not have any in- program, which is only appropriate, as This is kind of a through-the-look- come threshold. They can get the 80 percent of the so-called ‘‘farm bill’’ ing-glass situation. There are two pro- money under any set of circumstances. in the past was spent on providing nu- posals on the floor—‘‘sense of Con- And the top 1 percent of most farm op- trition assistance to needy families. gress’’—that I will probably support. erators in the Nation each get $220,000. I have worked on a bipartisan basis The farm-only portion of the farm bill You want to talk about the most to try and reform the egregious sugar authorizes farm programs through fis- needy? These are not the most needy. program and to try and move in a mod- cal year 2018; however, H.R. 3102 au- Cut out the $90 billion in the subsidies est sense to reform crop insurance, but thorizes appropriations for SNAP only to the richest people in the Nation. we can do far more. And I note that through fiscal year 2016. The cuts are awful enough, but the If enacted and if the two bills were these have bipartisan support. majority’s plan also includes cruel, It is outrageous that we are giving addressed on 5-and 3-year intervals, re- mean-spirited restrictions. For in- more money to farmers who need it spectively, this would decouple SNAP stance, it encourages Governors to least, shortchanging farmers and from the authorization of farm pro- slash families from the food stamp ranchers in States like mine in Oregon, grams until 2031. Considering agri- rolls who cannot find work or a job cutting into the benefits for poor peo- culture and nutrition programs inde- training program for 20 hours a week. ple who have no alternative, and tak- pendently, going forward, will help It rewards these Governors with half of ing away the right of the Governor to take politics out of the equation and the savings and allows them to use the provide waivers for them. allow for reforms that will sustain both It is an Alice-in-Wonderland situa- money for tax cuts for the wealthy or categories of programs in years to tion that exemplifies the weird space whatever else they want. come. that we are in today. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The With that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired. balance of my time. time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. MCGOVERN. I yield the gentle- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield Mr. MCGOVERN. I yield the gen- woman an additional 30 seconds. myself 30 seconds. tleman an additional 30 seconds. Ms. DELAURO. Even if the food I strongly disagree with the gentle- Mr. BLUMENAUER. If we would re- stamp recipient, including parents with lady’s statement—strongly disagree. turn to regular order, if we would have young children and those with disabil- My friend talks about oversight. There honest debate on this floor about get- ities, is actively searching for a job, were no hearings—none. ting more value for taxpayers, we could the House majority would end their She talks about research somehow come forth with a farm bill at a frac- benefits. shows that there is lots of fraud, waste, tion of what it costs now. It would be This is immoral. It goes against the and abuse. What research? The Govern- better for farmers and ranchers. It values that we hold dear in the United ment Accountability Office and the would be better for hunters and fisher- States of America. Cutting 4 million USDA have all documented fraud, men. It would be better for the envi- Americans who live on the edge while waste, and abuse in the SNAP program, ronment and better for the taxpayer. providing subsidies for the wealthiest and it is minimal—a little over a 2 per- I strongly hope that we will stop this is wrong, and I urge my colleagues to cent error rate—and much of that is Alice-in-Wonderland experience, reopen oppose this rule and to oppose the cru- underpayment. People are not getting the Federal Government, and get back elty that this rule embodies. what they are entitled to. to doing our job right. Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- Enough of this demonizing poor peo- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the self such time as I may consume. ple; enough of diminishing their strug- balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, the rule and this legis- gle. We ought to do the right thing and Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I am lation underlying it is not designed to make sure that people in this country proud to yield 2 minutes to the gentle- abuse or demonize poor people. What have enough to eat. That shouldn’t be woman from Connecticut (Ms. we are trying to do is to save these pro- a radical idea. DELAURO). grams for the truly needy. At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, I am op- Mr. Speaker, we are not simply doing gentleman from Oregon (Mr. BLU- posed to this rule and the $40 billion in oversight on the farm bill and on agri- MENAUER). disastrous cuts to the food stamp pro- culture issues. The House has been Mr. BLUMENAUER. I could not gram that the House Republican ma- doing its job of oversight throughout agree more with my friend from Massa- jority is trying to make law. the Federal Government. We have been

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FOIA request. or if you want to get out of your dis- But as you know, Mr. Speaker, al- Mr. Speaker, we want transparency, abled bed and if you have these chil- most every day we bring forth legisla- and my amendment takes us much dren who are getting lunch and break- tion that will help us identify waste, closer to that. I appreciate Chairman fast, you have got to come and reapply, fraud, and abuse and do everything we LUCAS’ willingness to work with me on because there is something ingrained can to protect hardworking taxpayers these amendments, and I look forward about those who are getting a hand up in this country who are providing the to seeing them maintained during the or who are in the dependency class. funds to take care of the truly needy in conference committee. I didn’t say that. Robert Kennedy this country and to allow us to help With that, I reserve the balance of didn’t say that. those people, and that is what this leg- my time. Let’s put a clean CR on the floor, by islation does. Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, let me the way, to open the government, and Mr. Speaker, the work of making just say to my colleague from North let’s stop talking about the idea. I just these improvements and reforms to Carolina that I look forward to the day can’t understand. We need a clean CR, longstanding Federal policy is not when she and her Republican col- and let’s get it to the floor. easy. I commend Chairman LUCAS and leagues bring to the floor a bill to go Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I continue the members of the Agriculture Com- after fraud, waste, and abuse in defense to reserve the balance of my time. mittee for their thoughtful work. I was contracting; but, instead, they have Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to work with them and to have chosen to go after poor people and are proud to yield 2 minutes to the gentle- three commonsense amendments in- not even giving them the benefit of a woman from Ohio (Ms. FUDGE), who is cluded in H.R. 2642 when it passed the hearing. There has been no hearing, no the ranking member on the Nutrition House. The spending safeguard amendment markup on this at all. This came out of Subcommittee on the Agriculture will cap spending on the Farm Risk thin air in the majority leader’s office. Committee. It is the subcommittee Management Election program at 110 This wasn’t even brought to the com- that should have held a hearing on this percent of CBO-predicted levels for the mittee of jurisdiction. This is astound- SNAP bill, but it never did. first 5 years in which payments are dis- ing. My friends are talking about re- Ms. FUDGE. I thank my colleague, bursed. form. This isn’t reform. This is a joke. Mr. MCGOVERN, for yielding. And, Mr. Speaker, let me point out to At this point, I yield 2 minutes to the Mr. Speaker, I just had the oppor- my colleagues on the other side of the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON tunity with 10 of my colleagues to go aisle that this amendment passed with LEE). to a community shelter today to serve bipartisan support, as did most of the Ms. JACKSON LEE. Let me thank lunch to some of the poorest people in amendments to that legislation. the gentleman from Massachusetts and our community. The community shel- In the event government’s cost pro- the gentlelady who is managing this ter is So Others Might Eat, and I listen jections prove completely wrong, the legislation and indicate that I wish we to my colleagues talk about waste, amendment will ensure taxpayers are did have, Mr. MCGOVERN, a bipartisan fraud, and abuse. not forced to automatically pay the mission like Mickey Leland and Bill I am disappointed and embarrassed difference between Washington’s mis- Emerson. If anybody remembers those to serve in a House in which we would take and reality. late Members, they founded the Select not want to take care of the poorest My second amendment, the Sunset Committee on Hunger in order to people in this Nation. Some of the Discretionary Programs amendment, stamp out hunger. poorest people in our Nation, many of will automatically end discretionary Mr. Speaker, I wish we had the kind them children, seniors, and veterans, programs in the 2013 farm bill upon ex- of passion that drew Robert Kennedy depend on SNAP. SNAP puts food on piration of the bill’s 5-year authoriza- to Appalachia to show America that the tables of struggling parents who tion period. Many programs authorized the hunger that existed in this Nation need to send their children to school by the farm bill are authorized indefi- was not a respecter of race or region— properly nourished. It also gives low- nitely. This amendment will require or maybe even the sensitivity of Mar- income working families—by the way, Congress to justify a program’s contin- tin Luther King in the same year. who represent nearly half of all SNAP ued existence and funding through reg- Tragically, they both lost their lives in recipients—and seniors the necessary ular reauthorization efforts. 1968. He was galvanizing poor people to support they need. As our national debt approaches $17 come to Washington because they Last month, this House passed a bill trillion, Mr. Speaker, Congress simply wanted jobs, because they wanted to that cut nearly $40 billion in food cannot afford to add to the number of eat. stamps. It is both inappropriate and in- costly Federal programs that are on Here we are on the floor of the House, excusable to cut food assistance when autopilot. This was really an excellent Mr. MCGOVERN, and I read from the more than 7 percent of the Nation re- amendment, Mr. Speaker. statement made from the gentleman of mains unemployed and when we will Finally, Congressman KEITH ELLISON, Iowa last night on the floor that we not pass a jobs bill. Our economy is my Democrat colleague, and I offered need to start the long march to start to struggling to produce enough jobs so the crop insurance transparency reform the expansion of the depend- amendment, which will require the that families can eat without needing ency class. Who is in the dependency government to disclose the names of this assistance; and we all know that, class? There are charges that President key persons or entities receiving Fed- beginning on November 1, SNAP recipi- eral crop insurance subsidies. Specifi- Obama has put 48 million people on ents will see a reduction in their bene- cally, disclosure would be required for food stamps. How has President Obama fits when the 2009 Recovery Act’s tem- Members of Congress and their imme- put 48 million people on food stamps? porary benefits end. According to the People are hungry, and 16 percent of diate families, Cabinet Secretaries and CBO, benefits will be reduced by as the poor people in America are chil- their immediate families, and entities much as $300 per year. This cut will re- in which any of the preceding parties dren. What our friends want to do with sult in less food for more than 47 mil- are majority stockholders. This infor- regard to reform is if you get a school lion Americans. mation is already recorded, but mem- lunch and a school breakfast, that is Mr. Speaker, at some point we have bers of the public have to petition the not evident that your family needs to be honest with ourselves. We either government under the Freedom of In- food stamps. So maybe this family is have to believe that we are doing our formation Act to acquire the data. dysfunctional. Maybe these mothers jobs by taking care of the people of this and fathers are desperate, so now you country or that we are only taking b 1445 are going to put them through another care of a few. It shouldn’t take a 4-year request for maze. You haven’t documented that So I say to those of you who believe the American people to figure out they are fraudulently taking food that all of this is about fraud, waste,

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Many make less than $8 an hour; yet to food stamps to stretch their budg- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I continue they are working every day to feed ets. Heaven forbid we suggest taking to reserve the balance of my time. their families. Paying billions in farm away subsidies from Big Oil or tax Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I am subsidies and cutting SNAP benefits breaks from owners of corporate jets. proud to yield 2 minutes to the gentle- for the most vulnerable is not a value What does that say about Republican woman from California (Ms. LEE), a that a majority of Americans embrace. priorities and their vision? The fact is leader on this issue of food security Cutting SNAP benefits is not the that their vision leads to a world in and on so many other issues to combat American way. which millions more go hungry. poverty. Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I am pre- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Ms. LEE of California. Let me thank pared to close whenever the gentleman time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. MCGOVERN. I yield the gen- the gentleman for yielding and for his from Massachusetts is prepared, so I determination to eliminate hunger, not tleman an additional 15 seconds. continue to reserve the balance of my Mr. CROWLEY. In New York City only in our own country, but through- time. alone, the Republicans’ cut would re- out the world. Mr. MCGOVERN. Let me inquire of sult in 130 million fewer meals. That is Mr. Speaker, there are 46 million the gentlelady if she would be willing unacceptable to me, and it ought to be Americans living in poverty, 16 million to yield us a few minutes on this side unacceptable to my colleagues on both of whom are children. Instead of focus- because we have a lot of speakers. sides of the aisle. The fact that it is ing on serious ways to lift people out of Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, we are pre- not unacceptable tells us something we poverty and into the middle class, Re- pared to close whenever the gentleman need to know about our Republican publicans have insisted on placing a from Massachusetts is prepared. colleagues’ view of struggling families larger burden on the backs of the poor Mr. MCGOVERN. I remember one in this country: they don’t care about and the most vulnerable, effectively time when I lent the gentlewoman a their struggles. They wouldn’t recog- kicking them while they are down. couple of minutes. nize a needy person if they tripped over Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the That is what the Republicans’ farm bill him on the street outside the Capitol. nutrition title did when it was passed gentleman from New York (Mr. CROW- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I have to on September 19. It would have deci- LEY). say that I would challenge my col- mated the anti-poverty SNAP program Mr. CROWLEY. I thank the gen- leagues on the other side of the aisle in and would have left hundreds of mil- tleman from Massachusetts for yield- terms of whether we recognize poor lions of veterans, children, seniors, and ing this time. people or not. Some of us probably millions of working poor hungry and Mr. Speaker, the Republicans con- grew up poorer than anybody on the with nowhere to turn for a meal. SNAP tinue to demonstrate just how far out other side of the aisle. I am one of has one of the lowest fraud rates of whack their priorities are. those people. I have great empathy for amongst government programs. Here we are in the 11th day of the Re- people who are poor, but I am so House Republicans were unsuccessful publican government shutdown—a pleased that we live in the greatest in their attempts to pass a farm bill shutdown for the sole purpose of deny- country in the world in which we have this summer, so the Republican leader- ing health care to millions of Ameri- the opportunities to overcome poverty ship doubled down on this immoral cans. I guess America shouldn’t be sur- because of the great opportunities that stance, surrendered the governing of prised. After all, last month, the ma- are given to us in the country. the House down to the extreme Tea jority pushed through severe, painful With that, Mr. Speaker, in the spirit Party fringe of their party, and passed cuts to the nutrition programs for hun- of comity and goodness, I yield the 3 $40 billion in cuts, which means cutting gry families. We are now moving to- minutes that is requested of me to the 24 meals a month for a family of four. ward going to a conference with the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. This would be in addition, I might add, Senate on these damaging cuts. By in- MCGOVERN). to SNAP cuts already scheduled to go sisting on these nearly $40 billion in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without into effect on November 1. This means cuts, the Republicans have made clear objection, the gentleman from Massa- about $29 less per month for food for a where they stand, even clearer where chusetts has an additional 3 minutes to family of three. These cuts to the they don’t stand. control. SNAP program are really heartless. Now, understand. I know that the There was no objection. Let me tell you that I know from per- gentlelady talks about the truly needy, Mr. MCGOVERN. I want to thank the sonal experience that the majority of but what she is really saying is that gentlelady from North Carolina for her graciousness in allowing my side a few people on food stamps wants a job that the somewhat needy, the sorta needy, more minutes. I appreciate it very pays a living wage, and SNAP provides the kinda needy, the ‘‘needy’’ needy need not apply because they are not in much. this bridge over troubled waters during Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 15 sec- need of food stamps. When you look at very difficult times. onds. In my own congressional district, for the number of $20 billion, it was the If we defeat the previous question, I example, over 22,000 households would original number, which is a block num- will offer an amendment to the rule have been impacted in more than 1.6 ber, and it was without consequences that will allow the House to vote on million homes throughout California. to who they would hurt. the Senate’s clean continuing resolu- In 2011, SNAP lifted 4.7 million Ameri- When that failed, they said, What tion so that we can send it to the cans out of poverty, including 2.1 mil- would work? Let’s use $40 billion. Yes, President for his signature today and lion children. In addition to feeding the $40 billion will do it—a nice, neat num- end this government shutdown. Nation’s hungry, SNAP is vital to our ber without any consequences to who Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- economy. For every $1 increase in might get hurt. Someone had a bright sent to insert the text of the amend- SNAP benefits, we have received back idea on the other side and said that ment into the RECORD, along with ex- in economic activity $1.70. this number will work, and it was with- traneous materials, immediately prior The SPEAKER pro tempore. The out a rationale for the number and to the vote on the previous question, time of the gentlewoman has expired. without any understanding of what the and I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ Mr. MCGOVERN. I yield the gentle- impact would be. and defeat the previous question. lady an additional 30 seconds. So we know where they stand. They The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Ms. LEE of California. Without don’t stand with 900,000 veterans who objection to the request of the gen- SNAP, millions of families would fall receive food assistance each month. tleman from Massachusetts?

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:00 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.033 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6511 There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Minnesota (Mr. NOLAN) for a unani- b 1500 Chair previously advised, a request mous consent request. cannot be entertained absent appro- Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, at this priate clearance. unanimous consent that the House time, I yield for a unanimous consent Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield bring up the Senate amendment to request to the gentleman from Con- for the purpose of a unanimous consent House Joint Resolution 59, the clean necticut (Mr. COURTNEY). request to the gentleman from Illinois CR, so that we can go to conference on Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, in the (Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS). a budget so we can end this Republican spirit of goodness, I ask unanimous Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. government shutdown. consent that the House bring up the Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Senate amendment to House Joint Res- the House bring up the Senate amend- Chair previously advised, that request olution 59, the clean CR, and go to con- ment to H.J. Res. 59, the clean CR, and cannot be entertained absent appro- ference on a budget so that we would go to conference on a budget so that we priate clearance. end this idiotic government shutdown end this Republican government shut- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield and not go on recess later today. The down. 1 minute to the gentleman from North American people expect us to act The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Carolina (Mr. BUTTERFIELD). today. Chair previously advised, that request Mr. BUTTERFIELD. I thank the gen- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under cannot be entertained absent appro- tleman for yielding. guidelines consistently issued by suc- priate clearance. Mr. Speaker, I support the idea of the cessive Speakers, as recorded in sec- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield House and Senate reconciling their dif- tion 956 of the House Rules and Man- for the purpose of a unanimous consent ferences on the farm bill and going to ual, the Chair is constrained not to en- request to the gentlewoman from conference. It is certainly long over- tertain the request unless it has been Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE). due. cleared by the bipartisan floor and Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I I caution, however, that I will not committee leaderships. ask unanimous consent that the House vote for deep cuts in the SNAP pro- gram or the food stamp program, nor Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, it is bring up the Senate amendment to H.J. my pleasure now to yield for a unani- Res. 59, the clean CR, and go to con- do I believe that Democrats will vote mous consent request to the gentleman ference on a budget so that we can end to take food away from those Ameri- cans who suffer from food insecurity. from New York (Mr. TONKO). the Republican government shutdown. They have shut down the government, Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the and now they want to shut down food imous consent that the House bring up Chair previously advised, that request assistance to the most vulnerable, the Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 59, cannot be entertained absent appro- many of whom live in my congressional the clean CR, and go to conference on priate clearance. district. a budget so that we end this Repub- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. AL Open up the government, open up lican government shutdown. food banks, open up Meals on Wheels The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the GREEN) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. for seniors, and give a hand to those Chair previously advised, that request who are hurting. It is good for families, cannot be entertained absent appro- Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- er, I ask unanimous consent that the and it is good for farmers. priate clearance. Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I continue Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, it is House bring up the Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 59, the clean CR, and go to to reserve the balance of my time. now my pleasure to yield for a unani- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, it is mous consent request to the gentle- conference on a budget so that we can end this Republican government shut- my pleasure now to yield 2 minutes to woman from Illinois (Ms. KELLY). the gentleman from South Carolina Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I down. The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the (Mr. CLYBURN), the distinguished Mem- ask unanimous consent that the House Chair previously advised, that request ber of the Democratic leadership. bring up the Senate amendment to cannot be entertained absent appro- Mr. CLYBURN. I thank the gen- House Joint Resolution 59, the clean priate clearance. tleman for yielding me the time. CR, and go to conference on a budget Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield Mr. Speaker, I want to speak on this so that we may end this irresponsible for the purpose of a unanimous consent bill because I have worked very hard Republican government shutdown. request to the gentlewoman from Illi- over the years helping to put together The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the nois (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY). various farm bills, and this is one that Chair previously advised, that request Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I I felt very, very good about from the cannot be entertained absent appro- ask unanimous consent that the House outset. I even felt okay when the bill priate clearance. bring up the Senate amendment to H.J. came back from the Senate. Although I Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, at this Res. 59, the clean CR, and go to con- had some issues with the Senate time, I would like to yield for a unani- ference on a budget so that we can end version, I thought that what we were mous consent request to the gentle- this Republican government shutdown. doing made some sense. woman from Ohio (Mrs. BEATTY). The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the But we have reached a point with Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I ask Chair previously advised, that request this bill—$40 billion in cuts to the food unanimous consent that the House cannot be entertained absent appro- stamp program—that will not only im- bring up the Senate amendment to H.J. priate clearance. pact negatively those people who would Res. 59, the clean CR, and go to con- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield receive those stamps in fighting off ference on a budget so that we end this to the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. poverty or hunger, but it would do tre- unnecessary Republican shutdown. HORSFORD) for the purpose of a unani- mendous harm to various community The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the mous consent request. outlets—stores, family-owned mar- Chair previously advised, that request Mr. HORSFORD. Mr. Speaker, I ask kets—where so much of the income of cannot be entertained absent appro- unanimous consent that the House small businesses depend upon this pro- priate clearance. bring up the Senate amendment to H.J. gram and what it will do to help fur- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield Res. 59, the clean CR, and go to con- ther the economy in various commu- for the purpose of a unanimous consent ference on a budget so that we can end nities. request to the gentleman from Michi- this Republican government shutdown I am also very concerned that in this gan (Mr. KILDEE). now. legislation, we treat the recipients of Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I again The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the food stamps as if they are responsible ask unanimous consent that the House Chair previously advised, that request for what may or may not have taken bring up the Senate amendment to H.J. cannot be entertained absent appro- place with respect to drug addiction to Res. 59, the clean CR, and go to con- priate clearance. children or to siblings. I think there is ference on a budget so that we can fi- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, at this something erroneous about drug test- nally end this Republican shutdown. time, I yield to the gentleman from ing in order to receive food stamps. I

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MCGOVERN OF MASSACHUSETTS time of the gentleman has expired. cannot be entertained absent appro- At the end of the resolution, add the fol- Mr. MCGOVERN. I yield an addi- priate clearance. lowing new sections: tional minute to the gentleman from Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield Sec. 4. Immediately upon adoption of this South Carolina. myself the remainder of my time. resolution the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 59) Mr. CLYBURN. Then I saw some ref- I want to thank the gentlelady from making continuing appropriations for fiscal erence as to whether or not people who North Carolina for yielding us addi- year 2014, and for other purposes, with the tional time. It is important, I think, House amendment to the Senate amendment may have been convicted of a felony, thereto, shall be taken from the Speaker’s what it would do to their qualifica- that we be heard on these issues. One of the reasons why we are so pas- table and the pending question shall be, tions, as well as their family qualifica- sionate about reopening the govern- without intervention of any point of order, tions. At one instance—I hope this is whether the House shall recede from its ment is because this government shut- out of the bill—we talked about bar- amendment and concur in the Senate amend- down is hurting people, and it is hurt- ring for life a person who may be con- ment. The Senate amendment shall be con- ing the most vulnerable people in our sidered as read. The question shall be debat- victed of a felony. That is not the kind society the most. of treatment our society ought to be able for one hour equally divided and con- One of the things that has troubled trolled by the chair and ranking member of visiting upon anybody who may or may me about the direction the Republican the Committee on Appropriations. The pre- not have made a mistake early on in leadership has taken in this Congress is vious question shall be considered as ordered their lives. that it has become unfashionable to on the question of receding from the House So, Mr. Speaker, I do believe that worry about the poor and the vulner- amendment and concurring in the Senate there is much in this farm bill that able in this people’s House of Rep- amendment without intervening motion or ought to be supported, but I really be- demand for division of the question. resentatives. Time and time and time Sec. 5. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not lieve these extraneous things ought to again, my friends seek to balance the be taken out of this bill. We can’t do it apply to the consideration of H.J. Res. 59 as budget by cutting programs that help specified in section 4 of this resolution. now, but I would hope when it gets to the most vulnerable. The $40 billion cut THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT IT conference that those cooler heads will in SNAP will throw 3.8 million poor REALLY MEANS prevail, and we will have a compas- people off the program, it will throw This vote, the vote on whether to order the sionate piece of legislation that all of children off the program, it will throw previous question on a special rule, is not us can support. working people off the program. merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY A lot of the people—contrary to what dering the previous question is a vote Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, my friends say—who are on SNAP work against the Republican majority agenda and I have a parliamentary inquiry. for a living, they work full time. If you a vote to allow the Democratic minority to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- are earning minimum wage working offer an alternative plan. It is a vote about tleman will state his parliamentary in- full time, you still qualify for SNAP. what the House should be debating. There are people in this country who Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the quiry. House of Representatives (VI, 308–311), de- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, are hurting, who are depending upon us scribes the vote on the previous question on several unanimous consent requests to be there, to make sure that there is the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the have been offered and have been ruled a social safety net that will make sure consideration of the subject before the House out of order because they have not that people don’t fall through the being made by the Member in charge.’’ To been pre-cleared by bipartisan leader- cracks. defeat the previous question is to give the ship. It is my understanding that they One of the reasons we object to this opposition a chance to decide the subject be- have, in fact, been pre-cleared by the nutrition provision in the farm bill is fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s because it will hurt people—it will hurt ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that Democratic side. ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- Would it be in order to ask the Re- people. We were sent here to help peo- ple. This used to be a bipartisan issue. mand for the previous question passes the publicans if they would pre-clear the control of the resolution to the opposition’’ unanimous consent requests so that we Democrats and Republicans need to in order to offer an amendment. On March can vote up or down on a clean CR? join together on this. 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- The SPEAKER pro tempore. As indi- I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on fered a rule resolution. The House defeated cated in section 956 of the House Rules the previous question and vote ‘‘no’’ on the previous question and a member of the and Manual, it is not a proper par- the rule. opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, liamentary inquiry to ask the Chair to I yield back the balance of my time. asking who was entitled to recognition. Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, Republicans Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R-Illinois) said: indicate which side of the aisle has want to see the government reopen ‘‘The previous question having been refused, failed under the Speaker’s guidelines also. We have sent many pieces of leg- the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- to clear a unanimous consent request. islation over to the Senate, but the gerald, who had asked the gentleman to Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I would like Senate has refused to act on them. We yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to to inquire as to how much time is re- the first recognition.’’ hope very much to get the government maining, and whether the gentleman The Republican majority may say ‘‘the open again. from Massachusetts is prepared to vote on the previous question is simply a We are not opposed to helping the vote on whether to proceed to an immediate close? truly needy in this country. We want The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- vote on adopting the resolution ..... [and] to help those people. We believe by re- has no substantive legislative or policy im- tleman from Massachusetts has 1 forming the legislation related to food plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what minute remaining, and the gentlelady stamps that we will be able to save the they have always said. Listen to the Repub- 1 from North Carolina has 8 ⁄2 minutes program for the truly needy. lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative remaining. Mr. Speaker, negotiations are an ab- Process in the United States House of Rep- Ms. FOXX. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. solute necessity in a divided govern- resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s how the Republicans describe the previous I continue to reserve the balance of ment, and conference committees pro- my time. question vote in their own manual: ‘‘Al- vide an avenue for the House and Sen- though it is generally not possible to amend Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, before ate to meet and resolve policy dif- I close, I yield to the gentleman from the rule because the majority Member con- ferences. trolling the time will not yield for the pur- Rhode Island (Mr. LANGEVIN), for a b 1515 pose of offering an amendment, the same re- unanimous consent request. sult may be achieved by voting down the pre- Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask Therefore, I urge my colleagues to vious question on the rule ..... When the unanimous consent that the House vote in favor of this rule, to provide a motion for the previous question is defeated,

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Pocan of Representatives, the subchapter titled imum time for any electronic vote on Cicilline Kaptur Polis ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal the question of adoption. Clarke Keating Price (NC) to order the previous question on such a rule The vote was taken by electronic de- Cleaver Kelly (IL) Quigley [a special rule reported from the Committee Clyburn Kennedy Rahall vice, and there were—yeas 219, nays Cohen Kildee Rangel on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- 193, not voting 19, as follows: Connolly Kilmer Richmond ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- Conyers Kind Roybal-Allard tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ‘‘Upon re- [Roll No. 543] Cooper Kirkpatrick Ruiz jection of the motion for the previous ques- YEAS—219 Costa Kuster Ruppersberger Courtney Langevin Ryan (OH) tion on a resolution reported from the Com- Aderholt Grimm Pitts Crowley Larsen (WA) Sa´ nchez, Linda mittee on Rules, control shifts to the Mem- Amash Guthrie Poe (TX) Cuellar Larson (CT) T. ber leading the opposition to the previous Amodei Hall Pompeo Cummings Lee (CA) Sanchez, Loretta Bachus Hanna question, who may offer a proper amendment Posey Davis (CA) Levin Sarbanes Barletta Harper or motion and who controls the time for de- Price (GA) Davis, Danny Lewis Schakowsky Barr Harris bate thereon.’’ Radel DeFazio Lipinski Schiff Barton Hartzler Clearly, the vote on the previous question Reed DeGette Loebsack Schneider Benishek Hastings (WA) on a rule does have substantive policy impli- Reichert Delaney Lofgren Schrader Bentivolio Heck (NV) Renacci DeLauro Lowenthal Schwartz cations. It is one of the only available tools Bilirakis Hensarling Ribble DelBene Lowey Scott (VA) for those who oppose the Republican major- Bishop (UT) Holding Rice (SC) Deutch Lujan Grisham Scott, David ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- Black Hudson Rigell Dingell (NM) Serrano Blackburn Huelskamp native views the opportunity to offer an al- Roby Doggett Luja´ n, Ben Ray Sewell (AL) Boustany Huizenga (MI) ternative plan. Roe (TN) Doyle (NM) Shea-Porter Brady (TX) Hultgren Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield back Rogers (AL) Duckworth Lynch Sherman Bridenstine Hunter Rogers (KY) Edwards Maffei Sinema the balance of my time, and I move the Brooks (AL) Hurt Rogers (MI) Ellison Maloney, Sires previous question on the resolution. Brooks (IN) Issa Rohrabacher Engel Carolyn Smith (WA) Broun (GA) Jenkins The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Rokita Enyart Maloney, Sean Speier Buchanan Johnson (OH) question is on ordering the previous Rooney Eshoo Matheson Swalwell (CA) Bucshon Johnson, Sam Esty Matsui Takano question. Burgess Jones Ros-Lehtinen Farr McCollum Thompson (CA) The question was taken; and the Calvert Joyce Roskam Fattah McDermott Thompson (MS) Camp Kelly (PA) Ross Speaker pro tempore announced that Foster McGovern Tierney Campbell King (IA) Rothfus the ayes appeared to have it. Frankel (FL) McIntyre Titus Cantor King (NY) Royce Fudge McNerney Tonko Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, on Capito Kingston Ryan (WI) Gabbard Meeks Tsongas that I demand the yeas and nays. Carter Kinzinger (IL) Salmon Gallego Meng Van Hollen Cassidy Kline Sanford Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker. Garamendi Michaud Vargas Chabot Labrador Schock The SPEAKER pro tempore. For Garcia Miller, George Veasey Chaffetz LaMalfa Schweikert Grayson Moore Vela what purpose does the gentleman from Coffman Lamborn Scott, Austin Green, Al Moran Vela´ zquez Maryland seek recognition? Cole Lance Sensenbrenner Green, Gene Murphy (FL) Visclosky Collins (GA) Lankford Sessions Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, many of Grijalva Nadler Walz Collins (NY) Latham Shimkus my colleagues on either side of the Gutie´rrez Napolitano Wasserman Conaway Latta Shuster Hahn Neal Schultz aisle have stated their preference for, Cook LoBiondo Simpson Hanabusa Negrete McLeod Waters as the gentlelady from North Carolina Cotton Long Smith (MO) Hastings (FL) Nolan Watt Cramer Lucas said, opening the government. They Smith (NE) Heck (WA) O’Rourke Waxman Daines Luetkemeyer want to open the government as soon Smith (NJ) Himes Owens Welch Davis, Rodney Lummis Smith (TX) Hinojosa Pallone Wilson (FL) as possible and would vote for a clean Denham Marchant Southerland Holt Pascrell Yarmuth bill. Dent Marino Stewart Mr. Speaker, we can have that vote DeSantis Massie Stivers NOT VOTING—19 DesJarlais McCarthy (CA) right now. I would like to give my col- Stockman Bachmann Granger Runyan Diaz-Balart McCaul Stutzman Clay Herrera Beutler leagues the opportunity to be heard Duffy McClintock Rush Terry Coble Higgins right now in this Chamber and show Duncan (SC) McHenry Scalise Thompson (PA) Crawford Jeffries Duncan (TN) McKeon Slaughter the American people whether they Thornberry Crenshaw Jordan Ellmers McKinley Young (FL) Tiberi Culberson McCarthy (NY) want to reopen the government today Farenthold McMorris Tipton Gohmert Pelosi or not. Fincher Rodgers Turner Fitzpatrick Meadows Mr. Speaker, as a result, I request Upton b 1540 Fleischmann Meehan that this vote be conducted by a roll- Valadao Fleming Messer Mr. GARCIA changed his vote from Wagner call under clause 2 of House rule XX. Flores Mica Walberg ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Those in Forbes Miller (FL) Walden Messrs. BRADY of Texas and MEE- favor of the yeas and nays will rise and Fortenberry Miller (MI) Walorski be counted. Foxx Miller, Gary HAN changed their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to Franks (AZ) Mullin Weber (TX) ‘‘yea.’’ A sufficient number having arisen, Webster (FL) Frelinghuysen Mulvaney So the previous question was ordered. the yeas and nays are ordered. Gardner Murphy (PA) Wenstrup In response to the gentleman from Garrett Neugebauer Westmoreland The result of the vote was announced Maryland, under clause 2(a) of rule XX, Gerlach Noem Whitfield as above recorded. Gibbs Nugent Williams The SPEAKER pro tempore. The a record vote is conducted by elec- Gibson Nunes Wilson (SC) tronic device unless the Speaker di- Gingrey (GA) Nunnelee Wittman question is on the resolution. rects otherwise. This vote will be con- Goodlatte Olson Wolf The question was taken; and the ducted by electronic device. Gosar Palazzo Womack Speaker pro tempore announced that Gowdy Paulsen Woodall the ayes appeared to have it. PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY Graves (GA) Pearce Yoder Mr. HOYER. Parliamentary inquiry, Graves (MO) Perry Yoho RECORDED VOTE Mr. Speaker. Griffin (AR) Petri Young (AK) Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I de- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Griffith (VA) Pittenger Young (IN) mand a recorded vote. tleman will state his parliamentary in- NAYS—193 A recorded vote was ordered. quiry. Andrews Bera (CA) Braley (IA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Mr. HOYER. Does that mean if you Barber Bishop (GA) Brown (FL) 5-minute vote. ruled that we would take the vote in Barrow (GA) Bishop (NY) Brownley (CA) The vote was taken by electronic de- Bass Blumenauer Bustos the manner in which I requested, that Beatty Bonamici Butterfield vice, and there were—ayes 223, noes 189, we would do so? Becerra Brady (PA) Capps not voting 19, as follows:

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[Roll No. 544] Fattah Lowenthal Ruiz OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRA- Foster Lowey Ruppersberger TIVE OFFICER, HOUSE OF REP- AYES—223 Frankel (FL) Lujan Grisham Ryan (OH) RESENTATIVES, Fudge (NM) ´ Aderholt Griffith (VA) Petri Sanchez, Linda Washington, DC, October 10, 2013. Amash Grimm Pittenger Gabbard Luja´ n, Ben Ray T. Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, Amodei Guthrie Gallego (NM) Sanchez, Loretta Pitts Speaker, House of Representatives, Bachus Hall Poe (TX) Garcia Lynch Sarbanes Barber Hanna Pompeo Grayson Maloney, Schakowsky Washington, DC. Barletta Harper Posey Green, Al Carolyn Schiff DEAR MR. SPEAKER, this is to notify you Barr Harris Price (GA) Green, Gene Maloney, Sean Schneider formally pursuant to Rule VIII of the Rules Barton Hartzler Radel Grijalva Matheson Schrader of the House of Representatives that I have ´ Benishek Hastings (WA) Reed Gutierrez Matsui Schwartz been served with a subpoena, issued by the Bentivolio Heck (NV) Reichert Hahn McCollum Scott (VA) Hanabusa McDermott United States District Court for the District Bilirakis Hensarling Renacci Scott, David Hastings (FL) McGovern of Columbia, for documents in a third-party Bishop (UT) Holding Ribble Serrano Heck (WA) McIntyre civil case. Black Hudson Rice (SC) Sewell (AL) Himes McNerney Blackburn Huelskamp Rigell Shea-Porter After consultation with the Office of Gen- Hinojosa Meeks Boustany Huizenga (MI) Roby Sherman eral Counsel, I have determined that compli- Holt Meng Brady (TX) Hultgren Roe (TN) Sinema ance with the subpoena is consistent with Honda Miller, George Bridenstine Hunter Rogers (AL) Sires the precedents and privileges of the House. Horsford Moore Brooks (AL) Hurt Rogers (KY) Smith (WA) Hoyer Moran Sincerely, Brooks (IN) Issa Rogers (MI) Huffman Murphy (FL) Speier DANIEL J. STRODEL, Broun (GA) Jenkins Rohrabacher Israel Nadler Swalwell (CA) Chief Administrative Officer. Buchanan Johnson (OH) Rokita Takano Bucshon Johnson, Sam Jackson Lee Napolitano f Rooney Johnson (GA) Neal Thompson (CA) Burgess Joyce Ros-Lehtinen Thompson (MS) Calvert Kelly (PA) Johnson, E. B. Negrete McLeod MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES Roskam Tierney Camp King (IA) Jones Nolan Ross Titus ON H.R. 2642, FEDERAL AGRI- Campbell King (NY) Kaptur O’Rourke Rothfus Tonko CULTURE REFORM AND RISK Cantor Kingston Keating Pallone Royce Tsongas Capito Kinzinger (IL) Kelly (IL) Pascrell MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2013 Ryan (WI) Van Hollen Carter Kline Kennedy Pastor (AZ) Salmon Vargas Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, pursuant Cassidy Labrador Kildee Payne Sanford Veasey Chabot LaMalfa Kilmer Perlmutter to House Resolution 380, I move to take Schock Chaffetz Lamborn Kind Peters (CA) Vela from the Speaker’s table the bill (H.R. Schweikert ´ Coffman Lance Kirkpatrick Peters (MI) Velazquez Scott, Austin 2642) to provide for the reform and con- Cole Lankford Kuster Peterson Visclosky Sensenbrenner Collins (GA) Latham Langevin Pingree (ME) Walz tinuation of agricultural and other pro- Sessions Collins (NY) Latta Larsen (WA) Pocan Wasserman grams of the Department of Agri- Shimkus Conaway LoBiondo Larson (CT) Polis Schultz Shuster culture through fiscal year 2018, and Cook Long Lee (CA) Price (NC) Waters Simpson for other purposes, with the House Cotton Lucas Levin Quigley Watt Smith (MO) Cramer Luetkemeyer Lewis Rahall Waxman amendment to the Senate amendment Smith (NE) Daines Lummis Lipinski Rangel Welch thereto, insist on the House amend- Smith (NJ) Davis, Rodney Maffei Loebsack Richmond Wilson (FL) ment, and agree to the conference re- Denham Marchant Smith (TX) Lofgren Roybal-Allard Yarmuth Southerland quested by the Senate. Dent Marino NOT VOTING—19 DeSantis Massie Stewart The Clerk read the title of the bill. DesJarlais McCarthy (CA) Stivers Bachmann Granger Runyan The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Stockman Diaz-Balart McCaul Clay Herrera Beutler Rush YODER). The gentleman from Okla- Duffy McClintock Stutzman Coble Higgins Scalise Duncan (SC) McHenry Terry Crawford Jeffries Slaughter homa is recognized for 1 hour. Duncan (TN) McKeon Thompson (PA) Crenshaw Jordan Young (FL) Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I yield Ellmers McKinley Thornberry Culberson McCarthy (NY) back the balance of my time, and I Tiberi Farenthold McMorris Gohmert Pelosi move the previous question. Fincher Rodgers Tipton Fitzpatrick Meadows Turner b 1551 The previous question was ordered. Fleischmann Meehan Upton The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Fleming Messer Valadao So the resolution was agreed to. question is on the motion offered by Flores Mica Wagner The result of the vote was announced Walberg the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Forbes Michaud as above recorded. Fortenberry Miller (FL) Walden LUCAS). Foxx Miller (MI) Walorski A motion to reconsider was laid on The motion was agreed to. Franks (AZ) Miller, Gary Weber (TX) the table. A motion to reconsider was laid on Frelinghuysen Mullin Webster (FL) Stated for: Garamendi Mulvaney Wenstrup the table. Gardner Murphy (PA) Westmoreland Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I was not Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, I have Garrett Neugebauer Whitfield present during roll No. 544, on agreeing to H. a motion to instruct at the desk. Gerlach Noem Williams Res. 380. Had I been present, I would have The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Gibbs Nugent Wilson (SC) Gibson Nunes Wittman voted ‘‘aye.’’ Clerk will report the motion. Gingrey (GA) Nunnelee Wolf The Clerk read as follows: f Goodlatte Olson Womack Mr. Peterson moves that the managers on Gosar Owens Woodall THE JOURNAL the part of the House at the conference on Gowdy Palazzo Yoder the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on Graves (GA) Paulsen Yoho Graves (MO) Pearce Young (AK) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- the House Amendment to the Senate amend- Griffin (AR) Perry Young (IN) finished business is the question on ment to the bill H.R. 2642 (an Act to provide agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of for the reform and continuation of agricul- NOES—189 the Journal, which the Chair will put tural and other programs of the Department Andrews Carney Davis (CA) de novo. of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and Barrow (GA) Carson (IN) Davis, Danny for other purposes) be instructed to (1) re- Bass Cartwright DeFazio The question is on the Speaker’s ap- cede to section 1602 of the Senate amend- Beatty Castor (FL) DeGette proval of the Journal. ment (relating to suspension of permanent Becerra Castro (TX) Delaney Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- price support authority) and (2) recede to the Bera (CA) Chu DeLauro nal stands approved. Senate position in title IV of the Senate Bishop (GA) Cicilline DelBene amendment providing at a minimum a five- Bishop (NY) Clarke Deutch f Blumenauer Cleaver Dingell year duration of the Supplemental Nutrition Bonamici Clyburn Doggett Assistance Program and other nutrition pro- Brady (PA) Cohen Doyle COMMUNICATION FROM CHIEF AD- grams. Braley (IA) Connolly Duckworth MINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE Mr. PETERSON (during the reading). Brown (FL) Conyers Edwards HOUSE Brownley (CA) Cooper Ellison Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent Bustos Costa Engel The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- to dispense with the reading. Butterfield Courtney Enyart fore the House the following commu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Capps Crowley Eshoo Capuano Cuellar Esty nication from the Chief Administrative objection to the request of the gen- Ca´ rdenas Cummings Farr Officer of the House of Representatives: tleman from Minnesota?

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:04 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11OC7.010 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6515 There was no objection. I will insert the Farmers Union letter AMERICAN FARM The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- into the RECORD. BUREAU FEDERATION, ant to clause 7 of rule XXII, the gen- The permanent law provisions are Washington, DC, July 11, 2013. The Hon. tleman from Minnesota (Mr. PETERSON) important to ensuring that Congress House of Representatives, and the gentleman from Oklahoma revisits farm programs every 5 years. Washington, DC. (Mr. LUCAS) each will control 30 min- These are farm laws from 1938 and 1949 DEAR REP.: The American Farm Bureau utes. that, if Congress does not pass a new Federation is our nation’s largest general The Chair recognizes the gentleman farm bill, would go into effect. Actu- farm organization, representing more than 6 from Minnesota. ally, because we have not passed a farm million member families in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Our members represent the b 1600 bill at this point, and it expired on Oc- tober 1, we actually are operating grassroots farmers and ranchers who produce Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield the wide range of food and fiber crops for our under permanent law right now. customers here and around the world. To myself such time as I may consume. Obviously, farming has changed a lot This motion contains two instruc- achieve this, farmers and ranchers depend on since then, and everybody knows these the variety of programs such as risk manage- tions for the farm bill conferees. One is programs don’t make a lot of sense ment, conservation, credit and rural develop- to support the permanent law provi- today, but that’s the point of perma- ment contained in H.R. 2642 that is scheduled sions in the Senate farm bill and what nent law. It is the reason that we work to be voted on by the full House today. we currently have and have had for together and we pass a new farm bill, Last night the House Rules Committee ap- years and years. The second is to sup- because the alternative is not very ac- proved the rule for considering H.R. 2642, which also includes separating the nutrition port the Senate position of a 5-year re- ceptable. authorization of the Supplemental Nu- title from the remaining provisions of H.R. Farm bills are traditionally a com- 1947, a complete farm bill that was reported trition Assistance Program. promise, and there are things that out of the House Agriculture Committee by To be clear, this motion keeps intact some people like and things that some a 36–10 bipartisan vote. the longstanding alliance needed to people don’t like. Permanent law en- We are very disappointed in this action. pass a strong farm bill. courages both groups to work together The ‘‘marriage’’ between the nutrition and America’s two largest farm organiza- because no one wants to go back to the farm communities and our constituents in tions, the American Farm Bureau Fed- outdated and unworkable farm pro- developing and adopting comprehensive farm legislation has been an effective, balanced eration and the National Farmers grams of 1938 and 1949. Union, both wrote in opposition to the arrangement for decades that has worked to Without these permanent law provi- ensure all Americans and the nation bene- House’s original consideration of H.R. sions, it will make it more difficult to fits. In spite of reports to the contrary, this 2642, the ‘‘farm only’’ farm bill. make changes, improvements, and re- broad food and farm coalition continues to Farm Bureau president Bob Stallman forms over time as we discover that hold strong against partisan politics. In fact, wrote: they are needed. last week, more than 530 groups representing It is frustrating to our members that this So, Mr. Speaker, I urge my col- the farm, conservation, credit, rural develop- broad coalition of support for passage of the leagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ on this motion to ment and forestry industries urged the COMPLETE farm bill appears to have been instruct, and I reserve the balance of House to not split the bill. Similar commu- nications were relayed from the nutrition pushed aside in favor of interests that have my time. no real stake in this farm bill, the economic community. Yet today, in spite of the broad- vitality and jobs agriculture provides in this NATIONAL FARMERS UNION, based bipartisan support for keeping the country, or for the customers ranchers and July 11, 2013. farm bill intact, you will vote on an ap- farmers serve. House of Representatives, proach that seeks to affect a divorce of this Washington, DC. longstanding partnership. It is frustrating to The Farm Bureau joined a broad coa- DEAR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: National our members that this broad coalition of lition of 532 agriculture, conservation, Farmers Union (NFU) strongly urges you to support for passage of a complete farm bill rural development, finance, forestry, vote against the rule and final passage of appears to have been pushed aside in favor of energy and crop insurance groups that H.R. 2642, a bill that divorces the nutrition interests that have no real stake in this farm expressed their opposition to splitting title from the rest of the farm bill and re- bill, the economic vitality and jobs agri- the nutrition title from the farm bill peals permanent law. culture provides or the customers farmers The two largest general farm organizations and ranchers serve. and urged House leaders to pass a 5- in the country have spoken out multiple year farm bill. We are quite concerned that without a times in opposition to separating nutrition workable nutrition title, it will prove to be When such a large group of organiza- programs from the farm bill. Splitting the nearly impossible to adopt a bill that can be tions, most with different if not con- bill is a shortsighted strategy that would ef- successfully conferenced with the Senate’s flicting priorities, can come together fectively undermine the long-standing bipar- version, approved by both the House and and agree on something, we should lis- tisan coalition of rural and urban members Senate and signed by the President. ten to them. Doing the exact opposite that have traditionally supported passage of We are also very much opposed to the re- of what everyone with a stake in this a unified bill. We are also very concerned peal of permanent law contained in H.R. 2642. that including a provision that would repeal bill recommends does not make sense, This provision received absolutely no discus- permanent law did not receive any outside sion in any of the process leading up to the and it is not the way to achieve suc- scrutiny or ability to weigh in through hear- passage of the bill out of either the House or cess, in my opinion. ings. Repealing permanent law would remove Senate Agriculture Committees. To replace I will insert both the Farm Bureau the element in the bill which would force permanent law governing agricultural pro- and coalition letters into the RECORD. Congress to act on a piece of legislation that grams without hearing from so much as a The farm bill’s nutrition program provides a safety net for farmers, ranchers, single witness on what that law should be re- needs to be on the same timeline as the the food insecure and protects our nation’s placed with is not how good policy is devel- bill’s other provisions. It makes no natural resources. oped. Last week, NFU led a coalition of 531 other As recently as last December, the threat of sense to de-couple farm and food pro- organizations in writing a letter calling for reverting to permanent law was the critical grams; they go hand in hand. I worry the House of Representatives not to split the element that forced Congress to pass an ex- that separating the two of them sets us bill. This broad-based coalition, composed of tension of the current farm bill when it on a path to no farm bill in the future. agriculture, conservation, rural develop- proved impossible to complete action on the The Senate farm bill preserves the ment, finance, forestry, energy and crop in- new five-year farm bill—an action that not partnership between farm and food pro- surance companies and organizations is now only provided important safety net programs grams, and we should defer to that ap- being undermined by extreme partisan polit- for this year, it ensured Congress would have proach. ical organizations that do not represent con- time this year to consider comprehensive re- stituents affected by the farm bill. As Farmers Union president Roger forms that contribute billions to deficit re- Thank you for your consideration of this duction. Johnson wrote: letter. We urge you to vote against the rule We urge you to oppose the rule as well to Repealing permanent law would remove and final passage of H.R. 2642 and encourage vote against final passage of this attempt to the element of the bill which would force leadership to bring a unified bill to the floor split the farm bill and end permanent law Congress to act on a piece of legislation that as soon as possible. provisions for agriculture. provides a safety net for farmers and ranch- Sincerely, Sincerely, ers and the food insecure in this country, ROGER JOHNSON, BOB STALLMAN, and protects our Nation’s natural resources. President. President.

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JULY 2, 2013. Arkansas Farmers Union, Arkansas Rice sociation, Florida Sugar Cane League, For- The Hon. JOHN BOEHNER, Federation, Arkansas Rice Producers’ Group, est Investment Associates, Forest Land- Speaker of the House, House of Representatives, Arkansas State Sheep Council, Associated owners Association, Forest Products Na- H-232 The Capitol, Washington, DC Logging Contractors—Idaho, Associated tional Labor Management Committee, For- DEAR SPEAKER BOEHNER: America’s agri- Milk Producers, Inc. est Resource Association Inc., Fresno- culture, conservation, rural development, fi- Associated Oregon Loggers, Association of Madera Farm Credit, Frontier Farm Credit, nance, forestry, energy and crop insurance American Veterinary Medical Colleges, Asso- Fruit Growers Supply Company, Georgia Ag- companies and organizations strongly urge ciation of Equipment Manufacturers, Asso- ribusiness Council, Georgia Farm Bureau you to bring the Farm Bill (H.R. 1947, the ciation of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Asso- Federation, Georgia Forestry Association. Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Man- ciation of Veterinary Biologics Companies, Georgia Pork Producers Association, agement Act of 2013) back to the Floor as Badgerland Financial, Bio Nebraska Life Giustina Resources, LLC, Global Forest soon as possible. This important legislation Sciences Association, BioForward, Bio- Partners LP, GMO Renewable Resources, supports our nation’s farmers, ranchers, for- technology Industry Organization, Black Great Plains Ag Credit, Great Plains Canola est owners, food security, natural resources Hills Forest Resource Association, Bongard’s Association, Green Diamond Resource Com- and wildlife habitats, rural communities, Creamery, Boone and Crockett Club, pany, Greenstone, GROWMARK, Inc, Growth and the 16 million Americans whose jobs di- Bowhunting Preservation Alliance, Calcot, Energy, Hancock Timber Resource Group, rectly depend on the agriculture industry. California Agricultural Irrigation Associa- Hardwood Federation, Hawaii Farmers Farm bills represent a delicate balance be- tion, California Association of Resource Con- Union, Hawaii Sugar Farmers, Heritage tween America’s farm, nutrition, conserva- servation Districts, California Association of Land Bank, Holstein Association USA, Idaho tion, and other priorities, and accordingly Winegrape Growers, California Avocado Ag Credit, Idaho Dairymen’s Association, require strong bipartisan support. It is vital Commission, California Canning Peach Asso- Idaho Farmers Union, Idaho Forest Group, for the House to try once again to bring to- ciation, California Farm Bureau Federation, Idaho Forest Owners Association, Idaho gether a broad coalition of lawmakers from California Farmers Union, California For- Grain Producers Association, Illinois Bio- both sides of the aisle to provide certainty estry Association, California Pork Producers technology Industry Organization—iBIO®, for farmers, rural America, the environment Association, California Wool Growers Asso- Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farmers and our economy in general and pass a five- ciation, Calvin Viator, Ph.D. and Associates, Union. year farm bill upon returning in July. We be- LLC. Illinois Pork Producers Association, Inde- lieve that splitting the nutrition title from The Campbell Group, Can Manufacturers pendent Beef Association of North Dakota, the rest of the bill could result in neither Institute, Canned Food Alliance, Cape Fear Independent Community Bankers of Amer- farm nor nutrition programs passing, and Farm Credit, Capital Farm Credit, Carolina ica, Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc., Indiana urge you to move a unified farm bill forward. Cotton Growers Cooperative, Catch-A-Dream Farmers Union, Indiana Health Industry Thank you for your support. We look for- Foundation, Catfish Farmers of America, Forum, Innovative Mississippi—Strategic ward to our continued dialogue as the proc- Central Kentucky, ACA, Ceres Solutions Biomass Solutions, Intermountain Forest ess moves forward and stand ready to work LLP, Chrisholm Trail Farm Credit, CHS, Association, Intertribal Agriculture Council, with you to complete passage of the new Inc., CoBank, Colonial Farm Credit, Colo- Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, Iowa Farmers five-year Farm Bill before the current law rado BioScience Association, Colorado Farm Union, Iowa Pork Producers Association, expires again on September 30, 2013. Bureau, Colorado Timber Industry Associa- Iowa Sheep Industry Association, lowaBio, Sincerely, tion, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, Irrigation Association, Irving Woodlands, 1st Farm Credit Services, Advanced Connecticut Forest & Park Association, Con- LLC, Izaak Walton League of America, John Biofuels Association, Ag Credit, ACA, necticut United for Research Excellence, Deere Crop Insurance, Kansas Cooperative Council, Kansas Dairy, Kansas Farm Bureau, AgChoice, AgGeorgia, AgHeritage Farm Inc., The Conservation Fund, Continental Kansas Farmers Union, Kansas Grain Sor- Credit Services AgriBank, Agriculture Coun- Dairy Products, Inc, Cooperative Credit ghum Producers Association, Kansas Pork cil of Arkansas Agriculture Energy Coali- Company, Cooperative Network, Cora-Texas tion, Agricultural Retailers Association Association, Kansas Sheep Association. Mfg. Co., Inc. Kentucky Forest Industries Association, AgriLand, Agri-Mark, Inc., AgCarolina, Corn Producers Association of Texas, Cot- Kentucky Pork Producers Association, Land AgCountry, AgFirst, AgPreference, AgSouth, ton Growers Warehouse Association, Council Improvement Contractors of America, Land AgStar Financial Services, ACA AgTexas, for Agricultural Science and Technology, O’Lakes, Land Stewardship Project, Land Alabama Ag Credit, Alabama Cotton Com- Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau, Trust Alliance, Lone Rock Timber Manage- mission, Alabama Dairy Producers, Alabama Crop Insurance Professionals Association, ment Co., Longview Timber LLC, Louisiana Farm Credit, Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Crop Science Society of America, CropLife Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., Louisiana Alabama Farmers Federation. America, Dairy Farmers of America, Dairy Forest Association, Louisiana Rice Growers Alabama Pork Producers, Alaska Farmers Farmers Working Together, Dairy Producers Association, Louisiana Rice Producers’ Union, American AgCredit, American Agri- of Utah, Dairylea Cooperative Inc., Darigold, Group, Louisiana Sugar Cane Cooperative, culture Movement, American Association of Inc, Delta Council, Delta Waterfowl, Deltic Inc., Lula-Westfield, LLC, Maryland & Vir- Avian Pathologists, American Association of Timber Corporation, Ducks Unlimited, ginia Milk Producers Cooperative, Maryland Bovine Practitioners, American Association DUDA (A. Duda & Sons, Inc.), Eastern Re- Association of Soil Conservation Districts, of Crop Insurers, American Association of gional Conference of Council of State Gov- Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc., Maryland Small Ruminant Practitioners, American ernments, Empire State Forest Products As- Grain Producers Association, Maryland Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diag- sociation, Environmental and Energy Study Sheep Breeders’ Association, Inc., Massachu- nosticians, American Bankers Association, Institute, Environmental Law & Policy Cen- setts Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., Massa- American Beekeeping Federation, American ter, Family Farm Alliance, Family Forest chusetts Forest Alliance, MassBio, MBG Biogas Council, American Coalition for Eth- Foundation—Washington, Farm Credit Bank Marketing/The Blueberry People, Michigan anol, American Cotton Shippers Association, of Texas, Farm Credit Banks Funding Cor- Agri-Business Association, Michigan Farm American Crystal Sugar Company, American poration. Bureau. Dairy Science Association, American Farm Farm Credit Council, Farm Credit Council Michigan Farmers Union, Michigan Pork Bureau Federation, American Farmers and Services, Farm Credit East, Farm Credit Producers Association, Michigan Sugar Com- Ranchers Mutual Insurance Company, Amer- MidSouth, Farm Credit of Central Florida, pany, Michigan-California Timber Company, ican Farmland Trust, American Feed Indus- Farm Credit of Central Oklahoma, Farm Mid-West Dairymen’s Co., MidAtlantic Farm try Association, American Fruit and Vege- Credit of Enid, Farm Credit of Florida, Farm Credit, Midwest Dairy Coalition, Midwest table Processors and Growers Coalition, Credit of Maine, Farm Credit of Ness City, Environmental Advocates, Midwest Food American Forest Foundation, American For- Farm Credit of New Mexico, Farm Credit of Processors Association, Milk Producers est Resource Council, American Forests, North West Florida, Farm Credit of South- Council, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, American Honey Producers Association. ern Colorado, Farm Credit of SW Kansas, Minnesota Canola Council, Minnesota Corn American Malting Barley Association, Farm Credit of Western Arkansas, Farm Growers Association, Minnesota Farm Bu- American Pulse Association, American Pub- Credit of Western Kansas, Farm Credit of reau Federation, Minnesota Farmers Union, lic Works Association, American Sheep In- Western Oklahoma, Farm Credit Services of Minnesota Forest Industries, Minnesota dustry Association, American Society of America, Farm Credit Services of Illinois, Grain & Feed Association, Minnesota Lamb Agronomy, American Sugar Alliance, Amer- Farm Credit South, Farm Credit Virginias, & Wool Producers, Minnesota Pork Pro- ican Sugar Cane League, American Sugar- Farm Credit West, Farmer Mac, FarmFirst ducers Association, Minnesota Timber Pro- beet Growers Association, American Society Dairy Cooperative, FCS Financial. ducers Association, Mississippi River Trust, of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, FCS of America, FCS of Colusa-Glenn, FCS Missouri Coalition for the Environment, American Soybean Association, American of East/Central Oklahoma, FCS of Hawaii, Missouri Dairy Association, Missouri Farm Veterinary Medical Association, Animal Ag- FCS of Illinois, FCS of Mandan, FCS of Mid- Bureau Federation, Missouri Farmers Union. riculture Coalition, Animal Health Institute, America, FCS of North Dakota, FCS of Missouri Pork Association, Missouri Sheep WAArborOne, Archery Trade Association, Southwest, Federation of Animal Science Producers, Missouri Soybean Association, Arizona Farm Bureau Federation, Arizona Societies, First District Association, First The Molpus Woodlands Group, Montana BioIndustry Association, Arizona Wool Pro- FCS, First South Farm Credit, FLBA of Grain Growers Association, Montana Farm- ducers Association, Arkansas Farm Bureau, Kingsburg, Florida Fruit and Vegetable As- ers Union, Mule Deer Foundation, National

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:04 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11OC7.025 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6517 Association of Counties, National Associa- nator Partnership, Pope and Young Club, consin Agri-Business Association, Wisconsin tion of State Departments of Agriculture, Port Blakely Tree Farms, LP, Potlatch Cor- Farmers Union, Wisconsin Paper Council, National All-Jersey, National Alliance of poration, Prairie Rivers Network, Premier Wisconsin Pork Association, Wisconsin Forest Owners, National Association for the Farm Credit, Puerto Rico Farm Credit, Qual- Woodland Owners Association, Women In- Advancement of Animal Science, National ity Deer Management, Association, Quail volved in Farm Economics, World Wildlife Association of Clean Water Agencies, Na- Forever, Rayonier Inc., Red Gold, Inc, Red Fund, Wyoming Sugar Company, Yankee tional Association of Conservation Districts, River Forests, LLC, Red River Valley Sugar- Farm Credit, Yosemite Farm Credit. National Association of Farmer Elected beet Growers Association, Renewable Fuels Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- Committees, National Association of Federal Association, Resource Management Service, self as much time as I may consume. Veterinarians, National Association of For- LLC, Rhode Island Sheep Cooperative, Rio est Service Retirees, National Association of Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Rocky Moun- Mr. Speaker, I am so overjoyed to FSA County Office Employees, National As- tain Farmers Union, Rolling Plains Cotton rise today to be at this point in the sociation of Resource Conservation & Devel- Growers, Inc., Ruffed Grouse Society. farm bill process, where we are on the opment Councils, National Association of The Rural Broadband Association, Rural verge of sitting down with our friends State Conservation Agencies, National Asso- Community Assistance Partnership, Select in the other body and beginning to put ciation of State Foresters, National Associa- Milk Producers, Inc., Seneca Foods, Shasta the final bill together. This has been a tion of University Forest Resource Pro- Forests Timberlands, LLC, Sidney Sugars, long and challenging process for both Inc., Sierra Pacific Industries, Society of grams, National Association of Wheat Grow- myself, the ranking member Mr. ers, National Barley Growers Association, American Foresters, Soil and Water Con- National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative. servation Society, Soil Science Society of PETERSON, and all members of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, America, South Carolina Farm Bureau Fed- House Agriculture Committee. National Coalition for Food and Agricultural eration, South Dakota Association of Co- We have touched on many subject Research, National Conservation District operatives, South Dakota Biotech Associa- matters. We have had the most amaz- Employees Association, National Corn Grow- tion, South Dakota Farmers Union, South ing open markups in committee, with ers Association, National Cotton Council, Dakota Pork Producers, South Dakota amendments almost beyond galore. National Cotton Ginners’ Association, Na- Wheat Growers, South East Dairy Farmers Twice we have been across the floor of tional Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Na- Association, Southeastern Lumber Manufac- tional Farmers Union, National Farm to turers Association, South Texas Cotton and this great body in, essentially, an open School Network, National Grange, National Grain Association, Southeast Milk Inc., process, considering literally 100-plus Grape Cooperative Association, Inc., Na- Southern Cotton Growers, Inc., Southern amendments almost every time it tional Milk Producers Federation, National Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, Southern seems. Network of Forest Practitioners, National Peanut Farmers Federation, Southern Roll- From that process we are now, with a Pork Producers Council, National Renderers ing Plains Cotton Growers Association of product, ready to go to conference with Association, National Rural Electric Cooper- Texas. the other body. This motion, and the ative Association, National Sorghum Pro- Southern States Cooperative, Inc., South- next two sense of Congress resolutions, ducers, National Sunflower Association, Na- west Council of Agribusiness, Southwest tional Trappers Association, National Wild Georgia Farm Credit, St. Albans Coopera- address several things that were de- Turkey Federation, National Woodland Own- tive, Staplcotn, State Agriculture and Rural cided on the floor of this House. ers Association, Nebraska Cooperative Coun- Leaders, Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of While I appreciate mightily the op- cil, Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, Ne- Florida, Sustainable Forest Initiative, Sus- portunity to reassess the judgments of braska Farmers Union, Nebraska Pork Pro- tainable Northwest, Tennessee Clean Water the body, I would just simply say this, ducers Association. Network, Tennessee Farm Bureau Federa- looking at the various points: my good Nevada Farm Bureau Federation, Nevada tion, Tennessee Forestry Association, Ten- friend the ranking member is exactly Wool Growers Association, New England nessee Renewable Energy & Economic Devel- right. This motion would restore 1938 Farmers Union, New Jersey Farm Bureau, opment Council, Texas Ag Finance, Texas New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau, Agricultural Cooperative Council, Texas and 1949 law as the permanent base New Mexico Sorghum Association, New York Farmers Union, Texas Forestry Association, farm bill. Farm Bureau, Inc., New York Forest Owners Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute, Franklin Roosevelt was President, of Association, Nexsteppe, North American Texas Land Bank, Texas Pork Producers As- course, when the 1938 law was signed Grouse Partnership, North Carolina Farm sociation, Texas Rice Producers Legislative into place. President Truman signed Bureau Federation, Inc, North Carolina For- Group, Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers’ Associa- the 1949 law into place. Those laws estry Association, North Carolina Pork tion, Timberland Investment Resources, were designed at a time when I suspect Council, North Dakota Farmers Union, Timber Products Company, The Amal- the average tractor was 55 horsepower. North Dakota Lamb & Wool Producers, gamated Sugar Company. I suppose the average dairy might have North Dakota Pork Producers Council, The Bank of Commerce, The Nature Con- Northarvest Bean Growers Association, servancy, The Small Woodland Owners Asso- been 40 cows. Northeast Dairy Farmers Cooperatives, ciation of Maine, Theodore Roosevelt Con- They were put in place on the as- Northeast States Association for Agricul- servation Partnership, Trust for Public sumptions of parity and production tural Stewardship, Northern California Farm Land, United Dairymen of Arizona, United controls and allotments and production Credit, Northern Canola Growers Associa- FCS, U.S. Animal Health Association, U.S. history, a lot of things that have long tion, Northern Forest Center, Northern Beet Sugar Association, U.S. Canola Associa- since faded away in subsequent farm Pulse Growers Association, Northwest Dairy tion, U.S. Cattlemen’s Association, U.S. Dry bills. Association, Northwest Farm Credit Serv- Bean Council, U.S. Pea & Lentil Trade Asso- I know my friend and a number of ices. ciation, U.S. Rice Producers Association, groups, in good faith, advocate that we Novozymes North America Inc, Ocean U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance, USA Dry Pea & Spray Cranberries, Inc., Ohio Farm Bureau Lentil Council, USA Rice Federation, Utah keep that 1938 and 1949 law in place. Federation, Inc., Ohio Farmers Union, Ohio Farmers Union, Utah Wool Growers Associa- But I would suggest to my colleagues, Pork Producers Council, Oklahoma Agri- tion, Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, Vir- the open process we have been through, business Retailers Association, Oklahoma ginia Forestry Association, Virginia Grain the open process we are about to have Agricultural Cooperative Council, Oklahoma Producers Association, Virginia Pork Indus- in conference, if we can come up with Farmers Union, Oklahoma Grain & Feed As- try Board, Virginia Nursery & Landscape As- good language that a majority of both sociation, Oklahoma Pork Council, Okla- sociation, Virginia State Dairymen’s Asso- bodies can agree on, that a fellow down homa Seed Trade Association, Oklahoma ciation. at the White House will sign if it is Sorghum Association, Oklahoma Wheat Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Growers Association, Oregon Association of Association, Washington Farm Bureau, good policy, maybe the conference Nurseries, Oregon Cherry Growers, Inc., Or- Washington Farmers Union, Washington should be given the option, as is now egon Dairy Farmers Association, Oregon State Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Wash- the case within the farm bill language, Farmers Union. Oregon Sheep Growers Asso- ington State Dairy Federation, Welch Foods of using the 2013 farm bill as base. ciation, Oregon Small Woodland Association, Inc., A Cooperative, Wells Timberland REIT, The Senate retains the old perma- Oregon Women in Timber, Orion the Hunt- Western AgCredit, Western Growers, Western nent law from 1938 and 1949. At present, er’s Institute, Panhandle-Plains Land Bank, Pea & Lentil Growers, Western Peanut we don’t do that in the House draft, so Partners for Sustainable Pollination, Penn- Growers Association, Western Pennsylvania we have got the ability to discuss it. Conservancy, Western Sugar Cooperative, sylvania Farm Bureau, Pennsylvania Farm- We have got the ability to work on it. ers Union. Western United Dairymen, The Westervelt Pennsylvania Forest Products Association, Company, Weyerhaeuser Company, I, personally, think that’s a good thing. Pheasants Forever, Plains Cotton Coopera- Whitetails Unlimited, Inc., Wild Sheep Foun- Now, the other portion of this mo- tive Association, Plains Cotton Growers, dation, Wildlife Forever, Wildlife Manage- tion, and this reflects, again, some Inc., Plum Creek Timber Company, Polli- ment Institute, Wildlife Mississippi, Wis- very serious, sincere differences of

