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Vol. 165 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2019 No. 121 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was spirit of darkness might have no place I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the called to order by the Speaker pro tem- in our midst. United States of America, and to the Repub- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, pore (Mr. MALINOWSKI). Rather, let Your spirit of comity, of indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. f brother and sisterhood, and love of our Nation and of all colleagues in this f DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER Chamber, empower our better angels to ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE be at play in the common work to be PRO TEMPORE The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- done for the benefit of all Your people. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The fore the House the following commu- May all that is done within the peo- Chair will entertain up to five requests nication from the Speaker: ple’s House be for Your greater honor for 1-minute speeches on each side of WASHINGTON, DC. and glory. the aisle. July 18, 2019. Amen. f I hereby appoint the Honorable TOM f MALINOWSKI to act as Speaker pro tempore STAND UP AGAINST BIGOTRY AND on this day. THE JOURNAL HATE NANCY PELOSI, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The (Mr. GREEN of Texas asked and was Speaker of the House of Representatives. Chair has examined the Journal of the given permission to address the House f last day’s proceedings and announces for 1 minute and to revise and extend to the House his approval thereof. his remarks.) PRAYER Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick nal stands approved. and still I rise with love of country in J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Speaker, pursuant my heart, understanding that, Mr. We give You thanks, O God, for giv- to clause 1, rule I, I demand a vote on Speaker, we have gone from ‘‘lock her ing us another day. agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of up’’ to ‘‘Jews will not replace us,’’ to This has been a difficult and conten- the Journal. now ‘‘send her back.’’ tious week in which darker spirits The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ‘‘Send her back.’’ seem to have been at play in the peo- question is on the Speaker’s approval Mr. Speaker, bigotry, hate is on the ple’s House. of the Journal. rise in the country, and I am so proud In Your most Holy name, I now cast The question was taken; and the of the 95 persons who, yesterday, voted out all spirits of darkness from this Speaker pro tempore announced that against bigotry and hate. We must not allow this to continue. Chamber, spirits not from You. the ayes appeared to have it. We now are moving on; we are I cast out the spirit of discourage- Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Speaker, I object ment, which deadens the hope of those marching on until victory is won. We to the vote on the ground that a first had 58, then we had 66. Now, we who are of good will. quorum is not present and make the have 95. We are marching on to 212. I cast out the spirit of petty divisive- point of order that a quorum is not And, Mr. Speaker, let me close with ness, which clouds the sense and the present. this: This is an important time in our desire to be of fruitful productivity in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- country. These are dangerous times. addressing the issues more appro- ant to clause 8, rule XX, further pro- Every Member of this House needs ad- priately before this House. ceedings on this question will be post- ditional security. I am going to file a I cast out any sadness brought on by poned. bill asking for more security for the the frustration of dealing with matters The point of no quorum is considered Members of this House. detrimental to the honorable work withdrawn. Leadership has adequate security. each Member has been called to engage f Members do not have adequate secu- in. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE rity. I want to thwart the efforts of Pour out, O Lord, Your sacred oil, as those who might want to harm a Mem- You did upon Aaron of old. Anoint The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the ber of this House. Your servants here in the House with a gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. f healing balm to comfort and renew the KUSTOFF) come forward and lead the souls of all in this assembly. House in the Pledge of Allegiance. HONORING NEIL ARMSTRONG May Your spirit of wisdom and pa- Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee led the (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given tience descend upon all, so that any Pledge of Allegiance as follows: permission to address the House for 1

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.000 H18JYPT1 H7094 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 minute and to revise and extend his re- burg during the Civil War. It is where news from around the world into every marks.) Betsy Ross handcrafted the first Amer- home in Memphis, west Tennessee, and Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, as the ican flag and Colonel Edwin Drake the Memphis metropolitan community. Representative of Cincinnati, Ohio, I drilled the first commercial oil well, in On top of her skills in journalism, rise this morning to recognize an Ohi- 1859. Valerie and her family have become an oan who was a professor of aerospace Pennsylvania has a proud history of integral part of the Memphis commu- engineering at the University of Cin- American craftsmanship and work nity through their volunteer work. You cinnati. Prior to that, he was a naval ethic, from our steel mills and coal can always find Valerie and her hus- aviator, a test pilot, and, later, an as- mines to our farmlands and forests. band, John, volunteering at Southern tronaut. This great State’s many contribu- Reins, at Beau’s school, and hosting Mr. Speaker, 50 years ago, the words tions to our Nation are a strong testa- numerous charitable events through- he spoke now reside in history: ‘‘That’s ment to the diverse, industrious citi- out the community. one small step for man, one giant leap zens who make up this Commonwealth. Through her hard work and dedica- for mankind.’’ Mr. Speaker, today and every day, I tion to journalism, Valerie has become Everyone on Earth at that time re- am proud to call Pennsylvania my an inspiration to many looking to members where he or she was when home. make their career in broadcasting and in journalism. Neil Armstrong took that step. His f Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Valerie contributions to space exploration did HIGH COST OF PRESCRIPTION on her induction into the Tennessee not end on the surface of the Moon. DRUGS Hall of Fame. Neil Armstrong was also on the team that investigated the Apollo 13 acci- (Mr. PAPPAS asked and was given f dent, and he was vice chairman of the permission to address the House for 1 HONORING JANE BLOCK minute and to revise and extend his re- commission that investigated the space (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given shuttle Challenger disaster. marks.) Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise permission to address the House for 1 Ohioan Neil Armstrong is a true today on behalf of my constituents, minute and to revise and extend his re- American hero, and his extraordinary Bob and Cathy, who shared their story marks.) service to our country—to all of hu- recently with me at a roundtable dis- Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise mankind, really—will be forever re- cussion in Manchester. today to celebrate a dear friend whom membered. When Bob was in need of a kidney I greatly admire, Jane Block. Jane has dedicated her life to our f transplant, his wife, Cathy, was a community, to activism, and to mak- match, and she donated her own kidney HONORING THE MEMORY OF PHIL ing our society more just and equal for to overcome extensive wait times. FREELON everyone. Today, 15 years after Bob’s successful (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given She has been instrumental in leading surgery, he must continue to take permission to address the House for 1 the women’s movement in Riverside by antirejection drugs. This prescription minute and to revise and extend his re- serving on the committee that led to has always been covered by Cathy’s marks.) the founding of UCR’s Women’s Re- Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise private insurance. source Center and chairing the River- Even as Bob and Cathy are near re- today to honor Phil Freelon, who side County Commission on the Status tirement age, retirement is not an op- passed away on July 9 at his home in of Women. tion for them, because Bob’s life is de- Durham, North Carolina. Apart from her work to advance pendent on a prescription drug that While attending Central High School women’s issues, Jane is president of costs $3,000 a month out of pocket. in Philadelphia, he was drawn to art the Riverside Land Conservancy and Nobody in America should be de- has helped to establish the Box Springs and the technique of designing and prived the dignity of retirement after a building. He was one of two Black ar- Mountain Reserve in Moreno Valley, lifetime of hard work because of the which declared the region as a park in- chitect students at North Carolina outrageous costs of lifesaving drugs. I State University’s College of Design, stead of a development area. am committed to working with my col- Jane’s work has not gone unnoticed, where he had a passion for increasing leagues to ease the significant burden diversity within his profession. and my district is a better place be- and anxiety that so many Americans cause of her. It is an honor not only to One of his major contributions to our unnecessarily face every day. Nation was the building of the Na- have her as a member of my commu- We must tackle the high cost of pre- nity, but also to call her my friend. tional Museum of African American scription drugs now. The American History and Culture. Mr. Speaker, I wish Jane a happy people are counting on us to do just 90th birthday. Mr. Speaker, we mourn the passing of that. Mr. Freelon, but his legacy and passion f f lives on to educate and empower the 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ‘‘APOLLO next generation of architects. VALERIE CALHOUN: A TENNESSEE 11’’ JOURNALISM LEGEND f (Mr. JORDAN asked and was given NATIONAL PENNSYLVANIA DAY (Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee asked permission to address the House for 1 and was given permission to address minute.) (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania the House for 1 minute and to revise Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, in July of asked and was given permission to ad- and extend his remarks.) 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and dress the House for 1 minute and to re- Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee. Mr. Michael Collins achieved something vise and extend his remarks.) Speaker, I rise today to recognize Val- once thought impossible: successfully Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. erie Calhoun. landing on the Moon and returning Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Valerie is the cohost of ‘‘Good Morn- safely to the Earth. this Saturday, July 20, as National ing Memphis’’ on WHBQ-TV, and she is They succeeded despite the many Pennsylvania Day. the recipient of five Emmy awards. dangers they faced and the countless The Keystone State has played a his- Most recently, Valerie was recognized things that could have gone wrong dur- toric role in our Nation’s founding and and honored as an inductee into the ing their pioneering 240,000-mile jour- continues to shape our future. It is the Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame. ney. birthplace of the Declaration of Inde- Anyone who knows Valerie Calhoun As we mark the 50th anniversary of pendence and home to our Nation’s recognizes how well-deserved this Apollo 11, I take special pride in rep- very first capital, Philadelphia. honor is for her and her family. Valerie resenting Neil Armstrong’s birthplace, Pennsylvania is also the site of sev- is someone who puts passion and dedi- Wapakoneta, Ohio, home of the Neil eral historic battles, including the Bat- cation behind everything that she does. Armstrong Air and Space Museum. tle of Valley Forge during the Revolu- Through Valerie’s lifelong commit- The museum has on display many ar- tionary War and the Battle of Gettys- ment to journalism, she has brought tifacts from the mission and other

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.003 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7095 items from Mr. Armstrong’s life and and floods, the continued border crisis Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of career. The museum’s yearlong cele- exacerbated by inaction on properly de- 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) is amended by adding at the bration of the Apollo 11 anniversary fining ‘‘asylum’’ or ‘‘legal immigra- end the following: culminates this weekend in a series of tion,’’ instead of the kitchen-table ‘‘(h)(1) Not later than each date that is 90 days before a new minimum wage determined events, ranging from meet-and-greets issues families sent us to work on, we under subsection (a)(1)(H) is to take effect, the with active and retired astronauts to get impeachment questions that, for Secretary shall determine the minimum wage to the Run to the Moon 5k and 10k races, all the hype, barely mustered one-fifth be in effect under this subsection for each period special exhibits at the museum, and of House votes to not table that discus- described in subsection (a)(1)(H). The wage de- the grand finale concert. sion. Next week is another round of termined under this subsection for a year shall Mr. Speaker, Neil Armstrong died in Robert Mueller, after 2 years and tens be— 2012 at the age of 82, but the impact of of millions of dollars of drilling a dry ‘‘(A) not less than the amount in effect under his journey is still felt today in rural well. subsection (a)(1) on the date of such determina- tion; Auglaize County, Ohio, and throughout Mr. Speaker, for those who watch ‘‘(B) increased from such amount by the an- the world. this House, our constituents, to actu- nual percentage increase, if any, in the median I am pleased to join the people of ally feel embarrassed by its governing, hourly wage of all employees as determined by Wapakoneta in celebrating the man even causing our Speaker pro tempore the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and who took a small step but left a giant to abandon the Chair—out of privilege, ‘‘(C) rounded up to the nearest multiple of legacy. I believe—over this infighting, we have $0.05. ‘‘(2) In calculating the annual percentage in- f some serious self-contemplation and soul-searching to do as a body to up- crease in the median hourly wage of all employ- b 0915 ees for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the Sec- hold the dignity of this institution, not retary, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, END SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLS just change the rules to support the in- shall compile data on the hourly wages of all appropriate language of its leaders of (Mr. RUIZ asked and was given per- employees to determine such a median hourly this House or attack our close ally wage and compare such median hourly wage for mission to address the House for 1 Israel with a BDS resolution. the most recent year for which data are avail- minute and to revise and extend his re- Mr. Speaker, we will be recognized by able with the median hourly wage determined marks.) the fruits we produce in this body. for the preceding year.’’. Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to cele- f SEC. 3. TIPPED EMPLOYEES. brate an important milestone in the (a) BASE MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EM- fight to protect patients from unfair RAISE THE WAGE ACT PLOYEES AND TIPS RETAINED BY EMPLOYEES.— and expensive surprise medical bills. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Section 3(m)(2)(A)(i) of the Fair Labor Stand- For too many middle-class families, pursuant to House Resolution 492, I ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)(i)) is amended to read as follows: receiving an unexpected and very ex- call up the bill (H.R. 582) to provide for pensive bill from an out-of-network ‘‘(i) the cash wage paid such employee, which increases in the Federal minimum for purposes of such determination shall be not provider is devastating and can lead to wage, and for other purposes, and ask less than— severe anxiety, depression, and finan- for its immediate consideration. ‘‘(I) for the 1-year period beginning on the ef- cial ruin. The Clerk read the title of the bill. fective date under section 7 of the Raise the That is why, yesterday, the House The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Wage Act, $3.60 an hour; Energy and Commerce Committee ant to House Resolution 492, the ‘‘(II) for each succeeding 1-year period until passed H.R. 3630, the No Surprises Act, amendment in the nature of a sub- the hourly wage under this clause equals the wage in effect under section 6(a)(1) for such pe- a bill that will protect millions of stitute recommended by the Com- hardworking Americans from receiving riod, an hourly wage equal to the amount deter- mittee on Education and Labor, print- mined under this clause for the preceding year, a surprise medical bill through no fault ed in the bill, modified by the amend- increased by the lesser of— of their own. ment printed in part A of House Report ‘‘(aa) $1.50; or I am fighting to end surprise medical 116–155, is adopted, and the bill, as ‘‘(bb) the amount necessary for the wage in bills once and for all. The No Surprises amended, is considered read. effect under this clause to equal the wage in ef- Act includes my bipartisan amendment The text of the bill, as amended, is as fect under section 6(a)(1) for such period, to create an independent arbitration follows: rounded up to the nearest multiple of $0.05; and ‘‘(III) for each succeeding 1-year period after process that keeps patients out of the H.R. 582 middle and off the hook for surprise the increase made pursuant to subclause (II), Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- the minimum wage in effect under section medical bills. resentatives of the United States of America in 6(a)(1); and’’. As an emergency medicine physician, Congress assembled, (b) TIPS RETAINED BY EMPLOYEES.—Section my life’s work has been about putting SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3(m)(2)(A) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of patients first, and I am still fighting to This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Raise the Wage 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)) is amended— put their health above all else. Act’’. (1) in the second sentence of the matter fol- I thank Chairman PALLONE for lead- SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES. lowing clause (ii), by striking ‘‘of this sub- ing an open, inclusive, and collabo- (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair section, and all tips received by such employee rative process that has brought us one Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. have been retained by the employee’’ and insert- 206(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows: ing ‘‘of this subsection. Any employee shall step closer to a bipartisan solution have the right to retain any tips received by that protects patients and ends sur- ‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this sec- tion, not less than— such employee’’; and prise medical bills. ‘‘(A) $8.40 an hour, beginning on the effective (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘An f date under section 7 of the Raise the Wage Act; employer shall inform each employee of the ‘‘(B) $9.50 an hour, beginning 1 year after right and exception provided under the pre- WORK ON KITCHEN-TABLE ISSUES such effective date; ceding sentence.’’. (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given ‘‘(C) $10.60 an hour, beginning 2 years after (c) SCHEDULED REPEAL OF SEPARATE MINIMUM permission to address the House for 1 such effective date; WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES.— (1) TIPPED EMPLOYEES.—Section 3(m)(2)(A) of minute and to revise and extend his re- ‘‘(D) $11.70 an hour, beginning 3 years after such effective date; the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. marks.) ‘‘(E) $12.80 an hour, beginning 4 years after 203(m)(2)(A)), as amended by subsections (a) Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, in Mat- such effective date; and (b), is further amended by striking the sen- thew in the New Testament, it talks ‘‘(F) $13.90 an hour, beginning 5 years after tence beginning with ‘‘In determining the wage about: ‘‘You will recognize them by such effective date; an employer is required to pay a tipped em- their fruits. Are grapes gathered from ‘‘(G) $15.00 an hour, beginning 6 years after ployee,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of this thornbushes or figs from thistles? So, such effective date; and subsection.’’ and inserting ‘‘The wage required every healthy tree bears good fruit, but ‘‘(H) beginning on the date that is 7 years to be paid to a tipped employee shall be the after such effective date, and annually there- wage set forth in section 6(a)(1).’’. the diseased tree bears bad fruit.’’ after, the amount determined by the Secretary (2) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.—Subsection (i) of Mr. Speaker, the tree of the House of under subsection (h);’’, section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of Representatives hasn’t borne much (b) DETERMINATION BASED ON INCREASE IN THE 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206), as amended by section 5, is fruit this week. At a time of hurricane MEDIAN HOURLY WAGE OF ALL EMPLOYEES.— further amended by striking ‘‘or in accordance

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.005 H18JYPT1 H7096 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 with subclause (II) or (III) of section ‘‘(IV) $10.70 an hour, beginning 4 years after (2) for each year in which a wage increase 3(m)(2)(A)(i)’’. such date; will take effect under subsection (a)(1) or (g)(1) (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made ‘‘(V) $12.85 an hour, beginning 5 years after of section 6, section 3(m)(2)(A)(i), or section by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall take effect on such date; and 14(c)(1)(A) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of the date that is one day after the date on which ‘‘(VI) the wage rate in effect under section 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), as amended by this the hourly wage under subclause (III) of section 6(a)(1), on the date that is 6 years after the date Act, estimates the proportion of employees who 3(m)(2)(A)(i) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of the wage specified in section 6(a)(1)(A) takes ef- will be directly affected by each such wage in- 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)(i)), as amended by fect; or crease taking effect for such year, disaggregated subsection (a), takes effect. ‘‘(ii) if applicable, the wage rate in effect on by industry and occupation. SEC. 4. NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LESS the day before the date of enactment of the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill, Raise the Wage Act for the employment, under THAN 20 YEARS OLD. as amended, shall be debatable for 1 (a) BASE MINIMUM WAGE FOR NEWLY HIRED a special certificate issued under this para- hour, equally divided and controlled by EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LESS THAN 20 YEARS graph, of the individual for whom the wage rate OLD.—Section 6(g)(1) of the Fair Labor Stand- is being determined under this subparagraph,’’. the chair and ranking minority mem- ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(g)(1)) is amended (2) PROHIBITION ON NEW SPECIAL CERTIFI- ber of the Committee on Education and by striking ‘‘a wage which is not less than $4.25 CATES; SUNSET.—Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Labor. an hour.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘a wage Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)) (as After 1 hour of debate, it shall be in at a rate that is not less than— amended by paragraph (1)) is further amended order to consider the further amend- ‘‘(A) for the 1-year period beginning on the ef- by adding at the end the following: ment printed in part B of House Report fective date under section 7 of the Raise the ‘‘(6) PROHIBITION ON NEW SPECIAL CERTIFI- 116–155, if offered by the Member des- CATES.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Wage Act, $5.50 an hour; ignated in the report, which shall be ‘‘(B) for each succeeding 1-year period until Secretary shall not issue a special certificate the hourly wage under this paragraph equals under this subsection to an employer that was considered read, shall be separately de- the wage in effect under section 6(a)(1) for such not issued a special certificate under this sub- batable for the time specified in the re- period, an hourly wage equal to the amount de- section before the date of enactment of the Raise port equally divided and controlled by termined under this paragraph for the preceding the Wage Act. the proponent and an opponent, and year, increased by the lesser of— ‘‘(7) SUNSET.—Beginning on the day after the shall not be subject to a demand for a ‘‘(i) $1.25; or date on which the wage rate described in para- division of the question. ‘‘(ii) the amount necessary for the wage in ef- graph (1)(A)(i)(VI) takes effect, the authority to The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. issue special certificates under paragraph (1) fect under this paragraph to equal the wage in SCOTT) and the gentlewoman from effect under section 6(a)(1) for such period, shall expire, and no special certificates issued North Carolina (Ms. FOXX) each will rounded up to the nearest multiple of $0.05; and under paragraph (1) shall have any legal effect. ‘‘(C) for each succeeding 1-year period after ‘‘(8) TRANSITION ASSISTANCE.—Upon request, control 30 minutes. the increase made pursuant to subparagraph the Secretary shall provide— The Chair recognizes the gentleman (B)(ii), the minimum wage in effect under sec- ‘‘(A) technical assistance and information to from Virginia. tion 6(a)(1).’’. employers issued a special certificate under this GENERAL LEAVE (b) SCHEDULED REPEAL OF SEPARATE MIN- subsection for the purposes of— Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, IMUM WAGE FOR NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES WHO ‘‘(i) transitioning the practices of such em- I ask unanimous consent that all Mem- ARE LESS THAN 20 YEARS OLD.— ployers to comply with this subsection, as amended by the Raise the Wage Act; and bers may have 5 legislative days in (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(g) of the Fair which to revise and extend their re- Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(g)), ‘‘(ii) ensuring continuing employment oppor- as amended by subsection (a), shall be repealed. tunities for individuals with disabilities receiv- marks on the bill. (2) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.—Subsection (i) of ing a special minimum wage rate under this sub- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of section; and objection to the request of the gen- 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206), as amended by section ‘‘(B) information to individuals employed at a tleman from Virginia? 3(c)(2), is further amended by striking ‘‘or sub- special minimum wage rate under this sub- There was no objection. paragraph (B) or (C) of subsection (g)(1),’’. section, which may include referrals to Federal Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal and amend- or State entities with expertise in competitive in- I yield myself such time as I may con- ment made by paragraphs (1) and (2), respec- tegrated employment.’’. sume. tively, shall take effect on the date that is one (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made Mr. Speaker, the idea behind the Fed- day after the date on which the hourly wage by this subsection shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. eral minimum wage is simple: Hard- under subparagraph (C) of section 6(g)(1) of the working Americans should be paid at Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. (b) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.— 206(g)(1)), as amended by subsection (a), takes (1) AMENDMENT.—Subsection (i) of section 6 of least enough to provide for themselves effect. the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. and their families. 206), as amended by section 4(b)(2), is further SEC. 5. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE. After more than a decade with no in- amended by striking ‘‘or section 14(c)(1)(A),’’. Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of crease in the minimum wage, the long- (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206), as amended by the pre- est stretch since the minimum wage by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the day ceding sections, is further amended by adding at was established in 1938, it is no longer after the date on which the wage rate described the end the following: in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(VI) of section 14(c) of the serving that purpose. ‘‘(i) Not later than 60 days prior to the effec- Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Today, the Federal minimum wage is tive date of any increase in the required wage 214(c)), as amended by subsection (a)(1), takes a poverty wage in every region of our determined under subsection (a)(1) or subpara- effect. Nation. Our Nation’s workers deserve graph (B) or (C) of subsection (g)(1), or in ac- SEC. 7. GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE. better. cordance with subclause (II) or (III) of section The Raise the Wage Act, H.R. 582, 3(m)(2)(A)(i) or section 14(c)(1)(A), the Secretary Except as otherwise provided in this Act or shall publish in the Federal Register and on the the amendments made by this Act, this Act and gradually increases the Federal min- website of the Department of Labor a notice an- the amendments made by this Act shall take ef- imum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. nouncing each increase in such required fect— After 2025, this legislation indexes fu- wage.’’. (1) subject to paragraph (2), on the first day ture increases to the minimum wage to of the third month that begins after the date of SEC. 6. PROMOTING ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFI- increases in the median wage so that enactment of this Act; and CIENCY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DIS- the value does not erode over time. It ABILITIES. (2) with respect to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, on the date that is gradually phases out the subminimum (a) WAGES.— wages to ensure that tipped workers, (1) TRANSITION TO FAIR WAGES FOR INDIVID- 18 months after the effective date described in UALS WITH DISABILITIES.—Subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1). youth workers, and workers with dis- section 14(c)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act SEC. 8. GAO REPORT. abilities are paid at least the full Fed- of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)(1)) is amended to read Not later than 1 year after the date of enact- eral minimum wage. as follows: ment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall The benefits of this legislation are ‘‘(A) at a rate that equals, or exceeds, for each submit to the Education and Labor Committee of significant and widespread. Economic year, the greater of— the House of Representatives and the Committee analysis estimates that the Raise the ‘‘(i)(I) $4.25 an hour, beginning 1 year after on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of Wage Act would increase wages for up the Senate a report that, with respect to the the date the wage rate specified in section to 33 million workers and lift 1.3 mil- 6(a)(1)(A) takes effect; Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- ‘‘(II) $6.40 an hour, beginning 2 years after lands— lion Americans out of poverty. such date; (1) assesses the status and structure of the The Raise the Wage Act is not just ‘‘(III) $8.55 an hour, beginning 3 years after economy (including employment, earnings and good for workers. It is good for the such date; wages, and key industries); and economy.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.002 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7097 While the Republican tax bill gave Let’s not forget, the U.S. economy is Today, we can support working fami- the largest benefits to corporations and booming, and lesser-skilled workers lies by passing the Raise the Wage Act. the wealthy, this bill puts money di- are benefiting. Earlier this month, The This bill will gradually raise the min- rectly into the hands of workers, who Wall Street Journal reported that imum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 and will spend that money in their commu- ‘‘wages are rising at the fastest rate in make sure that tipped workers, youth, nities. a decade for lower-skilled workers, and and individuals with disabilities are Today is a historic day. For the first unemployment among less-educated paid a full, not a subminimum, wage. time in more than 12 years, the House Americans and minorities is near a Recent analysis from the Economic is voting to restore the value of the record low.’’ Policy Institute found that raising the Federal minimum wage and restore the We know from the latest jobs report Federal minimum wage to $15 an hour value of work in America. that progrowth policies like the Repub- would benefit close to 27,000 workers Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my col- lican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and elimi- just in northwest Oregon alone. leagues to support the Raise the Wage nating unnecessary regulations are The Raise the Wage Act is good for Act, and I reserve the balance of my raising wages, adding jobs, and reduc- workers and good for the economy. time. ing unemployment. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. With 7.3 million unfilled jobs nation- SCOTT for his leadership, and I urge my Speaker, I yield myself such time as I wide, job creators know they must colleagues to support the bill. may consume. offer competitive wages and benefits to Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Mr. Speaker, I rise in complete oppo- attract and retain workers, so it is be- Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- sition to H.R. 582, a radical, risky, and wildering that Democrats refuse to ac- tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. THOMP- unnecessary bill that puts party poli- knowledge or celebrate the victories of SON). tics above the best interests of Amer- our present economy and continue to Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. ican workers and their families. call for socialist policies. Instead, they Increasing the Federal minimum Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairwoman wage by 107 percent is a harmful and want to pass this ill-advised legisla- from North Carolina for yielding. unprecedented mandate that would re- tion, which would wreak havoc on the Mr. Speaker, I certainly rise in favor sult in millions of job losses for vulner- economic progress we have achieved of upward mobility. I rise in favor of able Americans, small business clo- over the last few years. greater opportunity. But this bill sures, and significant damage to the The cost of living in New York City doesn’t do that. I rise in opposition to U.S. economy. is much higher than the cost of living this underlying bill. A detailed study issued this month in my hometown in North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, increasing the Federal by the nonpartisan Congressional With such disparities in the cost of liv- minimum wage by 107 percent is an ex- Budget Office, CBO, estimates a $15 ing across the country, mandating a treme and unprecedented policy that minimum wage would cause up to 3.7 one-size-fits-all wage hike will cause will have a severe and negative impact million lost jobs—3.7 million jobs. One job losses and harm entry-level work- on many American families, our Na- job lost is too many; 3.7 million jobs ers in many regions around the coun- tion’s workforce, our economy, and lost is unconscionable. try. once again, most importantly, hard- Those hurt the most by this bill Even President Obama’s former working American families. would be female workers, young work- chairman of economic advisers, Alan According to the nonpartisan Con- ers, and those with less than a high Krueger, argued in October 2015 that gressional Budget Office, if enacted, school diploma. raising the minimum wage to $15 would this legislation would cause approxi- In our committee earlier this year, ‘‘put us in uncharted waters and risk mately 3.7 million workers—let’s ex- we heard testimony from Ms. Simone undesirable and unintended con- trapolate that to families—across this Barron, a restaurant worker from Se- sequences.’’ Nation to lose their jobs by 2025. H.R. 582 is deeply irresponsible. attle, Washington, where the minimum b 0930 wage has already been raised to $15 per Workers, families, small businesses, hour. Simone said that, after the city and the U.S. economy will suffer as a My home State of Pennsylvania has of Seattle raised the minimum wage, direct result of this drastic mandate. estimated that more than 120,000 indi- her employer moved her from standard Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of viduals, thereby families, would be a tip line to a service charge model, my time. negatively impacted through the loss which resulted in her taking home less Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, of their jobs. That is not upward mobil- pay. I remind my colleague that a vote ity. That is downward mobility. Small businesses will also suffer if against this bill is a vote to deny about Mr. Speaker, the majority of Ameri- this far-left policy is implemented. 37 percent of workers in her district of cans, 54 percent, think losing up to 3.7 Without the cash reserves or profit North Carolina a raise of about $3,800 a million jobs for a $15 minimum wage is margins to absorb the increase in labor year. not a good idea. And 42 percent of fami- costs, small businesses will have a Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the lies with a minimum-wage earner choice of several bad options. Among gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. would see a net reduction in total fam- their choices are laying off workers, BONAMICI), the chair of the Education ily income under the $15 minimum raising prices on their customers, re- and Labor Subcommittee on Civil wage. That is according to the Congres- placing workers with robots, or going Rights and Human Services. sional Budget Office. out of business. Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Speaker, that is totally unac- The National Federation of Inde- Chairman SCOTT for yielding. ceptable. pendent Business estimates that busi- The Federal minimum wage has been Now, I have always been a proponent nesses with fewer than 500 employees stagnant for too long, exacerbating in- of Federal policies that aim to lift indi- will account for 57 percent of job come inequality and leaving working viduals out of poverty and provide losses, and businesses with fewer than families behind. them with skills necessary to gain 100 employees will account for 43 per- A recent study from the National good-paying, family-sustaining jobs. cent of job losses. Low Income Housing Coalition found We have done that in this body, and it Still, my Democratic colleagues are that someone working 40 hours a week is working. trying to sell this radical wage hike by who is earning the Federal minimum We should be promoting bipartisan claiming it will redistribute wealth wage or the prevailing State minimum policies that are proven to enhance and provide poor Americans with a wage cannot afford a two-bedroom workforce development. For example, ‘‘living wage.’’ Yet, the CBO predicts rental home at fair market rent in any last Congress we passed the Strength- that, by 2025, there would be a $9 bil- State, metropolitan area, or county in ening Career and Technical Education lion net reduction in family income re- the country. for the 21st Century Act, restoring sulting from a $15 minimum wage. This Workers working full-time should be rungs on a ladder of opportunity. so-called raise would reduce pay for able to afford basic needs like food, The President has signed that bill many American families. housing, healthcare, and childcare. into law, and we are working diligently

