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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 115 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 115 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 164 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2018 No. 136 House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Friday, August 17, 2018, at 9 a.m. Senate THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2018 The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY time in the days ahead to discuss and called to order by the President pro LEADER detail all of the ways this legislation tempore (Mr. HATCH). The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- will help our country, as well as to con- sider amendments. f jority leader is recognized. f Yesterday was a promising start. We PRAYER agreed to proceed to these two impor- APPROPRIATIONS The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- tant funding bills by consent after we Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, the fered the following prayer: wrap up the nominations that are be- Senate is back in session this August Let us pray. fore us today. Now we need to keep up for a simple reason: We have more to Holy God, lover of our souls, come do for the families across America who the collaboration. into our hearts this day, bringing count on us to work hard and to fight There is a reason why it has been sweetness, contentment, and peace. for them. That is why the next legisla- quite some time since we have com- Lord, support our Senators, enabling tion the Senate will consider is a pair them to proceed in their work with pleted a full, regular process. There is of critically important appropriations total trust in You. May they remember a reason why, for example, it has been bills that will fund our national de- with thankfulness the showers of bless- 15 years—15 years—since the Senate fense, along with the Department of ings You send them each day. Release passed the Labor, Health, and Edu- Labor and the Department of Health them from sorrow, filling them with cation bill in time for the start of the and Human Services. true faith and sacred consolation. As fiscal year. Talk about subjects that are vital to they strive to trust You with all their the American people, at stake is a 2.6- This process is not easy. It is hard hearts, direct their steps, leading them percent pay raise for U.S. servicemem- work for our Appropriations sub- to Your desired destination. Today, bers, the largest pay raise for troops in may they live to please You. committees and the full committee to almost a decade; the equipment, tools, We pray in Your precious Name. craft this legislation. Then, on the and training they need to complete Amen. floor, we need cooperation from both their mission; and funding to support sides to process amendments, while re- f the necessary programs we just author- sisting the temptation to turn the ap- ized when the John S. McCain National propriations process into a free-for-all PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Defense Act became law earlier this week. on all manner of policy issues. But this The President pro tempore led the year, that is exactly what we are Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: At stake are billions of dollars to fight back against the opioid crisis, doing. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Repub- hundreds of millions to support and re- The Senate has already passed 7 of 12 lic for which it stands, one nation under God, train American workers who need a bills. In the next several days, we will indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. boost back into the labor force, hun- consider Nos. 8 and 9. Once we finish dreds of millions more for employment them, they will encompass more than f training specifically for our veterans, 87 percent—more than 87 percent—of funding for the Centers for Disease RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME Control and the National Institutes of total discretionary spending—two more The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Health, and Federal funding for our Na- big strides toward avoiding another HELLER). Under the previous order, the tion’s schools. I have only scratched omnibus and appropriating the tax- leadership time is reserved. the surface. There will be plenty of payers’ money in the right way. ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S5671 . VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:42 Aug 16, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16AU6.000 S16AUPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with SENATE S5672 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE August 16, 2018 JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS The company’s leadership states that Paul Dominique Laxalt was born on Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, all of these improvements—every one August 2, 1922, and grew up in my first, the Senate is currently consid- of them—are direct results of the his- hometown of Carson City, NV. His par- ering two well-qualified nominees, both toric tax reform this Republican Con- ents had both emigrated from the for the Fourth Circuit Court of Ap- gress passed last year. Basque region in Europe and brought peals. Yesterday afternoon, we voted to Tax reform, along with all of our their values and traditions to northern advance the nomination of Marvin other pro-growth policies, has helped Nevada. Even today, Basque influences, Quattlebaum, a graduate of Rhodes to transform the overall business cli- like chorizo, lamb, and sweetbreads, College and the University of South mate in our country. In the words of are still staples of life in northern Ne- Carolina. He presently serves as a dis- Bernie Fineman, Caldwell’s CEO, ‘‘the vada. trict judge for the District of South most important thing that it’s done is As the son of a Basque sheepherder, Carolina. At noon the Senate will vote to provide hope’’—hope—‘‘for our fu- Paul made his mark early in life by at- to confirm his nomination. ture.’’ tending Carson High School, playing on When he was nominated to the Fed- So while these developments alone the 1938 State championship basketball eral bench last year, Judge are remarkable, the conditions that team, and as a student body presi- Quattlebaum received strong, bipar- made them possible are not a fluke— dent—which is significant, and I will tisan support from the Senate. The not in a State that has recently seen share more in a few minutes. Paul would go on to serve his country American Bar Association deemed him its unemployment rate drop to a 42- in the U.S. Army as a medic during unanimously ‘‘well-qualified,’’ their year low, not in a country where the World War II, and he saw action in the highest possible rating. number of Americans filing for unem- Philippines. After the war, like many Once we complete consideration of ployment benefits is about as low as it Americans, Paul started a family. He Judge Quattlebaum, we will turn to has been in half a century. married Jackalyn Ross in 1946, and Jay Richardson. Mr. Richardson is a Tax reform and regulatory reform they had six children: Gail, Sheila, graduate of Vanderbilt University and helped to make this happen. They Michelle, Kevin, Kathleen, and John the University of Chicago Law School. helped to unleash free enterprise and Paul. He has held clerkships with Seventh give Caldwell’s customers the con- Paul began his career in public serv- Circuit Judge Richard Posner and with fidence to fill up the warehouse’s back- ice when he served as a district attor- the late Supreme Court Chief Justice logs and drive up 2018 sales by 14 per- ney for what was then Ormsby County, William Rehnquist. cent so far. Caldwell is just one case study in NV. He then won his first statewide Since 2009, he has served as assistant what has become a national phe- race, serving as Lieutenant Governor U.S. Attorney for the District of South nomenon. Nationwide, consumers are from 1963 to 1967. During his term, Paul Carolina. Current and former peers in experiencing renewed confidence. Re- made the decision to run for the U.S. the U.S. Attorney’s Office say he has a tail sales are up 6.4 percent from July Senate in 1964 and challenged then- ‘‘well-earned reputation for excellent of last year. According to one industry Senator Howard Cannon. In one of the preparation, good judgment, fairness, survey, a majority of U.S. manufactur- closest races in Nevada history, Paul and hard work.’’ ers say this favorable policy climate lost his bid for the Senate by just 48 In that role, Mr. Richardson led the has been more likely—more likely—to votes. A result like that could break a successful prosecution of the gunman raise wages for their workers. lesser man, but Paul picked himself up who murdered nine innocent people at Bustling warehouses and rising wages and won the Nevada governorship just Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, weren’t exactly what our Democratic a few years later. SC, back in 2015. Our colleagues on the colleagues predicted when they railed Under Governor Laxalt, Nevada Judiciary Committee have received a against tax reform last year or voted in began growing and turning into the letter from Jennifer Pinckney, the wife lockstep to oppose its passage, but one State we know today. He helped estab- of the late Clementa Pinckney, one of would hope that hindsight is helping lish the community college system and the victims of that senseless violence.
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