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:48 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11OC7.028 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6518 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 11, 2013 opinion, both in committee and on the And let me finally say, the time has I am proud that I was able to include floor, about how to address the funda- come. The time has come to put away a SNAP employment and training pilot mental nature of the nutrition title. the posturing, go to work, go to con- program modeled after a program from This House decided that the reauthor- ference, and pass a farm bill that re- my home State of Washington in the ization should be for 3 years instead of flects America’s needs. nutrition bill that will go to con- what would be the more traditional Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I reserve ference. concurrent authorization with the rest the balance of my time. Even at the height of the recession, of the farm bill. I think every Member Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, I am 60 percent of those in Washington’s has to vote their own conscience on pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentle- programs found employment, and more that issue. woman from Ohio (Ms. FUDGE), one of than half were off assistance in 2 years. But, understand: the motion, as our subcommittee ranking members. This is a commonsense policy to in- structured, would take away the poten- Ms. FUDGE. I thank the gentleman crease education and job training while tial option for moving permanent law for yielding. decreasing the number of people who from the Roosevelt-Truman adminis- Mr. Speaker, the FARRM Act, which need SNAP. tration to the present day, and it would is H.R. 2642, reauthorizes Federal farm, This bill has been hijacked long also restore that 5-year authorization rural development, and agricultural enough. Let’s get back to the bipar- on nutrition programs, things my col- trade programs through fiscal year tisan, cooperative process in which the leagues have to take into consideration 2018, or 5 years. House Agriculture Committee drafted and factor. However, H.R. 3102, the Nutrition Re- the farm bill. Let’s not make things Mr. Speaker, I note to my colleague form and Work Opportunity Act, which more difficult than they need to be. I am my only speaker on this issue. passed last month, reauthorized nutri- We were sent here to do our jobs, to I reserve the balance of my time. tion programs for only 3 years. This govern and pass policies that will grow Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield separation is problematic, and it needs our economy, and it is no secret that 2 minutes to the gentleman from Cali- to be addressed. Congress has been failing at fulfilling fornia (Mr. COSTA), one of our sub- Farming and feeding go hand in this basic responsibility. committee ranking members. hand, and a comprehensive farm bill So I urge my colleagues to support Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I thank the recognizes this connection. We can re- this motion to authorize both farm and gentleman from Minnesota, as well as store this connection by ensuring a 5- nutrition programs for the full 5 years. the chair from Oklahoma. year reauthorization for all programs Let’s get to work and pass a 5-year I rise to support this motion to in- that come under the farm bill. farm bill. struct, and let me tell you why. I urge my colleagues to recognize the Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, I am The farm bill traditionally, around link between nutrition and farm com- pleased to yield 1 minute to the gen- this place, has been one of the most bi- munities. Support a farm bill that tleman from Minnesota (Mr. NOLAN), a partisan efforts that we engage in. Un- meets the nutritional needs of all new member of the committee—well, fortunately, for over the last year, it Americans. an old member. He was a member of hasn’t seemed that way. Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, I am the Ag Committee back in the 1970s. I think that the importance of main- now pleased to yield 3 minutes to the 1615 taining the permanent law of 1938 and gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. b 1949 is not to suggest that farming DELBENE). Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in today is as it was then. Of course it is Ms. DELBENE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the work that has been done not. strong support of this motion and here in this bill. I want to commend But the fact is that it has always pro- thank the ranking member for his Chairman LUCAS and Ranking Member vided, in the past efforts, back in 2008, work. Reauthorizing nutrition pro- COLLIN PETERSON for the tireless work and back in the last three or four dec- grams for 5 years is sound policy and that you and your staffs and your sub- ades, the sort of incentive necessary to the right thing to do. committee chairs put into writing this come together, in a bipartisan fashion, The farm bill has always been built legislation. It is the product of many to put together a bill that reflects not on a successful coalition of rural and years and a wealth of experience that just current farming needs throughout urban communities and Members of has brought consumers and producers this great country of ours today, but Congress who come together in a bipar- together, that has brought urban and also to focus on the necessary impor- tisan way to create responsible farm rural people together, and that has pro- tance of the nutrition programs that and food policy. duced an abundant supply of food for go to so many of those in our society By authorizing farm policies for 5 people here in this country and all over that are in need. years, but only extending nutrition the world. Now, that brings me to the second programs for 3 years, we are leaving American agriculture is just abso- point that is reflected in the Senate millions of working families, seniors, lutely one of the wonders of the world. measure, that is reflected in this mo- and children with great uncertainty I believe that this motion helps to keep tion to instruct, and that is, bifur- when they need our help the most. that great success and progress moving cating the nutrition programs. It Let’s be honest. Changing the au- forward. makes absolutely no sense. thorization for nutrition programs re- Last but not least, I want to say how There has been a tradition here that duces the likelihood of Congress pass- refreshing it was to be part of that I think has worked well in maintaining ing a bipartisan farm bill that works committee markup. As you know, I the incredible amount of cornucopia of for our farmers, food producers, and was on a 32-year hiatus—the longest in food that we produce in this Nation families. So, too, does repealing perma- history. and also never forgetting those in our nent farm law, as the current House The SPEAKER pro tempore. The society who are most in need. That bill does. time of the gentleman has expired. marriage between the nutrition pro- For the last 2 years, Congress has Mr. PETERSON. I yield the gen- grams, which have benefited from the failed to act. Why are we making it tleman an additional 1 minute. food that our farmers and ranchers and even harder to pass a final farm bill? Mr. NOLAN. I have been asked time dairymen produce, and those who need SNAP helps nearly 47 million Ameri- and time again how things are different a helping hand has worked well. cans, including over 22,000 in my dis- from the way they were then. Believe So, therefore, why should we sepa- trict, afford nutritious food and not go me, there are a lot of differences, big rate it? hungry. It has proven to be efficient and small; but one of the most refresh- Why should we have a 3-year nutri- and effective with error rates at his- ing things was to be a part of that Ag tion program instead of the 5-year that toric lows. It helps Americans at every Committee open, bipartisan, free- marries and complements the ongoing district across the country by pre- wheeling markup, where anybody and farm programs? venting them from falling into poverty everybody got their moment, got an So, for all of those reasons, I support and lifting them up through job train- opportunity to offer their resolution, this motion to instruct. ing and education programs. got an opportunity to have a vote on it.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:04 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.049 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6519 I commend you, Mr. Chairman, for all have announced their opposition to As the Speaker knows, that is an im- that kind of spirit. That is the kind of this reckless and extreme plan. portant measure associated with infant spirit that has moved this country and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The health. accounted for so much of our great suc- time of the gentlewoman has expired. Children of low-income women in SNAP- cess over the years. Mr. PETERSON. I yield the gentle- available counties were less likely to have I urge adoption of this motion. lady an additional 2 minutes. metabolic syndrome [ill health such as dia- Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, I am Ms. DELAURO. Let us understand betes] in adulthood, and women who had re- pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gen- what the cuts to nutrition programs ceived food stamps during early childhood tlelady from Connecticut (Ms. that the majority is suggesting mean were more likely to be economically self-suf- ficient. DELAURO). in terms of our children. Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in Roughly 20 percent of these house- These are children who had the bene- support of this motion to instruct the holds that receive the benefits have fits of SNAP. As adults, they were conference committee to reauthorize children under the age of 18; 23 percent healthier. This seems, to me, to be a America’s nutrition and antihunger have children that are 4 years old and very important point. programs for 5 years. under. The damage that hunger does to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The At the moment, the majority’s farm children is irreparable. If they go to time of the gentleman has expired. bill extends crop insurance and other school hungry, they cannot learn; and Mr. PETERSON. I yield the gen- agricultural programs for 5 years, but if they cannot learn, they cannot suc- tleman an additional 1 minute. the nutrition portion only reauthorizes ceed. Mr. HOLT. The societal benefits of food stamps and other programs for 3 I only ask my colleagues on both food stamps extend far beyond a tem- years. This 2-year discrepancy would sides of the aisle to read the data. Read porary reduction of hunger pangs. The allow for all kinds of shenanigans the the report in The Lancet journal just benefits last for years—even into the next time these programs are up for de- in the last week or so that tells you next generation. Why on Earth would bate. We should stop that from hap- what the scientific data is that shows we consider reducing support for such pening now. what the impact of hunger is on chil- an important humane and, yes, eco- When this majority severed the nu- dren’s brains and their ability to learn. nomically beneficial program? We know that the learning period for trition title from the farm bill, they Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- children is from zero to 3. Why would broke a longstanding bipartisan com- self such time as I may consume. we want to do irreparable harm to the pact on antihunger initiatives that I would note to my colleagues that children in this Nation by cutting off goes back decades, connecting the pro- many of the points of great merit of- food, of which the United States has a grams that help farmers produce and fered over the course of the discussion great abundance—and overabundance— the programs that help poor families of this motion were points debated and and yet we want to cut $40 billion from discussed on the floor and in com- escape hunger. This arrangement sepa- the food stamp program? It is reckless rates farm programs from nutrition mittee. I respect the sincerity of all of and it is extreme. my colleagues, but we need to remem- programs on a permanent basis. They I just say to my colleagues, if the ber this motion has two key central break the coalition that supports this farm programs are being reauthorized points: bill. Quite honestly, it is being done to for 5 years, the nutrition programs Number one, the 1938 and 1949 law re- put food stamps at risk. Indeed, this is should be reauthorized for 5 years, just main permanent. We take away the a shell game. like they have in the past, with that conference’s ability to negotiate that The critical antihunger programs coalition that is coming from all over point with the United States Senate. have been supported by Republicans the country, region by region, Demo- Take it away, take it off the table is and Democrats all across the country— crats and Republicans, in one unified the goal of this motion to instruct. the east coast, the west coast, the farm bill. I urge my colleagues to go in The second point, of course, deals heartland—because hunger is not a par- that direction. tisan issue. We all have a vested inter- Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I continue with the authorization on SNAP. est in ending hunger in our country. to reserve the balance of my time. Should it be 3 years? Should it be 5 But with this farm bill, the House Re- Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield years? That is the question you have to publican majority has betrayed this 2 minutes to the gentleman from New decide in this motion. Do you take fight. By cruelly cutting $40 billion Jersey (Mr. HOLT). away the House’s ability to have the from food stamps, our most important Mr. HOLT. I thank the gentleman. option of making whatever we can all antihunger program, they are telling Mr. Speaker, I want to follow on the agree on permanent law? Do you insist over 4 million of our most vulnerable remarks of our colleague from Con- that we continue to have the food pro- citizens—children, seniors, veterans, necticut. gram, SNAP, run concurrently with the disabled—you may not know where The SNAP program is in jeopardy, the rest of the farm bill? It’s a very your next meal is coming from. which means children’s health is in simple set of issues to consider. The majority is making this $40 bil- jeopardy, and we should extend the From my own perspective, I would lion cut, robbing poor families of food, ARRA-created benefits as well as to ask the House to allow the conference even while continuing to dole out over fully fund, not cut, the SNAP program. committee as much flexibility as pos- twice as much—$90 billion—in crop in- My colleague referred to the article sible in negotiating with the other surance subsidies, taxpayer dollars, to this past week in The Lancet, the body—as much flexibility as possible— some of the Nation’s wealthiest fami- prominent medical journal. Allow me and that would require rejecting the lies and agribusiness. to quote from that. motion to instruct. In the Crop Insurance Program, there Many studies have shown positive associa- With that, Mr. Speaker, again, I want are no income eligibility requirements. tions between receipt of SNAP . . . and a to thank my colleagues on the other You can be a billionaire and still col- lower risk of anemia, obesity, poor health, side of the aisle. I look forward to the lect the subsidy. In the food stamp pro- hospital admission for failure to thrive, and joys of hopefully not quite as chal- reports of child abuse and neglect. Children lenging a conference as this first 2 gram, you can only make up to $23,000. aged 5–9 years of SNAP-participating fami- With that, you can only spend almost lies have better academic outcomes and less years of this process has been but, $1.50 on a meal. That’s the inequity we obesity than children in nonparticipating nonetheless, an acknowledgment that are talking about here. families. we need to get our work done in a There should be a condemnation of Between 1961 and 1975, the program was im- timely fashion and bring a product what that House majority is trying to plemented county by county, thus, allowing back that a majority of this body can do to hunger and nutrition programs— for comparison across counties that differed accept and support. and there is. It has been near universal. only by SNAP availability. In SNAP-avail- With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back able counties there was . . . a significant in- Nutrition, agriculture, homeless, sen- crease . . . in mean birthweight for both the balance of my time. iors, education, and health care organi- Black and White Americans, compared with Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, I just zations—even Republican leaders like those counties where SNAP was not avail- say that we have had a way to deal former Republican Senator Bob Dole— able. with this for the last 40-some years

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People Just a few months ago, I offered a re- the United States, and this is a big ad- that have been involved in this for a form amendment to the farm bill that vantage for foreign competitors. In long time think this is a mistake. I gained unprecedented support and fact, Canada even advertises their ac- think it is a mistake. which made modest, but essential, re- cess to the world sugar market as a I ask my colleagues to support this forms to our government’s sugar pro- reason for American companies to relo- motion to instruct, and I yield back gram. Today, we debate this resolu- cate or to build new facilities in their the balance my time. tion, one that is even more modest but nation. Mexican food companies also The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time just as critical to bringing stability have lower and more stable prices and for debate has expired. and balance to our sugar market. As a the advantages of importing products Without objection, the previous ques- matter of fact, my resolution is even to the U.S. under NAFTA. Simply put, tion is ordered on the motion to in- more timely. Following our debate on we are handicapping our food indus- struct. this program, the government began tries at a time when they face intense There was no objection. shoveling out money to support sugar competition. Good jobs are flowing out The SPEAKER pro tempore. The growers—$250 million worth in 4 of the U.S. into other nations. question is on the motion to instruct. months. We were told by the opposing In the farm bill we sent over to the The question was taken; and the side that it operated at no cost. We Senate, every single commodity pro- Speaker pro tempore announced that need to address this wasteful practice. gram was reformed except for sugar. the noes appeared to have it. Mr. Speaker, every single one of us Dairy farmers, peanut growers, cotton Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, on has a small food business in his dis- growers, and many more will all see that I demand the yeas and nays. trict. Sugar is an essential ingredient changes to their programs. The resolu- The yeas and nays were ordered. even in many foods that aren’t nec- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tion on the House floor today proposes essarily sweet. We all know how hard it ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- a modest change to the sugar program. is on small businesses right now. We ceedings on this question will be post- Currently, the Secretary of Agri- know how critical these jobs are to our poned. culture has the authority to manage economy. Shouldn’t we do everything imports of sugar for 6 months out of f we can to help them grow strong? the year. The other 6 months of the b 1630 Today, millions of American families year, he can do nothing even if prices are on tight budgets. They watch their EXPRESSING SENSE OF HOUSE RE- spike unreasonably high. The Sec- spending carefully, especially when it LATING TO TARIFF-RATE retary basically has to make an edu- comes to buying food; and when they QUOTAS FOR RAW AND REFINED cated guess about how much sugar walk down the grocery aisle, they may SUGAR should be imported. The way the stat- not realize the costs that go into the ute is written, the Secretary must err Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to products that they buy for themselves on the side of the growers and pro- House Resolution 380, I call up the res- and their children. Very few of them ducers. This means that, if the guess is olution (H. Res. 378) expressing the know that they are paying signifi- wrong, Big Sugar benefits and con- sense of the House of Representatives cantly more for these products in order sumers get fleeced. regarding certain provisions of the to ensure the profits of a small handful It is time that we put an end to a pol- Senate amendment to H.R. 2642 relat- of sugar producers. They don’t realize icy that makes little sense—a policy ing to the Secretary of Agriculture’s that, altogether, Americans are paying that didn’t even exist until the 2008 administration of tariff-rate quotas for an additional $3.5 billion a year be- farm bill. This is a failed experiment raw and refined sugar, and ask for its cause of a government sugar program that has hurt lots of people and has immediate consideration. that makes little sense. helped only a handful. The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Tens of millions of Americans are Mr. Speaker, I am grateful that this tion. looking for jobs. Many don’t under- resolution is on the floor today. I be- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- stand why there isn’t more work avail- lieve that the House should make a ant to House Resolution 380, the resolu- able right now. What they don’t know strong statement—that our conferees tion is considered read. is that a nationwide industry is suf- should work to get good reform to the The text of the resolution is as fol- fering because we have a sugar pro- sugar program in this year’s farm bill. lows: gram that favors the few over the I am also grateful for the bipartisan H. RES. 378 many. There are more than 600,000 jobs support for this measure. At a time Resolved, That the managers on the part of in sugar-using industries today. How- when it seems like Democrats and Re- the House of the conference on the dis- ever, that industry has seen tough agreeing votes of the two Houses on the publicans can’t agree on much, we have House amendment to the Senate amendment times. More than 127,000 jobs have been a very strong bipartisan group working to the bill H.R. 2642 (an Act to provide for lost since the late 1990s. The Depart- across the aisle to stand up for con- the reform and continuation of agricultural ment of Commerce estimates that, for sumers, for job seekers, for businesses, and other programs of the Department of Ag- every one job the sugar program saves, and for taxpayers. riculture and other programs of the Depart- three are lost in sugar-using industries. I reserve the balance of my time. ment of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, The sugar program is a bad deal for Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield and for other purposes) should advance pro- businesses, for consumers, for job seek- myself such time as I may consume. visions to repeal the Administration of Tar- ers, and for taxpayers. When the House I rise to oppose this resolution and to iff Rate Quotas language as added by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, passed a farm bill this summer, every say that we have very strong bipar- and thus restore the Secretary of Agri- single commodity program was re- tisan opposition to this resolution. culture’s authority to manage supplies of formed except for one—the sugar pro- Frankly, I don’t know why we are sugar throughout the marketing year to gram. doing this, because we settled this meet domestic demand at reasonable prices. The sugar program is probably more issue when we had the debate on the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- in need of reform than any other com- floor earlier in June. This is a sense of tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. PITTS) modity. The program controls prices to the Congress, and there is no require- and the gentleman from Minnesota ensure that at all times sugar farmers ment that the conference committee (Mr. PETERSON) each will control 30 and producers profit. When prices are pay any attention to this, so I don’t minutes. high, as they were for 4 out of the last quite understand why we are going The Chair recognizes the gentleman 5 years, producers do very well. When through this process; but in any event, from Pennsylvania. prices are low, the government buys we are here.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:04 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.052 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6521 We have a sugar policy that supports bars. You could probably give it away, The 2008 farm bill directs the Sec- $20 billion in economic activity and and they wouldn’t lower the price. retary of the United States Depart- 142,000 jobs. The reason we have it is This has been a good policy. It keeps ment of Agriculture to manage the that every country in the world that sugar stable. There was a time in this overall U.S. sugar supply, including produces sugar subsidizes those indus- country when we got rid of the sugar imports, so that market prices on aver- tries or supports them, in most cases program. What happened? We had age can stay higher in the United substantially more than does the prices go up to 50 cents a pound, and we States compared to the overall world United States. So if we change this had the candy companies and the sugar price of sugar. We need to eliminate program or give up what we have put users come in and ask for the govern- this same provision in the 2013 farm together here, what you are going to do ment program to be put back in place bill that would limit the Secretary of is give this industry away to countries so they could get the prices down to a Agriculture’s ability to allow sufficient that subsidize and support their indus- more affordable level. I will guarantee sugar imports into the country so that tries more than we are doing here in you, if you get rid of the sugar policy, consumers can pay their prices. the United States. I don’t know why we what you are going to have is a feast or All that we are asking is to give the would want to do that, but that would famine situation. You might have low Secretary of Agriculture some flexi- be the effect of this. prices for a while, but you are going to bility to adjust. The Government of Mexico owns 20 have a time when high prices are going Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, I am percent of the industry in its country; to do a lot more harm to you than this now pleased to yield 3 minutes to the and with NAFTA, we gave Mexico open sugar program does. gentleman from Texas (Mr. CONAWAY), access to our market. This is in spite of This is a bad idea. It doesn’t need to the chairman of the relevant sub- the fact that they own the industry be done, as we have already settled this committee in the House Agriculture down there. President Reagan once issue. I ask my colleagues to reject this Committee. said that unilateral disarmament has for any number of reasons. never worked, that it only encourages I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. CONAWAY. I thank the gen- aggressors. Reagan had it right. So Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, at this tleman for yielding time. whether it is defense policy or eco- time, I yield 3 minutes to the gen- Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposi- nomic policy, you don’t give something tleman from Illinois, DANNY DAVIS, the tion to the Pitts-Goodlatte amendment away for nothing to people who are cochair of the Sugar Reform Caucus. for a number of reasons. doing more than what our opponents b 1645 First of all, we have already voted on claim we are doing. Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. the Pitts-Goodlatte amendment provi- The United States is the largest Speaker, I have been very pleased to sions during the farm bill, and the sugar importer in the world. We bring work in a very bipartisan way with House voted to reject it. I am not sure in 1.5 million tons of sugar from 40 Representatives PITTS, GOODLATTE, why we are here again today to retread countries. Nobody else does that. This BLUMENAUER, and others as we have all of these issues. Even if this resolu- is sugar we could make here in the shaped H. Res. 378. tion were to pass—which hopefully it United States, but we gave away 15 The domestic sugar program is an doesn’t—I hope our Members remember percent of our market to help other outdated system of strict government how they voted in July and understand countries. We have been doing that for controls that cost consumers $4 billion why they voted the way they did in a long time, and we have had pretty a year in higher prices. Historically, July and stick with that this week. But good prices. All of a sudden, because the sugar program not only hurts con- because the provisions in both bills in Mexico had a good crop, I guess, the sumers but it also costs us jobs. High the House and Senate are the same this prices have collapsed. If you think that sugar prices were responsible for the has even less effect than for the con- the loan rate—the bottom price that loss of 112,000 jobs in sugar-using indus- ferees to ignore it. we have in the sugar program—is giv- tries in the last decade. While growers Our trade laws allow a lot of sugar to ing us some kind of a profit or some of all commodities, including those for be imported in this country. We can kind of a ‘‘fat cat’’ deal, I invite you to cotton, rice, peanuts, corn, soybeans, and do grant extra access above and be- come up to American Crystal’s annual and wheat, have seen their benefits cut yond the commitments if, in fact, we meeting in December in my area and in and their programs reformed, for some do need more. Representative CRAMER’s area, at inexplicable reason sugar growers and But the farm bill simply says, let’s which they are going to be reporting processors continue to get a free ride wait to see how much Mexico is going that they have lost money this year be- and keep their program without any to send us before we grant others extra cause the sugar prices are at loan reform. access. Remember that Mexico has 100 rates. So the loan rates that are in the No other crop has a program like percent access to our market. They bill are not guaranteeing anybody a sugar, which restricts both domestic heavily subsidize their sugar, and the profit. They are just putting a floor production and imports. Peanut and to- Mexican government owns 20 percent of under it, trying to keep us in business bacco growers once had a quota that that industry. until next year. limited production, but Congress re- There is no good reason to be doing formed those programs a long time The Pitts resolution would ignore this. We settled this issue before. The ago. market forecasts and start granting reason for the April 1 date is that, in Now we are only left with the sugar extra access to Mexico and other coun- the past, the USDA has made mistakes program, where it remains perma- tries right off the bat before the grow- in terms of where we were with the nently in the 2013 farm bill to continue ing season. Mr. Speaker, that is reck- market. So by having an April 1 date, to cause higher consumer prices for less. The effect of this would glut our we can make it less likely that these food products containing sugar. This market with foreign subsidized sugar, mistakes are going to happen in the fu- program is designed to benefit a few at depress our prices, and make it impos- ture. That is the main reason that we a tremendous cost to many. Our cur- sible for our farmers to repay our have got it in there. rent sugar policy offloads the pro- loans, resulting in forfeitures and addi- The sugar program has operated at gram’s cost onto consumers and food tional taxpayer costs that shouldn’t be no cost for a long time. During that companies, entices U.S. companies to there. How good is that for taxpayers? time, the opponents claim that the relocate overseas, destroys U.S. jobs, Sugar farmers are currently experi- prices were too high. Now the prices and limits export market opportunities encing a 57 percent drop in sugar have collapsed, and they are saying the for the rest of the economy. prices. I would argue that not one con- safety net costs too much. So they are It is time for Congress to finally re- sumer in this America has benefited still complaining about the prices form this relic of a program of the past from that drop. My colleagues on both being too high. I will guarantee you and put an end to sugar’s special sta- sides of the aisle argue that sugar costs that you could get the price down to tus. We can now correct a specific as- way too much money. Yet with a 57 almost nothing, and it wouldn’t change pect of the 2013 farm bill by supporting percent drop, where are those savings the price that people charge for candy H. Res. 378. going to those consumers that you

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:04 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.055 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6522 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 11, 2013 want to protect? Where are those re- their operations due to the uncertainty Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I am duced soda prices? Where are those re- created by the sugar program. In fact, here today on behalf of our farmers in duced candy bar prices? It is nowhere for every job that proponents of this Minnesota and the midwest. to be seen. horrendous policy claim is maintained My State is number one in sugar beet I would argue that the policy works by the current sugar program, the production. That means my State’s when prices are high, at above the lev- Commerce Department estimates that economy and the State’s rural econ- els. There is no cost to taxpayers. Then the sugar program eliminated three omy take a direct hit because of this when prices are depressed, like they jobs in food manufacturing. resolution. This resolution hurts our are now because of extra access from Although I wish we could be here de- farmers, small businesses, hospitals, rural markets which are all subsidized, bating even greater reform, what we schools, the lives of real people in rural then prices are depressed and the safe- are debating today is quite modest. communities. ty net steps in. You either have a safe- This motion to instruct simply re- American-grown sugar creates more ty net or you don’t. The argument that stores to the Secretary of Agriculture than 142,000 jobs in 22 States and nearly this one was not adjusted in this farm the flexibility to manage sugar im- $20 billion in annual economic activity. bill is specious on its face. ports, an authority the Secretary had We have farmers in the beet fields right Simply to say we change it for the prior to the 2008 farm bill. To be clear, now finishing up harvesting. This reso- sake of change makes no sense. If there this language will not allow a pound— lution sends a message that this House is a legitimate change that you want, a pound—more sugar to enter the U.S. wants to shut down sugar production, fine. But that is not what these folks unless the Secretary authorizes that it which will shut down jobs here at are proposing. They are saying change can come in upon a finding that is home. it just because everybody else got needed. But some jobs will be created—in changed. This program worked for 10 Many of you may be wondering why Brazil. Let’s defend U.S. jobs, defeat years without any cost to the taxpayer we are discussing sugar again. Since this resolution, and stand with sugar directly, and it would continue to work the House last debated the farm bill, beet farmers in Minnesota and across that way going into the future. the negative effects of the sugar pro- the United States. The Republican majority has shut They picked a great year to pick this gram have only gotten worse. While down the Federal Government. I am price because prices are down. The proponents of the current sugar pro- not going to stand by and shut down safety net is supposed to kick in. I gram claim it is ‘‘no cost,’’ nothing the sugar program. So let’s protect would argue that we need to maintain could be further from the truth. The U.S. communities and U.S. jobs and the sugar program because it works for sugar program has cost American tax- vote ‘‘no’’ on this resolution. American sugar producers. payers more than $250 million since Confectioners cannot argue that Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, at this July. prices in Canada are less. Prices in time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentle- To put this in perspective, in less Canada right now are 29 cents a pound. lady from California, JACKIE SPEIER. than 3 months this broken policy has So where are all those jobs coming Ms. SPEIER. I thank the gentleman cost American taxpayers $250 million, back to the United States because for yielding me this time. which is almost as much as the amount sugar in America is 26 cents a pound? Mr. Speaker, it is kind of uncomfort- of money available for an entire year Where are the jobs that went to Mexico able being on this side of the aisle, but because sugar was cheaper there? Oh, it for The Emergency Food Assistance it is also, I guess, a recognition that is not cheaper; it is 28 cents a pound Program, TEFAP, the USDA program this is truly a bipartisan effort, and I there. Where are all those jobs coming that purchases commodities for food am really thrilled to be joining in it. back? banks. It is nearly $50 million more Imagine that when the farm bill was You cannot argue with a straight than the Commodity Supplemental debated here, every single commodity face that sugar prices drive all those Food Program for our Nation’s senior program in the farm bill was amended, jobs out of this country. citizens. was reformed, with the exception of Reject the Pitts amendment, and I urge my colleagues to support this sugar. Now, why would that happen? let’s move forward with a farm bill motion. Well, maybe it is because of some that we can make for American farm- Comedian Jay Leno recently joked—‘‘The sweet-talking sugar lobbyists that ers. Department of Agriculture wants to use our tax made that happen. Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, at this money to buy 400,000 tons of sugar to limit But nonetheless, let’s be clear about time, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- supply and boost prices so sugar producers what this resolution doesn’t do. It does tleman from Virginia (Mr. GOODLATTE), can pay back government loans that they not undermine the sugar program in the distinguished chairman of the Judi- could default on. You follow me here on this? this country. The sugar program that ciary Committee. We loaned them money and now we’re giving exists in terms of price support re- (Mr. GOODLATTE asked and was them more money so they can pay back our mains, the domestic marketing allot- given permission to revise and extend loan. You still wonder why we’re 16 trillion dol- ment for sugar remains, and it does not his remarks.) lars in debt?’’ eliminate sugar import quotas. Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I Sadly, this is no longer a joke. This is the What does it do? It basically says congratulate the gentleman from reality of the sugar program and it is the that the Secretary of Agriculture can Pennsylvania and the gentleman from American taxpayer who is saddled with the make sure during the entire year, and Illinois for their leadership on this cost of this program. not just 6 months, that the market issue. Since this government shutdown began we supply is appropriate. A few months ago, we offered a re- have been intensely debating the spending What do we know about research that form amendment to the House farm priorities for our country. I don’t know how we has been done on the cost to con- bill that would have saved taxpayers can justify this horrendous program at all! sumers? It is said to cost consumers money, kept American jobs at home, While I wish we were able to go further in $3.5 billion. Now, this figure doesn’t and ended special treatment to one reforming the sugar program, today we have come from the candy manufacturers; farm commodity at the expense of all the opportunity to return a small bit of sanity this figure comes from a number of others. to the program studies by the Government Account- This farm bill makes major policy Please join me in supporting the Pitts sugar ability Office, by OECD, by the Presi- changes that leave no commodity un- reform resolution to restore common sense to dent’s Council of Economic Advisers. touched, except one. The farm bill America’s sugar policy. Now, what has happened since July? makes absolutely no change to the Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, I Since July, the taxpayers of this coun- sugar program. In fact, the sugar pro- would like to point out that for the 12 try have spent $250 million because gram wasn’t even given the scrutiny of years before July there has been no they are guaranteed as sugar producers a hearing as the Ag Committee was cost at all, and the food stamp part of to 17 cents per pound. When they constructing the current farm bill. the farm bill had no hearings either. couldn’t get 17 cents per pound, the Since 2008, manufacturers across the I yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady U.S. had to buy the sugar and then try country have been struggling to run from Minnesota (Ms. MCCOLLUM). to sell it to ethanol producers.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:04 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.057 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6523 Mr. Speaker, the time has come for not complain about sugar companies The district that I represent is home us to reform the system. making money or confectioners mak- to Michigan Sugar. And I hear these Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, I am ing money, as if profits are something references—I heard them on the floor pleased to yield 2 minutes to my friend that is evil. We want these companies earlier, and I just saw it again—to Big from Texas, Judge POE. to make money. We have had 4 years of Sugar. These are family farms that Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, our high sugar prices, and that simply have banded together in cooperatives. current U.S. sugar policy maintains incentivizes more Mexican imports. It You can call that Big Sugar if you that sugar will not become a solely for- provides more incentives for those im- want. It is a term I suppose that is in- eign-grown product for the United ports. tended to elicit certain thoughts about States. When we weaken our sugar and But let’s look at the numbers. The who these farmers are. That is a our sugar growers, it hurts America current program is a remnant of the shame. These are family farmers who but it helps Brazil, it helps Mexico— Depression era. It puts 600,000 Amer- work hard every day and are forced to the biggest competitors for the United ican jobs in the food industry at risk. be in competition with multinational States. Between 1997 and 2011, nearly 127,000 corporations. Brazil’s yearly $2.5 billion subsidy jobs were lost in segments of the food We talk about the price of sugar. The has led them to controlling 50 percent and beverage industries that use sugar price of sugar in a candy bar in 1985, of the global sugar exports. in their operations. And, yes, Hershey there was 3 cents of sugar in that Mexico has already unlimited access is located in my district. candy bar and it cost 35 cents. Today, to the United States. And who is the The current sugar program hits that same candy bar is $1.39, and there biggest sugar producer and exporter in American consumers and businesses is 3 cents of sugar in that candy bar. Mexico? The Mexican government. with $3.5 billion of extra costs every Let’s deal with the facts here. This is Mexico owns and operates 20 percent of year. The CBO projects that the Sugar- a struggle between companies that the Mexican sugar industry. On top of to-Ethanol Program, known as the want to marginally increase their prof- that, Mexico already owes Texas 300,000 Feedstock Flexibility Program, will it because not enough profits are going acre feet of water out of the Rio cost taxpayers $239 million over the to these companies. They are among Grande. It is improperly taking that next several years, including $51 mil- the highest, most profitable companies water out of the Rio Grande River— lion this year alone. Some analysts in the country, and they should be. water that should go to Texas sugar project costs of up to $100 million this That is good. But when is enough growers, but it is not. year and $250 million over the next 2 enough? Why is it that the family House Resolution 378 will weaken the years combined. farmers are always the ones that are U.S. sugar industry, giving advantage When sugar prices drop below a cer- asked to give more, to potentially risk to Mexico and Brazil. By allowing more tain level, the Federal Government their livelihood, generations of liveli- foreign sugar into the United States we buys that sugar and then sells it at a hood? create unnecessary and hurtful com- loss to the ethanol producers. The tax- This is wrong. It was wrong when we petition. We prefer, if we pass this leg- payers are abused twice. When is defeated it in June, and it is wrong islation, foreign farmers over Amer- enough enough? It is unacceptable and again today. ican farmers. wrong to call on the American people Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, at this to support the current sugar program, time, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes b 1700 not only with their hard-earned con- to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Weakening our sugar program is not sumer dollars, but with their tax dol- MORAN), another leader in sugar reform reform; it is crippling. It is crippling to lars as well. in our Nation. the United States market, to the Yes, we are having debates around Mr. MORAN. Madam Speaker, I don’t 140,000 sugar industry jobs. Once again, this place right now about the govern- want to get into the crosshairs of my it only leaves us dependent on other ment shutdown and the debt ceiling. friend from Minnesota, and if I had countries for our sugar. The point is we need to get on with sugar beet farmers in my district, I Mr. Speaker, it is one thing to be- this. Let’s protect the American peo- suppose I might have a different posi- come dependent on foreign countries ple, show them we can do our jobs. I tion; but I would like to talk about for our energy; it is another thing if we ask my colleagues to reform, not re- jobs because that is why I support re- start moving into the area of becoming peal, the current sugar program, but storing the Secretary of Agriculture’s dependent on foreign countries for reform it. Let’s save the American con- ability to keep sugar prices at a rea- what we eat. I urge my colleagues to sumers money in the midst of this sonable level year-round, not just dur- vote against this resolution. tough economy. Let’s show the Amer- ing the arbitrary 6-month period dic- And that’s just the way it is. ican people we can act responsibly on tated by the 2008 farm bill. Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, at this their behalf. Between 1997 and 2011, nearly 127,000 time, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- I strongly support the amendment. jobs were lost in segments of the food tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. DENT), Mr. PETERSON. Madam Speaker, I and beverage industry that use sugar in a leader in sugar reform. would like to correct the RECORD. We the products they make, while employ- Mr. DENT. Mr. Speaker, I am deeply do not need to import. The farmers in ment actually rose in food industry concerned about this issue, as are my district could easily produce that segments that don’t use sugar. Today, many of my colleagues. I strongly sup- 15 percent. We gave those markets to there are an estimated 600,000 Ameri- port this resolution by Messrs. PITTS, these countries out of the goodness of cans directly employed in the food DAVIS, GOODLATTE, and others for a our heart. manufacturing industry. It is an enor- whole host of reasons, but let’s be very I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman mously important industry. The U.S. clear about a few things here. from Michigan (Mr. KILDEE). Department of Commerce says that for This country consumes more sugar Mr. KILDEE. I thank the ranking every one sugar production job saved, than it produces. We must import member, and thank you for your lead- our current sugar program eliminates sugar, whether we like it or not. We ership on this issue. three jobs in food manufacturing. That also have to deal with some other very Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition is a loss of manufacturing jobs at a basic facts. to this resolution. Again, it is nothing rate of 100,000 per year. I listened with intensity to the gen- but an attack on thousands of family And the fiscal impacts of our sugar tleman from Minnesota, a good friend, farms in this country and in my dis- policies are just as disturbing. Since who talked about American Crystal trict. this issue was debated on the House losing money. Well, the answer is not If it were the sense of Congress that floor only 6 weeks ago, the sugar pro- to bail them out with our tax dollars. it was right to end the successful sugar gram has cost the taxpayer $90 million. We have seen enough of that around program, the House would have done And I am informed that the total cost here. It is time to stop those types of that last June. Instead, we did the op- to the taxpayer this year alone will ex- unnecessary bailouts. posite. We defeated this same attack, ceed $150 million. The Congressional We also heard my good friend from clearly indicating that this program Budget Office projects another $239 Texas, who, I was relieved today, did should be preserved. million in the outyears of the bill.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:04 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.059 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6524 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 11, 2013 We don’t need to be hitting up the again, some large manufacturers that amendments similar to this have been taxpayer for this money. We can make want lower prices, and I don’t blame rejected each time. modest reforms to U.S. sugar policy them. But please don’t say they are This would be a very damaging while still leaving a safety net in place going to pass them on to the consumer, amendment at a time when American for U.S. sugar farmers and processors. because they never have. Just look at farmers are already hurting. This is ex- This motion strikes the right balance. the price of Diet Coke versus regular actly the inappropriate time to go It is modest and commonsense policy. Coke. after American jobs. These guys would It is scaled back to include just one of Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, at this end up going bankrupt, and I don’t the reforms that the House considered time, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes think you want to sacrifice existing 2 months ago. to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. American jobs with the hope that some Madam Speaker, I think this should FLEISCHMANN). new jobs might be created. be supported. It is a modest, important Mr. FLEISCHMANN. Madam Speak- The other thing that is missing here reform. I think it is appropriate in er, I spoke earlier on the floor today, is the acknowledgment that the Sec- light of the context of our farm policy. and I think it is wonderful that we are retary of Agriculture already has the We are making reforms in other areas, having this great debate in this great authority to increase U.S. sugar im- and this is one area where we really do Chamber. Obviously, this is a bipar- ports if there is an emergency. So why need to reform on behalf of the Amer- tisan issue, and I am so glad that some do we need this instruction? I don’t get ican consumer and on behalf of the of my colleagues from the other side of it. need for more manufacturing jobs in the aisle have joined me in this great The other point, if we are going to the United States of America. debate for sugar reform. get back to some semblance of regular Mr. PETERSON. Madam Speaker, I I represent the great Third District order in the conference process, since am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the of Tennessee, and I have spent a lot of the House and Senate farm bills are gentleman from Florida (Mr. DIAZ- time in my district in manufacturing identical here, this should not even be BALART). plants where I believe, and I would conferenceable at the end of the day. I Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Madam Speaker, argue, that we manufacture the best think it is out of order and inappro- we have heard a lot of things today. We baked goods in the country, some of priate. have heard from those of us who think the finest candies in the country, and Right now, Mexico, as has been stat- that it is a good program, that it has we distribute these goods all over our ed, is well subsidized. Twenty percent been efficient, and that it hasn’t cost great Nation. We use sugar. We use a of their production is outright sub- the taxpayers money for the last 10 lot of sugar. sidized, owned by their government, is years; and we have heard from the But as we have been involved in this driving sugar prices in the tank for other side that it is not efficient. We great debate and since the last time on Americans. That is not right. This have heard conflicting numbers of jobs, the farm bill, I have noticed a couple of should be WTO conferenceable at the about potentially what jobs may have things. It is just not working. Since we end of the day. been lost. But what is not debatable had that last vote, it has cost the This is the wrong time to go about are the jobs that are created by the American taxpayer over $250 million. trying to end a policy that has worked sugar industry, including 142,000 na- In addition to that, I have made a com- great for the last 12 years and finally is tionally and 12,000 jobs just in Florida mitment to the workers in these plants paying off for those sugar producers, alone. that I am going to fight hard to keep sugar farmers, and all the sugar beet We are going to continue to hear con- their jobs in the United States of seed growers in my district that need a flicting sides here, but let me tell you America, in particular in the great little help in this tough, tough time. I what is not really debatable. What is Third District of Tennessee. In order to think if you are in favor of supporting not really debatable is that this is an do that, we have to stop this madness. a good balance of trade, supporting industry that, around the entire plan- This is not a radical change to sugar American agriculture, supporting the et, is subsidized. And what we are talk- reform. It is a modest proposal that al- American taxpayer, at the end of the ing about here is a unilateral disar- lows the Secretary of Agriculture the day, you do not want to vote in favor of mament of the U.S. industry that cre- discretion to help the American con- Pitts amendment. I urge its defeat. ates, again, 142,000 jobs. sumer against skyrocketing costs and 1715 I keep hearing, also, the fact that potential skyrocketing costs in the b consumers here are struggling. Wait a price of sugar. Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 second. Sugar here for consumers is Let’s face it; sugar is a commodity, minutes to the gentleman from New among the lowest prices on the entire plain and simple. And if you use it and York (Mr. MEEKS). planet. the price goes up, and if it is kept arti- Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I stand And then I have heard, again, that it ficially high, it drives the price up and in strong support of the Pitts amend- is affecting the food manufacturing in- you become uncompetitive. I believe in ment on the House resolution on the dustry. By the way, now we are getting the free market. I fervently argue for farm bill. to the real substance of the issue. But the free market, but the Pitts-Good- The sugar program included in the let’s ask the question: prices of sugar latte amendment does a couple of 2008 farm bill that became permanent have dropped dramatically this year. things. It protects American con- in the 2013 House farm bill, contains a Have you seen a dramatic shift, the sumers; it protects American jobs; and harmful restraint on trade and sugar lowering of prices in the food manufac- it is the right side of the argument for between the 6 months of October and turing industry? By the way, let me good, free-market Americans. April, which makes it so that the Sec- not get that dramatic. Have you seen a Mr. PETERSON. Madam Speaker, I retary of Agriculture cannot allow an dramatic lowering of prices of diet am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the increase in sugar imports, even if the sodas versus ones that contain sugar? gentleman from Oregon (Mr. SCHRA- marketplace needs it. No. DER). This detrimental restriction led to Look, if that was the case, if the Mr. SCHRADER. Madam Speaker, I record-high prices for both the sugar price reductions were going to be think it is important to put all this in producers and consumers alike. The passed on to the consumers, then you perspective. U.S. sugar policy from the higher costs resulted in many manufac- would see, obviously, products that 2008 farm bill has been very, very suc- turing companies, some are located in don’t contain sugar would be a lot less cessful. As a matter of fact, the com- my district, struggling or having to expensive than the ones that do con- mittees of jurisdiction both on the even shut down because they are un- tain sugar. House and Senate side decided not to able to sustain these high costs, killing Again, we are going to hear a lot of alter the sugar provisions in the 2013 good manufacturing jobs in the proc- conflicting issues, but let’s not forget farm bills passed by both the House ess. the basic principle here: We have thou- and the Senate. As a matter of fact, This resolution ensures that the U.S. sands of jobs that depend on this indus- this has been argued, as we have heard, will not be forced to face higher sugar try, including in Florida. We have, again and again. This amendment and prices that are two times the world

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:04 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.061 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6525 price because of an erroneous restric- The current U.S. sugar program is Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 tion in the current law. These high uncompetitive, outdated, it stunts minute to the gentleman from Illinois sugar prices have unfairly cost con- American job creation, harms U.S. con- (Mr. SCHNEIDER). sumers $3.5 billion a year. fectioners, and forces food manufactur- Mr. SCHNEIDER. Madam Speaker, I Simply, the U.S. should be able to ers and families to pay a higher cost ask for support of my colleagues on a control these costs and adjust accord- for any product made with sugar. Re- resolution in support of making a sim- ingly so that we do not impose unjust cent data suggests that without re- ple correction to the House-passed costs upon our consumers, especially in form, the program puts 600,000 jobs in farm bill during the conference with these economically trying times. the sugar-using industries at risk. I am the Senate. The bottom line is this: the problem all too aware of these negative eco- The 2008 farm bill overreached in lim- is not Mexico. The problem is an out- nomic impacts during a recent visit to iting the USDA’s ability to allow sugar dated anti-taxpayer, anti-consumer, a leading confectioner in my district. imports if there is a shortage in domes- anti-business sugar-reform program. Headquartered in Bryan, Ohio, tic supply. This misguided policy has The Pitts resolution will help restore Spangler Candy Company is a family- resulted in extreme shortages and now some balance to the program and re- owned business that has been providing surpluses, adding unnecessary vola- move artificial pressure from the cur- consumers with Dum Dums, Saf-T- tility to the marketplace and creating rent government intrusion into the Pops, Circus Peanuts, candy canes, and uncertainty for our manufacturers. Be- marketplace, which is what we are other confections since 1906. This com- cause of these policies, we have been losing food manufacturing jobs at the looking for here. pany currently has over 400 U.S. em- What will the Pitts resolution do? It ployees; but if it could purchase sugar rate of almost 10,000 per year. We can- not afford these job losses. will help fix our broken sugar program at world-market prices instead of U.S. prices, that number would be closer to The district I represent in Illinois is by, one, allowing sugar farmers to re- home to a number of food manufactur- tain their commodity program; two, to 600. That’s a difference of 200 highly skilled manufacturing jobs in a single ers, including Jelly Belly, TruSweets help ensure taxpayers will be less like- Confectionery, Cornfields, Ford Gum, ly to have to pick up the tab for this small midwestern town. Imagine the positive economic growth that would and Long Grove Confectionery. These program; and, three, help to ensure companies employ hundreds of people that hundreds of thousands of good result from sugar reform nationwide. I urge my colleagues to join me in and support hundreds of families in the manufacturing jobs and sugar indus- supporting this resolution. Reforming 10th District. These are economic driv- tries will be less threatened. ers of our community. I urge support of the Pitts resolution. the U.S. sugar program will restore fairness in the sugar market, encour- In addition to costing our manufac- It is a commonsense approach. age U.S. investment, and spur job cre- turers and workers, this policy is cost- Mr. PETERSON. Madam Speaker, I ing taxpayers. am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the ation in our local communities. Mr. PETERSON. Madam Speaker, I The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. gentleman from Florida (Mr. YOHO). am now pleased to yield 2 minutes to FOXX). The time of the gentleman has Mr. YOHO. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. expired. my colleague from Minnesota. Mr. PITTS. I yield the gentleman an NOLAN). I oppose the gentleman from Penn- Mr. NOLAN. Madam Speaker, listen- additional 1 minute. Mr. SCHNEIDER. Since July, this sylvania’s resolution, H. Res. 378. ing to the debate here this afternoon, I policy is estimated to have cost more Sugar is the only commodity where am reminded of a statement from an than $250 million. Keep in mind that we the U.S. is a net importer. This puts old University of Minnesota law pro- were told this program would operate U.S. producers at a disadvantage. Our fessor who once said that ‘‘all political sugar farmers have to compete with at zero cost. decisions revolve around who you’re The reform called for by this resolu- sugar-producing governments and for.’’ And I’ve heard both sides of this countries that heavily subsidize their tion would make a modest change to issue castigating one side or the other; U.S. sugar policy while still maintain- farmers’ production. Yes, this year this but it becomes rather clear, as you lis- program did cost our government, but ing a safety net for U.S. sugar farmers ten to this debate, that the supporters and processors. it is because Mexico is allowed to dump of this resolution are in support of their sugar on our market because of Please join me in supporting this those multinational corporations and commonsense resolution. Express sup- NAFTA. This is a trade issue that we foreign corporations and foreign gov- need to look at deeper. port for this reasonable reform. ernments that stand to benefit from a Mr. PETERSON. Madam Speaker, I U.S. farmers would gladly give up change in our U.S. sugar policy. am now pleased to yield 2 minutes to their safety net as long as every other On the other side, the side that I the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. country discontinued their heavily sub- choose to stand with, we have the pro- CRAMER), my good friend and the clean- sidized programs as well. U.S. sugar ducers such as the cane growers, the up hitter on our side. farmers can compete with any other beet growers who put their crops in the Mr. CRAMER. Madam Speaker, I foreign sugar farmer and we can out- field at risk every year, the men and thank the ranking member and my perform them, but they can’t compete women who work in the fields, who neighbor for yielding the time and for against a foreign government and sub- work in the plants processing sugar, his leadership on this very important sidies. At the end of the day, this is a and the consumers who benefit from a issue that supports the sugar farmers jobs issue. There are over 142,000 jobs in stable supply of reasonably priced of the Red River Valley of the north, the domestic sugar industry, with over sugar to satisfy our food needs here in and I am very pleased to confirm that 12,000 in Florida alone. Many of these this country. there is, in fact, plenty of room for all jobs would move to Brazil or Mexico if Madam Speaker, I strongly urge that of our colleagues to attend American the intent of this resolution becomes we defeat this resolution and stick Crystal Sugar’s annual meeting; so I law. There again, another industry with the sugar program that has appreciate his invitation, as well. would be weakened by our government worked so well in this country for so How many Federal programs only policies. long. In Minnesota alone, we have cost money every 10 to 12 years? We We in government should work to 32,500 people working in that industry. hear that this program has cost $250 keep America stronger and more com- There are 142,000 people working million since July. Yeah, since July of petitive, and I urge my colleagues to throughout the country in this indus- 2002. That’s all it has cost. vote against this resolution. try. I want to speak less, perhaps, to the Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 Madam Speaker, this was a jobs bill. merits of the program because they minutes to the gentleman from Ohio This was an American manufacturing have already been so eloquently illus- (Mr. LATTA). and production bill. Let’s defeat this trated and speak more to an issue of Mr. LATTA. I thank the gentleman resolution. Let’s support the farmers. unity. At a time when unity is so rare, for yielding. Let’s support the workers. Let’s sup- it is unfortunate that some of our col- Madam Speaker, I rise today in sup- port the consumers. Let’s defeat this leagues have chosen to attempt to dis- port of H. Res. 378. amendment. mantle one of the very few, frankly,

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Madam Speaker, I yield 1 prices, thanks to Washington’s top- sions in this resolution, and the House minute to the gentleman from Wash- down control. This kind of price-fixing killed it. At that time, a sense of the ington (Mr. KILMER). should be a bygone relic of the Soviet House was reached and a farm bill was b 1730 era and has no place in free-market passed. policies. Today we have an opportunity Mr. KILMER. Madam Speaker, I rise The Senate passed the exact same to make commonsense reforms to help to talk about the importance of this language pertaining to the sugar pro- protect these jobs. resolution. I would also like to urge this body to gram that is making today’s action not Prior to coming to Congress, I spent only divisive, but a total waste of time, protect the victory for limited govern- a decade working in economic develop- ment when the House split the farm as House rules prohibit the conferees ment in Tacoma, Washington; and dur- from even considering its language. bill and ended the unholy alliance be- ing that time, it was my job to go and tween food stamps and agricultural This maneuver undermines the very in- meet with employers and find out how tegrity of this great institution, and it policy. These policies are completely to keep jobs and try to grow jobs in our different and must be considered sepa- ignores the unifying achievement of area. this farm bill by dismantling the sup- rately, just like we are doing now in One of the first meetings I had was debating sugar policy. port system for our sugar farmers who with a company called Brown and are facing a 57 percent collapse in For the first time in 40 years, we Haley, a confectioner that has been gave taxpayers an honest look at how prices as we speak. producing the legendary and, if I might We don’t need more division, Madam Washington spends their money. We add, delicious Almond Roca since 1923. took a commonsense approach and con- Speaker. We need accomplishments. In discussing the economic challenges Let’s not impose division where there sidered food stamp policy and tradi- facing that company, the number one tional ag policy separately. is unity. Let’s vote ‘‘no’’ on this issue that they raised was the competi- amendment. Let’s allow our conferees Today the House sent to conference a tive disadvantage they faced from the bill that keeps these policies separate. to do their jobs, bring back a report high cost of sugar. that a majority of us can vote for and We can make sure that, going forward, We are a northern border State. we keep our commitment to trans- a farm bill that we can all vote for, From where I grew up, on a clear day parency and limited government. that the Senate can agree to, that the you could see Canada. For a region I urge the conference committee to President can sign, and demonstrate that is struggling to grow jobs and adopt this resolution, protect these our functionality once again. keep jobs, the threat of businesses in jobs, and keep food and farm policies Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, may I my district moving across the border separate. inquire as to the time remaining. isn’t a theoretical policy conversation; Mr. PETERSON. Madam Speaker, in The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- it is a real threat. closing, I would just reiterate that we, 1 tleman from Pennsylvania has 6 ⁄2 min- The current program puts 600,000 in sugar-producing areas, we, who are utes remaining, and the gentleman American manufacturing jobs at risk in the sugar production business, would from Minnesota has 7 minutes remain- in all 50 States. Since the 2008 farm happily give up the sugar program if ing. bill, the U.S. cost of sugar has sky- everybody else in the world gave up Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, I am rocketed to almost two times the world their sugar programs. That is the prob- 1 pleased to yield 1 ⁄2 minutes to the gen- price. That price increase is passed di- lem; and as I said in my opening state- tleman from Georgia (Mr. COLLINS). rectly on to our confectioners, who ment, as President Reagan said, when Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam have to make tough operating adjust- you unilaterally disarm, you are ask- Speaker, I thank the gentleman. ments to sustain their business. ing for trouble. I rise today in strong support of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The We are bringing in 15 percent of our House Resolution 378. time of the gentleman has expired. market in imports that we don’t need The current sugar policy in this Mr. PITTS. I yield the gentleman an to do. We could easily produce that in country is outdated and this year will additional 1 minute. the United States. cost American taxpayers millions upon Mr. KILMER. Our neighbors realize So I would say to these other coun- millions of dollars. It is time for us to how expensive U.S. sugar is and how tries, you give up all of your support recognize that there is a global supply high the prices are; and in the case of for your sugar industry, you bring in 15 of sugar that American manufacturers Brown and Haley in my district, those percent in Brazil and Thailand and need to be able to access, and the world north of the border have already ex- these other big sugar-producing areas, price for sugar futures consistently plicitly approached and advertised the and we would be happy to compete be- trades lower than domestic futures. If cheaper sugar prices across the border. cause we will run them out of business. it weren’t bad enough that our policy This current sugar program doesn’t The problem is, that is not the real causes food prices to be artificially just affect large corporations. It im- world. So if you want to maintain high, this year taxpayers will pick up pacts small family-owned businesses these jobs and this industry in the the bill to the tune of hundreds of mil- like Brown and Haley in Tacoma, country, the way to do it is with this lions of dollars when the USDA pur- Washington, that have been in our current program. That is why it was chases the excess supply. We will be communities for generations. So I ask put in in ’08. That is why it was sup- converting our excess sugar into eth- for support for this resolution to help ported on both sides, in both the House anol to support an industry which does American small businesses and Amer- and the Senate in 2013. And it works. not need any more taxpayer help. In ican manufacturing jobs. One of the speakers had said that we fact, that is another discussion for an- Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, at this have these high consumer prices in the other day of bad policy. time, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- United States. That is not true. We At a time when we are all taking a tleman from Indiana (Mr. STUTZMAN). have the cheapest, most affordable, hard look at every dollar we spend, we Mr. STUTZMAN. I thank the gen- most abundant, and safest food supply need to take a hard look at this sugar tleman for yielding. in the world in the United States, in- program. Every Member of Congress Madam Speaker, I call on my col- cluding sugar. And one of the reasons should ask themselves: Is this the best leagues this afternoon to support this is because of the policies we have in way we can use limited taxpayer dol- resolution, to further reform a harmful place. One of those policies is the sugar lars? and unnecessary sugar program that policy. Taxpayers are paying for the current puts 600,000 American manufacturing So I would encourage my colleagues sugar program when they write their jobs at risk. to oppose this resolution. As it was

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Madam Speaker, in con- myself such time as I might consume. tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. RYAN) and clusion, again, this is reform. It is not First, I would note, again, to my col- the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. a repeal of the sugar program. It is a leagues that this is one of the final LUCAS) each will control 30 minutes. very modest reform, simply going back stages of this long, challenging process The Chair recognizes the gentleman to what the Secretary had before 2008 of putting a comprehensive farm bill from Wisconsin. with the ability, the flexibility to together. allow sugar imports, when necessary, GENERAL LEAVE With the conclusion of this debate on to meet domestic demand. Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam this sense of the Congress resolution It allows sugar farmers to retain Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that and the votes that I suspect will come their price supports. It helps save all Members may have 5 legislative sometime later today or tomorrow, we American taxpayers and consumers days in which to revise and extend will begin then with the appointment money, about $3.5 billion per year. It their remarks on House Resolution 379. of conferees, the formal process of helps protect hundreds of thousands of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there working out the differences between good American manufacturing jobs. It objection to the request of the gen- House and Senate bills. That is no does not require the import of a single tleman from Wisconsin? small accomplishment, considering additional pound of sugar, and it re- There was no objection. how many years Ranking Member duces market manipulation. Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam PETERSON and I and the members of the Madam Speaker, I urge the Members Speaker, I yield myself such time as I House Agriculture Committee have put on both sides of the aisle to support may consume. into this effort. As a matter of fact, this resolution. And with that, I yield First of all, I would like to thank when we started the process of gath- back the balance of my time. Chairman LUCAS for his work on pass- ering information and putting the The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time ing a farm bill through the House. It hearing record together, I was the for debate has expired. was not an easy task. ranking member, and Mr. PETERSON Pursuant to House Resolution 380, And the farm bill got a lot right, in was the chairman. So this has been a the previous question is ordered on the my judgment. It eliminated direct pay- long, long process. resolution. ments. It made reforms to the food Now, I must say that I am obligated The question is on the resolution. stamp program, which are in desperate to rise in opposition to the resolution. The question was taken; and the need of reform. It consolidated duplica- I think the world of the author of this Speaker pro tempore announced that tive programs, and the Agriculture amendment, and in his role as chair- the ayes appeared to have it. Committee has started to implement man of the House Budget Committee, Mr. PETERSON. Madam Speaker, on very needed reforms of these programs. not only is he well-intentioned in this that I demand the yeas and nays. Unfortunately, I don’t think it went far amendment and his many other efforts, The yeas and nays were ordered. enough, which is why I am offering this but let’s be honest, our friend has a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- sense of the House. tremendous amount of work on his ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- I think that we should accept what plate, addressing everything from the ceedings on this question will be post- the Senate did—and they did it in a bi- issues about how we work our way out poned. partisan fashion—to impose limits on of this debt ceiling matter, how we ad- premium subsidies going toward the dress funding the Federal Government, f wealthiest of farmers. how we finally put a budget resolution EXPRESSING SENSE OF HOUSE What this sense of the House does is together. I know he is a busy, busy RELATING TO CROP INSURANCE it simply says, let’s agree to the man; but I must say the committee fo- Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Coburn-Durbin amendment which said, cused very hard for literally years on Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution for those making above $750,000, the all of these issues. 380, I call up the resolution (H. Res 379) sense of the Congress is that their pre- I won’t pretend that with all of the expressing the sense of the House of miums for crop insurance should not be things going on right now, not that Representatives regarding certain pro- as generous as everybody else’s. In many weeks after some very intense visions of the Senate amendment to fact, their premiums should be sub- debate on the floor of this House, the H.R. 2642 relating to crop insurance, sidized by 15 percentage points. This is goodly number of our Members are not and ask for its immediate consider- hardly draconian. In fact, I would sup- focused on particular nuances of the ation. port going much farther than this, as I farm bill, but on everything else going The Clerk read the title of the resolu- have voted consistently in the past. on. tion. But what this says is, if you are a But I would remind my good friends, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- farmer and you make more than the perspective of the House Ag Com- ant to House Resolution 380, the resolu- $750,000, all you will get is a crop insur- mittee and the perspective of the ma- tion is considered read. ance subsidy that is not as generous as jority—yes, maybe I have had too The text of the resolution is as fol- everybody else’s. It will be 15 percent- much fun with farm bills in recent lows: age points less. years—of this process has led us to be- H. RES. 379 Let me give you an example. If you lieve that it was important that we en- have protection for 50 percent of your courage participation in crop insur- Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the managers on the yield, right now the Federal Govern- ance. Crop insurance is like other in- part of the House of the conference on the ment will subsidize 67 percent of that. surance. It is about creating a pool of disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the Under this, if you make over $750,000, risk and spreading it out as far as you House amendment to the Senate amendment you would be subsidized by 52 percent possibly can, having as many partici- to the bill H.R. 2642 (an Act to provide for of your crop insurance. Hardly draco- pants as you possibly can to share ad- the reform and continuation of agricultural nian. versity, to contribute more premiums and other programs of the Department of Ag- So what we are simply saying is, we into that pool so that when you have riculture and other programs of the Depart- had a vote that was 59–33 in the Senate that inevitable loss somewhere, you ment of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes) should— to limit the subsidy for crop insurance are better able to address it. And that (1) agree to provisions relating to a limita- for very wealthy farmers. That is 1 per- is the perspective the committee took tion on premium subsidy based on average cent of all of our agricultural pro- and I believe the House, as a whole, adjusted gross income in excess of $750,000; ducers in the country, and what we took. Get as many people involved in

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I just wanted to say how weird this Senate language and would restrict the While I support many of the reforms feels to talk against something that number of people based on AGI that found in the House versions of our farm my good colleagues from Wisconsin would be able to participate, taking bill, unfortunately, no provision has and Georgia are proposing to do. people out of the pool, shrinking the been included which would limit crop One point that was just made was pool. These are, in all fairness, some of insurance subsidies, and this resolution that there was a $14 billion payout last the most efficient farmers. rectifies that glaring oversight. year in disaster insurance losses to I will just simply ask my colleagues, This commonsense resolution will farmers in America. That’s a cherry- remember the work of the committee save the taxpayers nearly $1 billion by picked year. Folks, remember, 2012 was and the work of this body. Help us keep instructing conferees to implement an historic droughts throughout most of this program as viable as possible. economic test for those farmers with ag production America, and so, con- adjusted gross incomes over $750,000. sequently, last year was a much higher b 1745 Those with incomes which exceed year than would have normally been Help us make sure that all farmers $750,000 will see their crop insurance the case. It is normally about $4 billion have the tools to mitigate their risk. premium subsidy reduced by 15 per- a year in that regard. Now, there is one other perspective centage points. I would also remind our colleagues here, and we have talked about this We all understand and recognize the that we fought this fight in July. Just many times, and it is the perspective need for having a safety net in place like the Senate went one direction of, what is the farm bill about? Is it for our Nation’s farmers. This resolu- with the vote, we went the other direc- about raising food and fiber? Is it about tion does nothing, nothing, to under- tion, with a 208–217 vote on this floor. meeting the nutritional needs of our mine that safety net. So we have had these conversations al- citizens in this country and having our We all know the need for serious re- ready and won this argument already. surplus available to consumers around forms also to our crop insurance pro- This effort will punish success, will the rest of the world? grams. Last year, it cost more than $14 punish efficiency. It is hard to farm Or is it about deciding who a farmer billion, and without reforms, it is pro- using $300,000 tractors if you have got a small farm. It takes 3,000 acres to be should be, and using policy decisions jected to be more than twice as expen- able to support the implements and the within the farm bill to pick people who sive as the conventional commodity tools needed to farm as efficiently as we want to farm, and to deny resources subsidy programs over the next decade. American farmers produce. And so we to people we don’t happen to like who So agreeing to this resolution would are punishing the folks who are the want to farm also? put into place the same provisions put I reject that also. Farm bills are best at what they do. forward as were mentioned in the Also, Madam Speaker, I would argue about farming, raising food and fiber, Coburn-Durbin amendment in the Sen- meeting the needs. that this is a risk tool. This is not an ate. That passed the Senate with sig- income support tool. Income support I would ask again, very respectfully, nificant bipartisan support earlier this of my colleagues, honor the decisions tools, as some of our approps have past summer. gone, clearly means-testing those of the full House not all that long ago. Currently, Madam Speaker, 4 percent Reject this sense of the House resolu- makes sense. We have had those in of farmers receive 33 percent of the place for quite some time. But this is a tion. benefits of crop insurance. A stunning risk management. Remember that you are helping us 73 percent of subsidy dollars goes to Risks at big farms are no different build on something that is kind of the top 20 percent of agribusinesses. than risks on small farms, and to limit amazing in this session of Congress, a That just doesn’t make sense. crop insurance, to restrict crop insur- bill that came out of committee with In a time of fiscal challenge, pro- ance this way is, in my view, wrong- $40 billion in mandatory spending re- grams like crop insurance need serious headed. form, with a bipartisan vote, a bill that modifications, and this is a step in the I would also argue that using AGI at left the United States House with a right direction. Though an incremental this stage in the development of the total of $60 billion in mandatory spend- step, and a small one at that, it is, in- broader issues going on in this country ing reforms. deed, a step in the right direction. creates several unknowns. I can think of no other committee in Also, at a time when there is little Both my colleagues from Wisconsin this session of Congress that can lay bipartisan agreement in this town, this and Georgia are working very dili- claim to that—$60 billion in mandatory is just such an opportunity to enhance gently on the Ways and Means Com- reform. bipartisan cooperation. mittee to, in effect, have a funda- Let us go to conference. Let us have Now, most folks on our side of the mental tax reform. That fundamental as much flexibility as possible. Let us aisle, this side of the aisle, have been tax reform will have the impact of finish our work. Let us finish our good strongly supportive of an economic eliminating deductions and credits and, work, and we will bring a product back test for most taxpayer-subsidized pro- in effect, raising AGI. They can’t tell to you from conference that you can grams. More actions like this are nec- us today where that AGI number is judge on its merits. essary in order to avoid this Nation’s going to go to, so that creates one of With that, Madam Speaker, I reserve fiscal ruin. the additional unknowns. the balance of my time. So, Madam Speaker, I urge support of A second unknown is in their bill Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam the resolution. itself. Their resolution says they don’t Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gen- Mr. LUCAS. Madam Speaker, I yield know what the impact is going to be. tleman from Georgia (Mr. PRICE), the 5 minutes to the gentleman from Texas We heard the Budget Committee chair- vice chairman of the Budget Com- (Mr. CONAWAY), the chairman of our man say one percentage. We heard Mr. mittee. primary subcommittee on the House PRICE say a different percentage. So Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Madam Agriculture Committee. even on their side of their arguments, Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Mr. CONAWAY. I thank the chair- they are not clear yet on what the im- RYAN for his leadership on this issue man for allowing us time to talk. pact will be for folks who go above the and so many others and for allowing Madam Speaker, it is a bit surreal on $750,000 AGI. me to join him on this resolution. a couple of levels, one, to be speaking But their amendment itself, or their Madam Speaker, under our current from this side of the Chamber, and two, resolution says, in paragraph 2, agree system, every farmer buying crop in- to be speaking against two of my col- with the provisions relating to the re- surance gets a subsidy. The question is, leagues who it is rare in my term here quirement for the Secretary to carry How big should that subsidy be? Should in Congress that I have been on a dif- out a study on crop insurance and the all farmers receive a 62 percent crop in- ferent side of an issue from—my good impacts of an adjusted gross income surance subsidy or more? Or should 1 colleagues from Georgia and from Wis- limitation that this is going to impose.