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.007 H18JYPT1 H7098 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 with the States to ensure that they are 28 percent are working parents with chil- The Welcome Church; TMS Enterprises; To- doing everything possible to fill the 7.5 dren, and half have family incomes of less ledo Area Jobs with Justice & Interfaith million open jobs in this country, most than $40,000 per year. Women make up nearly worker Justice Coalition; Transition Serv- 58 percent of the workers who would benefit ices, Inc.; Transport Workers Union of Amer- of them good, family-sustaining jobs. from a $15 minimum wage, which would be ica; Treatment Action Group (TAG); Tril- We need to ensure that policies en- instrumental in helping to close the gender- lium Employment Services; Tzedek DC. hance job-training programs; so we are wage-gap. Raising the minimum wage to $15 UCSF; UETHDA Head Start; Ultra Violet; not talking about a minimum wage would also significantly benefit workers of UnidosUS; Union for Reform Judaism; Union but, rather, arming individuals with color, with 38 percent of African American of Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary, USA skills to compete and to earn well workers and 33 percent of Latinos seeing a UNIT; United Food and Commercial Workers above a minimum wage. pay increase once this law goes into effect. International Union; United Food and Com- mercial Workers Local 227; United Food and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The These are the frontline workers who make America run—yet due to the erosion of the Commercial Workers Local 75; United for a time of the gentleman has expired. real value of the minimum wage over the Fair Economy; United For Respect; United Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. I yield last half century, they are struggling even as Steelworkers (USW); University Church; the gentleman from Pennsylvania an our economy enjoys a solid recovery. University of New Mexico Community and additional 20 seconds. The time for the Raise the Wage Act is Regional Planning Department; Upper East Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. long overdue, and we cannot delay in work- Tennessee Human Development Agency; Mr. Speaker, 63 percent of Americans ing toward its passage. We call on Congress URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Eq- support our leadership expanding path- to enact this important piece of legislation uity; Vennmedia: A Nonprofit Media Enter- prise; Virginia Employment Lawyers Asso- ways to greater opportunity through as quickly as possible, and for President Trump to sign it when it comes to his desk. ciation; Voices for Progress; Vote-Climate. CTE, the better way. Sincerely, Wage Equality; Washington Anti-Hunger & I want everyone who is willing to RI Coalition of Labor Union Women Nutrition Coalition; Washington Lawyers’ work in this country to succeed, but (CLUW); Raise Minimum Wages; Raise the Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Af- this legislation is not the answer. I en- Wage PA; Raise-Op Housing Cooperative; fairs; Washington Legal Clinic for the Home- courage my colleagues to oppose the Refuge Ministries Tampa Bay; Regina Mundi less; Washington State Budget & Policy Cen- Inc.; Religious Institute; Restaurant Oppor- ter; Washington State Community Action bill, and then we can talk after this de- Partnership; Watertown Citizens for Peace, bate so we can get to work on legisla- tunities Center of Michigan (ROC-MI); Res- taurant Opportunities Center of Pennsyl- Justice & the Environment; We The People— tion to make sure job seekers have the Pennsylvania; Wellstone Democratic Re- vania; Restaurant Opportunities Centers newal Club; West Valley Neighborhoods Coa- skills to compete and succeed in the United RESULTS Raleigh; RESULTS-Santa lition; West Virginia Center on Budget and modern workforce. Fe; Rural Coalition; Rural Coaltion & Policy; Western Center on Law and Poverty; Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas; Rural Com- Western NY Chapter Coalition of Labor I remind my colleague that his vote munity Workers Alliance; Sacramento Hous- Union Women; Western Pennsylvania Em- against the bill is a vote to deny about ing Aliiance; Sacramento Regional Coalition ployment Lawyers Association (WPELA); to End Homelessness; SafeHouse Denver, Inc; 38 percent of the workers in his district WHEAT—World Hunger Education, Advo- San Diego Hunger Coalition; San Gabriel in Pennsylvania an average wage of cacy & Training; Whitman-Walker Health; about $3,300 a year. Valley-Whittier NOW. Windham Area Interfaith Ministry. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the Santa Fe NOW; Sargent Shriver National Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice; Women Center on Poverty Law; Sconiers Homeless gentleman from California (Mr. Employed; Women’s Fund of Rhode Island; Preventive Organization Inc; Seattle Human Women’s Law Project; Worcester County TAKANO), the chair of the Committee Services Coalition; Seattle/King County Coa- on Veterans’ Affairs. Food Bank; Worker Justice Center of New lition on Homelessness; Second Harvest Food York; Working Families Party; Working Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I include Bank of Lehigh Valley and Northeast Penn- Partnerships USA; Workplace Fairness; in the RECORD a letter from the Na- sylvania; SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania; Young Progressives Demanding Action; tional Employment Law Project in Service Employees International Union; Sex- Youth Care; YWCA of the University of Illi- support. uality Information and Education Council of nois; YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish; YWCA JULY 16, 2019. the United States (SIECUS); Sherwood Com- USA; YWCA Utah. The undersigned organizations enthusiasti- munity Services; SIA Legal Team; Sinsinawa Dominican Peace and Justice Of- Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise cally support the Raise the Wage Act of 2019, today in support of H.R. 582, the Raise introduced by Senators Bernie Sanders (VT) fice; Sister Reach; Sisters of Charity Federa- and Patty Murray (WA), Representatives tion; Sisters of Mercy in NH; Sisters of the Wage Act. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), Mark Pocan Mercy West Midwest Community Justice There is currently no place in Amer- (WI) and Stephanie Murphy (FL). Team; Sisters of Saint Mary of Namur; Sis- ica where a worker making $7.25 per If enacted, this legislation would: ters of St Joseph of Chambery Justice and hour can afford a two-bedroom apart- Gradually raise the federal minimum wage Peace Committee; Sisters of St. Dominic of ment. Millions of families are strug- to $15 an hour in 2025; Blauvelt, New York; Sisters of St. Francis, gling to make ends meet. As one of the After 2025, adjust the minimum wage each Clinton, Iowa Leadership Team. richest countries in the world, we Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Im- year to keep pace with growth in the typical should be ashamed. worker’s wages; maculate; Sisters of the Most Precious Blood Phase out the outdated subminimum wage of O’Fallon, MO; Social Action Linking To- This bill will give 27 million workers for tipped workers, which has been frozen at gether (SALT); SocioEnergetics Foundation; a raise and lift 1.3 million people out of a meager $2.13 since 1991; and, outh Carolina Christian Action Council, Inc.; poverty. Helping low-income workers is Sunset the much criticized ability of em- South Dakota Chapter of the National Asso- long overdue. ployers to pay workers with disabilities a ciation of Social Workers; Southern HIV/ Contrary to what my Republican col- subminimum wage through certificates AIDS Strategy Initiative (SASl)/Duke Uni- leagues have been saying, raising the issued by DOL. versity School of Law; Southern Mutual minimum wage is popular among Phase out the subminimum wage for work- Help Association, Inc.; Southern Poverty American workers. That is why voters ers under the age of 20. Law Center; Southfield Community Church; in States like California, Arkansas, Ar- At a time when wage stagnation and in- Southwest PA National Organization For come inequality pose serious threats to our Women; Southwest Women’s Law Center; izona, and Missouri have voted to in- families and our economy, the Raise the Sravasti Abbey; St. James Infirmary; St. crease their State minimum wages. Wage Act of 2019 will begin to reverse that Louis CLUW Chapter; St. Louis Gateway Congress has the opportunity to re- cycle and raise pay broadly across the bot- District Area Local—APWU 8; St. Louis store the value of work, lift families tom of the workforce. According to the Eco- Gateway District Area Local APWU— out of poverty, and ensure a fair wage nomic Policy Institute, this Act will deliver POWER Sisters; TASH; Tax Fairness Oregon; for workers everywhere in America. long-overdue raises to more than 1 in 4 work- Tax March. I urge all my colleagues to vote in ers, 90% of whom are over the age of 20. The Tenderloin Neighborhood Development support of workers and families by sup- average age of workers who would get a raise Corporation (TNDC); Tennessee Citizen Ac- porting the Raise the Wage Act. is 35, nearly half have some years of college tion; Tennessee Justice Center; Texas Em- Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. education. In fact, those who work year- ployment Lawyers Association; THE ABCD, Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the dis- round would see a raise in the order of $3,000 INC; The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal a year, which is enough to make a tremen- Analysis; The Farmworker Association of tinguished gentleman from South dous difference in the life of a preschool Florida; The Greater Boston Food Bank; The Carolina (Mr. RICE). teacher, bank teller, or fastfood worker who HUB for Progress; The Praxis Project; The Mr. RICE of South Carolina. Mr. today struggles to get by on around $20,000 Public Interest Law Project; The Wash- Speaker, the Democrats’ assault on per year. ington Initiative for Supported Employment; rural America continues.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.009 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7099 The Congressional Budget Office esti- in South Carolina a raise of about invest in their workforces with decent wages mates that if this minimum wage law $3,800 a year. and benefits, and enjoy the benefits of a dedi- were enacted, up to 3.7 million jobs in Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the cated workforce with lower turnover, higher productivity and better customer service. Or America would vanish. And what areas gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. WIL- businesses can pay poverty wages and churn would lose the most? Obviously, the SON), the chair of the Health, Employ- through employees. These businesses may areas with the most minimum wage ment, Labor, and Pension Sub- save on immediate payroll, but they experi- jobs, rural areas. committee. ence the significant expense of higher turn- You see, these areas have a much Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, over, constant recruitment and training, lower cost of living. You can rent an I include in the RECORD a letter in sup- higher absenteeism, and a less experienced, apartment for $500 per month, instead port of H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage less productive workforce. of $3,000 per month in San Francisco, Act of 2019, from the U.S. Women’s Only one road to profitability delivers us a where NANCY PELOSI is from. Food Chamber of Commerce. strong floor under our economy, a growing middle class, upward mobility and the prom- costs are lower, taxes are lower, utili- U.S. WOMEN’S CHAMBER ise of the American Dream. The business OF COMMERCE, ties are lower, and an American family owners supported by the U.S. Women’s Washington, DC, July 15, 2019. can have a comfortable living on half Chamber of Commerce have chosen the high what it takes in San Francisco, Se- LETTER IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 582, THE RAISE road strategy for building their businesses: attle, or New York. THE WAGE ACT OF 2019 they pay better wages and their businesses One size does not fit all. A $15 min- My name is Margot Dorfman and I am the benefit as a result. They report to me that imum wage would cost these poor rural CEO of the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Com- this approach attracts more stable, depend- counties thousands of jobs. Even blue merce. I represent women business owners able, productive employees. That’s not sur- across America, who support raising the State Oregon recognized this fact when prising since better wages enable workers to minimum wage. concentrate on their job without continually it adopted a tiered minimum wage with INTRODUCTION worrying about how they will put gas in one rate for urban areas, another for The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce their cars, pay for day care or keep up with suburban, and another for rural. was founded to support the continued eco- their rent. I represent three poor South Carolina nomic advancement of women in America. At small businesses, the owners and em- counties, Marion, Dillon, and Marlboro. The Women’s Chamber has more than 500,000 ployees work side by side on a daily basis, These are majority African American members—most of them small business own- working together to offer the best goods and and suffered stagnation over a lost dec- ers. We have members in every state. services to their customers. My members ade following the financial crisis and The business owners with whom I talk know they cannot generally compete with the stifling government overreach of every day believe that, far from hurting the big box stores or the chain restaurants the Obama administration. their businesses, raising the minimum wage on price. Instead, their competitive advan- in fact helps small businesses, women work- tage is higher quality service and a real con- After tax reform and regulatory re- ers and the broader economy. Raising the nection to the community and its residents. form, these poor counties are finally minimum wage reinforces their business The reality is that my members and other recovering. Two years ago, when Don- strategies, while an inadequate minimum Main Street businesses have a lot in common ald Trump took office, the unemploy- wage undermines them. with low-wage workers: both are being ment rate in Marion County was 9.6 It is vitally important to understand that squeezed by big corporations. The low wages percent. Today it is 4.6 percent. What a the number one problem I hear from my that big retailers and restaurant chains pay turnaround. members is that consumer demand is still are one of many factors that contributes to And yet, even in the face of this, weak. Raising the minimum wage helps di- their price advantage over small and local rectly with that by putting more money in Democrats haven’t learned their lesson businesses. Indeed, low-paying big chains the pockets of customers who will spend it at count on responsible employers and tax- and want to return to the days of big our local businesses. payers to subsidize them by providing food government, big regulation overreach The migration of women from the work- stamps and public health assistance to their that will hurt these poor rural counties force into business ownership has been one of workers who can’t make ends meet on pov- the worst. the great economic achievements of the erty wages. Everyone is concerned about income American dream. As women moved from em- Raising the minimum wage to a more real- inequality. Here is a suggestion, to ployees to business owners, we have brought istic level helps level the playing field for stop complaining and actually do a new perspective to America’s business businesses like my members who believe in leadership. Women now own about 40 percent something about it. Let’s work to- treating their workers fairly and investing of all privately held firms in the United in the communities they are rooted in. gether to fix our broken immigration States and are exercising the decision-mak- system. ing authority that comes with that role to WEAK CONSUMER SPENDING IS HURTING SMALL Hundreds of thousands of illegal effect positive changes in the workplace. BUSINESSES AND RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE aliens cross our southern border every My member business owners realize that CAN GIVE IT A BOOST year. This limitless supply of cheap most of the people working for low pay My members see the stagnant wages and labor steals from our children and across the country—the waitresses, the economic anxiety that most American fami- health aides and the cashiers—are women. holds down wages for the hardworking, lies are facing as one of the major factors Many of my members were once employees weakening the economy a decade after the law-abiding Americans. The most af- themselves. They know that raising the min- Great Recession. And economists recognize fected are the most vulnerable at the imum wage helps working women and fami- that until we restore real wage growth for bottom of the income ladder, and par- lies in their struggle to make ends meet. Our working and middle-class Americans, con- ticularly those in rural areas. members know that a minimum wage of $7.25 sumer spending will not be where we need it The SPEAKER pro tempore. The an hour is much too low. to be to help businesses thrive and grow into time of the gentleman has expired. As a matter of fact, large national chains the future. Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. I yield that pay low wages may actually be com- Too many people forget that workers are peting unfairly with women-owned small the gentleman from South Carolina an also consumers. Consumer spending drives 70 businesses that work hard to assure that percent of our economy, and we must additional 30 seconds. their employees receive fair pay. In short, Mr. RICE of South Carolina. Harvard repower broad-based consumer spending— keeping the minimum wage low keeps backed by adequate wages rather than professor George Borjas estimates that women and families down. unaffordable debt—if we are going to repower competition from low-skilled immi- For these reasons and more, the U.S. Wom- our economy, create good jobs and reverse grants has reduced the American lower en’s Chamber of Commerce supports raising the decline in our middle class. Raising the middle-class wages by $800 to $1,500 the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by minimum wage boosts the economy from the yearly. 2024 and then indexing it to median hourly bottom up, which is exactly what we need. Stop the endless flow of illegal labor wages so that it doesn’t erode again. And we That’s why local businesses support raising also support gradually raising the minimum and watch wages rise. For once, let’s the minimum wage—because that additional wage for tipped workers until it equals the money in the pockets of the lowest paid put the American worker first. For regular minimum wage as called for in the once, let’s put America first. workers will be spent immediately in the Raise the Wage Act. local economy. These workers are not taking Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, SMALL BUSINESSES SHOW THAT PAYING HIGHER fancy trips abroad or speculating on Wall I remind my colleague that his vote WAGES IS ECONOMICALLY REALISTIC Street. They are spending pay increases at against this bill is a vote to deny about There are two roads to profitability: the the grocery store, the pharmacy and the 41 percent of the workers in his district high road and the low road. Businesses can auto-repair in their communities.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.010 H18JYPT1 H7100 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE HELPS WORKING so-called Raise the Wage Act, which is was 12 years ago, and the minimum WOMEN nothing more than another baseless, ir- wage hasn’t increased since. Only the Finally, as a representative of women- rational attack on President Trump’s cost of living has increased. owned businesses, I want to emphasize that successful economic record. Folks working full-time earning the working women represent the greatest per- Just this week, House Democrats minimum wage aren’t making enough centage of workers to benefit from increas- voted to condemn the President, hold ing the minimum wage. The typical low- to feed their families, and that is not wage worker is an adult woman. Think of his advisers in contempt, and many acceptable. No one working full-time your waitress at Applebee’s, or the cashier House Democrats voted to impeach the should live in poverty. Working hard is who rings you up at the supermarket. Think President. Today, they are working to not enough if you don’t make enough. of the childcare center worker who takes undo the economic gains seen under That is why I am a proud supporter care of your son or daughter, or the health the Trump administration’s leadership of H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act. aide who helps your mother or grandfather. and undermine the best economy in my The Raise the Wage Act would increase Many of the women business owners who lifetime. wages for over 150,000 people in my dis- belong to the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Com- This legislation will arbitrarily dou- merce left the workforce to start their own trict in North Carolina. It is not just businesses because they felt that the jobs ble the Federal minimum wage to $15 good for workers; it is good for the where women worked were not being fairly an hour, despite plenty of evidence economy. paid. In building their own companies and that employers are fairly compensating Unlike the GOP tax cut, which bene- becoming employers, they have created employees. This bill will hurt the very fited corporations and the wealthy, working environments where they try to do low-income people House Democrats this bill will put money in the pockets better by paying and playing fairly. That’s claim they want to help by reducing why women-owned businesses tend to pay of hardworking Americans, who will employment opportunity and hours. spend it in the local economy. above minimum wage. Women business own- In fact, the CBO estimated that this ers understand and value security for fami- My friends on the other side of the legislation will cost the American lies. aisle will use outdated, misleading In sum, a $15 minimum wage by 2024 would economy up to 3.7 million jobs and re- data to say that it will kill jobs. But offer all of the benefits that I have outlined: duce real wages by $9.5 billion. the most comprehensive and recent re- I offered a bipartisan amendment to it will help small businesses like my mem- search shows no job loss in cities that bers by putting more money in the pockets prevent this bill from taking effect un- have already raised the wage to $15. of workers, which will boost spending and less the GAO could show this legisla- job creation on Main Street; it will help tion would eliminate fewer than 200,000 The American people are with us on level the playing field for small businesses jobs in rural America, where I live, but this. A vast majority support raising and big businesses; and it will bring fairer the minimum wage. pay to American women, who hold the ma- House Democrats wouldn’t even allow a debate. You already know folks can’t survive jority of the low-wage jobs that will see a on $7.25. We don’t have to do that in raise. Just in Tennessee, this bill is pre- While some try to portray a minimum dicted to eliminate more than 66,000 Congress. My folks on the other side of wage increase as a fight between business jobs, roughly the size of my hometown, the aisle, you are making six figures. and workers, raising the minimum wage is in which is the largest city in my district. Can you survive on $7.25? reality good for both. In 2016, Seattle’s minimum wage in- I urge my colleagues, do what is It is for these reasons that the U.S. Wom- creased to $13 an hour, $2 shy of what right because it is right. America needs en’s Chamber of Commerce supports the the House Democrats are proposing a raise. Join me in voting for this bill. Raise the Wage Act of 2019. Give the American people a long over- Thank you. today, and it has already reduced hours MARGOT DORFMAN, for low-income jobs. If legislation like due raise. Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Women’s this is hurting large areas like Seattle, Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD Chamber of CommerceTM. it will have even a worse impact on a letter from 100 economists in support Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, rural America. of the $15 minimum wage. it is amoral that millions of people in I think my colleague across the aisle [From the Economic Policy Institute, Feb. 6, this country are forced to work so hard said the States had raised this. I think 2019] for so little in return. that is a perfect thing, the States Today, workers who earn the federal min- Believe me, Congress knows, because ought to. They know their local econo- imum wage make $7.25 an hour—about 29 there is a serious bipartisan movement mies better than we do here in Wash- percent less per hour than their counterparts afoot to provide Members of Congress ington. made 50 years ago (after adjusting for infla- with a cost-of-living raise. Congress re- I urge my Democratic colleagues to tion) We can afford to pay the lowest-paid alizes that they do not earn enough work with Republicans to implement workers in America substantially more than and, hopefully, they realize that people policies to give every American the what their counterparts were paid a half cen- earning $7.50 an hour are definitely not tools to seek higher-paying jobs and, tury ago Workers produce more today from once again, encourage my colleagues to each hour of work with productivity nearly earning enough. doubling since the late 1960s. So today, I call on CNN, MSNBC, vote against H.R. 582. We, the undersigned, support gradually in- FOX News, to let the American people Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, creasing the minimum wage to $15 by 2024, know that we are attempting to raise I remind my colleague that his vote and then indexing it to median wages to pro- the minimum wage. Herald it from the against this bill is a vote to deny about tect against future erosion. We also support loudest bully pulpit you have. Listen 41 percent of the workers in his district gradually phasing out the outdated submin- to the facts given today by Chairman in Tennessee an average raise of about imum wage for tipped workers, which has SCOTT and my colleagues and share $3,700 a year. been frozen at $2.13 since 1991. them. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the This policy would directly lift the wages of News outlets all over America, you gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. 28.1 million workers by 2024. Another 11.6 million workers whose wages are just above ADAMS), the chair of the Subcommittee have a responsibility to let the Amer- the new minimum would likely see a wage ican people know that we hear them, on Workforce Protections. increase through ‘‘spillover’’ effects, as em- we support them, and we understand. Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, I rise ployers adjust their internal wage scales. We are doing our very, very best to today to join my colleagues in strong The vast majority of employees who would help them. We are fighting for them. support of H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage benefit are adults—disproportionately Raise the wage, colleagues. Raise the Act. women—in working families, who work at wage today. I have been fighting for working fam- least 20 hours a week and depend on their Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. ilies for 3 decades now, from the State earnings to make ends meet. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- House in North Carolina, to here in the A $15 minimum wage by 2024 would result in $121 billion in higher wages for 39.7 million tleman from Tennessee (Mr. DAVID P. U.S. House. I led the successful effort low-wage workers, which would also benefit ROE). in my State to raise the State’s min- their families and their communities. Since Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee. Mr. imum wage in 2006 from $5.15 to $6.15 an lower-paid workers spend a large share of Speaker, I rise today to encourage my hour. Then, in 2009, the Federal Gov- their additional earnings, this injection of colleagues to vote against H.R. 582, the ernment raised the wage to $7.25. That wages would modestly stimulate consumer

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Sheldon Danziger, Univensty of Michigan, Bucknell University, Ph.D.; Juliet Schor, Further, modest and infrequent minimum Ph.D.; Angus Deaton, Princeton University, Boston College, Ph.D.; Robert E Scott Eco- wage increases are directly responsible for Ph.D.; Gregory DeFreitas, Hofstra Univer- nomic Policy Institute Ph.D.; Heidi growing inequality between the bottom and sity, Ph.D.; James Devine, Loyola Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute, Ph.D.; the middle class; this minimum wage in- Marymount University, Ph.D.; Geert Dhondt, Rachel Silbermann, Connecticut Voices for crease would provide a significant and much John Jay College, CUNY Ph.D.; Peter Dia- Children, Ph.D.; Andna Smythe, Howard Uni- needed boost to the earnings of low-wage mond, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- versity, Ph.D. workers. And, because it would be indexed to nology, Ph.D.; Adrienne Eaton, Rutgers Uni- Younghwan Song, Union College Ph.D.; growth in median wages, it would ensure versity Ph.D.; Peter Eaton, University of Sarah Spell, Ph.D.; Case Sprenkle, Univer- that the wage floor keeps up with growth of Missouri-Kansas City, Ph.D.; John Edgren, sity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D.; middle-wage workers going forward. Eastern Michigan University, Ph.D.; Gerald William E. Spriggs, Howard University and The last decade has seen a wealth of rig- Epstein, University of Massachusetts Am- AFL-CIO, Ph.D.; Marshall Steinbaum, Roo- orous academic research on the effect of herst, Ph.D. sevelt Institute, Ph.D.; James Stewart, The minimum wage increases on employment, Allan Freyer, NC Justice Center, Ph.D.; Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D.; Frank with the weight of evidence showing that Teresa Ghilarducci The New School, Ph.D.; Stricker, CSU Dominguez Hills, Ph.D.; Ken- previous modest increases in the minimum Jeeten Gin, Union College, Ph.D.; Martin neth P. Thomas, University of Missouri-St wage had little or no negative effects on the Hart-Landsberg, Lewis and Clark College Louis, Ph.D.; Chris Tilly, Univeisity of Cali- employment of low-wage workers. It is time Ph.D.; Jeff Hayes, Institute for Women’s Pol- fornia Los Angeles, Ph.D. to support a bolder increase to address the icy Research, Ph.D.; Adam Hersh Former Laura Tyson, University of California fact that wages for workers at the low end of Chief Economist of the Joint Economic Com- Berkeley, Ph.D.; Johan Uribe, Denison Uni- the labor market have continued to stag- mittee, Ph.D.; Stephen Herzenberg, Keystone versity, Ph.D.; Paula Voos, Rutgers Univer- nate. Even if the growth of aggregate work Research Center, Ph.D.; Emily Hoffman, sity, Ph.D.; Richard Walker University of hours for low-wage workers were to slow Western Michigan University, Ph.D.; David California, Berkeley, Ph.D.; Robert Wassmer, somewhat, workers who work less could still Howell, The New School, Ph.D. California State University, Sacramento, break even, or come out ahead, in terms of Candace Howes, Connecticut College, Ph.D.; David Weil, Brandeis University, annual earnings. Since as many as 10 percent Ph.D.; Jennifer Hunt, Rutgers University, Ph.D.; Joann Weiner, The George Wash- of the lowest-wage workers leave or start Ph.D.; Jeffrey Keefe, Rutgers University, ington University Ph.D.; Jeannette Wicks- jobs every month, any decrease in the num- Ph.D.; Mary C. King Portland State Univer- Lim, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, ber of full-time equivalent jobs will mean sity, Ph.D.; Janet Knoedler, Bucknell Uni- Ph.D.; Charles Wilber, University of Notre that some workers will take more time find- versity, Ph.D.; Ebru Kongar, Dickinson Col- Dame, Ph.D.; Sarah Wilhelm, Ph.D.; Robert ing a new job, or will work fewer hours. But lege, Ph.D.; Brent Kramer, City University B. Williams, Guilford College, Ph.D.; Valerie many of these workers may still see their of New York, Ph.D.; Haydar Kurban, Howard Wilson, Economic Policy Institute, Ph.D.; annual earnings rise because of their wage University, Ph.D.; Paul Leigh, University of Yavuz Yasar, University of Denver, Ph.D.; increase. California, Davis, Ph.D.; Henry Levin, Co- Alexandria Zhang, Ph.D.; Ben Zipperer, Eco- The benefits of gradually phasing in a $15 lumbia University, Ph.D. nomic Policy Institute, Ph.D. minimum wage by 2024 would be far-reach- Oren Levin-Waldman, Metropolitan Col- ing, lifting pay for tens of millions of work- lege of New York, Ph.D.; Mark Levinson, Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. ers and helping reverse decades of growing SEIU, Ph.D.; Frank Levy, Massachusetts In- Speaker, I yield myself such time as I pay inequality. The benefits of a $15 min- stitute of Technology, Ph.D.; David B. may consume. imum wage in 2024 for workers, their fami- Lipsky, Cornell University, Ph.D.; Pamela I do agree with one thing one of our lies, and their communities far outweigh the Loprest, Urban Institute, Ph.D.; Stephanie colleagues across the aisle said a few potential costs. Of course, the minimum Luce, School of Labor and Urban Studies/ minutes ago. We do need to let the wage is just one of many policies designed to CUNY, Ph.D.; Lisa Lynch, Brandeis Univer- American people know what this House help low-wage workers. We believe that an sity Ph.D.; Stanley Malinowitz, Universidad is about to do; kill millions of jobs. increase in the minimum wage should be ac- Nacional de Colombia, Ph.D.; Julianne The CBO’s estimate was that 1.3 mil- companied by complementary policies such Malveaux, Economic Education, Ph.D.; Pat- as an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit rick Mason, Florida State University, Ph.D. lion jobs would be lost, minimum. Of (EITC), enhanced safety net, increased job Jordan Matsudaira, Columbia University, those jobs lost, 60 percent would be fe- training, and policies to generate full em- Ph.D.; Peter Matthews, Middlebury College, male workers, 46 percent would be ployment. Ph.D.; Anne Mayhew, University of Ten- young workers, and 38 percent would Sincerely, nessee, Ph.D.; Elaine McCrate, University of have less than a high school diploma. Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute Vermont, Ph.D.; John Miller Wheaton Col- These are the people that our col- of Technology, Ph.D.; Jacqueline Agesa, lege, Ph.D.; Lawrence Mishel, Economic Pol- Marshall University, Ph.D.; Alan Aja, Brook- leagues claim they care about. icy Institute, Ph.D.; Monique Morrissey, However, what they want to do here lyn College, CUNY, Ph.D.; Randy Albelda, Economic Policy Institute, Ph.D.; Philip University of Massachusetts Boston, Ph.D.; Moss, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, today is harm those very people. So I Sylvia A. Allegretto, University of Cali- Ph.D.; Eshragh Motahar Union College, think it is important that we let the fornia, Berkeley, Ph.D.; Bernard E. Ander- Ph.D.; Tracy Mott, University of Denver, American people understand what this son, University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D.; Rob- Ph.D. legislation does. ert M. Anderson, University of California, Richard Murnane, Harvard University, Mr. Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 minutes to Berkeley, Ph.D.; Eileen Appelbaum, Center Ph.D.; Robert Murphy, Boston College, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. for Economic and Policy Research, Ph.D.; Ph.D.; Paulette Olson, Wright State Univer- WALBERG). Michael Ash, University of Massachusetts sity, Ph.D.; Rudolph Oswald, Retired, Ph.D.; Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, I rise Amherst Ph.D.; Algernon Austin, Demos, Spencer Pack, Connecticut College, Ph.D.; Ph.D. Prasannan Parthasarathi, Boston College, today in opposition to H.R. 582, better Kate Bahn, Washington Center for Equi- Ph.D.; Manuel Pastor University of Southern known as the Raising Unemployment table Growth, Ph.D.; Dean Baker, Center for California, Ph.D.; Mark Paul, New College of for American Workers Act. Economic and Policy Research, Ph.D.; Florida, Ph.D.; Eva Paus, Mount Holyoke The bill’s desired outcome may be Erdogan Bakir, Bucknell University, Ph.D.; College Ph.D.; Kenneth Peres, Retired Com- well-intentioned, and you will hear hy- Stephen Baldwin, Retired, Ph.D.; Nina munications Workers of America, Ph.D. pothetical numbers from my good Banks, Bucknell University, Ph.D.; James Joseph Persky, University of Illinois at friend and chairman of the committee, Baron, Yale School of Management, Ph.D.; Chicago Ph.D.; Michael Piore, Massachusetts Lourdes Beneria, Cornell University, Ph.D.; Institute of Technology, Ph.D.; Robert Pol- assuming jobs are kept, which they Jared Bernstein, Ph.D.; Josh Bivens, Eco- len, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, won’t be. nomic Policy Institute, Ph.D.; Sandra Black, Ph.D.; Mark Price, Keystone Research Cen- b 0945 University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. ter, Ph.D.; Michael Reich, University of Cali- Gail Blattenberger, University of Utah, fornia, Berkeley, Ph.D.; Rene Rosenbaum, In reality, it causes harm to the very Ph.D.; Robert Blecker, American University, Michigan State University, Ph.D.; Jesse people it is supposed to help. Just ask Ph.D.; Barry Bluestone, Northeastern Uni- Rothstein, University of California, Berke- the nonpartisan Congressional Budget versity, Ph.D.; Barry Bosworth, Brookings ley, Ph.D.; Daniel Rubinfeld University of Office. Institution, Ph.D.; Heather Boushey, Wash- California, Berkeley, Ph.D.; Emmanuel Saez, According to a CBO analysis of this ington Center for Equitable Growth, Ph.D.; University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D.; legislation, it could eliminate up to 3.7 Clair Brown, University of California, Berke- Isabel Sawhill, Brookings Institution, Ph.D. million jobs with a minimum wage in- ley, Ph.D. Lawrence Chimerine, Radnor Con- Peter Schaeffer, West Virginia University, sulting, Ph.D.; Robert Coen, Northwestern Ph.D.; William Schaniel, University of West crease, but the loss of 3.7 million jobs, University, Ph.D.; Jennifer Cohen, Miami Georgia, Ph.D.; Stephen J. Schmidt, Union and reduce family income by $9 billion. University, Ph.D.; David Cutler Harvard Uni- College, Ph.D.; John Schmitt, Economic Pol- Low-income workers without a high versity, Ph.D. icy Institute, Ph.D.; Geoffrey Schneider, school degree would be hit the hardest.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.005 H18JYPT1 H7102 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 We have seen the real-world con- If enacted, this legislation would: Progress Action; Main Street Alliance; sequences of a $15 minimum wage in Gradually raise the federal minimum wage Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence; cities like Seattle. It resulted in small to $15 an hour in 2025; Maine Women’s Lobby; Mainers for Account- After 2025, adjust the minimum wage each able Leadership; Make the Road PA; Mary- businesses cutting jobs and workers re- year to keep pace with growth in the typical land Center on Economic Policy; Maryland ceiving fewer hours and overall take- worker’s wages; Hunger Solutions; Maryland National Orga- home pay. Phase out the outdated subminimum wage nization for Women; Massachusetts Law Re- Instead of a one-size-fits-all ap- for tipped workers, which has been frozen at form Institute. proach, there is a better way to boost a meager $2.13 since 1991; and, Maternal and Child Health Access; MCCC/ income for hardworking families. Let’s Sunset the much criticized ability of em- MTA; Men of All Colors Together (MACT)/ focus on policies that keep our econ- ployers to pay workers with disabilities a Phila.; Mercyhaven Inc.; Methodist Federa- omy thriving and create more opportu- subminimum wage through certificates tion for Social Action; Metro-Detroit Chap- issued by DOL. ter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women nities for all Americans to find good- Phase out the subminimum wage for work- (CLUW); Metropolitan Community Church of paying, living-wage jobs that allow ad- ers under the age of 20. Washington, D.C.; Metropolitan Washington vancements as well, not just minimum At a time when wage stagnation and in- Employment Lawyers Association; Michigan wage. come inequality pose serious threats to our League for Public Policy; Michigan’s Chil- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, families and our economy, the Raise the dren; Middlesex Coalition for Children; Mil- I remind my colleague that his vote Wage Act of 2019 will begin to reverse that waukee Area Service & Hospitality Workers against this bill is a vote to deny about cycle and raise pay broadly across the bot- Organization; Minnesota Coalition for the tom of the workforce. According to the Eco- 32 percent of the workers in his district Homeless; Mississippi Families for Kids; Mis- nomic Policy Institute, this Act will deliver sissippi Low Income Child Care Initiative. in Michigan an average raise of about long-overdue raises to more than 1 in 4 work- Missouri CLUW Chapter; MomsRising; $2,300 a year. And in the CBO report ers, 90% of whom are over the age of 20. The Mountain State Justice; MWC, AFL-CIO; that he cited, three of the most recent average age of workers who would get a raise NAACP; studies cited in that report show an ac- is 35, nearly half have some years of college NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina; Nash- tual increase in jobs, not a decrease. education. In fact, those who work year- ua Soup Kitchen and Shelter; National Advo- I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman round would see a raise in the order of $3,000 cacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shep- from Washington (Ms. JAYAPAL), the a year, which is enough to make a tremen- herd; National Asian Pacific American Wom- co-chair of the Progressive Caucus, a dous difference in the life of a preschool en’s Forum (NAPAWF); National Association teacher, bank teller, or fast-food worker who of Social Workers; National Association of gentlewoman who can talk specifically today struggles to get by on around $20,000 Social Workers—NJ Chapter; National Asso- about Seattle. per year. ciation of Social Workers Connecticut Chap- Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, this is a 28 percent are working parents with chil- ter; National Association of Social Workers, big day. Today we pass the first min- dren, and half have family incomes of less West Virginia Chapter; National Association imum wage increase for workers in dec- than $40,000 per year. Women make up nearly of the Deaf; National Black Justice Coali- ades. 58 percent of the workers who would benefit tion. And, yes, I am proud to represent Se- from a $15 minimum wage, which would be National Black Sisters’ Conference; Na- attle, a leader in the Fight for $15, instrumental in helping to close the gender- tional Center for Lesbian Rights; National where I served on the committee that wage-gap. Raising the minimum wage to $15 Center for Transgender Equality; National would also significantly benefit workers of Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence; Na- actually drafted the legislation that color, with 38 percent of African American tional Coalition for the Homeless; National passed, ultimately. workers and 33 percent of Latinos seeing a Consumers League; National Council of It has been 4 years since Seattle pay increase once this law goes into effect. Churches; National Council of Jewish raised the wage, and I want to tell my These are the frontline workers who make Women; National Council of Jewish colleagues across the aisle what the ef- America run-yet due to the erosion of the Women—PA; National Council of Jewish fect of that increase has been. real value of the minimum wage over the Women—Texas; National Council of Jewish Seattle is flourishing. Today we have last half century, they are struggling even as Women—Florida; National Disability Rights one of the lowest unemployment rates our economy enjoys a solid recovery. Network; National Domestic Workers Alli- The time for the Raise the Wage Act is in the country, and jobs are growing ance; National Education Association; Na- long overdue, and we cannot delay in work- tional Employment Law Project. steadily. ing toward its passage. We call on Congress National Employment Lawyers Associa- Last year, Forbes ranked Seattle the to enact this important piece of legislation tion; National Employment Lawyers Asso- number one best place for business and as quickly as possible, and for President ciation—Eastern Pennsylvania National Em- careers in 2018, and despite the doom Trump to sign it when it comes to his desk. ployment Lawyers Association—Georgia Af- and gloom predictions from the Na- Sincerely, filiate National Employment Lawyers Asso- tional Restaurant Association when we Jackson State University; Jewish Women ciation—New York; National Equality Ac- passed the bill, what we have seen is International; Jobs with Justice; Just Har- tion Team (NEAT); National Health Care for vest: A Center for Action Against Hunger; what The Seattle Times called ‘‘a crazy the Homeless Council; National Human Serv- Justice and Advocacy Committee of the Le- ices Assembly; National Immigration Law restaurant boom’’—that is a quote— high Conference of Churches; Justice for Mi- Center; National Korean American Service & with new jobs created every year. grant Women; Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes; Education Consortium (NAKASEC} National The most recent and credible re- Kansas Association of Community Action LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund; National search shows that wages for Seattle’s Programs; Kentucky Equal Justice Center; Low Income Housing Coalition; National low-wage workers went up without any Kentucky State AFL-CIO; Keystone Partnership for Women & Families; National negative impact on employment, and Progress; Keystone Research Center; Kings Resource Center on Domestic Violence; Na- local food prices remained constant so Local Food Pantry; Korean Resource Center; tional Rural Social Work Caucus; National that families could better afford to buy KWH Law Center for Social Justice and Urban League. Change. National Women’s Law Center; National healthy food. La Frontera Ministries; La Plata County Working Positive Coalition; National When we increased the minimum Thrive! Living Wage Coalition; Labor Edu- Workrights Institute; NC Justice Center; NC wage in Seattle, Mr. Speaker, we got cation Program, School of Labor and Em- State AFL-CIO; Nebraska Appleseed; Ne- strong businesses, healthy families, ployment Relations, University of Illinois; braska Chapter of the National Association and flourishing communities. All Lamoille Family Center; Law Foundation of of Social Workers Neighbors Helping Neigh- American workers deserve the same Silicon Valley; Law Students in Court; Law- bors Teton County MT; NELA Hawaii Chap- thing. Let’s raise the wage today. yers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; ter; NELA—Kansas City Affiliate; NELA— Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD Leadership Conference of Women Religious; Saint Louis; NELA—Alabama; Nenana a second letter from the National Em- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Tortella Council on Aging, INC; Network for Human Rights; Leadership Team, Sisters of Environmental & Economic Responsibility; ployment Law Project in support of the Presentations; Legal Aid at Work; Legal NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Jus- this legislation. Aid Service of Broward County; Legal Mo- tice. JULY 16, 2019. mentum: The Women’s Legal Defense and New Jersey Policy Perspective; New Jersey The undersigned organizations enthusiasti- Education Fund; Legal Voice; Let Justice State Coalition of Labor Union Women; New cally support the Raise the Wage Act of 2019, Roll: Living Wage Campaign. Jersey Tenants Organization; New Mexico introduced by Senators Bernie Sanders (VT) Lincoln Hills Development Corporation; Association of Community Partners and Patty Murray (WA), Representatives LiveWell Colorado; Long Beach Gray Pan- (NMACP); New Mexico Black Caucus; New Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), Mark Paean thers; Los Angeles Alliance for a New Econ- Mexico Center on Law and Poverty; New Or- (WI) and Stephanie Murphy (FL). omy; Louisiana Budget Project; Louisiana leans Associates of the Sisters of the Blessed

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.013 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7103 Sacrament; New Voices for Reproductive to you that America is not about We need to make certain that wages Justice; New York Paid Leave Coalition; minimals. Nobody comes to America keep pace with the cost of living. We North American Climate, Conservation and because I may get a minimum wage in- haven’t done that. For 10 years, we Environment(NACCE); North Carolina Alli- crease. They come to America because haven’t given a raise. ance for Retired Americans; North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence; North of maximum opportunity. We need to value the labor that our Carolina Council of Churches; North Dakota Why would we dwell on a minimum people contribute into the economy. Chapter of the National Association of So- wage when you had the chance in De- That is why we have a Federal min- cial Workers; North Dakota Economic Secu- cember of 2017 to lift all boats? imum wage, to ensure that everyone rity and Prosperity Alliance. Why would we turn our back on an who works hard, full time, ought to be Northwest Indiana Community Action; opportunity to completely change the able to afford, not simply to get by, but Northwest Pilot Project; Oakland Park economy of the United States? to try to get ahead. Democratic Club; Oakland Symphony; Oasis Why would we turn our back on I have heard from many in my dis- Legal Services; Ohaha Family Foundation; Ohio Coalition of Labor Union Women; Ohio workers who had not been employed for trict who have told me that increasing Domestic Violence Network; Oklahoma Pol- many years, and we sit today with mil- the minimum wage will have a major icy Institute; Oklahoma Women’s Coalition; lions of open jobs and we don’t have impact on their incomes and their One Pennsylvania; One Stop Career Center of enough workers to fill them? lives. PR Inc; Orange County Poverty Alleviation And what are we talking about Dana Hudson from Owings in Calvert Coalition; Organize Florida; OURNOVA. today? We are trying to right a wrong. County, Maryland, makes the min- Oxfam America; Pathways PA; Patriotic We are trying to fix, somehow, a imum wage of $10.10 an hour and sup- Millionaires; Pax Christi Florida; Pax Chris- ti Illinois; Pax Christi USA; Peace, Justice, wrongheaded decision to vote against plements his income with farming on Sustainability Florida; Pennsylvania Budget the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. his land. He is 60 years old and looking and Policy Center; Pennsylvania Council of And a lot of it had to do with not be- ahead to retirement, knowing that a Churches; Pennsylvania Together; People cause we were Republicans, but be- higher minimum wage in his final Demanding Action; People’s Institute for cause we have somebody in the White years of working will go a long way to- Housing Justice; Philadelphia Coalition of House that we just don’t like; and, my wards giving him and his wife retire- Labor Union Women; Philly Neighborhood God, if we do something that lifts the ment security. Networks; Piedmont Housing Alliance. hopes of all Americans and the wishes Delano Alexander of Clinton, Mary- Planet Earth; Policy Matters Ohio; Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign; of all Americans and Donald Trump land, is an environmental services aide Positive Women’s Network-USA; PowHer gets credit for it, that just won’t work at Prince George’s Hospital Center. He New York; Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); in 2020. earns $12.85 an hour, presently, and if Pride at Work; Princeton Community Hous- I would ask my friends on the other we pass this bill, he will get an income ing; Professional Child Care Provider Net- side, if you really want to see America boost through the years to help him work of Prince George’s Co., Inc; Project soar, stop putting roadblocks in the and his family get ahead. Bread-The Walk for Hunger; Promise The way. Stop standing in the way of hard- Victor Reyes of Berwyn Heights, Children; Provincial Council Clerics of St. working American taxpayers who Maryland, started his career as a non- Viator (Viatorians); Public Advocacy for Kids; Public Citizen; Public Citizens for Chil- couldn’t care less what your political union day laborer barely making a liv- dren and Youth (PCCY); Public Justice Cen- affiliation is but watch the legislation ing. Now he has a union construction ter. that you pass and, more importantly, job, and he is earning better pay. He Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. the legislation that you passed on. wrote to ask me to support a higher Speaker, as our colleagues have noted, I would just remind you—and I know minimum wage so that others who are States and localities may enact higher you are going to tell me the average working with him and haven’t found minimum wages than the Federal min- wages in Pennsylvania—those wages better jobs can get the same economic imum wage, and there are examples of are only available if you get hired. security he now has. that. But let’s leave freedom in the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- We referred to 27 million, 33 million— hands of the people, in the hands of the bers are reminded to address their re- whatever that number is between 27 States. That is what this country is all marks to the Chair. and 33—are going to get a raise by this about. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, bill. That didn’t happen in the tax bill. In socialist regimes, all decisions are as the gentleman has suggested, his Some of the richest people in America made by a small group of people at a vote against the bill is a vote to deny got a huge increase, but not the aver- central government. That is not the about 43 percent of the workers in his age working guy and gal. American way. district in Pennsylvania an average In June, we marked 10 years since Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the raise of $3,900 a year, while the tax bill the last minimum wage increase went gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. that he supported, 80 percent of the into effect, the longest period without KELLY). benefits of that bill went to the top 1 an increase since the minimum wage Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Mr. percent and corporations. was first introduced under Franklin Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the Roosevelt’s New Deal. from North Carolina for yielding. gentleman from Maryland (Mr. HOYER), I was proud to bring legislation to Mr. Speaker, I think dates matter the House majority leader. the floor in 2007 to raise the minimum and I think votes matter, and I think Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank wage the last time Congress did so, and that sometimes because of where we the gentleman for yielding. I am proud to do it again today. This is are, this is kind of this Potomac amne- I like the gentleman from Pennsyl- long overdue, something the previous sia. vania. He and I are friends. We dis- Republican majority should have made We say we want to raise people’s agree. a priority but failed to accomplish. wages, we want to create jobs, we want I proudly voted against the tax bill Today, low-income workers in our to be able to do things that lift every which, I think, spiked the deficit, and economy are getting a bad deal with a single boat because that is what a ris- we had a continuation of the extraor- minimum wage that doesn’t even allow ing tide does. It is not a Democrat tide; dinary growth of jobs and the economy many workers to get by, let alone get it is not a Republican tide; it is a rising under the Obama administration, and ahead working 40 hours a week and liv- tide for the American people. that has continued in a straight line. It ing in poverty. That is not a successful I would just want to remind my col- didn’t spike up—straight line. American economy, because 10 years leagues, in December of 2017, not one of Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support have passed without an increase. you was on board with the Tax Cuts of the Raise the Wage Act. This is di- Workers stuck earning the current and Jobs Act. You could not vote for it rect—not indirect, not trickle down, di- minimum wage of just $7.25 an hour in the House; you could not vote for it rect—saying to some of the people who have effectively received a 17 percent in the Senate. worked hardest and make the least: We pay cut over the last 10 years. That is And we come here today and we talk are going to help. We think what you why the House will vote today on the about minimum wage and raising min- do is valuable to our community and to Raise the Wage Act, which will gradu- imum wages, and I would just suggest our society. ally raise the Federal minimum wage

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.010 H18JYPT1 H7104 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 to $15 an hour by 2025, 6 years from almost 4 million jobs could be lost if to spend to care for their families and now. this legislation were implemented. stimulate our economy. This bill also eliminates the submin- I remind my colleagues that we had This is especially true in rural areas, imum wage for those with disabilities, an 8-year war on business, and, guess where workers have only a handful of which will ensure their equal pay and what. In 2016, we said that war is over. employment options. If the primary the ability to live with independence. America is open for business. employer in a rural town is a multibil- Many States and municipalities have b 1000 lion-dollar corporation like Walmart, already raised their minimum wages to they can afford to pay their workers this level, and it has not caused the With Georgia being the number one $15 an hour instead of holding down dire consequences that some on the State to do business in for the past 6 wages for the entire community. other side of the aisle have predicted. years, this damaging Federal mandate Congress recently set a new record My home State of Maryland took ac- would reverse all of the great work our for the longest stretch in U.S. history tion earlier this year to raise the min- State has done to grow jobs and the without a hike in the minimum wage: imum wage to $15 an hour. I am proud economy. 10 years. It is long past due that we And I am telling you, we are getting of that fact. show workers respect by putting more The nonpartisan Congressional Budg- it done in Georgia, but I don’t want money in their pockets and support et Office has determined that raising Maryland to determine what Georgia is this bill. going to do and I don’t want Seattle to the minimum wage to $15 an hour Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD would lift 1.3 million Americans di- determine what Georgia is going to do. a letter from the United Food and As a businessman, I know that our rectly out of poverty. Commercial Workers. economy is all about supply and de- Isn’t that a good thing to do? Doesn’t UFCW, mand, and with more job openings, that make you feel better that we are Washington, DC, July 15, 2019. then job seekers’ wages are going to go helping to lift people out of poverty? To All Members of the U.S. House of Rep- And the Economic Policy Institute up. You have to pay more to keep tal- resentatives. says that doing so would cause wages ent. It is supply and demand, folks. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the In fact, in 2018, wages and salaries United Food and Commercial Workers Inter- to go up for 33 million Americans. That saw the largest increase in more than a national Union (UFCW) which represents is good for them. decade, thanks to the economic envi- more than 1.3 million hard-working Ameri- What I suggest is, well, it is good for ronment led by a Republican-led Con- cans in food and non-food retail, pharmacy, our economy and it is good for all of gress and President Trump that has food processing, and manufacturing, I urge us, because it will help grow the econ- you to vote for the Raise the Wage Act (H.R. spurred economic growth and pros- omy, make folks more independent, 582) and vote against any amendments that perity. and make them feel better about them- would weaken the bill. UFCW will be scoring The last thing we need are more one- selves and about what they are doing. this vote. size-fits-all Washington mandates that We campaigned on a promise to raise The Raise the Wage Act will raise the fed- lead to job cuts, cut workers’ hours for eral minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.55 this wages and make sure that American automation, and ultimately shut the year and gradually increase it over the next workers can access all the opportuni- doors of our Nation’s small businesses. five years until it reaches $15 an hour in 2024. ties that make the American Dream Mr. Speaker, I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on After 2024, the minimum wage will be in- possible. That is what we are doing this legislation. dexed so that it continues to rise along with today. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, a typical workers wage. The Raise the Wage I thank Chairman BOBBY SCOTT and Act will also end unfair exclusions for tipped I remind my colleague that his vote workers, people with disabilities, and youth Democrats on the Committee on Edu- against this bill is a vote to deny 41 cation and Labor for their hard work so that they, too, can benefit from a decent percent of the workers in his district in minimum wage. on this legislation. Georgia an average raise of about $3,800 Raising the minimum wage will be good for We said we were going to raise the a year, and I don’t think they are the economy and stimulate consumer spend- wage. Today we are going to raise the laughing about that. ing. Today’s low-wage workers earn less per wage. It is the right thing to do. I urge Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the hour than their counterparts did 50 years ago every Member to support it. gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. but productivity has nearly doubled in that Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. time. If the minimum wage had been raised POCAN), the co-chair of the Progressive at the same pace as productivity growth, it Speaker, Speaker PELOSI promised that Caucus. a $15 minimum wage hike would be would be over $20 an hour today. Increasing Mr. POCAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the minimum wage would generate $144 bil- passed by the House in the first 100 Mr. SCOTT for yielding. lion in additional wages and most of those hours of this Congress, so it is not sur- I do find it interesting to sit and lis- extra earnings would be spent in grocery prising that 7 months later the Rules ten to a debate today where people who stores and other main street businesses be- Committee accepted a manager’s make $174,000 a year and half of which cause lower-paid workers spend a greater amendment to add a modest amount of are millionaires are telling people they proportion of their earnings. extra time for small businesses to feel should be satisfied trying to exist on The Raise the Wage Act would deliver long-overdue raises to a large segment of the the full effect of this bill. $15,000 a year, which is the very reason Also, our colleague has said that this workforce. Gradually raising the federal we are here today: to try to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2024 would lift pay will lift 1.3 million people out of pov- wage for 33 million people, a quarter of for nearly 40 million workers—26.6 percent of erty, but it is also going to knock 3.7 the workforce in this country. the U.S. workforce. A $15 minimum wage million people out of jobs. So, let’s No family in the United States can would begin to reverse decades of pay in- keep it all in perspective. live on $7.25 an hour and make ends equality between the lowest-paid workers I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman meet. and the middle class. from Georgia (Mr. ALLEN). In my home State of Wisconsin, you Raising the minimum wage would signifi- Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, I think it would have to work 93 hours a week at cantly benefit workers of color and women. is laughable for anybody in this House Nearly two-fifths (38 percent) of African minimum wage in order to afford a Americans and one-third (33 percent) of to say that the government is going to modest two-bedroom apartment, and Latinos would get a raise and 56 percent of raise your wages. The government there is not a single county in the women workers would benefit. doesn’t raise wages. What the govern- country where a worker earning the Across the country, there is overwhelming ment does is provide an environment minimum wage for 40 hours a week can momentum in favor of raising wages for our for businesses to raise wages, and that afford a two-bedroom apartment. nation’s lowest-wage workers. Since 2014, is where the decision should be. I come to Congress with 3 decades as twenty-one states, plus D.C., have approved And it is laughable to me that Mem- a small businessowner. Small business minimum wage increases. California, Massa- bers of Congress actually believe that chusetts, New York, and the District of Co- owners know our workers are our cus- lumbia have approved raising their min- they are going to raise the wages of tomers, our neighbors, and our commu- imum wages to $15 an hour and Washington, people in this country by this legisla- nity members. Oregon, Colorado, Arizona, Missouri, Michi- tion. The Congressional Budget Office When workers have more money in gan, and Maine have approved minimum recently released a report saying that their pockets, they have more money wages ranging from $12 to $14.75 an hour.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.015 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7105 UFCW opposes a regional minimum wage. 37 percent of the workers in his district workers and workers with disabilities, ensur- Regional minimum wages bake-in low wages in Alabama an average wage of about ing that all groups have access to consistent to already low-wage places. Rural counties $3,700 a year. wages. and Southern cities where wages have been Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the Everyone benefits when the floor is raised. depressed for a variety of social, political, According to the Congressional Budget Of- and economic reasons would effectively have gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. NOR- fice, raising the wage to $15.00 an hour would their low-wage status locked in. The power CROSS), a distinguished member of the boost the earnings of 27 million workers and of the minimum wage to boost worker in- Committee on Education and Labor. their families, lifting some of America’s comes, and thus consumer buying power, Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I neediest families out of poverty. Through would be legislatively kneecapped for the thank Mr. SCOTT for making sure that this wage increase, the Raise the Wage Act areas that could most use a boost in local we finally, after 11 years, will have a (H.R. 582) will not only help low-wage work- consumer demand. vote to raise the minimum wage. ers to meet their basic needs, but it will in- Raising the minimum wage is long over- This is America. You play by the crease workers’ purchasing power, helping to due. I call on every member of Congress to rules, you work hard, you are supposed stimulate and grow America’s economy. vote for the Raise the Wage Act and enact All workers deserve to make a livable this import piece of legislation as quickly as to be able to make it, but that is not wage. Combined with critically needed labor possible. the way it is. law reforms, this legislation will serve as an Sincerely, Less than 2 years ago, our colleagues important step to empowering workers. USW ADEMOLA OYEFESO, on the other side of the aisle made sure urges you to give America’s lowest paid International Vice President, Director, that the top 1 percent got their raise, workers a raise and enact the Raise the Legislative and Political Action Department. as they are stepping on the American Wage Act (H.R. 582). Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. worker. Sincerely, Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- Today is the day that we set the THOMAS M. CONWAY, International President. tleman from Alabama (Mr. BYRNE). record straight and give opportunities Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to those who need it the most. Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. today in opposition to H.R. 582. Henry Ford said it: Make sure you Speaker, our colleagues say all the This bill would cause disruptive job pay your employees enough money so time that we need to help the people at losses and harm entry-level workers in they can buy your product and serv- the bottom of the ladder. many regions around the country, ef- ices. Those are exactly the people who are fectively knocking the bottom rung off That is the true case of what is going being helped by the Republican policies the career ladder and especially hurt- on here today. You give a raise to the that were enacted in the first 2 years of ing young workers. people who need it the most to survive, this administration. We are seeing peo- Last Monday, CBO issued a long- not to invest overseas or in a shore ple at the bottom get the highest per- awaited study, which estimates that up home. They will spend it right in their centage increase. So that is already to 3.7 million jobs would be lost from a neighborhood going to the supermarket being done, and it is because of regula- $15 minimum wage, with a median esti- and drugstore. tions being reduced and the Tax Cuts mate of 1.3 million jobs lost. That in- They shouldn’t have to make the de- and Jobs Act. cludes 44,000 jobs that would be lost in cision whether or not to put clothes on Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the my home State of Alabama, and those their kids’ backs or to feed them, but distinguished gentleman from Pennsyl- under 21 will suffer half those job that is what is going on today. vania (Mr. SMUCKER). losses. Those in the top 1 percent got their Mr. SMUCKER. Mr. Speaker, I thank When comparing those numbers with raise. It is time that those who work the gentlewoman for yielding. the report’s estimate that only 1.3 mil- hard and have the dignity of a job get When I was a teenager, at 14 years lion individuals would be lifted out of their raise. old, one of my first jobs was serving as poverty, H.R. 582 would cost at least Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD a dishwasher at Smoketown family res- one job to be lost for every person who a letter from the United Steel Workers. taurant. I had no previous work experi- moved out of poverty. In the CBO’s UNITED STEELWORKERS, ence, but the owner took a chance on high-impact scenario, as many as three Pittsburgh, PA, July 15, 2019. me. I certainly didn’t receive a great jobs would be lost for every individual Re United Steelworkers support H.R. 582, the wage, but it was a starting point, and moving out of poverty. Raise the Wage Act. the lessons that I learned in that job This is not a tradeoff that Congress HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, were lessons that I used during my en- should ask America’s workers and Washington, DC. tire career. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the I went on after high school to buy a small businesses to make, and I espe- 850,000 members of the United Steelworkers cially don’t think we should ask our (USW), I urge you to stand with workers and small construction company, operated young workers to make it. support the Raise the Wage Act (H.R. 582). it for 25 years, creating family-sus- Significantly, CBO has also found In the 10 years since Congress last took ac- taining jobs for hundreds of individ- there would be a reduction in real fam- tion, the federal minimum wage has re- uals. ily income by 2025 of $9 billion, effec- mained stagnant, eroding the earnings and Today, my 16-year-old son serves food tively reducing pay for many American purchasing power for millions of American in a skilled nursing center after school families. wage workers and their families. According at a wage of $9 an hour. He is very to the Economic Policy Institute, the cur- thrilled with that; again, learning the Remember, wages are currently on rent federal minimum wage is worth 17 per- the rise thanks to a booming economy, cent less than it was 10 years ago, down a skills, the people skills, needed, learn- the Republican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, staggering 31 percent from its peak value in ing to show up for work on time, learn- and President Trump’s focus on elimi- 1968. It is clear that this stagnation has re- ing to work hard. nating wasteful regulations. sulted in a cut in real wages for those work- In fact, one of the best indicators of With 7.3 million unfilled jobs nation- ers who can least afford it. success in a career is whether or not wide, job creators know they must While 29 states and the District of Colum- you had a job during high school. offer competitive wages and benefits to bia have taken action to raise their wage This bill, unfortunately, would rob floors, the failure of federal action on the attract and retain workers, and 29 minimum wage means roughly 40 percent of many of the opportunity to hold that States already have a minimum wage Americans and their communities have seen first job. CBO specifically said 3.7 mil- higher than the Federal floor. continued wage stagnation. lion jobs will be lost as a result of this Instead of providing tangible benefits It is past time for America to address the bill. to working class Americans, H.R. 582 growing needs of low-wage workers and low- Our friends on the other side of the would cause the most harm to the very income families and raise the federal min- aisle are not talking about that aspect people its supporters claim to help. imum wage. Under the Raise the Wage Act of the bill. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to (H.R. 582), the value of the federal minimum There is no question here about the wage would be restored by incrementally oppose this bill. raising the nation’s wage floor to $15.00 an desire to see every individual that we Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, hour by 2024 and indexing it to inflation. The represent have the opportunity to live I remind my colleague that his vote legislation would also eliminate the submin- the American Dream: the idea the pre- against this bill is a vote to deny about imum wages currently in effect for tipped vious speaker just said, the idea that

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.012 H18JYPT1 H7106 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 you can work hard, play by the rules, ard of living in all parts of the country. Al- Mr. Speaker, I urge all my colleagues and you can live your dream. lowing for a lower regional minimum wage, to support this historic legislation. The question is the prescription, and as some have suggested, would lock millions Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. it is a fundamental choice. It is a of workers into poverty, and would be espe- Speaker, I reserve the balance of my cially harmful to people of color and women time. choice of believing in our free enter- who would benefit most from a minimum prise system, believing in our economic wage increase. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, system that has created more oppor- Multiple studies have shown that modest I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman tunity than ever before in the history increases in the minimum wage have not re- from California (Ms. PELOSI), the dis- of the world, or believing in more gov- sulted in significant job loss, and the income tinguished Speaker of the United ernment control. boost experienced by low-income families States House of Representatives. Today, someone can apply at the con- benefits the country overall by reducing Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank struction company that I operated for both poverty and income inequality. the gentleman for yielding. I thank Raising the minimum wage to $15 has the him for his extraordinary leadership, many years—— support of an overwhelming majority of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Americans, and the benefits far exceed any historic, really, for giving us this op- time of the gentleman has expired. potential cost. Once again, we urge you to portunity today to do something very Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. vote YES on the Raise the Wage Act and NO special for the American people, for Speaker, I yield an additional 20 sec- on any weakening amendments. In addition, America’s working families. onds to the gentleman. since any Motion to Recommit would be the This is an historic day, yes, because Mr. SMUCKER. Today, someone can equivalent of voting against the Raise the we are raising the minimum wage here Wage Act, we urge you to vote no on the in the House of Representatives, be- apply at that company and have no ex- MTR. perience and start at $16 an hour. That cause we are channeling the energy of Sincerely, so many people across the country for wasn’t a government prescription. WILLIAM SAMUEL, That is the free enterprise system at Govemment Affairs Department. fairness in the workplace, but it also happens to be the 171st anniversary of work. Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, the Seneca Falls Convention. I am very, very proud, as the result I want to thank Chairman BOBBY The Seneca Falls Convention shook of the work that we have done over the SCOTT for his incredible leadership on the world, when they had that conven- last 2 years, the tax reform act, for the this bill, and I rise in strong support of tion, with the simple proclamation first time, we are seeing wages rise. the Raise the Wage Act. that all men and women are created Again, it is not as a result of a bill Mr. Speaker, I would remind the pre- equal. like this, which would have exactly the vious speaker and the gentleman from This bill achieves that equality, giv- opposite effect on that ability to Georgia (Mr. ALLEN) that we are pro- ing nearly 20 million working women, achieve upward mobility. posing precisely zero more regulation that is nearly one-third of all working Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, than exists. In fact, the Federal Gov- women, a raise. And it helps narrow I remind my colleague that his vote ernment has set a minimum wage in the gender wage gap that dispropor- against the bill is a vote to deny about this country since 1938, all the great tionately targets women of color, put- 34 percent of the workers in his district growth years of this economy. We are ting more money in the pockets of in Pennsylvania an average raise of just saying that the rate should be sen- more than one-third of working women $3,200, and that, in fact, wages for low- sible. of color. income workers have been going up, I came to Washington to raise the but only because States and localities standard of living for working people in b 1015 have been increasing the minimum Michigan’s Ninth District and all Today, we wake up for a day of jubi- wage, just like this bill does. across this country, and that is exactly lation because of the sense of fairness Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the what this bill does. that this legislation engenders. We gentleman from Michigan (Mr. LEVIN), Working a full-time job should guar- wake up every morning with a smile on the vice chair of the Education and antee that you can provide for your our face, showing the world all the love Labor Committee. family, and a $7.25-an-hour minimum in our hearts, and that love in our Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, wage doesn’t cut it, especially while hearts is about fairness for the Amer- I include in the RECORD a letter to all worker productivity has increased ex- ican people. Members of the House from the AFL– ponentially, and executive salaries It is interesting to note, Mr. Speaker, CIO. have skyrocketed. as has been acknowledged—as I just AFL-CIO, The gentlewoman from North Caro- heard Congressman LEVIN mention, and July 12, 2019. lina (Ms. FOXX) said the CBO score said others, as well—that it has been 10 DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the a minimum of 1.3 million jobs would be years since the Federal minimum wage AFL-CIO, I am writing to urge you to vote lost. I want to correct the record. They was raised in the previous Democratic for the ‘‘Raise the Wage Act of 2019’’ (H.R. said a minimum of zero would be. The majority. It had been 11 years before 582) scheduled for floor consideration this median projection is that 1.3 million week. This legislation would gradually raise then, when we passed it in 2007, and it the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by might be. was signed by President Bush. the year 2024. In addition to indexing future Mr. Speaker, I want to remind all of It was bipartisan, and we were increases to the growth in the median wage, my colleagues that in 2018, the Bureau thrilled about that. the bill would gradually eliminate the sub- of Labor Statistics said that 7,769,000 It is interesting to see what has hap- minimum wage for tipped workers, which American workers were working mul- pened in the time since then. While has been stuck at $2.13 since 1991. tiple jobs because one job didn’t cut it, families work hard to make ends meet, Because Congress has not raised the min- it didn’t pay enough for them. And that the cost of living has surged to imum wage in more than 10 years, millions is almost certainly an undercount, ac- unsustainable highs. Inflation has of our Nation’s full time workers live in pov- cording to all experts. erty. If the minimum wage had risen at the eaten nearly 20 percent of their wages, same pace as productivity growth since 1969, If just one in five of those people and the GOP special interest agenda it would be over $20 an hour today. being forced to work multiple jobs has left them far behind. Phasing in a $15 minimum wage would ben- could quit their second and third job I mentioned that this is about equal- efit 41 million workers and begin to address because one job paid enough, that ity for women. It is also about 30 mil- the growing crisis of wage inequality. More would take care of 1.6 million jobs we lion people in our country getting a than half of the workers who would benefit wouldn’t need, because workers were raise—30 million people—and so many are adults between the ages of 25 and 54, and being paid a living wage. people being lifted out of poverty. nearly two-thirds work full time. More than We have waited more than 10 years to I talked about 2007. That is when we half (56 percent) are women, nearly 30 per- give American families a raise. And I cent of whom have children. first passed it in the House. It took a According to the Economic Policy Insti- can tell you that the people of Michi- little more time for it to be law, going tute, by 2024 a single adult without children gan’s Ninth District, where about through the Senate and the rest. will need at least $31,200 ($15 per hour on an 104,800 people would get a raise under When we passed it, we were so annual basis) to achieve an adequate stand- this bill, have waited long enough. thrilled, knowing that the President

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:43 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.018 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7107 would sign it. We had a big rally out- Myrna Greenfield, Owner, Good Egg Mar- Life Wellness Center, Baltimore, MD; Ned side the Capitol. As soon as the rally keting, Jamaica Plain, MA; Jeff Greim, Atwater, Owner, Atwater’s Traditional Food, was finished, Senator Ted Kennedy, Founder/CEO, Your Choice Brands, Long- Baltimore, MD; Souley Bah, Owner, Bah meadow, MA; Tim Greiner, Owner, Pure Agencies, Lanham, MD; Alissa Barron- who had been a really important part Strategies, Gloucester, MA; Valerie + Lhsan Menza, Vice President, Business for a Fair of the Senate action on raising the Gurdal, Owners, Formaggio Kitchen, Boston, Minimum Wage, Silver Spring, MD; Mitchell minimum wage, said: ‘‘You know what MA; Abraham Gutman, President & CEO, AG Berliner, Owner, Skinny Salamis, Potomac, we have to do now? We have to raise Mednet, Inc., Boston, MA; Laury Hammel, MD. the minimum wage!’’ Owner and CEO, The Longfellow Clubs, Denise Bowyer, Vice President, American We always have to be injecting fair- Wayland, MA; Laurence Hammel, Executive Income Life Insurance Company, North ness, all the time. We must never stop Director, Sustainable Business Network of Beach, MD; Holly Budd, PresidenUCEO, Wil- liams & Heintz Map Corporation, Capitol fighting to honor the dignity of work Massachusetts, Wayland, MA; Jackie Herskovitz Russell, Founder and President, Heights, MD; Andrew Buerger, Owner, and pushing forward for working fami- Teak Media + Communication, Boston, MA; B’more Organic, Baltimore, MD; Annebeth lies and women, again, affected so dras- Shel Horowitz, Owner, Going Beyond Sus- Bunker, Owner, Annebeth’s, Annapolis, MD; tically in all of this. tainability, Hadley, MA; Yscaira Jimenez, Tim Cureton, Owner, Rise Up Coffee Roast- American workers deserve a raise. No CEO, LaborX, Boston, MA; Michael Kanter, ers, Easton, MD; Brian England, President, one can live with dignity on a $7.25 per Owner, Cambridge Naturals, Cambridge, MA; BA Auto Care, Columbia, MD; Alan hour wage. Can you? Emily Kanter, Owner, Cambridge Naturals, Gregerman, President and Chief Innovation The Raise the Wage Act honors work- Boston, MA; Stephen Katsurlnls, Owner, 8 Officer, VENTURE WORKS Inc., Silver Dyer Hotel, Provincetown, MA; Sonia Kowal, Spring, MD; Seth Grimes, Owner, Alta Plana ers and supports families, giving 33 President, Zevin Asset Management, Boston, Corporation, Takoma Park, MD; Molty million Americans a long-overdue raise MA; Susan Labandlbar, President, Tech Net- Hauck, President, Molly Perkins Hauck, and lifting many out of poverty. works of Boston, Cambridge, MA; Mike Ph.D., LLC, Rockville, MD; Laura Hodges, The bill grows our economy, increas- Lapham, Project Director, Responsible Owner, Laura Hodges Studio, Catonsville, ing families’ purchasing power, which Wealth, Boston, MA. MD; Irwin Hoenig, Owner, Living Calmness, drives economic growth that lifts up Joseph Laur, Owner, MapleMama Bev- Laurel, MD; Dennis Hoffman, Owner, Dis- all communities. The consumer con- erages, Wendell, MA; Gail Leondar-Wright, trict East, Frederick, MD; Damian Jones, Owner, Gail Leondar Public Relations, Ar- Owner, Aid Through Trade, Annapolis, MD; fidence of America’s working families lington, MA; Karen Levy, Owner, Karen Ann Jacquelyn Jones Ziegler, Owner, Sugar, Bal- is an important element in growing our Massage, Jamaica Plain, MA; Rob Libon, In- timore, MD; Tamira Keith, Owner, Fashion economy. vestment Advisor, Greenvest, West Whately, Hangers Boutique, Baltimore, MD; Devora It brings our democracy closer to the MA; Carol Marsh, Owner, Helios Design Kimelman-Block, CEO, KOL Foods, Silver founding ideals, upholding the bedrock Group, Jamaica Plain, MA; Philip Mccarron, Spring, MD. idea of fairness in our country, that Owner, Beacon Solar, Fall River, MA; Ann Tom Koerber, President, On Point Help, hard work deserves a decent wage. McEwen, Hospital Administrator, Riverbend Baltimore, MD; Gabriel Kroiz, Principal, Kroiz Architecture, Baltimore, MD; Jeffrey Mr. Speaker, I urge a strong, bipar- Animal Hospital, Hadley, MA; Tim McNer- ney, Founder, Repair Collective, Shutesbury, Landsman, Owner, Specialty Food Sales, tisan vote for this victory for working MA; Kim Mitchell, Owner, Boing! JP’s Toy Towson, MD; Michael Lastoria, Founder and families and for America because every Shop, Jamaica Plain, MA; Nick Moore, CEO, &pizza, Baltimore, MD; Ivan Member of this institution should be Owner, Moore Agencies, Marlborough, MA; Makfinsky, Owner, Endosys, LLC, Mont- fighting to put more money in the Merry Nasser, Partner, Lesser Newman Aleo gomery Village, MD; Cerrill Meister, Owner, pockets of workers in their commu- & Nasser, Northampton, MA; Larry O’Toole, Eye Candy Opticianry Inc, Baltimore, MD; nity. Founder and CEO, Gentle Giant Moving Nancy Meyer, CEO, Community Forklift, Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Company, Somerville, MA; Heather Odell, Edmonston, MD; John Mitchell, Owner, Interaction Law, Accokeek, MD; Karim Speaker, I continue to reserve the bal- Owner, 3cross Fermentation Cooperative, Worcester, MA; M Older, Owner (Retired), Morsli, Owner, Winkler Automotive Service ance of my time. Martha’s, Cambridge, MA; John Pepper, Center, Gaithersburg, MO; Scott Nash, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Founder, Owner, Boloco, Boston, MA. Owner, CEO, MOM’s Organic Market, Rock- I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman Berit Pratt, CEO, NitWits LLC, Belmont, ville, MD; Ellen Reich, Owner, Three Stone from Maryland (Mr. TRONE), the distin- MA; James Razsa, CEO, Democracy Brewing, Steps, Baltimore, MD; Aaeron Robb, Owner, guished member of the Committee on Boston, MA; Dan Rosenberg, General Man- Ramsay Construction, Baltimore, MD; Glenn Education and Labor. ager, Real Pickles, Greenfield, MA; Joseph Roessler, Business Development Strategist, Mr. TRONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in Rotella, President, Spencer Organ Company, Vigilante Coffee Company, Hyattsville, MD; Waltham, MA; David Sandberg, Owner, Por- Abigail Rome, Owner, Tierra Vista, Silver support of the Raise the Wage Act. ter Square Books, Cambridge, MA; John Spring, MD; Gina Schaefer, Owner, Canton, Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD Schall, Owner, El Jefe’s Taqueria, Cam- Federal Hill, Waverly, Old Takoma Ace a letter signed by over 1,000 businesses bridge, MA; David Schreiber, Investment Ad- Hardware Stores, Baltimore, MD; Aaron that support a fair minimum wage. visor, CFP, Greenvest, Arlington, MA; Cullen Seyedian, Owner, Well-Paid Maids, Balti- Schwarz, Founder/CEO, DoneGood, PBC, more, MD; Andy Shallal, Owner, Busboys BUSINESS FOR A FAIR MINIMUM WAGE Cambridge, MA; Anne Sherman, Director of and Poets Restaurants, Hyattsville, MD. FEDERAL $15 SIGN ON STATEMENT Operations & Sustainability, Staach Inc., Daniel Solomon, Managing Member, Soap- PART 2 OF LIST OF ABOUT 1,000 SIGNERS AND Cambridge, MA; Alex Silva, Owner, Best stone Investments, Bethesda, MD; Mayaah COUNTING AS OF JULY 17, 2019 Value Janitorial, Malden, MA; Joy Silver- Tansi, Owner, Unik Touch Hair Palace, Alan Chebot, Owner, Parallax Productions, stein, Owner, Fresh Hair, Jamaica Plain, Windsor Mill, MD; Richard Torgerson, Reg- Allston, MA; Dean Cycon, CEO, Dean’s Beans MA; Harvy Simkovlts, President, Business istered Principal, SharePower Responsible Organic Coffee Company, Orange, MA; Fred Wisdom, Lexington, MA; Peter Simpson, Investing, Westminster, MD; Christopher Davis, President, Fred Davis Corporation, Owner, Haymarket Cafe, Northampton, MA; Vigilante, Owner, Vigilante Coffee Company, Medfield, MA; Megan Driscoll, CEO, Holly Sklar, CEO, Business for a Fair Min- Hyattsville, MD; Eleanor Whalen, CEO, Pharmalogics Recruiting, Quincy, MA; Doro- imum Wage, Boston, MA; Peter Smith, Prin- Sprayology, Gaithersburg, MD; Scott Coo- thy Emerson, Co-founder, Rainbow Solu- cipal, Global Urban Solutions Newton, MA; per, Director of Finance, Crown O’Maine, tions, Medford, MA; Paul English, CTO and Rachael Solem, Owner, Irving House at Har- North Vassalboro, ME; Steve Corman, President, Lola.com Boston, MA; Rob vard, Cambridge, MA. Owner, Vena’s Fizz House, Portland, ME; Re- Everts, Co-CEO, Equal Exchange West Alan Solomont, Ambassador (Ret), For- becca Darr, Co-Owner, Atayne Brunswick, Bridgewater, MA; Jen Faigel, Executive Di- merly Chairman of Solomont Bailis Ven- ME; Susan Farnsworth, Owner, Farnsworth rector, CommonWealth Kitchen, Dorchester, tures, Weston, MA; David Starr, Managing Law Office Hallowell, ME; Michael MA; Nancy Feton, Co-owner, Broadside Partner, Berkshire Natural, Florence, MA; Landgarten, CEO/Owner, Bob’s Clam Hut/ Bookshop, Northampton, MA; Laura Fisher, Dorie Stolley, Owner, Three Birds Con- Lil’s Cafe, Kittery, ME; Jonathan Motzkin, Owner, Fisher Agencies—American Income sulting, Plymouth, MA; Robert Thomas, So- Co-Owner, Makewell, Portland, ME; Sharon Life, Buington, MA; Tim Fisk, Owner, Salon cial(k) Inc., Social(k) Inc., Springfield, MA; Peralta, Principal, Custom Computer Serv- Herdis, Northampton, MA; Vincent Frano, Sidney Topol, President, The Topal Group, ices & more, Springvale, ME; Mike Shunney, Owner, The Bower Studio, Pelham, MA; Boston, MA; Marlo Troiani, IT Consultant, Owner, Inner Works Center, Rockland, ME; Julie Fraser, Principal & Director, Lyno Ad- MIC, Newton, MA; David Warner, Owner, James Wellehan, President, Lamey-Wellehan visors Inc & Present Source, Cummaquid, City Feed and Supply, Boston, MA; Nicola Shoes, Auburn, ME; Phillis Engelbert, Co- MA; David Gardner, President/Owner, Boyds WIiiiams, President, The Williams Agency, founder & Co-owner, The Lunch Room Diner Direct Corp, Stoneham, MA; Julie Cambridge, MA; Michael Alexander, Presi- and Canteen & The Detroit Filling Station, Goodridge, CEO, Northstar Asset Manage- dent, Conscious Living, LLC, Clinton, MD; Ann Arbor, MI; Wap John, CEO, Grafaktri ment. Inc., Boston, MA. Bilal Ali, Executive Director, Omnis Health Inc., Ann Arbor, MI.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:43 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.020 H18JYPT1 H7108 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 Heather Leavitt, Owner, Sweet Heather Co-Owner, Correa-Hunt Agency, Kansas City, Pleasant Beach, NJ; Sally Malanga, CEO, Anne, Ann Arbor, MI; Katherine Lesse, Co- MO; Joe Jackson, Owner and CEO, Jackson Ecco Bella, West Orange, NJ; Myles Men- Owner, Abracadabra Jewelry, Ann Arbor, MI; Pianos, St. Louis, MO; Dorothy Jones, doza, Owner & Design Director, William Martin, Founder and Director, Bio- Owner, Bespoke, St. Louis, MO; Stacy Designmaster Group, Edgewater, NJ; Eric Health Centre, Lansing, MI; Joel Panozzo, Jurado-Miller, Owner, Chief Mission Officer, Russell, Owner, Drinkable Air Northeast, Co-founder & Co-owner, The Lunch Room The Vecino Group, Springfield, MO; Karen Basking Ridge, NJ; Andy Smith, Owner, Diner and Canteen & The Detroit Filling Karabell, Managing Partner, S.F. Shannon Andy Smith Photography, Newton, NJ; Chet Station, Ann Arbor, MI; Nat Pernick, CEO, Real Estate Management LLC, St. Louis, Van Wert, President, Sustainable Business PathologyOutlines.com, Inc., Bingham MO; Laurie Knowlton, Owner, Zen3 Spa and Partners, Scotch Plains, NJ. Farms, MI; Paul Saginaw, Co-Founding Part- Bodyworks, Springfield, MO; Laurie Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, President and CEO, ner, Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, Knowlton, Owner, Pickwick Underground Earth Friendly Products (Makers of ECOS), Ann Arbor, MI; Scott Urbanowski, Owner, Framing, Springfield, MO; Liz Kuba, Owner, Parsippany, NJ; Kimi Wei, CEO, The Wei, Humanoid Digital, Kentwood, MI; Robert Tea Rex, St. Louis, MO; Matthew Fair Lawn, NJ; Adam Woods, CEO, Camden Vogt, CEO, IOSiX, Ypsilanti, MI; Arlys Laufketter, Owner, The Ink Spot, St. Louis, Printworks, Camden, NJ; Dr. Kathleen Alford, Owner, Believe You Can Sing!, Eden MO; Paul Lauritsen, General Manager, Burke, MD, Las Cruces, NM; Beatriz Prairie, MN; Kevin Brown, Owner, Smart Moonrise Hotel, St. Louis, MO. Ferreira, Owner, Paz International, Las Set, Inc., Minneapolis, MN; Bruce Champeau, Ronnie Light, Owner, Sam Light Loan Co., Cruces, NM; Elene Gusch, CEO, Kuan Yin President and COO, Room & Board, Golden St. Louis, MO; Leigh Lockhart, Owner, Main Acupuncture, Albuquerque, NM; Linda Valley, MN; Bruce Champeau, President and Squeeze, Columbia, MO; Katie McCroskey, Lillow, Owner, Triple L, Ink Graphic Design, COO, Room & Board, Edina, MN; Chad Deley, Co-Owner, Bob McCroskey Real Estate, Inc., Albuquerque, NM; Alston Lundgren, Owner CEO, The Deley Group, Brooklyn Park, MN; Springfield, MO; Andre McCullum, Owner, (retired), Alston C Lundgren, MD, PC, Santa Karen Denzel, CEO, Insight Restoration, Hart-McCallum Agency, Earth City, MO; Fe, NM; Judith Shipsky, President, Solu- Plymouth, MN; RJ Devick, President, Bond Chris Meyers, Owner, Crane Brewing Com- tions!, Albuquerque, NM; Drew Tulchin, & Devick Wealth Partners, St Louis Park, pany, Raytown, MO; Alyson Miller, Execu- Owner, UpSpring, Santa Fe, NM; Anam MN; Susan Edgington, Owner, Adventure tive Director, Partners for Just Trade, St. Kinsey, Owner, BnB SEO, Reno, NV; Corey Inn, Ely, MN; Audrey Fairchild-Ehm, Owner, Louis, MO; Andrew Montee, Owner, Mokaska Neff, Owner, Neff Agency, Las Vegas, NV; Fairchild-Ehm Foster Care, Roseville, MN. Coffee Company, St. Joseph, MO; Erin Noble, Steven Abel, CEO, Center for Mediation & Eileen Fisher, Founder, EILEEN FISHER, VP of Business Operations, StraightUp Solar Training, Upper Nyack, NY; Nick Balaban, Edina, MN; Chris Hanson, CEO, thedatabank, LLC, St. Louis, MO; Hilary Noonan, Prin- President, Nick Balaban Music, Inc., Brook- gbc, Saint Paul, MN; Melina Lamer, CEO, cipal, Syntax Land Design, LLC, Kansas lyn, NY; Sebastian Bardin-Greenberg, Owner, Superior Switchel, Saint Cloud, MN; Chris- City, MO; Dorian Oldham, Owner, Oldham Overtime Records, Brooklyn, NY; Dave topher Loch, Owner, CONTEMPLB T- Midwest, Kansas City, MO; Lew Prince, Co- Bauer, President & Owner, The Change Cir- SHIRTS, Minneapolis, MN; Edna McKenzie, Founder & CEO (Ret.), Vintage Vinyl, St. cle, Inc, Williamsville, NY; David Bolotsky, CEO, Midwest Select Contracting, Min- Louis, MO; Marissa Rosen, Owner, Climate Founder and CEO, UncommonGoods, Brook- neapolis, MN; Niel Ritchie, CEO, Main Street Social, St. Louis, MO; Julie Sommer, Owner lyn, NY. Project, Minneapolis, MN; Steven Rothberg, & Operating Manager, Sommer Property In- Nancy Boyd, President, Bright Wings Inc., Founder, College Recruiter, Minneapolis, vestments, LLC, St. Louis, MO; Matthew Briarcliff Manor, NY; Richard Brook, Mem- MN; Linh Tu, President, LKT Consulting, Thenhaus, Owner & General Manager, The ber, Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, New Brooklyn Park, MN; Randy Alberhasky, Fortune Teller Bar, St. Louis, MO; Phil York, NY; Ann Bryan, Owner, Ann Krupp De- Owner, Randy Alberhasky Attorney At Law, Wages, Co-Owner, Wages Brewing Company, signer Goldsmith, Saugerties, NY; Simon Springfield, MO; Michael Allen, Owner, Blos- West Plains, MO; Peter Wallach, Director, Burke-Lipiczky, Owner, Build Smart With soms Floral, Springfield, MO; Blanca Peter Wallach Fine Art, St. Louis, MO; Nick Simon, Troy, NY; Linda Christensen, Owner, Anchondo-Polite, Owner, Engage and Con- Ward-Bopp, Owner, Maker Village, Kansas Blue Quarry Designs, Trumansburg, NY; Jon nect LLC, Kansas City, MO; Luke Babich, City, MO. Cooper, President, Spectronics Corporation, Principal & Chief Strategy Officer, Clever Bridget Weible, Owner, Flowers to the Peo- Westbury, NY; Jennifer Dotson, Executive Real Estate, St. Louis, MO; Amy Blansit, ple, St. Louis, MO; William Handsaker, Part- Director, Ithaca Carshare, Ithaca, NY; Marie Owner, Solely Jolie, Springfield, MO; Pris- ner, C&J Painting, Bozeman, MT; Anne Alex- Duryea, President, Special Instruction, cilla Block, Executive Director, St. Louis ander, Owner, Authentic Alternatives, Inc., Northport, NY; Kathie Fox, Co-Owner, Fan- ArtWorks, St. Louis, MO; Keith Bradley, Co- Pisgah Forest, NC; Elizabeth Altman, Owner, ciful Fox, New York, NY; Jeff Furman, Owner, Made in KC, Kansas City, MO; Beth- New Bridge Organic Market, Jacksonville, Board Member Emeritus, Ben & Jerry’s, any Budde-Cohen, Owner, SqWires Res- NC; Philip Chagnon, Owner/Manager, Resi- Ithaca, NY; Ajax Greene, Founder/CEO, On taurant, St. Louis, MO; Jordan Carr, Owner, dential Rental Properties, Raleigh, NC; Belay Business Advisors Inc., Gardiner, NY; Oddities Prints, Kansas City, MO. Kristen Daniels, Owner, Kamibashi Corpora- Brett Gryska, Owner, Oldham-Gryska Agen- Jessie Chappell, Owner, CG Immigration tion, Leicester, NC; Susan Inglis, Executive cy, Rochester, NY; Valerie + lhsan Gurdal, Law, St. Louis, MO; Joseph Chevalier, Director, Sustainable Furnishings Council, Owners, Formaggio Kitchen, New York, NY; Owner, Yellow Dog Bookshop, Columbia, MO; Edenton, NC; Jeffrey Jones, Owner, Rock Amy Hall, Vice President. Social Conscious- Pam Clark, Owner, Clark’s Appliances, Hard Media Group, Bolivia, NC; Angela ness, EILEEN FISHER, Irvington, NY; Susan Raytown, MO; Frances Collier, Owner, CEO, McElwee, President, Gaia Herbs, Brevard, Hansen, Owner, Hansen’s Advisory Services, River City Rebar LLC, Kansas City, MO; NC; Antonio Reyes, Owner, Reyes Agency, Inc., Fayetteville, NY; Seth Hirsh, President, Zaid Consuegra, Owner & Chef, Pirate’s Mathews, NC; Lloyd Smith, President and Equus Bloodstock LLC, North Woodmere, Bone, Kansas City, MO; Caitlin Corcoran, CEO, Cortech Solutions, Wilmington, NC; NY; Kathleen Hoffman, Owner, Law Office of Managing Partner, C¸ a Va, Kansas City, MO; Daniel Swimm, Founder, Grow Fragrance, Thomas Hoffman, New York, NY. Dominique Davison, Owner & CEO, DRAW Durham, NC; Gunnar Berg, Partner, Hill Brian Hogan, Owner, ICT, Bronx, NY; Jef- Architecture, Kansas City, MO; Fred Domke, People LLC, N. Sandwich, NH; Jessica frey Hollender, Founder, Jeffrey Hollender President, Bridge Bread Bakery, St. Louis, Christoferson, Owner, Cymbidium Floral, Ex- Partners, New York, NY; Eric Horowitz, MO; Nancy Dornan, Owner, Maschino’s, eter, NH; Rebecca Hamilton, Co-CEO and Owner, The Double Windsor, Brooklyn, NY; Springfield, MO; Mike Draper, Owner, Family Owner, W.S. Badger Company, Gintas Janusonis, Owner, Janusonic Music, Raygun LLC, Kansas City, MO; Keely Gilsum, NH; Kyle Swann, Owner, Angelica’s Brooklyn, NY; Margaret Johnston, Owner, Edgington, Owner, Julep Kansas City, MO; Muse, Portsmouth, NH. BEZ Services LLC, Binghamton, NY; Heidi Joe Edwards, Owner, The Pageant & Delmar Kris Thieme, Owner, Thieme Agency, Lon- Jones, Partner, Allen Street Consulting, Buf- Hall Concert Nightclubs, St. Louis, MO; Joe donderry, NH; Esteve Torrens, CEO, falo, NY; Iva Kaufman, Principal, lva Kauf- Edwards, Owner, Blueberry Hill Restaurant Stonyfield Farm, Londonderry, NH; Bill man Associates, New York, NY; Jenny & Music Club, St. Louis, MO; James Fields, Whyte, Co-Founder, W.S. Badger Company, Krauss, President, Jenny Krauss, New York, Owner, Divine Deli and Drop In University, Gilsum, NH; Jeffrey Axelbank, Owner, Jef- NY; Carole Laible, CEO, Domini Impact In- City, MO; Jeff Gold, Owner, Anji Mountain, frey Axelbank, Psy.D., Highland Park, NJ; vestments, New York, NY; David Levine, St. Louis, MO; David Gragg, Agency Owner, Alicia Biasotti Belotta, Owner, ACB Con- President, American Sustainable Business David Gragg—Farmers Insurance Agent, sulting Services, Verona, NJ; Mitch Cahn, Council, New York, NY; Paul Lightfoot, Springfield, MO; Blake Green, Owner, BG President, Unionwear, Newark, NJ; Vincent CEO, BrightFarms, Inc., New York, NY; Law, North Kansas City, MO. Clyne, Managing Partner, PAIRINGS, Bright Limm, Owner, Principal, Bright D Howard Hanna, Owner, The Rieger, Kansas Cranford, NJ; James Devine, Owner, CEO, Limm, Esq., Flushing, NY; George McDon- City, MO; Ruth Ellen Hasser, Celebrant, St. Devine Advertising Associates, Rahway, NJ; ald, President, The Doe Fund, New York, NY; Louis Ceremonies, St. Louis, MO; Pam Gall Friedberg, Vice President, Zago Manu- Keith Mestrich, President and CEO, Amal- Hausner, Owner, Big Vision Design, Kansas facturing Company, Newark, NJ; Timothy gamated Bank, New York, NY; Jeff City, MO; Notley Hawkins, Owner, Notley Glordano, Attorney, Timothy K. Giordano, Mikkelson, Owner, Jeff Mikkelson Photog- Hawkins Photography, Columbia, MO; Cindy Esq., Montclair, NJ; Richard Lawton, Found- raphy, New York, NY; Michael Miller, Man- Higgerson, Owner, Larder & Cupboard, Ma- er, Triple Ethos, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ; aging Partner, Rowan Consulting, Howard plewood, MO; Craig Hosmer, Owner, Hosmer Richard Lawton, Executive Director, New Beach, NY; Leon Miller-Out, President/CTO, King & Royce, Springfield, MO; Nate Hunt, Jersey Sustainable Business Council, Point Singlebrook Technology, Ithaca, NY.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.016 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7109 Prish Moran, Owner, Sweet_ness 7 Cafe´, Owner, Prairie Arts Collective, Oklahoma President & Co-Founder, Native American Buffalo, NY; Joshua Morton, Owner, Proof of City, OK; Max Radcliffe, Owner, Annex Bar- Natural Foods, Kyle, SD; Richard Aberdeen, Concept, LLC, Brooklyn, NY; Ean Murphy, ber Shop, Oklahoma City, OK; Aadi President, Freedom Tracks Records, Hermit- Managing Partner, Moxie Bookkeeping, New Rajbhandari, Co-Owner, Fix A Phone, Okla- age, TN; Ruth Black, Owner/Operator, Hid- York, NY; Michael Owen, Principal, homa City, OK; Chelsea Ricks, Owner, Chan- den Springs Nursery, Cookeville, TN. MediaCombo, New York, NY; Clifton Pat- tilly Couture, Oklahoma City, OK; Angel Ri- Maryanna Clarke, Founding Artistic Direc- rick, Owner, Clifton Patrick P&C Insurance, vera, Owner, Manhattan Tailors, Oklahoma tor, Tennessee Women’s Theater Project, Chester, NY; Del Pedro, Managing Partner, City, OK; James Scott, Owner, Scott’s Gen- Nashville, TN; Doug Havron, Owner, Gabby’s Tooker Alley, Brooklyn, NY; Eleanor Prior, eral Store, Oklahoma City, OK; John Sew- Burgers and Fries, Nashville, TN; MaryAnne Owner, Prior Beeswax, Germantown, NY; ard, Co-Founder, AMP Variety, Oklahoma Howland, CEO, Ibis, Communications Nash- Erwin Rakoczy, Director, CUFF, Clarence, City, OK; Mandy Smith, Owner, The Motley ville, TN; Stephen Prince, Owner, Card Mar- NY; Jan Rhodes Norman, Owner, Silk Oak, Parlour, Oklahoma City, OK; Julie Stanfill, keting Services, Nolensville, TN; Sherry Ithaca, NY; Jonathan Rose, President, Owner, Julie’s Barber Shop, Oklahoma City, Stewart Deutschmann, Founder, Letterlogic, Jonanthan Rose Companies, New York, NY; OK; Beth Stetson, Weddle Prof. of Account- Inc., Nashville. TN; Malissa Anderson, Presi- Darius Ross, Managing Partner, D Alexander ing, U. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Vartan dent, EarthWorksTile, Burnet, TX; Chris Ap- Ross Real Estate Capital Partners, New ‘‘Tony’’ Tonian, Owner, A1 NW Vacuum & plegate, Owner, SHED Barber and Supply, York, NY; Patrick Rousseau, Owner, Iris Janitor Supplies, Oklahoma City, OK. Austin, TX; Domenico Bertini, Executive MediaWorks, Brooklyn, NY; Lesli Sagan, Eden Turrentine, Owner, Eden, Oklahoma Vice President, American Income Life, Owner, Avital’s Apiaries, Ithaca, NY; Steven City, OK; Robin Venters, Owner, OKC Music Waco, TX; Kelly Blanscet, Owner, Graphic Salsberg, Chairman, Global Access, New and Sound, Oklahoma City, OK; Paul Granola, Austin, TX; Beth Carls, CEO, York, NY; Jeffrey Scales, Managing Prin- Windham, Owner, The Mattress Place, Okla- OneSeventeen Media, PBC, Austin, TX; cipal, JSA Financial Group, Rhinebeck, NY; homa City, OK; Pete & Jeanie Barkett, Bruce Champeau, President and COO, Room Elizabeth Scalisi, Owner/President, Green Owner, Vinnie’s Pizza, Portland, OR; Adri- & Board, Dallas, TX; Ronnie ‘‘Merlot’’ Cole- Effects Landscaping Services, Inc., Manlius, enne Catone, CEO, Faerie’s Dance, Inc., man, Jr., Owner, Mer1ot’s Barbershop, Hous- NY; Jason Schuler, Founder and President, Happy Valley, OR; Daniel Davis, Owner and ton, TX; Ed Fiedler, Owner, Fiedler On the Drink More Good, Beacon, NY. President, D2X Construction LLC/ D2X Asso- Roof Construction, Austin, TX; EIieen Fish- Elizabeth Schwartz, Co-Owner, Better ciates, Central Point, OR; Larry Fried, er, Founder, EILEEN FISHER, Dallas, TX; Speech Now, Long Island City, NY; Dylan Owner, Do Good Investing, LLC, Eugene, OR; Steve Greer, CEO, American Income Life/Na- Skolnick, Co-Director, Cinema Arts Centre, Rosa Gerstner, Owner, Sympatico Clothing, tional Income Life, Waco, TX; Manlsh Gupta, Huntington, NY; Esther Sokolsky, Co- Jacksonville, OR; Nicole Loffler, Owner, Owner/CEO, Matr Boomie, Austin, TX; An- Owner, Granny Press, Nyack, NY; Simon Nomadics Tipi Makers, Bend, OR; Kevin gela Hudson, Co-Owner, Memorial Music, Thoresen, Owner, Thoresen and Linard Ar- Marr, Owner, Motel Del Rogue, Grants Pass, Houston, TX. chitects, New York, NY; Scott Tillitt, OR; Constance Palaia, Owner, Motel Del Cliff Hybarger, Owner, Charde Jewelers, Founder, Antidote Collective, Beacon, NY; Rogue, Grants Pass, OR; Mitch Rofsky, Houston, TX; Michael Jones, Owner, River Scott Tillitt, Founder, BEAHIVE, Beacon, President, Better World Club, Portland, OR; Oaks Bookstore, Houston, TX; Max Kabat, NY; Brad Walrod, President, Kenoza Type, Julie Wasmer, Owner, Food Smart LLC, Cor- Co-Founder, goodDog, Marfa, TX; Linda J. Inc., Kenoza Lake, NY; Steve Zorn, Racing vallis, OR; Dana Weintraub, Owner, Ever- Mann, Owner, Old Blue House Antiques, Manager/Owner, Castle Village Farm, Garden green Sustainability, LLC, Beaverton, OR; Houston, TX; Amanda May, Owner, The Pur- City, NY; Pat Benedure, Owner, The SS Eugene Aleci, Owner, Community Heritage ple Fig Eco Cleaning Co., Austin, TX; Mike Bendure-Hartwig Group, Columbus, OH; Partners, Lancaster, PA; Simon Arias, Mulloy, Owner, House of Coffee Beans, Hous- Nicholas Eastman, President, Electroshield, Owner, Arias Agencies, Wexford, PA; Ben- ton, TX; Tuyen Kim Ngyuen, Owner, A One Yellow Springs, OH; Kevin Holtz, Owner, jamin Bingham, CEO, Scarab Funds, Phila- Hour Alteration, Houston, TX; Carol Niemi, Owner, Aloha Services Houston, TX; Leslie Holtz Agency, Cincinnati, OH; Gary Johnson, delphia, PA. Ohayon, Owner, Sacred Leaf Wellness, Hous- President, AFI Contractors, Toledo, OH; Laura Blau, Principal, BluPath Design, ton, TX; Adam Orman, Owner/GM, L’Oca Chris Kloth, Owner, ChangeWorks of the Philadelphia, PA; Mark Bortman, Owner, d’Oro, Austin, TX; Manuel Oviedo, Owner, Heartland, Columbus, OH; Steve Mokris, Exact Solar, Yardley, PA; Peg Botto, Owner, Town & Country Tailors, Houston, TX; Dave Owner, Kosada, Athens, OH; Matthew Parks, Cosmic Catering, Philadelphia, PA; Jona- Panganiban, Owner, Tea Bar and Organics, Owner, SS-Parks-Salvaggi Agency, North than Brandow, Owner, BizMiner, Camp Hill, Houston, TX; Dorothy Perez, Owner, AIIArt Royalton, OH; Jim Surace, Owner, Surace- PA; Pelcha Chang, CEO, Vault+Vine, Phila- Framing & Gallery, Houston, TX; Cindy Smith Agency, North Royalton, OH; Paul delphia, PA; Matt Cleveland, Owner, Occa- Reich, Owner, Whim Boutique, Houston, TX; Akins, Owner, Distinctive Designs Salon, sions Disc Jockeys, Elizabethtown, PA; Mustafa Saleem, Owner, Guyz ‘N’ Style, Charlie Crystle, Principal, Crystle Con- The Village, OK. Houston, TX; Mary Shaffer, Owner, Shaffer Andrea Anderson, Owner, AM Artistry sulting, Lancaster, PA; Amy Edelman, Studios, Marfa, TX; Suzanne Smith, Found- Printing & Vinyl, Oklahoma City, OK; Owner, Night Kitchen Bakery, Philadelphia, er, Social Impact Architects, Dallas, TX. Dorshak Blok, Owner, Planet Dorshak, Okla- PA; Jennie Groff, CEO, Stroopies, Inc., Lan- Michael Vasu, Owner, Vasu Agency, Hous- homa City, OK; William Bourne, Owner, caster, PA; Kenny Grono, President, ton, TX; Melissa Vogt, Managing Director, Bachle’s Fireplace Furnishings, Oklahoma Buckminster Green, Philadelphia, PA; Steve The Butterfly Bar @ The VORTEX, Austin, City, OK; Lourdes Chavez, Owner, Dog Dy- Hackman, Owner, One Village Coffee, TX; Matt Wright, Co-Founder, Little Brother nasty Grooming, Oklahoma City, OK; Ely Souderton, PA; Michael Lastoria, Founder Bar, Austin, TX; Matt Wright, Owner, Better Cocklin, Owner, BY.E Gallery, Oklahoma and CEO, &pizza, Philadelphia, PA; Cindy Half Coffee & Cocktails, Austin, TX; Matt City, OK; Michael Dixon, Owner, Earthwise Lou, Owner, Cindy’s Pet Care, Philadelphia, Wright, Owner, Wright Bros. Brew & Brew, Pet Supply, Oklahoma City, OK; John Dun- PA; Patrick McMahon, CEO, One Point, Austin, TX; Uriel Yoemi, Owner, Custom ning, Owner, Trolley Stop Record Shop, Scranton, PA; Scott Nash, Owner, CEO, With Us LLC, Houston, TX; Karim Zltoun, Oklahoma City, OK; Jerry Fina, Owner, MOM’s Organic Market, Bryn Mawr, PA; Mi- Owner, Sam’s Repair, Houston, TX; Ziad Dee’s Shoe Repair, Oklahoma City, OK; Rex chael O’Connor, Owner, La Barberia Zobaidy, Owner, Ziad’s Beauty Salon, Hous- Friend, Attorney at Law, Attorney at Law, Jenkintown, PA; Gerald Onesi, Owner, West ton, TX; Darwin Crosland, CEO & Founder, Oklahoma City, OK; Gena Goforth, Owner, Side Auto Repair, Uniontown, PA. Abundant Life Social Services, Syracuse, Architectural Hardware Designs, Oklahoma Jesse Pellman, Co-Owner, Longview Struc- UT; Barry Clemson, Owner, Cybemetica City, OK; Diana Harris, Owner, Bad Granny’s tures Lancaster, PA; Salam Quadrl, Owner, Press, Norfolk, VA; Bruce Grossberg, owner, Bazaar, Oklahoma City, OK; Kyle Hix, P&Q Partners, Blue Bell, PA; Anna Shipp, Buz and Ned’s Real Barbecue, Richmond, VA; Owner, Hix Design, Oklahoma City, OK; An- Executive Director, Sustainable Business Michael Lastoria, Founder and CEO, &pizza, gela Hodgkinson, Co-Owner, Solare, Okla- Network of Greater Philadelphia, Philadel- Alexandria, VA; Sandra Leibowitz, Managing homa City, OK; Anthony Hurndon, Owner, K. phia, PA; Brian Taussig-Lux, Co-founder, Principal, Sustainable Design Consulting, Marie’s Premium Kutz & Stylez, Oklahoma Untours, Media, PA; John Traynor, Owner, Richmond, VA; Sarah Mason, Owner, Posei- City, OK; Samuel Jones, Owner, Sammy’s Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center, Harrisburg, don’s Pantry, Chincoteague, VA; Scott Nash, Barber Shop, Oklahoma City, OK; Phillip PA; Ken Weinstein, Owner, Trolley Car Owner, CEO, MOM’s Organic Market, Arling- Jordan, Owner, Fitzgerald’s Barber & Sup- Diner, Philadelphia, PA; Peggy Zwerver, ton, VA; James Samans, Executive Member, ply, Oklahoma City, OK; Ron Lira, Owner, Owner, Earth—Bread+ Brewery, Philadel- XENSHA, Alexandria, VA. Honest Ron’s Guitars, Oklahoma City, OK. phia, PA; Katie Dyer, Owner, Cadeaux du Gina Schaefer, Owner, Old Town Ace Hard- Charles Martin, Owner, Literati Press, Mende, Newport, RI; Deborah Schimberg, ware, Alexandria, VA; Andy Shallal, Owner, Oklahoma City, OK; Richard Mills, Owner, CEO, Verve, Inc/ Glee Gum, Providence, RI; Busboys & Poets Restaurants, Artington, The Scuba Dudes, Oklahoma City, OK; Bryan Lee Barbour, CEO, Avant Garage, VA; Yvonne Baab, Owner, Global Gifts, Moore, Barber, Rooted Barber Shop, Okla- Charteston, SC; Judy Doty, Operations Man- Montpelier, VT; Joey Bergsteln, CEO, Sev- homa City, OK; Pam Nath, Owner, Drybar, ager & CoFounder, Doty Scientific, Colum- enth Generation, Burtington, VT; Theodore Oklahoma City, OK; Jessi Newsome, Co- bia, SC; Jamee Haley, Executive Director, Casparian, Founder, Sustainable Investing 4 Owner, OKcollective Candle Co., Oklahoma Lowcountry Local First, Charteston, SC; All, Morrisville, VT; Ben Cohen, Co-Founder, City, OK; Seth Nun, Owner, AM: Donuts, Brady Quirk-Garvan, Owner, Money With A Ben and Jerry’s, South Burlington, VT; Eliz- Oklahoma City, OK; Patrick Patterson, Mission, North Charteston, SC; Mark Tilsen, abeth Glenshaw, President, Clean Yield