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I thank the chairman feet left the bank he’s saying, Wow, I replete with these opportunities. for yielding the time and for his long- wonder how deep it is going to be, and I find the rhetoric about somehow suffering and persistent leadership on I wonder how cold it is going to be. picking winners and losers and shut- this important issue. We don’t know, they don’t know ex- ting down the richest farmers ironic. I rise to ask my colleagues to please actly what impact this is going to The proposal that is offered by my oppose efforts in this House to punish have. So I would argue that, until we friend, Mr. RYAN, does not deny the success and vote ‘‘no’’ on the Ryan res- can fix a number on the AGI—and richest 1 percent of the farmers crop olution. The viability of any insurance instru- again, let me make sure that every- insurance. It just says, your subsidy is ment requires broad participation. To body understands. I am not saying any- going to be about 50 percent. You have maintain and foster improvement to thing whatsoever in opposition to the a 15 percent reduction. our farm base and the stable food sup- fundamental tax reform work that is That’s not picking winners and los- ply it provides, proper risk mitigation going on. That has nothing to do with ers. That’s not denying them the use of is essential. Although attacking the my comments. this tool. But what we should be doing ‘‘wealthy’’ may appear to be noble, AGI They are going to change the number is actually doing a deeper dive. limits for crop insurance will drive out that they want to use. That, they can- Crop insurance right now is so lucra- large-risk pool participants, making not argue against. They cannot tell us tive that it, in many instances, actu- the program less affordable for the yet where that is going to be. They are ally pays farmers to plant ground that farmers least able to do without it. going to raise it, I know, because you they know is going to fail. They can In North Dakota, the average farm is can’t lower and limit deductions and make money off of it because of how markedly different than the farm in not raise folks’ AGIs because business lavishly the crop insurance program is Wisconsin. North Dakota family farms deductions will be involved in this. So subsidized. are thousands of acres involving mul- they can’t tell us where that is going The premiums, the people who sell it, tiple generations. The proposed AGI to be for normal farmers. insure it against loss—I mean, study limits ignore this reality. They not So you can’t look at a farmer today after study from independent, outside only include income from farm oper- who might be making $500,000 AGI— agencies suggests that there is a lot ations, but other wholly unrelated lowering the rates the way they are that we could do. earnings. USDA research shows aver- going to do may raise that farmer’s In fact, it is ironic that there has age off-farm income greatly exceeds AGI to something in excess of 750. been this attack on food stamps, the on-farm income, making the targets of That person is in the exact economic SNAP benefit, which has a lower per- this provision more collateral than in- circumstances they are now with re- centage of abuse than the crop insur- tentional. spect to crop insurance and the risk ance program. We are on board now, American farmers largely support management tool that that has pro- the next 10 years, to have crop insur- the major policy shift that eliminates vided, and yet they are going to be fun- ance likely to be pushing up against direct payments, relying solely on this damentally impacted by this. $100 billion. cost-sharing arrangement with the So I think this is ahead of its time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Federal Government, resulting in 10 Wait on the study that the Senate bill time of the gentleman has expired. percent taxpayer savings. Unlike pre- calls for. I suspect my chairman will Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. I yield the vious subsidies, farmers pay for this agree on that study that is going on. gentleman an additional minute. protection by contributing around 40 But do not put this economic limit Mr. BLUMENAUER. But the fact is percent of the premium. The other 60 on crop insurance at this point in time. that this is an expensive entitlement in percent is not even expended by the We have won this fight once with our need of reform, with more areas of government unless a claim is made. colleagues. I would expect us to win it identified abuse than the food stamp The increasing role of Federal crop again. And I would urge my colleagues program, which gets whacked, and we insurance as the foundation of the fam- to vote against the Ryan-Price amend- have a farm bill that is going to pro- ily farm safety net in recent years has ment that would have the impact they vide more lavish benefits for the diminished the need for crisis appro- don’t know yet on crop insurance. wealthiest farmers. priations. Absent the stability of an ac- Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam I appreciate this discussion this tuarially sound program, future cata- Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gen- evening. I hope it is the beginning of a strophic disasters will result in greater tleman from Oregon (Mr. BLU- more ambitious effort to do what needs ad hoc disaster payments. Let’s not MENAUER). to be done with crop insurance. But I lose the momentum to shift from di- Mr. BLUMENAUER. I appreciate the think it is healthy to have it here. rect payments to crop insurance by courtesy of my friend from Wisconsin, I am pleased to join with my friend, compromising the financial soundness and I am pleased to join with him on Mr. RYAN, to agree with everything of this important program. the floor this evening debating this TOM PRICE said. Now that hasn’t hap- As the world population grows, the issue. It is something we have done pened, I think, in any speech that he demand for food will increase. We over the years, working with Mr. KIND, has given on the floor to this point. I should herald efficiency and increased with now Senator FLAKE, trying to in- am sure I am making him nervous productivity. Neither is achieved by ject a little more rationality and fiscal agreeing with him. punishing our most successful farmers. responsibility into this debate. But it illustrates the opportunity Please oppose the Ryan sense of the Madam Speaker, it is true that the that we could have if we would take House resolution. House rejected a proposal during the the time to work together on areas Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. I yield 2 debate on the farm bill, but 208 of our where there is bipartisan agreement minutes to the gentleman from Utah colleagues voted for a much more am- and there is a clear need. (Mr. CHAFFETZ). bitious proposal. In fact, I believe that I appreciate the gentleman giving me Mr. CHAFFETZ. I thank Chairman there were more votes for that crop in- the time. I appreciate him bringing it RYAN for putting this resolution to- surance reform than were available for forward, and I urge support. gether. I also want to take time to rec- the first iteration of the farm bill ognize and thank Chairman LUCAS. In itself. b 1800 his tone and tenacity in putting to- This is a very modest step, and I ap- Mr. LUCAS. Madam Speaker, how gether a farm bill, I think he has preciate it being brought forward, not much time is remaining? served as an example in this House of because I think it is where we need to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- how to be a chairman and bring to- go ultimately, but I think that this is tleman from Oklahoma has 19 minutes gether divergent groups. I was very

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You have corn farmers in the Mid- crop insurance premium subsidies for amendment, seems to be common west, soybean farmers in the Midwest. participants with an adjusted gross in- sense, in my mind. However, this reso- You have specialty crops, whether it is come over $750,000 by 15 percent. The lution calls for the elimination of de- green beans, strawberries, carrots, or amendment was approved in the Senate layed implementation in the Senate potatoes. All of these have different on a bipartisan basis, 59–33. During the amendment. The Senate amendment variables in the amount of income that House consideration of the farm bill, I delays this. We are simply getting rid comes in per acre. So whether it is 10 offered a companion amendment which of the delay of this implementation. acres or whether it is 10,000 acres, I be- was, unfortunately, not made in order. This means test proposal would save lieve that the risk is still great to By supporting this sense of the roughly $1 billion over 10 years, some- American farmers and producers. House, our Chamber now has an oppor- thing I think is very worthy for this Let’s also remember that the pre- tunity to go on record to support this body to consider. mium support is not a cash subsidy to modest, very commonsense reform. The On average, taxpayers are covering farmers. Farmers don’t all of a sudden limitation is expected to impact only 1 about 62 percent of crop insurance pre- open the mailbox and get a check in percent of the wealthiest farmers in miums. This proposal would reduce the mail, with premium support, which the entire country. The vast majority that to be about 47 percent, roughly, I think is an appropriate system for of farmers in our district will see no for high-income producers. It is still a our insurance programs that the Fed- change in the level of premium pro- very generous deal for very profitable eral Government can participate in; vided by the Federal Government. producers. We encourage profitability. but I don’t believe that using the AGI Last year, the Federal Government We want them to be as prosperous as is the correct way to measure whether spent $7 billion to cover 62 percent of crop insurance premiums. A 2012 GAO they possibly can be. That does not farmers should be participating at cer- study found that 4 percent of the most mean that we have an unlimited tain levels or not. profitable farmers accounted for nearly amount of money that we can con- If we really wanted to means test, we would use taxable income, where farm- one-third of all Federal premium sup- tinue, as taxpayers, to cover some of ers would be reporting certain incomes. port. Now is the time to include mod- those risks. est means testing to reforms in crop in- This reduction impacts roughly the AGI can vary from crop to crop, from surance programs. top 1 percent of producers. There are farm to farm, and so taxable income would make much more sense if we are I urge my colleagues on both sides of other government assistance programs, going to talk about any sort of means the aisle to support the Ryan sense of such as Pell Grants and food stamps testing. the House to protect taxpayers in the and earned income tax credits, that Also, I believe that it undermines the new farm bill. have some sort of means test to them. important landlord-tenant relation- Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I have no The least we can do is implement a ship. I have specifically been involved additional speakers, and I reserve the modest means test for crop insurance in this. Whether it comes to direct pay- balance of my time. subsidies for those making more than ments, obviously, with the increased Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. I yield 2 $750,000 or, again, $1.5 million for joint cost of farmland over the past several minutes to the gentlelady from Maine filers. years, those relationships are very, (Ms. PINGREE). To be clear, nobody is kicked out of very important and very valuable. Ms. PINGREE of Maine. Thank you, this program. Nobody is eliminated Almost half of the farmland in this Chairman RYAN, for yielding me this from this program. Contrary to the op- country is rented. I know that on our time. ponents’ claim, this will not harm the farm we rent almost three-quarters of Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to be insurance poll by driving out low-risk the land that we farm. If land owners on the floor on this bipartisan issue, producers. Even with a 15-percent point can no longer afford crop insurance, which we certainly don’t have enough reduction, the subsidy would still be they can simply transfer that risk to of today, and I am happy to be here as huge and would be a good deal for high- tenants through cash leases. You end well with the chairman of the Agri- income producers, since about half of up hurting the smaller farmers that culture Committee, whom I have had the premium would still be subsidized. rely on rented farmland. the privilege to work with, even I encourage passage. So I don’t believe that this particular though we possibly don’t agree on this Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 idea is ready for us to move forward on. issue. minutes to the good gentleman from I think that it needs more work. I I, too, was pleased to offer a similar Indiana (Mr. STUTZMAN). think that the intentions by the author amendment during the farm bill proc- Mr. STUTZMAN. I thank the chair- are sincere in trying to lessen the bur- ess and was glad to see Mr. HANNA man. I want to also commend him for den on the American taxpayer; but, at speak on that earlier. That amendment his hard work on the farm bill. the same time, let’s not hurt the Amer- was actually called the Hanna-Pingree Mr. Speaker, I know this has been a ican farmer and create, basically, a amendment. I digress for a minute be- long and drawn-out process. Obviously, system that can treat a farmer in the cause I was particularly sentimental there are a lot of changes in agri- South differently than a farmer in the about that amendment since my culture, and also with the food stamp Midwest or a farmer in the North. daughter is named Hannah Pingree. policy and with the economy. I know Let’s go back and reevaluate the sys- Unfortunately, that amendment met that this has been very difficult. tem. I think that if you talk to the its demise. I am just pleased to see we But I do want to rise in opposition to farming industry, you talk to farmers, are back here discussing this topic. this sense of the House. As a farmer they will come to the table and will try The sense of Congress is a very small from Indiana who uses the crop insur- to find a reasonable way. step toward a basic, commonsense re- ance program, I understand a little bit At this time, I would oppose this form: modestly reducing premium pay- about how this does affect farmers. sense of the House. ments for the most successful farm First of all, I would say that I think Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. At this businesses in America. Don’t let any- it is the right thing for us to do to time, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- one tell you otherwise—99 percent of eliminate the direct payment program. tleman from New York (Mr. HANNA). crop insurance holders will see abso- I think that is the right policy. That is Mr. HANNA. I thank the gentleman lutely no change in their premium pay- in the bill, and I would continue to sup- for yielding. ments; but for a very few, the absolute port it. I do think that we have some Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support richest, they will see a very small in- work to do on the crop insurance pro- of the Ryan sense of the House resolu- crease in their premiums. We are just

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He may not think that I am to see a much stronger crop insurance ferences between what we are address- helping, but I think I am helping by reform; but for now, for this farm bill, ing today and what the Senate has in passing this. The reason is that this for today, this is a step in the right di- its language in going to conference is passed 59–33 in the Senate. If we pass it rection. that the study, in effect, requires the here, that just takes off the table one Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to USDA look at the effect of this limita- contentious issue that they don’t have vote in support of this commonsense tion on the participation in the pro- to negotiate in conference, making it reform. gram and determine if that affects the easier to focus on the other things that Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- viability of the program. Does it you have yet to reconcile in con- self such time as I may consume. change the dynamics? Does it suddenly ference. So we are actually trying to This debate is coming to a conclu- become a greater expense as you shrink help the Ag Committee out here. That sion. I appreciate that greatly. The the pool? It gives the Secretary the au- is one way you can put it. civil tone, the nature of the discussion, thority, if that study determines that On a more serious note, I want to is something that we should do more of this will be negative to crop insurance, talk about a few of the criticisms. in this body; but I would note a couple to suspend the provision. That is not in Pooling. My friend from North Da- of quick thoughts to my colleagues. this sense of Congress. It says, ‘‘You kota mentioned that it is important to There have been many references shall.’’ ‘‘You will.’’ have crop insurance with these people made to the historic crop insurance One other passing thought: there has with very, very high adjusted gross in- payments made in the 2012 crop year. been a lot of discussion about reducing comes in the pool to make the cash One of those amazing circumstances the numbers, the percentages, from 65 flow. That is an actuarial argument was huge amounts of the Midwest, to 50. I will just simply note to you that works with health insurance— some of the most productive corn land that in many cases that, in effect, is healthy people subsidize sick people— in America, simply didn’t produce a not just a 15 percent move; that is a 40 but that is really not an argument crop—or not much of a crop. That is no percent move. Think about that. If you that, I think, flows with this kind of fault of the farmer involved. That is are a farmer—who is a businessper- insurance. Mother Nature’s decision not to pro- son—assessing the cost of your inputs Point number two: no one is saying vide the right amount of moisture or, and trying to match that up with a po- that a person who has a high net in other places, too much moisture. tential return on your outputs, you are worth, who has a high adjusted gross income can’t get crop insurance. All we b 1815 going to make those hard business de- cisions. are saying is just don’t subsidize him But, you see, that is what crop insur- Again, I think the world of my col- as much as everybody else. That is ance is all about. When I first came league, the chairman of the Budget really not asking a lot. What we are here, we had a system that worked Committee. I know he has a lot of saying is, if you are a farmer and if you around—not crop insurance, which things on his plate, and I know he has make $750,000 of adjusted gross income didn’t work very well and wasn’t sub- had a great many challenges in his ten- or higher, you don’t get subsidized by scribed to by a lot of people. We had a ure as chairman of the House Budget the taxpayer for your crop insurance as system of ad hoc disasters. If you had a Committee; but I will tell you that I much as everybody else. Your subsidy problem here or a problem there, then think the Ag Committee has worked is 15 percentage points lower than that you would have a special appropria- very diligently to craft language that of the people who make less than tions bill to fund that disaster. Those we are now about to send to conference $750,000. You still get crop insurance. special bills tended to grow and ex- in order to work out the ultimate bill You can still buy it. You will still get pand; and over time, they became a that reflects a lot of open process—in a subsidy, just not as much as every- huge drain on the Treasury. committee, on the floor, in a lot of body else. That is why, starting aggressively in input with motions to instruct today, Look, if you buy insurance on 50 per- the ’96 farm bill—pushed even harder and in another sense of the House reso- cent of your acres, instead of the gov- by then-Chairman PETERSON in the 2008 lution. We have acknowledged and re- ernment paying for 67 percent of that farm bill—the focus became: no more sponded to that input. insurance, it will pay for 52 percent of ad hoc disasters bills. Have a crop in- You have battled as Members of this your insurance. If you buy insurance to surance program that works. Make it body—and debated and discussed and cover 65 percent of your acres, instead clear to producers that, if you have a voted—on all of these issues before. I of the government paying 59 percent of problem, you have to have insurance, would just ask my colleagues to re- the cost, it would pay 44 percent of the that you have to participate, that you member what this body decided not all cost. If you buy insurance on 85 percent have to pay the premiums. that long ago and that, also, as we go of your acres, instead of the govern- Now, over the course of approxi- to conference with the Senate, it is ment subsidizing 38 percent of the cost mately the last decade, setting the 2012 going to be a very difficult thing to of that coverage, it will subsidize 23 year aside, this has become an amaz- protect our $60 billion in mandatory percent of the cost of that coverage. So ingly orderly system. Many Members spending reform that you have directed there is still a subsidy. in this room don’t remember ad hoc ag- us to do. Give the committee, give me, You are not penalizing or punishing ricultural disaster bills because this give the ranking member as many success by not subsidizing people as has worked that well. I would chal- tools and as much flexibility as you much. If we were having a tax debate— lenge you in most—in more than in the can so that we may prevail from the if we were talking about raising majority of the years—that the re- House’s point of view in accomplishing taxes—then you are penalizing success. sources coming into the program have common policy with the Senate that If we are talking about taxing and tak- been greater than the payments going meets not only the goals of this Cham- ing money from producers—from suc- out, but that is the way insurance is ber, but the needs of this country. cessful people, from businesses making supposed to work—you pay in in good With that, Mr. Speaker, I respect- any amount of money—then you are years, and you hope you never use the fully ask for a ‘‘no’’ vote, and I yield penalizing success. What we are saying product; but in bad years, the assist- back the balance of my time. is just don’t subsidize people as much ance is there. Call it crop insurance. Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. I yield my- because this subsidy is taking money Call it life insurance. Call it fire insur- self such time as I may consume. from hardworking taxpayers—from ance on your house. It is the principle Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the their taxes—to give to somebody else. behind the concept. chairman of the Agriculture Com- What we are saying is let’s not take

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House more than a week ago with sup- ance, getting pushed into some of these The other point is that this is one of port from Washington Delegate ELEA- exchanges. those rare moments in which I think NOR HOLMES NORTON and other Demo- So the idea that ‘‘if you like your there is bipartisan agreement that a crats in the House. This targeted ap- plan, you can keep it’’ is absolutely not farm bill really ought to be for family propriations bill, like the many others proving to be true for thousands of peo- farmers. The purpose of the farm pro- the House has passed with bipartisan ple throughout the country. gram is to make sure that individual support, still languishes in the Senate. This is just beginning. People who families can stay farming, and that When the Mayor approached Senator have looked at this from the Congres- means the safety net needs to be there REID to discuss the funding for the Dis- sional Budget Office to other groups for that family farm. I know in Wis- trict of Columbia, the Senate Majority say you could have anywhere from 7 to consin most of our farmers don’t make Leader replied: I am on your side, 30 million Americans who actually lose $750,000, so it probably doesn’t affect okay? Don’t screw it up. their employer plans because of Mr. Speaker, I am not sure whose many of the corn and bean or dairy ObamaCare. side the Senate Majority Leader is on, farmers whom I represent. Maybe in Of course, if you are losing your plan North Dakota and in other States there but it has not been on the side of the American people. and you are getting pushed into an ex- are people with thousands of acres who change, you may not be able to keep make that kind of money. I think that f your doctor because that doctor may is great—I think that is wonderful—but A WEEK IN REVIEW not be in the network, may not be I still think that our taxpayers The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under available based on the plan that you shouldn’t have to subsidize them as the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- are having to take because you have much as the family farmer. uary 3, 2013, the gentleman from Texas lost your original plan. This is one of those opportunities in (Mr. GOHMERT) is recognized for 60 min- Promise number three—this is the which I think Congress can speak with utes as the designee of the majority President: ‘‘I can make a firm pledge: a bipartisan voice. I really believe, if leader. under my plan no family making less the Hanna-Pingree amendment or the Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, at this than $250,000 will see any form of tax Blumenauer-Mulvaney amendment had time, I yield to my friend from Florida increase.’’ been made in order, it probably would (Mr. DESANTIS). Well, we know that the individual have passed. So this is our chance here OBAMACARE mandate he said wasn’t a tax. Then in the House to speak with one voice Mr. DESANTIS. I thank the gen- when it got challenged in the Supreme on a bipartisan basis. Let’s not sub- tleman from Texas. Court, his administration was saying, sidize folks at the high end as much, Mr. Speaker, I just want to say a few yeah, uphold it because it is a tax. and let’s protect that family farmer. words about accountability. That is eventually what the court did, Let’s agree with the Senate and take Normally, the way it works is that saying that it is a tax. That is a tax this issue off the table as one of those Congress can consider a piece of legis- that hits blue collar ‘‘salt of the contentious issues because we are lation. Maybe it passes. Maybe the Earth’’ people, forcing them to buy a agreeing bipartisanly and bicamerally President signs it. You implement it. product that essentially they may not that we ought to have a farm program Then the voters can decide whether even be physically able to obtain be- for the family farmer and somewhere they like it, whether it lived up to its cause the Web sites don’t work, and if limit these subsidies. That is all we are billing, so to speak. not, they are going to tax you. That asking for. With ObamaCare, it was interesting certainly hasn’t been true. With that, I ask for its passage, and because this was rammed through Con- But there are a whole bunch of other I yield back the balance of my time. gress at the beginning of 2010; yet it is things in the law that hit middle-in- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. just now really being implemented. I come and lower-income people. There MULLIN). All time for debate has ex- am starting to get a lot of people in my is a cap on flexible spending accounts. pired. district contacting my office who are Pursuant to House Resolution 380, It is actually harder under ObamaCare really shocked at some of the stiff pre- to deduct medical expenses from your the previous question is ordered on the mium increases they are seeing. So I resolution. income taxes. Even a tax on indoor think it is useful just to review some of tanning salons. I think there are a lot The question is on the resolution. the promises that were made and The resolution was agreed to. of people who make less than $250,000 a whether any of those promises have year who are doing the tanning salons. A motion to reconsider was laid on been kept. I think what you will find is the table. Then, of course, there are a whole that this is a law not only that the bunch of other taxes—over a trillion f public opposed, not only that was dollars—that may not be directly lev- MORE DEMOCRAT VOICES MUST rammed through with no bipartisan ied on somebody making less than BE HEARD support, but a law that in many ways $250,000, but the costs will end up being is resting on false pretenses. passed on. For example, the employer (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania Promise one, the President made mandate, the tax on health insurance asked and was given permission to ad- this: it will lower premiums by up to plans, the medical device tax. Those dress the House for 1 minute and to re- $2,500 for a typical family per year. vise and extend his remarks.) I have not seen that true anyplace. In taxes are on companies, but those costs Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. fact, people are seeing $2,500 increases. are going to get pushed to individuals, Mr. Speaker, more Democrat leaders There was a family in California, it was and they are going to have to bear the are finding their voices and courage to reported, who saw an increase of cost of that. And, oh, by the way, cer- speak out against the continued shut- $10,000. So I think, right here, as this is tain good health care plans that a lot down of government services by Senate being implemented, we know that that of union members have who are not Majority Leader REID. This was evi- is just not going to be the case. making $250,000 a year, those are con- dent on Wednesday as District of Co- sidered Cadillac plans, and those will lumbia Mayor Vincent Gray crashed a b 1830 be taxed extra going forward. Senate Democratic press conference Promise number two, the President Finally, the President said: ‘‘I will near the Capitol. said this: ‘‘If you like your doctor, you sign a universal health care bill into Mayor Gray took the opportunity to will be able to keep your doctor. If you law by the end of my first term as ask a simple and logical question of the like your health care plan, you will be President that will cover every Amer- Senate: Would the Senate vote on the able to keep your health care plan.’’ ican.’’ It is interesting—people on the House-passed measure to permit the Period. other side of the aisle will say, oh, you

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Of course, we We had also passed immediately be- The article says: know ObamaCare is causing people to fore the shutdown and sent to the Sen- Countless government Web sites have been lose the insurance that they have. ate a military pay bill. Now, that mili- taken down. So this is not something that is a tary pay bill was intentionally left We know even the panda camera was universal health care bill, by any broad enough so that it could take care turned off, even though it required no stretch of the imagination. There are of the need to take care of the death monitoring. going to be a lot of people who aren’t benefit, broad enough to take care of Yet despite these changes, which range going to have any insurance. the needs of the family that are always from inconveniences to major headaches, a The point I just wanted to make with provided by the military, by the De- number of not so essential government oper- this is, there has got to be account- partment of Defense, for those who ations are still up and running. Here are a ability in government. People want to paid the ultimate sacrifice in losing a few that have evaded the partial government have a redress of their grievances. loved one in the course of combat. And shutdown: The Denali commission. These issues were not necessarily teed lo and behold, even though that was up in the election, and so now people You have probably never even heard of the made clear, it also was made clear in Denali Commission. But the tiny Alaska- are coming to terms with what has the bill that civilian employees could based economic development agency gained happened. So the point I would just be included. Even independent contrac- some notoriety after it emerged that the make is, at a minimum when you are tors under that law were allowed to group’s inspector general was petitioning dealing with the broken promises of continue working that were supporting Congress to defund it. ObamaCare, we have got to commu- the role of the military. So it was a But guess what agency survived the shut- down? According to its own contingency nicate to the public that this has got very broadly worded act in order to to be based on some semblance of fair- plan, because the Commission’s staffers are give the Obama administration, and paid under the prior year’s budget, all 14 em- ness. particularly the Defense Department, For example, the Members of Con- ployees are exempt from furlough, and ‘‘re- great latitude to make sure important porting to work.’’ gress who wrote this law must live things got done. under the exact terms of the statute. That is a commission that its own in- Now as we have seen, the Secretary They should not be granted any extra spector general petitioned Congress to of Defense has laid off hundreds of legal relief from the burdens of defund. thousands of civilian workers, though ObamaCare. The fact that businesses Another government function that the bill gave him latitude to leave have had the law delayed for them— was left up: ‘‘The White House Twit- them working and they supported the and, of course, Members of Congress ter.’’ Oh, sure, there were plenty of military. It was only after about a have gotten special treatment as well— government help Web sites that would week that they finally said, okay, we I think individual Americans have got have made life easier for people having are going to let a whole lot of those to be given the same deal. It is just to deal with the Federal Government. employees come back now that we have wrong to have the IRS tax people to They were shut down because they buy something from Web sites that made the determination that the bill would have helped people. But the aren’t functional—and buy products gives us enough latitude to allow them White House Twitter was left up and that they may not like. to work. rolling. As the article says: So accountability is key. This is a We told him it did. The bill gave him Right as Congress missed the deadline last law that was passed. There were spe- that kind of power. Perhaps he had week to pass a spending bill, First Lady cific promises made over and over talked to President Obama and they Michelle Obama’s office informed its Twitter again. What we are finding now, unfor- decided, yeah, let’s put lots of people followers that: ‘‘Due to Congress’ failure to tunately, is those promises are not out of work, or perhaps he had not pass legislation to fund the government,’’ talked to the President. We don’t updates to the official First Lady Twitter ac- being kept. count would be limited. Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I appre- know. But as Peggy Noonan pointed out re- But the White House Twitter account is ciate so much my friend from Florida. alive and well. I am always greatly appreciative and cently, talking about things that have The account has blasted out a series of thrilled when I find somebody who at- gone on here in the last couple of tweets calling on Congress to end the budget tended an Ivy League school that got a weeks, she reminded us of Harry Tru- impasse. good education. man’s sign that was on his desk: ‘‘The Another item that has been left up The points are well made by my buck stops here.’’ and running despite all of the govern- friend from Florida. There were many They didn’t have to hurt all those ci- ment Web sites and help call centers promises made and promises not kept. vilian employees. They could have left and all that have been shut down, and Go from top to bottom: them working. But they chose to send that is ‘‘Let’s Move.’’ The article says: them home, creating more hardship. ‘‘If you like your insurance, you can While a number of government Web sites keep it.’’ Not remotely true. They chose not to pay the death ben- have been temporarily taken offline, and the ‘‘If you like your doctor, you can efit for families who were entitled to it First Lady’s Twitter account has been large- keep them.’’ Not remotely true. So after losing a loved one who is a pa- ly abandoned, not so for Michelle Obama’s many stories are coming forward. triot. They chose to do those things. Let’s Move campaign. ‘‘It is actually going to be cheaper They have chosen to close parks, The Web site for the First Lady’s healthy- for Americans under ObamaCare.’’ Not farms, different things that don’t cost living initiative remains operational— remotely true, unless perhaps you are the Federal Government a dime, don’t though it doesn’t appear to have been up- in New York. There is a small part of cost anything. But they have strategi- dated much since September. The top of the the country, a small group of individ- site displays the message: ‘‘Cheers to cally chosen to close things that create Water!’’ uals, who were already paying so much suffering, some chaos, different prob- because of a massive amount of waste lems for people. It is as if the park Another thing left up was the ‘‘Park or laws that allowed for a great rangers, who were quoted recently, Rangers on Patrol.’’ amount of waste or abuse; in those were exactly right in saying that they Despite national parks and monuments there may be some people that actually were told: make life as difficult as pos- being shuttered across the country for lack of funds, the National Park Service is devot- saved money. But for most Americans, sible for people, because that is what ing considerable resources to putting up bar- they are not only going to have to pay the administration has done. ricades and patrolling them. more, they are going to pay dramati- But there is good news. This story An innkeeper along the Blue Ridge Park- cally more. was published by FOX News: way who was forced to close his business due

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:02 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.076 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6534 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 11, 2013 to the partial shutdown told FOXNews.com had to park over by the townhouses, go called penalties throughout the bill. that park rangers have set up a ‘‘24/7 block- over rails, down steep embankments The Supreme Court noted that. In a ade’’ outside his inn—to prevent would-be and get in there. Unfortunately, as this very hypocritical opinion, the Supreme customers from coming in. administration knows, our World War Court went to page 15 and noted that Another thing, the ‘‘Obama Cam- II veterans in their eighties and nine- Congress called it a penalty. It only is paign Stop.’’ ties that I have been with and that I applied if people don’t do what is re- President Obama canceled a long-planned have helped and pushed wheelchairs quired. That makes it a penalty. Clear- trip to Asia over the budget impasse. for, they are not able to climb over ly, it is a penalty because the anti-in- But he, nevertheless, ventured outside the rails and go down steep embankments, beltway last week for a rally in nearby junction act makes very clear that if Rockville, Maryland, to pressure Repub- although they sure did while fighting Congress passes a tax, then no Federal licans to pass a budget bill. in the Pacific, European theater, and court can take it up and make a deci- North Africa. But they cannot do it sion on it until the tax is actually im- 1845 b now. And for anyone to keep putting up posed and the person suing has stand- The article says budget bill, but ac- the barricades at that Iwo Jima monu- ing by virtue of having the tax actually tually we are past the budget time. ment just to screw over our veterans is imposed on them. That is a nutshell. Now it is appropriation time, and that outrageous. I don’t know who is doing So if the Supreme Court had found is what we need. it, but shame on the people who are that ObamaCare contained a tax and The Patent Office. If you happened to doing it. not a penalty, then it would not have invent something during the stale- I was gratified last weekend, on one jurisdiction. But the Supreme Court mate, good news. The United States occasion I went up there, and there opinion at page 15 decided it is a pen- Patent and Trademark Office is open were plastic barricades that had been alty; it is not a tax. If it was a tax, we for business. According to the office, it filled with water to hold them in place, couldn’t go any further on the opinion. is using fees from the prior year to make them too big for a person to push The opinion would be over. We would keep running and should be able to for over, and yet there were three busloads have to dismiss and wait for the tax to roughly 4 weeks. of World War II veterans up at the Iwo actually be assessed. But since it is a The IRS is taking but not giving. IRS Jima monument, and someone had penalty, like Congress called it call centers are closed. The IRS is not rammed those plastic barriers, knock- through the bill, and since it is a pen- issuing refunds during the partial shut- ing them over, spilling the water ev- alty, as President Obama made very down. The agency, though, will gladly erywhere. Once the water was dis- clear to the American public—it is not accept tax payments during that time. persed, pushed them out of the way. A a tax; it is a penalty—the Supreme The IRS says in a statement on its Web wooden barricade looked like it had Court went on. Eventually, after deter- site: been run over so the buses could go up mining that ObamaCare, as written, The IRS will accept and process all tax re- there. I don’t know if those buses did based on what the proponents said was turns with payments, but will be unable to that or not. I like to think they did, the interstate commerce clause that issue refunds during this time. that those World War II veterans were gave it the authority to pass Another article from the Right Scoop not going to have some mean-spirited ObamaCare, the Supreme Court said, had talked about the Amber Alert Web person in the administration up there no, it doesn’t. The interstate commerce site being taken down. Although some to prevent them from seeing the Iwo clause does not give authority to Con- have been kept up, the Amber Alert Jima monument for one time before gress to pass a bill that takes over Web site was allowed to go down. And, they left this world. health care. That is not constitutional. thankfully, the administration realized Mr. Speaker, I hope the people in this Then eventually they got over and there was enough pressure. For heav- administration that keep trying to took up the issue of exactly what was en’s sake, it is for children who are punish the American people so that involved in the individual mandate, the kidnapped, lost. So, thankfully, the ad- they can get the money that they are business mandate, and the Court con- ministration finally decided after demanding, that S&P and Moody’s has cluded that actually, despite Congress enough pressure to bring the Amber said you guys have to get responsible calling it a penalty, the President as- Alert Web site back up. about the money you are spending, the suring America it was a penalty and It has been amazing to me, and I saw money that American taxpayers gave not a tax, the Supreme Court ends up it again today in some of our memorial the Republicans, the majority, in 2010 saying it is a tax, and, therefore, it is sites, memorials that are down on The to do something about. My friends constitutional. So we, as the Supreme Mall, the Iwo Jima monument, or the across the aisle are constantly saying Court, will rewrite the law and uphold memorial, we have spent—this admin- elections have consequences. That is it as we have rewritten; because as it is istration, that is, has spent more right. The American people didn’t like written, it is not constitutional, but we money keeping people out of open-air ObamaCare, and so they voted the will rewrite it. Though that would be memorials than it ever spends just to Democrats in the House out of the ma- legislating and it would be unconstitu- leave them open. They are open 24/7. I jority with people running on that tional, they did it anyway. have been up to the Iwo Jima, the U.S. main issue. We will do everything we So when I hear people say it has been Marine Corps monument so many can to get rid of ObamaCare. upheld by the Supreme Court, no, the times since I have been in Congress, It is true that the President won re- bill that was passed was not upheld by again, all hours of the day and night. I election. Many of us still believe that the Supreme Court. It was struck down don’t sleep that much while I am here if we had had a candidate that could as violating the interstate commerce on the Hill. challenge the abuses of ObamaCare be- clause, but the Supreme Court did Although we have some park rangers fore the last election last year instead them a favor. They rewrote it legisla- who don’t know the parking laws and of one that gave a prototype for it in tively, violated the Constitution in give tickets to people who are lawfully his home State, the President would doing so, and then sent it back. allowed to be there—apparently not not have been reelected. But Repub- And now Americans across the coun- enough training for our rangers—but licans chose a very nice man, a philan- try, by the millions, are suffering as a they have gone to the trouble to get thropic man, a great businessman, a result of a tax the majority of Ameri- barriers to make life difficult for vet- very caring American, but somebody cans did not want, that all Americans erans, World War II veterans that who had already shown he supported a promised was not a tax, and now it is fought to secure Iwo Jima, being kept type of socialized medicine in his home taking away their insurance. It is tak- out of seeing the Iwo Jima monument. State. ing a way their doctors. It is taking Why? Because they put barricades in ObamaCare, as it was passed, as it away, really, quality health care that the way to keep people from going up was originating in the Senate and then most Americans had. and being able to drive up there. passed in the Senate, sent down to the So it would seem if the idea behind One of the times I went up there dur- House as bill H.R. 3590, should have ObamaCare was strictly to help those ing the last couple of weeks, there were originated in this House because it who are uninsured, we should have probably 200 people up there, but they raises revenue, called penalties. It is dealt strictly with those Americans.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:04 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.077 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6535 But that is not what ObamaCare was do. As so many have said, Republicans Coming Soon to Your Favorite TV Shows: about. It was about the G-R-E, the gov- and Democrats across the country, it Plot Lines About the Affordable Care Act. ernment running everything. was not ready for prime time. It was a Hollywood Health & Society, a program I am amazed at how many friends train wreck. It was a nightmare. Let’s with the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Cen- ter got a $500,000 grant this week from The across the aisle who have screamed and just suspend it for a year. We know the California Endowment to help TV writers hollered about we don’t want the gov- President wants it, so we are not talk- tell better stories about the new health in- ernment in our bedroom voted for a bill ing about getting rid of it like a major- surance law. that puts the government in your bed- ity of Americans want to do. Let’s just That is $500,000 to Hollywood for room, in your bathroom, in your kitch- suspend it for a year. propaganda to tell people who are suf- When that didn’t go and the Senate en, in your closets. It puts the Federal fering from the ravages of losing their said, No, we want a shutdown, we are Government everywhere. And you com- insurance, losing their doctors, losing not doing this, then we sent down a bine that with what the all Democratic the ability to make decisions under further compromise to basically sus- majority House and Senate passed with new policies as they once did, telling pended for 1 year the individual man- President Obama at the helm, that cre- them how good they had it. That date just as businesses had gotten, as ated a bureau under the guise of mak- $500,000 would have paid to open a lot the President rewrote the law. The ing sure that credit card companies of memorials and parks. It would have Constitution doesn’t allow him to do were fair, and now that bureau is gath- kept the Moore farm going for years it. Congress is supposed to step up, as ering everyone’s credit card informa- that doesn’t get a dime of Federal happened in past generations where I’m tion and debit card information under money and hasn’t since 1980, but may told no matter whether a Democrat or the guise of making sure they are play- lose the farm because of the outrageous Republican President, no matter who ing fair. This Federal Government has actions of the National Park Service in controlled the House and Senate, when seized more private information. They forcing it closed; as the park Ranger a President overstepped his constitu- have been more vindictive through said, making it as difficult as they can tional authority this far, usually there weaponizing the IRS, and we are find- for people. would be a trip down Pennsylvania ing out about other agencies and de- Here is an article from Ken from leaders of the House and Senate, partments. It is more than any admin- Blackwell: istration has ever done, and American both parties, that would privately tell the President, You overstepped your When President Obama signed the Patient people will ultimately pay the price. Protection and Affordable Care Act on I hope and pray that the Supreme bounds. Back off, or we are going to March 23, 2010, it was the starting gun for a Court will take up the origination defund everything that you are trying massive Federal effort to get the new system clause litigation because that bill did to push through on this, and it would up and running. The administration had de- not originate in the House; and the get worked out. liberately allowed for 31⁄2 years for the origination clause says any bill that Unfortunately, at the other end of launch, October 1, 2013. raises revenue must originate in the the Hall in the Senate, they are not That’s a long time. It’s 1,288 days. You would think, in that length of time, we could House, and the only single thing in bothered by the fact that the Presi- dent, by a stroke of the pen, wrote leg- have brought a system online that would not that bill that was left was the number. be bedeviled with glitches. And more Even the title about being a change to islation and undid what the law said glitches. the Internal Revenue Code to provide a and made up his own law. That is not By comparison, FDR had 912 days from the tax credit for first time home buyers supposed to happen under our Constitu- Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December who were in the military or veterans, tion, but it did. We were bothered by it 7, 1941, to D-day, June 6, 1944, the Allied in- they didn’t leave a single word of that in the House, so we said, Look, let’s vasion of Normandy. The D-day Museum at bill; and they brought in something work this out like gentle people. Let’s Portsmouth, England maintains a Web site just postpone it for a year. When that that offers some idea of what was involved in completely ungermane to that bill for mounting the invasion. veterans and military members. didn’t work, we said, Let’s at least sus- pend the individual mandate. You have It says further down: b 1900 suspended it for the business commu- Today, Obama administration officials are And instead of taking care of the mil- nity. Let’s do it for individuals. They making the rounds of TV talk shows touting lions they said were uninsured, that wouldn’t even do that. the millions of Americans who have logged was the whole purpose of ObamaCare, Then when that didn’t work, we sent on day one of ObamaCare. They are not able they have done tremendous damage tell us how many of those millions have ac- a bill to the Senate that said, Okay, we tually signed up for ObamaCare. But that, of across the country to so very many. are not trying to push anything on course, may be due to the fact that 85% of As the shutdown has gone on that you. Just sit down and talk. Here are Americans already have health insurance was brought on, not by the House Re- our negotiators. You appoint your ne- and the rest, primarily healthy young publicans, who passed a bill, we said, gotiators. That is what the Constitu- adults, may have reasons for not having Look, Americans are being devastated tion, law, and the rules require, and we health insurance. by ObamaCare. The health care indus- will have this worked out probably by It’s interesting to hear administration try is being decimated. the time people get up in the morning; spokespersons dodging and weaving about Since a majority of the American how many Americans actually are eager to and they would not even appoint nego- give all their personal data to the IRS and people didn’t want it, gave us control tiators. Why? Because I believe they then be guided about by navigators chosen of the House as a result of it, let’s get believe the conventional wisdom from by Mr. Obama out of his compassionate con- rid of it. We have got to start acting the last 3 years that if the Democratic cern for his people. Obama Cares was an in- responsibly about the money we spend. Senate and President forced a shut- spired idea for a bumper sticker last fall. It Taking away Americans’ rights to de- down, the Main Street media would helped the incumbent easily gain a second cide whether they should have knee blame Republicans. It would enure po- term in the White House. surgery, back surgery, get a pace- litically to their benefit, and it would It’s odd, though, that after 4 years of major maker, taking away the right and the liberal legislation, the FDR comparisons be worth causing the pain of a shut- have largely disappeared. ability of Americans to determine what down. So they refused to even nego- Americans today can judge how warm- kind of treatment they should get is tiate at that point. It was not until the hearted President Obama is. His administra- not something, when we are in finan- polls showed that the President had tion has ordered the closure of the World cial difficulty, we should be doing. dropped to 37 percent from a favorable War II Memorial in Washington. Ninety-year That was struck down. It shouldn’t rating of 53 percent to an unfavorable olds on Honor Flights faced barricades as have been a surprise. HARRY REID rating that we finally had a willingness they made that last trip to see the monu- didn’t want to pass it. The President to sit down and talk. ment to their heroism on D-day and a thou- didn’t want to. During those times that so many sand days. White House spokesman Jay Carney raced Then the House began sending down things have been shut down, including to tell reporters that it was not the intent of one compromise which was turned the Normandy Cemetery—this story the Obama administration to deny death down. Okay, let’s just suspend it for a emerged yesterday from Market- benefits to families of soldiers recently year. That would be the fair thing to place.org: killed in Afghanistan. It just seems to have

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:04 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.079 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6536 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 11, 2013 been another glitch. The Obama spokesman’s formation that online security experts be- That gets us to the real story of last week, efforts to avoid responsibility were stren- lieve could make them targets for identity this week, and the future, the one beyond the uous. But he might have consulted another theft. shutdown, the one that normal people are veteran of that great WWII generation. both fully aware of and fully understand, and Harry Truman kept a plaque on his desk in b 1915 that is the utter and catastrophic debut of the White House: The Buck Stops Here. When WND spent hours online and on the ObamaCare. Even for those who expected That was the article I was thinking phone trying to get a cost estimate for an problems, and that would be everyone who of earlier. ObamaCare plan, it was told to expect a follows government, it has been a shock. They had 3.5 years to set it up! They knew Here’s another article from October quote by January 1. As WND reported, anec- dotal evidence on the government’s own exactly when it would be unveiled, on Octo- 10 by Jocelyn Maminta from New health care Facebook page suggests both ber 1, 2013. On that date, they knew millions Haven, Connecticut. problems are significant factors. could be expected to go online to see if they In the midst of major changes in health A few users seemed simply confused, but benefit. care, UnitedHealthCare has sent thousands the overwhelming number of comments were And it goes on. It is an excellent arti- of pink slips to Connecticut doctors. critical, and many of those were scathing. cle. She says: Termination letters went to physicians Complaints about the application process caring for Medicare patients. Those letters had three recurring themes: long waits, A quick summary of what didn’t work. were sent out to doctors caring for ‘‘Medi- glitches, and sticker shock. There was also Those who went on Federal and State ex- care Advantage’’ patients. It’s a plan, mar- much ridicule of the site’s ability to handle changes reported malfunctions during login, keted to seniors to provide additional serv- ‘‘tremendous demand.’’ constant error messages, inability to create ices through UnitedHealthCare. Information technology experts told The new accounts, frozen screens, confusing in- A mix of primary care and specialty doc- Wall Street Journal the Web site ‘‘appeared structions, endless wait times, help lines tors are affected by it. And it comes at a to be built on a sloppy software foundation.’’ that put people on hold and then cut them questionable time. off, lost passwords and user names. Another article from WND published After the administration floated the fic- Open enrollment for Medicare starts next yesterday—I am not sure I like the Tuesday, and it’s still not clear at this time tion that the problems were due to heavy as to which doctors are still in the United title, ‘‘ ‘Pulling Out Hair’ Over usage, the Journal tracked down insurance network. ObamaCare Web Site ‘Nightmare.’ ’’ and technology experts who said the real The Connecticut State Medical Society is Sometimes people look okay with their problems were inadequate coding and flaws fighting back. The biggest concern is patient hair out. Sometimes they don’t. in the architecture of the system. access to healthcare. The article says: . . . The founder of McAfee slammed the system’s lack of security on Fox Business ‘‘What the government is looking for is to Forget, for a minute, all those arguments manage better care by adding a patient-cen- Network, calling it a hacker’s happiest noc- about the new health care law’s ‘‘death pan- turnal fantasy. He predicted millions of iden- tered medical home so that you have a doc- els,’’ the forced cancellation of existing cov- tor who is totally invested with taking care tity thefts. Health and Human Services Sec- erage, the violations of religious liberty, and retary Kathleen Sebelius—grilled, surpris- of every aspect of the patient and coordi- the transformation of full-time jobs into nating it. This is clearly not a patient-cen- ingly, on ‘‘The Daily Show’’—sounded like— part-time work. Even people who want to and that is unkind, but—she failed to justify tered decision,’’ said Dr. Michael Saffir, sign up for ObamaCare are finding it impos- president of CT State Medical Society. why, in the middle of the chaos, individuals sible. cannot be granted a 1-year delay, just as Perhaps that is Connecticut Medical Digital Trends reports the healthcare.gov businesses have been. Society. Web site already has ‘‘shut down, crapped More ominously, many of those who got Anyway, it has an update at the bot- out, stalled, and misloaded so consistently into the system complained of sticker tom: that its track record for failure is challenged shock—high premiums, high deductibles. only by Congress.’’ That is even though tax- In an email statement, UnitedHealthCare payers paid ‘‘more than $634 million’’ for She goes on to say, talking about Re- spokesman Ben Goldstein told News 8, ‘‘With ‘‘the digital equivalent of a rock,’’ the report publicans: the many changes happening in health care, said. They would make a mistake in dropping we are building a network of health care pro- The site itself, which apparently under- ObamaCare as an issue. A few weeks ago, viders that we can collaborate with more went major code renovations over the week- they mistakenly demanded funding—a move closely to have the most positive impact on end, still rejects user logins, fails to load to please their base. They will be tempted to the quality of care for our members. drop-down menus and other critical compo- abandon even the word ‘‘ObamaCare’’ now, And what a lot of people didn’t real- nents for users that successfully gain en- but this is exactly when they should keep, as ize, but they soon found out, trance, and otherwise prevents uninsured the center of their message and their intent, ObamaCare, the so-called ‘‘Affordable Americans in the 36 States it serves from not defunding ObamaCare but delaying it. Do Care Act,’’ actually cut over $700 bil- purchasing health care at competitive they really want to turn abrupt focus to elu- lion in Medicare reimbursements. It rates—healthcare.gov’s primary purpose,’’ sive Medicare cuts just when it has become the report said. obvious to the American people that parts of took money that was going to be used It goes on to talk about the massive ObamaCare (like the ability to enroll) are for senior citizens’ health care and put unworkable? it towards trying to get this horren- nightmares of the people that are try- ing to sign on to it. The Republicans should press harder than dous, this unworkable bill to the Amer- ever to delay ObamaCare—to kick it back, ican people. Here is an article from Peggy Noonan allow the administration to at least create a May I inquire as to how much time I from The Wall Street Journal: ‘‘Now is functioning Web site, and improve what can have remaining. the Time to Delay ObamaCare’’: be improved. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- The Obama administration has an imple- There is an article from CNN from tleman has 15 minutes remaining. mentation problem. More than any adminis- today about Utah’s national parks will tration of the modern era, they know how to reopen despite ongoing government Mr. GOHMERT. In an article from talk but have trouble doing. They give WND Radio published October 10, they speeches about ObamaCare, but when it is shutdown. wrote: unveiled, what the public sees is a Potemkin Utah will reopen its five national parks by Sticker Shock! Americans Floored By village designed by the noted architect Rube Saturday, as well as three other nationally ObamaCare Cost. Goldberg. They speak ringingly about the run locations. Utah’s Governor Gary Herbert The technical problems with the case for action in Syria but can’t build sup- made the announcement Thursday, saying a ObamaCare insurance exchanges are no sur- port in the U.S. foreign policy community, deal had been reached with the U.S. Depart- prise, are further evidence the whole pro- in Congress, among the public. Recovery ment of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. gram should be delayed or scrapped and summer is always next summer. They have ‘‘Utah agrees to pay the National Park Serv- Americans will be even more horrified when trouble implementing. Which, of course, is ice up to $1.67 million—$166,572 per day—to they can get somewhere on the Web site, ac- the most boring but crucial part of gov- reopen eight national sites in Utah for up to cording to health care policy expert Grace- erning. It is not enough to talk; you must 10 days.’’ Marie Turner. perform. The sad thing is, they don’t have to The first 10 days of the ObamaCare insur- There is an odd sense with members of this do that. We passed the bill to keep ance exchanges have been a technological administration that they think words are ac- them all going. We did it at a rate, at and public relations mess for the administra- tions. Maybe that is why they tweet so tion. Many Americans have suffered through much. Maybe they imagine Bashir Assad see- an amount the Senate already agrees hours of stalled or crashed Web sites, no re- ing their tweets and musing: ‘‘Ah, Samantha to. All they have got to do is pass it, porter has yet been able to navigate the site, is upset—then I shall change my entire pol- send it to the President, and it will be and many people have entered personal in- icy, in respect for her emotions!’’ taken care of.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:02 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.081 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6537 I have an article here from the And then it goes into the options all Members may have 5 legislative Mercatus Center, George Mason Uni- that the Treasury Department had. An- days to revise and extend their re- versity. It is a research summary. other myth: ‘‘If Washington agreed to marks and include extraneous material Before I mention that, I want to significant spending reforms and cuts— on the subject of this Special Order, mention something about one of our and then actually followed through on the Federal Government’s Shutdown Senators, a Senator from Arizona. them—it would cripple the recovery and Its Impacts on our Department of Some people have tried to take things and devastate the economy.’’ The re- Energy National Laboratories. I said in an inappropriate way. ality is that ‘‘the most dangerous thing The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there I know that Senator from Arizona. Washington can do is continue on its objection to the request of the gen- We owe him a great deal for what he current course. The economic lit- tleman from California? endured on our behalf in North Viet- erature is clear: Chronic overspending There was no objection. nam. There is no question about it. and its result, chronic excessive debt, Mr. SWALWELL of California. I also And I know that Senator would never lead to economic harm. Washington want to thank Science Committee intentionally hurt this country. But he must agree on meaningful spending re- Ranking Member JOHNSON for her sup- has made mistakes that have hurt it forms—and begin implementing these port of national laboratory employees. but certainly it was never intentional. policies immediately to satisfy mar- Mr. Speaker, I came to Congress Let me mention this Mercatus Cen- kets about the credibility of spending knowing that in the policies I helped ter, George Mason University research cuts. and worked to enact and the legislative summary. It says, ‘‘The Debt-Limit De- ‘‘Myth number four: The real prob- agenda that I would work on that I bate 2013: Addressing Key Myths.’’ Mr. lem with the last debt limit deal was could either help people or hurt people. that it failed to apply a ‘balanced ap- Speaker, I think it is very important And the decision for me was quite easy, proach’ of spending cuts and tax in- the people understand that there are a Mr. Speaker: I came to Congress to creases.’’ The reality is, ‘‘Replacing lot of myths about the debt limit. help people. I came to Congress to borrowing with higher taxes does not One myth is this: think big. solve the fundamental problem: Fed- Standard & Poor’s U.S. credit rating down- I was very excited when I was told eral spending—including Social Secu- prior to being sworn in that I was going grade in August of 2011 was caused by Wash- rity, Medicaid, and especially Medi- ington’s brinkmanship over increasing the to be serving on the Science Com- debt limit. Congress must, therefore, avoid care—is unsustainable. mittee. I was even more thrilled when ‘‘Fiscal reform that focuses on large attaching spending cut demands to the cur- I learned that I would have the oppor- revenue increases and modest spending rent debt limit increase if they want to avoid tunity to serve as the lead Democrat reductions is likely to inflict the most jeopardizing the Nation’s fragile economy. on the Energy Subcommittee, knowing damage on the economy. A study of 21 The reality, it says, is: that the Energy Subcommittee would countries looking at 37 years of data Washington’s failure to deal with representing 107 episodes of fiscal re- have partial jurisdiction over two na- unsustainable Federal spending mostly re- tional laboratories which are in my lated to entitlement programs and debt form, shows that reform efforts that focus on a package of both spending congressional district in Livermore, caused the 2011 S&P downgrade and is spur- California: Lawrence Livermore Na- ring warnings of another downgrade by the and revenue reductions’’—that is, tax credit rating agencies. decreases—‘‘tend to be much more ef- tional Laboratory and Sandia National fective than those that have modest Laboratory. Of course this administration went These two national laboratories, with after them through the judiciary sys- spending reductions but continue to in- crease revenue. about 6,500 employees at Livermore tem—after they got a bad rating, they and 1,500 at Sandia, work every day to got a downgrade. But they point out ‘‘Of more than 100 attempts to reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio in all developed uphold our national security mission that in June of 2011 that: to maintain our nuclear weapons S&P reported: ‘‘If the U.S. Government countries over the past 30 years, some 20 percent succeeded. They had two stockpile and also provide for energy maintains its current policies, it is unlikely security for citizens in the United that S&P’s ratings services would maintain common components: one, a focus on its AAA rating on the U.S. Government. spending cuts; and two, policy reforms States. From the same report: ‘‘One contributing that increased competitiveness.’’ And Prior to being elected to Congress, I factor in our negative outlook decision is our that is the truth. had the opportunity multiple times as view that there has, as yet, been no signifi- With that, I yield back the balance of a city council member in Dublin to cant progress in addressing these long-term my time. visit these national laboratories. And cost drivers nor any consensus developing since being elected to Congress, I have f among the Obama administration, the Sen- had opportunities to visit the labora- ate, and House of Representatives regarding HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMORROW tories and also interact with their offi- the specifics of a comprehensive plan to ad- dress the long-term budgetary challenges.’’ Mr. MULLIN (during the Special cials here in Washington. On July 14, 2011, S&P warned it would Order of Mr. GOHMERT). Mr. Speaker, I What I have learned about these em- downgrade U.S. debt if ‘‘Congress and the ad- ask unanimous consent that when the ployees, these scientists, these engi- ministration have not achieved a credible so- House adjourns today, it adjourn to neers who work at our national labora- lution to the rising U.S. Government debt meet at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. tories is they care deeply about our burden and are not likely to achieve one in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there country, but they also care very deeply the foreseeable future.’’ objection to the request of the gen- about the science and the research that So the downgrade was because we did tleman from Oklahoma? they work on every day and the labora- not adequately address the massive There was no objection. tory environment that allows them to debt that had been building up. f do that. So you can imagine how hard Another myth—and there are plenty b 1930 it is right now. We are in day 11 of a more to back up their contention about government shutdown, and laboratory that, just facts: ‘‘Had Congress and the THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S employees were told about 2 days ago administration failed to raise the debt SHUTDOWN AND ITS IMPACTS ON that, effective next week, they will be limit by the Treasury’s stated deadline OUR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY furloughed, too. in 2011, the Treasury would have been NATIONAL LABORATORIES As you all know, Federal workers forced to default on the Nation’s debt.’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. across our country from almost every Make it very clear. The reality, ‘‘had PERRY). Under the Speaker’s an- agency have been furloughed or are the 2011 agreement to increase the debt nounced policy of January 3, 2013, the working without pay. But at our na- limit been postponed, the Treasury gentleman from California (Mr. tional laboratories, which operate as could have met Federal Government SWALWELL) is recognized for 60 minutes GOCO facilities, which stands for gov- obligations, including Social Security as the designee of the minority leader. ernment-owned/contractor-operated, benefits and interest on the debt until GENERAL LEAVE these workers are not Federal workers the end of the fiscal year, possibly Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. but they are government contractors. longer.’’ Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that They are scientists.

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Subse- have had to take since being sworn in gentlelady from California (Ms. LOF- quent to that, they were utilized to to Congress when both laboratory di- GREN). bring the smartest people in the coun- rectors called and said that in an hour Ms. LOFGREN. I thank the gen- try together to focus on things that they were going to tell their employees tleman for yielding. would keep us safe. As a matter of fact, that they were going to be furloughed, Mr. Speaker, as my friend and col- they have helped keep us quite pros- and that they needed me to do any- league Representative SWALWELL has perous. Out of the lab have come things thing I could in the Congress to help to pointed out, the government shutdown such as optical digital recording tech- get the government up and running and is causing serious damage to our coun- nology that is behind all music video make sure the United States pays its try. The shutdown is putting Ameri- and data storage, communications and bills so that their workers can con- cans out of work and hurting the econ- observations satellites, advanced bat- tinue to do the great things they are omy—not only the jobs of Federal em- teries now used in electric cars, super- doing at our national laboratories. ployees, but the thousands of small computers that as a society we would This evening, I look forward to talk- businesses who provide goods and serv- be lost without. So much from the na- ing about what caused our shutdown, ices to the government and to govern- tional labs. the truth behind what has caused the ment employees who are not spending But one of the things that I think is shutdown. I look forward to talking money that they no longer are getting enormously important and, unfortu- about the effect that the shutdown is in paychecks. nately, has not received the kind of This harm is being felt across the having on people inside and outside of publicity it should have is the National country by millions of people. The clo- government—employees who are Fed- Ignition Facility at Lawrence Liver- sures impact thousands of important eral workers, people who depend and more National Laboratory. programs and services. We know parks rely on government services, people At 5:51 a.m. on September 29, there are closed, stopping travel plans. We outside who work as government con- was a leap forward in the fusion experi- know that the Small Business Admin- tractors—with a particular focus on ment underway at that national lab. istration is not lending to the tune of a That Saturday shot was the latest in a what is happening at our national lab- billion dollars a month. Federal busi- series of carefully designed and incre- oratories. ness statistics are not being released, I also want to offer what I see as a mental ignition experiments that have leaving us essentially flying blind when way forward and a way that we can get increased the yield. But here is the in- it comes to how the economy is doing. out of this government shutdown, a teresting thing. For the portion of the Army Corps of Engineers projects are way that we can get the Federal work- target, the 192 lasers that went into halted. The Consumer Product Safety force working again, a way that we can Commission is not reviewing products that target, there was more energy make sure that our laboratory experts, to keep us safe. The VA is not able to coming out than was put into the tar- our scientists, are able to go back to decide claims from veterans. We saw get. That has never happened before. work and do great things to keep us the horrifying news earlier this week So this is not the end of the quest to safe and secure and move the ball for- that death benefits for members of our finish that science, but it is a major, ward on our energy policies. armed services and their families were major step forward. It is something I also want to tell all laboratory em- impacted. Meals for seniors are not that is actually threatened by this gov- ployees that today we submitted to being served, and children are being ernment shutdown. Secretary Moniz, Members of Congress thrown out of Head Start. These are I just received a copy of a notice that from the California delegation and real issues. The economy is being held is going out to Lawrence Livermore to- Senator FEINSTEIN, a letter asking Sec- hostage. morrow, and here is what it says, from retary Moniz at the Department of En- But what we want to talk about this the management at the lab to all the ergy to allow our national laboratory evening is not just those impacts that scientists: employees—and there are about 30,000 have been so well covered in the press, This is to remind you that beginning of them across the country who have but how our economy’s future is being today, October 11, the lab will begin shutting been furloughed—to be paid backpay held hostage by this government shut- down normal operations. Only essential func- for the time that they are furloughed. tions necessary to assure safety and security down and by a lack of funding for will be ongoing. I am honored to be joined on that let- science. ter by Bay Area House Members ZOE We were very proud in the San Fran- The lab is shutting down. The em- LOFGREN and also JERRY MCNERNEY, cisco Bay area that we had three Nobel ployees are furloughed, as we have just who will join me tonight. I am going to laureates just this week—Stanford’s gotten the most important step for- yield in a moment to both of those Michael Levitt and Thomas Sudhof and ward on this most important experi- Members and allow them to talk about UC Berkeley’s Randy Schekman—for ment going on in the United States. the national labs and the shutdown. terrific success. They were funded not How can that be possibly be good for Congressman JERRY MCNERNEY, who through the labs but through the Na- the United States of America? has represented the Tri-Valley area tional Institutes of Health. Of course, Lawrence Livermore is not prior to redistricting back in 2010, However, it is worth noting that this the only national lab that is adversely knows greatly about our national lab- government shutdown is resulting in impacted. Just up the road from my oratories. He is a Ph.D. serving in the the furlough of 13,000 researchers. It is home in Santa Clara County, we have Congress. He has a Ph.D. in mathe- blocking hundreds of projects. The the Stanford Linear Accelerator Lab- matics and is somebody who worked as amazing thing to me was that their oratory, with their fabulous Linac Co- a wind engineer and has worked at our partner, James Rothman of Yale, who herent Light Source. It is the world’s national laboratories. He will talk shared in the Nobel Prize, because of most powerful x ray laser. Its focused about the effect on our national labora- budget cuts and sequester, the research beam, which arrives in staccato bursts tories. that actually got him the Nobel Prize a few quadrillionths of a second long, is Another champion of our national was cut. Because of the sequester, the allowing researchers to probe complex laboratories is Congresswoman ZOE funding was cut for the research that ultrasmall structures and freeze atom- LOFGREN, who also serves on the got him the Nobel Prize. So there is an ic motions. They will be able to see Science Committee with me. She is issue here not just on the shutdown what is going on at a molecular level in somebody who has been a champion for holding the economy hostage, but also real-time. our national laboratories, and particu- the underlying poor funding. What is happening at the Stanford larly Lawrence Livermore and Sandia. But let’s talk just a minute about lab? The same cutbacks that are af- Although they are not in her congres- the national labs. A lot of people don’t flicting the Lawrence Livermore lab.