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:43 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.018 H18JYPT1 H7110 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 Asset Management Norwich, VT; Patricia C. I rode my bike to a nearby farm, and I support this bill because, while cor- Heffernan, President and Founder, Mar- I picked fruit. I didn’t make minimum porations are making record profits off keting Partners Burtington, VT; Jeffrey wage because I couldn’t pick fruit fast the backs of workers, wage stagnation Hollender, Chairman, Sustain Natural, Bur- enough, because I didn’t have the skills lington, VT; Sascha Mayer, CEO, Mamava, and increased cost of living have bank- Burtington, VT; Sue Morris, Owner, Editide, to do that when I was 13 years old, but rupted hardworking families across my Marshfield, VT; Todd Walker, Senior Finan- I learned to show up on time with a district. cial Advisor, Greenvest, Wells, VT; Martin good attitude. That is a valuable thing. This bill would increase the min- Wolf, Director, Product Sustainability, Sev- That is where we start out. imum wage gradually. enth Generation, Burlington, VT; Rick Altig, That job wouldn’t have been avail- This is not a ‘‘bad for business’’ piece President, Altig International, Redmond, able if this minimum wage of $15, en- of legislation, as my colleagues across WA; Denise Attwood, Owner, Ganesh Himal acted from the Federal level, would the aisle allege. It is a ‘‘good for every- Trading, Spokane, WA; Kelly Bell, Founder, have forced that employer to make a Gotham City Drupal, Mossyrock, WA. one’’ bill that puts more money into Diane Emerson, Associate, Watershed LLC, choice whether they hired me or hired our workers’ pockets. Vashon, WA; Kelsey Marshall, Co-Founder, somebody else. I didn’t want to make Our colleagues of the past would be Grounds for Change, Poulsbo, WA; William the minimum wage. I wanted to make baffled by the opposition to this bill. McColl, Owner, McColl Studio, Blaine, WA; the maximum wage, but I had to have The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Gage Mitchell, Owner, Principal, Modern some skills. time of the gentlewoman has expired. Species, Seattle, WA; John Perkins, CEO, The next job I got still wasn’t min- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Dream Change, Bainbridge Island, WA; Jyoti imum wage, but I worked hard. Now, I I yield an additional 30 seconds to the Stephens, Sustainability and Stewardship had the skill of showing up on time Manager, Nature’s Path, Richmond, WA; gentlewoman from Pennsylvania. Sash Sunday, Owner, OlyKraut, Olympia, with a good attitude. I kept on doing Ms. WILD. The Federal Labor Stand- WA; Kelly Vlahakls-Hanks, President and better and better and better for myself ards Act was passed in 1938 for the ex- CEO, Earth Friendly Products (Makers of because the jobs were available. plicit purpose of protecting workers ECOS), Lacey, WA; Bruce Wade, Owner, Tau- Mr. Speaker, if this legislation is en- from substandard wages. That land- rus Tech, Mount Vernon, WA; Eric Yarnell, acted, young people and people at the mark bill passed the House by a vote of President, Heron Botanicals, Kingston, WA; bottom of the economic spectrum that 291–89. Michael Katz, President, Molded Dimen- we are trying to help are not going to sions, Port Washington, WI; Gary Lemke, By the letter of that law, the min- have that opportunity. That is what imum standard of living necessary for Owner, Gary L. Lemke Landscaping, Potter, this is really about in America, having WI; Margaret May, Owner, May Educational a worker’s well-being is in Congress’ Psychology, Richland Center, WI; Jerry opportunity. hands. Members of both parties chose McGeorge, Vice President of Cooperative Af- A minimum wage requirement from not to leave it up to market forces be- fairs, Organic Valley, La Farge, WI; Jerry the Federal level doesn’t draw any dis- cause poverty-level wages, sweatshops, Moors, Senior VP of Sales, Springs Window tinctions between Los Angeles and and poor working conditions should Fashions, Middleton, WI; Mary Stelletello, Gratz, Pennsylvania, a great little not happen in the United States of Founder, Vista Global Coaching & Con- town that I am privileged to represent. America in 1938 or in 2019. sulting, Madison, WI. It doesn’t draw a distinction between Mr. TRONE. Mr. Speaker, I have a Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Chicago or Shiremanstown. It says Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- unique perspective on this issue. I was they all have to do the same thing. a businessman. Before I ran for Con- tleman from Texas (Mr. WRIGHT). Dover or New York, all the same wage, Mr. WRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise in gress, I founded a small business with really. opposition to H.R. 582, the Raise the just a few employees. Now, I own a I don’t have tall skyscrapers in cen- Wage Act, or, as it should be called, the business with over 7,000 employees in 25 tral Pennsylvania like they do in New Raising Unemployment for American States. York City, Chicago, and L.A., but I Workers Act. At my company, we understand that have hardworking people who want the I was disappointed to hear that if you take care of your team members opportunity that is provided by the Democratic members on the Rules by paying them a living wage, they will market. take care of our customers, and our There are 7.5 million jobs open right Committee failed to make my amend- business will do better because of it. now. The market is providing the ment in order. The amendment prohib- Everyone wins. wages to incentivize people to come to ited H.R. 582 from going into effect if This isn’t hypothetical for me. My them, and they have an opportunity to the Government Accountability Office business operates in many cities, like go to another job and make even more found that over 500,000 jobs would be Seattle, with a $15 minimum wage. under the free market. lost to automation as a direct result of When the laws changed, we didn’t cut The Federal Government is going to this legislation, a very reasonable jobs, and our business did not suffer. stifle that with this $15 an hour min- amendment. Quite the opposite. imum wage. This amendment was intended to When we raise the wage, we see 1.3 Mr. Speaker, I urge us not to vote for make sure that, in seeking to improve million Americans lifted out of pov- this bill. economic outcomes for workers, espe- erty, 600,000 of whom are children; we Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, cially lower-wage and lesser-skilled see families who can afford their rent, I remind my colleague that his vote workers, we don’t adopt policies that healthcare, and other necessities; and against this bill is a vote to deny about have the opposite effect. we see a stronger economy. 35 percent of the workers in his district This radical legislation would more When we raise the wage, we see a win in Pennsylvania an average raise of than double the Federal minimum for business, a win for working fami- about $3,200 a year. wage, the largest-ever increase since lies, and a win for our economy. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the its creation. The recent Congressional Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Budget Office report on this bill paints SCOTT for his leadership on this criti- WILD), a distinguished member of the a bleak picture of the consequences if cally important issue, and I urge my Committee on Education and Labor. it ever becomes law. colleagues to support this bill. Ms. WILD. Mr. Speaker, there should When fully implemented, this legisla- Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. not be anybody in this room arguing tion would result in as many as 3.7 mil- Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- that $7.25 an hour is sufficient for a lion, almost 270,000 from the State of tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. worker’s well-being. When adjusted for Texas, jobs lost. Across the country, PERRY). inflation, $7.25 is less than the Federal total real family income would drop by Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, I started, minimum wage of 50 years ago. $9 billion. like many folks did, working when I I support this bill because 98,000 At a time when the economy is ex- was a young man. People have different workers in my district in Pennsylvania panding, wages are rising above infla- reasons for seeking employment. I deserve a long-overdue raise. We are tion, and unemployment is the lowest needed to get out of the house, as some now in the midst of the longest period it has been in decades, we should not be things were happening at the house, of time without an increase to the Fed- considering job-killing, income-reduc- but I didn’t have any skills. eral minimum wage. ing legislation.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:43 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.019 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7111 The negative impacts of such a disas- of 20 cents on the dollar. This wage gap var- Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW); trous bill would be felt in high-income ies by race and is larger for women of color: California Capital Chapter, CLUW; Capital urban areas, but they would be even Black women working full time, year round Area Chapter, CLUW; Chesapeake Bay Chap- more severe in lower income rural typically make only 61 cents, Native women ter, CLUW; Chicago Chapter, CLUW; Cleve- only 58 cents, and Latinas only 53 cents, for land Chapter, CLUW; Florida Chapter, areas. The economic conditions of every dollar paid to their white, non-His- CLUW; Genesee County Chapter, CLUW; Navarro County, Texas, in my district, panic male counterparts. While Asian Amer- Grand Prairie Arlington Chapter, CLUW; where the median income is $45,000 a ican and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women Greater Kansas City Chapter, CLUW. year, are not the same as San Fran- make 85 cents for every dollar paid to white, Greater New Jersey Chapter, CLUW; cisco, where the median income is non-Hispanic men, many AAPI communities Greater Oklahoma City Chapter, CLUW; more than double that. A federally experience drastically wider pay gaps. Houston Chapter, CLUW; Kate Mullany mandated doubling of the minimum Women’s overrepresentation in low-wage Chapter, CLUW; King County Chapter, jobs is a driving force behind the gender pay CLUW; Lorain County Chapter, CLUW; Los wage would burden these people and gap. Women are close to two-thirds of the Angeles Chapter, CLUW; Metro-Detroit businesses, forcing them to cut hours, workforce in jobs that pay the minimum Chapter, CLUW; Metropolitan District of Co- let employees go, and close business wage or just a few dollars above it, as well as lumbia Chapter, CLUW; Missouri Chapter, doors. two-thirds of workers in tipped jobs. Women CLUW. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The of color are particularly overrepresented Northeast Cleveland Chapter, CLUW; time of the gentleman has expired. among tipped workers and other low-wage Pennsylvania State Chapter, CLUW ; Phila- Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. workers. They are particularly harmed by delphia Chapter, CLUW; Rhode Island Chap- Speaker, I yield an additional 15 sec- the $7.25 federal minimum wage that has not ter, CLUW; San Diego Chapter, CLUW; San Francisco Chapter, CLUW; Southwestern onds to the gentleman from Texas. gone up in a decade and by the $2.13 tipped minimum cash wage that has been frozen for Pennsylvania Chapter, CLUW; St. Louis Mr. WRIGHT. My colleagues across an astonishing 28 years. Chapter, CLUW; Western New York Chapter, the aisle like to point to the number of Poverty-level wages heighten women’s eco- CLUW; Western Virginia Chapter, CLUW. people who will be lifted out of poverty nomic vulnerability, which in turn heightens Coalition on Human Needs; Color of but consistently fail to acknowledge their vulnerability to sexual harassment on Change; Connecticut Women’s Education and that the same number of Americans the job. Women who rely on tips to survive Legal Fund (CWEALF); Criminalization of are expected to lose their jobs. It seems often feel compelled to tolerate inappro- Poverty Project at the Institute for Policy to me that this bill is a sweet deal, but priate behavior from customers so as not to Studies; Day One; Domestic Violence Legal jeopardize their income and employers are Empowerment & Appeals Project; Economic only if you get to keep your job. often unwilling to protect their employees Opportunity Institute; Empire Justice Cen- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, for fear of upsetting a paying customer. ter; Equal Rights Advocates; Equality North may I inquire as to how much time is Women’s lack of economic power in these Carolina. left on both sides. workplaces perpetuates the already perva- Equality Ohio; Fair World Project; Feder- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- sive culture of sexual harassment in indus- ally Employed Women; Feminist Majority tleman from Virginia has 101⁄2 minutes tries that employ large numbers of tipped Foundation; Food Chain Workers Alliance; remaining. The gentlewoman from workers. Forward Together; Found Objects Trans- The Raise the Wage Act is critically need- formed; Friends Committee on National Leg- North Carolina has 21⁄2 minutes remain- ed to advance women’s economic security islation; Futures Without Violence; Gender ing. and dignity in the workplace. The Economic Justice. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Policy Institute estimates that increasing Health Care for America Now; If/When/ I remind my colleague from Texas that the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024 How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice; Il- a vote against this bill is a vote to would give nearly one in three working linois Coalition Against Sexual Assault; In deny about 30 percent of the workers in women a raise, including 41 percent of Black Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Re- his district in Texas an average raise of working women, 38 percent of working productive Justice Agenda; Innovation Ohio about $3,800 a year. Latinas, 29 percent of white working women, Education Fund; Institute for Women’s Pol- I also will point out that the same and 18 percent of Asian working women. icy Research; Interfaith Worker Justice; Women and people of color have been left Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action; CBO report that he cited cites the behind by our economy and our policies far Jewish Women International; Jobs With Jus- three most recent studies showing the too often, for far too long. Adopting the tice; Jobs With Justice, Cleveland; Jobs With number of jobs will actually go up as a Raise the Wage Act would mark a crucial Justice, St Joseph Valley Project. direct result of the passage of this bill, step toward ensuring they can work with eq- Justice for Migrant Women; Kentucky and 27 million people are getting a uity, dignity, and safety. There is no more Equal Justice Center; Labor Council for raise. fitting way to begin this historic Congress Latin American Advancement (LCLAA); Las Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the than by making real, concrete progress in Hermanas USA; Laundry Workers Center; Legal Momentum, The Women’s Legal De- gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Mrs. ensuring all women receive adequate pay. We urge you to prioritize the Raise the fense and Education Fund; Maine Women’s TRAHAN), a distinguished member of Wage Act in the 116th Congress by swiftly Lobby; Massachusetts Voter Table; Mil- the Committee on Education and passing this legislation. waukee Area Service & Hospitality Workers Labor. Sincerely, Organization (MASH); Mississippi Coalition Mrs. TRAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I in- 9to5, National Association of Working Against Domestic Violence. clude in the RECORD a letter from wom- Women; 9to5 Georgia; A Better Balance; MNCASA; Moms Demand Action, Triad en’s community groups in support of Abortion Access Front; ACCESS; African North Carolina; MomsRising; NAACP; this legislation. American Health Alliance; All-Options; NARAL Pro-Choice, North Carolina; Na- Amara Legal Center; American Association tional Alliance to End Sexual Violence; Na- JULY 15, 2019. of University Women (AAUW); American tional Asian Pacific American Women’s Pass the Raise the Wage Act Federation of State, County, and Municipal Forum (NAPAWF); National Association of DEAR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: As members Employees (AFSCME). Social Workers, Massachusetts Chapter; Na- of a broad coalition of organizations that American Federation of Teachers, AFL– tional Center for Lesbian Rights; National promote economic security and equity for CIO; AFT Local 1766 (Union of Rutgers Ad- Coalition for the Homeless. women, we strongly urge you to pass the ministrators); American Medical Student National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Raise the Wage Act as a top priority of the Association; American Psychological Asso- Central Ohio Chapter; National Coalition of 116th Congress. ciation; Americans for Democratic Action 100 Black Women, Queen City Metropolitan The Raise the Wage Act will raise the fed- (ADA); Arizona Coalition to End Sexual & Chapter; National Committee on Pay Equity; eral minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour Domestic Violence; Asian Pacific American National Council of Jewish Women; National by 2024, then index the minimum wage so Labor Alliance, AFL–CIO; Black Women’s Council of Jewish Women, Arizona; National that it continues to rise along with wages Roundtable; MS Black Women’s Roundtable; Council of Jewish Women, Greater New Orle- overall. It will also end unfair exclusions for Bucks County Women’s Advocacy Coalition. ans; National Council of Jewish Women, tipped workers, people with disabilities, and California Child Care Resource & Referral Pennsylvania; National Domestic Workers youth so that they, too, can benefit from a Network; Cambridge Committee to Raise the Alliance; National Employment Law decent minimum wage. Minimum Wage; Caring Across Generations; Project; National Employment Lawyers As- Women across the country—especially Center for American Progress; Center for sociation. women of color—continue to experience a Frontline Retail; Center for Law and Social National Immigration Law Center; Na- pay gap and a higher risk of poverty than Policy (CLASP); Center for Popular Democ- tional Institute for Reproductive Health men. Women working full time, year round racy; Chelsea Collaborative; Citizen Action (NIRH); National LGBTQ Task Force Action typically make only 80 percent of what their of New York; Clearinghouse on Women’s Fund; National Network of Abortion Funds; male counterparts make, leaving a wage gap Issues. National Organization for Women (NOW);

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.022 H18JYPT1 H7112 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 NOW, Louisiana; NOW, North Carolina; Today, a single mother with two chil- Eddie Babies, Owner, Eddie B’s Barber Shop NOW, Raleigh; NOW, Southwest Pennsyl- dren working full-time at $7.25 an hour Montgomery, AL; Varis Berry, Owner, New vania; NOW, Triad North Carolina. is living well below the Federal pov- Beginning Barber & Style Montgomery, AL; National Partnership for Women & Fami- Larry Bethune, Owner, Brenda’s BBQ, Mont- lies; National Women’s Law Center; National erty line. We can fix that by voting to gomery, AL; Joseph Bradley, Co-Owner, Women’s Health Network; NETWORK Lobby give her a raise. Sidekicks Sneaker Shop, Birmingham, AL; for Catholic Social Justice; Nevada Coalition Let’s do the same for the rest of Tahera Broadnax, Owner, The Hair Day Bir- to End Domestic and Sexual Violence; New America by passing the Raise the Wage mingham, AL; David Brown, Owner, Manitou Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Pro- Act. It is long overdue. Supply, Birmingham, AL; Stephanie Brown, grams; New Voices for Reproductive Justice; Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Owner, Hue Studio, Montgomery, AL; Dawn New York Union Child Care Coalition; North Speaker, I reserve the balance of my Cassizzi, Owner, Beacon Yoga, Birmingham, Carolina State AFL–CIO; North Carolina time. AL; Michael Crayton, Owner, MandE Suits, Women United. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Montgomery, AL. Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Robert Dean, Owner, Momma Goldberg’s Health; Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Vio- I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman Deli, Homewood, AL; Adriane Dunson, lence; Ohio Domestic Violence Network; from New York (Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ), the Owner, Cora Bella LLC, Tuscaloosa, AL; Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive chair of the Committee on Small Busi- Newman Evans, Owner, Newman’s Classic Choice; Oklahoma Women’s Coalition; Orga- ness. Cuts, Birmingham, AL; Dan Hall, Owner, nization United for Respect; Oxfam America; Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I am Queen City Cycles, Tuscaloosa, AL; Benita Path Ways PA; Pennsylvania NOW; People from New York, and I rise in support of Hall, Owner, Shaebreezy Beauty Bar, Mont- For the American Way. gomery, AL; Carla Hamilton, Owner, Four the Raise the Wage Act of 2019 for Comers Gallery, Birmingham, AL; James PHENOM (Public Higher Education Net- workers in my district and workers ev- work of Massachusetts); Physicians for Re- Harris, President, Harvest Midwest, Bir- productive Health; PL+US: Paid Leave for erywhere, particularly rural America. mingham, AL; Tim Hicks, Owner, Veteran the United States; PowHer New York; The Raise the Wage Act is a long Cuts Barber Shop, Montgomery, AL; Ashraf Project IRENE; Public Justice Center; PWN– overdue minimum wage increase that Hijaz, Owner, Beauty & Beyond, Mont- USA; Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities will lift wages for millions of Ameri- gomery, AL; Justin Holt, Owner, Dotson’s Coalition; Restaurant Opportunities Centers cans and boost the small business econ- Burger Spot, Tuscaloosa, AL; Jose lzaguarre, United; Restaurant Opportunities Center, omy. Owner, TechniGO, Tuscaloosa, AL; Nate Pennsylvania. Johnson, Owner, Teamwork Barber Shop, Today, under the current minimum Selma, AL; Walter L Johnson Sr., Owner, Sexuality Information and Education wage of just $7.25 per hour, American Council of the United States (SIECUS); Village East Shoe Center, Montgomery, AL; Shriver Center on Poverty Law; Solace Cri- workers and their families are living Raymond Josof, Owner, Five Points Hotdogs, sis Treatment Center; Tennessee Valley Coa- on the margins. They spend nights at Birmingham, AL; Melissa Kendrick, CEO, lition to End Homelessness; Tewa Women the dinner table having to decide Sojourns, Birmingham, AL; Uluybell United; The Women’s Law Center of Mary- whether to pay for their child’s school Khorsanov, Owner, Prof Alterations, Tusca- land; Union for Reform Judaism; Unitarian trip or groceries for the week. loosa, AL; Dr. Jerry Kirby, Owner, Kirby Universalist Mass Action Network; United If we are to build a better economy Chiropractic Clinic, Montgomery, AL; Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Min- LaKeitha Knox, Owner, The Head Doctor, for all Americans, we must ensure that Tuscaloosa, AL; Nicholas Lewis, Owner, Tha istries; United for A Fair Economy. our workers can make a good living United Democratic Women of MD, Inc.; Cutting Zone, Tuscaloosa, AL; Brandon Mac- URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Eq- and have a good life. Donald, Owner, MacDonald Insurance Group, uity; V.I. Domestic Violence & Sexual As- Poll after poll shows that small busi- Birmingham, AL; Alexis Martin, Owner, Lex sault Council; Valencia Shelter Services; ness owners support raising the min- Couture Boutique, Selma, AL; Charli Mat- Vermont Network Against Domestic and imum wage. This is because doing so thews, CEO, Empowering Brands, Tusca- Sexual Violence; Voices for Progress; Wash- has been proven to help small firms loosa, AL; Marisa Mitchell, Owner, Swaddle, ington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights better retain employees who, in turn, Birmingham, AL; Kenya Mitchell, Owner, and Urban Affairs; Washington State Coali- SKT Hair Salon, Selina, AL; Byong Hyon are more productive and higher per- Moon, Owner, Tuny Custom T-shirts, Mont- tion of Sexual Assault Programs; West Vir- forming. ginia Center on Budget and Policy; Western gomery, AL. Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD Center on Law and Poverty. Naboo A. Obeird, Owner, Makano’s Kabob Women & Girls Foundation of Southwest a sign-on statement from Business for Express, Birmingham, AL; Derrick Paoletto, Pennsylvania; Women Employed; Women a Fair Minimum Wage. Owner, The Record Stop, Montgomery, AL; Salisha Parker, Owner, This & That LLC, Lawyers of Sacramento; Women of Reform BUSINESS FOR A FAIR MINIMUM WAGE Selma, AL; Kirsten Perry, Owner, KD Bridal Judaism; Women’s Law Project; Women’s FEDERAL $15 SIGN ON STATEMENT Rights and Empowerment Network; Women’s & Prom, Selma, AL; Brittney Powell, Owner, As business owners and executives, we sup- Kay Couture, Montgomery, AL; Jim Reed, Medical Fund, Pennsylvania; WomenRising, port gradually raising the federal minimum Inc.; Working Washington/Fair Work Center; Owner, Reed’s Book Store, Birmingham, AL; wage to $15 by 2024. It’s good for business, Katie Rengers, Director and Vicar, The Workplace Fairness. good for customers and good for our econ- WV FREE; Yellowhammer Fund; YWCA Abbey, Birmingham, AL; Juan Rivera, omy. Owner, Rivera’s Barber Shop, Northport, AL; USA; YWCA, Dayton; ZERO TO THREE. Workers are also customers. Today’s $7.25 Jim Robertson, Owner, Robertson’s Health minimum wage—just $15,080 a year for full- Food Center, Northport, AL; Betty Rollins, b 1030 time workers—doesn’t even cover the basics. Owner, Cloverdale Laundry & Dry Cleaners, Raising the minimum wage puts money in Mrs. TRAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise Montgomery, AL; Chris Roycroft, Owner, the pockets of people who most need to today to urge my colleagues to give Olive Tree, Tuscaloosa, AL; Vanessa Sand- spend it, increasing sales at businesses and more than 33 million deserving Ameri- ers, Owner, Kut N Go, Montgomery, AL; boosting the economy. cans a raise by voting for the Raise the Craig Shaw, Owner, True Story Brewing Co., Raising the minimum wage makes good Wage Act. Birmingham, AL. business sense. Low pay typically means I want to commend Chairman SCOTT William Sheppard, Owner, Sheppard’s Pet high turnover. Raising the minimum wage Supply, Birmingham, AL; Muhammad and his staff for their outstanding pays off in lower employee turnover, reduced work to get us to this point. Sikander, Owner, Shoe Times, Montgomery, hiring and training costs, lower error rates, AL; Mellissa Smith, Owner, Island Delight, The current Federal minimum wage increased productivity and better customer Montgomery, AL; Jarrell Smith, Owner, rate hasn’t budged in a decade, but service. Employees often make the difference Cutz & Budz, Montgomery, AL; Gregory basic costs have, and they have dra- between repeat customers or lost customers. Smitherman, Owner, Anatomy of Pi, Dora, matically. It is an affront to basic fair- Raising the minimum wage is smart pol- AL; Justin Snipes, Owner, The Comic Strip, ness and an intolerable conditions for icy. It will reduce the strain on the safety Tuscaloosa, AL; Casey Snipes, Owner, Trxi net caused by wages that people can’t live Vintage, Birmingham, AL; Mark Snyder, families working hard yet falling fur- on. It will help level the playing field for ther and further behind. Owner, Mark’s Joint Restaurant, Homewood, businesses and strengthen the consumer AL; Robby Spaeth, Owner, Capital City Tire They live on a razor’s edge facing im- spending businesses depend on to thrive. possible choices: & Auto Sales, Montgomery, AL; Curtis ABOUT 1,000 SIGNERS AND COUNTING AS OF JULY Starks, Co-owner, Train & Burn, Bir- Paying the rent or the car; 17, 2019 mingham, AL; Cheri Stewart, Owner, Trim Buying diapers and formula for their Holly Sklar, CEO, Business for a Fair Min- Tab Brewing, Birmingham, AL; Deon Trone, children or medication for themselves; imum Wage; Jen Landry, Owner, Steller Bo- Owner, Deon’s Style & Barber Shop, Tusca- Cutting a check for a student loan tanical Health, Gustavus, AK; Phillip Aus- loosa, AL; Deon Trone, Owner, Deon’s Auto- debt payment or a doctor’s visit. tin, Owner, DJ Cabinetry Tuscaloosa, AL; motive, Tuscaloosa, AL; Teresa Vickrey,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.014 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7113 Owner, Natural Healing, Montgomery, AL; Chandler, AZ; Leo Ramirez, Co-Owner, Sa Erin Musgrave, Principal, EMC Strategies, Johnny Weatherspoon, Owner, Style Connec- Morz Bakery, Casa Grande, AZ;Alma Reyes, Santa Cruz, CA; Mark Nelson, Owner, Ren- tion Barber Shop, Tuscaloosa, AL; LaTesha Owner, Isela’s Beauty Salon, Chandler, AZ; aissance Remodelers, San Anselmo, CA; S. Wells, Owner, Salon Ambience, Tuscaloosa, Dianne Ripplinger, Owner, Di’s Hair & Nail Ostertag, Co-Owner, GLYDE America, Los AL; Christie White, Owner, Arcadia Salon, Salon, Mesa, AZ; Laurel Roach, Owner, Angeles, CA; Jennifer Piette, Founder, CEO, Birmingham, AL; Tim Williamson, Owner, Trifit Wellness, Phoenix, AZ; John Rooney, Narrative Food, Chatsworth, CA; Dylan Pol- Carter Drug, Selma, AL; Kandice Wright, Co-Owner, Adventures in Stained Glass, Casa lard, Partner, Pollard|Bailey, Beverly Hills, Grande, AZ; Michael Roviello, Owner, An- Owner, Hair by Kandice, Tuscaloosa, AL; CA; Ben Rosenthal, Owner, Sustainable Com- dromeda LLC, Phoenix, AZ; Sergio Sanchez, Bradley Wyatt, Owner, Copper Top, Tusca- puting, Berkeley, CA; Frank Scarpaci, Presi- loosa, AL; Blake Ralston, Owner, Ralston Owner, Crates Records, Phoenix, AZ; Michael dent, VIANOVA, San Diego, CA; John Agency, Fort Smith, AR; Steve Svendson, Spangenberg, Owner, State Forty Eight, Schmidt, Director, Quiksilver, Huntington Owner, Svendson Agency, Rogers, AR; Daniel Chandler, AZ; Wayne B. Taylor, President, Aguilera, Owner, 480 Barber Shop, Chandler, Taylor’s Flooring, Mesa, AZ. Beach, CA; Leslie Sheridan, President, The AZ; Janice Brian, Owner, Alley Cats Bob Thomas, Owner, Bob’s Tropical Inc., Added Edge, Clearlake, CA; Michelle Ste- Haircutting Salon, Flagstaff, AZ; Malcolm Phoenix, AZ; Chris Thomas, Owner, Uni- vens, Founder & CEO, The Refill Shoppe, Bates, Owner, Rogue Antiques Retro and versal Cuts & Design, Mesa, AZ; Paul Torok, Ventura, CA; Donald Taylor, President, Con- Vintage, Flagstaff, AZ. CEO, PS YES LLC, Phoenix, AZ; Harold tinental-Pacific Lumber, Gold River, CA; Paula Beltran, Owner, V.I. Alterations & Torres, President, Hair 2 Day, Tempe, AZ; Alan Thiesen, Vice-President, Digital Re- Tailoring, Mesa, AZ; Rita Burnette, Owner, Pete Turner, Owner, Illegal Pete’s Res- search (retired), Nevada City, CA; Kelly Make-U-Mobile, Mesa, AZ; Eric Cady, Co- taurants, Tucson, AZ; Alvaro Valentin, Vlahakis-Hanks, President and CEO, Earth Owner, Chupacabra Taproom, Mesa, AZ; Owner, Fresh As Can ‘‘V’’, Chandler, AZ; Dan Friendly Products (Makers of ECOS), Cy- Vasquez, Owner, Dapper Dan’s Barber Shop, Francisco Carlos, Owner, Cabinets by Design, press, CA; Esther Wagner, CFO, Excellent Scottsdale, AZ; Dustin Venekamp, Owner, Phoenix, AZ; Cartiye Carter, Owner, 24K Packaging & Supply, Richmond, CA. Hair Spa, Phoenix, AZ; Jorge Castillo, Co- Altig-Venekamp Agency, Phoenix, AZ; Marie James Weil, CEO, Weil Aquatronics, Inc, Owner, The Gaming Zone, Tempe, AZ; Alison Verdugo, Owner, NuYou Life Center, Phoe- Chandler, Co-Owner, Noble Beast Pet Mar- nix, AZ; Jamie Warner, Co-Owner, Yellow Norwalk, CA; Robynne Winchester, Owner, ket, Phoenix, AZ; Abel Chavez, Owner, Cha- Jacket Comics LLC, Tempe, AZ; Brittany Revelation in Fit, Oakland, CA; George vez Barber Shop, Tempe, AZ; Shang Syun Weir, Owner, The Mad Bird, Phoenix, AZ; Yenoki, Owner, Hackberry solutions, Mon- Chiu, Owner, Dealer Electronics, Mesa, AZ; Paul Williams, Owner/Chef, Smoke Dem rovia, CA; Ben C. Alexander, Certified Gen- Bones BBQ, Phoenix, AZ. eral Appraiser, Ben C. Alexander Appraisers, Natalie Clark, Owner, AZ Lash Lady, Chan- Maury Williamson, Owner, The Country Byers, CO; Carlos A´ lvarez-Aranyos, Man- dler, AZ; Kimberly Clarke, Owner, Solstice Clipper Barbershop, Chandler, AZ; Natasha aging Partner, Boulder Transport, Boulder, Intimates, Tempe, AZ; Mark Cosmas, Owner, Winnik, Owner, Originate Natural Building iRun, Phoenix, AZ. Materials Showroom, Tucson, AZ; Carolyn CO; Bryan Birsic, CEO, Wunder Capital, Phil Costa, Owner, Unique Pianos, Phoe- Young, Owner, West of the Moon Jewelry & Boulder, CO; Richard Correa, Owner, Richard nix, AZ; Lauren Danuser, Owner, Local Art, Flagstaff, AZ; Annette Zepeda, Co- Correa Agencies, Aurora, CO; Jenny Davies, Nomad, Phoenix, AZ; Daniel DeHoyos, Owner, Hair Deco, Phoenix, AZ; Feliciano Owner, Progressive Promotions, Denver, CO; Owner, Fritz’s Barbershop, Mesa, AZ; Eileen Zizzo, Owner, Zizzo Tailoring, Scottsdale, Matthew Elliott, Partner, Super Humane, Fisher, Founder, EILEEN FISHER, Scotts- AZ; Ruksana Azhu Valappil, Founder and Denver, CO; Jeffrey Fierberg, CEO, Sora Dig- dale, AZ; Alfredo Flores, Owner, Watch & CEO, NEEV, San Jose, CA; Brenda Balanda, ital, Denver, CO; Kathleen Furr, Owner, eX- Jewelry Repair, Tempe, AZ; Farrell Owner/Broker, Marin Sunshine Realty, Point traOrdinary Gift Company, Denver, CO; Toby Friedland, President, Professional Alter- Reyes Station, CA; Kae Bender, Founder, Gadd, President, Nuance Chocolate, Fort natives of Arizona, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ; Jus- SocioEnergetics Foundation, Lancaster, CA; Collins, CO; Kyle Garner, CEO, Organic India tin Fultz, Owner, Let Us Floor You, Inc, Neil Blomquist, Managing Director, Natural USA, Boulder, CO. Chandler, AZ; Gina Galaviz, Co-Owner, Flag Habitats USA Inc., Richmond, CA; Neil Chris Graves, Owner, Bardo Coffee House, T Factory, Flagstaff, AZ; Kristin Garcia, Blomquist, Owner, Sustainable Solutions Denver, CO; Sharon Hwang, Owner, The Owner, Purge Love Peace Rage Room, Chan- Consulting, Sebastopol, CA; David Bronner, Wellness Center, Glendale, CO; Heather dler, AZ; Brenda Hackman, Co-Owner, CEO, Dr. Bronner’s, Vista, CA; Rinaldo EmbroidMe, Phoenix, AZ; Tim Hackman, Co- Brutoco, Founding President & CEO, World Jernberg, Partner, Boreas Group, Denver, Owner, EmbroidMe, Phoenix, AZ; Billy Business Academy, Santa Barbara, CA; CO; John Kuebler, Owner, Kilgore Books, Halton, Co-Owner, Casa Grande Dry Clean- Sattie Clark, Owner, Eleek Incorporated, Denver, CO; Jason Kuri, Founder, Ionzero ing, Casa Grande, AZ. Redwood Valley, CA; Eric Cohen, Owner, LLC, Fort Collins, CO; Craig Lamberty, Eddie Hantas, Owner, Hummus Express, Justice Grace Vineyards, Sonoma, CA. Owner, Conscious Coffees, Boulder, CO; Tempe, AZ; Lamar Harris, Co-Owner, Get Thomas Cook, Attorney, Thomas Cook In- Blake Manion, Founder, Soul Salve, Denver, Sassy Beauty Supply, Chandler, AZ; Nich- tellectual Property Attorneys, Sausalito, CO; Stacey Marcellus, Co-Founder & CEO, olas Harron, Owner, 1UPGames, Mesa, AZ; CA; Fred Dew, Professional Engineer, Cappello’s, Denver, CO; Alicia Marsicovetere, Fahima Hassan, Owner, Khyber Halal, Phoe- Consultancy, Altadena, CA; Desi Dimitrova, Owner, Renew Massage Studio LLC, Wheat nix, AZ; Dionne Hauke, Owner, Ziggie’s Owner, Dimitrova Agency, San Dimas, CA; Ridge, CO; Marilyn Megenity, Owner, Mer- Music, Phoenix, AZ; Jason Hemann, Owner, Jerome Dodson, President, Pamassus Invest- cury Cafe, Denver, CO; Allison Parks, Owner/ Kitchen AZ, Chandler, AZ; Gabrielle Hop- ments, San Francisco, CA; Eric Edelson, Managing Broker, Conscious Real Estate, kins, Owner, Food Diva AZ, Chandler, AZ; CEO, Fireday Tile, San Francisco, CA; Mika Denver, CO; Chad Schubert, Director, Busi- Gabrielle Hopkins, Owner, Wild Elk Den, Endo, Operations Manager, Mafia Bags, San ness Development, Pivot Energy, Denver, Chandler, AZ; Jeannette Housner, Owner, Francisco, CA; Malia Everette, CEO, CO; Julie Tasche, Director of Community Dion’s Le Wig Shoppe, Scottsdale, AZ; Skip Altruvistas, Richmond, CA; Monica Farbiarz, and Culture, Illegal Pete’s, Inc., Denver, CO; Jones, Owner, Caveman Printing & Apparel, CEO, Encanto Jewels, Grass Valley, CA; Mesa, AZ; Brad Keeling, Owner, Maroney’s Deborah Frangquist, Owner, Chosen Futures, Pete Turner, Founder/President, Illegal Cleaners & Laundry, Phoenix, AZ. San Francisco, CA; Jim Frazin, Principal, Pete’s Restaurants, Denver, CO; Marie Brad Keeling, President, OrganiCare, Phoe- Financial Planner, Communitas Financial Venner, Owner and CEO, Venner Consulting, nix, AZ; Danyelle Kimbell, Owner, Just In Planning Inc., San Francisco, CA; Gary Ger- Lakewood, CO; Samuel Weaver, CEO, Cool Time Hair Design, Chandler, AZ; Anthony ber, CEO, Sun Light & Power, Berkeley, CA; Energy, Boulder, CO; Joshua Angelus, Kyhn, Owner, Salon Red Arcadia, Phoenix, Michael Hannigan, CEO, Community Benefit Owner, Self-employed, Waterbury, CT; Jonell AZ; Adele LaVoie, Owner, French Method Corporation, Berkeley, CA. Carr, Business Manager, Exquisite Contrac- Salon, Phoenix, AZ; Cenobio Lopez, Owner, Janie Hoffman, CEO & Founder, Mamma tors, Bridgeport, CT. Chia, Carlsbad, CA; Kip Howard, Former CEO Nancy’s Jewelry and Clothing, Chandler, AZ; Nikki Colodny, Owner, Medical Practice, (retired), Navis LLC, Larkspur, CA; Ari Alison Lueders, CEO, Great Green Content, Guilford, CT; Jenifer Gorin, Founder, Impact Phoenix, AZ; David Luna, Owner, Luna’s Isaak, Owner, Evan GIS Consulting, San Growth Partners, Westport, CT; Walter Hair & Barbershop, Mesa, AZ; Treasure Diego, CA; Donald M. Johnson, Retired, Ar- Greissle, Accountant, CPA, Stamford, CT; Mandley, Owner, HairADize, Chandler, AZ; chitect, Ventura, CA; Bakari Kafele, Owner, William Potvin, Owner, Hosmer Mountain Nancy J. McCulla, Owner, Simply Delicious BioDiesel Hauling, San Pablo, CA. Steve Catering & Cafe Daily Fare, Flagstaff, AZ; Kaye, Owner, Steve Kaye Photo, Placentia, Bottling Co., Willimantic, CT; Nancy Ruzow, Edmundo Meraz, Co-Owner, Republica CA; Dr. Mha Atma S Khalsa, Owner, Khalsa Design Director, Ruzow Graphics Inc, West- Empanada, Mesa, AZ; Scott Miner D.C., Chiropractic, Los Angeles, CA; Martin port, CT; Margot Dorfman, CEO, U.S. Wom- Owner, OMNI Chiropractic, Tempe, AZ; Kim Kruger, COO, Follow Your Heart (Earth Is- en’s Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC; Natori, Founder, Let’s Begin Again, Phoenix, land), Chatsworth, CA; Carolyn McMaster, Mike Englert, President, Eighty2degrees De- AZ; Maria Ortiz, Owner, La Nortenita, Flag- CEO, Thinkshift Communications, San Fran- sign Studio, Washington, DC; Jeffrey staff, AZ; Heather Phalan, Owner, All cisco, CA; Carolina Miranda, Founder and Hollender, CEO, American Sustainable Busi- Awards Studio, Flagstaff, AZ; Meir CEO, Cultivating Capital, Richmond, CA; ness Council, Washington, DC; Pennye Pinhkasov, Owner, Brooklyn’z Barbershop Virginia Morrison, President, Collaboration Jones-Napier, Owner & CEO, BBWoof Inc., LLC, Phoenix, AZ; Turney Postlewait, Specialists, San Anselmo, CA; Allan Washington, DC; Michael Lastoria, Founder Owner, Biff’s Bagels’ Flagstaff, AZ; Urban Moskowitz, Owner, Transformative Wealth and CEO, &pizza, Washington, DC; Gloria Quintero, Co-Owner, Quintero Jewelry, Management, El Cerrito, CA. Nauden, CMO, City First Bank, Washington,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.025 H18JYPT1 H7114 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 DC; Thomas Oppel, Executive Vice Presi- stery, Roswell, GA; Jeffrey Oparnica, Owner, Moines, IA; Joseph Logsdon, Owner, La Mie dent, American Sustainable Business Coun- Sabbath Brewing, Atlanta, GA; Cliff Owens- Bakery, Des Moines, IA; Nicole Lorenson, cil, Washington, DC; Michael Peck, Founder, Leech, Please Select, COL Agency, Stone Owner, Preservation, Des Moines, IA; Keith MAPA Group, Washington, DC; Gina Schae- Mountain, GA; Joseph Peta, Owner, Feather Luter, Owner, Head 2 Toe Barbershop, Cedar fer, Owner, Logan, Glover Park, Frager’s, Baby, Decatur, GA; LaKesia Phelps, Owner, Rapids, IA; Delaney Lynch, Owner, Bun- Tenleytown, other Ace Hardware stores, Anna’s BBQ, Atlanta, GA; Al Rauf, Owner, galow, West Des Moines, IA; Allison Lyons, Washington, DC; Aaron Seyedian, Owner, Al’s European Barber, Alpharetta, GA; Al Owner, Rumors, Des Moines, IA; Adrian Mad- Well-Paid Maids, Washington, DC; Andy Raye, Owner, Clay’s Sports Cafe, Sandy dox, Owner, Always Good Kutz LLC, Des Shallal, Owner, Busboys & Poets Res- Springs, GA; Robert Rhein, Owner, GBG Moines, IA; Ellen Martinson, Owner, Leona taurants, Washington, DC. Market, Atlanta, GA; Robert Rhein, Owner, Ruby, Des Moines, IA; Ruth McDanel, Owner, Fran Teplitz, Executive Co-Director for The Square Pub, Decatur, GA; Joann Foxglove Chiropractic, West Des Moines, IA; Business, Investing & Policy, Green Amer- Schwartz, Owner, Kirkwood Feed & Seed Pet Natalie Meester, Owner, Little Prairie Girl, ica’s Green Business Network, Washington, Supply, Atlanta, GA; Joann Schwartz, Cedar Falls, IA. DC; Troy Toliver, Owner, We Buy Houses Na- Owner, Kirkwood Bark & Lounge, Atlanta, Kristy Meyer, Co-Owner, Carol Ann Bou- tionwide USA, Washington, DC; Daniel Tur- GA; Jason Shadix, Owner, Found Co., Deca- tique & Body, Dubuque, IA; Nicole Myers, ner, President, TCG, Washington, DC; Dr. tur, GA; Sana Shah, Owner, Sana Beauty Owner, Polka Dots & Denim, Cedar Rapids, Kimberly Grimes, Co-Owner, Made by Hand Salon, Johns Creek, GA; Lucius Simon, IA; Lacie Navin, Owner, Your CBD Store International, South Bethany, DE; Gabriel Owner, 1st Class Barber & Beauty Salon, At- Valley Junction, West Des Moines, IA; Feldmann, Owner, The Feldmann Agency, lanta, GA; John Thompson, Owner, Clothes Amber Neville, Owner, Willow & Stock, Iowa Pensacola, FL; Matt Henderson, Owner, Hen- Horse Men’s Apparel & Gifts, Alpharetta, City, IA; Tony Nguyen, Owner, T-Tech, Des derson Agency, Orlando, FL; Orlando Heras, GA; Lisa Turner, Co-Owner, Trinity Mer- Moines, IA; Nate Niceswanger, Owner, ZZZ President, The Royal Gourmet Co., Holly- cantile & Design, Decatur, GA; Alex Records, Des Moines, IA; Michael Papich, wood, FL; Karen Joslin, Creatrix, Karen Vershkov, Owner, Alex Auto, Roswell, GA; President, Papich-Kuba Funeral Service, Joslin, Tallahassee, FL; Michelle Martinez, Lan Vu, Owner, Classic Tailor & Alterations, Cedar Rapids, IA; Joan Peiffer, Owner, Owner, Williams-Martinez Agency, Miami Roswell, GA; Debbie Wallace, CEO, 360 Peiffer Paws Pet Grooming, Cedar Rapids, Lakes, FL; KathySue McGuire, Principal, 3 Health Broadcasting Network, Atlanta, GA; IA; Michael Price, Owner, Price Check Pillar Solutions, Jupiter, FL; MaryAnn Nel- Debbie Wallace, CEO, A Full Taste Res- Kicks, Cedar Falls, IA; Kathleen Rash, son, Owner, GQ Solutions, LLC, Jackson- taurant, Decatur, GA; Jamison Owner and President, The Art Mission, Iowa ville, FL; Joel Pollock, Co-Owner, Panther Weatherspoon, Owner, Weatherspoon Agen- City, IA; Tray Rochon, Owner, Blades Bar- Coffee Roasters, Miami, FL; Natalie cies, Duluth, GA; Darryl Pellegrini, Owner, bershop, Des Moines, IA; John Rohlf, Owner, Albright, Owner, RSVP Prom and Pageant, Music business, Aiea, HI; Mo Ajram, Owner, Metro Records, Cedar Falls, IA; Sheila Johns Creek, GA; Toula Argentis, Owner, Kamal’s Inc, Cedar Rapids, IA; Anthony Sayre, Owner, She Home & Gift, Des Moines, 2BWhole Gluten Free Bakery, Alpharetta, Albizo, Owner, Flash Screen Printing & Em- IA; Barb Schilf, Owner, Mohair Pear, Cedar GA; Lisa Bobb, Owner, Squash Blossom Bou- broidery, West Des Moines, IA; Steve Ander- Falls, IA; Nate Sherwood, Owner, Eduskate, tique, Decatur, GA; Kizuwanda Boyd, Owner, son, Owner, A-Kleen Sweep, West Des Cedar Rapids, IA; Bryan Smith, Owner, Blaz- Dreams Beauty Experience, Atlanta, GA; Moines, IA. ing Saddle, Des Moines, IA; Andrew Snyder, Brian Brock, Managing Partner, Antwerp Dina Bachman, Owner, Five Monkeys Inc, Owner, Andy’s Frame Shop, Des Moines, IA. Diamonds, Roswell, GA; Douglas Burks, Des Moines, IA; John Bartlett, Owner, i Kristin Solberg, Owner, Solberg’s, Cedar CEO, Burks Jewelers, Atlanta, GA; Rand Work & Play, West Des Moines, IA; Mike Rapids, IA; Margeaux Spain, Owner, Cabus, Owner, Mojo Vinyl Records, Roswell, Blanchard, Owner, The CORE Cedar Falls, Margeaux Spain Wellness, Des Moines, IA; GA. IA; Michael Glenn Breitbach, Owner, The Glen Stillmunkes, Owner, Freddie’s Popcorn Kal Cauthen, Owner, KC Groomer & Beau- Food Store, Dubuque, IA; Beth Brown, Co., Dubuque, IA; Uzma Sultana, Owner, ty Bar, Alpharetta, GA; Bruce Champeau, Owner, Beth’s Custom Cakes, Dubuque, IA; Gyro Hut, Cedar Rapids, IA; Anne Temple, President and COO, Room & Board, Atlanta, Jesus Castro, Owner, La Michoacana Mexi- Owner, Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, IA; GA; Randall Cook, Owner, Cook Agency, can Groceries, West Des Moines, IA; Jennifer Veak, Owner, T-Shirt Graphix, Des Buford, GA; Belon Durham, Owner, B Martavious ‘‘Taye’’ Clayton, Owner, House Moines, IA; Victoria Veiock, Owner, Bing’s, Lashfull, Atlanta, GA; George Edward, of Fades, Des Moines, IA; Mel Dameron, West Des Moines, IA; David Wetter, Owner, C Owner, The Hair Artists, Sandy Springs, GA; Owner, TwinFadez Barber Shop, Urbandale, & D Delivery LLC, Dubuque, IA; David Wet- Rick Elibert, Owner/CEO, Positive Image IA; Rebecca Davidson, Owner, Dash Coffee ter, Owner, Tavern on the Main, Dubuque, Barber Shop, Chamblee, GA; Solera Foster, Roasters, Iowa City, IA; Rebecca Davidson, IA; Dena Wright, Owner, Paula’s Cafe, West Owner, Solera’s Salon, Sandy Springs, GA; Lola Foxx, Co-Owner, Foxx Original Jamai- Owner, Dash Coffee Roasters, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, IA; Stan Yoder, Owner, Stan’s can Restaurant, Atlanta, GA; Phnewfula IA; Charla Davidson, President, Zebras on Barber Stylists, Iowa City, IA; ReShonda Frederiksen, Owner, Happy Mango, Atlanta, 5th, West Des Moines, IA; Jodi Deery, Owner, Young, Founder, Popcorn Heaven, Waterloo, GA; Saba Gebrekiedan, Owner, Village Coffee Jennifer’s on Main, Cedar Falls, IA; David IA; David Zaghloul, Owner/Chef, Chez Grace, Shop, Atlanta, GA; Brandy Hall, Founder, Deibler, Co-Owner, Octopus, Cedar Falls, IA; Coralville, IA; Amanda Zeitner, Owner, Shades of Green Permaculture Design, Deca- Darrell Delaney, Owner, House of Fades, Des Snowwhite Botanicals, Des Moines, IA; Scot tur, GA; William Herman, Co-Owner, Raging Moines, IA. McGavin, Co-Owner, Puentes Language Pro- Mike Draper, Owner, Raygun LLC, Des Burrito, Decatur, GA; Warren Hudson, grams, Boise, ID; Bill Parks, President and Owner, Decatur CD & Vinyl, Decatur, GA; Moines, IA; Mike Draper, Owner, Raygun Founder, NRS, Moscow, ID. Xavier Jarque, Owner, Xavier & Sons Auto LLC, Cedar Rapids, IA; Ann Eastman, Owner, Kathy Stearns, Owner, Arc Advisers, Boise, Body & Paint, Alpharetta, GA; Ty Jenkins, Miss Wonderful Vintage, Cedar Falls, IA; ID; Ellen Anderson, President, Rally Insur- Owner, Olive Branch Green Beauty, Decatur, Kathy and Herb Eckhouse, Owners, La ance Group, Volo, IL; Chuck Blumenthal, GA; Kyle Johnson, Owner, Johnson Agency, Quercia, Norwalk, IA; Christopher Ellis, Co- Owner, Bean Products, Inc., Chicago, IL; Manetta, GA. Owner & Managing Partner, Quarter Barrel David Borris, Owner and President, Hel’s John Kang, Founder and General Manager, Arcade & Brewery, Cedar Rapids, IA; Hart Kitchen Catering, Northbrook, IL; Nancy Salad Express, Roswell, GA; Sooill Kim, Epstein, Owner, Bluebird Diner, Iowa City, Brandt, Retired, Investor, Chicago, IL; Owner, Donut Shack, Roswell, GA; Michael IA; Josh Garrett, Owner, Jett & Monkey’s, James Brandt, Board Member, Ringspann Knight, Owner, Kaboodle Home, Atlanta, GA; Des Moines, IA; Robert Guthart, Owner, Corp., Franklin Park, IL; Bruce Champeau, RuthE Levy, Owner, And Thou Shalt Read, Bob’s Guitars, Cedar Falls, IA; Lisa Haley, Presidnet and COO, Room & Board, Oak Marietta, GA; RuthE Levy, Owner, Oy Toys, Owner, Ice Cream U Scream, Dubuque, IA; Brook, IL; Joyce Coffee, President, Climate Roswell, GA; Godfrey Lewis, Owner, Avocado Kevin Hedley, Owner, Uncle Ike’s Music, Du- Resilience Consulting, Chicago, IL; James Vegan Cafe, Johns Creek, GA; Brandon Ley, buque, IA; Catherine Hickey, Owner, Mem- Coleman, President, The Metro Group, Chi- Co-Owner, Georgia Beer Garden, Atlanta, ory Lane Antiques Gifts Collectibles, West cago, IL; Elizabeth Colon, President, GA; Brandon Ley, Co-Owner, Joystick Des Moines, IA; Suman Hoque, Owner, HOQ Metaphrasis Language & Cultural Solutions, Gamebar, Atlanta, GA; Celestino Loera, Restaurant, Des Moines, IA; Jacob Jenkins, Chicago, IL; Mike Draper, Owner, Raygun Owner, Mr. Tino’s Ice Cream, Roswell, GA; Owner, Big Acai, West Des Moines, IA. LLC, Chicago, IL; Emily Farr, Owner, Farr & Kathy Mai, Owner, K Hair Salon, Alpharetta, Chrissy Jensen, Owner, Domestics, Des Farr, LLC, Chicago, IL. GA; Johnny Martinez, Co-Owner, Georgia Moines, IA; Kevin Jones, Owner, Subsect Tim Frick, CEO, Mightybytes, Chicago, IL; Beer Garden, Atlanta, GA; Johnny Martinez, Skateshop, Des Moines, IA; Amber Keppler, Pamella Gronemeyer, M.D., Owner, SEMC Co-Owner, Joystick Gamebar, Atlanta, GA; Owner, Look @ You, Des Moines, IA; Jorene Pathology, Highland, IL; Kate Jakubas, Juel McGhee, Owner, Closing Deals LLC, At- King, Owner, Wines of Iowa, West Des Founder, Meliora Cleaning Products, Chi- lanta, GA; Irene McGuire, Owner, Christian Moines, IA; Jay Kozel, Owner, Back Country, cago, IL; Michelle Knox, Founder/President, Print Shop, Johns Creek, GA; Michael Des Moines, IA; Mike Kunzler, Co-Owner/Art WindSolarUSA, Springfield, IL; Kevin Minga, Owner, Vivid Boutique Decatur, GA; Director, Kunzler Studios, West Des Moines, Lampe, Co-Founder & Executive Vice Presi- Nataki Minix Owner, Star Taki Hair Lounge, IA; Robert Larson, Owner, Record Collector, dent, Kurth Lampe Worldwide, Chicago, IL; Atlanta, GA. Iowa City, IA; Carol Lauber, Owner, Caboose Michael Londo, President, Just in Time Di- Melissa Moore, Owner, Sq/Ft, Decatur, GA; Stop Hobbies, Cedar Falls, IA; Julie rection, Glen Ellyn, IL; Emily Lonigro, CEO, Zalman Niktalov, Owner, North Point Uphol- Lewerke, Owner, Metro Market, West Des LimeRed, Chicago, IL; Thomas MacRoy,

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Mr. Speaker, Naperville, IL; Sarah McGuire, Owner, Sarah ters, Cambridge, MA; Robert Baker, Presi- I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman McGuire Studio, Chicago, IL; Bob Olson, dent, Key Polymer Corp., Lawrence, MA; from Connecticut (Ms. DELAURO), the President and CEO, Olson Agencies, Lom- Ann Baker, Owner, On Camera Commercial chair of the Labor, Health and Human bard, IL; Scott Pfeiffer, Managing Partner, Coaching, Wayland, MA; Jessie Banhazl, CEO Threshold Acoustics, Downers Grove, IL; & Founder, Green City Growers, Somerville, Services, Education, and Related Agen- Michelle Sheldon, President, Eco Pro- MA; Phil Bannatyne, Owner, Cambridge cies Subcommittee of the Appropria- motional Products, Vernon Hills, IL; Dimitri Brewing Company, Cambridge, MA; Ted Bar- tions Committee. Syrkin-Nikolau, Owner, Dimo’s Pizza, Chi- ber, Founder, Prosperity Candle, Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, let’s be cago, IL. Easthampton, MA; Jeff Barry, President, clear. Since Franklin Roosevelt, the Lauren Venell, Co-founder & CXO, Joone Boston Organics, Charlestown, MA; Sam Federal Government has been increas- Creative, Inc., Chicago, IL; Kelly Vlahakis- Barstow, President & COO, Forsake, Boston, ing the Federal wage. Hanks, President and CEO, Earth Friendly MA; Paul Benoit, Co-Owner, Box Save, Ar- Don’t let them get away with this Products (Makers of ECOS), Addison, IL; lington, MA; Andrew Bonfiglio, Co-Founder, Kelly Weinberger, Founder and Co-Owner, hogwash about what we do and what we Emzingo, Somerville, MA. don’t do here. WorldFinds, Westmont, IL; James ´ Cunningham, Owner, James Cunningham Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, take Wages for the top 1 percent have Agency, Indianapolis, IN; Gregg Keesling, it from the words of Rebecca Hamilton, grown 150 percent since 1979. President, RecycleForce, Indianapolis, IN; CEO of Badger Balm, a small cosmetic Wages for middle-class families and Deborah Pierce, Managing Partner, company in New Hampshire. She said: working families have stagnated. Their GoodMustGrow, Brownsburg, IN; Becky ‘‘Paying a living wage is a core part of wages do not keep up with the sky- Reimbold, Owner, Just Goods, South Bend, our culture and has helped us hire and rocketing costs of healthcare, prescrip- IN; Yadrada Alvarez, Owner, Yady Beauty retain excellent staff even in a time tion drugs, childcare, housing, and a Salon, Mission, KS; Jon Amyx, Owner, college education. Downtown Barber, Lawrence, KS; Carl when other businesses have struggled.’’ Applequist, Owner, Carl’s Salon, Overland We have heard businesses that start- This is the single biggest economic Park, KS; Rashida Bonds, Owner, Beautiful ed out small, such as the popular res- challenge of our time. So, today, full- Hair Parlor, Mission, KS; Brenda Clarke, taurant &pizza, that attribute their time, year-round work at the Federal Owner, The Hair House, Shawnee, KS; Mike fast-growing success to their practice minimum wage of $7.25 leaves a family Cole, Owner, The General Store, Overland of paying fair wages while maintaining of three below the Federal poverty line. Park, KS; Molly Crook, Owner, Essential competitive prices. It is unacceptable, because working Goods, Lawrence, KS; Kerry Doan, Owner, Small companies make up 99 percent people have more than earned a raise. Bombshell Boutique, Mission, KS. According to the Economic Policy In- Ken Fleming, Owner, Ken’s Swap-d-Shop, of U.S. employers, and nearly 70 per- Olathe, KS; Marlon Ford, Owner, For’s Bar- cent of our economic activity comes stitute, if the minimum wage increased ber Shop, Kansas City, KS; Kathy Gates, from consumer spending. equal to the increases in workers’ pro- Owner, The Running Well Store, Mission, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ductivity, it would be more than $20 an KS; Patricia H. Goodfriend, Owner, Teal time of the gentlewoman has expired. hour. Lotus, Overland Park, KS; Dave Grigsby, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Congress needs to make this right. Owner, Parkwood Barber Shop, Kansas City, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the Clearly, my colleagues on the other KS; Carmen Hinojos, Manager, Las Gorditas side of the aisle do not respect the Mexican Restaurant, Kansas City, KS; gentlewoman from New York. Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, by work of 34 million Americans. They Dustin Hothan, Owner, CBD of Lawrence, don’t respect the dignity of the work Lawrence, KS; Angelynn Howell, Owner, raising the minimum wage, we can help Anna’s BLD Bistro, Kansas City, KS; Lewis put money back into consumers’ pock- that these folks do. Hurtt, Owner, Shoe Master, Fairway, KS; ets, injecting new life into our Main It is our job. Let us pass the Raise Ronell Jones, Owner, JC Barbershop; Shaw- Street and our economy. the Minimum Wage Act. Working peo- nee, KS; Denise Kirk, Owner, Aunt Jean’s, I ask everyone to support this impor- ple are doing their jobs. Let us do ours. Shawnee, KS; Lane Lambert, Owner, 3 Wish- I include in the RECORD a letter from tant bill. es—Books, Art, Music, Merriam, KS; Sam the AFT, the American Federation of Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Lloyd, Co-owner, Harbor Leaf Tea Company, Teachers. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute. Lawrence, KS. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, Cole Maggart, Owner, Brothers Music, Mis- Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues from Washington, DC, July 17, 2019. sion, KS; Nicole Manriquez, Owner, Striped Georgia said, the Democrats want to Hon. ROBERT ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT, Cow, Lawrence, KS; Joey Mendez, Co-Owner, make the American people think that House of Representatives, ULAH, Westwood, KS; Haile Michaels, they, as agents of the Federal Govern- Washington, DC. Owner, Elsa’s Ethiopian, Overland Park, KS; ment, are giving them something by DEAR REP. SCOTT: On behalf of the 1.7 mil- Marilyn O’Hearne, Owner, Marilyn Oh Exec- raising this minimum wage. That is lion members of the American Federation of utive & Team Coaching, Leawood, KS; Wil- Teachers, I thank you for introducing the liam O’Rourke, Owner, Orange Cat Records, not true. Raise the Wage Act of 2019 (H.R. 582). By Lawrence, KS; Tracy Ochester, Owner, Small businesses, families, workers, raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 Ochester Psychological Services, LLC, and the economy at large will all suffer to $15 per hour by 2024, H.R. 582 would em- Leawood, KS; Keyla Osuna, Manager, Osuna debilitating loss if this bill is passed. power millions of struggling Americans to Bakery, Kansas City, KS; Dan Phillips, Forcing our Nation’s job creators to make ends meet and support their families. Owner, Vinyl Renaissance, Overland Park, raise the minimum wage arbitrarily The federal minimum wage was last raised KS; Ron Phillips, Shop Supervisor, Klemp around the country by 107 percent will to $7.25 per hour in 2009, and, over the past Electric, Kansas City, KS; Darby Pool, decade, the cost of living has increased at a Owner, Bikes for the Likes of Us, Olathe, KS; hurt the very people this ill-advised pace that significantly exceeds the average Jenny Pugh, Owner, Lulu’s Boutique, Mis- legislation is alleged to help. earnings of a minimum wage worker. Raising sion, KS; Jorge Ramos, Owner, Ramos Up- The case studies from States and lo- the wage is a matter of economic and social holstery, Kansas City, KS; Daisy Rodriguez, calities with large minimum wage justice because a $15 minimum wage would Owner, Oregano & Thyme Market, Mission, hikes are clear and have shown that lift millions out of poverty, help close the ra- KS; Amrik Sandhu, Manager, Black’s Liq- workers and employers are punished by cial and gender wage gaps, and help reverse uor, Kansas City, KS; Dave Seal, Owner, these risky schemes. decades of growing pay inequality. Framewoods, Lawrence, KS; Ben Stallings, Apparently, House Democrats have The Economic Policy Institute estimates Co-Owner, Interdependent Web, Emporia, that increasing the federal minimum wage to KS. missed the fact that wages are already $15 by 2024 would give more than 1 in 3 work- Sherry Sullivan, Owner, Brian’s Bakery, on the rise. With unemployment near a ing women a raise, including 43 percent of Mission, KS; Sara Thompson, President, Ce- 50-year low, the competition for em- African American working women, 38 per- ramic Cafe, Overland Park, KS; Tara ployees is driving wages up. cent of working Latinas, 32 percent of white Vandervalk, Owner, Radiance: Beautiful Instead of stifling our booming econ- working women, and 20 percent of Asian and Skin, Overland Park, KS; Teresa Hendricks, omy by forcing employers to imple- Pacific Islander working women. Owner, Lucia’s World Emporium, Lexington, ment a crippling, mandated wage hike, Of particular note for the AFT, our re- KY; Camille Moran, Owner, Caramor Indus- search tells us that one-fifth of educators tries; 4 Seasons Christmas Tree and Plant we should advance legislation that em- and one-fourth of healthcare workers would Farm, Natchitoches, LA; Angela O’Byrne, powers communities, creates opportu- get a raise under H.R. 582—including but not Owner, Perez APC, New Orleans, LA; Mallory nities, and opens doors for workers. limited to preschool teachers, who on aver- Whitfield, Owner, Malaprop LLC, New Orle- I reserve the balance of my time. age earn $13.84 per hour; substitute teachers,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.027 H18JYPT1 H7116 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 who average $13.47 per hour; child care work- hour since 2007. And the tipped minimum Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, I ers, who earn an average of $10.18 per hour; wage has been stuck at $2.13 an hour since rise in strong support of this bill, the and home healthcare workers, who on aver- 1991. Raise the Wage Act. This critical bill Raising the federal minimum wage is a ra- age receive $10.87 per hour. With higher would increase the minimum wage to wages, more Americans would be better able cial and gender justice issue. The National to afford food, clothing, housing and other Women’s Law Center has noted that women $15 an hour and give 33 million workers necessities, which, in turn, would support make up nearly two-thirds of those earning a raise, including 16 million people of local businesses and economic growth. the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. color who are disproportionately paid Too many hardworking families in the Women of color are more likely than any poverty wages. United States are being forced to depend on other group to be paid the lowest wages. Once more, it would lift 1.3 million Paying tipped workers the full minimum poverty-level wages. Congress can help Americans out of poverty. strengthen our economy and lift families out wage would rectify longstanding injustices and ensure that no one works for pennies in Mr. Speaker, this bill is long overdue. of poverty by raising the federal minimum The current minimum wage of $7.25 is a wage. America. The subminimum wage that tipped Thank you for your introduction of H.R. workers receive is rooted in the history of poverty wage, plain and simple. 582. slavery. The practice of tipping proliferated I, too, am a former business owner Sincerely, in the United States after the Civil War with hundreds of employees who saw when the restaurant and hospitality indus- RANDI WEINGARTEN, firsthand how productivity was try, exemplified by the Pullman Company, President. achieved and increased by paying good ‘‘hired’’ newly freed slaves without paying Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. them base wages. The effect was to create a wages. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my permanent servant class, for whom the re- These poverty wages must end for ev- time. sponsibility of paying a wage was shifted eryone. Homelessness is rising. People Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, from employers to customers. Today, pov- can’t afford to pay their rent. They are I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman erty rates for people who work for tips are living on the edge. more than twice as high as rates for working from California (Ms. LEE). No one in the richest nation on Earth Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, people overall—with female tipped workers, should be struggling like this, working especially women of color, at a particular two and three jobs just to survive. let me first thank Chairman SCOTT for disadvantage. According to the 2012–2015 ACS yielding and for his tireless, incredible, data on gender and race for tipped occupa- Mr. Speaker, I have been proud to and brilliant leadership. tions, of the almost 6 million tipped working have joined my union brothers and sis- I include in the RECORD a letter from people in our country, 66 percent are women. ters, along with the attorney general of The Leadership Conference on Civil And women of color are disproportionately Minnesota, former co-chair of the Pro- and Human Rights expressing their represented in the tipped workforce. gressive Caucus, Keith Ellison, and my As with the tipped minimum wage, the union brothers and sisters on picket strong support for H.R. 582. subminimum wage under Section 14(c) of the THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE Fair Labor Standards Act that allows people lines, in rallies, and marches in the ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS, with disabilities working in segregated set- fight for $15. I want to thank them for Washington, DC, July 15, 2019. tings to be paid less than the minimum wage their bold and committed leadership. VOTE RECOMMENDATION: SUPPORT THE RAISE leaves this community vulnerable to poverty When we fight, we win. THE WAGE ACT OF 2019 and exploitation. The National Disability I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote on raising the DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of The Rights Network believes that ‘‘sheltered wage to $15 an hour. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human workshops have replaced institutions in I thank Chairman SCOTT, again, for Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse many states as the new warehousing system his leadership. membership of more than 200 national orga- and are the new favored locations where peo- Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. ple with disabilities are sent to occupy their nizations to promote and protect the civil Speaker, I continue to reserve the bal- and human rights of all persons in the days.’’ Enacted in 1938, Section 14(c) reflects what should be a bygone era of how we as a ance of my time. United States, we write to express our strong Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, support for the Raise the Wage Act of 2019 nation treat people with disabilities. The (H.R. 582). This important legislation would time has come for federal action to support may I inquire again as to the time re- gradually raise the federal minimum wage to and fully integrate people with disabilities maining on both sides. $15 an hour by 2025, index it to median fed- into the workplace. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) re- eral wages, and ensure that all tipped work- tleman from Virginia has 43⁄4 minutes cently released a report looking at the po- ers, working people with disabilities, and tential effects of increasing the federal min- remaining. The gentlewoman from young people get paid at least the full min- 1 imum wage to $15 an hour incrementally North Carolina has 1 ⁄2 minutes remain- imum wage. Passage of the Raise the Wage through 2025 and found that the benefits ing. Act is a top legislative priority of our coali- strongly outweigh its costs. The CBO report Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, tion. We urge you to vote YES on final pas- predicted that this gradual increase would I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman sage of a clean bill and NO on any Motion to decrease the number of individuals living in from New York (Mrs. CAROLYN B. Recommit (MTR) in connection with this poverty by 1.3 million people and dispropor- legislation. The Leadership Conference will MALONEY), the vice chair on the Joint tionately increase the incomes of families Economic Committee. score both of these votes in our voting record that are low-income. for the 116th Congress. The civil rights community has long sup- Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New At the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs ported a universal floor for wages that would York. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong sup- and Freedom, one of the founders of The provide a base line for all people in our coun- port of the Raise the Wage Act, which Leadership Conference, Black labor leader A. try. Indeed, one of the core demands of the will raise the Federal minimum wage Philip Randolph, noted, ‘‘Nor is the goal of 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Free- to $15 per hour by 2025. our civil rights revolution merely the pas- dom was for ‘‘[a] national minimum wage sage of civil rights legislation. Yes, we want I include in the RECORD a letter that will give all Americans a decent stand- signed by many youth organizations in all public accommodations open to all citi- ard of living.’’ Cost of living data show that zens, but those accommodations will mean in all 50 states today a single working person support of this legislation. little to those who cannot afford to use without children currently needs or will soon DEAR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: The under- them.’’ need a wage of at least $15 per hour to cover signed organizations are writing to express This week, the House of Representatives basic living costs. Working people with chil- our support for the Raise the Wage Act of has the opportunity to champion working dren and those in high-cost states will need 2019, which would incrementally increase the people by passing the Raise the Wage Act of even more. federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15.00 2019. In February 2019, I testified at a hearing Fair wages are essential for working people over the next 6 years. Beyond raising the held by the U.S. House Committee on Edu- to cover basic expenses like housing, food, wage, the bill’s important provisions include cation & Labor entitled ‘‘Gradually Raising transportation, childcare, health care, and phasing out the subminimum wages for the Minimum Wage to $15: Good for Workers, other necessities. We urge you to vote for tipped workers, people with disabilities, and Good for Businesses, and Good for the Econ- clean passage of the Raise the Wage Act of youth. As organizations committed to the omy.’’ What I said then remains true today: 2019—and against any MTR that is offered— wellbeing and economic security of young low-wage working people are overdue for a to address the economic security concerns of people, we are united in our goal of ensuring raise. For decades, wages for most people in working families. Thank you for your con- all youth are paid a livable wage to provide America have stagnated while productivity sideration. for themselves and their families. has increased. This has been particularly Sincerely, Adults and youth both struggle to make true for low-wage earners. Congress has not VANITA GUPTA, ends meet on today’s minimum wage. Cur- raised the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an President and CEO. rently, the poverty rate for youth {ages 18 to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.020 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7117 24) is 16.1 percent, which is higher than the month. That is not enough to cover Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD national rate of 12.3 percent. Existing law al- even half of the monthly expenses of an statistics relating to the 18th Congres- lows employers to pay youth under age 20 a average family, which total roughly sional District of Texas. subminimum wage of $4.25 for the first 90 $3,000. It is not enough to live on, let days of their employment. While rarely used, TEXAS 18TH DISTRICT this subminimum wage prohibits youth from alone, to support a family. Share of workers affected: 41.3% being active consumers in their commu- Now, some critics say the minimum Total workers affected: 155,800 nities, saving money, or achieving true eco- wage is earned mostly by teenagers, Total wage increase for all affected work- nomic stability. The Raise the Wage Act will but that is wrong. More than half of ers (thousands, 2018$): $638,584 benefit millions of low-wage workers by in- those working at or below the min- Chanqe in avg. annual earnings among all creasing their income to a wage that would imum wage are above 25 years of age. $4,100 year-round affected workers (2018$): allow them to meet their financial needs. It ignores the fact that the typical $4,100 Youth, like many others in this country, Percent change in avg. annual earnings use their wages to support themselves and minimum wage worker earns half of their family’s income. As a result, among all year-round affected workers: 18.6% their families. For example, young people Ages 16 to 24—Total workers affected: use their summer jobs earnings to purchase boosting the wage will support millions 41,400 school supplies and assist family with buying of children and families across our Na- Ages 16 to 24—Share affected: 81.8% food and contributing to college costs. Some tion. Ages 25 to 39—Total workers affected: use their wages to support their own chil- Workers with more money in their 63,900 dren, pay rent, and buy other basic neces- pockets will spend it, stimulating the Ages 25 to 39—Share affected: 41.0% sities. According to the Census Bureau, ap- economy. Ages 40 to 54—Total workers affected: proximately 27 percent of young adults with It is important to end the gender gap, 33,100 children live in poverty. Low wages make it because half the people working for Ages 40 to 54—Share affected: 29.4% increasingly difficult for these parents to ap- Ages 55 or older—Total workers affected: propriately care for their children. minimum wage are women. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 17,400 Congress has not raised the minimum wage Ages 55 or older—Share affected: 29.8% in over a decade. Studies show that one in time of the gentlewoman has expired. Men—Total workers affected: 72,000 nine U.S. workers are paid wages that leave Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Men—Share affected: 35.1% them in poverty, even when working full I yield an additional 15 seconds to the Women—Total workers affected: 83,900 time and year-round. The economy is leaving gentlewoman. Women—Share affected: 48.5% too many people behind—including youth Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New Asian or other—Total workers affected: and young adults. Because poverty is struc- York. Mr. Speaker, I just want to ap- 7,600 tural and caused by systems and policies— plaud the gentleman from Virginia, Asian or other—Share affected: 29.2% like discrimination, segregation, and low- Black—Total workers affected: 49,100 BOBBY SCOTT, for his selfless and bold quality jobs—policymakers have an impor- Black—Share affected: 40.8 tant role in addressing it. work. He faced many obstacles. White—Total workers affected: 10,000 Congress must act to raise the wage be- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. I yield the White—Share affected: 15.7% cause it’s the equitable thing to do for work- gentlewoman such time as she may Hispanic—Total workers affected: 89,100 ers and it’s a financial imperative—providing consume. Hispanic—Share affected: 53.2% individuals with the means to meet their Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New basic financial needs. By raising the min- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, imum wage and eliminating the submin- York. Mr. Speaker, I urge a very strong apartment complexes, local stores, imum wage for youth, Congress would sup- vote on this to support the minimum local clothing stores, churches, and port young people in becoming more eco- wage and to get millions of workers the nonprofits benefit from the generosity nomically secure to help provide for their raise they so justly deserve. Over 33 of individuals who now have a decent families and themselves. We urge Congress million Americans deserve this raise. to pass the Raise the Wage Act for the good wage. This chart shows it all. I am standing with working people of our country’s economy and the youth who Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. and unions. I am standing with the will play a critical role now and in our fu- Speaker, I compliment my colleague ture. American people and 41.3 percent of my on his sense of humor, and I reserve the Sincerely, district. National Organizations: America’s Promise balance of my time. Let us raise the minimum wage. That Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Alliance; Center for Law and Social Policy; is the right thing to do. It is for our Heartland Alliance; Kaleidoscope Pathways; I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman children. Opportunity Youth United; Project Z; from Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE), a leader SparkAction; Strive International; of the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Speaker, as an original cosponsor, I rise YouthBuild USA. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I in strong support of H.R. 582, the ‘‘Raise the State and Local: Arizona: Opportunities thank the gentleman for his leadership. Wage Act.’’ for Youth; California: KIWA (Koreatown Im- With the passage of this bill, the House of migrant Workers Alliance); Georgia: Georgia This is for the children. Can you believe that this is a min- Representatives will take another step in mak- Shift; Louisiana: Dreams are Weapons; ing good on its commitment to working fami- Maryland: Baltimore Algebra Project; New imum wage increase spanning over 6 York: City of Albany, Department of Recre- years, and you hear my colleagues on lies and individuals to put their economic inter- ation; Pennsylvania: E5, LLC. the other side of the aisle. This will ests and concerns first and attach the highest Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New allow small businesses to go in gradu- priority to making the real economy work for York. Mr. Speaker, the minimum wage ally and then provide all of these dol- ordinary Americans who work hard, play by has been stuck at $7.25 for the past 10 lars into the economy. the rules, and are struggling to get by through years. During that time, the cost of This is for the children. no fault of their own. housing, food, childcare, education, all I just heard from a mother who We Democrats promised to chart a new di- of this has risen higher and higher, but works for McDonald’s who cannot pro- rection for America if the voters entrusted us the minimum wage has been stuck. vide for her children and is on food with the majority. This week, the Joint Economic Com- stamps. They did and with our votes today in sup- mittee, where I serve as vice chair, re- Mr. Speaker, 41.3 percent of those in port of H.R. 582, we are making good on our leased a report on the Federal min- my district will benefit in Texas in the promise. imum wage, and it begins with this 18th Congressional District. This will Mr. Speaker, before I discuss the impor- chart. It shows that, in 1968, a full-time help the gender gap. But more impor- tance of this bill in detail, I wish to commend worker working year-round at min- tantly, it will benefit 19 million chil- Chairman SCOTT, Speaker PELOSI, Majority imum wage would take home roughly dren whose parents will get a raise. Leader HOYER, Majority Whip CLYBURN, and $21,000 a year. It will increase worker productivity the rest of the Democratic leadership, as well Now, 15 years later, a worker work- by incentivizing people to work harder; as my colleagues in the Congressional Black ing full-time making minimum wage reduce the gender gap, as women make Caucus, which is led so ably by Congressman earns only $15,000 a year in the same up a disproportionate share of min- BASS. dollars, a loss of over $6,000 in real 2018 imum wage workers; and reduce the Because of their resolve and visionary lead- dollars. This is a 30 percent drop. rate at which renters default on their ership, more than 27 million workers, and as A full-time worker earning $7.25 min- leases by giving families more money many as 34 million, will soon receive a long imum wage earns roughly $1,250 per to spend on their household budgets. overdue raise.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.022 H18JYPT1 H7118 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 What a difference an election makes. 4. Reduce the rate at which renters default Between 2009 and 2018, the minimum H.R. 582 helps the most deserving Amer- on their leases by giving families more money wage lost 29 percent of its real value. ican families by raising the minimum wage to spend on their household budgets. In contrast, between 1989 and 1997, the from $7.25 to $15.00 over six years, and in- Increasing the minimum wage will also pro- year it was raised to $5.15, the minimum dexing increases after that to median wage vide a boost to the economy, since lower wage was raised four times and recovered growth. wage workers are more likely than other in- about one-third of the value it lost in the Mr. Speaker, did you know that the value of come groups to spend extra earnings imme- 1980s. the current minimum wage represents a 51- diately and researchers estimate that a 10 Income inequality has been increasing, in year low? percent increase in the minimum wage would part, because of the declining real value of the Had the minimum wage kept pace with infla- increase sales by around $2 billion each year. minimum wage. tion, it would be $10.15 today, nearly $3 more Mr. Speaker, the earnings of minimum wage Mr. Speaker, the opponents of the minimum per hour than it is currently. workers are crucial to their families’ well-being wage often claim that increasing the wage will If the wages of that worker had kept up with since the average minimum wage worker cost jobs and harm the economy. the pace of productivity growth, the minimum brings home more than half (51.9 percent) of Of course, Mr. Speaker there is no credible wage would be $19.33, over $40,000 per year. his or her family’s weekly earnings. to support such claims. It is scandalous, Mr. Speaker, that a person Raising the minimum wage helps women The truth is that following the most recent can work full-time, 40 hours per week, for 52 and workers of color. increase in the minimum wage in 2009, and weeks, earning the minimum wage and would More than 49,000, or 41 percent, of African the rescue of the economy by President gross just $15,000, which is $6,100 below the American workers and 89,100, or 53.2 percent Barack Obama after the Great Recession, the $25,100 needed to lift a family of three out of of Hispanic workers in my congressional dis- country went on to enjoy one the more sus- poverty. trict would get a raise under the Raise the tained period of economic prosperity in history. In 2018, the average CEO was paid 1,140 Wage Act. Mr. Speaker, studies have shown that the times the amount earned yearly by a minimum The Raise the Wage Act would substantially best performing small businesses are located wage worker. increase the purchasing power of 83,900, or in states with the highest minimum wages. Mr. Speaker, since 2009 the cost of college 48.5 percent, of low-wage women workers in The job growth for small businesses in tuition has risen more than 40 percent and my district. states with a minimum wage higher than the health insurance premiums have skyrocketed Since women make up nearly two-thirds of federal level was 9,4 percent compared to a by 41 percent. all minimum wage workers, the Raise the 6.6 percent growth in states where the federal But during that time, the minimum wage has Wage Act would provide the greatest benefit level prevailed. not increased one cent. to workers of color and women. So much for the discredited notion that rais- That is unconscionable and downright un- Single mothers would benefit disproportion- ing the minimum wage harms the economy; it American. ately from an increase—single mothers are does not. H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act, will 10.4 percent of workers affected by an in- But raising the minimum wage helps the change this sorry state of affairs. crease, but they make up only 5.3 percent of economy by increasing the purchasing power Mr. Speaker, today more than ever Amer- the overall workforce. of those who most need the money, which is ica’s hard-working families are feeling Approximately 1.8 million Texas parents far more than can be said of the Republicans’ squeezed, living paycheck to paycheck. with children under 18 would benefit. devotion to cutting taxes for billionaires and I can tell you, Mr. Speaker, that prices at Contrary to popular myths and urban leg- multimillionaires. the pump, skyrocketing health care costs and ends, adults make up the largest share of Mr. Speaker, Americans overwhelmingly the rising cost of college in the face of falling workers (80 percent) who would benefit from side with progressive principles of rewarding or flat wages, are squeezing hard-working a minimum wage increase: hard work with a living wage. Texans in my Houston-based Congressional More than half (54 percent) of workers who A post-election Hill-Harris poll found that 82 District as they struggle to make ends meet. would benefit from a minimum wage increase percent of Americans favored the hourly min- That is why I support increasing the min- work full time and another third (34.5 percent) imum wage and a clear majority, 55 percent, imum wage. work between 20 and 34 hours per week. favored increasing the minimum wage to For Texas workers the basic cost of living is Minimum wage increases benefit disadvan- $15.00, while only 14 percent favored keeping rising; it is only fair that the pay for hard-work- taged workers, and women are the largest in place the current $7.25 wage rate. ing Texans does too. group of beneficiaries: Mr. Speaker, it is time we gave the Ameri- Mr. Speaker, 29 states and the District of 1. More than 23 million (66 percent) of cans we represent a long-over due pay raise Columbia have increased their minimum wage workers who would benefit from an increase to by increasing the minimum wage to $15.00 above the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour, $15.00 are women. over six years and indexing future increases to but regrettably my home state of Texas is not 2. Approximately 11.2 million (28 percent) of the growth in median wages so that a full-time one of them. workers who would benefit from an increase to worker making the minimum wage can afford For approximately 4.7 million Texans and $15.00 are the parents of 14.4 million children, the basic essentials, which is not the case nearly 155,800 hardworking persons in the and of these, 5.4 million (48 percent) are sin- today anywhere in America. 18th Congressional District of Texas, passage gle parents. In my District in Texas, 41.3 per- I urge all members to support this nec- of the Raise the Wage Act would bring imme- cent of the workers would benefit. essary and timely legislation. diate, tangible, and substantial economic ben- A disproportionate share of persons of color Vote aye on H.R. 582, the ‘‘Raise the Wage efits. would benefit from a minimum wage increase: Act.’’ Increasing the minimum wage would give 1. African Americans represent 11.1 percent b 1045 these families a much needed additional of the total workforce but are 15.3 percent of $4,100 a year to meet critical needs such as workers affected by an increase. Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. rent, health care, food and child care. 2. Similarly, 13.4 percent of the total work- Speaker, I yield myself the balance of The increase the minimum wage to $15.00 force is Hispanic, but Hispanics are 19.7 per- my time. per hour over the next six years will not allow cent of workers affected by an increase. Mr. Speaker, I do take offense at workers to live as large as the typical CEO, The benefits of an increase minimum wage anyone who characterizes Republicans who now earns 1,140 times more than a min- disproportionately help those working house- as not caring about children, not car- imum wage worker, but at least it will allow holds at the bottom of the income scale. ing about women, not caring about these low-wage workers to make a little better Although households in the bottom 20 per- people of color, and not caring about life for themselves and their families. cent received only 5.1 percent of national in- people in poverty. We care for all peo- Raising the minimum wage will benefit work- come, 38.1 percent of the benefits of a min- ple, too, Mr. Speaker, and I want to ing families: imum wage increase to $15.00 would go to make that very clear. We will disagree 1. Benefit 19 million children whose parents these workers. philosophically, but we care about peo- will get a raise; Thirty-six percent of such workers actually ple, and we love our fellow Americans. 2. Increase worker productivity by contribute 100 percent of their family’s earn- Democrats continue to point to fig- incentivizing people to work harder; ings. ures of potential wage increases in our 3. Reduce the gender wage gap, as women A minimum wage increase would help re- congressional districts, but not once make up a disproportionate share of minimum verse the trend of declining real wages for have they acknowledged that CBO esti- wage workers; and low-wage workers. mates that as many as three jobs could