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As ZOE the Stanford Linear Accelerator, and basically we developed wind energy LOFGREN mentioned a few minutes ago, the national lab at Livermore that has technology from the very ground up. what happened in Livermore just this developed a safe and versatile material We were working on vertical access last month was that they were success- known as DNA Tagged Reagents for windmills, and we understood and ful in creating more energy in the fu- Aerosol Experiments. It is going to be worked very hard on the aerodynamics sion reaction than was put into the en- a critical tool for protecting the United in order to understand exactly how to ergy. It was put in the reaction. States. design blades to best maximize power So we see progress being made month All of these things are at risk. And and how to best maximize energy pro- by month, year by year. I’ve been out for what? For a stupid, foolish partisan duction from windmills so that wind there to that facility. I’ve met with fight. turbines could be designed economi- these scientists. I’ve met with the lead- We could change this this evening, cally and make money. Now we see ers. I can tell you that they have the tomorrow morning. All we need is to wind energy is a tremendous success. same exact environment of just encour- have a bill on the floor to vote to re- We see new windmills going up by the aging young scientists to do their best open this government and to allow thousands—giant windmills that are to make a difference, to understand these scientists to continue to move 2,3, 4 megawatts. If you drive under- science. It is very exciting for me to forward to change the world and to cre- neath them, they are just an incredible see that, and I would love to see that ate a brilliant future for our economy sight to see. operation, that type of research con- and for our safety and security. I just loved the experience, and I tinue at our national laboratories. So I thank my colleague, Representa- hope that we can continue to provide Los Alamos Laboratory, in Albu- tive SWALWELL, who does such an ex- the resources for young scientists and querque, is also another fine institu- cellent job of representing the two labs young engineers who understand and tion like Sandia National Laboratories, in his district, as well as all the other who have the passion to go out there like Livermore National Laboratory, constituents who are so proud of him and make a difference and discover new and like Argonne Laboratory. There here in his service in the Congress and technology and develop new energy are several across the Nation. They do for standing up for them—not just for sources and develop new health tech- basic research, and they do basic devel- their jobs, but for America’s future. nology so that we can move forward. opment. My understanding is that the Mr. SWALWELL of California. Thank The United States of America is United States, with the NIP facility, you to the gentlelady from California truly the leader in this kind of tech- have about a 5-year lead over other (Ms. LOFGREN), who has been a tireless nology. We lead in health care. We lead countries—over China—which are des- advocate for our national laboratories in health science. We lead in energy de- perately trying to catch up with us. and is a fighter on the Science Com- velopment. We lead in all kinds of When we furlough those scientists, mittee day in and day out as we wage sciences. Our universities are tremen- when we stop that process, we set back these battles and try and think big and dous resources, but our laboratories our scientists for not just the amount challenge our colleagues to do every- are where the seasoned scientists go of time they are laid off, but we stop thing we can to move the ball forward and produce real technology that can the infrastructure. When you develop so that we can reach that point where be transferred to the public sector. the technology that they have devel- we have clean energy fusion, where we Right now, if you look in Livermore, oped, this is several years of lead time have a renewable source that is safe which is right outside of my district, to get the mirrors, to get the ampli- and reliable and does not require us to there is a technology transfer oper- fiers that they use for this equipment. look across oceans and time zones to ation. There is a cooperative organiza- When you tell your suppliers, Well, we provide our country’s energy. tion between the laboratories—Sandia are not going to be using you for the With that, I would like to yield to National Laboratories; the Livermore next few months, those suppliers go the gentleman from California, my col- National Laboratory in the city of away. league, my former Congressman, my Livermore; in the city of Davis; Berke- It takes years to develop the new friend, who today is honoring Bow Tie ley National Laboratory; Berkeley Uni- technology, the new infrastructure, for Friday as well, the gentleman from versity; and so on. All of these institu- these scientists to be able to purchase California (Mr. MCNERNEY). tions are working together with pri- these items that are right now avail- Mr. MCNERNEY. I certainly want to vate companies to develop this tech- able. As we furlough these scientists thank my friend and colleague from nology and to transfer it into the pri- and shut down that program, those Dublin, California, EROC SWALWELL, for vate sector to give our businesses and people are going to go away. Maybe bringing this topic up tonight. I want our companies the edge they need to they will find customers in China. I to thank my friend, ZOE LOFGREN from become successful and to create jobs hope not. So this is very, very critical San Jose, for being an advocate and a and to lead our Nation. for our national energy security and champion of the labs long before I got One of the things they are doing in for our national security to keep on here and carrying on that great tradi- Livermore that is so exciting, which top of that and to not let that lapse. tion. my colleague ZOE LOFGREN talked The labs do other very useful things, about, was the National Ignition Facil- like nuclear arms reduction. Some of b 1945 ity, the fusion facility there in Liver- the nuclear inspectors are from the What I would like to do tonight is more. If you don’t know about fusion, I Lawrence Livermore National Labora- talk about my experience at the lab. will back up a little bit. ‘‘Fusion’’ is tory. We have chemical weapons in- When I first got my Ph.D.—and I when you break apart a uranium or a spectors. I would bet some of the in- won’t tell you how long ago it was—I plutonium atom to create energy. It is spectors who are getting ready to go to started working for Sandia National a source of what you call the atomic Syria right now are from these labora- Laboratories in Albuquerque. I will tell bomb nuclear power, but fusion is the tories. I would bet a bottom dollar on you that there were a lot of great other side of the scale at which you ac- that. If you are worried about cyberse- things about that experience. My col- tually fuse nuclei together to form big- curity, if you know the threats that we leagues were Bill Sullivan and Don ger nuclei, and even more energy is re- may face in our country with cyberse- Lobitz. There was Paul Veers. They leased. The prototype is the hydrogen curity, then you are going to want to were tireless; they were very well edu- bomb. What they are doing in Liver- know what they do at the Livermore cated; they worked hard; and they were more is actually trying to understand National Laboratory and at the Sandia very inspirational to me as a young how to contain fusion energy. There is National Laboratories. They have some Ph.D. Our boss, whose name was Dick an unlimited amount of fusion fuel out of the top—I don’t want to call them Braasch, went out there and delivered there. The ocean. It’s heavy water. The ‘‘hackers’’—they have some of the top

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The House has said that we we continue to employ those folks and we pay our obligations. Then we can will take $986 billion, and the President to get the best we can out of these talk about things that we want, like has now agreed that he would take $986 folks who have so much passion on this funding for the National Science Foun- billion. The House has one very, very subject. dation, like funding for the National harsh exception. It will take $986 bil- Now, ZOE LOFGREN also mentioned Institutes of Health. Those are the lion, but it started with wanting to re- the Stanford Linear Accelerator, things that we want to see. There are peal the Affordable Care Act. The SLAC. They have an x-ray laser. X- so many other things that have been Democrats have compromised. This rays are incredibly hard to control, and reduced, like food stamps and the WIC chart shows that we have made deep designing an x-ray laser which makes program. and hard concessions during this budg- laser beams which are monochromatic We want to make sure that our et negotiation. The biggest one, as I and coherent is an unbelievable voices are heard and that the extortion mentioned, is this mindless, across-the- achievement. The things that they are sort of tactics that we have seen from board cut called ‘‘sequester.’’ Now, se- going to be able to do with that are be- the leadership and from the far right quester is not targeted cuts. We are not yond what we can imagine today. So wing do not hold sway so that we can going after bad programs. Rather, we keeping those types of operations in negotiate fairly, so that we can use the are taking good programs, and we are progress are absolutely essential. rule of law, so that we can use the tra- taking bad programs, and we are seeing We don’t want to be laying these peo- ditions of this tremendous body—the across-the-board cuts. It is indiscrimi- ple off. We don’t want to be giving House of Representatives—and the nate. them the message that their work is United States Senate within the stand- At our laboratories, they have pro- not essential. We don’t want to be giv- ard practices of bringing bills to the grams called LDRD, Laboratory Di- ing them the idea that, Well, maybe I committee, of negotiating, of adding rected Research and Development. In would be better off in the private sec- amendments, and then of voting on the private sector, many companies tor; maybe I would be better off mak- them, and moving those forward to the allow their employees, especially in ing big dollars instead of working on Senate to agree and then to the Presi- high-tech and innovation, about ‘‘20 things that are so important to our na- dent. That is the regular order. That is percent time,’’ is what they call it. tional security. the order we want to use. That is the Google calls it ‘‘20 percent time.’’ So, If you have watched in the last few order that has been used in this coun- for one day a week, effectively, an em- months, I have been doing 1-minute try. If you decide that that isn’t the ployee is allowed to work outside his presentations on science achievements way to do it, then we are going to fight assigned area—his subject matter, his in this country, science achievements you tooth and nail. expertise—on something that he thinks that are funded by the National I want to thank my colleague again, can move the ball forward in his indus- Science Foundation and the National ERIC SWALWELL. I see another col- try. So ‘‘20 percent time,’’ they call it. Institutes of Health. We have seen league who represents Sandia National At the laboratories, they call this things like the Boltzmann equation Laboratories in Albuquerque, which is ‘‘LDRD.’’ They are given about 81⁄2 per- move forward, which explains how where I used to work. I appreciate the cent. So it is an over 50 percent less cut gases behave, how they expand and true effort tonight. than what you are seeing in the private contract. We have seen how statistics Mr. SWALWELL of California. Thank sector. It is 81⁄2 percent that they are are used in neuroscience, how differen- you to the gentleman from California. getting at our national laboratories. tial equations are factored to get new His passion for our laboratories, for Because of these sequester cuts, that insights into the behavior of nature. science really shows. I am so glad he 81⁄2 percent has been cut by more than These are ideas that are funded talked about what the Democrats have half. Now they are below 4 percent for through grants from the National already done as far as compromising. their LDRD, and the LDRD work at Science Foundation and also from the That is really important here because I our national laboratories has produced National Institutes of Health. They had a town hall last weekend. I went some tremendous results in science. fund things on cancer, on under- home on the one day we didn’t have standing epidemics in order to keep us votes, and I went to the City Hall b 2000 safe. If you understand what is hap- Chamber in Dublin, California, the I just want to go through some of pening in the biological world, there is council chamber there. them. always a threat of a new virus. A number of folks rightfully asked The gentleman from California These folks are understanding that. me, What are the Democrats willing to talked about nonproliferation and what They are giving us the tools to protect give up in these negotiations? the research has done at the National ourselves, and I think it is absolutely I think it is important for folks to Laboratories as far as reducing the essential that we restore funding to the know that the Democrats have already stockpiles across the world. pre-sequester levels for the National made concessions, that we have made Well, because of the LDRD work, Science Foundation and for the Na- very, very difficult concessions. The what we have seen is that we are able tional Institutes of Health. best way to describe those concessions to better test nuclear weapons and We see our colleagues—well meaning, is with that ugly, terrible word called verify countries in the numbers they I know that—who want to reduce the ‘‘sequester,’’ which has been across- are claiming they have for nuclear size of government. They want to re- the-board cuts, and they have hurt our weapons across the world because we duce funding for science for the Na- national labs with these deep, deep have this LDRD research. tional Science Foundation and for the cuts. Also, we are able to provide cleaner National Institutes of Health, and they This chart here demonstrates it bet- energy vehicles because of LDRD re- think there are no consequences. There ter than anything I have seen, which is search. The Volt, the Chevy Volt, for are consequences. The consequences that you have the President’s budget, example. The Chevy Volt would not be are going to be that we see less science which is about $1.2 trillion. Then you able to cruise on battery power were it in this country and that we see more see the 2011 debt limit deal at $1.6 tril- not for the advanced cathode tech- science in other countries. So we need lion. You see PAUL RYAN’s budget at nology that emerged from a National to work together to find a solution. $967 billion. Then, across the Capitol, Laboratory. Yes, we are absolutely willing to ne- the Senate passed a budget at $986 bil- Also, airport security. We are all so gotiate. Just don’t hold a gun to our lion. To get a budget to keep the gov- thankful and grateful that at the air- heads. Don’t hold us hostage. Don’t ernment running, you need what I call port they are able to detect many of

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In so was proud to support, unfortunately when our National Laboratories fur- many cases, whether it was homicides does not protect employees at these lough them and they are unable to or sexual assaults, we were able to put labs. meet their debts and obligations and perpetrators away because of DNA re- Earlier this week, Congressman pay their bills and keep their families search that was conducted at our Na- LUJA´ N and I, along with Senators running. tional Laboratories. To DNA testing UDALL and HEINRICH, sent a letter to The gentleman from California (Mr. we can now add human antibody detec- Energy Secretary Moniz requesting MCNERNEY) also talked about the ef- tion, a precise method of catching sus- that he allow the labs to use their fects of furloughing these scientists. pects and attaching them to crime funding to back pay any employees fur- When you furlough scientists, you also scenes. This was something I was able loughed because of the shutdown. furlough scientific progress. to use in a courtroom to great effect. I remain hopeful that the furloughs I mentioned the town hall that I had That science is so powerful when you can be avoided because I have heard last weekend in Dublin, California. Lab have so many questions of who com- stories about the damage that they can employees from Sandia and Lawrence mitted the crime that all jurors can ac- do, and I have seen firsthand the dam- Livermore showed up for that town cept the scientific research that has aging and devastating effect that the hall. I am going to fly home this Sun- come out of LDRD and the DNA ad- other Federal furloughed employees day, and we are going to host another vances that we have seen there. and their families have suffered in Al- town hall at Lawrence Livermore and I want to yield now to a colleague of buquerque, my district, and the entire Sandia. It is going to be at 1:30 on Sun- mine from New Mexico who represents State of New Mexico. day. We have alerted laboratories to the Albuquerque area and the other In fact, last Sunday in Albuquerque, that town hall, and I look forward to Sandia laboratory, our sister over I hosted a roundtable meeting with lab talking to them. I hope to have a more there in New Mexico. I have Sandia and employees, furloughed Federal employ- positive update than what I can pro- Livermore and the gentlelady from ees, and members of the business com- vide today. I hope that I can tell them New Mexico has Sandia in New Mexico. munity. They told me that any missed that the shutdown will not continue; I am going to yield to her and have her or delayed paychecks would prevent that they will be able to continue their tell us about this shutdown and what them from paying their mortgage pay- work at our great National Labora- effect it has had on our National Lab- ments, household utility bills, car loan tories. Now, I talked a little bit about how oratories, particularly in her district. payments, and credit cards on time. Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of But they are not just worried about we got here. That we had a budget from New Mexico. Thank you very much to their pay; they are also worried about the President and the Senate at $986 my friend and colleague from Cali- billion, but the House’s budget their careers. Lab employees who hold fornia. wouldn’t accept only $986 billion; it security clearances are in danger of Mr. Speaker, I rise today to draw at- wanted to repeal and defund the Af- losing their clearances if their credit tention to the hard work of the men fordable Care Act. and women at New Mexico’s National scores are impacted because they can- The reason I am so hopeful that we Labs who protect our Nation’s security not pay their bills. hold firm in the Senate, and that the After the meeting, I reached out to and help grow our economy. President continues to hold firm and Sandia National Labs in my district community partners to see if they insist that we pass what is called a is home to 9,000 of those dedicated pub- would be able to help us in any way. clean budget at $986 billion, is because lic servants. These are the best and Several credit unions, banks, utility of the dangerous, dangerous precedent brightest physicists, chemists, mathe- providers, and other community part- it would set should we allow either side maticians, engineers, and technicians. ners reached out because they all want to try and seek concessions or seek a They have chosen to serve our country to help. ransom for simply doing their job of instead of taking more lucrative jobs If nonprofits in the business commu- providing a budget. in the private sector because they are nity can step up, then it is time for Our job being here in Congress and passionate about the lab’s mission. Congress to step up too. We need to do working under article I of the Con- Sandia is a national security asset our job, we need to pass a funding bill stitution requires us to pass a budget that uses technology to find solutions to keep New Mexico’s National Labs that funds the government to pay the to the most challenging problems that open. National Labs should not be debts and obligations of the United threaten our Nation. Their work sup- forced to operate under the threat of States. ports numerous Federal, State, and shutting down just because a few dozen It would be a dangerous precedent if local government agencies, companies, reckless Tea Party Republicans de- we had an environment where every 45 and organizations. cided that destroying the Affordable days, 60 days, or if we ever got back to During the BP oil spill, Sandia em- Care Act was more important than passing a budget on an annual basis, ployees were called in to help cap the keeping the government open. that one side in one Chamber at- well. The work they do is absolutely New Mexico’s National Labs deserve tempted to use that budgeting process remarkable. and require the certainty and stability to revisit and try and resettle scores Since 1976, Sandia has received 101 of a full funding bill and so does the that have already been settled. coveted research and development 100 rest of the country. We need to vote on That is so obviously occurring here awards, often referred to as the ‘‘Os- the Senate passed clean funding com- with the Affordable Care Act. This is a cars of invention’’ or the ‘‘Nobel prizes promise right now. provision that was initially brought up of technology.’’ I thank the gentleman from Cali- and contemplated in the 2008 campaign While New Mexico’s National Labs fornia for his leadership in protecting for the Presidency, where one person, have been able to use carryover funds our national security interests and the one candidate, said that if he was elect- to stay open during the shutdown for labs in my home State. ed he would seek to bring our country the past 11 days, that money is quickly Mr. DESANTIS. I thank the gentle- for the first time in over 100 years running out. Within the last week, em- lady from New Mexico. I am glad she since it was first proposed affordable ployees at both Sandia and Los Alamos brought up the examples of the toll health care for all. That person was National Labs received letters inform- that this shutdown is taking on our overwhelmingly elected to the Presi- ing them that they would face fur- National Laboratory employees. dency—Barack Obama. loughs if the government doesn’t re- We are hearing back at Livermore, at In 2010, the Congress, the 111th Con- open soon. Sandia, and at Lawrence Livermore so gress, passed the Affordable Care Act. Despite the fact that they play a cru- many examples like what the gentle- It was signed into law by the same cial role in our Nation’s security, the lady mentioned with security clear- President who campaigned on it.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:04 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.091 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6542 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 11, 2013 In 2012, the chief justice of the Su- back in the ’90s. It could be comprehen- works, that work to ensure that na- preme Court, who was appointed by a sive immigration reform, something tion-states and individuals who wish to Republican President who served be- that our country is calling for. People do us harm aren’t able to do so. fore President Barack Obama, wrote a are coming to our capital asking to I would like to now yield to the majority opinion that said that that have a roadmap to citizenship in re- greatest champion in this House to end law, the Affordable Care Act, was con- forms and work visas. We can’t do that and reduce the effect of poverty on our stitutional. legislatively right now. But imagine if community and somebody who has the That same President who ran on the Democrats had a majority here and a honor of representing Lawrence Berke- Affordable Care Act in 2008, who signed Republican in the White House, and ley National Laboratory, which has into law congressional action in 2010, they said: No budget; we are shutting over 4,000 employees. I have visited who saw it upheld in 2012 by a Repub- down the government until we get that facility, and they are doing such lican-appointed Supreme Court chief what we want because we couldn’t do it great work to advance the progress of justice, ran for reelection, and again at the ballot box. science. was overwhelmingly elected. We have never operated that way, I yield to the gentlewoman from The Affordable Care Act will do and I hope we do not continue to oper- California (Ms. LEE). many great things to provide afford- ate that way, and that more reasonable Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, I able, quality health care to many minds come forward and allow us to thank the gentleman for yielding, but Americans. But like every government put our National Laboratory employ- also for your tremendous leadership on program, it will not be 100 percent per- ees back to work, allow us to put our this issue and on so many other issues. fect. It too will require fixes and up- Federal workforce back to work. It is a pleasure to serve with you. You dates. This shutdown is affecting and hurt- have really hit the ground running as a Just recently, Social Security cele- ing real people. I mentioned in the be- new Member of this great body. I also brated a birthday. It is in its late 70s ginning of this hour that I came to want to thank you for your work on now. Social Security is not the same Congress to help people, but right now the Committee on Science, Space, and program that it was over 70 years ago. it is hurting innocent Americans. Technology. As a fellow member of the It has gone through different modifica- Even though the Federal Government Bay Area congressional delegation, you tions and changes through the years. is closed, essential services must con- have made such an impact and your Just as the Affordable Care Act, we tinue so hundreds of thousands of Fed- work is so important for our entire owe it to the American people to look eral employees are being forced to California delegation, so thank you. at it as it is implemented, to look how work but with no paycheck. How can My district is California’s 13th Con- it is helping people, to look at where we treat such dedicated public servants gressional District, right next door to glitches are and what we can do to this way? your congressional district. As you make it work. We saw just last week as an erratic said, it is home to Lawrence Berkeley We must mend any problems with the driver tried to drive through the barri- National Laboratory. Let me just say Affordable Care Act, but not end it. We cade on Capitol Hill that our brave first how proud I am to represent one must not use the Affordable Care Act men and women of the Capitol Hill po- of the most esteemed centers for sci- as a way to hold up a budget that pro- lice force rushed to protect the doors of entific research and technological ad- vides so many jobs for the Federal democracy. And what thanks did we vancement in the world. I have had workforce, so many services that come give them in return? We told them to many, many opportunities to visit the from the greatest government that pre- keep working, keep protecting this lab where I have met some of the most sides over the greatest democracy in House, but we are going to hold your brilliant scientific minds on our plan- the world, so many services being held paycheck. et. The employees, the scientists, all of up for so many people across our coun- Many more aren’t even allowed to those who work at the lab are phe- try. work in the Federal Government, de- nomenal individuals, and it is just It would be a dangerous, dangerous nied the chance to do the jobs they amazing to see how the scientists and precedent if we allowed either side to love, serving on behalf of the American engineers especially use our Federal in- do this. Let me just offer an example: people, and they are left worrying if vestments in our national laboratory if we were to make concessions on this they will ever get paid or if they are system to make unbelievable leaps in budgeting process—say at the very best going to be lost. every field, from nanotechnology and buy us a 45-day continuing resolution supercomputing to energy efficiency b 2015 where the government would be funded and astrophysics. for another 45 days—what would the The loss also ripples throughout our The history of the lab is unbeliev- other side ask for next? Would it ask economy, affecting businesses through- able. It was established in 1931 by for us to privatize Social Security, out the country. It is estimated that Nobel Prize-winning physicist Ernest something they attempted to do in 2006 this shutdown is costing the economy Orlando Lawrence. The lab has been as- but weren’t able to do? Would they ask $300 million a day. And so you can see, sociated with 13 Nobel Prizes. Fifty- us to turn Medicare into a voucher sys- people are asking across the country: seven of the lab’s scientists are mem- tem, something that they are not able Will I get paid this month? Will there bers of the National Academy of to achieve because of a majority in the be enough money for food? Can I pay Sciences. Thirteen have won the Na- Senate and a Democratic President my mortgage this month? I am a first tional Medal of Science, our Nation’s who has vowed not to let that happen? time home buyer; some of those FHA highest award for lifetime achievement But also think and reverse the situa- loans look very good for me, but they in the field of science. tion: imagine if you had a Republican are delayed, they are on hold. Will I be Over the years, Berkeley Lab sci- in the White House, a Republican-con- able to pay my child’s college tuition? entists have discovered 16 elements; trolled Senate and a Democratic ma- All of the questions that folks in our made the world’s smallest motor, jority in the House. Imagine if that Federal workforces, folks who are 100,000 times smaller than a human Democratic majority tried to use the working at our national laboratories hair; used ultraviolet technology to budgeting process to achieve what it are asking. bring safe drinking water to thousands couldn’t achieve at the ballot box. You Small businesses can’t get SBA across the world; and helped decipher can imagine the different scenarios loans. Small business centers which the human genome. where we can try and do this—whether help women and veterans are closed. I could go on and on, but we are not it is passing background checks, some- Our national parks are closed. Tech- here today to laud the accomplish- thing that has frustrated so many nology updates for all of our Federal ments of the national labs in our dis- House Democrats that we couldn’t get programs are being delayed. And men- trict, but I think it is very important that passed in the Senate; whether it is tioned earlier, our cybersecurity cen- to do that even in this very difficult passing an assault weapons ban, some- ters, employees there are going to be environment. thing that so many House Democrats furloughed, the cybersecurity centers We are here because these institu- would like to see renewed, as we had that work to protect our Nation’s net- tions of innovation are under a real

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Its economic to what my colleague from Berkeley will find somewhere else to go. impact is even greater, creating 5,600 and Oakland was saying: Keep our na- At the beginning of the hour, I said I local jobs and 12,000 jobs nationally, tional labs open. Keep those great sci- would not only tell us how we got here, with a total economic impact esti- entists at Lawrence Livermore, Sandia, what it means, I would also offer a way mated at $1.6 billion a year. Lawrence Berkeley National Labora- forward. The way forward, as I see it, is If this shutdown continues, the tory, keep them on the job, moving the for the Speaker of the House, Mr. Berkeley Lab will be forced to furlough job forward on science. BOEHNER, to allow this House to have its employees in waves beginning in It was alluded to earlier that the Na- an up-or-down vote on passing the late October. Not only does the shut- tional Ignition Facility in Livermore, same budget that the Senate has down threaten the livelihood of my as the government that funds it was agreed to, the same budget that the constituents, the scientists, the admin- unraveling 2 weeks ago, at the Na- President of the United States said he istrators, and the support staff that tional Ignition Facility in Livermore, would sign. We know the votes are keep the lab running, it also threatens they achieved something they had been there. Twenty-five to 30 Republicans attempting to achieve for the past 3–4 to stall projects that could be the next have said they would pass that vote. years. That is fusion. For the first scientific breakthrough that changes So let’s get the government back to time, they have been able to get more how our world works or produces the work. Let’s end the partisanship energy out than what they have put in. next Nobel Peace Prize winner. So this games, the obsession with defunding This is a remarkable achievement. is really an absurd price to pay for the the Affordable Care Act, and let’s get They have achieved fusion, and they the government back to work. In the Republican insistence on keeping peo- are knocking on the door of ignition at meantime, a short-term solution I have ple from receiving affordable, quality the National Ignition Facility. They offered is that Secretary Moniz allow health care. That is where all of this are closer than they have ever been. furloughed employees at all of our na- started. They are closer now to meeting the For the life of me, I don’t understand tional laboratories, at all 17 sites, all 84th milestone. They have 84 mile- why my Republican Tea Party col- 30,000 employees, to receive back fur- stones they have to meet. They have leagues are continuing these cynical lough pay. met 83 of them. They are so close to I have also worked since January ploys that threaten our Nation’s com- providing this renewable energy re- with a small group of freshmen, about petitiveness and force our Nation’s source which will change the game on 30 of us, Republicans and Democrats most brilliant minds out of their labs. how every person in the world receives evenly divided. It is called the United We need to end this shutdown. We need their energy, no longer requiring us to Solutions Caucus. We have been meet- to fund the entire energy and water be dependent on foreign sources of en- ing almost every week since sworn into bill, which provides funding for our na- ergy if we can achieve this and then office, pledging that we will work to- tional laboratories through the Depart- transfer this technology to the private gether and build the foundation of a bi- ment of Energy’s Office of Science. We market. partisan relationship. In these trying need an up-or-down vote on a clean The data achieved at NIF is critical times and dark days over the last 2 budget bill to reopen this government. for understanding nuclear fusion, weeks, we have met nearly every other Democrats have already—and I know which we need for keeping a reliable day, talking about what we can do to you have heard this over and over stockpile of nuclear weapons. So this is work together to turn back on the again, Mr. SWALWELL, because you a critical energy issue and a critical lights of the government for the great- know we have already accepted a defense issue. Understanding fusion, as est democracy of the world. This group short-term budget bill to reopen our I mentioned, allows us to get closer to gives me hope. government even though we don’t be- the goal of civilian fusion energy. And Just yesterday, the group met with lieve its funding level is nearly ade- nuclear fusion energy, unlike what we two senior members, a Republican and quate. currently use, nuclear fission essen- a Democrat, from the Appropriations The American people deserve a func- tially would produce no waste or car- Committee. Nobody in that group and tioning government, and they deserve bon emissions. It is the ‘‘holy grail’’ of neither of those senior members want affordable, quality health care. They clean energy, and I want to make sure to see the government continue to be deserve both. I hope more people are that the scientists at Lawrence Liver- shut down, so I am hopeful that we can listening and more people understand more are able to accomplish it. continue to talk. I am hopeful that this that we know how to open the govern- Sandia also has a facility called the group can continue to work together, ment. We know how to begin to nego- Combustion Research Facility. This is the United Solutions Caucus, to pro- tiate on a real budget that makes our a partnership, a public-private partner- vide a way forward, a way that ensures entire government, including our na- ship with our automakers and those that the Federal workforce is back to tional laboratories, whole. who are making automobiles in De- work; and for my district, ensures that And so hopefully this alarm that we troit. What they are trying to do is those hardworking scientists who want are sounding tonight, Mr. SWALWELL, make the American automobile engine to think big, just like I did, the same will continue to wake up the country more efficient at the Combustion Re- reason I came to Congress, that want and continue to ensure that people search Facility. There are important, to move the ball forward on our nu- know that we have their backs and remarkable achievements going on at clear and energy security, that they that we know how to open this govern- our national laboratories. can go back to work and they aren’t ment and we want to shut down this With the furlough at our laboratory, ever furloughed. shutdown immediately. Thank you all of their exceptional work will be So I ask my colleagues on the other again for your leadership. put on hold. So what does that mean in side: Did you come here to help people Mr. SWALWELL of California. I relation to the National Ignition Facil- or did you come here to hurt people? I thank the gentlelady from California. ity and the Combustion Research Fa- think you came here for the same rea- She is absolutely correct. Democrats cility? It means that work will stop son I did, to help people, and so I hope have compromised. We have accepted a that is being done to maintain our nu- you will prove it to the American peo- $986 billion sequester budget, which the clear stockpile; the great fusion energy ple. Allow an up-or-down vote; allow us gentlelady and I do not accept. When project I mentioned; efforts to under- to pass a clean resolution; and to- you cut those programs, we are cutting stand climate change will stop; all gether, all of us, Republicans and the opportunities to lift people out of while we stand still, other countries Democrats, can help the American peo- poverty. I agree with the gentlelady, like Russia and China will zoom past ple. we have made deep, deep concessions us in science, math, and renewable en- With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back when it comes to a budget. We are ergy. the balance of my time.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:04 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K11OC7.094 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6544 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 11, 2013 Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. S. 1276. An act to increase oversight of the No.: FWS-R1-ES-2012-0080; 4500030113] (RIN: Mr. Speaker, the Department of Energy’s Na- Revolving Fund of the Office of Personnel 1018-AY18) received September 26, 2013, pur- tional Laboratories are vital to our national se- Management; to the Committee on Oversight suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- and Government Reform. mittee on Natural Resources. curity, our economy, and our environment. 3283. A letter from the Chief Counsel, They have often been called ‘‘crown jewels’’ of f FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, our federal research and development infra- ENROLLED BILL SIGNED transmitting the Department’s final rule — structure, and for good reason. This is why I Dispute Resolution Pilot Program for Public am extremely concerned about the impacts of Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, Assistance Appeals [Docket ID: FEMA-2013- this senseless government shutdown on these reported and found truly enrolled a bill 0015] (RIN: 1660-AA79) received September 25, important facilities—and this is on top of the of the House of the following title, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the harmful cuts that they have already had to en- which was thereupon signed by the Committee on Transportation and Infra- Speaker: structure. dure under budget sequestration. 3284. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- It is worth reminding my colleagues here H.J. Res. 91. Joint Resolution making con- cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- today that we have seen how our past invest- tinuing appropriations for death gratuities mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- ments in the national laboratories have paid and related survivor benefits for survivors of worthiness Directives; Airbus Airplanes off when it comes to energy development. deceased military service members of the [Docket No.: FAA-2013-0671; Directorate DOE labs were key to the development of Department of Defense for fiscal year 2014, Identifier 2013-NM-124-AD; Amendment 39- and for other purposes. high-efficiency gas turbines for coal plants, nu- 17547; AD 2013-16-09] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received clear reactors, and the directional drilling and f September 9, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- hydraulic fracturing practices that have led to ADJOURNMENT tation and Infrastructure. the shale gas boom of today. Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. 3285. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- I think it is also important to note that DOE’s ment of Health and Human Services, trans- Office of Science—which oversees most of Speaker, I move that the House do now mitting a report on four Agency’s Drug-Free these national laboratories—is actually the adjourn. Workplace Plans, pursuant to Public Law largest supporter of basic research in the The motion was agreed to; accord- 100-71, section 503(a)(1)(A) (101 Stat. 468); physical sciences in the nation, and it oper- ingly (at 8 o’clock and 28 minutes jointly to the Committees on Oversight and ates more than 30 national scientific user fa- p.m.), under its previous order, the Government Reform and Appropriations. cilities whose applications go well beyond en- House adjourned until tomorrow, Sat- f ergy innovation. Our nation’s top researchers urday, October 12, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON from industry, academia, and other federal f PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS agencies use these facilities to examine every- Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of thing from new materials that will better meet EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, committees were delivered to the Clerk our military’s needs, to new pharmaceuticals ETC. for printing and reference to the proper that will better treat disease, to even exam- Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive calendar, as follows: ining the fundamental building blocks of the communications were taken from the universe. I believe that this stewardship of Speaker’s table and referred as follows: Ms. FOXX: Committee on Rules. House Resolution 380. Resolution relating to con- unique scientific research, including the na- 3277. A letter from the Acting Under Sec- sideration of the House amendment to the tion’s major national user facilities, is another retary, Department of Defense, transmitting Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2642) to very important role that the Department plays a letter regarding the Department’s inten- provide for the reform and continuation of in bolstering our national competitiveness tion to expand the assignment of female agricultural and other programs of the De- today and in building the industries of the fu- Field Artillery Officers; to the Committee on partment of Agricultural through fiscal year ture. Armed Services. 2018, and for other purposes, providing for It’s no secret that Congress’s inability to 3278. A letter from the Executive Analyst, consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 378) date to come to an agreement on a sensible Department of Health and Human Services, expressing the sense of the House of Rep- transmitting a report pursuant to the Fed- resentatives regarding certain provisions of budget plan has led to some devastating cuts eral Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the to many of these important facilities, with seri- the Senate amendment to H.R. 2642 relating Committee on Oversight and Government to the Secretary of Agriculture’s administra- ous impacts to our nation in both the short- Reform. tion of tariff-rate quotas for raw and refined term and the long-term. Until we resolve the 3279. A letter from the Chief Human Cap- sugar, and providing for consideration of the current crisis, even more of our nation’s best ital Officer, Small Business Administration, resolution (H. Res. 379) expressing the sense and brightest will be forced out of work and transmitting a report pursuant to the Fed- of the House of Representatives regarding some of their most critical research tools—for eral Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the certain provisions of the Senate amendment which the U.S. taxpayers contributed hundreds Committee on Oversight and Government to H.R. 2642 relating to crop insurance (Rept. of millions of dollars to build—will have to Reform. 113–244). Referred to the House Calendar. 3280. A letter from the Chief, Branch of f cease operations. I believe that we are doing Listing, Endangered Species, Department of damage to the seed corn of our future, and as the Interior, transmitting the Department’s PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS the Ranking Member of the Committee on final rule — Endangered and Threatened Under clause 2 of rule XII, public Science, Space, and Technology, I believe Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for bills and resolutions of the following that ending this shutdown and reversing these the Neosho Mucket and Threatened Status titles were introduced and severally re- drastic cuts need to be our highest priorities for the Rabbitsfoot [Docket No.: FWS-R4-ES- ferred, as follows: going forward. 2012-0031] (RIN: 1018-AX73) received Sep- tember 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. By Mr. GRIMM (for himself, Mr. KING f 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural of New York, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. LEAVE OF ABSENCE Resources. HUNTER, Mr. FORBES, Mr. KELLY of 3281. A letter from the Acting Chief, By unanimous consent, leave of ab- Pennsylvania, and Mr. THOMPSON of Branch of Listing, Endangered Species, De- Pennsylvania): sence was granted to: partment of the Interior, transmitting the H.R. 3285. A bill to make technical correc- Mr. CRENSHAW (at the request of Mr. Department’s final rule — Endangered and tions to the Pay Our Military Act to include CANTOR) for today and October 12 on Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered midshipmen at the United States Merchant account of family obligations. Species Status for the Florida Bonneted Bat Marine Academy, who are appointed as mid- Mr. CULBERSON (at the request of Mr. [Docket No.: FWS-R4-ES-2012-0078] (RIN: shipmen in the Navy Reserve; to the Com- CANTOR) for today after 11:30 a.m. and 1018-AY15) received September 26, 2013, pur- mittee on Appropriations. for October 12 on account of a family suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. medical emergency. mittee on Natural Resources. PEARCE, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. 3282. A letter from the Chief, Branch of En- CRAMER, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. f dangered Species Listing, Department of the MCCLINTOCK, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, SENATE BILL REFERRED Interior, transmitting the Department’s Mr. STEWART, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. final rule — Endangered and Threatened COOK, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. WESTMORE- A bill of the Senate of the following Wildlife and Plants; Determination of En- LAND, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. title was taken from the Speaker’s dangered Status for the Taylor’s BISHOP of Utah, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. table and, under the rule, referred as Checkerspot Butterfly and Threatened Sta- SMITH of Missouri, and Mr. LAM- follows: tus for the Streaked Horned Lark [Docket BORN):

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H.R. 3286. A bill to direct the Secretary of Speaker, in each case for consideration of H.R. 15: Mrs. CAPPS and Mr. RUPPERS- the Treasury to reimburse States that use such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- BERGER. State funds to operate National Parks dur- tion of the committee concerned. H.R. 22: Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. ing the Federal Government shutdown, and By Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin (for himself H.R. 383: Mr. WELCH. for other purposes; to the Committee on Nat- and Mr. PRICE of Georgia): H.R. 460: Mr. AMODEI. ural Resources. H. Res. 379. A resolution expressing the H.R. 541: Mr. WELCH. By Mr. MCNERNEY (for himself, Mr. sense of the House of Representatives regard- H.R. 647: Mr. SCHRADER and Mr. GUTHRIE. JONES, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. ing certain provisions of the Senate amend- H.R. 669: Mr. SCHIFF. THOMPSON of California, Mr. HOLT, ment to H.R. 2642 relating to crop insurance; H.R. 679: Mr. MESSER. Ms. BROWNLEY of California, and Mr. to the Committee on Agriculture; considered H.R. 713: Mr. HOLDING. MILLER of Florida): and agreed to. H.R. 724: Mr. MESSER. H.R. 3287. A bill to direct the Secretary of By Mr. RUIZ (for himself, Ms. LEE of H.R. 961: Mr. SERRANO. Veterans Affairs to provide veterans service California, and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN): H.R. 1078: Mr. SHIMKUS. organizations with the same access to De- H. Res. 381. A resolution supporting the H.R. 1094: Ms. BONAMICI. partment of Veterans Affairs facilities dur- goals and ideals of ‘‘National Latino AIDS H.R. 1146: Mr. SCHOCK. ing the Government shutdown as such orga- Awareness Day’’ on October 15, 2013, and for H.R. 1150: Mr. CONYERS and Mrs. DAVIS of nizations had immediately prior to the shut- other purposes; to the Committee on Energy California. down, and for other purposes; to the Com- and Commerce. H.R. 1281: Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. NUNNELEE, mittee on Veterans’ Affairs. f Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. LEVIN, and Mr. CICILLINE. By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. H.R. 1317: Mr. WALZ. FLEMING, and Mr. SCALISE): CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY H.R. 1318: Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 3288. A bill to amend title 31, United STATEMENT H.R. 1354: Mr. SANFORD, Mr. PERLMUTTER, States Code, to exempt expenditures or obli- Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of and Mr. LONG. gations of funds derived from user fees from H.R. 1355: Mr. BISHOP of Utah. certain limitations under the Antideficiency the Rules of the House of Representa- H.R. 1501: Mr. KING of New York, Ms. Act, and for other purposes; to the Com- tives, the following statements are sub- CLARKE, Mr. LOWENTHAL, and Mr. HOLT. mittee on Oversight and Government Re- mitted regarding the specific powers H.R. 1518: Mr. GERLACH, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, form. granted to Congress in the Constitu- Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HALL, and Mr. GINGREY of By Mr. KINGSTON: tion to enact the accompanying bill or Georgia. H.R. 3289. A bill to provide funds during the joint resolution. H.R. 1563: Mrs. CAPITO. lapse of appropriations for the payment of H.R. 1645: Mr. TONKO, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, By Mr. GRIMM: military death gratuities and funeral and re- and Ms. TITUS. lated transportation and housing expenses H.R. 3285. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1732: Mr. LOWENTHAL. through the transfer of unobligated amounts lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1775: Mr. GERLACH. in the Health Insurance Reform Implementa- Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 H.R. 1812: Mr. MEADOWS and Mr. COHEN. tion Fund; to the Committee on Energy and By Mr. DAINES: H.R. 1821: Mr. TAKANO. Commerce. H.R. 3286. H.R. 1827: Mr. POCAN. By Mr. KINGSTON (for himself, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1905: Mr. CICILLINE. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1918: Mr. SMITH of Missouri. MORAN): Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Con- H.R. 1998: Ms. LOFGREN. H.R. 3290. A bill to provide that all Federal stitution of the United States H.R. 2000: Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Cali- employees shall be deemed to be employees By Mr. MCNERNEY: fornia. excepted from furlough for purposes of the H.R. 3287. H.R. 2101: Mr. CLEAVER. Government shutdown commencing on or Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2213: Mr. PETERS of California. about October 1, 2013, and for other purposes; lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2241: Mr. GUTHRIE and Mr. HUIZENGA to the Committee on Oversight and Govern- Article I, section 8 of the United States of Michigan. ment Reform. Constitution. H.R. 2286: Mr. MICHAUD. By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. By Mr. CASSIDY: H.R. 2305: Mr. PERLMUTTER and Mr. KIND. HOYER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MORAN, H.R. 3288. H.R. 2350: Mr. DELANEY. Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2502: Mrs. DAVIS of California. NORTON, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2509: Mr. COHEN. of New York, Mr. WATT, Mr. SHER- This bill is introduced pursuant to the H.R. 2540: Mr. COHEN. MAN, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. powers granted to Congress under the Gen- H.R. 2578: Mr. WELCH, Mr. THOMPSON of HINOJOSA, Mr. CLAY, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. eral Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the Mississippi, and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. AL Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and H.R. 2585: Ms. MENG. GREEN of Texas, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. H.R. 2591: Mr. COLE. MOORE, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. PERL- 8 Cl. 18). Further, H.R. 2697: Ms. BONAMICI. MUTTER, Mr. HIMES, Mr. CARNEY, Ms. By Mr. KINGSTON: H.R. 2717: Mr. HANNA. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. H.R. 3289. H.R. 2734: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. KILDEE, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2772: Mr. COHEN. DELANEY, Mrs. BEATTY, and Mr. HECK lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2785: Mr. MESSER. of Washington): Clause 7 of section 9 of article I: ‘‘No H.R. 2807: Mrs. BUSTOS. H. Con. Res. 60. Concurrent resolution ex- Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but H.R. 2810: Mr. WALBERG. pressing the sense of Congress that financial in Consequence of Appropriations made by H.R. 2839: Mr. WALZ. institutions should work proactively with Law’’ H.R. 2866: Mr. ROHRABACHER and Mr. CAL- their customers affected by the shutdown of Clause 1 of section 8 of article I: ‘‘The Con- VERT. the Federal Government who may be facing gress shall have the Power...to pay the H.R. 2925: Mr. VALADAO. short-term financial hardship and long-term Debts and provide for the common Defence H.R. 2932: Mr. MILLER of Florida, Ms. CAS- damage to their creditworthiness through no and general Welfare of the United States’’ TOR of Florida, Mr. GARCIA, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. fault of their own; to the Committee on Fi- By Mr. KINGSTON: LONG, Mr. O’ROURKE, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. CAL- nancial Services, and in addition to the Com- H.R. 3290. VERT, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. COOK, Mr. CRAMER, Congress has the power to enact this legis- mittee on Oversight and Government Re- Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. lation pursuant to the following: form, for a period to be subsequently deter- DELBENE, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, The principal constitutional authority for mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- Ms. GABBARD, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HAHN, Mr. this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of ar- sideration of such provisions as fall within HARPER, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. HUDSON, ticle I: ‘‘No Money shall be drawn from the the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. KEATING, Mr. LIPINSKI, Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropria- By Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mr. DANNY Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. tions made by Law . . .’’ MAFFEI, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. GOODLATTE, Clause 1 of section 8 of article I: ‘‘The Con- MCKEON, Mr. MICA, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. and Mr. BLUMENAUER): gress shall have the Power . . .to pay the H. Res. 378. A resolution expressing the PITTENGER, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Ms. LO- Debts and provide for the common Defence sense of the House of Representatives regard- RETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SHIMKUS, and general Welfare of the United States.’’ ing certain provisions of the Senate amend- Mr. TAKANO, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. ment to H.R. 2642 relating to the Secretary f WAXMAN, Mr. VELA, Ms. WASSERMAN of Agriculture’s administration of tariff-rate ADDITIONAL SPONSORS SCHULTZ, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. BORDALLO, quotas for raw and refined sugar; to the and Mr. KILDEE. Committee on Agriculture, and in addition Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 2939: Mr. BENTIVOLIO, Ms. WASSERMAN to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a were added to public bills and resolu- SCHULTZ, Mr. WILLIAMS, and Mr. TIBERI. period to be subsequently determined by the tions as follows: H.R. 2967: Mr. BENTIVOLIO.

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H.R. 2988: Mr. TIBERI. H.R. 3279: Mr. MARINO, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. HONDA, Ms. CHU, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. H.R. 2997: Mr. BROUN of Georgia and Mr. SCALISE, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, and Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LANCE, Mr. PAS- LAMALFA. DAINES. TOR of Arizona, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. H.R. 3002: Mr. PALAZZO. H.R. 3284: Mr. RANGEL, Mr. MCDERMOTT, RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. MAFFEI, Ms. KUSTER, H.R. 3043: Mr. TIPTON. Mr. NEAL, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali- and Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. H.R. 3077: Mr. HONDA, Mr. SCHOCK and Mr. fornia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. KIND, Mr. PAS- H. Con. Res. 52: Mr. MICHAUD. HALL. CRELL, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of H. Res. 254: Mr. RANGEL. H.R. 3090: Ms. BROWNLEY of California. Illinois, Mr. HONDA, Mr. WELCH and Mr. H. Res. 375: Mr. CONYERS. H.R. 3097: Mr. LOWENTHAL. BECERRA. H.R. 3103: Mr. COHEN and Mr. O’ROURKE. H.J. Res. 56: Mr. PALLONE, Mr. LARSEN of f H.R. 3111: Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. RUNYAN, Mr. Washington, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, DENHAM, Mr. BENISHEK and Mrs. WALORSKI. Ms. ESTY, Mr. MORAN, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. PETITIONS, ETC. H.R. 3121: Mr. HUELSKAMP. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CARSON of Indi- H.R. 3128: Mr. LOWENTHAL. ana, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. BAR- Under clause 3 of rule XII, H.R. 3189: Mr. SIMPSON and Mr. PEARCE. BER, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. 54. The SPEAKER presented a petition of H.R. 3211: Mr. KING of New York and Mr. HAHN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. HOLT, the Global Union of Scientists for Peace, RENACCI. Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCNERNEY, Iowa, relative to a letter regarding the pros- H.R. 3218: Mr. RADEL, Mr. MCINTYRE, Ms. Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. RICH- pect of ending the violence in Syria through FRANKEL of Florida, and Mr. SOUTHERLAND. MOND, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. HANABUSA, Mrs. a scientifically proven approach; which was H.R. 3276: Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. POCAN, NEGRETE MCLEOD, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. KELLY referred to the Committee on Foreign Af- Mr. BARRow of Georgia, and Mr. NOLAN. of Illinois, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. fairs.

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Vol. 159 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013 No. 142 Senate The Senate met at 10:30 a.m. and was Mr. KING thereupon assumed the What’s important to understand is if the called to order by the Honorable ANGUS Chair as Acting President pro tempore. United States hits the debt ceiling and is un- able to pay its debts, the consequences will S. KING, JR., a Senator from the State f of Maine. be immediate and dramatic. . . . If the U.S. RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY defaults, the [global financial] system lit- PRAYER LEADER erally unwinds. The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- So no one misinterprets what he said, fered the following prayer: pore. The majority leader is recog- I will read it again. Let us pray. nized. What’s important to understand is if the United States hits the debt ceiling and is un- Almighty God, we desperately need f Your steadfast love to sustain us dur- able to pay its debts, the consequences will be immediate and dramatic. . . . If the U.S. ing this difficult time. Lord, give our DEFAULT PREVENTION ACT OF 2013—MOTION TO PROCEED defaults, the [global financial] system lit- lawmakers the wisdom to distinguish erally unwinds. Mr. REID. I move to proceed to Cal- between truth and error and the cour- His dire warning has been accepted endar No. 211, S. 1569, the debt limit age to act upon those insights. Help and echoed by reasonable Members of bill. them to avoid the shortcuts that lead Congress, including many Republicans. away from Your will, as You make The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Even Speaker BOEHNER admitted in pore. The clerk will report the motion. them Your eyes, ears, feet, and hands 2011, the last time Republicans forced The legislative clerk read as follows: to bring solace to those who suffer. this country to the brink of default, Give them a hatred of all hypocrisy, Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 211, S. that failing to pay the bills would be 1569, a bill to ensure the complete and timely deceit, and shame, as they seek to re- catastrophic. He said: place them with gentleness, patience, payment of the obligations of the United States Government until December 31, 2014. Not raising the debt limit would have seri- and truth. ous—very serious—implications for the SCHEDULE We pray in Your great Name. Amen. worldwide economy and jobs here in Amer- f Mr. REID. Mr. President, following ica. leader remarks, the Senate will recess PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE But this year Speaker BOEHNER subject to the call of the Chair to allow seemed willing to risk default day after The PRESIDING OFFICER led the for a Republican special caucus meet- day, holding the full faith and credit of Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: ing with President Obama. the United States hostage to extract I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER extreme political concessions. United States of America, and to the Repub- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Yesterday it was very good to see my indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. pore. The majority leader is recog- Republican colleagues, some at least, nized. f come around to the idea of a clean bill Mr. REID. Mr. President, this is my to avert default. Think about that. APPOINTMENT OF ACTING opinion. If we allow the United States They are talking about extending the PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE to default on its debt for the first time debt ceiling for 2 months—for 6 weeks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The in our glorious history, it will be a Please. clerk will please read a communication black mark on our reputation, and that But some have admitted the clean to the Senate from the President pro is a gross understatement. There will bill to avoid default should be the tempore (Mr. LEAHY). be a financial disaster, and it will standard. I certainly agree with that. The assistant bill clerk read the fol- spark a global recession. I repeat, we do not believe a 6-week lowing letter: As I indicated when I began, this is delay of a catastrophic default is U.S. SENATE, my opinion, but this is not my opinion enough to give the economy the con- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, alone. If we listen to the economic fidence it needs to continue growing Washington, DC, October 11, 2013. leaders of this country, respected and recovering. Using their theory, we To the Senate: economists, bankers, and business lead- would have another one of these peri- Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, ers, this is what they say. ods of bedlam in Washington before the of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby For example, yesterday the chief ex- most important purchasing season at appoint the Honorable ANGUS S. KING., JR., a Senator from the State of Maine, to perform ecutive officer of the American Ex- any time during the year, Christmas, the duties of the Chair. press, whose company is valued at al- right before Christmas, when people PATRICK J. LEAHY, most $80 billion, said this about de- are beginning to buy things for Christ- President pro tempore. fault: mas.

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We are talking about The Federal Government is still fault, not a one. We have negotiated paying our bills when we talk about closed for business, causing hardship over debt ceilings for 50 years and raising the debt ceiling—bills that have and heartbreak for millions of Amer- never had a default. Let’s put this already been incurred. We are just pay- ican families, such as the Trowbridge hysterical talk of default behind us and ing the bills. family in Reno, NV. They have a 17- instead start talking about finding so- Mr. President, we are hurting our year-old son Austin who was scheduled lutions to the problems. country. We are hurting our economy. to receive an experimental bone mar- There are a variety of ways to get We are wasting taxpayer dollars. We all row transplant at NIH in Washington. debt and spending under control, a lot talk about dealing with the debt. But Without the transplant, he could die, of innovative reforms we should con- in the government shutdown, we have just as his brother did 5 years ago from sider. But we need to talk to each wasted over $2 billion of taxpayer the same disease. other if we are going to make any of money as a result of it. But the National Institutes of Health that happen. As the Presiding Officer knows, in are shuttered, along with the rest of I will bet that some of my Demo- this region—Maryland, Virginia, the the government and the Centers for cratic friends have spending-cut ideas District—we have over 300,000 Federal Disease Control. The assistant Demo- as well, and we would like to hear workers who are on furlough of the cratic leader has laid out 79 different them. Let’s sit down and talk this out. 800,000 who are furloughed nationwide. programs that would need to be rein- Members on both sides of the aisle in That has a direct impact on families as stated to open the government, and we Congress are discussing solutions, and well as our economy. These Federal are getting them piecemeal—piece- these discussions will continue as soon workers are not buying in their local meal. as we get back from the White House. shops, they are not eating in the local In the meantime, people are suf- f restaurants. I stopped into a restaurant fering, not only Federal employees but for a sandwich over the last weekend. I the people who depend on them. We RECESS SUBJECT TO THE CALL OF said: How are things going? The have four States that are trying to THE CHAIR shopowner said: Terrible. Social Secu- work something out with Secretary The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- rity employees are not here. I cannot Jewell to have the States pay for open- pore. Under the previous order, the keep my business open without their ing national parks. Senate stands in recess subject to the business. It is time for Republicans to give the call of the Chair. We have seen the direct impact. I Trowbridge family and others some re- Thereupon, the Senate, at 10:40 a.m., have tried to put faces on these num- lief. Reopen the government, the whole recessed subject to the call of the Chair bers. We could talk about the statistics government, so kids such as Austin can and reassembled at 1:15 p.m., when and the numbers. Let’s talk about peo- get the treatment they need. Families called to order by the Presiding Officer ple, the individual people I hear from— of law enforcement officers killed in (Mr. KAINE). I know the Presiding Officer has re- the line of duty can’t get the death f ceived calls from constituents in Vir- benefits they deserve. Why? Because ginia. It is the same story. the government is closed. Every Amer- DEFAULT PREVENTION ACT OF Over a week ago we brought in Amy ican family who relies on the Federal 2013—MOTION TO PROCEED—Con- Fritz who works at the National Oce- Government can’t get the help and tinued anic & Atmospheric Adminstration services they need. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- (NOAA). She is a Federal worker who is Reopen the Federal Government, ator from Maryland. furloughed. She tracks weather condi- let’s pay our bills, and then let’s nego- Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask tions and works on the computer mod- tiate a sensible budget solution that unanimous consent that Senators be els to predict how storms will behave. secures our country’s long-term fiscal permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes It is a pretty important position she leads. each. has. She was telling of the hardship to RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without her family. The Baltimore Sun re- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- objection, it is so ordered. ported today that at NOAA it is not pore. The Republican leader is recog- Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, we are just the Federal workers, it is the con- nized. in the 11th day of the government shut- tract workers who are suffering. The THE DEBT CEILING down. We have caused great harm to Sun cited the example of Tiffany Mr. MCCONNELL. Shortly I will join the people of this country. We have al- House, a person who lives in Hyatts- my Republican colleagues at the White ready caused harm. We have hurt the ville, MD. She is a single mom, a con- House. It will be a good time to engage United States on the international tract employee of NOAA, who has been in a frank exchange of ideas with the front. The President, as I mentioned laid off as a result of the shutdown. It President, if that is what he is looking previously, was absent at the Asian is more than just 800,000 Federal work- for. But if all the President wants is to economic summit. The Asian economic ers; we have the contract workers who drag us over there to say he won’t ne- summit was the opportunity for Amer- have been laid off as a result of the gotiate, that won’t be particularly pro- ica, the President of the United States, shutdown. ductive. to be the headliner. Instead, the Presi- She said, ‘‘Even though we’re fur- Throughout this crisis, the President dent of China, President Xi, became loughed and we are not getting paid, has taken what you might call an un- the headliner. There were questions the bills keep coming.’’ orthodox approach to governing. His asked about whether America is ‘‘open There are a lot of hard-working fami- basic position could be summed up in for business’’ with our trading part- lies who live paycheck to paycheck. We basically three words: He won’t nego- ners. We have been hurt by this shut- are 11 days into this government shut- tiate. down, make no mistake about it. down. Families are wondering what I think that has left many Americans Our economy has suffered. Just the they are going to do when it comes to scratching their heads. I know the threat of defaulting—of not paying our paying their bills. President and the Democratic leaders bills—has hurt consumer confidence. The Sun reported about Keith Tate in Congress want to borrow more Consumer confidence measures wheth- from Hyattsville. He works for FM Tal- money without any strings attached. er consumers are ready to go out and ent Source in Silver Spring. Almost 30 But the rest of us actually want to buy that car, buy that home, go on va- percent of their contract employees, 92 enact some commonsense reforms to cation. After the terrorist attacks on people in total, have been laid off. He

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:11 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.002 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7391 was starting work on October 1—his its 700 employees were furloughed. The to express my concerns about a few luck. He was looking forward to it. He list of the damages caused by the gov- issues that are really important to the went to work on October 1 but then ernment shutdown goes on and on. people of Louisiana. was furloughed as a result of the gov- My message is pretty simple. We I understand that the meeting with ernment shutdown. have to make sure government is open. the President and the Republicans in The effect goes well beyond indi- We have to make sure we open govern- the Senate—our friends—has just con- vidual people that you would expect, ment, and we have to pay our bills. cluded. I am hoping there will be some like Federal employees and contrac- I understand we would like to have positive steps forward from that meet- tors. I have a friend, Hugh Sisson, who an agreement on a budget. I would like ing so we can open this government, re- started Heavy Seas Brewery in Balti- to have an agreement on the budget. move the threat of an economic col- more. It is one of America’s great craft For 6 months we have been trying to go lapse, and get to the bargaining table breweries. He is doing a great job and to conference. The Senate passed a to which we have literally been trying hiring people. You may say, ‘‘How does budget, the House passed a budget. to achieve for 6 months. We voted 21 this affect him? He sells beer.’’ Well, They are different. The Senate budget, times in the Senate to get to the nego- beer sales are affected by furloughs and one that I supported, the Presiding Of- tiating table in the budget conference, a drop in consumer confidence, but it’s ficer supported, would provide more re- which is the first starting point to worse than that. The Alcohol and To- sources for job growth by investing in agree on numbers and revenues and bacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) em- infrastructure, by investing in edu- spending limits. ployees at the Department of the cation, by investing in research. Yes, As an appropriator—I would know Treasury have been furloughed. we do provide more revenues by closing this as chair of the Appropriations They’re the people who review and ap- tax loopholes. We also start to rein in Committee—the next step in regular prove new breweries, recipes, and la- government spending and continue to order is for each individual committee bels. Hugh told me, ‘‘We have eight la- do that. The House-passed budget has to negotiate with our Republican coun- bels waiting for approval and 10 for- fewer of those investments. It does not terparts about how we allocate the money given to us through that budget mulas we would like to start the proc- close the loopholes in our Tax Code. process. ess on but can’t at this time.’’ That is what we have to negotiate be- Craft brewers like Hugh Sisson are None of that has been able to hap- tween Democrats and Republicans. pen—none. It is not because Democrats innovators, constantly introducing new That is what we need to do. But the beers and seasonal beers, fresh prod- have been unwilling to go to the nego- first order of business is to reopen gov- tiating table, but because some friends ucts. They are being hurt all over the ernment—all of it—and pay our bills, Nation as a result of the TTB staff on the other side have taken hostage and then let’s sit down and negotiate. being furloughed. They don’t just hire innocents—Federal employees, the We cannot wait. We must have govern- their own staff; they support jobs in economy generally—and demanded ment open. agriculture for barley and hops and things that are way beyond their abil- I quoted before from the Baltimore ity to use their political leverage. So other ingredients; in manufacturing for Sun and the paper’s analogy of negotia- stainless steel kettles and fermenters instead of using it correctly, they have tions. It is difficult when this is all held innocent hostages. It is very trou- and bottling and canning lines; and in one-sided. As Sunpapers said: distribution and retail. These are blue bling, and I think it is very wrong. So when Speaker Boehner lashes out at collar jobs and white collar jobs. All Hopefully, we are going to find a way President Obama for failing to negotiate, one forward. across America. These are jobs that has to ask, what is this thing he describes as won’t be outsourced overseas. And this negotiation? House Republicans are not FLOOD INSURANCE shutdown is hurting America’s craft merely leveraging their political position— I wanted to spend my time this after- brewers. as some dryly claim—they are threatening noon talking about what I am hearing This shutdown is hurting our econ- to do grievous harm to the global economy from the people in Louisiana, such as: omy, hurting our country, hurting in- and the American public. The gun isn’t Could you all get back to work because dividuals, hurting taxpayers, hurting raised to Mr. Obama’s head or to the Sen- we have some serious problems that businesses. We can do much better. In ate’s. The Democrats have no particular need to be solved. One of the prob- my State of Maryland 10 percent of our stake in passing a continuing resolution or lems—Mr. President, maybe your State in raising the debt ceiling other than keep- workforce works for the Federal Gov- ing public order and doing what any reason- is affected by this because the Pre- ernment. The dedicated employees at able person expects Congress to do. No, the siding Officer has a coastal area, as do these agencies do work that’s impor- gun is raised at the nation as a whole. That’s we—is fixing this very broken flood in- tant to all Americans, not just Mary- why descriptions like ‘‘ransom’’ and ‘‘hos- surance system. In our State it is re- landers. tage’’ are not mere hyperbole, they are as ferred to as Biggert-Waters. It was As I pointed out previously, Harbor close as the English language gets to accu- named after the two Members of Con- Point is one of the most important eco- rately describing the GOP strategy. gress who led this ‘‘reform effort.’’ nomic developments in downtown Bal- Our message is clear to House Speak- MAXINE WATERS has subsequently timore, but it’s RCRA site—that stands er BOEHNER: Put down the gun. Put it completely disassociated herself with for the Resource Conservation & Re- down. Open government. Allow us to the legislation and said it was not the covery Act—which means it requires pay our bills. And, yes, we want to sit right thing to do. She has made several the consent of government, the Envi- down and work out our differences. Let public statements. She has urged, as ronmental Protection Agency (EPA), the democratic process proceed. Open the leader in the House, with Repub- before this enormous economic devel- government, pay our bills, and then licans and Democrats, to get this fixed. opment project can move forward. The let’s negotiate a fair and comprehen- For the people of Louisiana, this is people at EPA who would approve this sive agreement on the budget. our No. 1 problem and challenge right project have been furloughed. This eco- Mr. President, I suggest the absence now because a year and a half ago the nomic project now is on hold. of a quorum. Federal Government passed a law that I could mention other examples of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The was supposed to cure something. But agencies that are critically important. clerk will call the roll. the cure is worse than the disease. The I could also talk a lot more about pri- The legislative clerk proceeded to disease was we had a flood insurance vate employment. It is not just govern- call the roll. program that spent more money than ment employment, it is private em- Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I ask it had taken in. And, yes, premiums ployment. Convergence Technology unanimous consent that the order for were probably too low to sustain the Consulting, located in Glen Burnie, the quorum call be rescinded. program, but it was giving people at MD, does cloud computing services for The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without least some option and hope when they the Department of Defense. Twenty objection, it is so ordered. had a flood, so they could get some of percent of the firm’s 65 employees have Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I the equity in their home protected and been laid off. would like to speak for about 10 min- recovered. TW Corporation in Hanover does utes. I understand there may be other This bill came along and was never cyber security work, and one-third of Senators coming to the floor. I wanted debated on the Senate floor. It was

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:11 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.015 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S7392 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 11, 2013 stuck in a conference committee re- thank the realtors and the bankers be- I think all of the Members received port, and now it is being implemented, cause they realized that we made a this letter that was addressed to Sen- and it is a disaster. We have 400,000 mistake and that the law we passed ator REID, Senator MCCONNELL, Speak- flood insurance policies in Louisiana, was not a good one. Sometimes that er BOEHNER, and Representative PELOSI Texas has 700,000, Florida has over 2 happens. from the National Governors Associa- million, Pennsylvania has over 75,000, We have to fix it. We don’t have to tion that came yesterday. and Virginia probably has between fix the whole of it, but we are working Governor Mary Fallin and Governor 40,000 and 50,000. I don’t have the list in on some pieces that must be amended John Hickenlooper signed the letter on front of me. so that it accomplishes the goal of hav- behalf of all the Governors, and it says: The problem is that the law that ing a program and so that taxpayers do The nation’s governors urge Congress and passed had stated one goal: to make not have to pick up a big tab every the Administration to quickly reopen the the program sustainable. But it left year. It will allow real estate markets federal government. out an equally important aspect: to to function, people to be able to retain The fiscal health of states is inextricably make it affordable. You can sustain a equity in their home, and to pay their linked to the fiscal stability of the federal program all day long, but if nobody can government, and while state economies have fair share. It will also encourage smart improved, a failure by our national govern- afford to be in it, A, how long will it growth and development. ment to secure a solution to the current gov- sustain itself? Not long at all. And, B, Also—and very importantly, which is ernment budget issues undermines our we are hurting the people we are trying part of the problem with Biggert- states’ recovery and endangers the U.S. to help the most. Waters—the bill we are trying to fix economy. A group of us have been working for didn’t even recognize levees. I don’t It goes on to say: quite some time on fixing this. These know if the Presiding Officer has a lot States have thus far managed to avoid new regulations went into effect on Oc- of levees in Virginia, but we have to closing or suspending most programs and tober 1. We are going on 11 or 12 days— have them in Louisiana because we are services by using carry-over funds or, in I forget the date, but we are past Octo- below sea level. We have been that way some cases, by using state spending to fill in ber 1. These new rates have gone into for 300 years. We moved there below sea missing federal dollars. However, states are effect, and some people are seeing rates level. We had to be there to create the not in the position to be the bank for the quadruple—or tenfold. Some of these Port of New Orleans. federal government. rates are going up from $300 a year to Thomas Jefferson leveraged the As a former Governor, the Presiding $3,000. In some cases we have heard whole Federal Treasury to buy us for 3 Officer understands this. I was a former $1,500 to $30,000. I am not exaggerating cents an acre, if I remember cor- Treasurer. I most certainly understand or making this up. This is all in the rectly—the bulk of 19 States. It was that the budget of Louisiana is almost record. the greatest real estate purchase in the 70 percent Federal funding. So when We have a way to fix it. The good history of our country. Alaska may the Federal Government cuts off that news I wanted to share on the floor argue, but we think the Louisiana Ter- funding, it starts to affect the way today is that we had 24 Senators, Re- ritory is equally as valuable, if not States—and the 300-plus cities in my publicans and Democrats, come to- more so, and our State is proud to State—operate, and it affects our pri- gether this week and send a ‘‘dear col- carry that name. People understand vate sector partners that work with us league’’ letter to our leadership—to the the history of this. to provide State-level and community Republican leadership and the House Why would Thomas Jefferson lever- services. It affects nonprofits such as leadership—to say that we are very age the whole Treasury of the United Catholic Charities, who are running close to a compromise that will do two States to buy something that was not some of our low-income housing, our things: It will give us time to get the worthwhile. Of course it is worthwhile. justice programs in some of our neigh- affordability study that was supposed It was worthwhile then, and it is borhoods and communities. to be done actually done. It will allow worthwhile now. This shutdown is just bad. It is bad FEMA to potentially—with some over- People live there because we run the all around. It should not have hap- sight from Congress—set rates that biggest port system in the world, and pened. We need to get this government would keep the program functioning we need to continue to live there with open and operating, which will help our but not jeopardize people’s equity in all of the industries—oil and gas, and States and their economic recovery their homes. fisheries, et cetera. plans to start focusing on fixing things. It would, of course, remove the auto- This Biggert-Waters bill undermines We need to fix things like Biggert- matic trigger provision that has been our region’s ability to function. We Waters and repeal that old insurance very detrimental in the law, which ba- produce 17 percent of the GDP for the reform bill so we can find a better way sically says: The rates will stay low, country, so this is not a small paro- forward. but the minute people put a house up chial issue to the Southern States: I might also mention two other for sale or sell a house, whatever Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mis- things quickly. What is also happening grandfathered rate they had is gone. sissippi, et cetera—but it also affects in our State today—I got news this And it doesn’t go up 25 percent a year, interior states. We have seen what hap- morning—is that permitting in the it goes up to where it should be. In pened in Colorado. We have seen what Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil and gas some cases that is a move from $1,000 a happened to the east coast States, with drilling is now shut down. Right at the year to $30,000 a year. It makes their New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, time when America is about to over- house worthless, and that is what is et cetera. take Russia as the largest domestic happening to thousands of people. They Let’s get to the negotiating table. producer of gas and oil, right when we have lost equity in their home. It is Let’s work together, as we know we are about to take first place, the Re- one of many problems this Congress can, and let’s put on the top of that publican tea party has shut the govern- has to fix. We can’t fix any of them if agenda a potential fix for Biggert- ment down and shut down permitting we can’t get back to work. We need the Waters. in the gulf. officials that have been laid off at Again, I thank my colleagues for Ever since the Deepwater Horizon, we FEMA to go back to work. working so cordially together even in have been fighting to get that back up One point I want to make today is this difficult time. and going. Now we find it has been shut let’s find a way forward to negotiate. I Let me move to another subject for a down again. The people I represent can- hope part of the negotiation could po- minute and put into the RECORD, in the not take another shutdown of permit- tentially be a fix to Biggert-Waters. I event that my colleagues—do I have to ting. want to thank Senator MERKLEY from ask for an additional 3 minutes? We have levees to build. We have a Oregon, Senator MENENDEZ from New The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without big problem in our river parishes, as we Jersey, Senator WICKER from Mis- objection, it is so ordered. call them, along Lake Pontchartrain. sissippi, and Senator VITTER from Lou- Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I ask We have Morganza to the gulf, which is isiana. Senator ISAKSON has been giv- unanimous consent to have printed in an important levee project for Houma, ing us some good input. I want to the RECORD this letter that I received. which is one of the centers for oil and

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:11 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.004 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7393 gas production. This not only helps the ing in the front door and can’t pay The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without people of Houma and Terrebonne Par- their note—and the banks aren’t going objection, it is so ordered. ish, but it helps the whole region and to wait until we get our act together. Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, it is the whole country. It is sort of like a I thank the Presiding Officer. I want- no secret to anybody that the Amer- little Houston, if you will. Houma is ed to, if I could, take 1 more minute to ican people are frustrated and they are like a little Houston. We don’t have all speak on behalf of the people who don’t disgusted with what is going on in of the corporate structures, but we have a Senator here; that is, the Dis- Washington. have all of the know-how, the goods trict of Columbia. The Presiding Officer may have seen and services, the providers, the boats, The District of Columbia is tech- The Onion magazine, the satirical mag- the planes, the ships, and the heli- nically not a part of the Federal Gov- azine that ran a story which says that copters. They might have the gleaming ernment. They are not an agency of the at a time when 5 percent of the Amer- office towers in Houston, but we have a Federal Government. They are not a ican people approve of what is going on lot of the hard workers in Houma. department of the Federal Govern- in Congress, The Onion reported psy- The levee that protects them and ment. The District of Columbia is the chiatrists are deeply worried about the their homes is now basically—the plans district in which the Federal Govern- mental health of 5 percent of the Amer- for it are shut down along with this tea ment resides. Contrary to popular be- ican public. In other words, all over party shutdown. lief, they raise most of their money this country, regardless of political NATIONAL through their own tax revenue gen- persuasion, people literally cannot un- GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION, erated—about 75 percent local. Twenty- derstand what is going on, and they Washington, DC, October 10, 2013. five percent of the budget of the Dis- have every reason to be outraged and Hon. HARRY REID, trict of Columbia—which has about frustrated because so many people Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, 750,000 people, which is a pretty big today are being hurt. Washington, DC. city as cities go—comes from the peo- We can disagree about the Affordable Hon. JOHN BOEHNER, Care Act. We as a nation can disagree Speaker of the House, House of Representatives, ple who live here. They have been Washington, DC. caught up as if they were an agency of about how we address Social Security, Hon. MITCH MCCONNELL, the Federal Government. Medicare, Medicaid, global warming, or Minority Leader, U.S. Senate, Let me argue on their behalf to my any other issue out there. But what Washington, DC. colleagues and suggest that they are a should not be happening is that this Hon. NANCY PELOSI, group of innocents—a city. Baltimore’s government and the American people Minority Leader, House of Representatives, budget is not shut down, Richmond’s should not be held hostage by an ex- Washington, DC. budget is not shut down, New Orleans’ treme right wing of the Republican DEAR MAJORITY LEADER REID, SENATOR MCCONNELL, SPEAKER BOEHNER, AND REP- budget is not shut down, Chicago’s Party saying: Well, yeah, we lost the RESENTATIVE PELOSI: The nation’s governors budget is not shut down, New York’s election by 5 million votes, we lost two urge Congress and the Administration to budget is not shut down, San Fran- seats in the Senate, we lost seats in the quickly reopen the federal government. cisco’s budget is not shut down, but the House, but nonetheless, unless we get The fiscal health of states is inextricably DC government is shut down because of the agenda we campaigned on and lost, linked to the fiscal stability of the federal this threat. They have gotten caught we are going to shut down the Federal government, and while state economies have Government. We are going to punish improved, a failure by our national govern- up. They should be let go, and we can ment to secure a solution to the current then negotiate on all other things. millions of Federal employees and tens budget issues undermines our states’ recov- I think the President understands of millions of taxpayers who paid for ery and endangers the U.S. economy. this. I know majority leader HARRY Federal services. Also, for the first States have thus far managed to avoid REID understands this. I am hoping mi- time in the history of the United closing or suspending most programs and nority leader MITCH MCCONNELL will States of America, we are not going to services by using carryover funds or, in some give his support so this can be done in pay our bills and as a result perhaps cases, by using state spending to fill in for a bipartisan way, recognizing this is thrust the American financial system missing federal dollars. However, states are not in a position to be the bank for the fed- the Nation’s Capital—not asking for and the world’s financial system into a eral government. As this impasse continues, any special preference for them, just horrendous recession. we call on Congress and the Administration allowing them to use their own money What the American people are saying to commit to fully reimbursing states and and operate their own city while we try over and over, regardless of political territories for the federal expenses they ab- to figure out how to get the rest of the persuasion, is, yes, we can disagree on sorb during the shutdown. These expenses in- government open and operating. I hope issues; no, we cannot bring the U.S. clude funding for programs, state employees we can do that today. We have been Government to a halt and default on who are paid through federal funds and any working across the aisle. our payments because a particular fac- other outlays that would normally have been tion disagrees on certain legislation. supported by federal funds. I thank Congresswoman ELEANOR As governors, our citizens expect us to HOLMES NORTON for her leadership. The Interestingly enough, a couple of work together to balance our budgets and District of Columbia does not have days ago I gathered that we had to make government work. We will do whatever Senators, so a few of us have to stand bring the government to a halt and we can to serve our citizens and deliver the and speak for the people of the Dis- that we had to not pay our bills and core services they need and expect during trict, and I am happy to try to do that bring the world’s financial system into this uncertain time. In return, we ask our on occasion when I, of course, believe crisis because of the horrors of federal partners to quickly find a path for- strongly in what they are asking. ObamaCare, the Affordable Care Act. ward that reimburses states for incurred fed- That was the reason. Well, 2 days have eral expenses; restores certainty in the fed- I thank the Chair. eral budget process; creates long-term sta- I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- come and gone and guess what. It is bility; and strengthens the fiscal condition sence of a quorum. not the Affordable Care Act. That is no of the nation for the benefit of all citizens. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The longer being discussed. Today, I gath- Sincerely, clerk will call the roll. er—I haven’t seen the news in the last Governor MARY FALLIN. The legislative clerk proceeded to 15 minutes, but the last I heard the Governor JOHN HICKENLOOPER. call the roll. reason we are shutting down the gov- It is time to open our government. It The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. DON- ernment and threatening not to pay is time to get back to work, solve real NELLY). The Senator from Vermont. our bills is that we are spending too problems, and negotiate in good faith Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask much money and the deficit is too without taking innocent hostages. unanimous consent that the order for high. I gather that is the latest reason. There are too many innocents being the quorum call be rescinded. Clearly, a deficit of $700 billion and a harmed, whether it is children with The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without debt of $16.7 trillion is too much, but cancer, whether it is businesspeople objection, it is so ordered. let’s make a couple of points about who have put everything on the line for Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask that issue. their business and through no fault of unanimous consent to speak for up to First, in the last 3 years we have cut their own now have no customers com- 20 minutes. the deficit in half. A few years ago it

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:01 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.005 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S7394 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 11, 2013 was $1.4 trillion, and today it is $700 and are working part time, almost 14 world. Poverty among senior citizens is billion. That is not an insignificant ef- percent of our workforce today is un- increasing. So we have major economic fort. employed. What the American people challenges that we face. Second, and perhaps most important, are saying to Congress is create jobs, Our Republican friends, who a few we have to understand how we got to deal with unemployment. days ago were telling us they had to where we are in terms of the debt and The other issue out there that all shut down the government and threat- in terms of the deficit. Do we have a across this country people are deeply en not to pay our bills because of the large deficit because we are spending worried about is that most of the new horrors of ObamaCare, now apparently too much on Social Security? Well, ac- jobs being created—and this has been are no longer concerned about tually not because Social Security is the case for a number of years now— ObamaCare, and they are now con- independently funded through the pay- most of the jobs being created are part- cerned about the national debt and roll tax and hasn’t added one nickel to time, low-wage jobs. they are concerned about our spending. the deficit. So it is not Social Security. How is somebody supposed to survive Well, this is what I want to say: If we We will talk about Medicare and Med- working for $10 an hour and getting 25 want to have a conversation or a con- icaid in a moment. But the reason we hours of work a week? You cannot do ference or a discussion or a special have seen a spike in the deficit in re- it, and we are seeing more and more of committee—call it whatever you cent years has to do with the fact that those types of jobs in the economy—by want—we cannot just look at cutting many of my deficit hawk Republican the way, jobs that provide little or no Social Security, Medicare, and Med- friends—and some Democrats—voted benefits. icaid, as Congressman RYAN and many for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, What the American people are saying others want. We have to put into that but they forgot to pay for that war— is raise the minimum wage. I cannot discussion how it happens that one out just a slip; they just forgot about it— remember what the last poll was, but of four major corporations in this and those wars are going to cost be- surely more than 70 percent of the country does not pay a nickel in Fed- tween $3 trillion and $6 trillion. So I American people have said: A min- eral income taxes. want everyone to remember that the imum wage of $7.25 an hour is a starva- Do you think that should be part of great deficit hawks who are busy try- tion wage. We need to raise the min- the discussion? I think it should be. We ing to cut every program that working imum wage. have to put into that discussion how it families in this country need forgot to Anybody who has kids in college happens that corporate America is put- pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan today understands it is harder and ting their money in the Cayman Is- that will cost between $3 trillion and $6 harder for working-class and middle- lands and in other tax havens and trillion. class families to send their kids to col- avoiding paying tens and tens of bil- The third issue is that our great def- lege. The American people are saying lions of dollars in Federal taxes. Do we icit hawks had no problem during the to us: Do something. You tell us what need that in the discussion? I think we Bush era giving huge tax breaks to the is true—that it is hard to make it into do. If you are going to talk about a wealthiest people in this country. the middle class unless kids have a col- conference on the economy, the con- Fourth, of course, is that as a result lege education. Well, do something to ference must include the need to create of deregulation and greed and reckless- make college affordable. Do not have millions of jobs, it must include the ness and illegal behavior, Wall Street my kid leaving college or graduate need to raise the minimum wage, it brought us to a financial collapse and a school $50,000 in debt or $80,000 in debt. must include pay equity so that women recession, with the result that revenue Do something about that. get the same wages men get for the substantially declined. Anybody who drives anywhere in work they are doing, and it must in- I raise those issues, giving a little bit America, in Vermont or in Indiana or clude rebuilding our infrastructure. of history about how we got into the anyplace else, understands that our in- This discussion on the economy can- deficit today, because now, I guess, frastructure—our roads, our bridges, not simply happen on Republican Congressman RYAN and others have de- wastewater plants, water plants, our terms. We live in a country in which cided that the reason we shut down the rail system—is deteriorating rapidly, the middle class is in rapid decline government is not because of and they say: Do something about the while the wealthiest people and the ObamaCare, it is because there is too infrastructure. largest corporations are doing phe- much spending, and that translates As global warming is perceived as nomenally well. Any discussion we into their desire to cut Social Security, more and more of a crisis, people are have—after we reopen the government, Medicare, Medicaid, and to cut other telling us: Do something about energy after we pay our bills—has to include vitally important programs for the efficiency. Why are we emitting green- that important reality. We cannot and middle-class and working families of house gas emissions into the air when we must not—for moral and economic this country. we can be a much more energy-effi- reasons—balance the budget on the Before we talk about the pain that cient country? backs of the elderly, the children, the would be caused by making savage cuts On and on it goes. The American peo- sick, and low-income people. The in Social Security, Medicare, and Med- ple are hurting, and they want us to wealthiest people and the largest cor- icaid, it is important to put this dis- address their problems. porations have to get involved, have to cussion in a broader context. If we go The other point that needs to be pay their fair share of taxes, and we out to the American people and ask made is that when we talk about the fi- have to create the millions of jobs this people in Virginia and people in nancial and economic problems facing country desperately needs. Vermont and people all over this coun- this country, it is terribly important As I see the constantly changing try and if we look at virtually every to take an overview of what is going on agenda on the part of my Republican single poll that has been done in recent in the economy in general. There is no colleagues as to why they have shut years asking the American people what debate about this: The middle class in down the government, I want to make they consider to be the most important America today is disappearing. Median it clear that the first thing that has to issues facing them, do we know what family income today is less than it was happen is they have to understand this they say? They say the deficit is im- 24 years ago. Despite all of the increase government has to be reopened, and it portant, but what is much more impor- in productivity and technology, median has to be reopened with a strong budg- tant is the issue of high unemployment family income is less today than it was et that lasts for the rest of this fiscal and the economy in general. That is 24 years ago. That is rather extraor- year. And we have to pay our debts so what every single poll shows. And the dinary. this country and the entire global American people are right. We have 46.5 million people in this economy does not descend into finan- The deficit is important. What is country living in poverty—more than cial chaos. We have to do that, and if even more important is addressing the at any time in the history of this coun- Mr. BOEHNER were to give the Members reality that almost 14 percent of our try; 22.5 percent of our kids live in pov- of the House of Representatives a vote workforce—if we count those people erty. That is the highest rate of child- on that issue today, I expect it would who have given up looking for work hood poverty in the industrialized win.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:11 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.007 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7395 But as we go forward and we discuss on the farm bill, on the nutrition pro- This is a bill both Republicans and broader issues, as we should, the agen- grams, they worked closely together Democrats voted for in the Agriculture da cannot simply be the agenda of the for what was best for America, what Committee and on this floor—$25 bil- Republican candidates for President was best for the country. lion in savings that could be applied to- and Vice President who lost by 5 mil- We passed an excellent farm bill, a ward reducing the federal deficit. lion votes. The agenda has to be what bipartisan farm bill in this body, in the But no; instead, the House forced us the American people want, and that is Senate. But because the other body into the shutdown, which is costing the expanding the middle class, creating would not take it up and either pass it Federal Government hundreds of mil- jobs, raising wages, rebuilding our in- or vote to improve it, the farm bill ex- lions of dollars a day, $1.6 billion a frastructure, pay equity, and making tension expired. This one-two punch of week, for nothing. So they can go on college affordable. Those are the issues political reality is needlessly harming television and say: Look at us. Rally to that have to be on the agenda as well. our Nation. It is leaving farmers with us because we are standing up for With that, I yield the floor. great uncertainty about the future of America. I suggest the absence of a quorum. vital farm programs, all the while with No, you are costing American tax- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The no staff at USDA to answer farmers’ payers $1.6 billion a week. That is clerk will call the roll. questions. straight to the taxpayers. But more The bill clerk proceeded to call the I know the distinguished Presiding and more of the damage of the govern- roll. Officer has a lot of agriculture in his ment shutdown is spreading across the Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask State. His State is much larger than Nation. In every city and every com- unanimous consent that the order for mine. But we also have a lot of agri- munity, with each passing day, the the quorum call be rescinded. culture in the State of Vermont. State governments, local governments The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without There is a basic essential responsi- feel the pinch and may go bankrupt. objection, it is so ordered. bility of Congress to fund the govern- We heard last week that the CME THE FARM BILL ment. Why has that been ignored? Reg- Group, the world’s largest futures ex- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, my ular business is replaced by bumper- change, informed their customers that friends in Vermont watch what is going sticker politics. This shutdown is and the shutdown and USDA furloughs on, and it is hard to explain it to was entirely avoidable. It is perpet- could affect dairy and livestock con- them—especially people who are hard uated by the reckless leadership of the tracts. While much of Wall Street is working, who rely one way or the other House that is willing to imperil the worried they will not have the Bureau on government programs and they do economy and negatively impact every of Labor Statistics employment num- not come through. single American family. bers this month, on Main Street and It was in the press today about the They are not asking for compromise. our Nation’s farms, our agriculture polls, saying how angry people are at Compromise has already happened here businesses, the concerns are growing in the Senate. We conceded to the the small group in the other body who about missing agriculture pricing in- House terms. We adopted and leader has held things up. And I understand formation that impacts dairy and live- HARRY REID had to fight to get the that. It is probably difficult for those stock futures contracts and options for votes to give the House what they had people, who work hard every single milk, cheese, butter, and other dairy asked for by adopting an appropria- day, pay their bills, trust in their gov- products. That may sound esoteric to tions bill at the funding level the ernment, and then see what is hap- some, but if you are one of those farm- House wanted, which maintains seques- pening. ers who gets up before dawn, works I appreciated the meeting with the tration. But even though he had been told by hard all day long, until after dark, 7 President yesterday. The distinguished the House leadership that would get us days a week, paying your bills, paying Presiding Officer was there. I know back, that would have the government your mortgage, being an integral part how much President Obama wants to stay open, after we did it they said: of the community, this is real. The have the shutdown end, have people go Oops, we changed our mind. They farmers are doing their work and their back to work, have the United States moved the goalposts again. job. We ought to do ours. pay its bills. And I agree with him. I You cannot run government like Let me give you an example of the think the vast majority of Americans that. That is by whim. That is not by uncertainty the shutdown is imposing agree with him. Now he has to get a commitment. That is by changing your on farmers and businesses from coast tiny minority in the Congress to agree views by the moment. It is not by to coast. Vermont’s own Cabot Cream- with him. It is unfortunate—it is un- keeping your word. Anyone claiming ery Cooperative, which makes some of fortunate—that they do not because ul- that the Senate has been unwilling to Vermont’s award-winning cheeses, timately we should be serving the best compromise has conveniently ignored could be hit by the missing pricing in- interests of our country, not what the fact that the Senate came forward formation. In recent years, Cabot, might work at a tea party rally or a and passed a continuing resolution at being good business people, has in- fundraiser to get one’s face on tele- the level the House requested. creased the use of futures contracts as vision. So I, like the American people, cer- an active part of its risk management I will give an example. When Sep- tainly like my fellow Vermonters, am effort. It makes sense. We have seen tember 30 came and went, it was not tired of having a political process ob- many farmers and food companies and just the Federal Government that shut structed. It is time to reopen the gov- dairy cooperatives across the country down. The farm bill extension also ex- ernment for business. Stop the silly do the same after the disastrous col- pired. I can speak to this with some season. Stop the games. Stop rushing lapse in milk prices in 2009. sense of knowledge of how that works. to the TV cameras to get your face on But the USDA staff is furloughed, I have been able to serve on the Senate there and say: I am the only person and farmers and businesses like Cabot Agriculture Committee for 38 years. I serving America, as I try to destroy can no longer have a daily or weekly have served as the chair of it. We have America. report of cash prices for agriculture a superb chair now in DEBBIE STABE- Let’s reopen. For the farmers in products. These are the benchmarks of NOW. But I have seen both Republicans Vermont who have found their local these futures contracts that are used and Democrats in that committee tra- USDA office dark, they know the shut- to hedge against risk and big price ditionally over the years come to- down is even more troubling, because it swings. gether, work closely together. has diverted attention from the now- To make matters worse, the entire I think of two people who were nomi- expired farm bill. This manufactured USDA Web site is shut down, keeping nees of their parties for President who crisis is making it next to impossible farmers from seeing and using previous were miles apart in political philos- to reach compromise on this important agriculture reports from the agency. ophy—Senator George McGovern, a agriculture, rural development, and nu- These are the same people who are Democrat, and Senator Bob Dole, a Re- trition legislation. working long hours. They are obeying publican; one a liberal Democrat, the The bipartisan Senate farm bill the rules. They are doing what is ex- other a conservative Republican—but would provide $25 billion in savings. pected of them. But suddenly they are

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Now it is time for In South Dakota last Friday, October They are focused on supporting them to. 4, an early autumn blizzard killed an Vermont industrial, commercial, and I yield the floor and suggest the ab- estimated 75,000 head of cattle. This is agriculture enterprises. Nearly their sence of a quorum. one of the many pictures of what is entire agricultural portfolio, $70 mil- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The happening as a result of this blizzard. lion—probably not much in some clerk will call the roll. Many producers lost half of their entire States, but a lot in my little State— The bill clerk proceeded to call the herd. Keep in mind that many thou- intersects in some way with USDA. roll. sands of these cows would have pro- Their ability to service current loans Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I ask duced calves in the spring. These losses and work on new agriculture loans is unanimous consent that the order for are huge for ranchers and families and quickly freezing up. The list is growing the quorum call be rescinded. will be felt for many years to come. for the number of customers that are The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without These cattle ranchers and their fami- going to be locked out in the cold be- objection, it is so ordered. lies have no safety net, zero safety net. cause the shutdown is quickly causing Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, They don’t receive direct payment sub- the whole agricultural lending scene to there are two issues wrapped together sidies. They now have zero safety net. seize up. right now that are causing dire con- They only had livestock disaster plans I am hearing from our apple growers sequences for people all across the which expired on October 1, 2011, 741 in Vermont. We have a very short har- country. The first, as we know and as days ago. Their losses are expected to vest this time of the year in Vermont. we have been debating, is the govern- reach into the tens of millions of dol- Fall harvest, and then it snows. They ment shutdown and all that has hap- lars. are in the middle of a fantastic, long- pened in terms of people being hurt, Our Senate farm bill, which we awaited harvest. They have to keep one jobs being lost, small businesses not passed with strong bipartisan majori- eye on the weather forecast on how being able to get the loans they need, ties last year and this year—we have their crops are doing, and the other on people not being able to complete their actually done it twice—includes per- the Department of Labor to ensure mortgage requirements to get the manent livestock disaster assistance that their apple harvest workforce, homes they want, the concerns about for these ranchers’ families to make which is a seasonal workforce, will ac- health and safety and all of the other sure ranchers, such as those in South tually be there. issues, children, what is happening to Dakota, don’t go bankrupt, which is Many of our farms use the Federal H– so many people, senior citizens, vet- what is going to happen if we don’t get 2A temporary worker program. I am erans, and so on—very, very serious. this farm bill in place as soon as pos- starting to hear a litany of problems This is the 11th day of the govern- sible. due to the tea party shutdown of the ment shutdown that is costing us jobs, But there is no farm bill. Even if Federal Government. Farmers are un- slowing the economy, and hurting fam- there were, those farmers wouldn’t be able to get their workers required So- ilies all across the country. It is an ab- able to get help because the farmers cial Security numbers, because the So- solute drag on the economy, on our can’t document their losses or get the cial Security Administration is not markets and on, frankly, America’s answers they need from the Farm Serv- issuing new numbers and cards during standing in the world, which we should ice Agency offices because they are the shutdown—during the tea party all be concerned about right now. closed due to the shutdown. shutdown. It is, frankly, an embarrassment that These ranchers, such as many other These farmers are Republicans, in the greatest, wealthiest country in ranchers across the country, are get- Democrats, Independents. They do not the world our government is shut down ting a one-two punch by not being able want to play politics. They want to while a small minority tries to score to go to their local FSA office to get play by the rules. They cannot under- political points. Unfortunately, that is the help they need, while at the same stand why the tea party is playing poli- what has been happening. time not having the long-term cer- tics with their business. It is resulting The second issue is also very impor- tainty of agricultural policy and a safe- in farmers needing to pay huge tant; that is, the lapse of a farm bill, ty net when there is a catastrophe. amounts of backup withholding taxes, the agriculture and food policy bill in Three things have come together to which they otherwise would not need this country. The farm bill has been ac- make this a major disaster for ranch- to do if their workers would be able to tually expired for 376 days—376 days— ers, such as the need for a farm bill acquire Social Security numbers. because it ended on September 30 of with livestock disaster assistance, Farmers needing new H–2A workers 2012. which we have. We have a great live- are being stymied in the application Last January there was a partial ex- stock disaster assistance program in process since the Department of Labor tension that extended subsidies that we our bill. is not administering the necessary all said should be eliminated as it did The good news is the House has one parts of that process thanks to the ar- not include reforms and did not include as well. If we can get a farm bill done, tificial, made-in-Congress, tea party deficit reduction, but there was a par- which could be done any day—we are shutdown. The ripple effects of the tial extension until September 30 and willing to be a part of any agreement shutdown are spreading ominously out- that has also lapsed. anyone does—and we will be able to ward across Vermont and every other I know the distinguished Presiding help those South Dakota ranchers. Of State. Officer from Indiana, who is a member the three items, one is that we don’t I spoke about one aspect of agri- of my committee, fights very hard for yet have the final farm bill, even culture. My colleagues represent all Indiana. I am grateful he is a member though the Senate, on a bipartisan parts of this country and could talk of our committee. I know the Senator basis, has done its job twice. about a whole lot of other aspects of understands and shares my tremendous Secondly, we have a government agriculture. That is just one multi- concern and urgency, both about the shutdown that is not allowing these multi-multibillion dollar industry government shutdown and that we are ranchers to get the help they need. across this country that is being hurt seeing agricultural programs and rural Thirdly, we have a blizzard. and ultimately being devastated. Some economic development shut down be- Two out of three of these are self-in- will go out of business, all because of cause we don’t have a farm bill. flicted. Think about it. Because there the tea party shutdown. Nowhere is this felt more strongly is no farm bill, because there is a gov- All these problems could be solved now than in South Dakota. The Pre- ernment shutdown, somewhere ranch- right now. They can be solved this siding Officer and I are not from South ers are going to lose everything—their afternoon. So let’s stop this shameful Dakota, but we have colleagues in the homes, their land, everything—because

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They were ters, which is so critical, and they are the debt limit expiration, and we have just hit by blizzard, suffered unbeliev- all counting on us. not yet come to any resolution or solu- able losses, and they have 3 days to The men and women who are working tion to these problems. People are sick clean it up. They don’t get an exten- hard to bring in the harvest are count- and tired of this broken process here in sion. They can’t kick the can down the ing on us to get this done. We did a Washington, DC. I am sick and tired of road. They can’t wait forever either. farm bill. I am grateful to leaders on it. My colleagues are sick and tired of They can’t wait any longer for us to both sides of the aisle who came to- it. Yet we have not been able to find a get a farm bill done. This needs to be gether. That is how I know we can stop solution that addresses the problem. done right now. If there is the political this shutdown and pay our bills be- Republicans just came from a con- will to do it and there is support from cause we have done things together in structive 2-hour meeting at the White the Speaker to do it, we can get this the Senate. We need our colleagues in House with the President, the Vice done quickly. the House to be willing to step in and President, and the Secretary of Treas- Those cattle ranchers aren’t alone. do the same. ury. It is a step forward. It is not a Neil Producers in the Midwest, the North- People have waited long enough. It is Armstrong step forward because it is west, the West, and much of the South time to get it done, and it is time to not a giant leap for mankind. It is a went through one of the worst droughts get it done now. baby step forward. And it is an impor- in a generation last summer. Many I yield the floor and I suggest the ab- tant first step forward because unless producers sold off most of their herds sence of a quorum. you come to the table to negotiate, un- because there wasn’t the grass for the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The less you are willing to open up where cattle to graze on. Feed was scarce and clerk will call the roll. you are in the same room together expensive. As a result, cattle inven- The bill clerk proceeded to call the sharing your concepts, your thoughts, tories dropped to their lowest levels in roll. and your concerns, you can’t even five decades, 50 years. For all of us who Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask begin to find a solution. So this was a enjoy eating meat, we are seeing the unanimous consent that the order for step in the right direction. consequences of the lowest level in five the quorum call be rescinded. The President met with House Re- decades. Farmers all across the coun- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. publican Members yesterday and Sen- try suffered from this drought. In addi- REED). Without objection, it is so or- ate Republican Members today. Our tion, fruit growers from my State suf- dered. meeting was candid and transparent. fered heavy losses last year from an Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I have Most everybody was able to say what early spring followed by a late frost, been on this floor many times over the was on their mind and talk about pos- and our cherry growers were some of past 21⁄2 years, and here we are again, sible solutions. the hardest hit. In fact, they were vir- talking about yet another fiscal cliff, I wish I could say we walked out and tually wiped out. Their crop was wiped another drama, another soap opera stood together, as has been done before out last year. They also don’t have a playing out before us. in solving these types of problems be- safety net. Similar to ranchers, they The American people are wondering tween Presidents and Members of the aren’t eligible for direct payment sub- what in the world is going on down leadership in both the House and the sidies and they weren’t able to get any there in Washington? How come we Senate. I wish I could say we were able crop insurance either. can’t get resolution to some of these to do that, but we weren’t. But going We worked hard in this farm bill to problems? Why can’t we remove the from ‘‘I will not negotiate, period, make sure there were risk management dark cloud of uncertainty about the don’t even bother to even think about tools, not only subsidies because a fiscal future of this country? It is sti- it,’’ to, ‘‘Let’s sit down and at least farmer grows something. As taxpayers, fling economic growth. talk this through and see if we can we can’t afford to do that. It is not the We are growing at an anemic 4-to-5- come to a resolution’’ is a step forward. right thing to do. We have a deficit we year rate of less than 1 percent. That So I take some hope from that. have to address, and it makes no sense. does not put people back to work. That I made the decision in early 2010 to We work hard to make sure the risk does not solve our unemployment prob- come back to the Senate to try and management tools are available to help lem. It only makes it worse. That does solve what I thought were some of the farmers and ranchers manage their not revive an economy. Even with all most fundamental issues affecting the risk when there is a disaster such as the new discoveries in energy and the future of this country that perhaps we South Dakota, but there is no help lower cost of manufacturing and more faced in a long time; namely, this con- until we get the farm bill signed into competitiveness, we have not revived tinued deficit spending and plunge into law. the economy for the American people— debt, this accumulation of a debt that For all the men and women, all the whether they have just graduated from is so jeopardizing our future and our families—and the vast majority we are school with a degree and can’t find a children’s future and the future of talking about are middle-class fami- job except at maybe a fast-food res- America. lies—small farmers, medium-sized taurant, or whether they are a middle- The passage of ObamaCare by one farmers who are working hard from aged man or woman who had their party without any bipartisan support, sunrise to sunset, day-in and day-out hours cut back, or they have been laid jammed through the Congress by a with the riskiest business in the world, off; whether it is a family trying to waiver of the rules, has turned into a they can’t kick the can down the road. save for their children’s education— nightmare—a nightmare of implemen- When the crop is ready to be harvested, people are hurting all the way up and tation. It is part of the fiscal problem. they have to do it. down the line and it is frustrating. It is I didn’t come here today to necessarily They are looking at us and saying: frustrating for all of us. talk about that. I have been here be- Get the job done. Get the farm bill It is particularly frustrating for the fore talking many times about what I done now. people I represent in Indiana, and I think we need to do to address our All of those middle-class families and think for all Americans, to watch the health care problems—clearly in a dif- 16 million people in this country have dysfunction taking place in Wash- ferent way than the Affordable Care jobs because of agriculture. They are ington, this inability to come together Act. saying we have waited long enough. to find a solution to our problems, and We see unfolding before our eyes yet How many disasters have to happen this careening from cliff to cliff, debt another dysfunctional piece of legisla- without the right tools before this gets crisis to debt crisis; with people on tion that can’t even be implemented, done? With 16 million people, the big- edge and markets on edge, up 300 1 day even though the party that passed this gest bill we are going to pass this year and down 250 the next, waiting for any law has had 31⁄2 years to implement it.

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There and only has been accomplished if you has happened in the past. still are major questions. This is an look to past history, by Presidential I stand with those who simply say: I issue we must continue to deal with. leadership. want to find a solution to the larger We haven’t been successful so far be- I was privileged to be here as a Mem- problem, including the shutdown of the cause we have not gotten any bipar- ber of the House of Representatives government. I was focusing my efforts tisan support to make any significant when we faced not as great a problem, on the debt limit we are reaching be- reforms. That is part of our fiscal but still a significant a problem with cause it is very hard to make a case for issue, and that fiscal issue is eating up entitlement spending—in this case So- asking the American people for yet an- the promise of America which has been cial Security. The trust fund was run- other trillion dollars of debt loaded on given to every generation in the his- ning dry. The case was made to the their shoulders without some efforts to tory of this country, and stands ready American people. A Republican Presi- address why this debt is being accumu- to be denied to the next generation and dent reached out to a Democrat Speak- lated and why it continues to go for- succeeding generations because of our er of the House of Representatives—a ward. Why has the Congress not inability to summon the political will divided government, Democrats in one stepped up to address this spending? to do what we all know we need to do. House, Republicans in the other— It is like having a credit card and the We cannot keep spending more than reached out and said, We have a prob- bank calls and says you have hit your we take in. We cannot keep borrowing lem and it can only be solved if the two limit. You have asked us several times money to cover that difference. We of us stand together in a bipartisan in the past to raise that limit, and we have seen in just the last 41⁄2 years of way. And that they did. It wasn’t easy, have done so, but you keep reaching this administration a staggering in- but it was successful, and through it we the limit and you keep asking for more crease in the amount of debt we have made a substantial, meaningful change credit. At what point are you going to accumulated—from just a little over to our Social Security system, which amend your reckless spending so you $10 trillion to now $17 trillion in the bought about 35 years from insolvency. do not have to keep coming in here and space of one administration, with 3 Now we face an even more dire crisis so we do not have to keep giving you more years to go. It is unsustainable. I than that, but the solution will be the more credit? How do we know you are doubt there is a Member of this body— same—and that is, we need to have ever going to pay this back? How do we Republican or Democrat, liberal or Presidential leadership. know you are not just going to declare conservative—who could simply ignore I have proposed a number of things. bankruptcy and insolvency because It looks as though we are going to be it and say this is not a problem. It is a you have simply hit the point where limited. I did not get any indication huge problem. Every day, every week, you do not have the means to pay this from the President that he is willing to every month, every year we postpone back? We might be willing to give you take these kinds of risks to so-called it, the problem becomes worse. some increase in your credit, but first We have made effort after effort—bi- go big. Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- you have to give us something back; partisan effort, Simpson-Bowles, that is, you have to get off your addi- Domenici-Rivlin, laying out plans as to sent to speak for 3 more minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tion to spending that keeps driving you how to address this over a period of objection, it is so ordered. into this situation. time to put us on a path to solvency, Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, I am What I was trying to address here is, the Gang of 6, all the efforts of a Re- not going to wait to speak, but if I yes, a solution to get this government publican, SAXBY CHAMBLISS, and a might ask the distinguished Senator back to work combined, hopefully, Democrat, MARK WARNER, and those of from Indiana a question, and then cer- with a renewed effort—by the Senator us who supported those efforts to try to tainly agree to however much time he from Florida, myself, and others—to find a way to solve this problem, the wants. strip out the unnecessary spending, the supercommittee, the dinner group The PRESIDING OFFICER. Would duplication, the egregious misuse of which I was part of, substantive discus- the Senator yield for a question? taxpayers’ dollars for nonessential sions with the White House, with the Mr. COATS. I would be happy to functions of this Federal Government. Chief of Staff, with the President him- yield for a question. There is no disagreement between us self over a 7-month period of time—we Mr. NELSON. The Senator from Indi- that we need to fund our national secu- have been unable to reach a resolution, ana is very sincere as he has worked rity. There is no disagreement about unable to even come to the conclusion diligently and in a bipartisan way to some of the essential cancer research that this problem is so great it needs tackle this budget problem. It is this and a number of other things this gov- to be dealt with now, not pushed down Senator’s hope we can continue those ernment engages in that cannot be later for some other administration. It kinds of discussions we had a couple of handled at the State level, cannot be has been too many Congresses and too years ago. handled at a private level, substan- many administrations simply saying, Would the Senator agree that the tially. But there is a lot of concern We can’t get it done.’’ We will have to shutdown situation we find ourselves about excessive spending that con- push it off for yet another term, yet in, however—which started for a dif- tinues to push us more and more into another election, yet another Presi- ferent reason than the budget ques- debt. dent. tions. It started for the reason of peo- In answer to the question from my Well, time is running out. So despite ple wanting to defund ObamaCare— friend, Republicans do not like this all these efforts, we have failed. In my that the shutdown creates a crisis at- shutdown any more than Democrats. opinion, and I think in the opinion of mosphere in which it is very difficult We want to have some solution to the most, the reason why we have failed is to have those budgetary discussions underlying problem. The underlying because we have not had Presidential the Senator yearns to have, as does his problem is the merger of not only ex- leadership. The kinds of changes that colleague from Florida? cessive spending but the debt limit are needed to address a problem this Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I answer that is the result of that spending. large, to bring parties together, to put to my friend from Florida, who did I know my time is rapidly running us in the position where we are willing work with a group of us, Democrats out, down to zero here. Let me con- to risk our careers, willing to stand up and Republicans, in past efforts to ad- clude by saying I believe we have a and do what is right for America re- dress the larger question which I am duty—a duty to the American taxpayer gardless of the political consequences, addressing, I know he is as dis- but beyond that a duty to the future of willing to stand together—Republican appointed as I am that we were not this country, which is not just our chil- and Democrat—to basically say this able to come to a resolution. dren and grandchildren but everybody’s

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It is not saving money for our kids so we can industry—they cannot deliver air- the place you might think of when you give them a good education, getting planes that are ready for delivery be- think about where Federal shutdown the bills paid on time, and living the cause they have to have their final effects would be felt in a very specific American dream. That is not to be- FAA certificate; to, of course, the way. But Chincoteague’s economy is come a millionaire or billionaire— space program in NASA, and 97 percent oriented around tourism. There is a na- maybe for some, but for most, to live furloughed; to over 60 percent of NOAA tional seashore and national wildlife just a quiet, normal, peaceful life, pass- furloughed and all of the weather sat- refuge there, adjacent to Chincoteague ing on those values and giving our chil- ellites we are trying to get going. Then Island, and so these few thousand peo- dren those opportunities we have found you take all these government employ- ple over the years have built up an for ourselves. ees who are furloughed, and what about economy that is hotels, motels, res- I suggest that until we summon the all the contractors to the government taurants, grocery stores, drive-ins, and political will to do so and until, frank- who are now laying off all the contrac- other shops for visitors. The fall is a ly, we have a President who has that tors? very busy time. The island gets about same will, we will not solve that prob- We had an Alaskan captain talking 1.5 million visitors a year, and they are lem. about how he needs the government coming to the National Wildlife Refuge I will conclude with this. It is a certificates so he can go to sea on the and the National Seashore. story—maybe you heard it before. A Alaskan crab catch. He cannot get On October 1, when government man walks into the doctor’s office and that. Guess who is lurking out there. closed down the seashore and wildlife says: I don’t feel well at all. Russian captains, to come in and start refuge closed down, the visitors have The doctor gives him all the tests supplying the world market, including stopped coming. All those businesses, and all the exams and calls him back in the domestic U.S. market, with crab. all those small mom-and-pops—I can and says: The disease you have is ter- You can go through the whole thing. see the faces of Tommy and Donna, and minal. It is going to kill you. There are Then, of course, the other side says, Jack Tarr, who is the mayor, and two ways to address this. There is a in the midst of the shutdown, with the Glenn and Jane, my friends over cure. It has some pain attached to it. default of the credit rating of the gov- there—they have called me to say: We You cannot just ignore it. But if you ernment facing us, you are not negoti- are hit so hard because this is a busy will agree to this medicine we are ating. time for us and we are closed down. Last weekend there was a huge fes- going to give you and these procedures, That reminds me of a story. Two peo- tival. There is a historic lighthouse on we can save your life. If you are not ple are talking. the island, and they have been working willing to do that, if you do not have One says: Can I burn your House for 6 years to restore it. The opening the will to go through that process to down? was last week, and they were expecting get yourself back to health, there is No. hundreds or even thousands of visitors. another alternative. The alternative is Can I burn your second floor down? They had to cancel it because it is on that we can transplant that disease No. Garage? the wildlife refuge. into your children and into your grand- No. This weekend there was another big children and then let them deal with it. How about your utility room? festival. Some of you might have read That is exactly what we are doing No. the book ‘‘Misty of Chincoteague,’’ here by not having the will, sum- Oh, you won’t compromise. which is about the Chincoteague Island moning the will to do the things we all You cannot compromise over some- ponies. Children read this book about know need to be done to prevent this thing that is hurting so many people’s ponies, probably ponies that came country from becoming insolvent, from lives and is threatening the security there from Spain, swim across the denying and destroying the American and safety of people’s lives. You cannot sound twice a year to Chincoteague, dream. The future of this country rests compromise on that. You cannot com- get shots, get inoculated. In the spring, with our decisions. To date we have not promise on this Nation going into fi- some are sold for population control so made those decisions. nancial default. they do not overrun the island. This I yield the floor. Come on. Let’s use a little common weekend was the fall pony roundup. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- sense and get back into government They had to cancel it because the wild- ator from Florida. functioning again and stop the non- life refuge is closed. Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, I see the sense about threatening a default of It is not just a tourism event. It great junior Senator from Virginia this country. Then let’s do what the hurts all the businesses, but it is more waiting to speak. I would like to make very sincere Senator from Indiana said. than that. It is a fundraiser for the vol- a quick statement. Let’s continue those discussions about unteer fire department that keeps I again want to remind the Senate what we can do for the long-term fi- every home and business on Chin- and anybody who is listening what nancial integrity of this country. coteague Island safe. They do not have brought about the shutdown. It has I yield. I thank the Senator from Vir- a fire department other than the Chin- been going on now for a week and a ginia for his indulgence. coteague Volunteer Fire Department. half, and we do not see any relief in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- They have two fundraisers a year. This sight. What started the whole thing on ator from Virginia. weekend was one of them. They have the shutdown is this: Shut down the Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, I rise to canceled it. The volunteer fire depart- government unless you agree to reverse deliver a status report on what the ment put up on their Web site: ‘‘The a law that was passed and declared con- government shutdown has meant to fall pony roundup is closed because of stitutional by the Supreme Court. By Virginia this week. I gave one last the childish and idiotic antics of our reversing that law, by taking the fund- week, and I am back on the floor to Government.’’ ing away from the Affordable Care share some additional news. The other main economy in Chin- Act—that is what started this a week I associate myself with the com- coteague is NASA. There is a facility and a half ago. ments of the Senator from Florida. I at Wallops Island, 5 miles away, and I have just come from the commerce will talk about some similar effects. over 80 percent of the thousand em- committee, where Senator ROCKE- These effects are felt everywhere. It is ployees and contractors who work at FELLER had a hearing on everything not just furloughed employees; it is NASA, 5 miles from Chincoteague Is- from consumer finance and the con- contractors, it is local communities land, are furloughed. sumer federation on how consumers are and nonprofits, and it is the housing So you pull the guts out of the tour- not being protected; everything from market. ism economy, which this community

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Why push businesses to service tours in Iraq—a very solid vet- weekly revenue to fall by 85 percent the brink of bankruptcy? Why harm eran. We are so proud. One out of eight immediately. They are still doing the housing market? Why degrade and Virginians is a veteran—an amazing work, and they are still being told—be- devalue public servants, especially number of people. When he retired, he cause they are contractors—that they those who are veterans? Why jeop- got a job at the Pentagon as a civilian, will get paid, they are just not told ardize cities and towns such as Chin- a DOD civilian. He got that job earlier when they will get pay. But they are coteague? Why hurt nonprofits such as this year. Mark Wright was furloughed paying for office rent and they are pay- the Chincoteague Island Volunteer Fire earlier this year because of the seques- ing for utilities and they are paying Department? Why leave families vul- ter. He has a wife and two kids in ele- salaries of employees and they are pay- nerable to unemployment and force mentary school. He was furloughed, ing monthly health insurance pre- them to go on unemployment for the days off work, less pay, he got through miums. They don’t know when they are first time in their lives? Why cause all that furlough. Then October 1, fur- going to get paid, but they are having this pain? loughed again. So this veteran who to write checks to others every day. No one in this country is benefiting served his country, put himself in The owner of the business said: A few from the U.S. government being shut harm’s way, and fought in theaters of more weeks of this, and we will be down. So why is the House continuing battle more than once has been fur- bankrupt and hundreds of people will to insist that this government remain loughed twice this year. lose their jobs. closed? Mark Wright and his wife and chil- Why are we doing this to these busi- I am continually reminded of the dren live in an apartment in Stafford nesses? words by the Founder of the Repub- County—south of DC. They wanted to Yesterday the Presiding Officer was lican Party 150 years ago at Gettys- buy a home for the first time in their with me in a hearing before the Armed burg—Abraham Lincoln. At the end of lives. They are in the housing market. Services Committee, and a woman by that amazing speech, he resolved, and They decided they can’t buy a home the name of Jo Ann Rooney was nomi- we resolved, that government of, by, now because he doesn’t know if he will nated to be Under Secretary of the and for the people shall not perish from have a paycheck to make a mortgage Navy. I asked her a question about mo- the Earth, not for a year, not for a payment. He will be lucky enough to rale in the Navy and the Pentagon now. month, not for a week, not for a day, keep making the rent payment every Her answer was interesting. not for an hour, not for a minute, and month. It hurts their family, but it Jo Ann Rooney had been working in not for a second. also hurts the real estate market in the Pentagon for quite a while and Why can’t the House agree to open Stafford County. then left 1 year ago to be president of the government and stop all this un- Just this week it was reported that a women’s college. So she has been necessary pain? foreclosures in Virginia are up 52 per- away from the Pentagon for 1 year. I yield the floor. cent from August to September, the Now she is back in the Pentagon as a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Re- biggest jump since the start of the re- nominee to be Under Secretary of the publican whip. cession because of the effect of seques- Navy. Her name is pretty important in Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, tomor- ter and these kinds of foolish antics, as Virginia. row morning—unless it has otherwise the volunteer fire department de- She said the difference in the Pen- changed—we will be voting on the re- scribed. So what Mark Wright and his tagon and with the Navy folks she was quest from the majority leader and the family are asking is why; why are we working with from when she left 1 year President to raise the debt ceiling by doing this? ago to today is completely stark. In more than $1 trillion. It will not actu- I had an employee roundtable with the year that she has been gone, the ally be a dollar figure. It will be sus- about seven furloughed employees and furloughs hit and now the shutdown pended for roughly 1 year—the debt contractors on Wednesday afternoon in has hit. She said she is walking around ceiling, that is. So everybody under- my office. They shared their anxieties the halls and looking at how people are stands what the majority leader and about their own finances. They shared responding. They feel like they are not the President are asking us to do: their own anxieties about having kids supported when they are doing this im- America has maxed out its credit card. at home and getting a paycheck and portant mission. She had one question: It is about $16.7 trillion. what it would mean to them. I said to Why are we doing this to people who I know we talk about millions and one participant: Tell me about your are working for the U.S. Navy whom billions and trillions as if we could ac- family. He said: I am lucky. I don’t we count on to protect us every day. tually conceptualize what that means, have a family. Then he caught himself Why? but here is an interesting comparison: and he said: I wish I was married and We know, as the Senator from Flor- Under President Obama—he has been had a family, but for now when I am ida said, that the House pushed this in office for about 5 years now—our na- not getting a paycheck and I don’t shutdown through unwillingness to tional debt has gone up $6.1 trillion. know whether I will get a paycheck, I have a budget conference. We passed a The debt accrued by all 43 previous am lucky I don’t have a family. This budget in March. We wanted to sit Presidents was $10.6 trillion. was a DOD civilian who was a West down and find a budget compromise Our national debt is $16.7 trillion, Point grad who served as an Active- with a very different House budget. We and President Obama has asked to Duty Army officer for 10 years and were going to have to compromise and raise that credit limit another $1 tril- fought overseas. do that, but Senators and House Mem- lion. Here is the catch: If he had a plan Others talked about how it felt to be bers have blocked a conference. With to actually deal with how we are going kicked around just because they are no conference, we don’t get a com- to pay down this $16.7 trillion, then trying to serve their country. One said: promise. With no compromise, we don’t maybe there would be a discussion. I have gone on unemployment. I never get a budget. With no budget, the gov- What he wants is what he called a wanted to go on unemployment, but I ernment shuts down. They pushed this clean debt ceiling, which is a blank have to for my family. Even those who through a shutdown and only after the check. President Obama wants a blank were financially secure said: I am look- shutdown have they said: All right. check to continue to borrow more and ing elsewhere for a job. Why would I Let’s talk. more money—not so we, the present put myself and my family through Yesterday they revealed a new plan generation, can live up to our respon- this? I have other skills. Maybe I can’t in the House. Their plan was we need sibilities and make sure we are fiscally

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That is called the labor enough to invite Republicans in the actually taking credit for a reduction participation rate. All we have to do is Senate over to the White House. He in the deficit. Of course, the deficit is Google the Bureau of Labor Statistics sort of chuckled about the grand bar- different from the debt. The deficit is and it will tell us what the labor par- gain that he and Speaker BOEHNER and how we measure the amount of money ticipation rate is. It is at a 30-year low. others have been pursuing over the last coming into the Treasury and how Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- few years. He likened it to a unicorn. much goes out in a given year. We are sent for an additional 2 minutes. In other words, he likened it to a now spending roughly 16 cents on the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without mythical creature no one has actually dollar of borrowed money; in other objection, it is so ordered. ever seen. That is what the grand bar- words, more money than what is com- Mr. CORNYN. So not only is the un- gain is, at least under this administra- ing in. employment rate unacceptably high, tion. The President was actually taking those are people still looking for work. We reminded the President this credit for the annual deficit’s decrease. We know more and more people are morning that none of us wanted a gov- The deficit can be zero this year, and simply giving up because they have ernment shutdown. This is not what we we would still have $16.7 trillion in quit looking, and they are reflected in actually want, and we are all eager to debt. Those are related but different that smaller percentage of people actu- end it. We also told the President that issues because the debt accumulates ally in the workforce. now is the time—and divided govern- over many years when you spend more As we all know, the President has ment is perhaps the best time—to end money than you have actually coming had multiple opportunities to make our fiscal crisis and to be responsible in. that grand bargain for long-term debt for the $16.7 trillion and come up with In fact, if we look back, the two rea- reduction. He has endorsed a grand bar- a payment plan. sons the deficit has gone down this gain but walked away from his own bi- If you went to the credit card com- year is because, No. 1, one of the larg- partisan fiscal commission, the so- pany and said: I want to raise my cred- est tax increases in American history called Simpson-Bowles Commission, in it card limit another $10,000, they that the President demanded in Janu- December of 2010. He might have also would say what is your plan to actually ary of this last year—that was the fis- endorsed a grand bargain put forward pay down the debt you already accu- cal cliff negotiation—and, secondly, it by the Bipartisan Policy Center’s mulated? If you come back to us with was the Budget Control Act and the se- Domenici-Rivlin Commission, but he a plan, then maybe we can talk about quester, which has actually capped dis- walked away from that one too. raising the limit on your credit card. cretionary spending for the last 2 President Reagan negotiated with As I said, for the 220 years between years. That is what has caused a reduc- Tip O’Neill. President Bush 41 nego- the start of George Washington’s Presi- tion in the deficit, not anything else. tiated with George Mitchell. President dency and the end of George W. Bush’s So now the President said it is no big Presidency, the Federal Government deal, this debt—$16.7 trillion is no big Clinton negotiated with Newt Ging- accumulated $10.1 trillion in debt. Dur- deal. And $17 plus trillion is no big rich. President Bush 43 negotiated with ing the Obama Presidency alone, it has deal, either, to hear the President say Ted Kennedy. That is what Presi- been $6.1 trillion. If the President gets it today. dential leadership requires, and which his way tomorrow in the vote, we are Now the President has changed his is so obviously missing in this context. going to have to get a blank check to tune. Earlier he told ‘‘ABC News’’: We I hope the President will follow up on raise it another $1 trillion-plus. It don’t have an immediate crisis in this meeting we had this morning and won’t be $6.1 trillion; it will be $7.1 or terms of debt. In fact, for the next 10 begin the kind of negotiations that $7.2 trillion with no plan to pay down years, it is going to be in a sustainable would provide a payment plan to pay the debt and deal with the impact of place. off the debt America already owes—by this growing indebtedness on our econ- Well, besides being completely irre- the way, it is not just America, it is omy and on our next generation. sponsible and not making decisions every man, woman, and child in this It is important to remember what today but, rather, kicking the can country—before he comes back here the President has said about the debt. down the road to the next generation and asks us to raise the credit card In 2008, when he was a Member of the and beyond, this high debt is having a limit by another $1 trillion. Senate, he said adding $4 trillion to the present-day impact on slow economic Mr. President, I yield the floor. national debt was, in his words, ‘‘irre- growth. All we have to do is read the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- sponsible’’ and ‘‘unpatriotic.’’ That was Congressional Budget Office reports, ator from North Dakota. President Obama back in 2008, and here which say when the Federal Govern- Ms. HEITKAMP. Mr. President, yes- he is again asking for a higher debt ment borrows this much money from terday I came to the Senate floor to limit with no plan to repay the $16.7 foreign governments such as China and talk about how the government shut- trillion or any portion of it. elsewhere, that is money—the Federal down is affecting North Dakota ranch- President Obama is also the same Government is actually competing in ers and farmers, particularly my person who said in 2009: ‘‘I refuse to the marketplace against the private ranchers who were hit by last week- leave our children with a debt they sector for credit and it actually drives end’s storm and lost a vast number of cannot repay.’’ He is the same person down private sector investment. With cattle, jeopardizing their livelihood for who said in 2010 that America’s mas- the debt this high, people know some- years to come, and aren’t getting the sive debt ‘‘keeps [him] awake at thing is going to happen. Either the help they need from the USDA and the night.’’ I can’t imagine he is getting Federal Government is going to have Farm Service Agency. much sleep these days if that is true. to cut spending to deal with this debt Today I wish to talk about another This is the same person who in 2011 or the President is going to want to devastating consequence of this shut- echoed the comments of the former raise taxes again, and that is exactly down, and that is the consequence of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff what he has requested year after year. this shutdown on Indian Country in my ADM Mike Mullen when he was asked Speaking of the next 10 years, the State, and undoubtedly Indian Country what his biggest concern was as Chair- President’s latest budget proposal, all across this Nation. man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Admi- which he unveiled in April, would in- In North Dakota we have five Indian ral Mullen said the greatest long-term crease our debt by $7.4 trillion as well reservations which are home to many threat to America’s national security as raise taxes by another $1.1 trillion, Native-American families. These are is America’s debt. President Obama even though the President has raised communities where economic develop- said he agreed with that. taxes by $1.7 trillion already. ment and many times employment

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But been made about the United States liv- ernment reopens soon, it won’t be able I think also, importantly, we are turn- ing up to its obligations, its contract to afford to pay these employees and ing our back on an obligation this obligations, its obligations to the enti- they will be furloughed. country undertook when it signed trea- ties that hold our debt, but we haven’t In a couple examples of great trag- ties with the tribal people of my State. talked about the United States living edy, the Sisseton-Wahpeton commu- All across North Dakota, families, up to its treaty obligations to Indian nity recently lost a 3-month-old baby workers, children, people who are dis- tribes in this country. This shutdown and, because of the shutdown, the abled, are losing access to services and poses a serious—and I am not exag- mother has been turned away for burial assistance and are losing their pay- gerating—a serious threat to the basic assistance for her child. check. Why? Why is this happening? services the Federal Government pro- Gerald Thompson, an elder at Because Congress, arguably the great- vides to Native-American families as Sisseton-Wahpeton and a Vietnam est democratic body ever envisioned, is part of its trust, its contract, its obli- vet—and I know on the floor with me is bickering and plagued with inaction. gation to Native Americans and Na- our Senator from South Dakota and he House Republicans continue to bring tive-American nations. can attest to the great number of Na- up individual bills that only address I recently had a discussion with trib- tive Americans who serve in our mili- the issues of the day and programs that al chairs all across North Dakota. I tary, at a much higher rate than al- have only been written about in head- was hearing more and more of the kind most any other group. Gerald is a lines. Whenever there is a headline, we of horror stories we hear when all of a proud Vietnam vet. He receives a small can fund that because we want to say sudden weather is coming and food as- Federal stipend which is not even we are responding to those needs. Well, sistance is needed and fuel assistance is enough to cover the basic essentials. I think I need a headline for our Na- needed. I wish to share with this body His stipend is no longer available be- tive-American families who are in dire today the stories I heard, because they cause of the shutdown. His wife is suf- straits, and for the Bureau of Indian are telling stories about how foolish fering from diabetes and stage 3 kidney Education as well as BIA. So I ask: and how dangerous this government disease. He worries about not being What about Native-American families shutdown is to many very vulnerable able to afford the gas to drive her to who are unable to get critical social families, particularly vulnerable Na- Fargo once a week, and he wonders services to afford food or housing be- tive-American families. how he is going to buy propane for heat cause BIA is closed during the shut- By way of introduction, most of the for his family and his home. down? Where is the bill for them? Also, five tribes in North Dakota are direct At Indian Health Service facilities, equally important, where is the public service tribes, which means BIA itself health care workers such as those at safety for them? Where is the public performs critical functions to help Na- Standing Rock recognize people still safety for those tribal members? tive-American families. So BIA is the need medical attention, so they are What about the ranchers who lost a place where people go to get assistance. still coming to work with no promise huge percentage of their herd not only With the shutdown, there are few or no of a paycheck and probably, some peo- in my State in the southwest corner, BIA employees in each reservation to ple would argue here, doing so ille- but also all across West River and carry out this very important work. gally. South Dakota, who can’t get assistance That means BIA’s general assistance The Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Na- from the Department of Agriculture? programs are no longer able to serve, tion, which is at the epicenter of oil Where is the bill for them? for example, the 600 families on the and gas development in the Bakken oil What about our young farmers who Turtle Mountain Reservation who shale in North Dakota, will see that de- are trying to build the farms of tomor- would otherwise receive an average of velopment slowed. There is always row and feed our country, who aren’t $97 per person to meet essential needs competition for rigs in North Dakota. able to receive their income checks be- of food, shelter, and utilities. The food Where are those going to move? Every- cause the Farm Service Agency is shut banks and the food pantries are over- body is waiting for the rig to show up down? They can’t even get their run. It is not an exaggeration to say and begin to drill their wells. The money. Where is the bill for them? this shutdown has caused people in the tribes have had a tremendous oppor- What about North Dakotans trying Turtle Mountain Reservation to go tunity not only to develop the resource to start a small business or get a home hungry. that will help them economically, but mortgage and aren’t able to access At the Spirit Lake Nation, some- to develop this resource which is mov- those Federal programs? Where is the thing we have heard a lot about in the ing us in the right direction for energy bill for them? last year is that social services are independence. But because of the shut- It is time we stop this. It is time we stretched to the max, where we have down, MHA Nation is losing a substan- respond to the very real hurt in Amer- problems in even a fully funded govern- tial amount of Federal oil and gas rev- ica. ment; but today the vast majority of enue. Right now, the tribes aren’t able We hear a lot about who is winning BIA child social service agencies have to get energy development agreements. and who is losing politically. That is a stopped, leaving children stuck in They can’t get drilling permits ap- sad day when that is the deliberation limbo in the court system, waiting for proved or have environmental impact we have, because it is the American someone to find them a safe and decent assessments completed because BLM people whom we are here to serve. It is home. Some examples: A woman wish- and EPA are shut down and not avail- the American people to whom we have ing to report a sexual abuse of her son able. Those rigs will move someplace an obligation. We need to end this im- has been attempting to contact Child else. The tribe has hundreds of drilling passe and to open the government. Protective Services for over a week permits awaiting approval and this is My people in Indian Country in now. When she went to the office, the only going to delay them further. North Dakota need and want and be- doors were shut and the 24-hour on-call The situation is also dire in urban In- lieve they have earned that respect and person didn’t answer the phone. dian communities. U-Tech, United a commitment to their treaty rights. At the same time, BIA law enforce- Tribes Technical College, is one of sev- Thank you so much, Mr. President. I ment is limited—and there is a lot of eral tribal colleges that serves over 600 yield the floor. acreage out there that they have to students trying to better themselves The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. cover—to one officer per shift. They and another 300 children who attend HEITKAMP). The Senator from South are patrolling 252,000 acres with one of- their K-through-8 elementary school on Dakota. ficer. the college campus. But because of the LIVESTOCK DISASTER ASSISTANCE At the Sisseton-Wahpeton Reserva- shutdown, they are reducing those edu- Mr. THUNE. Madam President, a tion, almost 50 percent of the tribe’s cation services to both the college stu- week ago today western South Dakota ongoing budget consists of Federal dents and to children. was preparing for a coming storm, but