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.023 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7119 be lost for every one person pulled out fact. Just two weeks ago, a detailed and rig- The 10-year delay has pushed millions of of poverty. orous study of minimum wage increases working families below the poverty line. So will the Democrats who vote for since 2005, including the first increases that Please vote yes on the bill and no on any ef- this bill come to our congressional dis- went to $15, demonstrated that there are no forts to weaken it, including any motions to discernable negative effects on employment recommit. tricts and answer for the jobs lost? or hours worked. Rather, it found that min- Sincerely, Will they look at the women and imum wage increases lead to substantial de- SCOTT FREY, young people and those without a high clines in household and child poverty. Fur- Director of Federal Government Affairs. school degree who will face the brunt ther studies show that raising the minimum of the job losses from this bill in our wage also leads to a reduction in suicides, a NATIONAL WOMEN’S LAW CENTER, congressional districts? decrease in criminal recidivism, improved July 15, 2019. The harm inflicted by this bill far maternal and child health, increased con- Re: Pass the Raise the Wage Act of 2019 DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the outweighs the benefits. We should not sumer spending, increased worker produc- tivity, lower turnover in jobs, and rise in em- National Women’s Law Center, I strongly inflict that pain on our constituents ployment of older workers. urge you to vote for the Raise the Wage Act just to satisfy a far left, socialist polit- It’s no wonder that the minimum wage en- of 2019 when it comes to the House floor, and ical promise. The economy is growing, joys such broad popular support, with polling vote against any Motion to Recommit, or wages are rising, and opportunities are showing 65% for a $15 federal minimum wage any amendment that would limit the scope increasing. We should not dampen this even in battleground Congressional districts. of the bill or create anything other than a progress with any kind of policy. This bill is a crucial step forward in the single, fair, and adequate federal minimum wage for all working people in the United Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to move to raise wages, fight income inequal- ity, reduce poverty, and eradicate at least States. Like the recently passed Paycheck oppose this costly, job-killing bill, and some measure of racial, gender and dis- Fairness Act, the Raise the Wage Act is es- I yield back the balance of my time. ability discrimination that is inherent in our sential to advance equal pay for women and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, federal minimum wage policy. It is also an economic security for their families. I yield myself such time as I may con- important step in making sure that working Today, women across the country—espe- sume. people achieve a more equitable share of the cially women of color—continue to experi- ence a pay gap and a higher risk of poverty Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD rewards of their labor. We hope that you will stand with the near- than men. Women working full time, year letters from the following organiza- round typically make only 80 percent of tions in support of the Raise the Wage ly 35 million workers who will receive a raise if the Raise the Wage Act is passed and vote what their male counterparts make, leaving Act: the National Employment Law Yes on the bill and No on any Motion to Re- a wage gap of 20 cents on the dollar. This Project, cosigned by 500 other organiza- commit that is offered. wage gap varies by race and is larger for tions, AFSCME, the National Women’s Sincerely, women of color: Black women working full Law Center, Lawyers’ Committee for CHRISTINE L. OWENS, time, year round typically make only 61 Civil Rights Under Law, National Executive Director. cents, Native women only 58 cents, and Urban League, Disability Coalition, Latinas only 53 cents, for every dollar paid AFSCME, to their white, non-Hispanic male counter- healthcare groups, Interreligious parts. While Asian American and Pacific Is- Working Group on Domestic Human Washington, DC, July 15, 2019. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, lander (AAPI) women make 85 cents for Needs, First Focus Campaign for Chil- Washington, DC. every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic dren, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the men, many AAPI communities experience Social Justice, Oxfam, Americans for members of the American Federation of drastically wider pay gaps. Democratic Action, National Employ- State, County and Municipal Employees The Paycheck Fairness Act will address ment Lawyers Association, and a re- (AFSCME), I am writing in support of the the pay discrimination, often cloaked by em- ‘‘Raise the Wage Act of 2019’’ (H.R. 582). This ployer-imposed pay secrecy policies, that is cent article in Politico by Reverend one factor driving these persistent wage William Barber. legislation would have a critical impact on millions of workers by gradually lifting the gaps. But women’s overrepresentation in NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT, current federal minimum wage. low-wage jobs is another key factor: women July 15, 2019. The current federal minimum wage rate of are close to two-thirds of the workforce in DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: The National Em- $7.25 an hour makes it very difficult for jobs that pay the minimum wage or just a ployment Law Project (NELP), a non-profit workers to meet basic family needs. The last few dollars above it, and more than two- organization that advocates on behalf of federal minimum wage increase was in 2009. thirds of workers in tipped jobs. Women of workers in low-wage jobs, enthusiastically This unjustifiable delay contributes to wage color are particularly overrepresented supports the Raise the Wage Act of 2019. We stagnation in our country. A full-time min- among tipped workers and other low-wage urge you to vote Yes on the bill and No on imum-wage worker earning the federal min- workers. And they are particularly harmed any Motion to Recommit when the measure imum wage makes barely $15,000 per year. A by a $7.25 federal minimum wage that has comes before the House later this week. worker supporting two kids on an equivalent not gone up in a decade—and by a $2.13 Last month, our nation marked a shameful salary would not even make enough to reach tipped minimum cash wage that has been milestone when the longest period passed the poverty level. Taking that into consider- frozen for an astonishing 28 years. without an increase since the 1938 enactment ation coupled with the fact that most min- The Raise the Wage Act will raise the fed- of the minimum wage. Nearly ten years have imum-wage jobs rarely include health insur- eral minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour passed since the last increase to $7.25 on July ance coverage or child-care assistance, it by 2025, then index the minimum wage so 24, 2009. The cost of wage stagnation for should be easy to understand why working that it continues to rise along with wages workers making wages at or near the federal families in America deserve better. As a re- overall. It will also end unfair exclusions for minimum wage is inexcusable in a country sult of wage stagnation and income disparity tipped workers, people with disabilities, and with the collective wealth we enjoy and with nearly 40 percent of all American families youth so that they, too, can benefit from a an economy that is booming for those who struggle with basic needs. decent minimum wage. The Economic Policy already live comfortable lives. Raising the minimum wage lifts the wages Institute (EPI) estimates that the bill (as in- The Raise the Wage Act will gradually of low-wage workers but also helps to raise troduced) would give nearly one in three raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by the wages of all workers. H.R. 582 allows for working women a raise, including 41 percent 2025, gradually eliminate the subminimum a raise in the federal minimum wage to $8.55 of Black working women, 38 percent of work- wages for tipped, disabled and youth work- this year and increases over the next six ing Latinas, 29 percent of white working ers, and eventually index the minimum wage years until it reaches $15 an hour at the end women, and 18 percent of Asian working so that it rises as all other wages rise. of that period. Subsequently, the minimum women. Because women are the majority of If signed into law, this Act will not only wage will adjust each year to keep pace with workers who would see their pay go up, wage dramatically decrease poverty and income growth in typical workers’ wages. The legis- gaps would likely narrow as well; indeed, inequality. By phasing out subminimum lation also immediately phases out the out- NWLC research shows that women working wages and restoring the value of the federal dated subminimum wage for tipped workers, full time, year round in states with a min- minimum wage, this Act will also help ad- which has been frozen at a meager $2.13 since imum wage of at least $10 per hour face a dress the systemically lower wages dis- 1991 and sunsets the subminimum wage for gender wage gap that is one-third smaller proportionately affecting people of color, workers with disabilities. than the wage gap across states with a $7.25 women and disabled workers as a result of Raising the minimum wage will help grow minimum wage. And in ‘‘One Fair Wage’’ the structural inequities baked into our cur- the economy. Workers who are paid a living states where employers already have to pay rent federal minimum wage policy. wage are more productive, and more likely their tipped workers the regular minimum Though opponents of raising the minimum to spend their extra earnings immediately. wage before tips, the average poverty rate wage will claim that it will result in job loss, America needs a raise. AFSCME strongly for women tipped workers is lower—and these prophesies of doom have no basis in supports the ‘‘Raise the Wage Act of 2019.’’ wage gaps for women overall are smaller—

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.030 H18JYPT1 H7120 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 than in states that follow the $2.13 federal have not—particularly for people of color. ACCESS Women’s Health Justice; Accessible standard. One Fair Wage also ensures that Workers of color are more likely to be Housing Resources, Inc. (AHRI); Action Inc.; women in tipped jobs have a paycheck they among the working poor, with African Amer- Action Together NEPA; ADAPT Montana. can count on, making them less vulnerable ican and Hispanic women respectively mak- Advocate For Justice Inc.; Advocates for to the sexual harassment from customers ing up 10.5% and 9.6%, compared to 4.9% of Youth; AFL-CIO; African American Min- that women can feel forced to tolerate when white women. Additionally, people of color isters In Action; Agape Missions, NFP; AIDS they have to rely on tips for nearly all of disproportionately live in poverty, with 20% Alabama South, LLC; Alabama Arise; Ala- their income. of African Americans and 16% of Hispanics meda County Community Food Bank; A $15 minimum wage will make a meaning- living in poverty compared to 8% of whites. Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, Inc.; All ful difference for millions across the country With the Raise the Wage Act, nearly two- Our Kin. who are struggling to put food on the table, fifths of African Americans and one-third of Allegheny Valley Association of Churches; access the health care they need, and sup- Hispanics would receive a raise, lifting many All-Options; Amara Legal Center; American port themselves and their families. But it is of these families out of poverty and ensuring Association of People with Disabilities; still a modest wage relative to the expenses they can work with equity, dignity and safe- American Association of University Women; that women and their families face every ty. American Federation of State, County, and day, no matter where they live in the United We urge you to vote for final passage of the Municipal Employees (AFSCME); American States. According to EPI, by 2025, a single Raise the Wage Act and against any motion Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO; American worker without children will need at least to recommit because all workers, especially Federation of Teachers, Washington; Amer- full-time earnings at $15 an hour ($31,200 an- workers of color, need and deserve adequate ican Postal Workers Union—St Louis Gate- nually) to meet basic needs, and workers in wages to achieve economic security. way District Area Local; American Psycho- costlier areas and those supporting families Respectfully submitted, logical Association. will need more. By establishing a $15 federal KRISTEN CLARK, American Public Health Association; minimum wage by 2025 and phasing out President & Executive Director. Americans for Democratic Action (ADA); harmful exclusions, the Raise the Wage Act Anne Arundel County NOW; Appalachian gradually reaches a single wage floor that JULY 16, 2019. lndepoendence Center, Inc.; Arizona Center will benefit working people and our economy The undersigned organizations enthusiasti- for Economic Progress; Arkansas Advocates nationwide. cally support the Raise the Wage Act of 2019, for Children and Families; Asian Law Alli- We strongly urge you to reject any amend- introduced by Senators Bernie Sanders (VT) ance; Asian Pacific American Labor Alli- ments or alternatives that would establish a and Patty Murray (WA), Representatives ance, AFL-CIO; Association of Programs for regional minimum wage at the federal level, Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), Mark Pocan Rural Independent Living; Association of which would leave women of color behind (WI) and Stephanie Murphy (FL). U.S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP). and cement the wage disparities that the If enacted, this legislation would: ATD Fourth World Movement; Atlanta ∑ Gradually raise the federal minimum Raise the Wage Act is critically needed to Community Food Bank; AtWork!; AUSCP— wage to $15 an hour in 2025; address. And we urge you equally strongly to Association of U.S. Catholic Priests; Autistic ∑ After 2025, adjust the minimum wage reject any and all carveouts for certain em- each year to keep pace with growth in the Self Advocacy Network; Autistic Women & ployers or certain types of employees. Equal typical worker’s wages; Nonbinary Network; Bazelon Center for Men- pay for women requires a single, fair, and de- ∑ Phase out the outdated subminimum tal Health Law; Bend the Arc: Jewish Ac- cent federal wage floor for all working peo- wage for tipped workers, which has been fro- tion; Benedictine Sisters of Erie; Black AIDS ple across the country—including the tipped zen at a meager $2.13 since 1991; and, Institute. workers, young workers, and workers with ∑ Sunset the much criticized ability of em- Black Women’s Roundtable; Bread for the disabilities who have been harmed by exclu- ployers to pay workers with disabilities a World; Bucks County Women’s Advocacy Co- sionary policies for generations. subminimum wage through certificates alition; CA Capital Chapter—Coalition of Women and people of color have been left issued by DOL. Labor Union Women; California Employment behind by our economy and our policies far ∑ Phase out the subminimum wage for Lawyers Association; California Food Policy too often, for far too long. Adopting the workers under the age of 20. Advocates; Cambridge United for Justice Raise the Wage Act will mark a vitally im- At a time when wage stagnation and in- with Prace; Campaign for America’s Future; portant step toward ensuring they can work come inequality pose serious threats to our Campesinos Sin Fronteras; CAP Services, with equity, dignity, and safety. We urge you families and our economy, the Raise the lnc./Community Assets for People. to pass the Raise the Wage Act on the House Wage Act of 2019 will begin to reverse that CARECEN-Central American Resource floor and reject any alternative, or any cycle and raise pay broadly across the bot- Center; Caring Across Generations; CASA; amendments that would reduce its strength tom of the workforce. According to the Eco- CASA of Oregon; Catalyst for Positive or scope. nomic Policy Institute, this Act will deliver Change!; Catholic Charities of Chemung/ Sincerely, long-overdue raises to more than 1 in 4 work- Schuyler counties, NY; Center for Changing EMILY J. MARTIN, ers, 90% of whom are over the age of 20. The Lives; Center for Groveport Madison Human Vice President for Education average age of workers who would get a raise Needs; Center for Independence of the Dis- & Workplace Justice. is 35, nearly half have some years of college abled, NY; Center for Law and Social Policy education. In fact, those who work year- (CLASP). LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR round would see a raise in the order of $3,000 Center for New York City Affairs at The CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW, a year, which is enough to make a tremen- New School; Center for Popular Democracy July 12, 2019. dous difference in the life of a preschool Action; Center for Public Policy Priorities; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, teacher, bank teller, or fastfood worker who Center for Public Representation; Centro de Washington, DC. today struggles to get by on around $20,000 los Derechos del Migrante, Inc.; ChangeLab DEAR REPRESENTATIVE, On behalf of the per year. Solutions; Chester County Food Bank; Chi- Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under 28 percent are working parents with chil- cago Chapter of RESULTS, Domestic; Chi- Law (hereinafter ‘‘Lawyers’’ Committee’’), a dren, and half have family incomes of less cago Jobs Council; Chicago Women’s AIDS nonpartisan civil rights organization formed than $40,000 per year. Women make up nearly Project. at the request of President Kennedy to enlist 58 percent of the workers who would benefit Child Care Resources; Children’s Defense the private bar in providing legal services to from a $15 minimum wage, which would be Fund; Children’s Advocacy Institute; Church address racial discrimination, we urge you to instrumental in helping to close the gender- World Service; Cities of Peace Detroit; Civil vote for H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act, wage-gap. Raising the minimum wage to $15 Liberties and Public Policy Program; Cleve- and against any motion to recommit (MTR) would also significantly benefit workers of land Nonviolence Network; CLUW of South- the bill. The Raise the Wage Act is a nec- color, with 38 percent of African American western PA; CLUW: NORTHEAST CLEVE- essary step to increase the federal minimum workers and 33 percent of Latinos seeing a LAND CHAPTER; Coalition Ending Gender- wage, which has remained at $7.25 per hour pay increase once this law goes into effect. Based Violence. for ten years, and phase out the submin- These are the frontline workers who make Coalition for Low Income Pennsylvanians; imum wage for tipped workers, which has America run—yet due to the erosion of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionist—Northern been frozen at $2.13 for nearly three decades. real value of the minimum wage over the California; Coalition of Labor Union Women; The Act would raise wages for millions of last half century, they are struggling even as Coalition of Labor Union Women GPA; Coali- workers of color and reverse the growing our economy enjoys a solid recovery. tion on Human Needs; Collaborative Center trend of pay inequality that disproportion- The time for the Raise the Wage Act is for Justice; Collin County Democrats With ately impacts African Americans, Hispanics long overdue, and we cannot delay in work- Disabilities (CCDWD); Collin County Voters and other people of color. ing toward its passage. We call on Congress With Disabilities; Colorado Center on Law The Lawyers’ Committee strongly believes to enact this important piece of legislation and Policy; Colorado Coalition for the Home- the Raise the Wage Act is an essential step as quickly as possible, and for President less. towards reducing pay inequality and achiev- Trump to sign it when it comes to his desk. Communications Workers of America ing economic security for communities of Sincerely, (CWA); Communities Creating Opportunity; color. Our economy has grown immensely 9to5; A Better Balance; A Place at the Community Action Agency of Somerville, over the past several decades, but wages Table; AAUW Texas; Abortion Care Network; Inc.; Community Action Partnership, NJ;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.043 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7121 Community Advocates of Northern Indiana; ment Workers of America, UAW; Iowa Citi- racist roots. But the restaurant industry Community Labor United; Community Rein- zens for Community Improvement; Iowa Coa- fought back and was powerful enough to roll vestment Alliance of South Florida; Con- lition Against Domestic Violence. back local bans on tipping. And tipped work- gregation Beth El, Berkeley; Congregation of ers—along with most others, as the act ap- Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, [From Politico, July 17, 2019] plied to industries that together made up US Provinces; Congregation of Our Lady of THE RACIST HISTORY OF TIPPING only one-fifth of the labor force—were ex- the Good Shepherd, US Provinces. (By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II) cluded from the first, limited federal min- Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes; Con- imum wage law passed in 1938. gregation of the Infant Jesus Nursing Sisters This week, the House of Representatives It took until 1966 for advocates to win a of the Sick Poor, Inc.; Connecticut Associa- will have a chance to end a pernicious legacy base wage for tipped workers, and that tion for Human Services, Inc; Connecticut of slavery. Lawmakers will vote on the Raise amounted to only 50 percent of the minimum Legal Services, Inc.; Connecticut Voices for the Wage Act, which would boost the min- wage already guaranteed to other workers. Children; Cronucopia Community Advocates; imum wage across the country to $15 an hour Congress continued to raise the subminimum CWA Local 6450; D.C. Hunger Solutions; Da- by 2024. This would be a crucial step toward tipped wage until 1996, when Herman Cain, kota Prairie Community Action Agency. the first federal minimum wage increase in who headed the National Restaurant Asso- DC KinCare Alliance; DC Language Access more than a decade. ciation at the time, offered legislators a bar- Coalition; DC Law Students in Court; DC A just-released Congressional Budget Of- gain: The industry would accept a small in- Volunteer Lawyers Project; DCAEHS, Inc.; fice report finds that a $15 minimum wage crease in the minimum wage as long as the Delaware Ecumenical Council on Children would have tremendous benefits for low- tipped wage was frozen at $2.13 an hour. and Families; Demos; Disability Law Center; wage workers of all races and ethnicities. Congress agreed to the deal, and the tipped Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund Yet the stakes are particularly high for minimum wage remains just $2.13 to this (DREDF); Disability Voters of Maine. black workers. The share who would benefit day. Employers are supposed to pay the dif- Disabled in Action of Greater Syracuse from the Raise the Wage Act is far larger ference if tips don’t bring workers to the full Inc.; Disciples Center for Public Witness than the share of white workers who would regular minimum wage. But too often that (Disciples of Christ); Disciples Justice Ac- benefit—38 percent compared with 23 per- law is not enforced. When the Department of tion Network; Dominican Development Cen- cent. Labor conducted an unusual compliance ter, Inc.; Dominican Sisters—Grand Rapids; There’s another provision in the legisla- sweep of 9,000 full-service restaurants be- Dominican Sisters of Houston; DV LEAP; tion—eliminating the subminimum tipped tween 2010 and 2012, they found that 84 per- East Central Illinois Community Action wage—that corrects a wrong that goes much cent had violated the subminimum wage sys- Agency; East Hampton Housing Authority; further back than the previous federal min- tem. EcoC2S. imum wage increase. For workers regularly A century later, the industry lobby con- Economic Opportunity Institute; Economic making more than $30 a month in tips, em- tinues its fight to uphold this two-tiered pay Policy Institute; Economic Progress Insti- ployers can currently pay as little as $2.13 an system. Where social movements have got- tute; Economic Roundtable; Ecumenical hour. That subminimum wage has been fro- ten cities to pass minimum wage hikes, the Poverty Initiative; Educate. Advocate.; Edu- zen at this level for decades. Should the lobby has pressured state legislatures to ban cation Equals Making Community Connec- Raise the Wage Act pass the House, it will local wage increases altogether. The indus- tions; Equal Pay Today; Equal Rights Advo- mark the first time that either chamber of try also fought to overturn voter-approved cates; Equality California. Congress has moved to eliminate the sub- initiatives in Maine and Washington, D.C., Equality North Carolina; Estreet Verdors minimum wage, which not only deepens eco- that would have ended the subminimum Assiotation Of Chicago (SVAC); Faith Voices nomic inequalities but also happens to be a tipped wage, while they lobbied legislators in Arkansas; Family Promise of Greater Des relic of slavery. Michigan to keep the issue from reaching the Moines; Family Promise of Knoxville; Fam- You might not think of tipping as a legacy ballot in the first place. That’s why national action to finally re- ily Values@Work; Farmworker Association of slavery, but it has a far more racialized verse this particular vestige of slavery is so of Florida; Feeding Texas; Feminist Major- history than most Americans realize. Tip- vital. No one can live on $2.13 an hour—a ity; First Christian Church. ping originated in feudal Europe and was im- poverty wage. First Focus Campaign for Children; First ported back to the United States by Amer- ican travelers eager to seem sophisticated. We may live in a very different society United Methodist Church; Florida Impact; from 150 years ago, but the subminimum Food Chain Workers Alliance; Food Finders The practice spread throughout the country after the Civil War as U.S. employers, large- tipped wage still exacerbates the inequalities Food Bank; Food Lifeline; Food Research & passed down from that time. Workers in the ly in the hospitality sector, looked for ways Action Center (FRAC); For Our Future PA; restaurant industry are far more likely to be Freedom Network USA; Futures Without Vi- to avoid paying formerly enslaved workers. One of the most notorious examples comes poor or near-poor than the general popu- olence. lation. Sure, upscale restaurants where from the Pullman Company, which hired GCC/IBT Local 24M/9N; Gender Justice; wealthy patrons offer servers good tips on newly freed African American men as por- GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders expensive menu items can provide a good liv- ters. Rather than paying them a real wage, (GLAD); Global Justice Institute, Metropoli- ing, but those jobs are few and far between— Pullman provided the black porters with just tan Community Churches; Godwin-Ternbach and dominated by white men. Museum, Queens College, CUNY; Good Jobs a meager pittance, forcing them to rely on Research also shows that tipping itself has Nation; GRANDS AS PARENTS INC; Great- tips from their white clientele for most of a racial component: Customers generally er Kansas City Coalition of Labor Union their pay. give white workers bigger tips than black Tipping further entrenched a unique and Women; Greater New Jersey CLUW Chapter; workers, regardless of service quality. often racialized class structure in service Greater Oklahoma City Chapter CLUW. Thanks in part to segregation within the in- jobs, in which workers must please both cus- Greater Pittsburgh Community Food dustry and discrimination from patrons, res- tomer and employer to earn anything at all. Bank; Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart; taurant worker poverty rates are highest for A journalist quoted in Kerry Segrave’s 2009 H.O.P.E.; HANA Center; Hawaii Appleseed; women and people of color. Head Start; Headstart; HEAL Trafficking; book, Tipping: An American Social History Ending the subminimum wage would right Healthy and Free Tennessee; HEAR US Inc. of Gratuities, wrote in 1902 that he was em- one of the historical wrongs keeping certain Hill Snowdon Foundation; Hispanic Fed- barrassed to offer a tip to a white man. ‘‘Ne- groups of workers from receiving the full eration; Holy Cross Ministries; Housing Au- groes take tips, of course; one expects that of protections they are due, but ultimately, low thority of the County of Lawrence; Housing them—it is a token of their inferiority,’’ he wages driven by racism hurt workers of all Choice Partners; Howard Brown Health; Hud- wrote. ‘‘Tips go with servility, and no man races. Three times as many white workers as son County Housing Resource Center; Hu- who is a voter in this country is in the least black workers stand to get a raise if the fed- manity; Hunger Action Network of NYS; justified in being in service.’’ eral minimum wage hike passes. Undoing Hunger Free Vermont. The immorality of paying an insufficient systemic racism opens up opportunities for Hunger Solutions New York; Idaho Inter- wage to workers, who then were forced to all people. faith Roundtable Against Hunger; IHM Sis- rely on tips, was acknowledged at the time. With a Republican Senate and president, ters IHM Sisters Justice, Peace and Sustain- In his popular 1916 anti-tipping study, The the Raise the Wage Act might not become ability Office; lllinois Hunger Coalition; Illi- Itching Palm, writer William Scott described national law in the immediate future. But a nois Collaboration on Youth; Impact Fund; tipping as an aristocratic custom that went vote by the House to end the subminimum In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s against American ideals. ‘‘The relation of a tipped wage would send an unmistakable sig- Reproductive Justice Agenda; Indiana Com- man giving a tip and a man accepting it is as nal to the several states considering similar munity Action Association; Indiana Insti- undemocratic as the relation of master and legislation: The days of these racist tiered tute for Working Families; Indivisible Michi- slave,’’ Scott wrote. ‘‘A citizen in a republic wage systems are coming to an end. gan 8th—Ingham. ought to stand shoulder to shoulder with Inspirational Gospel Assembly; Interfaith every other citizen, with no thought of Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Will the Impact of New York State; Interfaith Work- cringing, without an assumption of superi- Chair please tell me how much time is er Justice; International Labor Rights ority or an acknowledgment of inferiority.’’ remaining. Forum; International Union, United Auto- Several states sought to end the practice The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- mobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Imple- in the early 1900s, often in recognition of its tleman has 11⁄2 minutes remaining.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.044 H18JYPT1 H7122 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Additionally, I am a co-sponsor of the ‘‘(3) $10.00 an hour during the calendar year I would just like to say that youth O’Halleran Amendment. This amendment will 2021; workers—we have heard about youth require a comprehensive GAO report on na- ‘‘(4) $10.50 an hour during the calendar year workers—should not be paid less for tional and regional economic impacts of the 2022; ‘‘(5) $11.00 an hour during the calendar year the same work than anyone else. Sev- minimum wage increases in this bill. The re- 2023; eral of my colleagues have pointed out port will have a special focus on small busi- ‘‘(6) $11.50 an hour during the calendar year that there may be a $9 billion loss in ness and agricultural sectors. It will facilitate 2024; income. According to the CBO, that Congress’ ability to make policy changes ‘‘(7) $12.00 an hour during the calendar year comes from families making more than based on the actual economic effects of this 2025; $232,000 a year. Families making less legislation. ‘‘(8) $12.50 an hour during the calendar year than that will get an increase in pay. Lastly, I submitted two amendments that ex- 2026; Mr. Speaker, I want to thank all of empt local and small farms, as well as small ‘‘(9) $13.00 an hour during the calendar year businesses from the $15 minimum wage. 2027; my colleagues, including members of ‘‘(10) $13.50 an hour during the calendar the Committee on Education and Labor These amendments delayed the minimum years 2028, 2029, and 2030; and and Representatives across the Nation wage from reaching $15 until the year 2029, ‘‘(11) $15.00 an hour during the calendar who have been instrumental in advanc- as well as kept the current ‘‘tipped-wage’’ pro- year 2031 and each year thereafter.’’. ing this legislation. But most of all, I vision for restaurant workers. I also sought to Add at the end the following new section: want to recognize the workers in com- create a small business tax credit, along with SECTION lll. MINIMUM-WAGE EMPLOYEE munities across the country who stood providing two additional years to comply with CREDIT FOR SMALL EMPLOYERS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of up and demanded a fair day’s pay for a a doubling of the federal minimum wage. subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal fair day’s work. There are some of By providing tax credits, compliance exemp- Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding them with us today, the Fight for $15 tions, and a longer runway to $15, my amend- at the end the following: workers, the SEIU workers, and others ments intended to give small businesses the ‘‘SEC. 45T. MINIMUM-WAGE EMPLOYEE CREDIT from across the country. tools they need to thrive in the economy this FOR SMALL EMPLOYERS. I also want to acknowledge a broad bill will create. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section coalition of business support, including I was disappointed that my amendments 38, in the case of an eligible small employer, the minimum-wage employee credit for a Business for a Fair Minimum Wage and were not included in this measure, but will work for their inclusion elsewhere given the taxable year determined under this section is the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Com- an amount equal to $200 for each minimum- merce. vast economic benefits that small businesses wage employee of the employer. Proposals to increase the minimum provide in my community, and around the ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The amount of the credit wage are always met with the same country. There are over 30 million small busi- determined under subsection (a) for any tax- baseless predictions we have heard nesses in the United States today. Addition- able year shall not exceed $10,000. today. Opponents cried wolf in the ally, there are 24.3 million individually oper- ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE SMALL EMPLOYER.—For pur- ated businesses with no employees. Small poses of this section— 1930s, and we should not fear the im- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible small pact of putting money in workers’ businesses employ over 60 million Ameri- employer’ means an employer with not more pockets or, as President Roosevelt said cans—nearly half of the private workforce— than 50 employees. in a fireside chat way back in 1938: ‘‘Do and there are now over 287,000 small busi- ‘‘(2) AGGREGATION AND OTHER RULES.—For not let any calamity-howling executive ness exporters. purposes of this section— with an income of $1,000 a day . . . tell The United States small business commu- ‘‘(A) AGGREGATION RULES.—All employers you . . . that a wage of $11 a week is nity contributes approximately $8.5 trillion to treated as a single employer under sub- going to have a disastrous effect on all the economy, roughly half of the United States section (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 shall be treated as a single employer. American industry.’’ total $17 trillion GDP. Small businesses are the back bone of our ‘‘(B) OTHER RULES.—Rules similar to the Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to rules of subsections (c), (d), and (e) of section take that advice, pass the Raise the country, and the engine that drives our econ- 52 shall apply.’’. Wage Act and give a raise to 33 million omy. While I will vote in favor of this legisla- (b) CREDIT TO BE PART OF GENERAL BUSI- Americans. It is a raise that is long tion, I hope to have my amendments incor- NESS CREDIT.—Section 38(b) of such Code is overdue. porated as this bill moves through the legisla- amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance tive process. I include them for the RECORD. paragraph (31), by striking the period at the Passage of this act is simply the first step. end of paragraph (32) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, of my time. and by adding at the end the following new Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to As this legislation heads over to the Senate, I look forward to working with my friends to im- paragraph: recognize the importance of raising the min- ‘‘(33) in the case of an eligible small em- imum wage for millions in our country. This prove this bill and ensure further small busi- ployer (as such term is defined in section important legislation raises the wage for 45 nesses provisions are included, as well as 45T, the minimum-wage employee credit de- percent of workers in my district, and provides with my colleagues in the House on future leg- termined under section 45T(a).’’. a wage increase of nearly $640,000. islation that would help address these con- (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of The Raise the Wage Act will indeed lift cerns. sections for subpart D of part IV of sub- chapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is thousands of my constituents out of poverty Mr. Speaker, I thank you for the time to rec- ognize the importance of small businesses to amended by adding at the end the following and provide opportunity for economic mobility. the item: However, I would like to highlight the work I our great nation, and the need to pay Ameri- cans a living wage. ‘‘Sec 45T. Minimum-wage employee credit have done on this legislation to make it more for small employers.’’. amenable to small, family owned businesses. AMENDMENT TO H.R. 582, AS REPORTED (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments While I certainly acknowledge that every OFFERED BY MR. CUELLAR OF TEXAS made by this section shall apply to taxable day Americans deserve a raise, we in Con- Strike section 3 and insert the following years ending after the date of the enactment gress must be above rhetoric and talking new section: of this Act. points. With such a significant change pro- SEC. 3. MINIMUM WAGE FOR SMALL BUSINESS AMENDMENT TO H.R. 582, AS REPORTED posed to the minimum wage, this must be car- CONCERNS. Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act, OFFERED BY MR. CUELLAR OF TEXAS ried out in a precise, tactful manner. As of as amended, is amended by adding at the end Add at the end the following: June of this year, the unemployment rate in the following: SEC. ll. AGRICULTURE EXEMPTION. the United States is a mere 3.7 percent. It is ‘‘(i) SMALL BUSINESS MINIMUM WAGE Nothing in this Act, or the amendments critical that policies we pass through this RATE.—With respect to an employer that is a made under this Act, shall be construed to House do not interrupt or deter this economic small business concern (as defined in section repeal or alter the exemption under section prosperity. 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)), 13(a)(6) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of Furthermore, while I support this important except as otherwise provided in this section, 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(6)). the wage in effect under subsection (a)(1) legislation, we must consider how it will affect shall be— Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speak- small businesses and their economic futures. ‘‘(1) $9.00 an hour during the calendar year er, I strongly support the Raise the Wage Act Therefore, I have negotiated with the Com- 2019; that raises the federal minimum wage to $15, mittee a provision to lengthen the phase in pe- ‘‘(2) $9.50 an hour during the calendar year This bill is smart federal policy that will im- riod to $15 minimum wage until the year 2026. 2020; prove the lives of workers and their children

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.031 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7123 across the nation, helping them pay their bills, economic needs, Governor J.B. Pritzker and make an immeasurable different in our com- support their children, and grow our economy our state legislators just raised the state min- munities. via their increased spending power. imum wage to $15—making Illinois, D.C., and Many people in my district are forced to Many do not remember that—from the out- five other states national leaders in providing work multiple jobs for long hours to ensure set—the intent was that the minimum wage livable wages for their workers. Our new law food is on the table for their families. This leg- should be a livable wage, The federal min- will help almost 1.4 million Illinoisans currently islation will eliminate this burden on our work- imum wage was part of the Fair Labor Stand- making less than $15 an hour, lifting thou- ing-class families. The economy may be grow- ards Act of 1938; critical legislation supporting sands out of poverty and growing our econ- ing, and wages may be rising, but the benefits workers and children by setting a federal min- omy at the same time. of economic and wage growth are not felt imum wage, requiring time-and-a-half pay, and Now today as a Congressman, I proudly equally. Individuals working 40 hours a week banning the atrocity of child labor in factories. cast my vote in support of raising the federal should be able to afford the basic necessities President Franklin Delano Roosevelt even minimum wage to strengthen workers, fami- for themselves and their family. said, ‘‘It seems to me to be equally plain that lies, and our economy. I proudly stand in this chamber as a co- no business which depends for existence on Mrs. HARTZLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today sponsor of H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act. paying less than living wages to its workers in opposition to H.R. 582. This bill is yet an- I urge my colleagues on both sides to join me has any right to continue in this country . . . other overreaching power-grab from Wash- in voting for this legislation to promote eco- and by living wages I mean more than a bare ington. Missouri voters already decided to nomic freedom and equity for all Americans. subsistence level—I mean the wages of de- raise their minimum wage last year. However, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, today cent living.’’ now the federal government believes it knows I rise in support of H.R. 582, the Raise the At a time in our country when the wealth better than the states and wants to force a Wage Act, a bill that would radically improve gap is appallingly large, I am proud that the one-size-fits-all policy on all Americans. Unfor- the lives of millions of Americans. For ten years, the longest period in United Democratic Leadership is prioritizing a livable tunately, this policy will cost 3.7 million jobs States history, workers have suffered as the wage. For over a decade millions of hard- nationwide, and would cause nearly half of federal minimum wage stayed the same as in- working Americans worked full-time making families with a minimum wage earner to see a flation rose. With the same wages and rising just $7.25 an hour. Tipped workers, teen work- reduction in household income. prices, workers essentially received a 17 per- ers, or workers with disabilities have made Even more concerning, H.R. 582 contains a cent pay cut. That’s unacceptable, and it’s even less. Current law allows tipped workers provision to remove choices for disabled work- about time we give American workers a raise. to make just $2.13 an hour plus tips, allows ers and their families. Section 6 of this bill Americans are working just as hard as any teen workers to be paid just $4.25 an hour for would eliminate the 14(c) certificates which generation, and yet, they are receiving less their first 90 days, and allows a subminimum enable Sheltered Workshops to operate. than their parents and they are struggling to wage for people with disabilities, unjustly de- Sheltered Workshops are non-profit, local, afford basic necessities and claim their share nying them the equal pay that they deserve. or state organizations that provide dignified of the American dream. Men and women throughout the nation work employment opportunities for individuals who Nationwide polls show that Americans sup- full-time yet remain trapped in poverty by their are developmentally, physically, or mentally port raising the minimum wage across geo- low-wages. According to the American Asso- impaired. These opportunities are enabled by graphic and party lines. ciation of University Women, a single mom the 14(c) certificates which allows individuals Georgia’s Second Congressional District, raising two kids while working a full-time min- to be paid a wage commensurate with their which I represent, is one of many that would imum wage job earns only about $14,500 or ability level. Sheltered Workshops also provide be most impacted. 43 percent of workers $5,000 below the poverty line. Clearly, the cur- the necessary tools for those with disabilities would receive a wage increase. A majority of rent minimum wage is not a living wage but a to succeed in their jobs and can help these in- these workers are women and people of color, policy that systematically grows the divide be- dividuals acclimate to the workforce, and even who are disproportionately affected by poverty. tween the poor and the secure, creating bar- learn and hone their life and social skills. The The largest age group that would benefit are riers for low-income workers to break out of level of training and support provided by Shel- those between the ages of 25 and 39. poverty. tered Workshops is essential to the success of Nationally, raising the minimum wage to $15 The minimum wage increase in this bill will the individuals who work there. would lift 1.3 million Americans out of poverty, help close the wage gap that women—espe- No family wants fewer options when decid- including 600,000 children. Poverty has dev- cially African-American and Latina-American ing how to help their child with disabilities suc- astating effects on families, and studies have women—face due to their disproportionate ceed. That is why the 14(c) provision and the shown children born into poverty have greater overrepresentation in tipped employment. Sheltered Workshops provide more options, difficulties succeeding in the future. Raising the minimum wages also will reduce especially for those who may not ‘‘fit’’ or de- Mr. Speaker, Americans work hard and child poverty. According to the Economic Pol- sire Vocational Rehabilitation services or Med- should be able to support themselves and icy Institute, the increased minimum wage will icaid Waiver services. Without the 14(c) provi- their families. This bill is modest and gradual, give raises to 41 million women, 28 percent of sion, many of the people working in sheltered giving businesses plenty of time to adjust. whom have children. workshops would be left to fend for them- Raising the minimum wage is simply another As many may know, helping low-income selves in the ‘‘competitive workforce’’ or stay way to help our constituents improve their workers is a primary legislative priority for me. home. The 14(c) provision is necessary for lives and boost the economy. In my District, almost 31 percent of children providing these individuals the tools they need I urge my colleagues to support this bill. live in poverty and half of those children live to succeed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time in extreme poverty, Further, 25 percent of the That is why I submitted an amendment to for debate on the bill has expired. tax filers in my district are low-income working strike Section 6 from H.R. 582. Unfortunately, AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. O’HALLERAN parents. I see the challenges that these chil- my amendment was not made in order which Mr. O’HALLERAN. Mr. Speaker, I dren and their families face first hand. They is one more reason why I must oppose this have an amendment at the desk. are hard-working and incredible people trying flawed legislation. Let’s defeat this bill and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The to better themselves. preserve job choices for Americans. Clerk will designate the amendment. I reject opponents’ arguments that increas- Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise The text of the amendment is as fol- ing the federal minimum wage will eviscerate today in support of H.R. 582, the Raise the lows: jobs. I know first-hand the benefits of an in- Wage Act. We must advocate for an increase In the header of section 8, strike ‘‘GAO Re- creased minimum wage because the minimum port’’ and insert ‘‘GAO Report on the Com- in the minimum wage, as stagnant wages im- monwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- wage in the City of Chicago is $13 an hour, pede economic mobility and are a detriment to lands’’. much higher than the federal wage of $7.25. our nation’s working class. Add at the end the following new section: According to the Illinois Economic Policy Insti- According to the Economic Policy Institute, SEC. lll. GAO REPORT ON WAGE INCREASE IM- tute, the transition to this wage had no impact the current minimum wage places nearly PACT. on the employment rate nor did it negatively 78,000 Texans at this unlivable income, while (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days be- affect private businesses. Rather, the higher 118,000 Texans earn even less. The Raise fore the date of the third wage increase to first take effect after the date of enactment minimum wage created a higher demand by the Wage Act will result in a significant in- of this Act, the Comptroller General, in con- low-income households for employment. Given crease in the average annual earnings for sultation with the persons described in sub- the positive outcomes from raising the min- Texans. In my home district, this figure is esti- section (b), shall prepare and submit to Con- imum wage in Chicago and given state-wide mated to increase by 18.2 percent, which will gress a report, that—

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.037 H18JYPT1 H7124 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 (1) identifies and analyzes the effects, in overwhelmingly to raise the minimum as damaging as the increase to $15. So the aggregate, of the first wage increases and wage in 2016. It is currently $11 an the results of the proposed GAO study second wage increases after such date of en- hour. During this implementation of are rigged to avoid use the damaging actment on business enterprises (including this minimum wage increase, Arizona 107 percent hike as the appropriate small business enterprises) including the ef- fects, with respect to such enterprises, on— has seen a 4.3 percent growth in State benchmark. (A) the wages and compensation of employ- GDP—the third fastest growing econ- Second, this amendment has no ees; omy in the Nation. We have seen in Ar- teeth. It merely says that Congress can (B) the number of employees, izona that increasing the wage pays off make recommendations after the first disaggregated by full-time and part-time em- for our economy and our families. two wage hikes have gone into effect. ployees; My amendment will only strengthen Give me a break. But there is no re- (C) the prices, sales, and revenues; the underlying bill. It requires inde- quirement that Congress do anything (D) employee turnover and retention; pendent, objective analysis of the eco- in response to these recommendations, (E) hiring and training costs; and (F) productivity and absenteeism; nomic and employment impacts of this and there is no fast-track authority in (2) to the extent practicable, identifies legislation. It would require the Gov- this amendment. such effects in isolation from other factors ernment Accountability Office to sub- Third, we already have in our posses- that may affect business enterprises (includ- mit a report to Congress on the effects sion a recent detailed and highly cred- ing small business enterprises), including— of the first two wage increases in the ible study of the effects of a 107 percent (A) broader economic conditions; legislation. wage hike to the current Federal min- (B) changes in Federal, State, and local Specifically, the GAO must report on imum wage. With regard to GAO’s law, policy, and regulation; the effects on small businesses and on studies, at the Education and Labor (C) industry consolidation; Committee markup of H.R. 582 in (D) natural disasters; and wages and compensation. The report (E) significant demographic changes; also includes an analysis of the law’s March, Chairman SCOTT already dis- (3) to the extent practicable, identifies and effects on urbanized and rural areas. missed the effectiveness and conclu- analyzes such effects for the Nation as a Importantly, this amendment would sions of a potential GAO report that whole, and, separately, for— require the GAO to consult various might show jobs lost. (A) each census division, as designated by stakeholders and experts when devel- Explaining his opposition to a pro- the Bureau of the Census; oping its report. These would include posed GAO study, Mr. SCOTT said, This (B) each metropolitan statistical area and small business owners, labor econo- amendment suggests that there will be nonmetropolitan portion (as such terms are mists, agricultural workers, the food job loss. All of the studies show other- defined by the Office of Management and Budget with respect to 2013); and service industry, and State and local wise. (C) each urbanized area, urbanized cluster, governments. I urge my colleagues to see this and rural area, as designated by the Bureau It would allow constituents to pro- amendment for what it is: an attempt of the Census; and vide their input on how their families, to provide political cover to Democrat (4) describes the methodology used to gen- businesses, and communities have been Members who are justifiably concerned erate the information in the report. affected. about the negative impact of a $15 Fed- (b) EXPERT CONSULTATION.—The persons This thoughtful, data-driven ap- eral minimum wage in their districts. described in this subsection are— Vote ‘‘no’’ on this amendment and (1) labor economists with expertise in min- proach will allow us to see the real im- imum wage and low wage labor markets; pacts of this legislation. ‘‘no’’ on H.R. 582. (2) workers (including agricultural work- I believe as lawmakers we do the best Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of ers), and the labor organizations and worker job of responding to the needs of our my time. groups representing such workers; constituents when we are best in- Mr. O’HALLERAN. Mr. Speaker, I (3) representatives of businesses, including formed. yield 1 minute to the gentleman from small businesses, agricultural employers, I want to thank the cosponsors of the California (Mr. COX). and businesses in the accommodation and amendment and the Education and Mr. COX of California. Mr. Speaker, I food services sector; Labor Committee for working with us rise today in strong support of our (4) State and local governments; and amendment to the Raise the Wage Act. (5) the Board of Governors of the Federal and the Rules Committee for making Reserve System. this amendment in order. I joined this amendment to look out (c) CONGRESSIONAL ASSESSMENT AND REC- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of for the small businesses and the agri- OMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 60 days after my time. cultural businesses that are so vital to the date on which Congress receives the re- Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. the Central Valley of California and to port under subsection (a), Congress shall— Speaker, I claim the time in opposition our Nation. (1) assess the findings of such report; and to the amendment. The minimum wage has not been (2) make recommendations with respect to raised since 2009. In the decade since, actions of Congress to address the findings of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- such report, including actions to delay the tlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes. due to inflation and rising costs, the next scheduled wage increases. Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. paychecks of millions of hardworking (d) WAGE INCREASE DEFINED.—The term Speaker, I yield myself such time as I Americans naturally don’t go as far as ‘‘wage increase’’ means an increase in wages may consume. they used to. that takes effect under subsection (a)(1) or Mr. Speaker, a hot economy is lead- Every worker deserves a living wage, (g)(1) of section 6, section 3(m)(2)(A)(i), or ing to higher wages. There are 7.3 mil- and this amendment ensures that we section 14(c)(1)(A) of the Fair Labor Stand- ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), as lion unfilled jobs which puts all work- can give at least 17 million Americans amended by this Act. ers in a good position to receive higher a raise while also protecting farms and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- wages, and we have seen robust wage small businesses. We do this by requir- ant to House Resolution 492, the gen- growth for nearly a year in all cat- ing the Government Accountability Of- tleman from Arizona (Mr. O’HALLERAN) egories. Unfortunately, this amend- fice to analyze and produce a study of and a Member opposed each will con- ment does nothing to prevent the nega- the impact of the first two scheduled trol 5 minutes. tive impacts of H.R. 582. wage increases on our Nation’s small The Chair recognizes the gentleman Calling this amendment a fig leaf is businesses, our agriculture industry, from Arizona. an insult to fig leaves. and our workers. Mr. O’HALLERAN. This prudent, First, the amendment requires that The study will consider the specific commonsense amendment is necessary GAO study only—only—the effects of effects of raising the minimum wage in to ensure that once this legislation is the first two of the seven wage hikes in each Census tract and rural area, so passed, it has the positive effects we in- H.R. 582, rather than the actual effect families, like those I serve in the Cen- tended. I strongly support the Raise of the bill which is increasing the min- tral Valley of California, aren’t left be- the Wage Act, and I believe it will posi- imum wage by 107 percent to $15 an hind. tively impact communities nationwide hour and indexing the wage rate for- If we find the negative impacts are and lift families out of poverty. ever after that. too great, the relevant committees are The State of Arizona and my con- As my colleagues well know, the first required to make recommendations to stituents in the First District voted two wage hikes in the bill will not be Congress which may include actions

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.031 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7125 necessary to delay the next scheduled Let me say again, the amendment re- Davis (CA) Kind Rice (NY) increases, if necessary. quires the GAO study only the effects Davis, Danny K. King (NY) Richmond Davis, Rodney Kinzinger Rooney (FL) Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to of the first two of the seven wage hikes Dean Kirkpatrick Rose (NY) support this amendment. in H.R. 582 rather than the actual ef- DeFazio Krishnamoorthi Rouda Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. fect of this bill, which is increasing the DeGette Kuster (NH) Roybal-Allard Speaker, as I said earlier, the chairman DeLauro Lamb Ruiz minimum wage by 107 percent. DelBene Langevin of the Education and Labor Committee Ruppersberger As my colleagues well know, the first Delgado Larsen (WA) Rush already has a low opinion of these two wage hikes will not be as damaging Demings Larson (CT) Ryan types of studies, and his mind is made as the increase to $15, so the results of DeSaulnier Lawrence Sa´ nchez Deutch Lawson (FL) Sarbanes up about a $15 Federal minimum wage. the proposed GAO study are rigged to Diaz-Balart Lee (CA) Scanlon This amendment sets up a rigged Dingell Lee (NV) avoid using the damaging 107 percent Schakowsky process in which House Democrat lead- Doggett Levin (CA) hike as the appropriate benchmark. Schiff ers who already support a 107 percent Doyle, Michael Levin (MI) Second, this amendment has no F. Lewis Schneider hike will decide whether to move for- teeth. It merely says that Congress can Engel Lieu, Ted Schrader ward with it. There is no doubt how make recommendations after the first Escobar Lipinski Schrier they will decide. Eshoo Loebsack Scott (VA) two wage hikes have gone into effect, Scott, David Congressman GRIJALVA agrees with Espaillat Lofgren but there is no requirement that Con- Evans Lowenthal Serrano Chairman SCOTT. He is quoted in a July gress do anything in response, and Finkenauer Lowey Sewell (AL) 15 article in The Hill regarding the there is no fast-track authority in this Fitzpatrick Luja´ n Shalala Fletcher Luria Sherman amendment’s proposed study: ‘‘It’s al- amendment. most perfunctory. Look what we did. Foster Lynch Sherrill Again, I will say that this amend- Frankel Malinowski Sires So I don’t think it’s consequential. But ment is not necessary. Fudge Maloney, Slotkin Gallego Carolyn B. Smith (NJ) I don’t think it’s needed, either.’’ Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to Mr. Speaker, this amendment is not Garamendi Maloney, Sean Smith (WA) see this amendment for what it is: an Garcı´a (IL) Matsui necessary. Let the Democrats vote for Soto attempt to provide political cover to Garcia (TX) McAdams Spanberger the $15 wage hike and take the con- Democrat Members who are justifiably Golden McBath Speier sequences of it. Democrats should stop Gomez McCollum Stanton concerned about the negative impacts trying to provide political cover for Gonzalez (TX) McEachin Stefanik of a $15 Federal minimum wage in their Gottheimer McGovern themselves with this amendment which Steil district. Green, Al (TX) McNerney Stevens does absolutely nothing. Grijalva Meeks Vote ‘‘no’’ on this amendment and Suozzi Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Grothman Meng Swalwell (CA) my time. ‘‘no’’ on H.R. 582. Haaland Moore Takano Mr. O’HALLERAN. Mr. Speaker, may Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Harder (CA) Morelle Thompson (CA) of my time. Hartzler Moulton Thompson (MS) I inquire how much time is remaining. Hastings Mucarsel-Powell Titus The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Hayes Murphy Tlaib Heck Nadler tleman from Arizona has 11⁄2 minutes ant to the rule, the previous question Tonko Herrera Beutler Napolitano is ordered on the bill and on the Torres (CA) remaining. The gentlewoman from Higgins (NY) Neal Torres Small North Carolina has 11⁄2 minutes remain- amendment offered by the gentleman Hill (CA) Neguse (NM) Himes Norcross ing. from Arizona (Mr. O’HALLERAN). Trahan Horn, Kendra S. O’Halleran Mr. O’HALLERAN. Mr. Speaker, I The question is on the amendment Trone Horsford Ocasio-Cortez want to point out that the discussion offered by the gentleman from Arizona Houlahan Omar Underwood in committee and Chairman SCOTT’s (Mr. O’HALLERAN). Hoyer Pallone Upton Van Drew comments were not about this bill. The question was taken; and the Huffman Panetta Jackson Lee Pappas Vargas They were about another bill. Speaker pro tempore announced that Jayapal Pascrell Veasey To identify that the Members of this the ayes appeared to have it. Jeffries Payne Vela Vela´ zquez Congress do not need data on which to RECORDED VOTE Johnson (GA) Perlmutter make further decisions, I hope we don’t Johnson (TX) Peters Visclosky Mr. O’HALLERAN. Mr. Speaker, I de- Kaptur Peterson Wasserman get to that point in time in Congress. mand a recorded vote. Katko Phillips Schultz Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Waters A recorded vote was ordered. Keating Pingree my time. Kelly (IL) Pocan Watson Coleman The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Kennedy Porter Welch ant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- Khanna Pressley Wexton Speaker, it is my understanding I am minute vote on the amendment offered Kildee Price (NC) Wild allowed to close, so I will reserve until Wilson (FL) by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Kilmer Quigley the other side does so. Kim Raskin Yarmuth The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- O’HALLERAN) will be followed by 5- tlewoman is correct. minute votes on: NOES—181 A motion to recommit, if offered; and Aderholt Chabot Gohmert b 1100 Passage of the bill, if ordered; and Allen Cheney Gonzalez (OH) Mr. O’HALLERAN. Mr. Speaker, I Agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of Amash Cline Gooden Amodei Cloud Gosar thank the gentleman from Virginia the Journal, if ordered. Armstrong Cole Granger (Mr. SCOTT), committee chairman, for The vote was taken by electronic de- Arrington Collins (GA) Graves (GA) all the hard work he has done. And I vice, and there were—ayes 248, noes 181, Babin Collins (NY) Graves (LA) Bacon Comer Graves (MO) want to look forward to a time in not voting 3, as follows: Baird Conaway Green (TN) America that we can see a time when [Roll No. 494] Balderson Cook Griffith Banks Crawford Guest the working families of America can AYES—248 partake in the economy as others do Barr Crenshaw Guthrie Adams Brown (MD) Clay Bergman Curtis Hagedorn today. Aguilar Brownley (CA) Cleaver Biggs Davidson (OH) Harris Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Allred Bustos Clyburn Bilirakis DesJarlais Hern, Kevin of my time. Axne Butterfield Cohen Bishop (UT) Duffy Hice (GA) Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Barraga´ n Carbajal Connolly Brady Duncan Higgins (LA) Bass Ca´ rdenas Cooper Brooks (AL) Dunn Hill (AR) Speaker, I will say again to our col- Beatty Carson (IN) Correa Brooks (IN) Emmer Holding leagues on the other side of the aisle, Bera Cartwright Costa Buchanan Estes Hollingsworth there is no group of people more than Beyer Case Courtney Buck Ferguson Hudson Bishop (GA) Casten (IL) Cox (CA) Bucshon Fleischmann Huizenga the Republicans on this side of the Blumenauer Castor (FL) Craig Budd Flores Hunter aisle who care about working families Blunt Rochester Castro (TX) Crist Burchett Foxx (NC) Hurd (TX) and who work every day for the phi- Bonamici Chu, Judy Crow Burgess Fulcher Johnson (LA) losophies that will support those work- Bost Cicilline Cuellar Byrne Gaetz Johnson (OH) Boyle, Brendan Cisneros Cummings Calvert Gallagher Johnson (SD) ing families and, again, all other F. Clark (MA) Cunningham Carter (GA) Gianforte Jordan groups. Brindisi Clarke (NY) Davids (KS) Carter (TX) Gibbs Joyce (OH)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.033 H18JYPT1 H7126 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 Joyce (PA) Norman Stauber small businesses, the 9.9 million parities in the cost of living across the Keller Nunes Steube women-owned small businesses, and country, imagine what a wage hike will Kelly (MS) Olson Stewart Kelly (PA) Palazzo Stivers the 2.5 million veteran-owned small do to rural areas, rural workers rep- King (IA) Palmer Taylor businesses around the country from the resented by many of us in Congress. Kustoff (TN) Pence Thompson (PA) devastating repercussions of H.R. 582. Mr. Speaker, despite today’s booming LaHood Perry Thornberry With this motion to recommit, em- economy and rising wages, supporters LaMalfa Posey Timmons Lamborn Ratcliffe ployers with fewer than 10 employees of H.R. 582 think it is best to force a Tipton Latta Reed Turner or annual sales under $1 million will punishing, Washington one-size-fits-all Lesko Reschenthaler not be forced to implement a $15-per- wage hike on small businesses across Long Rice (SC) Wagner Loudermilk Riggleman Walberg hour minimum wage. America. Lucas Roby Walden If this amendment is adopted, mom- A small business owner in the State Luetkemeyer Rodgers (WA) Walker and-pop shops across the country will of Washington actually said it best: Marchant Roe, David P. Walorski Marshall Rogers (AL) Waltz be protected from this bill’s extreme Congress should not and cannot mandate Massie Rogers (KY) Watkins and unnecessary one-size-fits-all Wash- its way to wage growth and prosperity, be- Mast Rose, John W. Weber (TX) ington mandate. cause those mandates hit small business McCarthy Rouzer Webster (FL) Small businesses employ almost half hardest. McCaul Roy Wenstrup McClintock Rutherford Westerman of all U.S. employees and account for Mr. Speaker, even the liberal Wash- McHenry Scalise Williams two-thirds of net new jobs. 99.9 percent ington Post said yesterday: ‘‘There is a McKinley Schweikert Wilson (SC) of U.S. businesses are small. trade-off in raising the minimum wage Meadows Scott, Austin Wittman We know small businesses and their so substantially.’’ Meuser Sensenbrenner Womack Miller employees are the most vulnerable to The Washington Post went on to say: Shimkus Woodall Mitchell Simpson Wright this radical and unprecedented in- ‘‘Those who would lose out, in the form Moolenaar Smith (MO) Yoho crease in the Federal minimum wage. of no job at all, would wind up not with Mooney (WV) Smith (NE) Mullin Smucker Young The National Federation of Inde- less pay but with no pay.’’ Newhouse Spano Zeldin pendent Business estimates that busi- I urge all my colleagues on both sides NOT VOTING—3 nesses with fewer than 500 employees of the aisle to support this modest but will account for 57 percent of jobs lost important amendment to H.R. 582. The Abraham Fortenberry Gabbard due to this bill, and businesses with small businesses and their workers b 1132 fewer than 100 employees will account back home in each and every one of our Mrs. HARTZLER, Messrs. ROSE of for 43 percent of jobs lost. districts will thank us for protecting New York and GROTHMAN changed Yet my Democrat colleagues have their livelihood. their vote from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ done nothing to protect these job cre- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance So the amendment was agreed to. ators from a 107 percent minimum of my time. The result of the vote was announced wage hike. Instead, this legislation Mrs. MURPHY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in as above recorded. treats big and small businesses exactly opposition to the motion to recommit. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. same. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- NEGUSE). The question is on the en- Without the financial resilience tlewoman from Florida is recognized grossment and third reading of the bill. needed to absorb the increase in bot- for 5 minutes. The bill was ordered to be engrossed tom-line costs that this legislation will Mrs. MURPHY. Mr. Speaker, there and read a third time, and was read the bring about, small businesses and has been an awful lot of talk recently third time. towns in every congressional district about what it means to be a patriotic MOTION TO RECOMMIT will be forced to make very tough American, and the fact is the answer Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, I have a choices: Do they lay off workers? Raise for each of us is deeply personal. motion to recommit at the desk. prices on their customers? Replace I wasn’t blessed to be born an Amer- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the workers with robotics? Or shut their ican citizen. I was born in Vietnam, gentleman opposed to the bill? doors completely? where my parents faced persecution by Mr. MEUSER. I am, in its current Congress should not force our Na- a communist government, in part, for form. tion’s smallest and most vital job cre- their wartime affiliation with the U.S. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ators to make those kinds of decisions. military. Clerk will report the motion to recom- Small business workers and their When I was a baby, we fled Vietnam mit. families will also take a significant by boat, running out of fuel in the The Clerk read as follows: hit. The nonpartisan CBO backs up this South China Sea when a U.S. Navy ship Mr. Meuser moves to recommit the bill reality, reporting that mandating a $15 came to our rescue, helping us reach a H.R. 582 to the Committee on Education and minimum wage would ‘‘reduce business Malaysian refugee camp. A Lutheran Labor with instructions to report the same income and raise prices as higher labor church then sponsored our passage to back to the House forthwith, with the fol- costs would be absorbed by business America, where we became proud citi- lowing amendment: owners and then passed on to con- zens. Add at the end the following: sumers.’’ Although we were eternally grateful SEC. ll. SMALL BUSINESS SURVIVAL. From coast to coast, we have already to be here, life wasn’t always easy. My The amendments made by this Act shall seen real-world examples of how work- mom worked as a seamstress and my not apply with respect to an enterprise (as ers and employers would be punished dad at a power plant, and together, defined in section 3 of the Fair Labor Stand- ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203)) that— by this socialist policy. One study they cleaned office buildings at night, (1) employs fewer than 10 individuals; or found that Washington-knows-best often bringing my brother and me (2) whose annual gross volume of sales mandates that stretch across our Na- along. made or business done is less than $1,000,000. tion—or better known as socialist poli- My parents didn’t speak English well The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- cies—we have real-world examples or have a community of close friends, ant to the rule, the gentleman from showing that they simply do not work. but what they did have, like so many Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 min- There was a very thorough study by immigrants, was a strong work ethic. utes in support of his motion. Washington State University which My dad also had a labor union in his Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, this mo- showed, in Seattle, a $15 minimum corner, and the union spoke for him tion will not delay passage of this bill wage law reduced total income paid to and they fought for him. or return it to committee. It is our last the city’s low-wage workers by $120 My parents worked hard to make opportunity as a House to amend this million per year in that one city alone. ends meet so that their children would legislation. The cost of living in Seattle, Los An- have opportunities they themselves Mr. Speaker, I am here to offer a mo- geles, and New York City, where a $15 never had. And that is the American tion to recommit that is about small minimum wage is already in place, or Dream, which brings me back to the business survival. It is about pro- soon to be, is much higher than my dis- question of what it means to be a pa- tecting the 8 million minority-owned trict in Pennsylvania. With such dis- triot.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.032 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7127 For me, it starts with gratitude for workplace and in the Halls of Congress. Turner Waltz Wilson (SC) Upton Watkins Wittman this country and an appreciation for its This will be one of the proudest votes I Van Drew Weber (TX) Womack exceptional qualities. cast. Wagner Webster (FL) Woodall This country saved my family’s life. I urge my colleagues to oppose the Walberg Wenstrup Wright It gave us refuge and opportunity, as it MTR. Let’s pass this bill. Let’s con- Walden Westerman Yoho Walker Wild Young has done for so many across genera- tinue this fight in the Senate and in Walorski Williams Zeldin tions. State capitals across this country. NOES—218 But I think patriotism goes beyond I yield back the balance of my time. love of country. It is also about striv- Adams Golden Ocasio-Cortez The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Aguilar Gomez Omar ing to make this country even strong- objection, the previous question is or- Allred Gonzalez (TX) Pallone er. It is about trying to make life a lit- dered on the motion to recommit. Axne Grijalva Panetta ´ tle bit easier for Americans who work There was no objection. Barragan Haaland Pappas hard and play by the rules, folks like Bass Harder (CA) Pascrell The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Beatty Hayes Payne my parents and like so many of my question is on the motion to recommit. Bera Heck Perlmutter constituents. Beyer Higgins (NY) Peters The question was taken; and the Bishop (GA) Hill (CA) I support this bill for a simple rea- Speaker pro tempore announced that Phillips son: In the greatest country on Earth, Blumenauer Himes Pingree the noes appeared to have it. Blunt Rochester Horsford Pocan nobody with the dignity of a full-time Bonamici Houlahan RECORDED VOTE Porter job should suffer the indignity of not Boyle, Brendan Hoyer Pressley being able to provide for themselves or Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, I demand F. Huffman Price (NC) Brown (MD) Jackson Lee a recorded vote. Quigley their loved ones. Brownley (CA) Jayapal Raskin A recorded vote was ordered. Bustos Jeffries For a decade, the minimum wage has Rice (NY) Butterfield Johnson (GA) been stuck at $7.25 an hour, while the The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Richmond Carbajal Johnson (TX) 5-minute vote. Rose (NY) cost of living has skyrocketed, and Ca´ rdenas Kaptur there is no part in this great country The vote was taken by electronic de- Carson (IN) Keating Rouda vice, and there were—ayes 210, noes 218, Cartwright Kelly (IL) Roybal-Allard where $7.25 is a living wage anymore. Ruiz It is past time we gave hardworking not voting 4, as follows: Case Kennedy Casten (IL) Khanna Ruppersberger American families a raise. They have [Roll No. 495] Castor (FL) Kildee Rush earned it. AYES—210 Castro (TX) Kilmer Ryan This bill gradually increases the min- Chu, Judy Kim Sa´ nchez Aderholt Gaetz McCarthy Sarbanes imum wage in seven steps, reaching $15 Cicilline Kind Allen Gallagher McCaul Cisneros Kirkpatrick Scanlon by 2025 at the earliest. This is a reason- Amash Gianforte McClintock Clark (MA) Krishnamoorthi Schakowsky able bill, not a radical one. Amodei Gibbs McHenry Clarke (NY) Kuster (NH) Schiff CBO estimates this bill will raise Armstrong Gohmert McKinley Clay Lamb Schneider Arrington Gonzalez (OH) Meadows Cleaver Langevin Schrier wages for nearly 30 million workers Babin Gooden Meuser Clyburn Larsen (WA) Scott (VA) and lift millions out of poverty. They Bacon Gosar Miller Cohen Larson (CT) Scott, David will have more money to spend in the Baird Gottheimer Mitchell Connolly Lawrence Serrano Balderson Granger Moolenaar local economy because workers are Cooper Lawson (FL) Sewell (AL) Banks Graves (GA) Mooney (WV) Correa Lee (CA) Shalala consumers, too, and they will be less Barr Graves (LA) Mullin Costa Lee (NV) Sherman Bergman Graves (MO) Newhouse reliant on government programs. And Courtney Levin (CA) Sherrill Biggs Green (TN) Norman Cox (CA) Levin (MI) Sires given that our deficit will exceed a tril- Bilirakis Griffith Nunes Craig Lewis Smith (WA) lion dollars this year, that should be Bishop (UT) Grothman Olson Crist Lieu, Ted Soto Bost Guest Palazzo music to my Republican colleagues’ Crow Lipinski Speier ears. Brady Guthrie Palmer Cummings Loebsack Brindisi Hagedorn Pence Stanton I oppose this MTR because every Davis (CA) Lofgren Stevens Brooks (AL) Harris Perry Davis, Danny K. Lowenthal American who works hard deserves a Brooks (IN) Hartzler Peterson Suozzi Dean Lowey Swalwell (CA) fair shot at the American Dream. Buchanan Hastings Posey DeFazio Luja´ n Buck Hern, Kevin Ratcliffe Takano Whether you live in Pennsylvania or DeGette Luria Thompson (CA) Bucshon Herrera Beutler Reed DeLauro Lynch Thompson (MS) Arizona or Minnesota or Florida, you Budd Hice (GA) Reschenthaler DelBene Malinowski Titus deserve a raise. And whether you work Burchett Higgins (LA) Rice (SC) Delgado Maloney, Tlaib Burgess Hill (AR) Riggleman Demings Carolyn B. for a large corporation or a small busi- Tonko Byrne Holding Roby DeSaulnier Maloney, Sean ness, you deserve a raise; you deserve a Torres (CA) Calvert Hollingsworth Rodgers (WA) Deutch Matsui living wage; and you certainly deserve Carter (GA) Horn, Kendra S. Roe, David P. Dingell McBath Torres Small $15 an hour. Carter (TX) Hudson Rogers (AL) Doggett McCollum (NM) Chabot Huizenga Rogers (KY) Doyle, Michael McEachin Trahan Public polling shows strong bipar- Cheney Hunter Rooney (FL) Trone tisan support for increasing the min- F. McGovern Cline Hurd (TX) Rose, John W. Engel McNerney Underwood imum wage. Cloud Johnson (LA) Rouzer Escobar Meeks Vargas Make no mistake: This MTR is sim- Cole Johnson (OH) Roy Eshoo Meng Veasey ply a Republican attempt to defeat this Collins (GA) Johnson (SD) Rutherford Espaillat Moore Vela Collins (NY) Jordan Scalise Evans Morelle Vela´ zquez bill because they oppose any increase Comer Joyce (OH) Schrader Finkenauer Moulton Visclosky to the Federal minimum wage. Some Conaway Joyce (PA) Schweikert Fletcher Mucarsel-Powell Wasserman oppose the concept of a minimum wage Cook Katko Scott, Austin Foster Murphy Schultz Crawford Keller Sensenbrenner at all. Well, the American people dis- Frankel Nadler Waters Crenshaw Kelly (MS) Shimkus Fudge Napolitano Watson Coleman agree, and as Democrats, we stand with Cuellar Kelly (PA) Simpson Gallego Neal Welch the American people. Cunningham King (IA) Slotkin Garamendi Neguse Wexton The contrast is clear: Our Republican Curtis King (NY) Smith (MO) Garcı´a (IL) Norcross Wilson (FL) Davids (KS) Kinzinger Smith (NE) Garcia (TX) O’Halleran Yarmuth colleagues made working families pay Davidson (OH) Kustoff (TN) Smith (NJ) for tax cuts for the wealthiest individ- Davis, Rodney LaHood Smucker NOT VOTING—4 uals and corporations. Yes, they did. DesJarlais LaMalfa Spanberger Abraham Gabbard Diaz-Balart Lamborn Spano Fortenberry Green, Al (TX) And now they are opposing our efforts Duffy Latta Stauber to give those working families a raise. Duncan Lesko Stefanik b 1154 That is not just bad policy; that is Dunn Long Steil Emmer Loudermilk Steube Mr. BILIRAKIS changed his vote shameful. Estes Lucas Stewart from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ When I vote ‘‘yes’’ on final passage, I Ferguson Luetkemeyer Stivers So the motion to recommit was re- will be thinking about my parents and Fitzpatrick Marchant Taylor jected. my hardworking constituents; and Fleischmann Marshall Thompson (PA) Flores Massie Thornberry The result of the vote was announced thank God families like these have Foxx (NC) Mast Timmons as above recorded. labor unions fighting for them in the Fulcher McAdams Tipton Stated against:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.040 H18JYPT1 H7128 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, had I Veasey Wasserman Wexton ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER been present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on Vela Schultz Wild PRO TEMPORE Vela´ zquez Waters Wilson (FL) rollcall No. 495. Visclosky Watson Coleman Yarmuth The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Welch Chair will remind all persons in the question is on the passage of the bill. NOES—199 gallery that they are here as guests of The question was taken; and the Aderholt Granger Olson the House and that any manifestation Speaker pro tempore announced that Allen Graves (GA) Palazzo of approval or disapproval of pro- the ayes appeared to have it. Amash Graves (LA) Palmer ceedings is in violation of the rules of Amodei Graves (MO) RECORDED VOTE Pence the House. Armstrong Green (TN) Perry Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Arrington Griffith Posey f Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. Babin Grothman Ratcliffe A recorded vote was ordered. Bacon Guest Reed Baird Guthrie THE JOURNAL The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Reschenthaler Balderson Hagedorn Rice (SC) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- 5-minute vote. Banks Harris Riggleman ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin- The vote was taken by electronic de- Barr Hartzler Roby Bergman Hern, Kevin ished business is the question on agree- vice, and there were—ayes 231, noes 199, Rodgers (WA) Biggs Herrera Beutler Roe, David P. ing to the Speaker’s approval of the not voting 3, as follows: Bilirakis Hice (GA) Rogers (AL) Journal, which the Chair will put de [Roll No. 496] Bishop (UT) Higgins (LA) Rogers (KY) Bost Hill (AR) Rose, John W. novo. AYES—231 Brady Holding Rouzer The question is on the Speaker’s ap- Adams Gallego Mucarsel-Powell Brindisi Hollingsworth Roy proval of the Journal. Brooks (AL) Horn, Kendra S. Aguilar Garamendi Murphy Rutherford Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- Allred Garcı´a (IL) Nadler Brooks (IN) Hudson Scalise Axne Garcia (TX) Napolitano Buchanan Huizenga Schrader nal stands approved. Barraga´ n Golden Neal Buck Hunter Schweikert Bass Gomez Neguse Bucshon Hurd (TX) Scott, Austin f Budd Johnson (LA) Beatty Gonzalez (TX) Norcross Sensenbrenner Burchett Johnson (OH) Bera Gottheimer O’Halleran Shimkus GENERAL LEAVE Burgess Johnson (SD) Beyer Green, Al (TX) Ocasio-Cortez Simpson Byrne Jordan Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Bishop (GA) Grijalva Omar Smith (MO) Calvert Joyce (OH) Blumenauer Haaland Pallone Smith (NE) Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Carter (GA) Joyce (PA) Blunt Rochester Harder (CA) Panetta Smucker all Members may have 5 legislative Carter (TX) Katko Bonamici Hastings Pappas Spano Chabot Keller days in which to revise and extend Boyle, Brendan Hayes Pascrell Stauber Cheney Kelly (MS) their remarks and include extraneous F. Heck Payne Stefanik Cline Kelly (PA) Brown (MD) Higgins (NY) Pelosi Steil material on H.R. 582. Cloud King (IA) Brownley (CA) Hill (CA) Perlmutter Steube The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Bustos Himes Peters Cole King (NY) Collins (GA) Kinzinger Stewart JUDY CHU of California). Is there objec- Butterfield Horsford Peterson Stivers Carbajal Houlahan Phillips Collins (NY) Kustoff (TN) tion to the request of the gentleman Comer LaHood Taylor Ca´ rdenas Hoyer Pingree Thompson (PA) from Virginia? Carson (IN) Huffman Pocan Conaway LaMalfa Cook Lamborn Thornberry There was no objection. Cartwright Jackson Lee Porter Timmons Case Jayapal Pressley Crawford Latta Crenshaw Lesko Tipton f Casten (IL) Jeffries Price (NC) Torres Small Castor (FL) Johnson (GA) Quigley Cunningham Long Curtis Loudermilk (NM) REQUEST TO CONSIDER H.R. 962, Castro (TX) Johnson (TX) Raskin Turner Chu, Judy Kaptur Rice (NY) Davidson (OH) Lucas BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SUR- Davis, Rodney Luetkemeyer Upton Cicilline Keating Richmond Wagner VIVORS PROTECTION ACT Cisneros DesJarlais Marchant Kelly (IL) Rooney (FL) Walberg Clark (MA) Kennedy Rose (NY) Diaz-Balart Marshall Mr. HUDSON. Madam Speaker, I ask Walden Clarke (NY) Khanna Rouda Duffy Massie Walker unanimous consent that the Com- Clay Kildee Roybal-Allard Duncan Mast Walorski mittee on the Judiciary be discharged Cleaver Kilmer Ruiz Dunn McAdams Waltz Clyburn Kim Ruppersberger Emmer McCarthy from further consideration of H.R. 962, Watkins Cohen Kind Rush Estes McCaul the Born-Alive Survivors Protection Weber (TX) Connolly Kirkpatrick Ryan Ferguson McClintock Webster (FL) Act, and ask for its immediate consid- Cooper Krishnamoorthi Sa´ nchez Fleischmann McHenry Wenstrup Correa Kuster (NH) Sarbanes Flores McKinley eration in the House. Westerman Costa Lamb Scanlon Foxx (NC) Meadows The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Williams Courtney Langevin Schakowsky Fulcher Meuser guidelines consistently issued by suc- Gaetz Miller Wilson (SC) Cox (CA) Larsen (WA) Schiff cessive Speakers, as recorded in sec- Craig Larson (CT) Schneider Gallagher Mitchell Wittman Crist Lawrence Schrier Gianforte Moolenaar Womack tion 956 of the House Rules and Man- Crow Lawson (FL) Scott (VA) Gibbs Mooney (WV) Woodall ual, the Chair is constrained not to en- Cuellar Lee (CA) Scott, David Gohmert Mullin Wright tertain the request unless it has been Cummings Lee (NV) Serrano Gonzalez (OH) Newhouse Yoho Davids (KS) Levin (CA) Sewell (AL) Gooden Norman Young cleared by the bipartisan floor and Davis (CA) Levin (MI) Shalala Gosar Nunes Zeldin committee leaderships. Davis, Danny K. Lewis Sherman NOT VOTING—3 Mr. HUDSON. Madam Speaker, if Dean Lieu, Ted Sherrill this unanimous consent request cannot DeFazio Lipinski Sires Abraham Fortenberry Gabbard DeGette Loebsack Slotkin be entertained, I urge the Speaker and DeLauro Lofgren Smith (NJ) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE majority leader to immediately sched- DelBene Lowenthal Smith (WA) ule the born-alive bill so that we can Delgado Lowey Soto The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Demings Luja´ n Spanberger the vote). The Chair will remind all stand up and protect the sanctity of DeSaulnier Luria Speier persons in the gallery that they are human life. Deutch Lynch Stanton here as guests of the House and that The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Dingell Malinowski Stevens tleman is not recognized for debate. Doggett Maloney, Suozzi any manifestation of approval or dis- Doyle, Michael Carolyn B. Swalwell (CA) approval of proceedings is in violation f F. Maloney, Sean Takano of the rules of the House. Engel Matsui Thompson (CA) Escobar McBath Thompson (MS) COMMUNICATION FROM CHIEF OF Eshoo McCollum Titus b 1201 STAFF, THE HONORABLE STEVE Espaillat McEachin Tlaib SCALISE, MEMBER OF CONGRESS Evans McGovern Tonko So the bill was passed. Finkenauer McNerney Torres (CA) The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- Fitzpatrick Meeks Trahan The result of the vote was announced fore the House the following commu- Fletcher Meng Trone as above recorded. nication from Jennifer Megan Bel Mil- Foster Moore Underwood Frankel Morelle Van Drew A motion to reconsider was laid on ler, Chief of Staff, the Honorable STEVE Fudge Moulton Vargas the table. SCALISE, Member of Congress:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JY7.056 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7129 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, The House is also expected to con- that the committee did, in fact, mark HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, sider additional legislation, Madam up bills this past Wednesday, yester- Washington, DC, July 17, 2019. Speaker, related to the current human- day, and those bills are being looked at Hon. NANCY PELOSI, itarian crisis on the southern border. to possibly move to the floor. Speaker, House of Representatives, Members are advised that additional Washington, DC. Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, spe- legislative items are expected. As we DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: This is to notify cifically, if I could ask my friend, H.R. you formally, pursuant to Rule VIII of the know, it is the last week before we ad- 336 was not one of those bills that was Rules of the House of Representatives, that journ, and there is an effort to try to marked up. The only bills that were I, Jenifer Megan Bel Miller, have been served get things done that can, in fact, be marked up were resolutions. with a subpoena for testimony in a criminal done within the timeframe we have Again, while some of those resolu- trial issued by the United States District available to us. tions might have some good language Court for the Western District of New York. It is my sincere hope that an agree- in them, there are no actual teeth. This criminal trial is in relation to alleged ment is reached to raise budget caps threats made against Congressman Steve There is no policy. There is no change and the debt limit. The Speaker and in law to give us more tools as a coun- Scalise and his family, received through Secretary Mnuchin and others have Congressman Scalise’s official government try to stand up to the BDS movement, office. been working very hard on this objec- to defend our friend Israel. tive, and I am hopeful that they will After consultation with the Office of Gen- As we know, the BDS movement real- reach an agreement that we can agree eral Counsel, I have determined that compli- ly is rooted in anti-Semitism to under- ance with the subpoena is consistent with on as a House and as a Senate. Assum- mine Israel’s economy, which none of the privileges and rights of the House. ing an agreement is reached, we will us should want to see. I know my Sincerely, consider that as soon as they reach it, friend doesn’t want to see Israel’s econ- JENIFER MEGAN BEL MILLER, and hopefully, that will be next week. Chief of Staff. Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I omy undermined, but there is a move- ment to do that. If we are going to f thank the gentleman for giving that update on the schedule. truly stand up against it, words are not LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM I know that we have been in talks on enough. We need action. (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given a budget caps agreement. I met with H.R. 336, again, reflects similar legis- permission to address the House for 1 the Vice President earlier this morn- lation that passed the Senate with an minute and to revise and extend his re- ing, talking through some of the things overwhelming vote, Republicans and marks.) that may be included. Democrats coming together to give Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I Obviously, there is no final agree- real tools to stand up to this move- yield to the gentleman from Maryland ment. We would hope that those talks ment and support our friend Israel. (Mr. HOYER), the majority leader, for go on, and we, hopefully, reach an Madam Speaker, I would inquire of the purpose of inquiring about next agreement where we can give real cer- the gentleman, would that bill be con- week’s schedule. tainty, especially to our Department of sidered? It was not part of the package Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I Defense, that we will look at what se- of bills that were brought up in com- thank the gentleman for yielding. questration would do to defense. We mittee this week. I yield to the gen- Madam Speaker, on Tuesday, the have been able to rebuild our defense tleman. House will meet at noon for morning- over the last 2 years. We would like to Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, again, hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative see that progress continue. I will tell my friend, as he has articu- A lot of other issues are at stake business, with votes postponed until lated, that bill has not been marked up there, and we encourage those talks to 6:30 p.m. in committee. There are two bills that move forward. We will be ready to On Wednesday and Thursday, the were marked up in committee, and move if there is an agreement reached House will meet at 10 a.m. for morning- there is a possibility that we will con- between all the parties, including the hour debate and noon for legislative sider those, but the other bill was not White House. marked up. business. I did not hear mention of anything On Friday, the House will meet at 9 Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I regarding the BDS legislation. We have would encourage that we go back and a.m. for legislative business, and last heard that there might be some move- votes of the week would be expected no look. This committee can do better. If ment on standing up against the BDS we are going to stand up against this later than 3 p.m. movement. We will consider several bills, Madam movement and support our friend I know that when we looked at a Israel against this attempt to under- Speaker, under suspension of the rules. number of bills, there are some resolu- The complete list of suspension bills mine their economy, we need real tions that are out there, some good, tools. will be announced by close of business some bad. As we know, there is time H.R. 336 is the only instrument out tomorrow. for talk, and then, there is time for ac- there. It is similar to S. 1. We would The House will also consider H.R. 397, tion. The resolutions are only talk. the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer The legislation, H.R. 336 by Mr. love to see S. 1 passed. There have been questions about whether or not it has Pensions Act, commonly referred to as MCCAUL, is the only bill out there. S. 1 the Butch Lewis Act. moved through the Senate with a an origination problem, so that is why The 10 million Americans who have large, overwhelming bipartisan vote. It H.R. 336 was filed. paid into multiemployer pensions de- is similar legislation that would actu- But, again, H.R. 336 has the same lan- serve to know they will receive the ally have teeth, not just words, which guage that passed with 77 votes in the benefits they have earned when they are important, but words followed up Senate, overwhelmingly, Republicans retire. The bill will help ensure a se- with action, real teeth to help not only and Democrats coming together. I cure retirement for these workers and this country but our States that are would encourage us to follow that lead retirees. also standing up against the BDS of bipartisanship, standing with Israel. In addition, Madam Speaker, the movement, to give them some muscle, I am disappointed that it is not in- House will consider H.R. 2203, the some ability to stand up to the BDS cluded in the package. It moved out of Homeland Security Improvement Act. movement. committee. I would hope we would go This legislation introduced by Con- Madam Speaker, I would ask the gen- back and consider bringing that bill to gresswoman ESCOBAR will ensure that tleman, is there any indication that the floor. the Department of Homeland Security there might be movement on H.R. 336, Again, words are nice, but words addresses border issues in a responsible to follow up the words with real action without action don’t give us the tools and humane manner. The bill fosters against the BDS movement? we need to stand with our friend Israel greater accountability when it comes Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- against this undermining attempt to the handling of children and mi- tleman. known as BDS. grant families at all levels within the Mr. HOYER. In response to my I yield to the gentleman from Mary- Department of Homeland Security. friend, Madam Speaker, I will tell him land.