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:11 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.025 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7403 no one had any idea it would be one of yesterday, as well, along highways in be signed into law that would allow the the worst and most devastating snow- western South Dakota. Department of Agriculture to issue the storms in that area’s history. The point I am simply making is, regulations that are necessary to put I grew up in western South Dakota. I this was an incredibly powerful im- this program back into effect. was born and raised there. We saw a lot pact—this storm—that created an I have been encouraged by reports I of nasty blizzards over the years— enormous amount of damage to the No. have heard that they are going to soon storms that swept through the middle 1 industry in western South Dakota. name conferees to move a farm bill for- of our State and all across our State, The people who work the land, the peo- ward in the House. I wrote a letter ear- with the destructive impact that can ple who raise these animals, they are lier this week to Speaker BOEHNER ask- have, the way it would close down independent, they are hard working. ing him to name conferees so the con- roads, the difficulty it would create for These ranchers are the best friends and ference committee could begin its work people and, obviously, the loss of live- neighbors anybody could have, all will- and make this assistance available to stock that comes with that. We have ing to lend a helping hand. They are livestock producers. seen over the years blizzards that have first to provide assistance and the last I have also sent a letter to Secretary taken their toll on one of our State’s to seek it. Vilsack asking him to determine that most important industries. The best thing we can do right now, the Farm Service Agency personnel in But the storm damage I saw yester- the most effective assistance we can the impacted counties are essential so day when I toured western South Da- offer them right now is found in the they can open these offices and begin kota was epic, looking at the moun- livestock disaster section of the farm the process of preparing damage assess- tains of branches that were piled high bill, which has passed here in the Sen- ment reports that are going to be need- waiting for disposal, or the gut-wrench- ate, is now passed in the House of Rep- ed for Federal disaster declarations. ing scenes of fence lines, draws, and resentatives, and is awaiting action by The distinguished Presiding Officer pastures that were scattered with dead a conference committee. mentioned in her remarks the impact livestock. The Livestock Indemnity Program, this is having in western South Da- This snowstorm started out as heavy known as LIP, was something Senator kota. In western North Dakota, the rain—and I know the distinguished BAUCUS and I authored as part of the Farm Service Agency personnel are not Presiding Officer had much of this in 2008 farm bill. It provides much-needed working, and in this circumstance they her State of North Dakota as well—but financial assistance to these livestock are the ones to whom the producers that soaked the livestock. Then it producers. But in order to get this as- would go and the States and affected turned into a raging blizzard, with sistance to them, a new farm bill has parties would look to to do the damage heavy snow and sustaining winds of 60 to be passed. assessments. to 70 miles an hour. These winds drove This program, the Livestock Indem- So I am hoping Secretary Vilsack, livestock for miles—some more than 12 nity Program, or the LIP program, in who has that authority, particularly in miles from their pastures. The fortu- the farm bill is fully paid for with cuts this sort of a situation where you have nate ones lasted through the storm, in other farm programs, and it has an emergency, will declare these people miles from their origination, but still eliminated the need for ad hoc disaster as essential and get them back on the alive. assistance that was the standard emer- job so they can begin those damage as- As I speak, South Dakota ranchers gency assistance in past years. sessments and prepare the way for, are still assessing their losses, trying I remember past years, when I was a hopefully, when a farm bill passes and to determine ownership of those that Member of the House of Representa- the disaster title is authorized again. survived but are miles away from tives, something like this would hap- So those are a couple of things that home, and hauling away or burying the pen, and we would have to come to have to happen, in my view, fairly tens of thousands of dead livestock. To Congress for ad hoc disaster assistance, quickly. And I will be the first to say add even more challenges to an already emergency assistance. The whole point that I have had concerns about the devastating situation, this area is now of getting a disaster title in the farm farm bill as it worked its way through experiencing heavy rains. Flash-flood bill was to eliminate the need for that the process here. There were some warnings have been issued this morn- ad hoc disaster assistance on an annual things in the commodity title that I ing for areas of the Black Hills, with an basis sometimes. thought could have been done dif- additional 2 or more inches of rain in So this title was put in the farm bill ferently—perhaps a better policy ap- the forecast. back in 2008. It created a permanent proach and, arguably, something that This storm-damaged area of 17 coun- program, paid for. As I said, the one in is more compliant with our World ties in western South Dakota contains the farm bill that is being considered Trade Organization obligations and more than 6,000 ranches and more than now is offset by cuts in other areas of less market distorting. There were a a million cattle and sheep. For most of the farm bill. number of things in the commodity these ranchers, their livestock is their What we are waiting for is for the title, there were some things in other sole source of livelihood. These ranch- conferees to get together in a con- titles of the bill that we had some con- ers have a 365-day-a-year obligation to ference to work out the differences be- cerns with, but there were a number of care for their livestock, which they tween the two bills and to report them things in the farm bill that we worked have done for generation after genera- back to the House and to the Senate, very hard to have included, and the dis- tion. where they can be voted on, hopefully, aster title was one of those. Madam President, I want to show passed and put on the President’s desk. I am hoping as this farm bill works you the impact of this storm and what That is what it is going to take to get its way through the process, and hope- it did to some of these livestock. As assistance back to these livestock pro- fully as conferees get named by the shown in this picture, this is an area ducers, because the existing disaster House of Representatives, they can we saw from a helicopter yesterday—a title, as I said—the Livestock Indem- begin their work, work out some of low-lying area where there was some nity Program in the disaster title of those differences, and I will continue to water. As you can see, there are up- the farm bill—expired. It expired at the be a strong proponent of the livestock wards of 40, 50 head of livestock that end of 2011. disaster assistance that was created in are lying there dead in that area. When we passed a bill in the Senate the 2008 farm bill and was included in We saw numerous examples like that in 2012, it reauthorized it, and in the both versions of the 2013 farm bill— yesterday. farm bill that passed this year it has both the one that passed the House and This is another photo we took yester- been reauthorized. But until we get the the one that passed the Senate. day of trucks, rendering trucks that farm bill passed, that authority that I appreciate the work Chairman STA- were coming to pick up some of the can help producers in circumstances BENOW has done, and our ranking mem- dead livestock. As you can see, not like this no longer exists. That is why ber Senator COCHRAN. I thank them for only are the trucks filled, but there are we have to get conferees together in a their tireless efforts to try and get a livestock along this road. We saw that conference committee and, ultimately, new farm bill enacted as soon as pos- situation, that image, over and over a bill on the President’s desk that can sible.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:11 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.027 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S7404 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 11, 2013 This past week’s snowstorm is only the ability to respond to this type of 2011 resulted in $1.3 billion in addi- one example of the urgency behind that emergency. tional borrowing costs for the Federal to get it done so the programs can once I yield the floor. Government, thereby increasing the again support our farmers and ranchers The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Nation’s debt. and the millions of others whose jobs ator from New Hampshire. So for all of those people who said we rely on agriculture. Again, in my State Mrs. SHAHEEN. Madam President, are not going to raise the debt ceiling, of South Dakota, it is our No. 1 indus- we are now in the 11th day of this un- we are not going to pay the bills this try. It always has been and it probably necessary government shutdown. Just country has incurred because we are always will be. We have so many farm as my colleague from South Dakota, worried about the debt and deficits we and ranch families who look to their Senator THUNE, pointed out, there are face, the fact is that action alone in- leadership here in Washington, DC, to some impacts in South Dakota as a re- creased our debt by $1.3 billion. provide some certainty with regard to sult of this shutdown. We are seeing There is no question that we need to the rules they are going to play by. those very real consequences in New get this country’s debt and deficits When we do extensions such as the one Hampshire as well, and I am sure the under control. I think all of us who are we are in the middle of right now—we Presiding Officer is seeing those in here believe that. But the best way to did a 1-year extension last year of the North Dakota. do that is to reach a comprehensive old farm bill—but we do not make the It has become clear to me by talking long-term bipartisan agreement that reforms, some of the changes that are to people in New Hampshire that the looks at all areas of spending, that necessary to update farm policy, then longer the shutdown goes, the worse looks at the domestic side of the budg- we do not give producers the certainty the impact on families, on small busi- et, at the defense side of the budget, at they need as they make their planning nesses, on people who need the services mandatory programs and at revenue. decisions for the future. So getting a 5- from this government. Despite the partisanship that we year, a multiyear reauthorization in But as difficult as the shutdown is, have seen too much of here, I still place is important, and it is timely. there is actually another crisis that think that kind of an agreement is pos- My hope would be that in the very looms on the horizon that would have sible and that is critical. Senator near future the conferees can sit down, even more disastrous consequences for THUNE talked about certainty for farm- they can work out the differences be- our economy, and that is the possi- ers who are not sure what is going to tween the two bills—reconcile those bility of a first-ever default on this happen with the farm bill. But that differences—and get this thing moving country’s debt. kind of uncertainty is going across the again. I say that not only because it is For the first time ever, if we default, economy for businesses, from whatever critically important to these livestock the country would not pay the bills it sector they are in, because people do producers in western South Dakota but has incurred—the bills it has incurred not know what we are going to do here because it is critically important to all because of decisions made by this Con- in Washington about dealing with this producers across South Dakota. gress or previous Congresses. country’s long-term budget. The farmers in the eastern part of As economists across the ideological As some of my colleagues have noted, my State, the people in the entire farm spectrum have warned, the con- the response to the financial crisis and belt and the regions of this county who sequences of a default would be severe. the great recession led to a higher def- depend upon agriculture for their exist- We could see businesses stop hiring. icit. There is no question the country ence need to know what the policies That would have an impact, as we are was in trouble. One of the ways we are going to be, what the results are already seeing as a result of this shut- helped to address that was to increase going to be, so they can plan and plan down, on the economic recovery we are spending on vital safety net programs, effectively, and so we have the mecha- experiencing. Retirement accounts and while revenues declined—to try to nisms in place, so when something like families’ nest eggs would lose much of stimulate the economy, to put people this happens—like happened in western their value in a very short time. Inter- back to work. South Dakota this past week—there is est rates would rise, which would mean Those policies as well as the fiscal a mechanism in place, there is a way in higher costs for consumers, for small policies that were enacted over the which we can respond and provide sup- businesses, and for the Federal Govern- past decade, including two wars, tax port for the hard-working farmers and ment, as we need to borrow. And con- breaks for the wealthiest Americans, ranchers and the millions of people sumer confidence, which is so impor- all of those things made the country’s whose jobs rely on agriculture. tant for small businesses and for the debt and deficits increase. Actually in Looking at those images yesterday economy, would drop sharply. the last few years we have seen signifi- was very gripping, in many ways very Some people have suggested that cant progress to reduce spending and to disturbing. As you fly over these areas these are scare tactics. But these con- narrow our deficit. and you see these massive losses of sequences are very real, and we know We put in place discretionary spend- livestock, you realize what that means that because we have been here before. ing caps that have reduced spending by for the people who are out there every In 2011, which was the last time we the Federal Government, and we let single day, who for generations have came close to defaulting on our debt, the tax cuts for wealthiest Americans made their living on the land by rais- the mere prospect of that default was expire which raised additional revenue. ing these cattle, and it has contributed enough to have significant impact on All told, we put in place approximately in such an enormous and significant our economy. $2.4 trillion in deficit reduction. This way to the economy not only of west- In late July and early August of 2011, has not been easy. There has been a lot ern South Dakota but of this entire the period that led up to the debt deal that has been affected that I would not economy—people who literally every in 2011, the Dow Jones Industrial Aver- have chosen, but the fact is we are on single day are out there feeding not age dropped 2,000 points. As a result a more sustainable budget path. only America but feeding the world. American families saw their household One of the best ways we can improve Agriculture has a tremendous impact wealth plummet by $2.4 trillion. We our budget outlook is by growing the domestically, obviously, but it has a saw a sharp drop in consumer con- economy, by focusing on jobs that profound impact around the world, and fidence, and by the way the current cir- boost revenue and decrease the need for it is something that from an economic cumstances that we are in have seen a social programs. While we certainly standpoint creates thousands and thou- similar drop in consumer confidence have more work to do on that front, sands and millions of jobs here in this over the concerns about the shutdown consistent job growth has helped in- country. and the default. crease revenue and reduce our deficit. I hope we can get the farm bill done. In the last few weeks we have seen Since this President took office, we I hope the conferees will get named the biggest drop in consumer con- have seen this country’s deficit fall by soon by the House, and that we will be fidence since Lehman Brothers col- over 50 percent. That represents a re- on our way toward passage of a farm lapsed in 2008. Then in 2011 our credit markable improvement, and all that is bill and, hopefully, the certainty that rating was downgraded for the first coming with the financial crisis and producers across this country need and time in America’s history. The crisis in the recession that began in 2008. So

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:11 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.028 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7405 just think about that. We have reduced every day they go into work in a dan- . . . A default would lead to some level of this country’s deficit by over 50 per- gerous environment. chaos in the debt markets, which would lead cent. I heard from another furloughed em- to a significant contraction in economic ac- The Congressional Budget Office ployee of the prison. She said: tivity, which would lead to job losses, which projects that our deficit will drop to 2.1 would lead to higher spending by the federal I am a single parent with two sons . . . My government and lower tax revenues, which percent of GDP by 2023 from its current sons depend on me and only me. I have to would lead to more debt. level of 4.2 percent. We have made pay for my sons’ lunch and extracurricular In other words, as Senator Gregg said great progress, and we are on a path to activities, which keep him out of trouble and it so well: It is short-sighted and irre- make even better progress. The budget gives him something to do. I also have medi- sponsible. There is no doubt we need to that the Senate passed is a very good cation that my son and I need on a monthly place to look at how we achieved addi- basis which we cannot go without . . . The keep working on a long-term budget oil here in Berlin, NH, is absolutely high. tional savings and how we continue to for this country. But we have to do it grow our economy. Berlin is in the north country of New in a way that is responsible. That is That budget would give us an addi- Hampshire so it gets cold there in the why I certainly hope that the Senate tional $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction winter. She concluded: will be able to agree on the legislation over the next 10 years. It would also What are we going to say to the bill collec- that is currently before this body. I make very important investments in tors? Can anyone answer that? hope the House will come to the table. our economy, in families in this coun- What kind of answers can we give to I hope we can all agree that allowing try, in infrastructure, in business, in these people who are putting their lives this country to default on our debt, to education. That is a conversation we on the line every day working for the not pay our bills, would have disas- need to have. I think we should go to a government to protect all of us? Yet we trous consequences. conference committee on the budget. It are not giving them the paycheck that We are not going to be that irrespon- has been unfortunate that we have not they earned. sible. We still have some time to get been able to get agreement in this body I also heard from a furloughed em- this done. Not long. So far the finan- to do that because we have a small ployee with the Department of Agri- cial markets and the American people group of people who keep preventing culture in New Hampshire who is on have been more than patient. Every- that. furlough. She said: body is frustrated. Everybody under- stands that it is time for us to act and But that is not really what I wanted It is an understatement to say I am a bit to talk about this afternoon. What we anxious and scared. I live from paycheck to to act now. need to do is, we need to get this gov- paycheck. I yield the floor. Madam President, I suggest the ab- ernment back up and running. We need She told me she is worried about to agree that we should pay the bills sence of a quorum. going into debt as a result of this shut- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The this country has incurred and not de- down. She said, ‘‘I love my job at clerk will call the roll. fault. We are continuing to see, as I USDA and feel I make a difference The legislative clerk proceeded to said when I started, the very real im- every day to make this a better call the roll. pact of this government shutdown on world.’’ She urged me to work with my Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask families and small businesses across colleagues here to get her back to unanimous consent that the order for New Hampshire and the country. work. the quorum call be rescinded. I talked earlier on the floor about Those are just a few examples of the The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. some of the small businesses that have stories that we are hearing every day BALDWIN). Without objection, it is so been affected in New Hampshire. But from people in New Hampshire who are ordered. today I want to talk about some of the affected by this shutdown. The con- Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask Federal employees who are affected. I sequences are very real and they get unanimous consent that I may speak heard from an employee at the Federal worse with every day that it goes on. for such time as I may consume. Correctional Institution in Berlin, NH. As bad as that is, the consequences of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without This is a medium-security prison. It is a default of this country refusing to objection, it is so ordered. new. It has not even been completely pay its debt are even worse. While So- Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, as staffed, and it does not have all of the cial Security and Medicare have not we know, this is the 11th day of a com- inmates there yet. This is from one of been affected by the shutdown, that pletely manufactured crisis, a self-in- the employees who is currently work- would change if we default. A default flicted wound that came about because ing there—without pay as she points could delay or disrupt Social Security our colleagues on the other side of the out. checks that are due to go out at the be- aisle are obsessed with repealing a law She told me that her husband had al- ginning of November. Medicare, Med- that is called the Affordable Care Act— ready seen his hours cut at his job. icaid, veterans benefits, and military a law that passed almost 4 years ago, Now she says: salaries, all of those could be affected and the benefits have taken root. I will I sit in fear that I will not receive a pay by a default. According to the Treas- go over those benefits for all Ameri- check at all. I will not be able to pay my ury, delayed or disrupted payments cans and a group of Americans who mortgage payment, my student loan pay- ments, our vehicle payments, or any other would prevent 57.5 million Americans have had a very hard time getting in- debts. I also assume that my daughter’s from receiving Social Security benefits surance. We are only now being able to daycare is not going to accept an IOU. I also in a timely manner and interfere with see them enroll for health insurance, will not have the money to buy pellets for payments to 3.4 million veterans. and for some of them, this is the first my stove or fuel for my furnace for the up- This could put the most vulnerable in time. coming winter. jeopardy and prevent them from re- Because our colleagues are so ob- She is worried about the long-term ceiving the benefits they have earned. sessed with repealing this law, which mental and physical well-being of That is why the majority in both par- passed almost 4 years ago and was those who are working without pay- ties, in both Chambers in Congress, upheld by the Supreme Court as being checks at the prison because many of recognizes that defaulting on this totally constitutional and about which her colleagues are living paycheck to country’s obligations is not an option. there was a Presidential election and a paycheck. My former colleague and fellow Sen- Senate election in which the people We have talked a lot about the cour- ator Judd Gregg, who is a Republican— who wanted to keep this law and make age and dedication that many of our and while we do not agree on every- it better won, of course—the Repub- Capitol Police officers showed on Octo- thing, this is one issue we certainly licans can’t accept it. As a result, they ber 3 during the shooting incident here. agree on. In an op-ed published by The have shut down the government. It was extraordinary to see people put Hill newspaper he said that brinkman- We wouldn’t know it if we listened to their lives on the line without getting ship on default is: the speeches now because they have paid. The same is true of people who The political equivalent of playing Russian somewhat changed. Now they are say- are working at our Federal prisons. roulette with all of the chambers of the gun ing they want cuts in Medicare and So- They are putting their lives on the line loaded. It is the ultimate no-win strategy cial Security. That is what they want.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:11 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.029 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S7406 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 11, 2013 But when we go back 11 days, before We need to behave like grownups. I money was going to pay for medical insur- the government shutdown, Speaker am prayerful and hopeful that we can ance. BOEHNER was crystal clear. He said: see the talks that are starting in the Now he has this very affordable plan. The American people don’t want a gov- Senate continue across party lines to Leslie Foster, a 28-year-old freelance ernment shutdown, but they don’t resolve this. filmmaker in Hollywood, told the Wall want ObamaCare either. Let’s be clear. It is easy to solve this Street Journal he found a plan that The government shut down. They problem. This is the great news: It is will cost him $62 a month. Because Les- didn’t listen to us. We explained to easy to solve the problem. Allow our lie earns $20,000 a year, Federal assist- them that if the government shuts bill that passed here about 12 days ago ance will pick up three-quarters of the down, that won’t stop the Affordable to be voted on in the House—it will cost of his premium. Leslie says he Care Act because those funds come allow this government to reopen—and hasn’t had comprehensive health insur- from a different part of the govern- do not attach any riders to it, such as ance since 2006. ment; they don’t come from the appro- cutting Medicare, Social Security, or Why are my colleagues on the other priated moneys. At least 85 percent of whatever your pet idea is. Then let’s side of the aisle trying to stop Leslie the Affordable Care Act comes from an- sit down and negotiate through the Ap- from getting comprehensive affordable other part of the government. We propriations Committee chairman, health insurance? Because they didn’t begged them and told them: If you shut BARBARA MIKULSKI, and through the like the results of the election? Be- down the government, health care is Budget Committee chairman, PATTY cause they were mad the Supreme going to go forward anyway. Why on MURRAY. Then they can sit down with Court said the bill was constitutional? Earth would you shut down the govern- their counterparts and resolve our dif- I am at a loss to understand it. Then I have San Franciscan Paul ment? They didn’t listen. Now people ferences on spending, the deficit, and deficit reduction. It is very easy. Cello. He told KQED that he selected a in the country are saying: What are What Senator REID is saying is abso- plan that would save him more than you guys doing? lutely the right thing to say. Pay our $300 a month. He said: I am prayerfully hopeful they will bills, and don’t allow us to default. Pay turn around and let us reopen this gov- It’s like a whole ’nother world. The cov- our bills, open the government, and erage is better . . . a lower premium, no pre- ernment—the government of the great- then we can talk about anything and existing condition exclusions, I get mental est country on Earth—and that they everything that has to do with the health coverage, so there’s way more cov- will also allow us to pay our bills and budget. erage than I had and I’m going to be saving. stop the possibility of default. If de- Last week when we were in the mid- These are real people with a heart fault happens, it will be first time in dle of this, I went home to see how the and a pulse and a life and hopes and our history. Affordable Care Act was working in dreams and they are finally getting Yes, we are in the middle of a crisis, California. We are a State that has health insurance. Yet my friends on but it is manufactured and it is made fully embraced the Affordable Care the other side of the aisle are stamping up. If you think about deficits, look at Act. We are 38 million strong, and we their feet and having a tantrum be- what has happened since President have millions of uninsured—millions of cause they don’t like it. I don’t know Obama took office. Deficits have been uninsured. I am getting daily reports why they don’t like it. They ought to cut in half. It can’t be about deficits. from constituents. They are talking come to meet these people. The Affordable Care Act is not going to about the Affordable Care Act and I have Rachel Mansfield of La be stopped. What is this all about? A what it means to them. These are con- Quinta. Nothing could dissuade her. temper tantrum? A childish way to stituents such as Janice Brown, a She sent in an application for Covered handle a situation about which they semiretired travel agent from Prather, California on Tuesday. She has been are not happy? CA. She called the help line and waiting for the exchange to start so So Republicans who are listening to downloaded an application to buy a she and her husband could get health me know, I have served five Presidents plan for $1,500 a month for herself and insurance. She got it. Her new pre- since I came to Washington, first as a her husband. She said to the Associ- mium will be around $400 for both of House Member and then as a Senator ated Press that was $1,000 less than her them, with higher quality coverage representing the largest State in the current private plan. She said: than she currently has. Union, the most fantastic State in the I’m thrilled. The coverage is better. It’s Melissa Harris, a communications Union—but that is only my personal fantastic. student at Fresno State, stopped at a view—California. There have been five Why do my friends want to shut down Covered California tent on campus Presidents—three Republicans and two the government and stop Janice Tuesday. She is paying $600 a month— Democrats. Obviously, I didn’t agree Brown, a semiretired travel agent from with help from family members—for with these Presidents all the time. my State, from getting affordable insurance through her former em- Sometimes I really disagreed with health care? Why? Does it make them ployer. She has diabetes, hypertension them, such as over the Iraq war and tax feel better to do that? I would hope and other medical issues and lives on breaks for billionaires. Both of those not. disability payments. Under the Afford- added mightily to the deficit. I opposed Dr. Travis Sanchez runs a chiro- able Care Act, which prevents insur- those, but I accepted the fact that all I practic clinic in Salinas. It is one of ance companies from denying coverage could do was work to change things in the small businesses buying coverage for pre-existing conditions, Harris said a democratic way, try to pass legisla- under Covered California. Under the she can afford health insurance on her tion on those issues to bring the troops Affordable Care Act, Sanchez plans to own. ‘‘It’s a godsend for me—a bless- home and to make sure everyone pays offer his full-time employees the ing,’’ Harris, 33, said. their fair share. I didn’t win those health care coverage which they cur- At the Fresno County Department of issues. rently lack. Do you know what he Social Services, people were signing up We all know that, yes, there are says? The Affordable Care Act is going for Medicaid. ‘‘I came in for food many times one votes against the debt to be life-changing for many of the peo- stamps,’’ Kevin Burke, 51, told the ceiling as a show of displeasure, but we ple whom I see as a clinician every day. Fresno Bee. An assembly worker, have never brought down the full faith Then Covered California told us Burke said he has been out of work for and credit of the United States. The about Paul Torrigino of Sacramento. two years. He had Medi-Cal previously, last time the Republicans tried this a He enrolled in a bronze plan. In Cali- but was disenrolled when his daughter couple of years ago, the Dow Jones av- fornia, you can get a gold plan, a silver turned 18, he said. Under the Affordable erage plunged and it cost us $19 billion. plan and a bronze plan and the higher Care Act, Americans under 133% of the You would think they would have the plan—the gold plan—the less of a federal poverty level are now eligible learned a lesson from that, but they copay. The bronze plan is less costly. for Medicaid, regardless of how older didn’t. You would think they would So he said he enrolled in a bronze plan their children are, or if they have chil- have learned a lesson from the Newt that was extremely affordable. He said: dren at all. Gingrich shutdown that made their Oh my gosh, the insurance has been going At Vista Health Center, Rufina poll numbers plunge then. up for the last few years like crazy. All our Arango, who is diabetic, filled out an

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:11 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.031 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7407 application for coverage through a sig- again. Millions of Americans are bene- ObamaCare. We told him you can’t stop nificant expansion of Medi-Cal, the fiting from the Affordable Care Act. it. He tried and failed 43 times to re- state’s Medicaid program. Rufina and Seventy-one million Americans are peal it. He stamped his foot and he her family lost their health insurance getting free preventive care, such as shut down the government. Now that several years ago, when her husband checkups, birth control, and immuniza- we have proven to him he can’t stop was laid off after 22 years working for tions. Three million young adults are the Affordable Care Act, now that he a wood products manufacturer in Wind- now insured through their parents’ sees how many people are benefiting sor. ‘‘It’s great, because it is going to plans. from it, he should open the govern- help many of us. If not for Obamacare, Why do my colleagues want to take ment. Eleven days the greatest country many of us would not qualify for that away from Americans? Why do my in the world has been shut down. health insurance,’’ Rufina told the colleagues want to shut down the gov- I have to tell you, in my great Press Democrat. ernment? Because they don’t like it. State—and we could all talk about our I have to point out an op-ed piece What is it they don’t like about this; States, I know the Chair did this—we that appeared in the Washington Post that some young person doesn’t have have a magnificent national park this week about the experience of one to fret or his parents don’t have to be called Yosemite. Honest to God, the of my constituents with the Affordable worried sick that their kid doesn’t first time I stepped on that valley floor Care Act. This constituent of mine and have health insurance. Now 17 million I thought I was in Heaven. I had never her son were also on the Lawrence kids with preexisting conditions, such seen anything like it. There are 3,500 O’Donnell show last night. Anyone who as asthma and diabetes, can no longer Park Service employees who have been watched that show—anyone with heart be denied coverage. Why do my friends furloughed, with 600 of them at Yosem- and a soul—would understand how want to take that away from the fami- ite. amazing it is for her that the Afford- lies in the United States of America? Here is the thing people don’t seem able Care Act passed. Let me tell you Why? Why did they shut down the gov- to understand. It is not only the pain of the story. ernment to take that away? What are the people who have saved to get to a Janine Reid is a writer from the San they thinking? place such as Yosemite and saved for Francisco Bay area. This is the title of Insurers can no longer cancel your their families and are looking forward her opinion piece that ran in the Wash- health insurance because you get sick. to this opportunity, it is also the small ington Post. ‘‘ObamaCare saved my The Chair knows as do I that you could businesses that surround the park. family from financial ruin.’’ Let me re- be going along 100 miles an hour and Douglas Shaw, co-owner of Yosemite peat the title. ‘‘ObamaCare saved my all of a sudden get an illness and be Bug Rustic Mountain Resort, may have family from financial ruin.’’ shocked and all of a sudden imagine to lay off 30 percent of his staff. He She relates her experience with her getting a note from your insurer say- said: loving son, Mason. He had brain cancer ing: Sorry you just got sick, Senator We’re a good example of a business that and he had to undergo major surgeries BOXER, but we are canceling your could die if this continues. This is all we’ve and multiple surgeries. He would have health insurance. That happened every got, and I’m scared, honestly. I don’t think a hit his lifetime limit and the family day of the week, but it can’t happen lot of people realize how important this issue would have been driven into, in her anymore. Why do my Republican is for a great many people whose livelihoods are at stake. words, the ‘‘financial abyss’’ without friends want to cancel out that benefit? the Affordable Care Act. Do you know No lifetime limits on coverage. Derek Arakelian and his wife what she says? She writes that the I just told the story about the woman Marielle Debree were laid off from family thanks ‘‘God and whoever else who lives in the San Francisco Bay their jobs at Yosemite. They held a would listen for our good fortune to area whose son was born with a brain yard sale to raise money. They held a have coverage.’’ She ends her piece tumor and who needed constant oper- yard sale to raise money. They said: with this line: If I could get those who ations. They hit up against the lifetime We’ve got a new little boy and a lot of ex- are trying to repeal this law: limit. But when ObamaCare went into penses. We need to make money to pay our bills. . . . on a conference call, I would explain effect, otherwise known as the Afford- this to them. I would tell them that while able Care Act, guess what, no more Why are they shutting down the gov- they were busy trying to derail the Afford- lifetime limits and the child was saved ernment? The Affordable Care Act is able Care Act over the past two years, Mason and the family was saved from finan- moving forward. A law is a law is a law has again learned to walk, talk, eat and cial ruin. is a law. We all have our issues. Serv- shoot a three-point basket.’’ These are just some of the benefits ing here for a long time, as I said, I Why would anyone—anyone in the that are going into effect and now are have opposed wars, opposed tax cuts for Senate, in the House, in the country— in effect. the wealthiest among us, I have op- want to hurt a family like that? I am Then the Republicans said: Oh, the posed rollbacks in environmental regu- just saying, I don’t get it. Because a Affordable Care Act is going to make lations that I thought were critical, law is a law is a law. We don’t decide everything cost so much. No, health and I saw us turn away from sensible that one day we are going to under- care costs are growing at the slowest ways to protect our people. I wasn’t mine a law. You don’t do that. You live rate in over 50 years, and insurance happy. I have a right not to be happy, by the law. If you want to change it, of companies have to justify premium and they have a right not to be happy. course, you have a chance. They tried hikes, so we are getting back checks if But I don’t have a right to decide 43 times to repeal it. It didn’t get re- they overcharge us. Listen, 8.5 million which laws I am going to say should be pealed. They shut down the govern- Americans have received rebate checks enforced. I have an obligation, if I ment over it and it didn’t get repealed from their insurance companies be- don’t like the law, to work my heart and it will not get repealed. My con- cause of the Affordable Care Act. Do out in the next election and change stituents are not going back. No one is my friends want to get that money things. That is what you do in a de- going to take away their benefits. back, take it away from the people? mocracy. You don’t pick and choose. Most Americans may not even realize They shut down the government. They Then they have their little bills com- the benefits they are already getting must think that is a very bad idea. ing over here. I call it governing by under the Affordable Care Act. Wher- I can’t answer the question as to why press release. Something gets hot, they ever they live, whether in the State of they want to take away these benefits, hear a story I am going to tell, and the Presiding Officer or my State, 3 but I can guess at their motivation. they say: Oh, well, we will open that million young adults are now covered They are throwing a temper tantrum. little segment. through their parents’ plan. Three mil- They don’t like the way the election We don’t run a country that way. We lion young adults are now insured turned out. They don’t like what the don’t run a country by press release. through their parents’ plan, and 71 mil- Supreme Court did. A law is a law. We don’t run a country in order to get lion Americans are getting preventive I don’t get it. Speaker BOEHNER said political cover. We have an obligation care, such as checkups, birth control, he is shutting down the government, to keep the doors open, to make sure and immunizations. Let me say it punishing people, because of things work better, to negotiate over

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:11 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.033 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S7408 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 11, 2013 budgets. You don’t negotiate by taking ter country when we have no inspec- to mention that the Army Corps man- hostages. This time the hostages are tors on the ground, not one in Cali- ages 12 million acres of public lands the American people—people such as fornia, to make sure the air is safe and and waters nationwide, and the recre- Doug Shaw, co-owner of Yosemite the water is safe? ation areas host 370 million visits an- Mountain Resort, and people who are Then, if we care about farming—and nually. These recreation areas support laid off—firefighters at the Forest I know most of us do—EPA is respon- local businesses like resorts, marinas Service. They are working without sible for the inventory of pesticides im- outfitters, grocery stores, gas stations, pay. Lovely. We are getting our pay. ported from abroad. This means that and hotels which provide goods and One of these firefighters says: millions of dollars of imported agricul- services to visitors as well as boost our Most people here live paycheck to pay- tural chemicals have been stuck at Nation’s economy. Because of this Re- check. U.S. ports because EPA personnel are publican shutdown the Corps closed It is a disgrace. The Centers for Dis- not on hand to approve them for entry. Lake Mendocino located north of San ease Control and Prevention will stop This could be devastating for our agri- Francisco. Lake Mendocino hosts half its seasonal flu tracking program, and cultural economy, and it could further a million visitors annually, and in 2010 furloughed 9,000 employees. My under- raise food prices for consumers. visitors spent $12.7 million at busi- standing is they have brought back Somebody explain to me how a gov- nesses within 30 miles of Lake some of their employees, but they are ernment shutdown helps the farmers Mendocino, supporting 106 jobs and $2.8 not getting paid, and they are standing who are waiting for these pesticides to million in labor income. sentry. be cleared by the EPA. Somebody ex- So we get a little mini-bill over David Johnson of San Francisco is plain to me how a government shut- there, open the parks. No, open the the CEO of GigaGen, which does im- down helps when we have many road government. Open all our recreation mune system research to help organ projects that are just getting ready to areas. Don’t do this government by transplant succeed. The NIH awarded go forward, but we don’t have any of piecemeal, government by press re- him a small business grant of over $1 the agencies ready to complete the lease, government by your favorite million. He has already hired staff, but studies to make sure they are safe agency. It is ridiculous. No party, Re- he can’t get the funds until this shut- enough to go forward. There are hun- publican or Democratic, has the right down ends. How many of us have read dreds of thousands of jobs at stake, and to say to a community: You will about people who get into trouble be- most of them, when it comes to the thrive, but you will die. No party has cause their body rejects the organ? highway bill, are in the private sector. the right. Here is a guy getting $1 million from We just learned yesterday that 92 I have a community near Los Angeles the NIH, and he can’t get the funds. It percent of the workers at the Nuclear called University Park. The L.A. Times is shocking. Regulatory Commission have been fur- did a big story. The children there are suffering illness and everyone believes Why do they shut down the govern- loughed. The Nuclear Regulatory Com- it is from an oil and gas site nearby. It ment? They don’t like the health care mission fulfills a critical mission. The is an environmental issue. The kids are bill that is helping so many people. NRC was created ‘‘to ensure the safe suffering, and we don’t know what is Now they don’t even talk about it. Now use of radioactive materials.’’ Anyone wrong with them. We called the EPA. they talk about cutting Social Secu- who has been alive the last year or so rity and Medicare. That is their new They said: Senator we will be right on knows about Fukushima and what hap- it. The government shut down. We dream. That is what they want now. I pened to the people there and under- don’t know how that makes us a better don’t have any inspectors in California. stands when you are dealing with ra- Those kids are sick. So we get a country. They can explain it for them- dioactive materials you are dealing small bill. Let’s help the kids with can- selves. Open the government, pay our with danger. The NRC had to furlough cer. Of course we want to. What about bills, stop the default, and then we can 92 percent of the workers because the these kids? We don’t know what they negotiate. The President has been Republicans don’t like the Affordable have. No party, Republican or Demo- clear. There is nothing he won’t talk Care Act, and they shut down the gov- cratic, should say this child lives, and about. ernment. we are not sure about this child. Speaking as the chairman of the En- Open it up. Enough is enough. Give That is not America. This is one na- vironment and Public Works Com- the people back the government they tion under God, indivisible, with lib- mittee and as a member of the com- asked for in this last election. erty and justice for all. It is not for the merce committee, 93 percent of the I understand. I didn’t like it many Republicans to decide what they want EPA have been furloughed. The Envi- times in my life, but I dealt with it. to fund. It is for all of us to decide. ronmental Protection Agency has the Grow up. Curling up in a corner and Open the government. You shut it support of about 75 percent of the having a temper tantrum with a blan- down because of the Affordable Care American people, if not more. They are ket and your teddy bear is not the Act; I appreciate it. Fight that. We under attack constantly. That is one right way to deal with it. Open the gov- were with the President for a couple of reason we never saw a mini-bill to re- ernment, sit down with us, and tell us hours yesterday. Republican Senators store the Environmental Protection what you want to fix. were with him today. He said he would Agency. They don’t care over there. We have already agreed to a low look at everything. But don’t keep this But what do these employees do? They number in the continuing resolution, a government closed and don’t bring us guard our landmark environmental number we don’t like at all and think to the first default we have ever had. laws. They ensure our drinking water is too low. We think it is a hardship. The National Transportation Safety is safe, our rivers are safe to swim in, We agreed to the lower number because Board furloughed 380 of its 400 employ- and our air is safe to breathe. They we wanted to have a chance to nego- ees. In my State we had an investiga- make sure that Superfund sites are tiate. Senator MIKULSKI is ready. Sen- tion going on into the Asiana Airlines cleaned up. Five hundred Superfund ator MURRAY is ready. We tried 21 Flight 214 crash. This crucial hearing sites, and they have stopped the clean- times to get to conference with them was to include the testimony of foreign up. And look at what a Superfund site and negotiate a budget, and 21 times officials from Asia. Its postponement is: It is a toxic brew of toxins that can they objected. And then they have—I and the ongoing shutdown will delay hurt you, such as arsenic, benzine—you have to use the word now—the the entire investigation. We need to name it, the worst things. My Repub- chutzpah to say we won’t negotiate know what went wrong, but this shut- lican friends shut down the govern- when we tried 21 times to go to con- down has shut down that investigation. ment because they want to stop the Af- ference. There are no inspectors on the Two weeks ago there was a small plane fordable Care Act. They are also now job to make sure the air is clean, to crash at the Santa Monica Airport that stopping cleanup of Superfund sites in make sure the water is safe, and to killed four people, and the NTSB is un- their own communities where they are make sure the nuclear powerplants are able to investigate the crash. They had a threat to children, to pregnant safe. to take their materials, stick them in women, and to our families and our The Republicans talk about the a file, and hopefully, some day they seniors. How does that make us a bet- parks, and I appreciate it. But they fail will come back to it.

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This is stunning. fects on the domestic financial markets and important for our economy and for jobs It is no wonder the American people the value of the dollar. and to get foreign investment. They are expressing their views, and I hope I used to work on Wall Street—a very did not care. We did our best, we sent they will continue to put pressure on long time ago. We saw what happened the best face we could, Senator Kerry, those who have this government shut when the markets thought we were not Secretary of State. He did his best, but down. There is no winner in a shut- going to get together and resolve this I know that was not a good thing to do down. It is devastating. And my friends default situation. The markets started because it gave China the upper hand. keep saying they don’t want it. to go down, 300 points, 200 points, and China made some cracks about the dys- So open the government. It is easy. then at the mere hope that we could fix function here in the West. We are dys- We did it here. It is waiting over there this problem, the markets shot up. The functional here, self-inflicted dysfunc- for JOHN BOEHNER to call it up. Don’t markets are watching. They know tion, self-inflicted crisis. add your pet peeves to it. I have a lot what is happening here. We are going This is not Hurricane Sandy. This is of pet peeves I would like to add to it, to have a vote to lift the debt ceiling, not the horrible blizzard that happened too. This shutdown is devastating for to make sure we do not default on bills in South Dakota. I want to send my our workers, our businesses, our con- that were already incurred. best to our colleagues there who are tractors, for our economy. Let me be clear on that. We are talk- suffering because of what happened Speaker BOEHNER, put that bill on ing about paying the bills we already from that blizzard. Someday we will the floor. Let’s open this government. incurred. You have to do that when you talk a little bit about climate change— Let’s not default for the first time. are a homeowner. You pay your mort- maybe we can move forward—and the I was here in the House when Ronald gage. You pay your bills. extreme weather that is happening. Reagan was the President. Here is what Then they started to say, what is a But I am not going to talk about that he said about default: default? That was unbelievable. I now. I have enough problems. looked it up in Black’s Law Dictionary. What we need to do today is the right The full consequences of a default—or even If you don’t pay your bills, that is a de- the serious prospect of default—by the thing for the country: Open up the gov- United States are impossible to predict and fault. Don’t tell me you pay the inter- ernment that belongs to the American awesome to contemplate. Denigration of the est on the debt but you cannot pay the people. It is easy. That is our job. Make full faith and credit of the United States other bills—no, no, that is not the sure we do not default. Then we sit would have substantial effects on the domes- Black’s Law Dictionary definition. Pay down as friends, as colleagues across tic financial markets and the value of the your bills. Don’t make this Nation a the aisle, and we negotiate all the im- dollar. deadbeat. If you want to treat your portant issues that Republicans care We named an airport after him, a family that way, that is your choice, about and Democrats care about. I look building after him. Let’s pass this debt but this is the USA family. We do not forward to those negotiations. ceiling in his honor. He warned us. default and we do not threaten default. I hope as they are going on around What has gone wrong with the party of Ronald Reagan warned us: now in little back rooms around us Ronald Reagan? Where have they gone? Open up the Government, pay your bills. that we are finding a way out of this What are they thinking—shut down the It is basic stuff. It is not com- mess. But we cannot forget what government? The last time they did, it plicated. Majority Leader REID has brought us here and the reason I want- cost a fortune. The last time they been clear. He is a guy who can com- ed to be here today is to make it played with the debt, it cost a fortune. promise, negotiate, talk—he has been known in this CONGRESSIONAL RECORD We hear about people dumping Amer- around a long time. But he just said it: the harm that has been done. There is ican bonds. Is that what they want? Open the government, pay our bills, a reason why there has not been a shut- Open up the government. Let the and we will negotiate. down since I think it was 1996. There is people have their government. It is a We are going to hear a lot of words, a reason—because the people who lived self-inflicted mess. but I want people to understand why through it recognized it was dev- It is as though you wake up in the the government is shut down. The gov- astating. I guess the memory faded. morning, it is a pretty nice day, you ernment is shut down because the People say: Oh, there have been 19 feel pretty good and, all of a sudden, House, Republican House under the shutdowns. Yes, but there has not been you decide you are going to hit your- leadership of JOHN BOEHNER or ERIC one in all those years, since 1996. It is self with a brick. Oh my God. CANTOR or PAUL RYAN—we are never a lot of years. The reason is, it was These little mini bills—how ridicu- sure. Every day it is someone new but devastating. lous. it is supposed to be JOHN BOEHNER— I want to put in the RECORD, first of That reminds me, one of my friends fine. I like him. That doesn’t change all, how the Affordable Care Act is ben- gave me this analogy, which I think is where we are. They refuse to take up efiting the people of this country al- right on, which is you see a woman the bill that opens up the govern- ready. Yes, it has had its major prob- drowning and you grab her and you ment—let’s be clear—just until Novem- lems on getting on its webpage and the take her halfway to the shore and you ber. And it takes the numbers the Re- rest. We had that the first day in Cali- leave her and she drowns anyway. That publicans like and we do not like and fornia, but we had millions of visits to is what these mini ‘‘press release’’ bills we say OK, we will give you that, let’s the site, millions. We didn’t expect it. are. You find someone bleeding to keep the government open. We did it It is going to be smoothed out. Yes, death but you only sew them up half- over here. I thank my Republican there will be ways to fix it. But I want- way. It is a self-inflicted mess. That is friends who voted to allow us to vote ed to put in the RECORD the individual the bad news. on that bill. That was a hard vote for stories of my people and how they will The good news is, because it is self- them and I am very appreciative of benefit and how, it seems to me, so inflicted, it is easy to get out of it. All that. counterintuitive to stop a bill that was you have to do there is take up the All BOEHNER has to do is take up that passed almost 4 years ago, upheld by Senate bill and pass it. The Presiding bill and pass it. That is all. Then we the Supreme Court, and now finally is Officer knows, she served there proud- are out of the shutdown mess and that going into place. It is wrong to shut ly. It has the Republican budget num- self-inflicted wound is gone. We can ne- down the government because of such a bers in it, which we think are way too gotiate over the budget as we should. law that is bringing peace of mind to so low, but we agreed to them as a com- Then all they have to do is join us and many—tens of thousands already in promise because we did not want to see make sure we do not default for the California signed up. I had to make the government shut down. first time in history and make this that point.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:11 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.036 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S7410 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 11, 2013 I also want to reiterate what Ronald without their benefits. I wonder why. I ance our budgets. I cannot tell our in- Reagan said, President Reagan, about wonder why we are not seeing the sense vestors, the taxpayers of America, that playing with the full faith and credit of of urgency to take care of those areas we are even thinking about controlling the United States. I want the American where there is full agreement. Why are our spending. No. As a matter of fact, people to think about why we are in we not taking advantage of the oppor- over the last 5 years we have spent this place and how they can stop this tunities presented to us on a consistent nearly $5 trillion more than we brought from ever happening again, because I basis by our friends in the House of in. And our friends on the left want to think it is a disgrace and it is wrong. Representatives? I do not understand have a serious conversation about the I yield the floor. that. I simply do not understand that. spending of this country. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- I will say I do find it very difficult to I cannot tell our investors, the Amer- ator from South Carolina. find common ground in the Senate at ican taxpayers, what I want to tell Mr. SCOTT. Madam President, I have times. It is going to be very difficult them, but I can tell them that we do enjoyed—well, not really, but I listened for Republicans and Democrats to find not deserve an increase in the debt to my colleagues from the left talk something we have in common. I be- ceiling unless we produce a plan. I can about just reopening the government. I lieve we strive to work in a bipartisan tell our investors here at home that we think to myself as she used the anal- fashion on a consistent basis, and I will do not deserve an increase without bal- ogy of saving someone’s life, dragging tell you that on the most important ancing our budgets. I can tell them, the them halfway to the shore and stop- issues it is very difficult. But I have taxpayers of America, that until we are ping—I think to myself, think about been encouraged in my research in the willing to cut our spending at the same the veterans. The House of Representa- last few days of looking for common rate that we increase our credit card tives passed a bill to fund the Depart- ground—I have been encouraged that I limit, we don’t deserve their confidence ment of Veterans Affairs. have found some friends on the left in raising the debt ceiling. I think about all those veterans who who actually seem to agree with my Some would ask: Senator SCOTT, served our Nation, put their lives on position on some of the most impor- where, pray tell, would you find the the line. The House of Representatives tant issues facing the Nation today. I revenue when our friends in the House sent over a bill to fund the very crucial will even quote some of my friends to of Representatives say that there is needs of our veterans. Yet the Senate the left as I think through the debt just no more money for us to cut? We has failed to take it up. I think about ceiling debate. can’t find any place to cut anything in the national parks and all the opportu- As a matter of fact, the first quote I this $4 trillion spending plan. Really? nities we have to see our parks reopen, will start with from my friends on the Well, there are many options on how to see our veterans from World War II not left: cut spending here in America. denied. But, no, the Senate refuses to The fact that we are here today to debate Senator TOM COBURN regularly shares take it up. raising America’s debt limit is a sign of lead- reports on government waste. Last I think of NIH and the critical fund- ership failure. year he showed how the Market Access ing that is necessary to continue the I concur with my friend on the left. Program provided $20 million to the research. Yet our friends on the left Another quote: Cotton Council International. They refuse to take up this critical piece of Interest payments are a significant tax on used that money to create reality TV legislation. all Americans. A debt tax Washington did shows in India intended to promote the I enjoy being lectured to. I call it not want to talk about. use of cotton. India, for the record, is ‘‘the Democrat lecture series,’’ but at I concur and agree with my friend to an exporter of cotton and produces the end of the day we ought to have ac- the left. Another quote: twice the amount the U.S. does. tion and not simply words. I under- Increasing America’s debt weakens us do- The OMB released a report that im- stand it is important for us to figure mestically and internationally. Leadership proper payments for Medicare amount- out who to blame. means that the buck stops here. ed to $47.9 billion in 2010, or 9 percent In politics, the lowest common de- I agree with my friend on the left. of Medicare’s budget. The Chamber of nominator is always fear. Our friends My colleague on the left is now the Commerce looked at the Davis-Bacon on the left do a very good job of assign- President of the United States. These requirements and found that it inflates ing blame to someone, someplace, are quotes from Senator Barack the costs of Federal construction somehow, all the time, but what we Obama. projects by as much as 15 percent and need is leadership, not more informa- Our President of the United States costs the taxpayers over $1 billion an- tion about polls but leadership. We and our Vice President, combined, nually. need people committed to a cause. In a voted approximately I think it was 10 There are over 1,500 programs in the town that seems to be the epicenter of or 11 times not to raise the debt ceiling U.S. Government that are in duplica- activity for the economy, we have two- of our country. They called it a failure tion and costing the taxpayers more thirds of this legislative process, the of leadership. I think it is interesting. than $400 billion. White House and the Senate, being run As a small business owner for the last I would like to be able to share with by our Democratic friends. Yet they 15 years I have had the opportunity to the investors of America, the tax- want to blame the Republicans for the borrow what I considered at the time payers, that we have a plan. I would shutdown. real money. Now that I am in Wash- love to share with the taxpayers of I call this, no question, undeniably ington, I have to redefine the definition America that one day we will balance the Democratic shutdown. I hope we of real money. But at the time I was our budget. I would love to tell the tax- find ourselves in a position to tell our trying to get my business started. I payers of America, our investors, that veterans we were not kidding when we went to a bank to borrow some money. they can have confidence in our ability made the promise. Promises made The banker had some very interesting to lead us in such a way that future should be promises kept. There ought questions for me. He wanted to know debt increases will be less likely to to be no question of our commitment. how I was going to pay it back. He happen. I have not seen such a plan. I We have seen that commitment dem- wanted to know what assets I was will- have not heard conversations about onstrated by our friends in the House, ing to put up in order to receive the re- controlling our debt, only conversa- Republicans and Democrats, working sources I needed to fund my business. tions about increasing the limit to cre- together to pass legislation to take I see the debt ceiling debate as a de- ate more debt. care of our veterans. We need more of bate over how we explain to our inves- I am concerned that as we wrestle that. That is leadership, working to- tors, the American taxpayers, that we with the problems of today we have no gether, finding common ground to take are handling responsibly the under- focus on tomorrow. I hope that this care of those who have made America lying causes for the need to increase body will work diligently not only to possible. But not today, not in this our debt. I cannot tell our investors have a conversation about the debt Senate, not when those bills sit idle. that we are handling our debt—our limit of America but to have a con- But the men and women who served spending responsibly. I cannot tell our versation about how we take care of our country cannot sit idle. They go investors that we have a plan to bal- the underlying problem.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:11 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.040 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7411 I yield the floor. nounced the culture of fear that leads In today’s digital age, we face new The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- to risk avoidance, and he has shown a challenges in securing our computer ator’s time has expired. willingness to challenge the conven- networks from cyber threats and cyber The Senator from California. tional wisdom. crime. Even as the Internet and other f He has said that the employees of the rapidly advancing technologies spur World Bank’s multiple components economic growth and expand oppor- MORNING BUSINESS must work together if they are to have tunity, there is growing uncertainty Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask any hope of meeting the goals of elimi- and unease about how Americans’ sen- unanimous consent that the Senate nating extreme poverty by 2030 and in- sitive personal information is col- proceed to a period of morning business creasing the incomes of the poorest 40 lected, shared and stored. National with Senators permitted to speak for percent. He has also said that the Cyber security Awareness Month pro- up to 10 minutes each. World Bank must become more effi- vides an important reminder about the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without cient and responsive to balance the in- need to update our Federal laws to objection, it is so ordered. creasing influence of countries like keep pace with this new reality. f China. And to get there, he is pro- As chairman of the Senate Judiciary posing the first major strategic re- Committee, I continue to work to up- WORLD BANK REFORM EFFORTS alignment in 17 years. date our outdated Federal privacy Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, the How does President Kim propose to laws. Earlier this year, I reintroduced World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings are change the Bank? bipartisan legislation to update the this week, and President Kim is ex- He has already shaken up senior Electronic Communications Privacy pected to propose and seek approval for management and brought in new peo- Act, ECPA. The bill requires that the significant changes to the Bank’s ple from outside. And he is proposing government obtain a search warrant— strategy, organization, and budget. changes to the way the World Bank is based upon probable cause—before After years of promised but undeliv- organized and does its work. He wants gaining access to the content of our ered change, serious and lasting reform to take down the bureaucratic silos email and other electronic communica- at the World Bank is long overdue. that are inefficient, promote rivalries, tions, when those communications are An October 9th Washington Post ar- and keep people from working to- stored with a service provider. This ticle, entitled ‘‘Wider Impact Eludes gether. common sense legislation, which I have World Bank,’’ describes the limited im- President Kim wants the technical cosponsored with Republican Senator pact of billions of dollars spent by the staff to have greater influence within MIKE LEE, enjoys broad support from a Bank on some 700 projects in 100 coun- the Bank and he wants them to share diverse coalition of organizations in- tries since the global financial crisis their knowledge with countries. He cluding the American Civil Liberties because of delays, poor oversight, cost thinks the Bank should be a better Union, Americans for Tax Reform, the overruns, and projects that did not de- partner, helping governments make Center for Democracy and Technology, liver promised economic benefits. sound education, health, and job train- and the Heritage Foundation. This track record raises serious ques- ing investments for their people. I remain disappointed that a Repub- tions about the World Bank’s relevance President Kim recognizes that the lican Senator has objected to the unan- as developing countries struggle with Bank requires increased resources to imous consent request to pass this bi- growing demands for energy, water, achieve its goals but that the Bank’s partisan bill, which overwhelmingly food, education, health care, and jobs. long-term financial health is ulti- passed the Judiciary Committee in There are many capable, dedicated mately dependent on its ability to be- April. These privacy reforms are too come more self-reliant. He wants to le- people at the World Bank who chose to important to delay. I hope that the verage private sector funding, increase work there because of their belief in its Senate will consider and pass my bipar- revenue, and seek new financial tools development mission. But for too long tisan privacy bill without further to support country development. the Bank has been an insular, inflexi- delay. He proposes to cut the World Bank’s I will also continue to work to better ble, arrogant, and risk-adverse institu- operating costs by $400 million over 3 tion, more responsive to government protect Americans from the growing years. He estimates that for every $100 threats of data breaches and cyber elites than the needs of the poor. million reduced in the Bank’s oper- crime. For several years, I have sought Beyond that, an October 7th New ating budget an additional $1 billion to enact comprehensive data privacy York Times article entitled ‘‘World would be available for new loans. legislation that would establish a sin- Bank, Rooted in Bureaucracy, Proposes I am encouraged by President Kim’s gle nationwide standard for data a Sweeping Reorganization,’’ describes energy, focus, and willingness to ad- breach notification and also clarify and a recent survey of the Bank’s 10,000 em- dress long-standing entrenched prob- strengthen the criminal penalties for ployees. The survey revealed a ‘‘culture lems at the World Bank. He and the violations of the Computer Fraud and of fear’’ and a ‘‘terrible environment Bank’s many employees should know Abuse Act. These critical privacy pro- for collaboration.’’ that those of us in Congress who are re- posals will help make all of us safer I have voiced concerns about this cul- sponsible for appropriating the funds and more secure in cyber space and I ture myself. Fiefdoms are jealously for the U.S. share of payments to the will continue to push for enactment of guarded by Bank managers. Staff has World Bank will be strongly supporting these privacy reforms. been retaliated against, ostracized, and his efforts, and basing future appro- I commend the many citizens from had their careers destroyed because priations on the results. Vermont and across the country who they had the audacity to complain f are holding events to recognize Na- about incompetence, corruption, waste, tional Cyber Security Awareness NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY or instances of sexual harassment and Month. I look forward to working with AWARENESS MONTH abuse. these stakeholders and with Members For literally decades, I have heard Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, this of Congress on both sides of the aisle to promises of reform from one president month, our Nation commemorates the help ensure that our right to privacy is of the Bank after another, yet the 10th anniversary of National Cyber Se- protected in cyber space. Bank’s bureaucracy has defended the curity Awareness Month—a time to f status quo. The Bank has become ex- raise awareness about the need to en- pert at appearing open to reform while sure a safe and secure environment for GILLESPIE RESPONSE fiercely resisting change. all Americans in cyber space. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, earlier So it is refreshing to hear a World All of us have a stake in improving this week the majority leader quoted Bank president openly acknowledge the Nation’s cyber security. That is from a speech delivered on September that the Bank has drifted away from why I join with stakeholders in the 30 by Ed Gillespie, the former chairman its core mission of fighting poverty, government, academia and the private of the Republican National Committee and that its bureaucracy has become sector in calling attention to the need and the current chairman of the Re- ‘‘concretized.’’ President Kim has de- to address new cyber threats. publican State Leadership Committee.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:01 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.042 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S7412 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 11, 2013 The majority leader used this And Americans are growing increasingly We want American companies to expand quotation to attack Congressional Re- frustrated with President Obama and Con- jobs here rather than invest profits abroad publicans and defend the hardline gress. The approval ratings for everyone in by eliminating loopholes and tax breaks to strategy embraced by Democrats. Un- Washington are dropping, but sadly Repub- bring the tax on business down from the licans in Congress are the ones in the base- highest in the world, so 401(k)s and pensions fortunately, he took Mr. Gillespie’s ment, with approval ratings below President get bigger for those wanting to retire and words out of context and failed to men- Obama and Democrats in Congress. young people graduating from high school tion some of the other remarks Mr. I’m hopeful today’s decision by the House and college are able to start a life on their Gillespie made in that very same leadership to pass a Continuing Resolution own instead of living with their parents. speech. which funds the government while delaying A friend once told me, ‘‘The American Not surprisingly, Mr. Gillespie has the individual mandate in Obamacare for a dream is not just owning your own home, it’s responded with a letter. He ends his year, and eliminating its subsidies for Mem- getting your children out of it.’’ bers of Congress and staff will change that. Those are some of the positive impacts of letter by saying: ‘‘Republican gov- Republican policies in people’s lives, and ernors and legislators work across the It’s hard to see how President Obama could oppose a legislative extension of the indi- voters of every kind would welcome hearing aisle daily to solve the most critical vidual mandate when he’s issued an exten- about them—and they could lead more mi- issues in their states. It’s an example sion for big businesses by executive fiat, and norities, women and young people to think of executive and legislative leadership it’s hard to see how Harry Reid could oppose about voting Republican. you and President Obama would do funding the rest of the government just to Unfortunately, all they too often hear well to emulate.’’ protect a carve-out for himself and his col- from us is, ‘‘Repeal Obamacare. Approve the Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- leagues. Keystone XL pipeline. Pass tax reform.’’ So while there has been some very positive Repeal. Approve. Pass. sent to have printed in the RECORD Mr. Short-hand process arguments that reso- developments in this debate, I also think our Gillespie’s entire letter, along with his nate strongly with people who already agree Republican friends at the Federal level could entire speech to the 2013 Republican with us, but not really music to independent benefit from sounding more like state lead- ears. We need to break out of a speech pat- State Leadership Committee Annual ers like those here today—lieutenant gov- tern that dwells on process, and discipline Meeting. ernors, attorneys general, house speakers ourselves to talk about the benefits of Re- There being no objection, the mate- and senate leaders—who talk all the time publican policies. rial was ordered to be printed in the about improving the quality of life for the Democrats talk more than we do about RECORD, as follows: people you serve, in tangible terms. lifting people out of poverty, expanding the When it comes to improving schools, grow- RSLC CHAIRMAN ED GILLESPIE LETTER TO middle class, and addressing income inequal- ing jobs, creating opportunities, making SENATOR HARRY REID ity. WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 9, 2013).—Today communities safer, helping families in need, And yet it’s our policies that actually do the Republican State Leadership Committee providing affordable housing for the working those things and their policies that make released the following letter from Chairman poor, fixing roads, and effectively responding them worse. Ed Gillespie: to natural disasters—Republicans at the Most Americans realize that the constant DEAR SENATOR REID, Yesterday on the Sen- state level practice what they preach. stream of taxes, mandates, regulations and ate Floor you cited remarks by me at the And the majority of Americans—53 percent programs coming from the Obama Adminis- Republican State Leadership Committee Na- to be exact—who live in states with a Repub- tration are not making our lives better, and tional Meeting to bolster your own flawed lican governor and Republican majorities in certainly not helping our economy. policies. I’m sending you a copy of the re- their state legislatures, like what they hear And I think deep down, many worry that marks as they were released so you can see and, more importantly, what they see. these policies are not only killing U.S. jobs, that they explicitly criticize your position Our caucuses continue to grow, expand and but—worse—they run the risk of destroying and support Republicans in Congress. set records because of the positive leadership the American work ethic. Specifically, at the beginning of my re- people like the elected officials we’re hon- They’re worried about themselves and marks you’ll see that I said: ‘‘It’s hard to see ored to have with us here today are pro- their families, and are pessimistic about our how President Obama could oppose a legisla- viding back home. country’s future. tive extension of the individual mandate Now, I worked on Capitol Hill for more Now, I sometimes find myself feeling angry when he’s issued an extension for big busi- than a decade, and I’ve served in the White and frustrated that more of my fellow Amer- nesses by executive fiat, and it’s hard to see House as Counselor to the President. I was icans aren’t more angry and frustrated. But how Harry Reid could oppose funding the there for the confrontations between Speak- while expressing anger and frustration gives rest of the government just to protect a er Gingrich and President Clinton, and Presi- voice to our core voters, it doesn’t do much carve-out for himself and his colleagues.’’ dent Bush and Speaker Pelosi. So I under- for all those worried and pessimistic voters. You neglected to mention this in your stand the dynamics when one party has con- They want hope and optimism. floor statement yesterday. trol of congress and the other the presi- They want to know how Republican poli- Nor did you quote the full context of my dency, from both ends of Pennsylvania Ave- cies will make things better, and it’s our job RSLC remarks, which were: ‘‘On top of that, nue—and the advantage of the ‘‘bully pulpit’’ in the states to explain that in relatable Republicans in the House majority and Sen- over often competing voices. terms and demonstrate it with tangible solu- ate minority, are nearly always in the posi- On top of that, Republicans in the House tions based on our conservative principles of tion of talking about what they’re against— majority and Senate minority, are nearly al- freedom, liberty and equal opportunity. what they want to block or repeal or defund. ways in the position of talking about what Republicans understand that prosperity re- ‘‘And we join them in staunch opposition they’re against—what they want to block or sults from an economy based on creating to the President’s harmful policies—but our repeal or defund. wealth, not just redistributing it; and that if party might be better off if we spent more And we join them in staunch opposition to you truly care about helping the least among time speaking in positive terms about WHY the President’s harmful policies—but our us and lifting millions of people out of pov- we’re against those policies and, more impor- party might be better off if we spent more erty and expanding the middle class, history tantly, why we’re FOR the policies we’re time speaking in positive terms about WHY proves you should favor a system of demo- for—as our state Republican leaders do so we’re against those policies and, more impor- cratic capitalism over a government man- consistently.’’ tantly, why we’re FOR the policies we’re aged economy. To be clear, I agree with House Speaker for—as our state Republican leaders do so We need to start measuring compassion John Boehner when he said, ‘‘The way to re- consistently. not by how many of our fellow Americans solve this is to sit down and have a conversa- I mean . . . when it comes to health care, are living off government programs, on food tion to resolve our differences.’’ Republican policies would protect people stamps, or in public housing but by how . . . Republican governors and legislators work with pre-existing conditions, hold down pre- many have become able to provide for them- across the aisle daily to solve the most crit- miums which are skyrocketing today, let selves and their families through good jobs, ical issues in their states. It’s an example of people truly keep the health insurance they like we’re seeing more and more in Repub- executive and legislative leadership you and have if they like it, and allow workers to lican-led states. President Obama would do well to emulate. earn wages for 40 hours per week instead of It is no coincidence that the boom in nat- Sincerely, 29. ural gas occurring across our country is tak- ED GILLESPIE, Republican energy policies mean lower gas ing place in the one sector of the energy in- Chairman, prices at the pump, lower home heating bills dustry regulated by the states rather than Republican State Leadership Committee. in winter, high-paying American jobs and the Federal government—and no coincidence less reliance on foreign sources of oil. that so much of that is taking place in states CHAIRMAN ED GILLESPIE REMARKS AT 2013 Republican economic policies mean more with Republican governors and legislatures RSLC ANNUAL RETREAT, AS PREPARED FOR working families enjoying a better quality of who know how to protect our environment DELIVERY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 life, and more people knowing the difference and property rights while also unleashing a As we’re meeting here today, things are between holding a job as opposed to building transformative source of abundant domestic pretty messy in Washington, D.C. a career. energy.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:01 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.037 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7413 Republican policies promote equal oppor- mately—winning a majority of the Electoral pital can contain these infections when tunity. We know that eliminating discrimi- College again. they occur.’’ nation is a moral imperative, but it does not If Republicans can have unified state gov- There are a limited number of anti- alone guarantee the equal opportunity we all ernment where a majority of Americans live, biotics available to fight these types of believe in. we can win back the White House. But to do So Republican attorneys general not only so, we’ll have to learn valuable lessons at the highly resistant bacteria, so this new enforce anti-discrimination laws, Republican national level, and those lessons are being discovery provides a new approach for state legislators fight to improve our taught at the state level. hospital infection control that will schools, empower parents and give children The United States of America is a great benefit numerous patients in the fu- in poor neighborhoods a quality education nation, but we can see how President ture. I congratulate Drs. Palmore and that enables them to get into college or Obama’s policies are making us weaker— Segre for their hard work and critical qualify for a good paying job. here at home and in the world. The Repub- contributions to the health care com- The quality of a child’s school should not lican Party is a great Party. But we have not munity and to all of their colleagues be decided by the zip code in which she lives, won the national popular vote in five of the and state legislators like the ones in this last six presidential elections. for the great work at the National In- room are the ones who consistently stand up For our country to be stronger, our party stitutes of Health. for those children against entrenched edu- must be stronger. f cation establishments. And that begins with all of us. Another issue that’s being resolved in the ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS states is a very sensitive one, and it’s being f worked out in a more respectful way than it RECOGNIZING NIH RESEARCH would be at the Federal level. I’m talking, of TRIBUTE TO ORTHEIA BARNES Mr. BLUNT. Madam President, today course, of same sex marriage. ∑ Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, on No- As with, I’m sure, many of you, I have I wish to honor Dr. Tara Palmore and vember 3, the many friends and admir- friends and family who are gay. And accord- Dr. Julie Segre, 2013 Federal Employ- ers of Ortheia Barnes will gather in De- ing to the tenets of my Faith, I accept them ees of the Year, for their ground-break- troit to pay tribute to her remarkable for who they are and love them. But the te- ing research to stop the spread of dead- life and career. ‘‘Careers’’ would actu- nets of my Faith also hold that marriage is ly hospital-acquired infections. Each between one man and one woman. Indeed, in ally be more appropriate in Ortheia’s year approximately 100,000 patients die the Catholic Church, marriage is one of case, because this extraordinary life- from hospital-acquired infections. seven holy sacraments. long Detroiter has excelled in multiple These deadly infections affect patients You see, for me, this is not a matter of fields. opinion, or even really a choice. But I under- who are in the course of receiving Some Detroiters know Ortheia as an stand that what is a sacred rite to tens of healthcare treatment for other condi- entertainer. They have heard her voice millions of Americans is also in our civil law tions; therefore, the patients often al- accompanying Motown legends and re- the means by which couples garner survivor- ready have compromised immune sys- ship benefits, hospital visitation rights, in- cording stars such as Aretha Franklin, tems. These two doctors created a rev- surance coverage and other benefits. So heard her powerful renditions of gospel olutionary model to identify and halt while I don’t support same sex marriage, I do songs or watched her sing during the the spread of infection for the rest of not begrudge its advocates their position on annual Thanksgiving parade downtown the health care industry to follow. the issue. or they have seen her in stage produc- And, I don’t believe that everyone who sup- Over the course of a 12-month period tions or local television programs. ports same sex marriage is anti-Catholic, or in 2011 and 2012, a rare and deadly Other Detroiters know Ortheia from a religious bigot. But in the same vein, it ‘‘superbug’’ was spreading from patient her civic involvement. She is active in would be nice if so many of them would stop to patient at one of the Nation’s pre- accusing everyone who doesn’t share their a host of charitable endeavors, from mier research hospitals, the National views of being anti-gay or homophobic. Free- the American Cancer Society to Focus: Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center. dom of Religion is still in the very first HOPE, to programs that help people re- This two-woman team—Dr. Tara Amendment to the Constitution. cover from addiction. We may not all agree on whether we should Palmore, a deputy hospital epidemiolo- Some may know Ortheia from her po- redefine what constitutes marriage, but gist, and Dr. Julie Segre, a senior in- litical activism. She has long been ac- hopefully we can agree not to redefine what vestigator—partnered with a talented tive in Michigan elections, from city constitutes tolerance. team of doctors to accomplish an ex- So on the state level, and in particular in council to Senate, and she is an ener- traordinary achievement. For the first states with Republican leadership, we’re see- getic advocate for the idea that every time ever, they were able to sequence ing the benefits of respectful dialogue, prob- American, regardless of race or creed the bacteria’s DNA to decipher how the lem solving policies and fiscal responsibility. or color, is welcome and needs to be ac- Republicans are balancing budgets, reducing pathogen spread from patient to pa- tive in the political process. tax burdens, improving schools and making tient. This allowed doctors to detect If you do not know Ortheia as an en- families safer and better off. the origins of the infections, trace the tertainer or supporter of worthy I know you’re all familiar with our Future transmission, and implement measures Majority Project at the RSLC, where we are causes, you know her for her faith. She to put an end to the outbreak. recruiting hundreds of candidates for state has ministered around the world, not Tragically, 18 seriously ill patients legislatures who more fully reflect the grow- only sharing her faith but doing the acquired the bacteria and seven ulti- ing diversity of our nation. So in addition to good works that are so fundamental to mately died from the infection, but a positive message, we’ll have fresh-faced it. messengers as well. this use of genomics could profoundly I am fortunate to know Ortheia for The RSLC’s sole purpose is to help elect change the way hospital-acquired in- all the gifts she has given our commu- Republicans. Doing that means getting a ma- fections are identified and halted, lead- nity and in one more way: My wife Bar- jority of votes in thousands of different dis- ing to quicker response times and sav- tricts, and dozens of states. bara and I have known her as a long- ing tens of thousands of lives. Dr. We understand that Republican legislators time family friend. Her family and ours Francis Collins, the Director of the here in Hawaii will not pass legislation iden- have been linked through three genera- NIH said, tical to those in Texas or Ohio or North tions, beginning with Barbara’s and Carolina; and that attorneys general in ‘‘It is a groundbreaking advance in one Ortheia’s mothers. Ortheia herself North Dakota, Georgia, or Idaho won’t have hospital that will now have an impact across briefly babysat our kids while she was the same list of priorities. the world and will become the standard. It is But their shared beliefs, principles and val- a fantastic example of taking a challenging in high school. We know how proud ues take each of their states in a much bet- medical problem and applying technologies Ortheia’s warm and wise mom Belle ter direction than their Democratic oppo- in a new way to come up with a remarkable was of her daughter back then and of nents would. result. We now have a new weapon in the her growing pride as the multigifted Republicans don’t seek to win elections to battle to stop the spread of drug-resistant adult Ortheia emerged. gain power, but to translate our principles organisms.’’ When Detroit gathers on November 3 into policies that make our country stronger and make lives better for our fellow citizens. Dr. John Gallin, the Director of the to celebrate Ortheia’s birthday, the And that means winning majorities in legis- NIH’s Clinical Center, said the break- dress will be sharp, the music will be lative chambers, electing governors and through by the NIH team is ‘‘a mag- proud, and the stories will be many. other statewide officeholders, and—ulti- nificent demonstration of how a hos- Whether we know Ortheia from the

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Res. 268. A resolution condemning the petrators of the Westgate Mall attack to jus- f September 2013 terrorist attack at the tice; Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, and Re- (5) commends the Government of Kenya’s MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE affirming United States support for the peo- continued participation in the African Union ple and Government of Kenya, and for other Mission in Somalia; and At 11 a.m., a message from the House purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- (6) recognizes Kenya as an important re- of Representatives, delivered by Mr. tions. gional ally and partner of the United States. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, an- f f nounced that the House has passed the following joint resolution, in which it ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO requests the concurrence of the Senate: (This section will be printed in a fu- MEET H.J. Res. 79. Joint resolution making con- ture edition of the RECORD.) COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND tinuing appropriations for certain compo- f TRANSPORTATION nents of the Department of Homeland Secu- Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I ask rity for fiscal year 2014, and for other pur- SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS unanimous consent that the Com- poses. mittee on Commerce, Science, and The message also announced that SENATE RESOLUTION 268—CON- Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Oc- pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 51312(b), and the DEMNING THE SEPTEMBER 2013 tober 11, 2013, at 1 p.m. in room 253 of order of the House of January 3, 2013, TERRORIST ATTACK AT THE the Russell Senate Office Building. The the Speaker appoints the following WESTGATE MALL IN NAIROBI, Committee will conduct a hearing enti- Member on the part of the House of KENYA, AND REAFFIRMING Representatives to the Board of Visi- tled, ‘‘The Impacts of the Government UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR Shutdown on Our Economic Security.’’ tors to the United States Merchant THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT Marine Academy: Mrs. McCarthy of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without OF KENYA, AND FOR OTHER objection, it is so ordered. New York. PURPOSES The message further announced that f Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. pursuant to section 803(a) of the Con- MEASURE READ FOR THE FIRST FLAKE) submitted the following resolu- gressional Recognition for Excellence TIME—H.J. RES. 79 in Arts Education Act (2 U.S.C. 803(a)), tion; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Foreign Relations: Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I un- the Minority Leader appoints the fol- derstand that H.J. Res. 79 has been re- lowing member on the part of the S. RES. 268 Whereas, on September 21, 2013, armed ter- ceived from the House and it is at the House of Representatives to the Con- desk. gressional Award Board: Mr. Mitchell rorists attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 60 people The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Draizin of New York, New York. and injuring at least 175 from at least 12 dif- clerk will read the joint resolution by ferent countries during a four-day siege; title for the first time. f Whereas the attack was the most deadly The assistant legislative clerk read terrorist incident in Kenya since the 1998 al as follows: MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME Qaeda bombing of the United States Em- A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 79) making The following joint resolutions were bassy in Nairobi; continuing appropriations for certain compo- read the first time: Whereas al Shabaab, a Somali Islamist ex- nents of the Department of Homeland Secu- tremist group with ties to al Qaeda, has rity for fiscal year 2014, and for other pur- H.J. Res. 79. Joint resolution making con- claimed responsibility for the attack, declar- poses. tinuing appropriations for certain compo- ing that it was in retaliation for the Govern- nents of the Department of Homeland Secu- Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask ment of Kenya’s participation in the African rity for fiscal year 2014, and for other pur- for its second reading and object to my Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM); poses. Whereas al Shabaab was designated a For- own request. eign Terrorist Organization by the United The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- f States Government in 2008 and a Specially tion having been heard, the joint reso- Designated Global Terrorist entity in 2012; lution will be read for a second time on REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Whereas the investigation to identify those the next legislative day. The following reports of committees responsible for the attack and efforts to f were submitted: bring them to justice are ongoing; Whereas Kenya is an important ally and ORDERS FOR SATURDAY, By Mr. HARKIN, from the Committee on regional security partner, playing a vital OCTOBER 12, 2013 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, role in breaking al Shabaab’s recent stran- with an amendment in the nature of a sub- Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask glehold on Somalia through its participation stitute: unanimous consent that when the Sen- in AMISOM; S. 1094. A bill to amend the Elementary ate completes its business today, it ad- Whereas the Republic of Kenya and the and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for United States have a strong and enduring journ until 11 a.m. on Saturday, Octo- other purposes (Rept. No. 113–113). partnership based on a shared commitment ber 12, 2013, and that following the to promoting peace and prosperity in East prayer and pledge, the morning hour be f Africa and around the world; and deemed expired, the Journal of pro- Whereas Kenya is a culturally rich and ceedings be approved to date, and the INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND ethnically diverse country: Now, therefore, time for the two leaders be reserved for JOINT RESOLUTION be it their use later in the day; and that the The following bills and joint resolu- Resolved, That the Senate— time until 12 p.m. be equally divided tions were introduced, read the first (1) condemns, in the strongest possible and controlled between the two leaders terms, the heinous atrocities and terrorist or their designees. and second times by unanimous con- attack that occurred at the Westgate Mall in sent, and referred as indicated: Nairobi, Kenya, from September 21 through The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without By Mr. PAUL: 24, 2013; objection, it is so ordered. S.J. Res. 25. A joint resolution proposing (2) offers its condolences to the families, f an amendment to the Constitution of the friends, and loved ones of those who were PROGRAM United States relative to applying laws killed in the attack and expresses its hope equally to the citizens of the United States; for the recovery of the wounded, including Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, at to the Committee on the Judiciary. United States citizens; noon tomorrow there will be a cloture

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:01 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.003 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7415 vote on the motion to proceed to S. terest on that over this long period of opposed those limits. The President—6 1569, the debt limit legislation. time which may well double that fig- months after signing the Budget Con- f ure. It puts it almost equal to the li- trol Act—submitted a budget to this ability of Social Security—and maybe Senate that would increase spending $1 ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT even more. So this is a big deal. trillion over the limits agreed to in the Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, if I want to share with my colleagues Budget Control Act. Can you imagine there is no further business to come be- some thoughts as good faith negotia- that? There was a bipartisan meeting. fore the Senate, I ask unanimous con- tions are going on by Members. Repub- As we worked on the debt ceiling to sent that it adjourn under the previous licans and Democrats are talking, the raise the debt ceiling $2 trillion, we order, following the remarks of Sen- White House staff people are talking, agreed that over 10 years we would cut ators SESSIONS and BLUNT. and House Members and the Speaker spending by $2.1 trillion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without are talking. There are some principles Six months later, the President sub- objection, it is so ordered. they need to be aware of as we go for- mits a budget to the Senate and to the The Senator from Alabama. ward. I have a budget warning, and will House that calls for spending $1 trillion f make this point: Trust fund improve- over that amount. So I think that was a breach—a serious act of the President THE DEBT INCREASE ments—Social Security and Medicare primarily—are produced by savings or to move away from the promises he Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, increased revenues in these programs. had made and the act he signed into the Republican Senators met with A number of ideas have been floated law. President Obama earlier today and dis- that could do that, and they need to be To be more specific about it, one of cussed many of the financial issues fac- done. But those savings through rev- the proposals in the President’s budget ing America and the difficulties we are enue or new cutting of expenses cannot that received a lot of discussion is an having in achieving an agreement that be used to justify or pay for breaking alteration of the way we calculate the puts us on a sound financial path. Budget Control Act caps, and that is inflation index for Social Security. It There surely are actions we can take very important. has been referred to as chained CPI. It together to improve our situation. I be- It is essential in these hours of finan- is projected to save a certain amount lieve there was some progress made, cial debate that all Members of Con- of money—maybe $128 billion or maybe and there are some avenues for gress and the American people under- more. Let’s just say it is going to save progress that could be opened in the stand that the savings gained from $100 billion—chained CPI—and it hours to come. I hope we can do that. much-needed reforms of our financially would, in fact, increase the revenue But now it is well to recognize that unsound Social Security and Medicare into Social Security, and it would re- our Medicare and Medicaid programs trust funds can only be used to duce the amount of money that is paid are surging in costs, and—as the Presi- strengthen those funds and not be used out of Social Security. It would save, dent rightly noted to us at our meeting simultaneously to support spending for let’s say, $100 billion. So this would earlier today and has done so for a a new program, such as the Affordable strengthen Social Security, there is no number of years—that government Care Act. We can’t use the money doubt about that. It would strengthen health care costs are the biggest driv- twice. Social Security because the Social Se- ers of our debt. In other words, it is in- Our vital Social Security and Medi- curity liabilities are going down and creasing at a faster rate than other care programs are not solvent at this the revenue is going up. programs, and we project it will con- time. We know they are going into def- What I wish to say to our colleagues tinue to increase at those rates. icit right now. Our revenues will in- as they wrestle with how to bring our numbers into better balance is that I think that is true. It is true. We crease for those programs or costs to those savings cannot benefit Social Se- have a huge challenge there. But im- those programs will be brought down— curity and simultaneously justify in- portantly to this whole discussion, I re- as many ideas are being floated, and in- creased Treasury spending over the call during a formal address to a joint deed, a number of them are in the Budget Control Act levels. session of Congress in September 2009, President’s budget and have some the President promoted his Affordable We can’t use the money twice. This is merit—and the resulting funds can so basic. We are talking about hun- Care Act and stated that he would help only be spent once. The Budget Control fix this problem of growing costs of dreds of billions of dollars. Act restricts discretionary spending. It CBO, our Congressional Budget Of- health care and then flatly and un- says: We are not going to increase fice, has analyzed this kind of maneu- equivocally promised, ‘‘I will not sign a spending over a certain rate. We are ver, and they have clearly affirmed plan that adds one dime to our deficits going to reduce the rate of increase in that even though the budget score over either now or any time in the future, government spending. 10 years, using the unified budget ac- period.’’ That is astoundingly inac- The Budget Control Act is in the law. counting methods, would suggest oth- curate, and we have to know this. We It was negotiated by the President, erwise, we cannot spend the money in are voting and wrestling on what to do Senator REID—the majority leader both places. about our health care bill and other here—the Speaker, and Senator So if we know how to ask a question spending programs. But one thing that MCCONNELL, and they agreed on certain of CBO, over the 10-year budget win- has been overlooked is this promise limits on spending over the next 10 dow, it can give the appearance that we that the health care bill—the Afford- years. At that time we were projected have this money because it creates able Care Act, ObamaCare—is not paid to increase spending over 10 years by more money coming into the govern- for as it was promised, and it is as- $10 trillion. If it was flat spending, we ment that we can spend over here. But toundingly over budget. would spend $37 trillion; under pro- the money is dedicated to Social Secu- Let me talk for a few minutes about jected growth it would go to $47 tril- rity. It is Social Security money. It this issue and its importance. As we lion. can’t be spent twice. If it is going to work together to try to reach a com- Under the Budget Control Act we strengthen Social Security, it can’t be promise, we have to understand that said: OK, we are going to cut spending. spent over here. fact. As we work to deal with some of It really wasn’t a cut in spending. But The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- our long-term financial challenges, we we would reduce the growth of spend- ator has consumed 10 minutes. need to focus on that matter. ing from $10 trillion to $8 trillion, and Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, I Indeed, it appears, according to the that is why we are hearing so much ask unanimous consent for 5 additional Government Accountability Office, today. minutes. that over the long-term accounting pe- In the 2 years-plus since that agree- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without riod used to evaluate the unfunded li- ment, Congress—except for a few budg- objection, it is so ordered. abilities of the United States, that the et gimmicks that my staff members Mr. SESSIONS. I thank the Presiding Affordable Care Act will add $6.2 tril- bring up—has largely stuck to those Officer most graciously. lion to the unfunded liabilities of limits. The President and the Demo- CBO has flatly called this in a letter, America. That does not count the in- cratic Senate have openly and directly at my request, double-counting. Can

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:11 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11OC6.043 S11OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S7416 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 11, 2013 my colleagues imagine the Congres- when they get older. We can’t say it is that program rather than the other sional Budget Office saying that the available to pay another expense priorities we haven’t yet set. U.S. Congress is double-counting? Ac- today. If we do, it is not going to be This brings me to the topic of setting tually, in that case, in dealing with the there, to pay for their Social Security priorities. We had the opportunity to Affordable Care Act, $500 billion of when they retire. How simple is this? go to the White House—the Democrats money extracted out of Medicare was This was the message here on the floor. yesterday, Republicans today—to talk being used to claim it would pay for They steadfastly insisted that the bill to the President about how we move the Affordable Care Act when it was was paid for, double-counting Social forward with the budget year, the Medicare’s money. Security money. spending year that has already started. So I am talking at this point and just So we have to get straight about this, When we were there, the President sharing an example from Social Secu- I have to say. Legislation must be made it clear once again that we rity and the chained CPI, but the prin- adopted to stop this double-counting. shouldn’t negotiate, but on more than ciples are the same because both are It is open to abuse and manipulation one occasion in the morning when we trust funds. So it is double-counting. and has been done, really, by both par- were there, the President said we In fact, any Social Security or Medi- ties in the past but not as much as we shouldn’t be allowed to negotiate for care trust fund savings so produced are have seen lately. It is enabling the Na- things we couldn’t get or didn’t get in legally assets of the trust fund, and tion’s dangerous financial trajectory. the regular process. debt instruments of the U.S. Treasury Finally, as we work to end the Na- My view of that is there is no regular are issued and interest paid from the tion’s financial impasse, another warn- process. As the President said that, I U.S. Treasury to Social Security and ing is needed. All should understand thought, this is like pouring gas on a to the Medicare trust funds on the that consent to passage of a continuing fire of frustration for Members of the monies that are borrowed in that way. resolution or debt ceiling bill cannot Senate and particularly in the House If the savings, as is likely, do not re- be achieved until we have sufficient who are frustrated that there is no sult in a trust fund surplus, then there time to have a complete CBO score of process. There is no place earlier than is really no surplus that they can bor- it so we know what kind of maneuvers a crisis to say: Let’s debate these row. It simply tends to show more in- are being used in the bill. So I am issues, let’s debate these priorities. come to the U.S. Treasury—falsely going to object. We are not going to How many of the 12 spending bills for showing that because, again, the wake up one day and say we have to the year that began 11 days ago have money is committed off-budget to So- run to the floor and pass a bill with 30 we had on the floor of the Senate? One. cial Security. minutes’ notice or 3 hours’ notice. One of the bills that should have been The critical fact is that all of those That would be a mistake. done starting in about last March and moneys are already obligated to Social Madam President, I thank the Chair April and that should have been com- Security and Medicare and will be and yield the floor. pleted over the summer. That money needed by those programs, and more The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- would have been spent beginning Octo- money, actually, is going to be needed ator from Missouri. ber 1. Not one of the 12 was on the by those programs to meet the future f floor, and, frankly, it was a bill the obligations of those trust funds, which majority leader had every reason to be- SETTING PRIORITIES are insolvent. They don’t have enough lieve wouldn’t pass if it was brought to money coming in to pay the obliga- Mr. BLUNT. Madam President, first the floor. Let’s assume it would have tions they will be required to pay in of all, I wish to follow up on a com- passed. It still would have just been the years to come. ment my friend from Alabama just one of the 12 bills we need to run the So the scope of this abuse of our ac- made on Social Security and Medicare. government. counting system is truly enormous and I think it is very important that we lis- So when the President or anybody threatens our Nation’s very financial ten carefully to what he had to say, else says we shouldn’t use these crisis future. For example, it has allowed the that if we do things that are so-called moments to try to get our priorities President to falsely assert that the Af- reforms—and I think there are many discussed, they are the only moments fordable Care Act would not add one places where we could reform those we have. They are the only time we dime to the debt when, absent double- programs—we should use those savings have. counting, the act would increase our to save those programs. We shouldn’t I don’t like government by crisis. I debt by over $500 billion over the next say we are going to have reforms in think it is very unfortunate for this 10 years—$500 billion. It is going to ad- Medicare, more likely, perhaps, right Presidency that if we really look at versely impact the financial condition away, then Social Security, and then how the government has worked in the of America. not use those reforms to extend the life last 5 years, it is from one crisis to an- The same accounting manipulations of these important programs. other. If I could do anything to help enabled many supporters of the Gang These are programs, we have told President Obama pull away from this of 8 immigration bill to assert that Americans—in the case of Social Secu- crisis management, I would be inclined their legislation was paid for. They rity since the mid-1930s, and in the case to want to try to do that, particularly were going to spend all of this money of Medicare since the mid 1960s—that if pulling away from crisis manage- and they were going to make us safe people would be able to rely on. We see ment meant we were going to come from illegal immigration and it was all that those programs can be extended back and have a fair debate between a paid for—every dime of it—and and adjusted and reformed, but I think divided Congress that leads to some wouldn’t add to the debt. Do my col- our leader on our side of the budget ef- way forward that can actually accom- leagues know how they did that? Well, fort who spends so much time trying to plish something. they were going to give Social Security make the case for the right kind of The idea that we won’t negotiate at cards to millions—11 million or how- budget decisions is clearly pointing out this moment—or the President, feeling ever many would come forward—and that if we make savings in these pro- that somehow he won’t be held hostage they would pay Social Security, and grams and then use that money to fund to the debt limit—I am certainly going they would have more Social Security other discretionary spending, is that to vote tomorrow not to even move for- money coming into the U.S. Treasury, the fair thing to do with Social Secu- ward with this discussion for a $1 tril- and therefore that would pay for the rity or Medicare? I don’t think so, and lion debt ceiling increase with no dis- extra border patrol and other expenses I think the Senator from Alabama has cussion of what we are going to do to they said they have to spend money on. raised a very good point. change our behavior. But I ask my colleagues to think As we try to figure out how to move President Obama, to his credit, en- about it. The money paid by the people forward this year, we need to be sure tered into a negotiation just 2 years who have been given legal status, the that savings are real savings, that they ago, in August of 2011, and in return for Social Security they have paid for is are not double-counted, that we are not $2.5 trillion worth of spending cuts over their money. It is their money. They saving money in one program that a decade, he got $2.1 trillion in addi- are going to draw out every penny of it clearly should go toward the priority of tional debt ceiling. Now, the President

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RECOGNIZING THE 170TH ANNIVER- valuable service to the Mashpee Fire Depart- need is truly extraordinary, and the nation as SARY OF B’NAI B’RITH INTER- ment, filling the role of Fire Chief for the past a whole has greatly benefitted from their dedi- NATIONAL two decades. His many friends and colleagues cated efforts. At this time, I ask all Members describe him as a man truly dedicated to his to join me in congratulating the United States HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN service, always putting his fellow firemen and Veterans Initiative upon its 20th anniversary. OF CALIFORNIA the Mashpee community first. Even on his last f day at the Department, Chief Baker chose to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVER- Friday, October 11, 2013 wear a blue firefighter’s uniform instead of his usual white chief’s uniform to remember his SARY OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to earlier years of service, and he spent the day STATE COLLEGE recognize the 170th Anniversary of B’nai B’rith responding to emergency calls throughout the International. I am proud to acknowledge the community. His dedication to helping others HON. JEFF MILLER accomplishments of the oldest existing Jewish sets an example for us all to follow, and I OF FLORIDA service agency and celebrate their achieve- know I speak for many when I say that his ac- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ments. complishments have been invaluable to the Friday, October 11, 2013 On October 13, 1843, twelve German Jew- town of Mashpee. ish immigrants convened to address the chal- Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. Speaker, I am honored to recognize today to recognize the 50th anniversary of lenges of their growing community. Imme- Chief George Baker upon his retirement from diately, they established a financial support Northwest Florida State College located in the Mashpee Fire Department. I ask that my Niceville, Florida. Throughout the past 50 system for families of the deceased, open a colleagues join me in thanking Chief Baker for Jewish public library, and assisted flood vic- years, its faculty and students have exhibited his many years of service. an assiduous dedication to excellence that has tims in Baltimore. They also began to speak f out against anti-Semitism. These early prior- led to the college’s growth from its beginnings ities of advocacy, education, and community TRIBUTE TO UNITED STATES as a junior college with a makeshift campus to support can still be seen in B’nai B’rith’s work VETERANS INITIATIVE now a state college with seven campuses and around the world today. centers and six bachelor’s degree programs. I B’nai B’rith is one of Israel’s strongest advo- HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF am proud to congratulate them on this great achievement. cates in the United States and Europe. Work- OF CALIFORNIA Access to education is one of the most vital ing with policymakers in the United States, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES components for a successful society, and in European Union, and the United Nations, Friday, October 11, 2013 the spring of 1963, the Florida Legislature, B’nai B’rith has championed Israel’s right to recognizing the opportunity to better serve the defend itself, advanced the rights of Jewish Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to educational needs of the citizens in Northwest refugees in the Middle East, and ensured that honor the United States Veterans Initiative Florida, authorized the establishment of a jun- life insurance companies cannot refuse cov- upon its 20th anniversary. U.S. Vets is the nation’s largest nonprofit ior college to be located in Okaloosa County. erage due to travelling to Israel. B’nai B’rith has also sustained the health provider of comprehensive services such as Originally named the Okaloosa-Walton Junior and well-being of the aged through advocating housing, counseling, and career development College, its doors opened for the first time to for senior services, tirelessly working for af- to homeless and at-risk veterans. Since its 767 students in a temporary location in the fordable access to medical care, and providing founding, U.S. Vets has established 11 facili- City of Valparaiso, Florida on August 24, housing for seniors. In partnership with the ties across the nation dedicated to providing 1964. In honor of the heroism of the Doolittle Department of Housing and Urban Develop- vital services to over 20,000 veterans and Raiders, the students chose ‘‘Raiders’’ as their ment, B’nai B’rith is the largest Jewish spon- their families. college’s official mascot. In 1992, the West Los Angeles Veteran Af- Just a few years and an Act of Congress sor of subsidized housing in the United States. fairs Medical Center discovered that 25% of its later, the permanent home for the college in Residents are accepted regardless of religion, veterans were being discharged into home- Niceville was established. In 2004, the college race, or handicap. name was officially changed to Okaloosa-Wal- Following the Jewish tradition that every life lessness. As a result, ‘‘The Genesis Com- ton College in reflection of the new accredita- is sacred, B’nai B’rith assists victims of natural mittee’’ was formed under the guidance of tion to award bachelor’s degrees, and in 2008, disasters around the world. From the Great Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Harry it was changed to Northwest Florida State Col- Chicago Fire of 1871 to the 2010 earthquake Pregerson, a Marine veteran of World War II, lege, upon the creation of the Florida College in Haiti, B’nai B’rith is on the front lines help- to address the dire need for veteran housing. System. ing those who need it most. ‘‘The Genesis Committee’’ later became the While its name and structure has evolved This esteemed organization is a beacon to first U.S. Vets Board of Directors. throughout its 50-year history, students have all who strive for a safer, healthier, more toler- U.S. Vets opened its inaugural site, the never stopped pouring through its doors. Stu- ant world. I welcome the opportunity to stand Westside Residence Hall in Inglewood, Cali- dents of all ages made the college their alma- with B’nai B’rith International on the 170th an- fornia, in 1993 with five veterans. Since then, mater, whether high school students taking niversary of its establishment. U.S. Vets has risen to national prominence with locations in Houston, Texas; Las Vegas, dual enrollment courses or adults simply inter- f Nevada; Phoenix, Arizona; Honolulu, Hawaii; ested in expanding their knowledge in a vari- IN RECOGNITION OF CHIEF and Washington, D.C. In 2000, U.S. Vets ety of areas. Fifty years; seven locations; nu- GEORGE BAKER opened the largest transitional housing facility merous state, regional, and national athletic ti- for homeless veterans in the nation, Villages tles; and more than 350,000 students later, HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING at Cabrillo, a 26-acre project in Long Beach, Northwest Florida State College is recognized OF MASSACHUSETTS California that houses over 550 veterans. for its cultural enrichment and stellar edu- To address the continually evolving needs IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cational opportunities provided to the North- of veterans, U.S. Vets has expanded their ef- west Florida community. Friday, October 11, 2013 forts into specialized programming to provide Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the United States Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to services to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress, it is an honor for me to rise today recognize Chief George Baker upon his retire- female veterans, and the chronically mentally to recognize the 50th anniversary of Northwest ment from the Mashpee Fire Department. ill. Florida State College. My wife Vicki and I join Chief Baker has spent the past thirty years The time, energy and care the United States the citizens of Northwest Florida in congratu- serving the town of Mashpee through his in- Veterans Initiative has given to our veterans in lating the faculty, students, and alumni of the

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Thousands of place-bound stu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SPEECH OF dents who otherwise would have been unable Thursday, October 10, 2013 to obtain a university education have earned HON. LYNN A. WESTMORELAND Ms. CLARKE. Mr. Speaker, I am deeply degrees on FAU’s Broward campuses, and OF GEORGIA concerned that Republican-Majority has have gone on to pursue successful careers in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES brought a bill (H.J. Res 79) to the floor that fields that include architecture, public adminis- Wednesday, October 9, 2013 would provide funds solely for specific offices tration, business, communication, engineering, Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, I rise within the Department of Homeland Security. computer science, criminology and criminal today to support H.J. Res. 91. DHS deemed 86 percent of its employees es- justice, social work, urban and regional plan- This past Sunday four of our brave soldiers sential during this forced Republican govern- ning, education, nursing, the arts and were killed in Afghanistan by a roadside ment shutdown; however, this bill only pro- sciences, and many more. bomb. Those four included an Army nurse vides funds for: Immigration and Customs En- FAU boasts the most diverse student body from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, an Army forcement, National Protection and Programs in all of Florida’s public universities. With near- criminal investigator from the 5th Military Po- Directorate’s office of Biometric Identity Man- ly half of the population representing minority lice Battalion in Vicenza, Italy, and two Army agement, Coast Guard, Customs and Border groups or foreign nations, their 30,000 mem- Rangers from Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Protection, and Citizenship and Immigration ber student body was recently ranked the 27th Ranger Regiment, at Fort Benning, Georgia, Services. most diverse university in America by the U.S. which borders my Congressional District, and The bill does not provide critical funding for News & World Report. Students from Broward which I feel a deep commitment to. many of the other offices within the DHS that make up almost 40 percent of this body, main- And earlier this week I was shocked and an- play a vital role in protecting our country. As taining the county’s historic status as the gered to learn that the Secretary of Defense the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on home of the greatest number of FAU students and the President were withholding the Death Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and and alumni. Gratuity for the families of these fallen heroes. Security Technologies, I advocate for funding Furthermore, it is focused on preserving and For those of you who do not know what that of the offices and programs that protect our protecting the future of South Florida and is, the Death Gratuity is a benefit payable to nation from cyber attacks and monitor our crit- helping cities all over the world face the chal- a designated beneficiary, in a lump sum of ical infrastructure. lenges of the 21st century. On the Davie cam- $100,000, for a death on active duty or inac- The consequences of accepting this piece- pus, FAU researchers are engaged in a criti- tive duty training, and Burial Benefits which meal bill are very severe, a very risky impedi- cally important initiative to understand and provide up to $10,500 to survivors to cover ex- ment to the daily duties and services that DHS mitigate the major human-caused stressors penses related to the burial of the service provides for our country’s protection. Providing that have created grave damage to the Ever- member. funds for the DHS, as a whole, is vital to our glades. In the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of In order to prevent these kinds of delays in homeland security. Republicans continue to Broward County, FAU engineers affiliated with benefits, on September 29th, with my full sup- use this piecemeal approach; showing a reck- the Southeast National Marine Renewable En- port, the House passed H.R. 3210, the Pay less disdain for the Federal government and ergy Center are working to establish the Our Military Act. On September 30th the bill her dedicated employees, which fails to grasp world’s first offshore turbine test site, with the was passed by the Senate and signed into law the bigger picture, and have failed to bring an goal of advancing the effort to generate en- by President Obama. end to this government shutdown. We must, ergy from ocean currents. Among other things, that bill was to ensure and cannot accept these extortion tactics. In Dania Beach, residents are being served that during the shut down there would be I urge my colleagues to reject this bill and by a new nano-filtration facility that has vastly funds available to provide pay and allowances vote for a clean CR, and to raise the debt limit improved the quality of the water they receive to members of the Armed Forces, including re- now. in their homes. Designed with input from FAU serve components, who are performing active f engineering faculty members and students, service. this is the first water treatment plant in the The Congressional intent of the legislation HONORING THE FLORIDA ATLAN- world to receive Gold Leadership in Energy was clear: to give the Department of Defense TIC UNIVERSITY FOR OVER 40 and Environmental Design certification from the authority to pay these very types benefits YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN OF- the U.S. Green Building Council. to the men and women of this great Nation FERING VALUABLE HIGHER EDU- Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct pleasure to who have sacrificed to preserve our freedoms. CATION recognize Florida Atlantic University for the It is a shame that the President and Secretary tremendous work that the institution has done of Defense are playing politics and not hon- HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS in South Florida for over 40 years. I want to oring the Congressional intent of the bill al- OF FLORIDA express my sincerest gratitude for their leader- ready signed into law. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ship in both providing opportunities for higher What is even more shameful is that as the Friday, October 11, 2013 education and addressing many environmental Commander in Chief, President Obama is not issues in the community. I wish the University honoring that role. As the head of our Nation’s Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I all my best and many more years of continued military, I find it incomprehensible that he has rise today to honor Florida Atlantic University success. not ordered these benefits to be paid out no (FAU) for their excellence in offering valuable f matter what. Congress has already approved educational opportunities to the residents of these funds, but the buck stops with the Presi- South Florida for more than 40 years. COMMENDING NORTHEASTERN dent, literally. How can the leader of our mili- FAU first began operating in my district in UNIVERSITY FOR ITS SECOND tary turn his back on those he swore to lead? 1971 with the opening of the Commercial Bou- ANNUAL HIGHER EDUCATION IN- It is for that reason I speak in support of levard campus in Fort Lauderdale. This cam- NOVATION PUBLIC SURVEY H.J. Res. 91. This bill will ensure death gratu- pus saw high enrollment and immediate suc- ities and related survivor benefits will be paid cess, and in 1987—just eleven years later— HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN out to those families who have given the ulti- FAU began construction of the Reubin O’D. OF MASSACHUSETTS mate sacrifice for our nation. Askew Tower in downtown Fort Lauderdale. In IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I hope both sides of the aisle show the 1989, the Florida Legislature designated FAU president today that he cannot play politics at as the lead state university serving Broward Friday, October 11, 2013 the expense of our fallen service men and County. Shortly thereafter, another large cam- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, with jobs women, and their families, and give these pus was established in Davie. The latest addi- and the economic recovery continuing to be a brave soldiers the respect they deserve. tion to these FAU campuses is a state-of-the- top concern of many of my constituents, I rise

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Amer- There’s a great deal of public concern about dents for the workforce; ican youth can take action now working to en- whether colleges and universities are pre- A majority of Americans (64 percent) believe sure that women’s rights and girls’ rights are paring students for employment—as well as the federal government should grant visas to a priority in our foreign policy and by advo- how best to prepare them. To ensure hard international students who graduate college in cating for educational opportunities for girls at data is part of this discussion, Mr. Speaker, the U.S. so they can remain in the country home and around the world. Annie Gersh from Northeastern University has released a new, and work, while only 41 percent of hiring deci- Marlborough High School in Los Angeles is timely national public opinion poll about the fu- sion-makers agree; and doing that now. She is on my Youth Advisory ture of higher education. Although only a small percentage of Ameri- Board and was a teen advisor for Girl Up, a Last year, Northeastern released a poll fo- cans surveyed have studied or worked abroad project of the UN Foundation. I am proud that cused on innovation in higher education, in- in college, the majority of them (66 percent) Annie is a constituent, and I hope that she cluding public attitudes about the online revo- believe that global experience was valuable and other young people like her will continue lution that is currently underway. This year, for their personal and professional develop- their fight for girls’ rights in America and Northeastern has taken it one step further by ment. While most Americans (58 percent) be- around the globe. not only asking the public for its views, but lieve that students with global experience are f also asking hiring decision makers at a cross- generally more successful employees, only 39 section of employers nationwide what they ex- percent of hiring decision-makers agree. IN RECOGNITION OF CHIEF GLENN pect from our higher education system. These important results were released on OLSON The results, which challenge the conven- September 17, 2013 at The National Press tional wisdom, provide an important window Club here in Washington, DC, where North- HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING into how well our colleges and universities are eastern hosted its second annual summit on OF MASSACHUSETTS doing in preparing graduates to be competitive issues facing higher education. The summit, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in the 21st century global workforce. In par- entitled Innovation Imperative: Enhancing Friday, October 11, 2013 ticular, the poll finds that—nearly two-thirds of Higher Education Outcomes, featured a high- Americans (65 percent) and almost three- profile panel of experts and a keynote address Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to quarters of hiring decision makers (73 percent) by Northeastern President Joseph Aoun. Mod- recognize the distinguished career of Fire believe that having employees who are well- erated by Catherine Rampell of The New York Chief Glenn Olson upon the occasion of his rounded with a range of knowledge is more Times, the panel included Mitchell E. Daniels, retirement from the Eastham Fire Department. important than possessing industry-specific president of Purdue University; James Kvaal, Chief Olson has given over 3 decades of in- skills. deputy director of the White House Domestic valuable service to his community. I know I While almost two-thirds (62 percent) of Policy Council; Jeff Wilcox, corporate vice speak for many when I say that his out- those surveyed say that the higher education president for engineering at Lockheed Martin standing achievements are evident in his dis- system is doing a ‘‘fair’’ or ‘‘poor’’ job of pre- Corporation; and Deborah L. Wince-Smith, tinguished career as a Firefighter and Para- paring recent college graduates for the work- president and CEO of the Council on Competi- medic in both the Hyannis and Eastham Fire force, Americans continue to believe higher tiveness. Departments. The Eastham department recog- education is critical to achieving career suc- Mr. Speaker, I commend Northeastern Uni- nized his skill and value when they appointed cess. A large majority (70 percent) say that a versity, under the strong leadership of Presi- him to Shift Lieutenant in 1987. Chief Olson person’s level of education is the most impor- dent Aoun, for undertaking this important continued to honorably protect the people of tant factor in a job candidate’s success in the work. As discussions get underway in the both Hyannis and Eastham for 13 years until employment market. Nearly three in four House about renewing the Higher Education he was chosen as Fire Chief of the Eastham Americans (74 percent) believe that a college Act, it’s important that we focus on ap- Department. On November 1st of this year, degree is more important today than it was for proaches that generate value and produce ex- Chief Olson will retire having spent thirteen their parents’ generation, by far exceeding cellent outcomes for students. As policy- years as Fire Chief. other factors such as current economic condi- makers, understanding what the American Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Fire Chief tions, socioeconomic status, nationality, and people, education consumers, and employers Glenn Olson upon his retirement from race. want and need from our higher education insti- Eastham Fire Department after thirty-three Mr. Speaker, Northeastern’s poll results tutions is vital. Northeastern’s work in this area years and eleven months of invaluable serv- show that Americans also see a shared re- is a great contribution to the public dialogue. ice. I ask that my colleagues join me in con- sponsibility when it comes to preparing recent I urge all of my colleagues to take the time to gratulating him on this important occasion and graduates for success. They believe the num- review Northeastern’s important effort. in thanking him for all that he has done for his ber one reason for employers struggling to f community. find qualified job candidates is that companies f do not invest enough in training new hires. HONORING INTERNATIONAL DAY However, hiring decision-makers say that col- OF THE GIRL CHILD IN RECOGNITION OF LOU CIAMPI, leges and universities are not in tune with in- SR. FOR BEING THE 2013 ITALIAN dustry needs and not preparing graduates ac- HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LUZERNE COUNTY’S ‘‘PERSON OF cordingly. In fact, 55 percent of business lead- OF CALIFORNIA THE YEAR’’ ers surveyed say their firms have trained re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cent college graduates on skills they should have learned at an academic institution. Friday, October 11, 2013 HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT Consistent with the findings of last year’s Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to OF PENNSYLVANIA Northeastern survey, Americans strongly sup- honor the second International Day of the Girl IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES port experiential learning in which a student’s Child, which takes place on October 11. This classroom education is integrated with profes- day was designated by the United Nations Friday, October 11, 2013 sional work experience. Nearly nine in 10 General Assembly to promote girls’ rights and Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise Americans (89 percent) believe that students shine light upon the discrimination and in- today in honor of Lou Ciampi, Sr., who was with work experience related to their field of equalities that girls suffer to this day. selected ‘‘Person of the Year’’ by the Italian study are more successful employees—and In December 2011, the UN General Assem- American Association of Luzerne County. Lou nearly three in four hiring decision-makers (74 bly adopted a resolution to declare October 11 started his printing career over fifty years ago percent) agree. Among those that gained work as the International Day of the Girl Child to as a teenage apprentice in Pagnotti Coal’s in- experience during college, a large majority (82 ‘‘recognize girls’ rights and the unique chal- house print shop. After serving in the military percent) says it was valuable for their personal lenges girls face around the world.’’ and working in several shops in both Luzerne and professional development. The theme this year is ‘‘Innovating for Girls’ and Lackawanna counties, Lou joined the PA Mr. Speaker, other important findings from Education’’ because education is the key to Hutchinson company in Scranton as a folder Northeastern’s survey include: ensuring women’s social and economic em- operator in the late 1960s. He quickly rose

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His post-graduation sal- Heoffner founded Independent Graphics, Inc. stitutes or alternative treatments exist save ary of zero would in turn count against At first, Lou did everything for Independent and improve lives of individuals throughout the Princeton’s ledger when it comes to rating Graphics—he printed flyers, forms, stationery, world; universities by the now-fashionable measure and policies for Mr. Heoffner’s American Inde- Whereas, plasma protein therapies are used of the average salaries of their alumni short- pendent Insurance Company. In 1984, Lou to treat bleeding disorders, primary immune ly after graduation. purchased the company from Mr. Heoffner. deficiency diseases, alpha-1 antitrypsin defi- The current rage for reductionist metrics Lou quickly made an impact on the Wilkes- ciency and certain rare, neurological disorders; depends in turn upon a purely instrumen- talist view of the purpose of higher edu- Barre community by founding the Craftsman’s Whereas, these therapies are also used in cation. Society wants universities to be in- Club. The club included printing owners and emergency and surgical medicine to save and struments of its short-term will, and to laborers, and provided a place where vendors improve lives; abandon or at least to curtail their tradi- could share cutting edge ideas to improve the Whereas, plasma protein therapies have tional role of giving students a broad and industry. Business blossomed and the com- significantly improved the quality of life, mark- deep education that will last a lifetime. pany moved to a new facility in Port Blan- edly improved patient outcomes, and extended This preoccupation with utilitarianism is a chard, PA. By the turn of the millennium, Inde- life expectancy for individuals with rare, chron- product of our success: America’s research pendent Graphics, Inc. offered everything from ic diseases and conditions; universities are so strong now, and so domi- Whereas healthy committed donors provide nant globally, that governments, corpora- black ink on post cards to full color digital tions and families are demanding many printing and wide format. plasma essential to manufacture these life- quick fixes from them: fast and cheap de- In 2002, Independent Graphics was named saving therapies; grees and certificates, patents and jobs and the Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce’s Whereas, there are over 400 plasma collec- economic development, mass education small business of the year. When the New tion centers in the U.S. that have dem- through online lectures, mass entertainment York Yankees moved their Triple A franchise onstrated their commitment to plasma donor through intercollegiate sporting events, not to Scranton, Independent Graphics became and patient safety and quality by earning Inter- to mention the current Beltway preoccupa- their ‘‘play ball’’ printer, producing program national Quality Plasma Program (IQPP) cer- tion, a fix for cyber security, and, that pe- tification; now, therefore, be it rennial Congressional fantasy, a biomedical books on third shift for the next day’s game. cure for death. Resolved by the 113th Congress that Octo- Independent Graphics also sponsors the To accede wholeheartedly to all these de- Scranton Chamber of Commerce’s Momentum ber 13–20, 2013 is recognized as ‘‘Inter- mands is to convert our universities fully Magazine. ‘‘Our Impression Will Sharpen Your national Plasma Awareness Week’’ in the into that most American of objects, a com- Image’’ is the company’s motto, and Lou’s United States of America. modity. Many states are already proceeding company has improved the Scranton-Wilkes- f in this direction by tying funding for their Barre community’s image for three decades. public universities to the average salaries of INAUGURATION OF CHRIS The company Lou built from the ground up alumni 18 months after graduation, and our EISGRUBER AS PRESIDENT OF President has recently made such metrics a now employs 27 people full time, working PRINCETON UNIVERSITY feature of his new plan for evaluating univer- round the clock providing imaging services. In sities. May 2013, Lou was inducted into the Junior Accountability rules the day, but as Stan- Achievement Business Hall of Fame. HON. RUSH HOLT ley Fish reminds us (the New York Times Over the last four decades, Lou has gener- OF NEW JERSEY last month), metrics measure only what can ously supported many local charities. He has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES be quantitatively valued and push every- donated services to numerous local little Friday, October 11, 2013 thing else aside as irrelevant. ‘‘Everything leagues, youth football teams, high school else’’ comprises intellectual stimulation, Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to teams, cheerleading squads, and many oth- moral and ethical insight, critical acumen, bring to the attention of the House the wise re- deep thinking about complex problems, ers. In the 1970s, Lou was the president of marks of Dr. Hunter Rawlings, President of the sharpened intuition, immersion in human the West Pittston Rams and the general man- Association of American Universities, delivered cultures, the urge to challenge received opin- ager of Greater Pittston Legion baseball. The at the ceremony installing Dr. Christopher ion, and similar intangible, ineffable, un- American Heart Association and Garden Vil- countable qualities. In other words, the Eisgruber as President of Princeton University, lage Youth racing have also benefited from his qualities you need to be an educated person September 22, 2013. generosity. and an informed citizen capable and desirous Lou is a graduate of West Pittston High REMARKS OF DR. HUNTER RAWLINGS, PRESI- of contributing to a democracy, the qualities DENT, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVER- School. He and his wife Marianne have been you gain and hone at a great university. SITIES, FOR THE INAUGURATION OF CHRIS I want to add one more item to the list of married for 51 years. They have four children: EISGRUBER AS PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON UNI- qualities engendered by great universities Louis, Jr., Michelle Reilly, Joseph and Jimmy. VERSITY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2013. pursuing their fundamental mission: pleas- They are also blessed with six grandchildren. It is a great pleasure and privilege to be ure. We are so busy being utilitarians today I convey my congratulations to Lou for being here for Chris’s inauguration. that we derogate pleasure as an end in itself. honored by his community. As a graduate alumnus, and longtime col- And yet intellectual and aesthetic pleasure f league of Bob Goheen, Bill Bowen, Harold is an essential goal of higher education, one Shapiro and Shirley Tilghman, and now we omit at great cost and peril. Let me give RESOLUTION TO COMMEMORATE Chris, I feel closely connected to this univer- two examples of what I mean. In 1870 Henry INTERNATIONAL PLASMA sity, which has a unique place in higher edu- Cabot Lodge took a course at Harvard from AWARENESS WEEK cation globally. Henry Adams. Here is what Lodge has to say Let me begin my brief remarks with my fa- about the difference that course made in his vorite Princetonian, James Madison. When life: HON. LYNN JENKINS Madison finished his degree here in 1771, like In all my four years, I never really studied OF KANSAS many humanities majors today he did not anything, never had my mind roused to any IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES know what to do with himself, so he asked exertion or to anything resembling active President Witherspoon if he could spend an thought until in my senior year I stumbled Friday, October 11, 2013 additional year studying Hebrew and the- into the course in medieval history given by Ms. JENKINS. Mr. Speaker: ology with the president. Witherspoon said Henry Adams, who had then just come to Whereas October 13–20, 2013 marks Inter- yes (Chris, I hope you will be open to such Harvard. . . . [Adams] had the power not national Plasma Awareness Week with ob- invitations from Princeton seniors), and only of exciting interest, but he awakened Madison devoted a postgraduate year to pur- opposition to his own views, and this is one servances throughout the United States and suing more of the ‘‘useless knowledge’’ he great secret of success in teaching . . . I Europe designed to raise global awareness of had acquired previously. When that year was worked hard in that course because it gave the need for plasma to create lifesaving thera- over, still at a loss for something to pursue, me pleasure. I took the highest marks, for pies, recognize the value that plasma donors Madison committed what Americans today which I cared, as I found, singularly little, contribute in saving and improving lives, and consider the ultimate sin: he went home to because marks were not my object, and for

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Mr. Speaker, I which made Mr. Adams’s course in the his- ing community. ask that you and my other distinguished col- tory of the Middle Ages so memorable to me. Mr. Speaker, for 100 years the Greater Car- leagues join me in congratulating Rev. Aker To teach students that it is a pleasure to lisle Area Chamber of Commerce has been a on his 10th pastoral anniversary. For his com- use one’s mind is our single most important catalyst for economic growth in Carlisle, PA. mitment to the people of Brooklyn, he is wor- task at universities, I think, and it seems in- Therefore, I commend all those who have thy of the highest praise. escapable that we cannot measure how well served to improve their community as part of f we perform it. Instead of talking metrics, this important organization. let’s listen to another source of wisdom on f IN RECOGNITION OF THE 80TH AN- intellectual pleasure, namely, Lionel Trill- NIVERSARY OF ALLEN CHAPEL ing. THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL . . . if we abandon the idea of literature as REVEREND LAWRENCE E. AKER III an independent, contemplative experience, CHURCH as a pleasure, . . . if we continue to make it conform to philosophies of immediate ends, HON. HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. . . . and do not keep clear its own particular OF NEW YORK OF NEW JERSEY nature, we shall be contributing to the loss IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of two things of the greatest social value. Of Friday, October 11, 2013 these one is the possibility which art offers Friday, October 11, 2013 of an experience that is justified in itself, of Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to nearly unconditioned living. Upon such expe- recognition of the achievements of Reverend recognize the 80th anniversary of Allen Chap- rience, or even the close approach to it, we Lawrence E. Aker III. During his years of serv- el African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church have learned to turn hostile faces: that is ice, Rev. Aker has ministered to thousands one of the strategic errors of our culture, for of Asbury Park, New Jersey. Since its found- and worked tirelessly to improve the lives of ing, Allen Chapel AME Church has provided in the long run the possibility of such experi- all those he encountered. In honor of his tenth ence is a social necessity. The second thing outstanding spiritual guidance and outreach to we shall lose is the awareness—it is ulti- anniversary as pastor of Cornerstone Baptist the community. mately practical—which comes only from Church, Rev. Aker was honored at a Allen Chapel AME Church has grown struc- the single-minded contemplation of works celebratory banquet on April 27, 2013 at turally and in membership since its founding that arise from the artist’s own contempla- Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, New York. as a mission in 1933. First worshipping at a tion of events and objects; this is an aware- In 1917, Cornerstone Baptist Church was local Presbyterian Church temporarily, the ness of the qualities of things. In the realm founded in Brooklyn, NY by a small group of founding committee acquired property and of art we call these qualities style, in the forward minded individuals. Today, it is a thriv- moved the mission to its permanent and cur- realm of morals we call them character, in ing church of over 1,500 members with active rent location in 1934. The congregation as- the realm of politics we have no name for boards, clubs, Sunday school programs, and them but they are finally important. To sisted in renovating and rebuilding the site to choirs. In the last decade, Cornerstone Baptist these qualities, especially in times of crisis, a house of worship, a study room, choir room, Church has continued to thrive under the out- society seems to be stolidly indifferent; ac- lecture room, kitchen and a large yard for out- standing leadership of Rev. Aker. In order to tually they are, after survival, the great so- door events. Twenty-two years later, the meet the needs of his ever-growing parish- cial concern. church purchased another adjacent building to We are in the age of big data, account- ioners, an additional Sunday service was use as a parsonage. In 1960, design and con- ability, and hurry-up offenses. But long-term added. By embracing technology, Rev. Aker struction began to replace the original church quality, not instant quantification, should has made his church more accessible to all building with a new, modern church on the be our concern in universities: helping our who are called to worship. During his tenure, students gain ‘‘an awareness of the qualities same site. Church leaders, congregants and the church underwent extensive renovation to of things’’ for a lifetime of personal pleasure friends volunteered to help with the demolition the exterior of the edifice. This beautification and democratic contributions. and rebuilding and the new church was com- of the church was greatly celebrated by the Intellectual contemplation and pleasure pleted in 1964. Less than 10 years later, the are, to put it mildly, not much in vogue community, lifting not just the congregation but mortgage burning was celebrated. these days, but they are clearly what Prince- all those in its vicinity. As a visionary, Rev. Allen Chapel AME Church is dedicated to ton gave to James Madison almost 250 years Aker plans to continue the church’s enhance- expanding its ministry, social action and com- ago. Knowing Chris Eisgruber and his pas- ment through the renovation of the church’s munity outreach. In 2012, it began a prayer sion for intellectual engagement as the true gym and community center. measure of higher education, I have no doubt line during the Lenten season that was even- His strong commitment to nurturing the next that Princeton will remain faithful to this tually extended to a weekly occurrence. Allen generation led to the creation of ‘‘Friday Nite central principle. And I wish him and all of Chapel AME Church also facilitated bringing Fire,’’ a weekly bible study for youth and you a lot of pleasure in its pursuit! Covenant House to Asbury Park, providing a young adults. He also created the Women of f haven to the homeless youth throughout the the World (WOW) ministry, which offers spir- community. GREATER CARLISLE AREA CHAM- itual guidance to women. Rev. Aker’s reach Mr. Speaker, once again, please join me in BER OF COMMERCE 100TH ANNI- extends outside the parish: I experienced this congratulating Allen Chapel AME Church on VERSARY first hand as a member of the Assembly when its 80th anniversary. Its dedicated service to we worked together to organize a community its congregants and the greater Asbury Park HON. LOU BARLETTA career fair at Cornerstone Baptist Church. This past winter, I was privileged to accept community is truly deserving of this body’s OF PENNSYLVANIA recognition. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award with the Reverend, given to us from the State of Israel f Friday, October 11, 2013 and presented by Ambassador Ido Aharoni, PERSONAL EXPLANATION Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Consul General of Israel in New York, for the Greater Carlisle Area Chamber of Com- ‘‘spreading compassion and uniting commu- HON. LYNN A. WESTMORELAND merce in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, which cele- nities of all backgrounds.’’ As a life-long pa- OF GEORGIA brated its 100th anniversary on October 10, rishioner of Cornerstone, I could think of no IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2013. higher honor than to be counted among his Founded in 1751, the borough of Carlisle is company. Friday, October 11, 2013 a historic community in south-central Pennsyl- Rev. Aker holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, on vania. The Greater Carlisle Area Chamber of Communications from Howard University, a rollcall No. 532, I was unable to cast my vote Commerce was founded in 1913 and serves Master in Theology from Dallas Theological due to conflict which did not allow me to return to encourage economic growth and stability Seminary, a Master of Sacred Theology from to the floor in time to make the vote. throughout the area. The Chamber takes on Yale University, and is currently a Doctor of Had I been present, I would have voted many roles vital to the prosperity of the bor- Philosophy candidate at Drew University. ‘‘yea.’’

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I submit this death . . . IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES poem penned by Albert Caswell in honor of As upon him he could so feel but that hand Friday, October 11, 2013 his valor and courage and his family’s. of death! As it was in that moment Corey, Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to IN THE BATTLE when to yourself you so made a pledge! (by Albert Carey Caswell) honor the people of Farmington, Maine, who To win this new battle that which to you continue to aid and assist the residents of In . . . this war had left! their ‘‘sister city,’’ the town of Lac-Me´gantic, a In The Battle! With your two strong legs now gone, small town located near the Canadian border. All In The Fight! your most courageous heart would crest! Early on the morning of July 6, 2013, a train There are but all of those who but bring As somehow it so helped you to move on their light! only with what you had so left! derailment and horrendous explosion dev- Men of honor! astated the center of this scenic lake-side As it was Life or it was Death, And Men of might! as you got up and out of the bed to our town of 6,000 residents. 40 buildings were de- Who so march off to war with hearts and hearts catch! stroyed, 47 people lost their lives, 2,000 resi- souls of steel so very bright! All at speed, dents were displaced and countless lives were To leave behind all that they so love and as this Bama would not so rest, would not so forever changed. The heroism of the local fire adore! heed! department aided by fire crews from the As where they go, For you had mountains to so climb! Angels so fear to tread so for sure! And people to so inspire all in your time! Franklin County towns of Chesterville, Eustis, For no day is so promised all in war! Farmington, New Vineyard, Phillips, Rangeley And a great wife named Megan, All in this darkest of dread all the more . . . so divine! and Strong helped to avert an even greater As all around them the red blood flows and And with the help of your fine wife, tragedy. pours! as she so stood by her man, so by your side! In rural Maine, people know what it means Where it’s, one for all . . . , and all for one! As together you’ve so passed one of the to be a good neighbor, and I am heartened by A place to where fine hearts of Strength In greatest tests of time! the outpouring of support that has come from Honor so run! In our times, and in our lives . . . the local communities. Four days after the For these are America’s greatest of all There are Battles that we must fight! Daughters and Sons! Will we so find the strength and the courage, tragedy, local business leaders and municipali- The Men and Women of Bronco Company, ties joined together to launch the Lac- to somehow deep down inside all of our who for all of us so do what must so be done! hearts to so nourish! Me´gantic Relief Fund, a fundraising campaign For they so live by a code! The strength to so find! to assist the town to recover from this dis- As they so lock and load! Or in a town called pity will we now so re- aster. At last report, over $32,000 has been A Code of Honor! side, raised, and I know that this generosity will A Code of Faith! and feel so sorry for our selves and begin to help the town through this difficult time. While, all around them such darkness waves! cry? On Saturday, October 12, 2013, a benefit As they so bravely stare death right in the Or will we like Corey, face! concert will be held in the University of Maine get up and so begin our climb? As upon each new morn as they awake, All with hearts of courage full, at Farmington’s South Dining Hall, and the not knowing if this is to be their last and to once again to do Battle one more time! community will host Lac-Me´gantie’s mayor, final day! For moments, police chief and head of the Chamber of Com- While, thousands of miles away . . . are all that we all so have! merce. I want to thank Farmington Selectman their families now so cry and pray! To change the world! Ryan Morgan, the Wilton Selectmen, and As they so ask our Lord, To so make the good from out of the bad! Maine State Senator Tom Saviello for their to so let their loved ones live just one more To make a difference with it all! hard work in organizing what will be a wonder- day! To so teach us! As somehow out into that darkness they To so beseech us! ful evening of entertainment, fellowship and make their ways! To against all odds in the end still so stand- solidarity. To a way of honor! ing tall! Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring all To a way of faith! But your not perfect Corey, of the first-responder heroes who responded To a way of courage, because you’re one of the biggest Florida to the Lac-Me´gantic tragedy and those fellow that so makes the Angels pray! Gator fans of all! Mainers who continue to support this commu- As they do battle upon each new day! I wonder if that sticks in coach nity as it rebuilds and recovers. As their families, SABANNNNN’S crawl? the tears in eyes they make! Why you won’t roll with The Tide at all? f And for all of those who upon battlefields of I’m sorry Lou, IN THE BATTLE IN HONOR OF A honor who’ve died! but out to this hero The Gator calls! REAL AMERICAN HERO SPC It’s for all of you and your families we now And when you get back to Bama, so cry there’s work to be done! COREY GARMON BRONCO TROOP Because all in that Battle, We’ve got to get you to roll with The Tide, PLATOON THE UNITED STATES all of your promises you did so keep! or as a War Eagle fly high my son! ARMY As you so pledged your fine lives away, Corey my son, to all of your Brothers In Arms all in this you are just a young man! HON. ROBERT B. ADERHOLT bond which binds you so very deep! But already, For in The Battle, look at what all in your short life what you OF ALABAMA there is something so magnificent of so to have done! IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES speak! More than most anyone! Friday, October 11, 2013 That Keeps Them Strong, And up ahead, Them So Keeps! there’s so much more for you my son! Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today That So Helps Them To So Fight On an On! Better to live life like a hero, in honor of one America’s and one of Ala- That which will not allow their most coura- all in your most heroic sun! bama’s most heroic sons, and his family. SPC geous hearts, Than to die in the darkness of a life, Corey Garmon of Boaz and The United States to so retreat! of which nothing you have done! Army. On July 11, 2012 while out on patrol in All In This Battle, Because, we will all die some day . . . Kandahar Corey was almost killed in an IED This Battle Oh So Very Deep! but only heroes up in Heaven will so run! And one such Southern Son, For life is but a Battle, blast. Losing both his legs and sustaining nu- who to sweet home Alabama his fine heart so that only with but hearts of courage full can merous other life threatening injuries he has speaks! so be won! battled back. Just recently he celebrated his Specialist Garmon, And Corey, you are one of America’s and alive date, marking the one year anniversary whose heart so shines like the mid day sun! Alabama’s . . . of brush with death. His lovely wife Megan has This BO from BOAZ, Most Heroic of all Sons

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Lamos for his service to Florida’s Ninth Con- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- Specialist Gorman, gressional District. panic Heritage Month to recognize Palmira you are a real American Hero so for sure! Mr. Lamos is a tireless and devoted public Ubinas. Mrs. Ubinas has made invaluable con- For only The Few, servant who has continuously given back to tributions to the arts and Puerto Rican culture. will In The Battle so march off to war to so his community. One of Central Florida’s great Mrs. Ubinas has mastered many art forms answer that call! music educators, Leo serves a crucial role in and uses them to represent her heritage and And the last time I saw Specialist Gorman, the south Orlando community as the Director traditions as a Puerto Rican American. She he was walking tall! of Bands at Cypress Creek High School. As a currently serves as the President and Founder f former student at Cypress Creek High School of the Hispanic Arts and Culture International HONORING JOSEPH ACABA FOR and later a student at the University of Central Association (ALPEH), as well as the Co-Chair HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HIS- Florida, Leo has brought his talents and lead- for the 500th Florida Discovery Council Round PANIC COMMUNITY ership to a community with which he is very Table. familiar. Under his direction, Cypress Creek’s A native of Puerto Rico, Mrs. Ubinas re- HON. ALAN GRAYSON band program has continued to uphold its tra- ceived a Bachelor’s Degree from the Univer- dition of excellence by bringing national atten- sity of Puerto Rico in Psychology and Political OF FLORIDA tion to its burgeoning group of music students. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Science. Later, she completed her post-grad- In order for public school bands to travel, uate studies in Communications, Public Rela- Friday, October 11, 2013 perform and compete on a national level, in- tions, and Hispanic Literature. Mrs. Ubinas Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in volvement and sponsorship from the commu- has showcased the talents she obtained honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, to recog- nity is crucial. Encouraging partnerships and through her childhood in Puerto Rico and her nize Joseph Acaba’s inspiring career as an sponsorships from locally owned businesses, university education in her various profes- astronaut, hydrogeologist, serviceman, and an Mr. Lamos has been tireless in his efforts to sional positions. As a journalist, event coordi- educator. create an unparalleled musical experience for nator, editor, TV and radio host, Mrs. Ubinas Mr. Acaba received his Bachelor’s degree in his over 100 students. Mr. Lamos’s efforts in has been able to represent her culture and Geology from the University of California, mentoring and educating his students have heritage proudly. She has earned several Santa Barbara and his Master’s degree in Ge- produced promising young musicians that awards and recognitions and served as the ology from the University of Arizona. Mr. have gone on to study at the prestigious Man- Educational Specialist and Commerce Devel- hattan School of Music and several other uni- Acaba was a Sergeant in the United States opment Officer for the Puerto Rico Federal Af- versities. Marine Corps Reserves where he served for fairs Administration. I am happy to honor Leo Lamos, during His- six years. He also worked as a hydrogeologist I am happy to honor Palrnira Ubinas, during panic Heritage Month, for his dedication and in Los Angeles, California. Hispanic Heritage Month, for her continuous Mr. Acaba spent two years in the United service to the students of Florida’s Ninth Con- service to the arts and commitment to the His- States Peace Corps and trained over 300 gressional District. panic community. teachers in the Dominican Republic in modern RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF ELIAS ‘‘RICO’’ PICCARD teaching methodologies. He then served as Is- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- RECOGNIZING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MARYTZA SANZ land Manager of the Caribbean Marine Re- panic Heritage Month, to recognize Elias Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- search at Lee Stocking Island in The Exumas, ‘‘Rico’’ Piccard for his service to our country panic Heritage Month, to recognize the ac- Bahamas. Upon his return to the United and to my district. complishments of one of Orlando’s true lead- States, Mr. Acaba moved to Florida where he Rico Piccard, born Elias Piccard, was born ers, Marytza Sanz. became the Shoreline Revegetation Coordi- in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico in 1946. In 1966, As founding President and CEO of Latino nator for Vero Beach. He also taught science he left the island and relocated to New York Leadership, Inc., Marytza Sanz has worked and math at Melbourne High School and City. A year later was drafted by the U.S. tirelessly to improve the quality of life of fami- taught for four years at Dunnellon Middle Army to serve during the Vietnam War. After lies in Central Florida. Through Latino Leader- School. his honorable discharge, Piccard attended the On May 6, 2004, Joseph Acaba became the Hostos Community College in the Bronx, NY, ship, Mrs. Sanz has implemented social en- first person of Puerto Rican heritage to be se- where he graduated with an Associates of Arts richment programs that incorporate leadership lected as an astronaut candidate by NASA. degree and completed his Bachelor’s Degree development and empowerment, education After completing training, Mr. Acaba was se- in Liberal Arts. He later went on to attend Co- advancement, and economic community de- lected as an Educator Mission Specialist and lumbia University, where he completed a Mas- velopment. Her contribution to our community assigned to the crew of space shuttle Discov- ter’s Degree in Social Work. has helped pave the way for young Hispanics ery’s mission which launched on March 15, Piccard’s career is characterized by his self- to succeed and become leaders in their own 2009. Mr. Acaba, carried a Puerto Rican flag less dedication to help others. During his ca- right. Mrs. Sanz truly understands the need to with him and requested that the crew be reer he worked as a Social Worker for Volun- invest in future generations. awakened on March 19 to the Puerto Rico teers of America and spent ten years working Mrs. Sanz lends her expertise to the Univer- folklore song ‘‘Que Bonita Bandera.’’ During at the Montifiore Hospital in New York City’s sity of Central Florida President’s Minority Ad- his mission, Mr. Acaba performed a spacewalk Rikers Island assisting inmates with mental visory Board, the Homeless Coalition Board of that successfully unfurled the final ‘‘wings’’ of health issues. Directors, and Florida Devereux Board of Di- the solar array that will augment power to the In 1994, Piccard left his position at rectors. Her work in voter engagement and International Space Station. Montifiore Hospital and moved to Orlando, FL. health education has received national and Mr. Acaba was also a crewmember aboard In Orlando, he became a community leader statewide coverage from media outlets such the Soyuz spacecraft which launched from and helped organize multiple rallies and as CNN, Univision, Telemundo, the St. Peters- Kazakhstan and docked with the International marches in the Hispanic community. In 2000, burg Times, NPR News and the San Juan Space station in May of 2012. He and the he started a new tourist transportation com- Star. Mrs. Sanz can be heard on her radio crew spent 30 days at the International Space pany called Rico Transportation. program, Al Oido de la Comunidad. Station before returning to Earth on Sep- Piccard began writing a column called ‘‘Rico Mrs. Sanz is a leader and staunch supporter tember 17, 2012. Informa,’’ Rico Informs, for Puerto Rico’s El of minority representation. Her work to ensure Mr. Acaba has received numerous awards Nuevo Dia newspaper to describe issues af- fairly drawn electoral districts in Orange Coun- recognizing his accomplishments including the fecting Puerto Ricans living in Central Florida. ty has been celebrated in the Hispanic com- Ana G. Mendez University System Presidential In 2009, Piccard helped create United Front munity. Ms. Sanz’s work against voter sup- Medal, an honorary Doctorate from the Poly- 436, Frente Unido 436, a community organiza- pression has helped protect the integrity of the technic University of Puerto Rico, and recogni- tion formed by a group of neighbors con- democratic process in Central Florida and em- tion from the Senate of Puerto Rico. cerned with the physical deterioration and lack power our citizens and families. I am happy to honor Joseph Acaba, during of security in the east side of Orange County Before founding Latino Leadership, Mrs. Hispanic Heritage Month, for his contributions and Orlando. Sanz worked for the Census Bureau and

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She was a mentor and tutor at compounds. on Florida’s 2010 Statewide Complete Count Snively Elementary School and an active Dean Diaz teaches in the areas of torts, en- Committee to ensure a comprehensive count member of her church, Our Lady of Guada- vironmental law, toxic torts, and product liabil- of Florida’s population during the 2010 Cen- lupe Catholic Mission, where she was a mem- ity. She is faculty advisor to the Hispanic As- sus. ber of the Youth Choir and Youth Group. sociation of Law Students as well as the St. I am happy to honor Marytza Sanz, during Although she was a U.S. Citizen by birth, Thomas More Society. Her publications range Hispanic Heritage Month, for her accomplish- Maria sympathized with the struggles of un- from analysis of the FDA’s role in consumer ments and service to the Central Florida His- documented immigrants and dedicated her life protection to environmental law and consumer panic Community. to improving the lives of others. Until her un- health. RECOGNIZING THE CAREER AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF timely death in June of 2012, this outstanding Dean Diaz invites leaders from around the MARISSA SALA young woman helped countless others through country to the Central Florida area to discuss Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- community service and activism. the important issues of the day. She also con- panic Heritage Month, to recognize Marissa I am happy to honor Maria Isabel Barajas- venes meetings and events that bring together Salas for her dedicated civic engagement. Martinez, during Hispanic Heritage Month, for varying perspectives on issues that affect the Marissa is a leader in Central Florida who be- her selfless dedication to her community and Central Florida community. Central Florida is a lieves in equality and advocating for the rights her many accomplishments. better place for the leadership that Dean Diaz of the LGBT community. She currently serves RECOGNIZING THE CAREER AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF has provided. as the GLBT Statewide Caucus Campaign Di- MARIA PADILLA I am happy to honor Leticia Diaz, during rector and President of the Rainbow Demo- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- Hispanic Heritage Month, for her service and crats of Orange County, Florida. panic Heritage Month, to recognize Maria her work to educate, train, and inspire the Marissa graduated with her Bachelor’s De- Padilla, a champion of diversity within the leaders of tomorrow. gree in Social Science and her Master’s De- Central Florida community Maria is a well-re- f gree in Urban Planning from Florida State Uni- spected journalist and currently serves as the versity. During her career, she has served as editor of Orlando’s oldest Spanish-language IN RECOGNITION OF SAM a GIS Test Manager and Analyst for weekly newspaper, La Prensa. FALCONE, SR. FOR RECEIVING Geonetics, Inc. in Boston, MA, and as a Sen- Maria graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree THE 2013 ‘‘LIFETIME ACHIEVE- ior Project Director for Lopez and Cheung, Inc. in English from Rutgers University. She also MENT’’ AWARD FROM THE in Tampa, FL. has a certificate in Hispanic Marketing Com- ITALIAN AMERICAN ASSOCIA- Marissa has participated in several cam- munications from Florida State University and TION OF LUZERNE COUNTY paigns including as the Campaign and Political graduated from the Leadership Orlando class Director for John Alvarez in the 2012 Florida in Fall of 2013. Maria broke new ground as a HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT House of Representatives race in Brevard senior reporter covering diversity in Central OF PENNSYLVANIA County. She is also the principle and owner of Florida for the Orlando Sentinel in 1997. She IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES her own consulting firm, Marissa Salas Con- later launched and headed El Sentinel, a new Friday, October 11, 2013 sulting. Her public policy research has been Spanish-language weekly newspaper and published by the New York Times, and used website. Maria also created Viviendo, a bilin- Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise as reference material by the UCLA School of gual quarterly magazine. Her blog, Orlando today in honor of Sam Falcone, Sr., who re- Law. Marissa has also received many awards, Latino, was nominated best Latino blog in ceived the 2013 Italian American Association including the 2007 Civic Award from the Mu- Central Florida by LATISM (Latinos in Social of Luzerne County ‘‘Lifetime Achievement’’ nicipal League of King County. Media). Award. Sam has dedicated nearly 60 years to I am happy to honor Marissa Sala, during Maria has received numerous awards and his family’s local business, Falcone Beverage Hispanic Heritage Month, for being a cham- acknowledgements for her contributions as a Co., which his father started along with Sam pion of equality and an inspiration to the Cen- successful journalist. She received the Na- and his brothers, Raymond, Charles, Carmen, tral Florida community. tional Association of Hispanic Publications Leonard and Angelo. RECOGNIZING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MARIA ISABEL award for a Multiple Series Article, was recog- Throughout his life Sam has been an out- BARAJAS-MARTINEZ nized multiple times for her work with the Or- standing American and active citizen in his Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- lando Sentinel, and was a finalist in the community. He was one of the original found- panic Heritage Month, to recognize an amaz- Knight-Wallace journalism awards. Maria is ers of the Luzerne County Sports Hall of ing young woman named Maria Isabel also a founding member of the National Asso- Fame and its first president. He has been in- Barajas-Martinez. ciation of Hispanic Journalists and was elected volved with an array of charities including the Maria was an active leader in the immigra- twice to their national Board of Directors. American Cancer Society, the American Heart tion reform movement since she was in high I am happy to honor Maria Padilla, during Association, YMCA, the American Red Cross, school. She graduated from Lake Region High Hispanic Heritage Month, for her contributions and he served on the board of the American School with high honors in 2009, where she to journalism and dedication to informing the Lung Association. He worked with many pro- was also the president of the National Spanish Hispanic community on issues impacting their fessional organizations such as the Better Honor Society. She went on to pursue her daily lives. Business Bureau, the Chambers of Commerce education at Polk State College and aspired to RECOGNIZING THE CAREER AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and the Greater become a pediatrician. While attending Polk LETICIA DIAZ Pittston Area, and he served as the vice-presi- State College, Maria joined the local chapter Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a dent of the Malt Beverage Distributing Asso- of Students Working for Equal Rights. In May great leader in the Central Florida community. ciation. Sam also actively worked to preserve 2010 she founded a youth organization dedi- A native of New Jersey, Leticia Diaz is one the resources within his community by taking cated to community service called the Young of the founding faculty at Barry University’s part in the Susquehanna River Watch and the American Dreamers. Andreas School of Law and currently serves Rails-to-Trails Riverfront Revitalization Com- With the help of her organization, Maria fo- as Dean there. Before joining the full-time fac- mittee. cused on raising funds to provide scholarships ulty, Dean Diaz pursued a full-time law prac- Sam has lived in the city of Pittston his for high school students seeking a higher edu- tice while teaching part-time at the school. whole life and has devoted himself to the wel- cation. Maria and the Young American Dream- She practiced in the areas of personal injury, fare of his hometown. A practicing Catholic, ers committed themselves to helping their toxic torts, and workplace chemical exposure. Sam attends St. Joseph Marello Parish and is community. The Young American Dreamers Dean Diaz attended law school at Rutgers a Fourth Degree Member of the Knights of adopted Lake Blue Park where they planted University where she received the Merck Pat- Columbus Council 372, Pittston. He also flowers and trees during its construction and ent Scholarship and was recognized for aca- served on the Pittston Child Development participated in the yearly Martin Luther King demic achievement by the Association of Latin Center’s Advisory Council. Recently, Sam had Jr. parade in Winter Haven. American Law Students. Before entering law the honor of being the Grand Marshal of the Maria was also a volunteer at Angels Care school, she received her Ph.D. in organic Pittston’s annual Tomato Festival Parade. and at the Lakeland Regional Medical Center. chemistry from Rutgers University. She also Today, I am proud to recognize Sam Falcone,

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Hawkins graduated from Carlisle High her life-long gender awareness as a female.’’ RECOGNIZING PLEASANTON CITY School in 2007 and went on to spend three With the pain of shrapnel, broken bones, COUNCIL MEMBER ABRAHAM years studying culinary arts part-time at Har- and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as SAENZ, JR. risburg Area Community College before enlist- reminders of a life of extraordinary military ing in 2010. He is survived by his wife service, Kristin agreed to participate in a study HON. HENRY CUELLAR Brittanie, of Lansing, Kansas, and his parents, of ‘‘resilience’’ by Dr. Anne Speckhard, a OF TEXAS Roy and Sheila Hawkins, of Carlisle. Washington-area psychologist and adjunct IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, Sgt. Hawkins was clearly fol- professor at Georgetown University Medical lowing part of the Army Ranger creed which Center. An expert in the psychology of ter- Friday, October 11, 2013 says ‘‘I will never leave a fallen comrade’’ rorism, Dr. Speckhard wanted to study how Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to when he gave his life for our country. There- service members draw upon coping mecha- recognize Pleasanton City Council Member fore, for his dedicated service and sacrifice to nisms to integrate the stresses and exhilara- Abraham Saenz, Jr. for his 30 years of service protect our great Nation, I commend Army tions of combat with their workday lives back to the city of Pleasanton and to the state of Ranger Sergeant Patrick C. Hawkins. home. What she found was the disjointed Texas. f story of a woman coming into her own fol- Councilman Saenz, a Pleasanton native, is lowing a lifetime of military service and soci- a remarkable and highly respected member of RECOGNIZING MS. KRISTIN BECK etal pressures. After more than 100 hours of the community who has dedicated his career FOR HER COURAGE AND SERV- interviews that often resembled psycho- to promoting the quality of life for all residents ICE TO THE NATION therapy, Kristin and Dr. Speckhard co-au- of Pleasanton. First elected in 1983, Mr. thored the book Warrior Princess: A U.S. Navy Saenz has served the community as a Mem- HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS SEAL’s Journey to Coming Out Transgender. ber, and now Senior Member, of the Council OF FLORIDA Kristin has embarked upon perhaps the of Pleasanton. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES greatest mission of her life: self-actualization. During his tenure Mr. Saenz has been in- Friday, October 11, 2013 Since her return to civilian life, she has strumental in implementing many city projects. worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the Some of the most important include: paving Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I issues affecting both the transgender commu- roads throughout his district and other areas rise today in honor of Ms. Kristin Beck, a nity and veterans. Kristin works closely with of the city, preparing the city to have an ample decorated U.S. Navy SEAL who not only Healing Grounds, the non-profit organization water supply for the next 50 years, improving spent 20 years fighting for her country in uni- she founded to support returning Iraq and Af- infrastructure in the areas of drainage and form, but is now leading the charge for equal ghanistan veterans. Healing Grounds lends wastewater collection, facilitated the construc- rights for transgender Americans. During the therapeutic help to them by providing special- tion of a sports complex for youth, and the course of her distinguished military career, ized training in landscaping and gardening to construction of a new City Hall, Police Head- Kristin was known as Chris Beck, and served build a place of tranquility in their own back- quarters, Public Works Facility, Library, and through 13 deployments in Bosnia, Iraq, and yards. In addition, she has two teenage boys Civic Center. More recently Mr. Saenz rep- Afghanistan, including seven combat deploy- from a previous marriage, and works as a resented Pleasanton in Economic Issues with ments, before retiring and coming out as the Pentagon consultant. Atascosa County and has been at the fore- first openly transgender Navy SEAL. From Mr. Speaker, I commend Kristin Beck for front of planning initiatives to accommodate fighting terrorists overseas to knocking down her outstanding bravery and service to our na- the exponential growth of the city due to Eagle gender barriers at home, she is a true patriot tion. All her life, she has selflessly put duty Shale Oil and Gas Play. and source of inspiration. and country ahead of her own needs. Kristin’s Not only has Mr. Saenz held an esteemed At the age of five, the young Chris Beck story reminds us of the many daily struggles and honorable career in the Council, he has knew that he was different, being drawn to his faced by transgender Americans and veterans devoted his life to his family, community, and sisters’ feminine clothes and toys. The son of alike, including the continued discrimination country. After attending Pleasanton High socially conservative, dogmatically religious faced by transgender service members who School, Mr. Saenz joined the United States Air farmers, however, he was sent to a Christian must hide their identities in order to serve in Force in 1952. While in the Air Force, Mr. school operated by televangelist Jerry Falwell the military. As she continues working to ad- Saenz fought in the Korean War and was hon- and pushed into traditional masculine roles, vance lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender orably discharged in 1956. Upon his return to such as playing football and riding motor- (LGBT) equality and address the needs of vet- Pleasanton Mr. Saenz began working as a cycles. Fifteen years later, Chris found his erans, I remain an ally in Congress and wish barber, becoming the sole proprietor of the calling with the SEALs, the Navy’s elite special her the very best in her new life’s mission. operations force. He proved himself to be a City Barber Shop in 1971. In 1961 he married f Ermelinda Gomez Saenz with whom he now courageous and much respected hero, while has 5 children, 6 grandchildren, and 4 great- developing the deep bonds of brotherhood IN RECOGNITION OF THE 90TH grandchildren. with his fellow SEALs. In between missions, BIRTHDAY OF OSCAR JACKSON Mr. Speaker, I am honored and pleased to though, when Chris had a little time to himself, MOONEY, JR. have had this time to recognize Councilman he could not help but dress in women’s Abraham Saenz Jr. on his career and commu- clothes. Over the next two decades, he went HON. MIKE ROGERS nity involvement. He has contributed his time, on to serve on a tour with the counter-ter- OF ALABAMA knowledge, and efforts to his community. rorism unit known as SEAL Team Six, famous IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f for its harrowing missions and rescues, and earned the Bronze Star with ‘‘V,’’ the Purple Friday, October 11, 2013 SERGEANT PATRICK C. HAWKINS Heart, and other numerous honors. Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I In 2011, Chris retired from the military and ask for the House’s attention today to honor HON. LOU BARLETTA embraced his true feminine identity as Kristin Oscar Mooney, Jr., a distinguished Alabama OF PENNSYLVANIA Beck. She started undergoing hormone ther- veteran, on his 90th birthday. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES apy and physically transforming herself into a Mr. Mooney was born on December 2, 1923 woman. With this metamorphosis came the at home in Weogufka, Alabama. In 1943, Mr. Friday, October 11, 2013 decision to officially come out to the world. It Mooney enlisted in the U.S. Army and served Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor began with replacing her LinkedIn profile pic- as a sergeant in the 16th Armored Division. Army Ranger Sergeant Patrick C. Hawkins ture with one of her dressed as a woman, and The 16th Armored Division was instrumental in from Carlisle, Pennsylvania who was killed in changing her name from ‘‘Chris Beck’’ to the liberation of Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. Mr. action on October 6, 2013 in Afghanistan. ‘‘Kristin Beck.’’ On February 9, 2013, Kristin Mooney has received the WWII Victory Medal, Sgt. Hawkins was on his fourth tour in Af- officially came out to the military in a press re- the American Service Medal, the European-Af- ghanistan and serving as a rifleman, gun team lease, in which she stated that she ‘‘respect- rican-Middle Eastern Service Medal with one leader and Ranger team leader when he was fully remained silent regarding her gender bronze star and the Good Conduct Service

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They also have 4 ana, Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky. In 2011 Usher Board. The Rev. E.W. Lumpkin noticed grandchildren and one great-grandchild. alone, Honda spent $16 billion with suppliers, her and called her in to tell her, ‘‘You have After 18 years of working full-time for the supporting good jobs throughout the region. something to do. The Lord is trying to speak Kimberly Clark Corporation, Mr. Mooney re- To-date more than 650,000 vehicles have to you.’’ This was a pivotal moment in Evan- tired to work full-time on their farm, the Moon- rolled off the Greensburg facility production gelist Griffey’s life. ey Home Place. line. These include the Civic Sedan, Civic Nat- Encouraged by her pastor to accept a call to Mr. Speaker, please join me and Mr. ural Gas, and the Acura ILX. minister for God, Evangelist Griffey moved to Mooney’s family in celebrating 90 years of Mr. I ask the entire Sixth Congressional District Jacksonville, Florida, where she scrubbed Mooney’s life, and please join me in thanking to join me in congratulating Honda Manufac- floors while attending the Duval School of him for his outstanding service to our nation. turing of Indiana on this milestone. Their lead- Nursing to earn her license as an LPN. She f ership and economic impact on our state has matriculated in the Zeta Van Gibson School of been invaluable. On a personal note, I am Theological Studies to better understand how RECOGNIZING TULLYTOWN BOR- very appreciative of the impact Honda has had she could fulfill the calling that God placed in OUGH POLICE CHIEF PATRICK on my hometown of Greensburg and the De- her life. In 1967, she graduated with her Li- PRIORE catur County community at large. Honda Man- cense in Religious Bible Doctrine, Pages in ufacturing of Indiana is a great community Healing and Spiritual Advising and Teaching HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK partner, and I look forward to celebrating and simultaneously, the Spirit of God laid OF PENNSYLVANIA many more milestones in the future. upon her heart the need to start The St. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f Katherine’s Prayer Band at her home in Jack- sonville, Florida. Then in 1969, while in con- Friday, October 11, 2013 IN HONOR OF MISSIONARY KATH- stant prayer, Missionary Griffey made the de- Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ERINE CASH GRIFFEY’S 80TH cision to move back to Atlanta and continue in recognition of a career of service to the BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION her ministry with the Prayer Band. community of Tullytown Borough by Police In April 1982, Missionary Griffey purchased Chief Patrick Priore. HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. her current home and welcomed the Lord and Chief Priore retired from the force at the end OF GEORGIA the Prayer Band inside. The Prayer Band’s of August after serving more than 15 years as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES services were held every second Sunday and chief and nearly 24 years with the department every Thursday Night in the ‘‘Prayer Room’’ of Friday, October 11, 2013 overall. the house. A debt-free Missionary Griffey was The Chief’s commitment to the people of Mr. BISHOP. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to then led by God to mortgage her home and Lower Bucks County was well known and pay a special tribute to an outstanding evan- add the money to the funds that had already widely respected. His dedication to protecting gelist, life coach, minister, nurse, missionary been raised to purchase a church building. Fi- the people of his region continued even after and all-around phenomenal woman, Evan- nally, on August 9, 1989, the church’s first he was seriously injured in the line of duty in gelist Katherine Cash Griffey, who will be cele- home at 1153 Ormewood Avenue was pur- May of 2009—an injury that forced him into an brating her 80th birthday on Saturday, October chased with cash and officially named and early retirement. 12, 2013, at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perim- registered as The St. Katherine’s C.O.G.I.C., Mr. Speaker, I have known Chief Priore for eter at Ravinia in Atlanta, Georgia. Inc. Through divine intervention and a devel- many years. A law enforcement professional Missionary Katherine Cash Griffey was born oper as a benefactor, the church was able to of the highest integrity, Pat has been a good on October 18, 1933, in Atlanta, Georgia to relocate to a larger facility on Covington High- friend and confidant to me and an abiding in- the late Mr. Robert Cash, Sr., and the late way, where it continues to flourish to this day. fluence on his officers and community. Most of Mrs. Mary Jane Moss. The first of five chil- Missionary Griffey has achieved much in her all, he is a great father and husband. These dren, she lived with her parents in the home life, but none of this would have been possible traits are being passed through Pat’s family of her grandparents, Rev. Lewis Woods and without the love and support of her husband, and in to the community that has been privi- Missionary Irene Woods, who had founded Joseph, two sons, Joel and Jonathan, and her leged to have been blessed with his leader- Rome Church of God in Christ. Surrounded by beautiful granddaughter, Brittani. Missionary ship, courage and faithful commitment to serv- religion, she was raised in the Christian Pente- Griffey has reared her family on the faith and ice. costal Faith. Missionary Woods anointed her belief that ‘‘Keeping God first will allow you to While Chief Priore may no longer be the at birth, baptized her in the church at one year get far in life; Prayer without ceasing.’’ head of the Tullytown Borough Police Depart- old and instilled in her a mindset of ‘‘Holiness In her eighty years, Missionary Katherine ment, we still recognize and honor his service is Right.’’ Missionary Woods also showed by Griffey has endured many tests and trials, but and sacrifice today and wish him the best dur- example that a pure, righteous, and true walk she has survived them all and has come out ing his retirement. in life is the one taken on God’s Path. stronger for it. She has survived sickness, I thank you; the people of Tullytown thank Mother Woods passed away when Evan- heartbreak, ridicule, and scorn. She has been you. gelist Griffey was nine, but not before leaving shot and her office was fire bombed. She has f her with these final words that she carries with overcome colorectal cancer, heart valve re- her to this day, ‘‘You are to do great things for placement surgery, and 10 hospitalizations CONGRATULATING HONDA the Lord, and to be about His mission in your since 2006. Although the load may seem MANUFACTURING OF INDIANA life.’’ After Evangelist Griffey’s grandmother heavy, she knows that the Lord would never passed, her mother suffered a nervous break- give us more than we could bear. Through it HON. LUKE MESSER down, her father joined the Army and the chil- all, her sturdy faith in the Lord was never OF INDIANA dren were separated, each going to live with shaken and her mission to win souls for Christ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES other family. never ceased. She has come a long way from Evangelist Griffey went to live with her aunt, the malnourished child with severe asthma to Friday, October 11, 2013 who had fifteen children, nine of whom lived in a strong pillar firmly grounded in the Lord. Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the home, so she never had her own bed in Always pressing towards the mark for the congratulate Honda Manufacturing of Indiana which to sleep. Her world torn apart, Evan- prize of the high calling of God in Christ on celebrating their fifth anniversary of mass gelist Griffey became very ill and depressed, Jesus, to better improve the craft of Christian production. Honda’s Indiana facility is located leading her to become inactive in the church. ministry and discipleship, Missionary Griffey in Greensburg, in my congressional district. Missionary Griffey attended Wesley Avenue has helped to shape the lives of many, includ- On October 9, 2008, Honda opened their Elementary School-Atlanta Public School Sys- ing Members of Congress, Governors, May- seventh North American auto assembly plant tem until her father took her and her brother ors, state politicians, foreign leaders, min- in my hometown of Greensburg, Indiana. The to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she at- isters, and lawyers, among others, by means

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She is truly a nurturer Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my other beaches of Saipan with a goal of gaining a at heart and she loves everyone purely and distinguished colleagues join me in congratu- crucial air base from which they could launch genuinely with both her soul and with the love lating Reverend Norman on his 60th pastoral B–29 bombers. The Battle of Saipan was of Jesus. anniversary. For his commitment to the people fierce and bloody; the enemy put up barbed Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join of Brooklyn and to his service of those less wire along beaches and dug trenches to trap me, my wife Vivian, and well wishers all fortunate, he is worthy of the highest praise. and ambush the marines. across the world in paying tribute to Mis- f Our boys laid claim to the beachheads inch sionary Katherine Cash Griffey. Ephesians by bloody inch. Nearly 30,000 Japanese sol- 4:11–12 says, ‘‘So Christ himself gave the TEXAS’ OLDEST ACTIVE LAW- diers died trying to defend the island and apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the MAN—LOCAL LEGEND LIEUTEN- 3,426 Americans were killed with 13,000 pastors and teachers, to equip his people for ANT TOM MORGAN wounded. On July 8, 1944, the United States works of service, so that the body of Christ flag was raised in victory over Saipan, and may be built up.’’ Evangelist Griffey embodies HON. TED POE Tom survived his second major battle. every one of these roles and we are so OF TEXAS Less than a year later, Tom was sent to blessed that she was put here on this Earth to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fight in the Battle of Okinawa, referred to as Operation Iceberg. This battle was the first do so much for so many for so long. Friday, October 11, 2013 f time that U.S. troops fought on Japanese soil Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, no one and it would be the bloodiest. Tom and the THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF REV- brings meaning to the phrase ‘‘Don’t mess Marines were on board a transport ship Easter EREND DR. CLARENCE NORMAN, with Texas’’ more than our lawmen. Every Sunday morning, 1945, eating breakfast in the SR. once in awhile, when I have the chance to es- mess hall when an enemy plane hit the ship. cape from the Devil City, I get together with Water began filling up the mess hall and Tom HON. HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES what I call the ‘‘Poe-leece’’. The Poe-leece are thought he was going to meet his maker. OF NEW YORK a group of my friends in the Texas law en- However, the man above had different plans IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES forcement community. I have been friends with for Tom. The hatch flew open and he was most of them since my days on the bench. able to escape. The marines went on to land Friday, October 11, 2013 When we all get together we like to exchange in Okinawa. The battle lasted 82 days and Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in ‘‘war stories’’. The most seasoned veteran of was referred to as ‘‘typhoon of steel’’. Amer- recognition of the achievements of Reverend them all is a man named Tom Morgan. ican casualties were the highest experienced Dr. Clarence Norman, Sr. During his 60 years Tom Morgan is the oldest active lawman in in any campaign against the Japanese. Battle of service, Rev. Norman has ministered to Texas. This year Tom turned 93 years young. casualties for the Japanese were 49,151, of tens of thousands and worked tirelessly to im- I first met Tom 25 years ago at the North Har- which 12,520 were killed or missing and prove the lives of all those he encountered. In ris County Criminal Justice Association break- 36,631 wounded. Marine losses, including honor of his six decades of service to our fast meeting in Humble. This sprightly veteran those of the Tactical Air Force, were 2,938 community, Rev. Norman was honored at a still has the same passion for our country and killed and missing and 13,708 wounded. On celebratory banquet on Saturday, April 6, 2013 our military that he did the day he enlisted. June 22, 1945, the United States flag was at Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach, New Tom served three tours of duty, but that is not raised in victory over Okinawa and Tom sur- York. the only remarkable part of his career. vived his third battle. In 1953, he helped found the First Baptist Tom was born on September 20, 1920, in Not many Americans fought in all three bat- Church of Williamsburg located in Brooklyn, Bossier City, Louisiana, about twenty miles tles of Guadalcanal, Saipan and Okinawa. New York, which later relocated to the Crown from the Texas border. He was a child of the Tom remained in the Marines until 1946 and Heights neighborhood. Shortly after the Great Depression and grew up very poor. His continued his service in the Reserves; he church’s founding, he was ordained as pastor. town was very patriotic, especially since it was even served three months in the Korean War. Today, the First Baptist Church of Crown home to Barksdale Air Force Base. After the war, Tom enrolled at the University Heights has a congregation of over 2,000 peo- When World War II began, Tom was just 21 of Louisiana to pursue his degree in mechan- ple. years old. He answered his country’s call of ical engineering. During that same year, he In addition to his ministry at the First Baptist duty to serve and joined the U.S. Marines. decided to pay a visit to an old friend in Hous- Church of Crown Heights, Rev. Norman has During this time, the United States’ first major ton, Texas. It was there he met a Texas beau- been dedicated to improving housing and edu- offensive was launched against Japan in the ty; her friends called her Pat. Tom told me he cation in the community. Guadalcanal. Japan was trying to solidify its fell in love with Pat at first sight. He imme- Rev. Norman’s commitment to education is stronghold on the Island of Guadalcanal, be- diately decided to move to Texas, transferred evidenced by his own academic achieve- cause of its closeness to Australia. The Japa- to the University of Houston, and married Pat ments: he received a Bachelor of Arts from nese had built an airfield and had about 8,500 the following year. He finished college, be- Bloomfield College, and a Master of Divinity men on the island. Tom’s first tour was in came a pipeline engineer and designer and and Doctorate in Religion from Howard Uni- Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands, in Au- began a family. He and his wife, Pat, raised versity. The importance of education was im- gust 1942. Sergeant Tom Morgan and the Ma- three children in their home in Pasadena, parted to the youth he mentored and taught. rine Corps—members of the Greatest Genera- Texas. He retired from Gulf Interstate Engi- He served as the Director of the John Edward tion—secured the airfield and killed half the neering in 1982, at the age of 62. Bruce Day Care Center and Dean and Assist- Japanese force. But the fierce fighting took Now this is where I would normally say. ant Principal of the Whitelaw Reid Junior High three months. Conditions were harsh for our ‘‘And that’s just the way it is.’’ But, Tom’s story School. Additionally, he taught social studies warriors—thick jungle, heavy rainfall, swamps, is not over. Ten years after retirement, Tom at the Nathaniel Macon Junior High School. mud, mountainous terrain and a determined decided to join the Harris County Sheriff’s Of- In 1987, Rev. Norman founded the Local enemy. The Japanese sent in reinforcements fice Reserve Command. At first, Pat was not Development Corporation of Crown Heights, during the ‘‘Tokyo Express’’; 4,000 of the too happy. He told Pat he was tired of fol- which has developed over 800 housing units enemy reached land. However, by February lowing her around the grocery store and that for senior citizens and low-income families. 1943, the U.S. marines took control of the is- he needed to be busy. So at the age of 72, He has received numerous honors and land. Tom’s unit played a pivotal part in the he graduated from the Harris County Sheriff awards including the 1969–1970 Parish Min- Battle of Guadalcanal. Over 1,500 American Office Academy and became the oldest rook- istry Fellowship by the Fund for Theological warriors were killed in action and 4,000 in- ie. Education and the First Annual Ecumenical jured; thousands contracted malaria—including Today, Lieutenant Tom Morgan is assigned Award from the National Conference of Chris- Sergeant Tom Morgan. Tom later recalled that to the HCSO Marine Division where he patrols tians and Jews. In 2002, he was honored by malaria had put him near death. the waters of Lake Houston, San Jacinto River Ebony Magazine as a ‘‘great black father.’’ He rested as much as he could and took and the Ship Channel. Once a Marine, always Rev. Norman is an inspirational leader whose the little yellow pill, Atabrine, which doctors a Marine. As a reserve deputy he works at work would not have been possible without prescribed. In the summer of 1944, Tom was least 500 hours a year. He conducts boat

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:57 Nov 15, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\OCT2013\E11OC3.REC E11OC3 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1498 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 11, 2013 safety inspections and boat stops to enforce CELEBRATING THE GROUND- of the UNICO Hazleton, Pennsylvania Chap- all aspects of boating law. BREAKING OF THE GATEHOUSE ter. For 21 years, he has put on the badge and A lifelong resident of the area, Mr. Tranguch a gun to protect and serve the people of Har- HON. KENNY MARCHANT served as the president of the UNICO Hazle- ton Chapter from 2002–2005. UNICO is the ris County that he loves. He patrols the Ship OF TEXAS Channel, where he works closely with Home- largest Italian American organization in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES land Security at the Port of Houston. United States. Members seek to improve their Retire? Not Tom. Again, let me remind you. Friday, October 11, 2013 communities by providing assistance to area Tom is 93 years old. Tom is the oldest law- Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I am de- and national charities through fundraisers and man in Texas. lighted to announce and celebrate the ceremo- donations. Additionally, they strive to honor In 2008, Tom’s Texas beauty, Pat, passed nial groundbreaking for The Gatehouse, a truly and educate others about their Italian culture away. Tom and Pat were married for 61 years. transformative community for women in dif- and ethnic heritage. It’s been five years since her passing; Tom ficult situations, which will occur soon on Octo- Mr. Tranguch’s commitment to the commu- told me not a day goes by that he doesn’t ber 16, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. nity does not end with his service to UNICO. miss his Pat. He says it’s good for him to stay The Gatehouse will be a unique community He is an active member of the Men of Mal- busy: working, volunteering at his church, of transitional housing for women (and their vern, the Hazleton Quarterback Club, Hazleton spending time with his three children who all children) coming out of abusive, impoverished, Community Concerts, Hazleton Gourmet, and live in the Houston area and enjoying his or other challenging situations. Gatehouse will the Queen of Heaven Church, where he grandchildren and great grandchildren. be an entire suburban neighborhood complete serves on the Financial Committee and as an Ronald Reagan best summed it up when he with new houses of various sizes, a commu- usher. He supports the Muscular Dystrophy said, ‘‘Some people spend an entire lifetime nity center for counseling and events, a gen- Association (MDA), the Committee to Help wondering if they made a difference. The Ma- eral store, a clothing boutique, and plenty of Handicapped Infants and Parents Succeed rines don’t have that problem.’’ And Tom defi- beautiful open green space. In addition to the (CHHIPS) and the United Rehabilitation Serv- nitely does not have that problem. physical amenities, Gatehouse is extraordinary ices (URS). Mr. Tranguch was also awarded Soon, Sheriff Adrian Garcia of Harris Coun- because of its Independent Life Program—a V.I.P. of the year from the Helping Hands So- ty, Texas, will recognize Lieutenant Tom Mor- two and one-half year program of practical ciety. gan with the Lifetime Achievement Award. A and emotional assistance to ensure that Mr. Speaker, for his dedicated service to fitting honor for a remarkable man. Semper Fi! women and families at Gatehouse are not just both his Italian heritage and our community, I Oooh Rah! Marine and Texas Lawman—Tom shuttled through life but make a positive long- commend Benito A. Tranguch, an outstanding Morgan. term life transformation. The Independent Life member of the UNICO Hazleton, Pennsylvania And that’s just the way it is. Program at Gatehouse is also faith-based, Chapter. f though it does not affiliate with any particular f HONORING CC YIN OF SOLANO church or take government funding, and is ENDING THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA purely funded by generous private donors. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN Gatehouse was founded by Lisa Rose and HON. MIKE THOMPSON grew out of projectHandUp. In 2008, HON. ANNA G. ESHOO projectHandUp began as a group providing OF CALIFORNIA OF CALIFORNIA wisdom, hope, and practical resources to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES abused women at monthly ‘‘First Friday’’ meet- Friday, October 11, 2013 ings. Their first meeting drew 169, and they Friday, October 11, 2013 Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, now are attended by 350 to 1,000 people. Fi- Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, today is the 11th I rise today to Senor Mr. CC Yin, who is being nancial assistance was also made available in day of the government shutdown, with honored by the Asian American Bar Associa- some cases to those in need. Over a period 800,000 government employees still out of tion of Solano County for his countless con- from 2011 to 2012, a group of women from work, including 1,400 of my constituents, due tributions to his community. the project worked with the Grapevine City to this reckless, irresponsible and high-risk Mr. Yin’s life exemplifies the ‘‘American Council to develop the idea for Gatehouse, venture of House Republicans. $12.5 million is Dream’’ that many immigrants have when they and approval was granted on August 21, being lost every hour in work and services the come to America. Mr. Yin arrived in America 2012. government is unable to perform. Thousands 48 years ago with no English language skills In June of this year, work began on the of small businesses and startups—the back- and very little money in his pocket. He worked roads and infrastructure for The Gatehouse. bone of America’s economy—are without his way through college to earn a degree in The groundbreaking ceremony will occur on SBA’s guaranteed loans and regulatory ap- Engineering. After a successful career as a October 16. The community is expected to proval. And the latest estimate from the Treas- civil engineer, his entrepreneurial spirit drove open in the Fall of 2014 with the first neigh- ury is that if Congress doesn’t vote to raise him to seek an opportunity to own a McDon- borhood, Phase I, providing 24 units. At Gate- the debt ceiling by October 17th there is a vir- ald’s franchise. Along with his wife and two house, great importance will be placed on tual guarantee that our economy and the glob- daughters, Mr. Yin owns one of the largest healthy and compassionate relationships with- al economy could implode. McDonald’s franchises in the country, with 28 in the community in order to foster a sense of Let’s recall how we arrived here as we franchises in 11 cities. They have received na- dignity and lasting improvement in women’s reach the end of the second week of this gov- tional and international accolades for their suc- lives. I commend the good work done by ernment shutdown. It all began when House cesses. those who are laboring to make The Gate- Republicans insisted that the Affordable Care CC Yin and his family have embraced the house a reality and look forward to seeing the Act be repealed in order to win their votes to McDonald’s motto of giving back and investing success of their mission to provide women keep the government functioning. in the community. The Yin’s are active in nu- with a ‘‘hand up.’’ This non-starter demand has now bled into merous civic organizations and give gener- Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the 24th District of the debt ceiling debate and mutated into a lit- ously to many charitable causes throughout Texas, I ask all my distinguished colleagues to any of others: offshore oil drilling permits; end- their community. join me in celebrating the groundbreaking of ing ‘‘net neutrality’’ policies; approving the Above all, Mr. Yin has invested his personal The Gatehouse in Grapevine, Texas. Keystone XL pipeline; defunding the 2010 energy and resources to build the non-profit f Wall Street reform law; and piecemeal funding organization, Asian Pacific Islander Public Af- of popular government programs. If I were to fairs Association (APAPA). The goals of the BENITO A. TRANGUCH try to explain this to small children, I’d say it’s organization are to promote the importance of as if Harry Potter overdosed on polyjuice po- political awareness and civic engagement for HON. LOU BARLETTA tion. Asian Americans and new Asian immigrants. OF PENNSYLVANIA What I can only expect next from House Mr. Speaker, CC Yin has dedicated his life IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Republicans is something we’d find in a chil- and resources to the betterment of all peoples dren’s fantasy book, which is meaningless in in Solano County. It is therefore appropriate Friday, October 11, 2013 the real world. It’s meaningless for the millions that we honor Mr. Yin today and wish him well Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor of Americans the government shutdown af- in his future endeavors. Benito A. Tranguch, an outstanding member fects, and the low-income mothers and their

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:57 Nov 15, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\OCT2013\E11OC3.REC E11OC3 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1499 infants without nutrition benefits. It’s meaning- the presence here on stage of three great people are not angels, so they need constitu- less for pre-school children left without a Head presidents of this University, Bill Bowen, tions that create institutions, define proc- Harold Shapiro and Shirley Tilghman. esses and separate powers. Start program, and the hundreds of people in- In the past weeks, people have occasionally We might equally well add that if people fected with salmonella because the FDA asked me whether I could have imagined, in were angels, they would have no need for couldn’t do its job. the days when I was a student here, that I teachers. Students would need no one to in- Mr. Speaker, the House Republicans need might someday be the university president. I spire their studies or correct their errors. If to drop the fantasies and bring a bill to the reply very honestly that it never crossed my students were angels, they would need, at floor to reopen the government with no strings mind, not when I was a student and not, for most, a few syllabi, a library, some labora- attached. Let’s raise the debt ceiling like we’ve that matter, when I returned to join the fac- tories, a computer and perhaps a few Massive always done to pay America’s bills. Let’s end ulty in 2001. My dream job, both as student Open Online Courses. They might then all be and a faculty member, was to be a Princeton this manufactured crisis so we can negotiate a more or less self-taught, as were Benjamin professor teaching about the Constitution. Franklin and Abraham Lincoln, those al- long-term, fiscally responsible path forward for And, when my dream came true, when I most superhuman, if not quite angelic, he- our country. Let’s do the job the American came back to Princeton as a member of the roes of the American constitutional tradi- people sent us here to do. faculty, I reckoned that I had been very clev- tion. f er. I thought that by becoming a law pro- But people are not angels, and very, very fessor at a university without a law school, few students are like Franklin and Lincoln. RECOGNIZING MRS. CARMEN I had reduced if not eliminated any chance The generations of students who have come GARCIA BARRIOS that large administrative assignments might to Nassau Hall, including the great James ever distract me from the teaching and re- Madison, have wanted teachers to fire their search that I loved. imaginations, dispel their misconceptions, HON. HENRY CUELLAR Of course, by returning to Princeton, I had explode their prejudices, stir their spirits OF TEXAS also come home to a university that I loved and guide their passions. And students have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES more than any other, and where the respon- found mentors here, not just in professors sibilities of administration would be more Friday, October 11, 2013 and preceptors, but also in chaplains and meaningful to me than anywhere else. coaches, counselors and graduate students, Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Princeton’s wonderful 19th president, Shirley conductors and directors, deans and adminis- recognize the celebration of Mrs. Carmen Gar- Tilghman, realized that before I did, an she trators. cia Barrios de Garza’s 100th birthday. With a changed my life by offering me the oppor- I expect that all of you in the audience century passing, Mrs. Garza has dedicated tunity to become her provost. today can look back upon your lives and I suppose that all of us, as we move identify teachers whose support and guid- her life to her family, loved ones, and giving through this complicated world, require ance were valuable beyond measure and back to the community. some time to realize what matters most in without whom you could not have achieved Mrs. Garza was born October 6, 1913. our lives. The path to and through adulthood the successes that matter most to you. I am Throughout her lifetime Mrs. Garza and her takes unexpected turns. Childhood heroes especially pleased that in attendance today family have lived in Jim Hogg County and show hidden flaws; youthful causes lose their are two teachers whose mentorship has guid- Webb County, Laredo, Texas. luster. If we are lucky, though, we find cer- ed me throughout my career: Mr. Pat Canan, Since her marriage to Benito Garza Herrera, tain ideals from which we can draw enduring who taught me physics at Corvallis High inspiration and to which we can commit our Mrs. Garza has been devoted and dedicated School; and Professor Jeffrey Tulis, who life’s energies. In my life, there have been taught me about the Constitution and polit- to her husband and her family. In the midst of two: constitutional democracy, as mani- ical theory when I was an undergraduate at World War II Mr. Garza bravely left to serve in fested personally for me in the American this University. the Philippines with the U.S. Army 5th Air constitutional tradition, and liberal arts I have kept in touch with both of these Force. In her husband’s absence, Mrs. Garza education, as exemplified especially by the teachers for more than 30 years now. Thirty stayed in Texas caring for their children and blend of research and teaching at this great years is a long time. As I have already said, keeping busy with her hobbies of sewing, University. education, like constitutionalism, is a long- cooking and gardening. The iconic building behind me combines term enterprise. Great teachers, and great these traditions. Nassau Hall was once all of Upon his return from war, Benito Garza universities, make extraordinary invest- Princeton University, and this University’s ments in students and research in anticipa- served as Deputy Sheriff of Jim Hogg County. alumni still regard it as the symbolic heart tion of future benefits that are usually un- It was here that Mr. and Mrs. Garza raised of their alma mater—even if it has now be- knowable and occasionally implausible. Per- their 6 children—Oscar, Anita, Lidia, Hilda, Be- come an administrative office building into haps the seeds you plant in the mind of 19- nito, and Ciria. Since then Mrs. Garza has which few students ever venture. Nassau year-old students today will guide careers been blessed with 19 grandchildren, 32 great- Hall was also briefly, in 1783, the home of the that blossom and mature many decades grandchildren, and 14 great-great-grand- Continental Congress, and so the seat of this hence. Or, to take an example from our De- children. nation’s government. And Nassau Hall was, partment of Chemistry, perhaps your curi- as Hunter Rawlings has so movingly de- Mr. Speaker, I am honored to have had the osity-driven research into the pigmentation scribed, the site where James Madison (un- of butterfly wings will, 50 years later, time to recognize and celebrate the tremen- dergraduate Class of 1771, graduate Class of produce a drug that improves the lives of dous life of Mrs. Carmen Garcia Barrios de 1772) acquired the learning that eventually cancer patients. Garza and her 100th birthday celebration. made him the father of America’s Constitu- If human beings were angels, we would f tion. cheerfully focus on long-term goods. We Constitutionalism and liberal arts edu- would invest enthusiastically in schools and PRESIDENTIAL INSTALLATION: cation also have deeper connections, ones colleges for our own children and for every- THE IDEAL OF A LIBERAL ARTS that depend not on the contingencies of his- body else’s children, so that they could be- UNIVERSITY tory and geography but on their relationship come productive, engaged citizens in the fu- to human nature. Both of them are long- ture. We would happily support speculative term institutions that recognize simulta- research projects so that we could reap the HON. RUSH HOLT neously humanity’s virtues and its imperfec- benefits of discovery and innovation. We OF NEW JERSEY tions, and that aim to cultivate our talents, would gladly nurture humanistic inquiry be- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES orient us toward the common good, and cause it provides an essential foundation for make us the best that we can be. understanding what makes life meaningful Friday, October 11, 2013 In one of the most famous passages from and sustains the wellsprings of civil society. Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to his extraordinary arguments on behalf of Indeed, we need not be angels to do these bring to the attention of the House the elo- constitutional ratification, Madison wrote, things. We would do them if we were per- in Federalist 51, ‘‘What is government . . . quent remarks of Dr. Christopher Eisgruber at fectly rational investors, because economists but the greatest of all reflections on human like Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz have his installation as President of Princeton Uni- nature? If men were angels, no government shown convincingly that education and re- versity, September 22, 2013. would be necessary.’’ [Madison, Fed. 51; search are powerful drivers of economic pros- Friends, colleagues, students, teachers, Rossiter ed. 322] Madison used gendered lan- perity. Princetonians: guage, but I have no doubt that in this re- But we are not perfectly rational any more I am honored to be standing here this spect at least James Madison was a feminist: than we are angels. We live embodied in the afternoon and I am very touched, indeed a He meant his skepticism to apply equally to present, sensitive to short-term pleasures tad bit overwhelmed by the generosity of the both sexes. If people were angels, they would and pains. Notions of the common good and remarks delivered by the speakers who have cooperate, look out for one another, and gen- promises about future returns feel abstract preceded at this podium. I am grateful for erally do good deeds. They would need no and feeble by comparison to the intensity of their gracious words. I am also honored by laws, no courts and no constitutions. But immediate experience.

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Already Friday, October 11, 2013 joyous return. We even have cannons— it has done significant harm. Our nation has though our most famous one is buried deep Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today reduced its support for public colleges and in the ground behind Nassau Hall and none in recognition of a career of service to the universities, and it has squeezed the funding of them thunder anymore. But joyous return: community of Tullytown Borough by Police needed for research, innovation and scholar- We do that very well. ‘‘Going back to Nassau Chief Patrick Priore. ship. In so doing, we risk squandering a national Hall’’ is woven into the music and the soul of Chief Priore retired from the force at the end treasure. America’s colleges and universities this place. We go back to Nassau Hall for Re- of August after serving more than 15 years as are a beacon to the world. Parents around unions, for Commencement and Bacca- chief and nearly 24 years with the department the globe dream of sending their children laureate, for Alumni Day and the Service of overall. Remembrance, and occasionally for special here, scholars dream of landing a place here, The Chief’s commitment to the people of and nations dream of creating universities ceremonies like this one. In so doing, we renew the camaraderie that enlivens our Lower Bucks County was well known and like America’s. Yet, here at home, we see a widely respected. His dedication to protecting parade of reporters, politicians and pundits commitment to this University, and we re- asking whether a college education is worth dedicate ourselves to the principles for the people of his region continued even after it—even though the economic evidence for which Princeton stands and upon which it he was seriously injured in the line of duty in the value of a college education is utterly depends. May of 2009—an injury that forced him into an overwhelming. I would not presume to enumerate all of early retirement. People discount this evidence because they those principles, but prominent among them Mr. Speaker, I have known Chief Priore for worry, quite understandably, about the cost are these basic convictions: many years. A law enforcement professional of college. They say that higher education That liberal arts education is a vital foun- of the highest integrity, Pat has been a good should be more efficient so that it can be dation for both individual flourishing and friend and confidant to me and an abiding in- cheaper in the short term and equally valu- the well-being of our society; able in the long term. fluence on his officers and community. Most of Make no mistake about it: Those of us who That residential and extracurricular expe- all, he is a great father and husband. These lead universities must make our institutions rience both supplement and reinforce the les- traits are being passed through Pat’s family as efficient as possible. We must also ensure, sons of the classroom, building character and and in to the community that has been privi- through financial aid and other programs, skills that last a lifetime; leged to have been blessed with his leader- that our colleges are accessible and afford- That rigorous research and scholarship are ship, courage and faithful commitment to serv- able to students from every sector of our so- indispensable for understanding the human ice. ciety. But there is a difference between ex- condition and improving the world; pense and inefficiency. Expensive invest- While Chief Priore may no longer be the ments can be both efficient and valuable if That learning, discovery and under- head of the Tullytown Borough Police Depart- their returns are sufficiently high. standing are valuable not only instrumen- ment, we still recognize and honor his service When professors provide individualized at- tally but also for their own sake, as sources and sacrifice today and wish him the best dur- tention to students, their time is expensive of the joy and fulfillment that make a ing his retirement. and valuable. When scholars strive day and human life worth living; Chief: I salute you. I thank you. And the night to enhance our understanding of the That scholarship and teaching are mutu- people of Tullytown thank you. world, their activity is expensive and valu- ally reinforcing activities—that scholars f able. Great colleges and universities are not learn from their students’ questions, and cheap. They require big investments, and that students learn best when they are ex- THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE they are also among the very best invest- posed to, and can participate in, research FOUNDING OF FULL GOSPEL AS- ments that this nation, or any nation, can that extends the frontiers of knowledge; make. And, as I have said in the past, great SEMBLY CHURCH universities are also places where the human That we must cultivate new generations of spirit soars. They are special communities talent enthusiastically and unselfishly; HON. HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES where students, teachers and researchers That all social and economic groups should OF NEW YORK strive to transcend their limitations and, on have access to the educational resources of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES occasion, to expand the boundaries of human this great University and to higher edu- achievement. cation more generally; Friday, October 11, 2013 I am grateful to be joined on this stage by Princeton alumni, and by former Princeton That we as a University, and we as alumni, Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in faculty members and administrators, who must constantly rededicate ourselves to the recognition of the 35th anniversary of the now serve as presidents of an extraordinary nation’s service and to the service of all na- founding of Full Gospel Assembly Church in range of colleges and universities from tions; and last, but most certainly not least, Brooklyn, NY. Pastor Michael Bacchus and throughout the world. Their presence here That a great university can and should be members of the congregation commemorated today symbolizes our need to work together the heart of an alumni community that not this milestone at a banquet on October 4, on behalf of higher education. It also re- only engages in a lifetime of learning, lead- 2013 at the Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn, minds us of Princeton’s obligation and op- ership and service, but that continues to do NY. portunity to play a leadership role in public all it can to sustain, strengthen and nourish discussions about the value of research and this University—ensuring that it can live up Full Gospel Assembly was founded on Oc- collegiate education today. Those debates to these principles and achieve its highest tober 1, 1978 by Pastor Michael Bacchus, As- are urgently important to the nation, to the aspirations through all the generations yet sistant Pastor Jesse Persuad and Brother world, and to this University’s mission, and to come. Colin Wronge. The people of New York are Princeton University must be boldly active I am honored to accept the presidency of grateful for the exemplary service and leader- within them. this, our beloved University, and I will work ship of Pastor Bacchus, whose vision led the Long-term institutions, be they edu- with you enthusiastically to sustain the ex- church from meeting in a classroom at Long cational or political, can flourish only if cellence of what we are doing now, to realize they inspire energetic commitment in the Island University to building its own sanctuary more perfectly the ideals to which we are short term. Madison knew this. Even ‘‘the on Sullivan Place in the Crown Heights neigh- committed, and to demonstrate by argument most rational government,’’ he said, must borhood of Brooklyn. Under the direction of and deed the extraordinary value of Prince- have the ‘‘prejudices of the community on Pastor Bacchus, the Queens Campus of Full ton University, and of all the colleges and its side.’’ (Fed. 49, Rossiter 315). Gospel Assembly opened in 2011. The Full In his famous debates with Stephen Doug- universities that help to bring out the best in the people of this country and this world. Gospel Christian Academy, which was found- las, Abraham Lincoln called attention to ed in 1985, continues to offer pre-K and kin- this country’s annual celebrations on the Thank you for welcoming me so warmly Fourth of July. He insisted that the ‘‘cannon this afternoon, thank you for coming back dergarten classes. which thunders [the] annual joyous return’’ once more to Nassau Hall, and thank you, The leaders and parishioners of Full Gospel of our independence serves to remind us of most of all, for your sincere commitment to Assembly have touched the lives of countless the basic principles upon which this country this place and this community that matter individuals through their compassionate serv- is founded and which unite us as a people. [P. so deeply to all of us. Thank you! ice. In 1986, the church sponsored its first

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:57 Nov 15, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\OCT2013\E11OC3.REC E11OC3 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1501 missionary trip, where 45 parishioners traveled Presidents/Queens Brunch, VIP Reception OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL to Guyana to minister to the residents of and high-spirited tailgating with thousands of DEBT Georgetown and Linden. The Berean Bible fans from all over the United States and Study Center, which opened in 1989, has abroad. HON. MIKE COFFMAN trained hundreds to be leaders in the church’s Throughout the years, the high quality of OF COLORADO ministries. To meet the needs of its diverse play and competition between the two teams IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES congregation, the church has a wide range of on the field has represented college football at active ministries including those for children, its best. The players and coaches of both Friday, October 11, 2013 youth, and families. teams train and work tirelessly to ensure a Mr COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January 20, Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my other memorable classic. Each Classic features a 2009, the day President Obama took office, distinguished colleagues join me in congratu- spectacular show put on by the marching the national debt was lating Full Gospel Assembly on its 35th anni- bands, the Piperettes, Mahogany in Motion, $10,626,877,048,913.08. versary. The church leaders and parishioners cheerleaders, flag teams and other auxiliary Today, it is $16,747,421,858,503.24. We’ve have dedicated themselves to serving the peo- units. It always generates enthusiastic re- added $6,120,544,809,590.16 to our debt in 4 ple of New York, and for that they are worthy sponses from proud fans cheering loudly for years. This is $6.1 trillion in debt our nation, of the highest praise. their teams. our economy, and our children could have f Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join avoided with a balanced budget amendment. IN RECOGNITION OF THE me in saluting the Maroon Tigers of More- f TUSKEGEE-MOREHOUSE FOOT- house College and the Golden Tigers of TAIWAN NATIONAL DAY BALL CLASSIC Tuskegee University as they compete in this classic gridiron rivalry. Naturally, I will be cheering for my beloved Alma Mater, More- HON. JAMES P. MORAN HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. house College. Despite the outcome, however, OF VIRGINIA OF GEORGIA the 78th Annual Tuskegee-Morehouse Foot- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ball Classic is sure to be a memorable affair IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, October 11, 2013 overflowing with spirit, pride, and tradition on Friday, October 11, 2013 Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise behalf of the students, alumni, administrations, Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, on October 10th today to salute a classic gridiron rivalry, the families, and supporters. Taiwan celebrates the 102nd anniversary of 78th Annual Tuskegee-Morehouse Football the establishment of the Republic of China. I Classic, which is known as the ‘‘Matchless f would like to take this opportunity to congratu- Classic of All Historically Black College Foot- RECOGNIZING DAVE EDWARDS’ late Taiwan on its impressive economic ball Classics.’’ This year, the Maroon Tigers of COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY progress and strong record of democratic Morehouse College will meet face-to-face with achievement. the Golden Tigers of Tuskegee University at On this important anniversary the U.S. Con- A.J. McClung Memorial Stadium in Columbus, HON. TOM REED gress should commit itself to strengthening our Georgia on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at OF NEW YORK relationship by singing a bilateral investment 2:00 p.m. agreement (BIA). IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Tuskegee-Morehouse Football Classic, Greater economic cooperation between Tai- one of the longest running NCAA Division II Friday, October 11, 2013 wan and the United States will benefit both classics in the nation, marks a rivalry that our peoples, and support the economic inte- Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to cele- began in 1902 and has been played seventy- gration and material well-being of the entire brate Dave Edwards’ retirement from public of- seven times in over a century. It first began as Pacific region. fice following more than four decades of serv- an entertainment event for the African-Amer- Such an agreement would provide protec- ice. Mr. Edwards, formerly the Department of ican civilian community and African-American tion for investors of the two countries and ex- Public Works Superintendent of the Town of U.S. Army soldiers in Columbus and Fort pand market opportunities for investors all Caneadea, officially retired at the end of Sep- Benning, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama. over the world. tember. Today, it helps raise funds to provide young I applaud the efforts of the Taipei Economic men and women with scholarships to help Mr. Edwards’ impact on my district is truly and Cultural Representative Office in Wash- them attend college. difficult to quantify as he has influenced count- ington to maintain the strong ties that exist be- In 1955, the Classic Committee was formed less aspects of the community. Dave Edwards tween the people of Taiwan and the US Con- by the late Mr. Gordon H. Kitchen, Mr. A.J. has served on the Allegany County Fire Serv- gress. McClung, and Mr. Carl Haygood. The Com- ice Advisory Board for five years and is cur- I look forward to ever greater cooperation mittee continues to organize the Classic and rently a member of the Allegany County Vol- between our two nations. unteer Fireman’s Association where he is has preserved the vision and mission of its f legendary founders and past leadership. This Chairman of the Memorial Committee. He has year, the Committee will welcome Dr. John also played a pivotal role in the transformation REFORMS ADD INTEGRITY TO Silvanus Wilson, Jr., the Eleventh President of of the Houghton Volunteer Ambulance Serv- SNAP FOOD STAMP PROGRAM Morehouse College; Dr. Gilbert L. Rochon, the ice, Inc. into the thriving corporation that it is Sixth President of Tuskegee University; and today. This passion for service drives him to HON. VIRGINIA FOXX be a strong advocate for the maintenance and Dr. Beverly Tatum, the Ninth President of OF NORTH CAROLINA preservation of his community’s fire fighting Spelman College. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This is the ninth year the Tuskegee-More- history. house Football Classic will be played in the Mr. Edwards’ impact on the district has also Friday, October 11, 2013 A.J. McClung Memorial Stadium, which was been felt by the Caneadea Boosters Organiza- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, Americans are a named for the late Honorable A.J. McClung, a tion. He assisted with raising funds to repair good and generous people and don’t be- 1933 graduate of Tuskegee University, Chair- the old steel-framed bridge within the town grudge helping needy families, and especially man Emeritus of the Tuskegee-Morehouse and has been a proud supporter of the Alle- children, when times are tough. Sometimes Football Classic and 29-year member of the gany County Republican Women’s Club’s 50/ our friends, neighbors, and their kids need a Columbus Council who served as Mayor of 50 raffle for many years. little help to get by after a layoff or personal Columbus in 1973. Perhaps most importantly, Dave Edwards is hardship. But we do demand that our tax dol- The weeks leading up to this longstanding a devoted husband and father. He and his lars be spent honestly and in direct support of tradition are filled with excitement and antici- wife Linda have been married for thirty-four those who need the aid. Today, that’s not al- pation. The Tuskegee-Morehouse Classic Pa- years and have one daughter, Stacey. It has ways the case. rade is widely attended and filled with fanfare. been an honor and a privilege to work with The United States Department of Agriculture The weeklong schedule of events also in- Dave Edwards while serving the constituents is spending tax dollars to advertise the Sup- cludes church services, recruitment activities, of the Southern Tier and I wish him all the plemental Nutrition Assistance Program a media press conference, a golf tournament, best in his well-deserved retirement. (SNAP) on TV, radio, billboards, and through

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I echo those concerns, and agree Friday, October 11, 2013 adults, too, are receiving food stamp assist- that even $40 billion in SNAP savings seems ance at record levels. a small sum compared to Washington’s vast Mr. RICHMOND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today In a down economy, heightened demand mandatory overspending machine. to recognize Mr. Myke Reid for his distin- makes sense, but with the President’s 2009 guished service and commemorate his retire- waiver of work requirements for SNAP recipi- Do we need to find more savings? Abso- lutely. But the Nutrition Reform & Work Oppor- ment from the American Postal Workers Union ents, the percentage of able-bodied Americans (APWU). From the beginning of his postal ca- receiving aid has increased 163%. By com- tunity Act improves the existing SNAP system and gives our country a unique chance to re- reer as a clerk in 1976, through serving as the parison, total participants in the SNAP pro- Legislative Director of the APWO since 2004, gram, including the able-bodied population, in- form a mandatory spending program and rid it of inexcusable waste, fraud, and abuse. Mr. Reid has tirelessly fought for and proudly creased 70.3%. represented our Nation’s postal workers. This week in the House of Representatives, The Nutrition Reform & Work Opportunity Since arriving in Washington, DC in 1984, we voted to make America’s food stamp pro- Act is a step in the right direction toward en- Mr. Reid played a major role in shaping impor- gram stronger and more accountable to the suring the integrity of the SNAP program and tant legislation and worked tirelessly as a American people. that benefits are reserved for those who qual- strong and effective advocate for postal work- The Nutrition Reform & Work Opportunity ify and for those working to get back on their ers across the country. As first the Assistant Act is designed to preserve the integrity of the feet. Supporting this legislation is the respon- Legislative Director of the APWU, then the SNAP program for families, and especially sible and conservative choice. Legislative Director, he played a key role in children, who rely on food stamps. Reforms in the development and passage of many bills this legislation put stronger protections in f that made life better for people everywhere. place to ensure that SNAP money is reserved IN SUPPORT OF FISHING GUIDES His accomplishments can be seen in the bills only for those who qualify for food stamps and he fought for, including the Family and Med- isn’t wasted on government public relations IN THE EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK ical Leave Act, reform of the Hatch Act, and campaigns, medical marijuana purchases, or the Postal Employees Safety Enhancement lottery winners. Questionable loopholes and Act. His career was dedicated to serving our recruitment activities which extend assistance HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS nation’s postal workers and strengthening our to those who make too much money are also nation’s postal system. ended. OF FLORIDA Mr. Reid’s accomplishments and dedication Further, consistent with the bipartisan belief IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to serving others extended far beyond the that the solution to poverty is found through halls of Congress and the legislative arena. work, not just aid, the Nutrition Reform & Work Friday, October 11, 2013 While working, he remained very involved and Opportunity Act reinstates Clinton-era SNAP active in his community. His energy and en- work requirements. These rules stipulate that Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, as thusiasm also carried into his love of golf and able-bodied adults, with no dependents, must a result of the government shutdown, middle photography. He also was a great fan of jazz be looking for work, developing job skills, vol- class and working poor Americans all across music and the great New Orleans Jazz and unteering for community service, or obtain em- this country are suffering, including fishing Heritage Festival. ployment to draw food stamp benefits. Not guides whose livelihood depends on tourism in Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the only will this provision ensure that the truly Florida’s Everglades National Park. House to join me in congratulating Myke Reid needy continue to receive aid, it will help On October 9, 2013, nine days into the gov- on his retirement and commending him for his beneficiaries compete and prepare for jobs. ernment shutdown, more than 100 boats gath- An unchecked SNAP program that wastes ered outside the shuttered Everglades Na- years of service to our nation’s postal workers. its limited resources on publicity campaigns or tional Park to rally support for re-opening park f subsidizing those who do not qualify is unable waters. I wholeheartedly support the efforts of PERSONAL EXPLANATION to provide the best service to the people it is these hardworking fishing guides. designed to help. It is the job of this Congress One guide stated that he has lost $10,000 ´ to ensure the program is held accountable as in revenue since the waters were closed. HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ a steward of taxpayer dollars and as a safety There are around 350 such licensed guides in OF ILLINOIS net of last resort for the needy. the area alone, not to mention the hundreds of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nothing in this legislation adds to SNAP’s employees who work in and around the park. Friday, October 11, 2013 eligibility requirements, so not one law-abiding It is time that Speaker BOEHNER and his Re- Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. Mr. Speaker, I was un- beneficiary who today meets SNAP’s income publican colleagues stop this charade, end the avoidably absent in the House Chamber for and asset tests, and who is willing to comply government shutdown, and let people get the following votes on October 8, 2013. Had I with applicable, bi-partisan work requirements, back to work. will lose their benefits. been present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on Yet this legislation has its critics on the right This shutdown exemplifies government at its H.J. Res 84, rollcall vote 530; ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall and on the left. worst. American families should not fall victim vote 531, and ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall vote 532. Many on the left are crying foul because en- to Washington’s dysfunction. Wrong-headed While I am a strong supporter of the Head forcing eligibility rules, requiring work or job cynical politics is interrupting the life, liberty Start program, I oppose the Republican piece- search from the able-bodied and eliminating and pursuit of happiness of American workers meal bills to fund the government. Vulnerable loopholes will lead to some current SNAP who have done nothing wrong. Government is children and their families need and deserve beneficiaries being dropped. Although that is supposed to help its citizens, not make it hard- critical government services that this legisla- true, it is because there are people today er for them to put food on the table. tion does not fund. I continue to stand ready drawing benefits who should not be. Mr. Speaker, the bottom line is that Con- to vote for a clean continuing resolution to end One of America’s greatest strengths is that gress must re-open the government. South the Republican Shutdown and fund the entire we are a nation of laws. Regardless of the ex- Florida’s fishing guides are ready to work. It is Federal Government, including Head Start, the ample set by this White House, the govern- absolutely outrageous that politics is standing Community Services Block Grants, Child Care ment cannot operate outside of the law. We in their way. aid, and nutrition programs.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 11 a.m., Saturday, October 12 9:30 a.m., Saturday, October 12

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Saturday: At 12 p.m., Senate will vote on Program for Saturday: To be announced. the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1569, Default Prevention Act.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Grayson, Alan, Fla., E1493 Moran, James P., Va., E1501 Gutie´rrez, Luis V., E1502 Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E1491 Aderholt, Robert B., Ala., E1492 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E1488, E1495, E1502 Poe, Ted, Tex., E1497 Barletta, Lou, Pa., E1491, E1495, E1498 Holt, Rush, N.J., E1490, E1499 Reed, Tom, N.Y., E1501 Bishop, Sanford D., Jr., Ga., E1496, E1501 Jeffries, Hakeem S., N.Y., E1491, E1497, E1500 Richmond, Cedric L., La., E1502 Cartwright, Matt, Pa., E1489, E1494 Jenkins, Lynn, Kans., E1490 Clarke, Yvette D., N.Y., E1488 Keating, William R., Mass., E1487, E1489 Rogers, Mike, Ala., E1495 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E1501 McGovern, James P., Mass., E1488 Schiff, Adam B., Calif., E1487 Cuellar, Henry, Tex., E1495, E1499 Marchant, Kenny, Tex., E1498 Thompson, Mike, Calif., E1498 Eshoo, Anna G., Calif., E1498 Messer, Luke, Ind., E1496 Waxman, Henry A., Calif., E1487, E1489 Fitzpatrick, Michael G., Pa., E1496, E1500 Michaud, Michael H., Me., E1492 Westmoreland, Lynn A., Ga., E1488, E1491 Foxx, Virginia, N.C., E1501 Miller, Jeff, Fla., E1487

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