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Unfortunately, they were held up gentleman mentioned, dealing with of subpoenas, either for testimony or in the Senate, as the gentleman may homeland security are known by many for documentary evidence, so the Con- know. in the homeland security field as the gress can properly exercise its over- We want to see the MOU for Israel as- open borders bill, not a bipartisan ap- sight responsibilities under the Con- sistance package, which we strongly proach to solving our problem at the stitution. support, which was negotiated by the border. We need a secure border. We I have been here for some almost four Obama administration and which we need to solve the crisis at the border. decades, and I have never seen any ad- Fix our broken asylum laws. We want strongly support in terms of the ministration, essentially, direct across to encourage asylum to work. There amount of money, available not only the board no response to the Congress ought to be a way to apply for asylum. on a general basis, but also a specific of the United States or to its commit- But, in all honesty, if somebody goes basis, for support of Israel’s defense tees. So, yes, we are pursuing. through other countries and turns against rockets and other munitions The gentleman referred to the con- down asylum in those countries and that would be sent into Israel. tempt citation dealing with Mr. BARR We also support the Syria sanctions comes here and just reads a script, be- and Mr. Ross. Now, the issue at the cause they know there is a loophole in and the Jordan MOU, so we hope, at center of that, as the gentleman our law, we ought to work together to some point, they will move. I will reit- knows, is the administration ulti- fix those broken loopholes and the erate, however, there have been two mately decided it would not pursue the things that are causing an over- bills marked up, and the possibility of policies that were the subject of that whelming crisis at our border. That has considering those for next week is investigation. However, it is not about not been done. the specific, but it is about the general there. Bills to lower drug prices. We had a Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, clearly, constitutional responsibility that this bipartisan agreement in the Com- if there are issues that need to be Congress has to the American people. mittee on Energy and Commerce, to worked out, differences that might We ask for information not on behalf lower drug prices, and yet that was exist between the chairman and the of ourselves individually, but on behalf abandoned when that bill came to the lead Republican on the committee, of the American people, so they will floor and sent in a way that became a know what their government is doing, that work needs to be done. There have partisan bill. These shouldn’t be par- been no indications given to us of some there will be a transparency to the op- tisan issues. erations of government, and they will counteroffer, some different way to do I would hope that we would move be able to determine whether or not it, some better way to do it, than what away from the harassment agenda and any administrative official, or the ad- is in H.R. 336. get back to an agenda that is focused ministration generally, is acting on its But again, the language in H.R. 336 is on Republicans and Democrats working behalf personally or whether it is act- the same language that was in S. 1, together, not in a partisan way to say, ing on behalf of the American people. which passed the Senate with a 77–23 hey, we passed some bill out of the So, from that perspective, I think the vote. It doesn’t mean that the Senate House, that everybody knows is going resolutions that we have offered, of has the best idea, but it shows there nowhere because it was a partisan ap- which there, essentially, have been two was a way that Republicans and Demo- proach. crats could come together to stand Look at what the Senate has done to dealing with this issue, and maybe with Israel against this movement. move bipartisan bills through their more, the refusal to cooperate with If there is a better way to do it, we Chamber. We can do the same. We can subpoenas has continued. would be more than happy to work do better than the Senate, but we are I hope the gentleman will understand through those better ideas. None of not. that we are trying to protect the re- those better ideas have been presented When the Speaker breaks the House sponsibilities and authority of the Con- to us. They just shut down that bill. rules, when you see this break down, it gress of the United States, the people’s They shut down the ability to have a just raises the ire because there is not body, the article I body, to do its duty bill come to the floor to actually put that attempt to work in a bipartisan properly. teeth in law to give us more tools. way to solve these problems. And there Secondly, yes, we did have a very dif- I would urge that if there is a better are a lot of good ideas that are bipar- ficult day yesterday. But I will tell my alternative, that the chairman of the tisan to solve these problems. The dis- friend from Louisiana that I think it is committee or the leadership on your appointment is that we don’t see those the absolute responsibility of this body side has, please present that and let’s coming to the House floor. to respond if it sees things that are negotiate it, but none of that has been The bills that deal with real policy being done by the administration or by presented up until now. coming to the House floor are only others that it perceives to be contrary So, I would just encourage us to do brought, by and large, from a partisan to the ideas of this country, contrary better as we try to give more support perspective, and the bipartisan ap- to the declaration that we believe that to our friend Israel against this grow- proaches are being discarded. all men and, yes, all women are created ing movement. BDS is one clear example where there equal; contrary to the extraordinary Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask is a way to solve the problem, where wrenching war that we had among the about the agenda as we have seen it so Republicans and Democrats came to- States to determine that all were far in the decorum. The agenda we gether. Even from the gentleman’s ac- equal. And a construction period. have seen this week alone, multiple knowledgement, there is no indication And then, as I grew up in the 1950s pieces of legislation—whether it is tar- that it is going to move out of com- and the 1960s, looking racism in the geted at the President, we had a resolu- mittee any time soon. It ought to be face and saying, we reject it, that we tion on the President’s tweet. There out of committee and it ought to be on reject racism, we reject prejudices, we was a resolution filed to impeach the the House floor, so that we can not reject simplifying if people are a cer- President of the United States. There only debate it, but pass it, and get a tain color, a certain race, a certain na- was a resolution to hold Trump offi- bill to the President’s desk to allow us tionality, or a certain gender, that cials in contempt of Congress with no to stand up more against the BDS somehow, they are less than other basis for that contempt. There were movement in support of Israel. Americans. I think it is our responsi- multiple resolutions just this week to Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gen- bility to confront that. target and harass different policies of tleman. That is what we did yesterday. It was the administration—there is so much Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank difficult, I understand. I was sorry that legislation we ought to be on this floor the gentleman for yielding. it was not a bipartisan vote, because I

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.049 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7131 don’t believe that Members on your stitutional authority. The Constitution bring a single cent raise in a decade, side of the aisle want to tolerate rac- says we raise, and we spend money and the longest time since the minimum ism any more than we want to tolerate we direct the executive—we direct the wage was adopted in the 1930s, to make racism. And if we see it, I think we executive—how to do that. That got 13 sure that Americans were lifted out of have a responsibility to speak out, to Republicans supporting it, a major the deepest recession that this country stand up, and to say this is not right in piece of legislation. has ever had. America, this is not America. We passed a Dreamer legislation. We So I say to my friend, we have done So, yes, we had a resolution yester- have been asking for that legislation a lot. I wish the Senate would move it. day that the gentlemen refers to in re- for almost a decade, or at least 6 years, Let me close in terms of this re- sponse to a tweet. It was not the tweet, I should say. And that legislation got sponse. I am very proud of this. We it was what the tweet said, what it im- no vote over the last 5 years. It got a have passed 10 appropriations bills out plied, what it diminished in terms of vote this year. We got a number of Re- of 12, the most since 2006. America’s sense of decency and equal- publicans—7 to be exact—to vote for Now, in 2006, the Republicans were in ity and tolerance and inclusion for our that. charge. I don’t refer to the gentleman people. Now, I could go through a number of personally, but the Republicans were in Now, let me go to legislation. As the other pieces of legislation, including, charge, and they didn’t bring the gentleman knows, we have passed sub- lastly, the minimum wage bill. This Labor-Health bill to the floor. I am not stantial pieces of legislation. was about capitalism, not socialism. sure why, but I had offered a minimum We passed H.R. 1. No Republicans We are capitalists over here. We be- wage increase in that bill, in the voted for that, but it seeks to make it lieve in the free market system over Labor-Health Subcommittee, and they easier for people to vote in America, here. And any assertion to the con- never brought it to the floor. make sure their vote is protected and trary, Madam Speaker, is absolutely It passed in committee, even though counted. false. the Republicans were in charge and the It made sure that we have trans- It is a good political tactic, it is a majority of Members in the committee parency in the financing of campaigns. scare tactic, Madam Speaker, but I re- were Republicans. That minimum wage It made sure that our redistricting ject it out of hand. We believe in the increase passed, but they refused to was fair to our citizens and that we free market system. We believe the bring it to the floor. I can only con- politicians were not drawing the dis- free market system has been the sys- clude that they are not for increasing tricts, but that the districts are drawn tem that has provided the most bene- the minimum wage. in fairness to the American people. fits for the broadest number of people. We disagree with that position. We It also demanded ethics performance. believe that in America, if you are b 1230 But then we passed an anti-hate reso- working, playing by the rules, and lution. It was just words, but it said no We believe that is one of the great making our economy grow, then you to hate: 173 Republicans voted for that. facets of our democracy, our free mar- ought to be paid a wage that you can It overwhelming passed bipartisan. ket system. And I will tell my friend, survive on and, better than that, live We passed a Land and Water Con- Madam Speaker, that it was Democrats on. servation Fund that made that fund in the 1930s that saved the free market And so I am proud of the legislation permanent, a very important bill for a system. It was Democrats in December that we passed, and I am proud of the State like Louisiana and, quite frank- of 2007 that came in and made sure that 10 appropriations bills, which, by the ly, my own State of Maryland, who are the free market system did not crash way, fund 96 percent of the govern- all surrounded by water, have a lot of after 8 years of Republican leadership. ment. water. That bill got 133 Republicans. It I would hope that the gentleman Our colleagues in the Senate, Madam languishes still in the Senate. would not make the assertion that Speaker, have not passed a single ap- We passed the SECURE Act, which surely he knows is not true, Madam propriations bill through committee, makes it easier for people to get retire- Speaker, that we on this side are look- not one. ment security. That was supported by ing to support a socialist agenda. We So we are doing our job, Madam 187 Republicans. are promoting and continue to promote Speaker, and we are addressing the We passed the violence against a socially sensitive agenda for the issues of the American people. women reauthorization. Unfortunately, American people to make sure that I agree 100 percent with the minority, it didn’t get overwhelming votes, but it they have healthcare. with the Republican whip that we need got 33 Republicans voting for it. It lan- Medicare was called a socialist pro- to deal with drug pricing. We have guishes in the Senate. gram, Madam Speaker, when it was pledged to do that. We are working to- We passed a provision that said we adopted. That is a program that mil- gether. The President says he wants to want to protect preexisting conditions lions and millions of Americans rely on do that. Hopefully, we can get to a con- in the Affordable Care Act. We got 8 and have been brought out of poverty. sensus. Republicans. I would have wished we Medicare was a called a socialist pro- I agree with the gentleman from Lou- had gotten more. gram when it was adopted. That pro- isiana, Madam Speaker, we haven’t We passed disaster relief. The gen- gram, combined with Social Security, gotten there yet. Hopefully, we can get tleman knows a lot about disaster re- has millions of Americans having a there. Hopefully, we can strengthen the lief, important to his State. Unfortu- sense of security, a sense of independ- Affordable Care Act so that people will nately, we only got 34 Republicans, but ence, a sense that they are not going to have the confidence that it will be it was a bipartisan bill. fall through the cracks. available to them. We have also passed background So we ought not to be debating, I say, I know that was a relatively—maybe checks, which are supported by 90 per- Madam Speaker, this phony shibboleth not relatively—a long answer, but I cent of the American people, to try to of socialism. think we have done a lot of work. I am make gun violence lessened in the The minimum wage is simply saying, very proud of the 6 months that we United States of America. For that in America, we value people who work, have had. bill, we only got 8 Republicans. and we want to ensure that people who We spent the first 35 days trying to But those two bills, supported by 90 work are not living in poverty and open up the government. This is the percent of the American people, lan- have some ability to support them- first Congress in the history of the guishes in the United States Senate, selves and their families in a decent United States in which the government the majority leader not bringing up way. We passed that bill today. We are was shut down when the new Congress that legislation. proud of passing that bill. started. It has been shut down before, We passed a national emergency reso- Very frankly, for 10 years of Repub- but this was the first time when we lution, which said, Mr. President, you lican control of the House of Rep- started. It took us 35 days to get it can’t take money that we appropriated resentatives, we pleaded with them to open. And when we did get it open, we for X and just send it over to Y. That bring a minimum wage bill of whatever started on an agenda of which I am was, I thought, a protection of our con- number to the floor, and they didn’t proud.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.050 H18JYPT1 H7132 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 Do we have more work to do? We do. study, which was cited today, where we of the other party was there, we had a Madam Speaker, we intend to continue can look at real examples of commu- lot of oversight hearings, exercising on an agenda that does that work. nities that have had artificially high our Article I powers as we all should, Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, there minimum wages, like Seattle, where but we didn’t go week after week. is clearly a lot to cover there. Let’s they put in place a $15 minimum wage. Just this week alone, there was a res- start with the big debate, and that is It sounds great. The government is olution condemning the President’s what the gentleman alluded to, and going to set everybody’s rates and tell tweets, an impeachment resolution, a that is government control versus free- everybody how much they are going to resolution to hold two Cabinet Secre- dom, because that is going to be the de- make, and what it resulted in is over 5 taries in contempt, and three resolu- bate over the next year where there is million hours lost for workers. tions of disapproval on policy. That already a Presidential primary debate In fact, the lower income families in was just this week. process going on. Seattle were hurt the most by that pol- The American people don’t want to When you see every candidate for icy by a margin of 3 to 1. It damages see us fighting over power. They want President on one side saying that they low-income families. to see us fighting for their needs, the want to give free healthcare benefits to Again, it might sound good that the needs of hardworking families. people who are here illegally, yet many government is going to tell everyone Again, I identified so many things. of them embrace a plan that would lit- what they can make, but most of us Just to finish up on the resolution erally end private insurance for fami- who believe in the free market system that was discussed earlier, the gen- lies that enjoy the healthcare plans reject that idea that we should set poli- tleman said we need to respond to they have in the private marketplace, cies that are crushing jobs in America. things that violate this country’s prin- the Medicare for All proposal, there are There is a bar in New York that was ciples. so many different areas where we see closed because of the increase in the First of all, we reject racism whole- this debate about government control minimum wage that one of our col- versus freedom. heartedly. We reject hate. We reject leagues used to work at. It was closed anti-Semitism. And, yes, to the gentleman, there are because of an artificially set price, some on his side who refer to them- There have been comments made by minimum wage, in the city of New Members of the gentleman’s party that selves as socialist Democrats. And so if York. they want to call themselves that, then have not been addressed on this floor So when you look at jobs that are that violate those principles. at least own the things that go with so- fleeing some communities and going to cialism and recognize the damage that We can all bring resolutions broadly other communities, that ought to tell stating things, but if the intention is is done by socialism. you how those policies are working. To think that any one party has to identify people by name, it is, to us, But we have a growing economy, not some kind of ownership of capitalism rather conspicuous that, when people because we had a lot of government in the free market system, I would be of the other party say those things, control out of Washington, but, in fact, more than happy to see us engage in a they are not addressed on this floor by because we allowed freedom. We al- debate about capitalism, because there name. And so we know that happened. lowed people to keep more of what they are some on the other side that attack Again, the way that the Speaker vio- it on a regular basis. earned. We allowed people to make lated the rules of the House, and then But if you look at how Republican their own choices. And it is a success- a vote was brought to this floor to ba- policies have gotten us to where we are ful formula. We want to see more of it. sically say that those rules don’t apply Now, if we can get into the issue of with the most booming economy in the to the Speaker. the harassment agenda, the subpoenas, world, our economy is the envy of the If the rules don’t apply to the Speak- the finding people in contempt, let’s world. People’s wages are rising. Low- er, then who do they apply to? They talk about Secretary Ross and the income people, in fact, are benefiting ought to apply to all of us equally. work that was done to comply with the the most. And we are seeing the in- If any of us break the rules of the committee’s request. crease in the rebuilding of our middle House and are called out on it and are If you look, and this is reading from class that was evaporating. found by the Chair to be in violation of a document sent by Secretary Ross and For 8 years in a row under the pre- the rules, then we ought to accept that. Attorney General Barr to the com- vious administration, every single We ought not have the vote on the mittee, it says: quarter, our economy had less than 2 House floor to say, well, the rules percent growth. The economy wasn’t The Department’s engagement with the apply to some people, but not every- even that bad during the Great Depres- committee is a good faith accommodation process, rooted in the separation of powers. body. sion that the gentleman cited. If the rules are in place, they ought So when we came in with the Repub- As part of that process, both Departments to be in place to be enforced equally, lican majority and the Republican have made multiple witnesses available for voluntary, transcribed interviews and have not that some in power have an exemp- President, we were able to pass actual produced more than 30,000 pages of docu- tion and have a free pass to break policies like the Tax Cuts and Jobs ments to the committee. those rules. Act, like reversing so many of the rad- Before the committee abruptly and pre- So if we are going to talk about what ical regulations that we saw that had maturely terminated the accommodation nothing to do with health and safety process last month, the Department of Jus- we reject, let’s be fair and equal about but had to do with carrying out an tice intended to provide a significant number it. agenda to shut down industries in this of additional documents identified as respon- I yield to the gentleman from Mary- country like the fossil fuel industry sive to the committee’s subpoena. land. and so many others that are providing They go on to talk about how they Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I not only jobs, lower carbon emission, were complying with the committee, thank the gentleman for yielding. dominance in the world, helping our producing over 30,000 pages of docu- Madam Speaker, I want to go back to friends around the world, and lowering ments just related to the Census. And this free market and the minimum energy prices for families in America. then the committee abruptly decides wage. Those policies have actually been in- they just want to hold him in contempt The gentleman, Madam Speaker, creasing wages for lower income peo- because there were some documents projects that: Let the free market op- ple, not government-controlled prices they wanted that the Attorney General erate. as passed today where the government would have actually broken the law if We do not allow employers to hire is going to try to come in and set arti- he turned them over. people under a certain age because we ficial rates for what people ought to So you saw a Department complying want to protect children. I suppose make as opposed to letting this great and going overboard to ensure that the that is interfering with the free market market that is working incredibly well separation of powers and the oversight because we know that, throughout the raise wages for families. that existed would continue. world, we have 8-, 9-, and 10-year-old We have seen the studies. We have Of course, when we were in the ma- children being asked to work 10-, 12-, seen the University of Washington jority and the previous administration 14-hour days at rudimentary tasks.

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After all, agree on hours, hopefully, the age at union-based industry or a union-based State, and they say they don’t want individuals can decide whether they which people can work certain hours, dues forced out of their paychecks, to are going to work 80 or 90 hours a and on safety conditions in workplaces. give dues to somebody who believes in week. We have known that in our his- I am not sure about bargaining collec- things that they don’t agree with, they tory. tively in unions. I think they are crit- shouldn’t be forced to do that. In many Perhaps we ought to have a free mar- ical to the creation of a middle class and the maintenance of a strong mid- places, they are. ket that doesn’t worry about whether I want more individual freedom. I workers are safe on the job. Whether it dle class. We also very strongly believe in the free market system. want more ability for people to go out is in a mine or a factory, we require and live that American Dream, to start places to be safe so that we can protect I could pick out one or two of your Members who may have some dif- up their own business in their garage workers. and then one day maybe become a bil- We don’t believe that undermines the ferences of agreement. I won’t mention lionaire because there was that oppor- free market system. We think that im- any names, but I can think of some tunity provided to them, not our tell- proves the free market system. So names on the gentleman’s side of the ing them how much they can make, there are rules. aisle. I am sure the gentleman can as but our allowing them, in a safe way, Mr. SCALISE. If I could interject, we well and, in fact, does disagree, from the ability to go be the best they can share that. That is not an us versus his perspective, with some people on be. them issue. We agree with those. Obvi- my side of the aisle. But we intend to I will use an example because I know ously, there are some that we disagree continue to be very supportive of build- ing jobs. the gentleman and I share the belief with. The ones that the gentleman that people need to be safe in the work- mentioned are things that we agree My friend knows that I have an agen- da. I call it Make It In America. It is place, and we need to do all we can to with. ensure that. Look at deepwater drilling Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- about growing jobs, growing enter- in the Gulf of Mexico, which is based tleman. prises, helping entrepreneurs, and mak- out of parts of my district. Port Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, my ing sure that people have good wages Fourchon in Louisiana is the hub of all point to the gentleman is, yes, we and a good future through the free en- that deepwater drilling that we saw. think people ought to be paid a decent terprise system. There was the horrible tragedy, the Mr. SCALISE. Clearly, Madam wage, and we know there are people in Deepwater Horizon. People died, and Speaker, if we talk about what makes our workplace and in our community the environment was polluted. That who have no bargaining power whatso- this country great, it is the freedoms was done not because there weren’t ever. They don’t have fancy college and the economic success that we have enough laws in place but because a educations, and they don’t have fancy seen for families, businesses, and ev- company broke the laws. A company skills, but they are needed in our econ- erybody. It is the reason people come went around those safety standards omy. They are needed to do things that here from all around the world. What that we put in place. the community needs done. When you we have done to create this great free We went and hammered them. We go to a hotel, you hope that bed is market system has unleashed potential fined them. I passed a bill out of this made up. You hope the bathrooms are for anybody to come here and be any- House in a very bipartisan way called clean. When you go to the grocery thing they want to be. the RESTORE Act that ensured that store, you hope that the peas and corn I have been proud to help pass poli- they pay billions of dollars back to fix have been picked. cies that have actually increased wages the damage that they had done and to We believe that those folks are nec- for families not through government hold that company accountable for essary for our community and need to price controls but through economic what they had done. Its purpose was be paid a decent wage, just as we think growth and through giving people more not to shut the whole industry down, they need to be safe. I am glad the gen- of their money back instead of their because every other company that was tleman agrees on that. I thought he having to come to Washington to get out there had done things the right did. an amount or come to a union boss to way. But my point, Madam Speaker, is get the amount that they can earn. What we saw from the previous ad- that there is an analogy here to safety, They can actually go do it on their ministration was a rule that came out to hours, to working conditions, and own. called the Well Control Rule that yes, to wages. It is playing out in reality, not in wasn’t rooted in safety. After industry I don’t know that the party that the theory, but in reality, where we are did an even better job to put well con- gentleman represents has ever offered seeing the lowest-income workers ben- tainment in place so that, if something an increase in the minimum wage. I am efiting the most from our policies of like that ever happened again, they going to check on that. I don’t know. cutting taxes, not by telling people could quickly move to stop it, instead Since I have been here, they have not. how much they can make but by let- of government working to help expe- It has always been us offering the in- ting them go out and make even more dite that process, government sat back crease. on their own. and waited until industry came up with President George Bush, to his credit, They are doing it. It is the lower-in- a better way to solve that problem on signed the Fair Minimum Wage Act in come people who are benefiting the their own. Then, it came up with a rule 2007, which was still less than it was in most from those policies. We ought to that actually would have undermined 1968. As a matter of fact, it is 40 per- encourage more of that. the new safety standards they put in cent less today than it was in 1968. The unemployment rate amongst Af- place. It would have made it difficult Workers are being paid 40 percent less. rican Americans and Hispanics is at because Washington would have been Lastly, I will say, Madam Speaker, the lowest rate in our country’s history able to tell them how to manage a well one thing our party agrees with is that not through government controls but in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico in- men and women have a right to come by cutting taxes and letting them have stead of understanding that pressure together and bargain collectively for more of their money, by seeing busi- changes instantly and that they have their wages, their working conditions, nesses grow, and by hiring more people. to be able to respond to it. and their benefits. They need to be on We are seeing more job openings Government was setting a standard some degree of parity because we know today than there are people looking for that would have undermined safety. that with big employers, and even work. That is what is so exciting. Luckily, we reversed that Obama-era small employers, individuals are not on We see that women-owned businesses rule that would have made things less parity. They either do this or don’t, are up 20 percent over the last few safe.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.054 H18JYPT1 H7134 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 Let’s not think that every regulation both share and that we can both solve b 1300 is about increasing safety. We ought to working together. HONORING THE LIFE OF CLYDE stand together to support safety stand- Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- OWEN ards and strengthen them where we ance of my time. can. There may be rules and regula- (Mr. NEWHOUSE asked and was given permission to address the House tions that undermine safety because f some people just don’t want drilling for for 1 minute and to revise and extend oil, and some people support the Green his remarks.) HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMOR- Mr. NEWHOUSE. Madam Speaker, I New Deal kind of approaches that I and ROW, AND ADJOURNMENT FROM rise today to honor the memory of many don’t. But don’t try to under- FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2019, TO TUES- Clyde Owen of Moses Lake, Wash- mine safety just to shut an industry DAY, JULY 23, 2019 ington, an individual who dedicated his down because people don’t believe in it. After September 11, our government Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I ask life to serving the country and improv- came together in many ways, politi- unanimous consent that when the ing his community before passing on cally and policy-wise, to address what House adjourns today, it adjourn to July 1, at the age of 100. Clyde was a pilot during World War II had happened. We didn’t shut down the meet at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow; and, fur- and the only member of his air crew to entire airline industry. We made safety ther, when the House adjourns on that escape enemy fire during the landing at standards at airports better so that day, it adjourn to meet on Tuesday, Anzio in 1943. Surviving these adversi- people who get on a plane feel more July 23, 2019, when it shall convene at ties, he continued to serve in the Air comfortable that somebody doesn’t noon for morning-hour debate and 2 Force, traveling the world before set- have box cutters, guns, or knives that p.m. for legislative business. tling in Moses Lake in 1961. There, he can undermine the safety of those peo- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. served as the last commander of the ple and of our country. Then, we got FRANKEL). Is there objection to the re- Larson Air Force Base, overseeing cru- planes back up and running very quick- quest of the gentleman from Maryland? cial tanker and bomber fleets before its ly. There was no objection. Safety standards are something we closure in 1966. Far from ready to retire, he went on both share. But when government gets f to work as the first executive director in the way just because they don’t for the Port of Moses Lake, working to agree with what somebody is doing, PROTECT RETIREES’ EARNED foster economic development and cre- that is a different story. That is the PENSIONS ate opportunity for the people of cen- kind of government control versus free- (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given tral Washington. dom battle that we are seeing play out permission to address the House for 1 Madam Speaker, I urge my col- and will continue seeing play out, I am minute.) leagues to join me in honoring Clyde’s sure, over the next year and a half be- Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, pen- long life of service and his commit- tween now and next November. ment to the United States and to the Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- sions have afforded millions of middle- people of Moses Lake. tleman. class Americans the opportunity to Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, we enjoy their golden years with economic f could go another many minutes, but I peace of mind. LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM FROM am going to comment on one of the Congress did not ensure that security HUMBOLDT PARK things the gentleman said about the for all retirees when it passed the Mul- ´ tiemployer Pension Reform Act in De- (Mr. GARCIA of Illinois asked and person who wanted to go to work for a was given permission to address the company but didn’t want to join the cember 2014, attaching it to unrelated, must-pass legislation. House for 1 minute.) union and right-to-work. The prob- Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois. Madam For the past 5 years, I have listened ability is the reason you wanted to Speaker, I would like to, today, recog- to the anxiety of thousands of retirees work for that company was because the nize the historic feat from a team of from Ohio and across our Nation, and I wages were good, the benefits were boys aged 11 to 13 in my district. have fought for a better solution for good, and safety conditions were good, The Roberto Clemente Little League them. which the union got, but he or she of Humboldt Park in Chicago made his- Next week, this body will consider doesn’t want to pay dues to the union. tory on Monday, July 15, by becoming the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer They don’t have to join the union; they Illinois champions and advancing to Pensions Act, better known as the have to pay dues to the union. the regionals. They are the first Little Butch Lewis Act. This bill is long over- I think it is somewhat ironic but de- League team from Humboldt Park to due and a great step toward restoring monstrative that when the gentleman ever qualify and represent the city and economic security for over 1,300,000 speaks of safety regulations, very the State of Illinois. It is exciting to pensioners in our country. frankly, Republicans spent a lot of know that these kids have a real time, when they were in charge, pass- Congress can provide relief for these chance of making it to the Little ing reductions of regulations that we 1.3 million workers and retirees in League World Series. think undermine the safety of con- plans running out of money through no As a father, grandfather, and an avid sumers, workers, and individuals. fault of the workers. Many of these baseball fan, their achievement makes We have a disagreement on that, hardworking individuals worked 30 me extremely proud. They are showing Madam Speaker, but that is what we years or more but now, every day, they us the power of sports and community, believe, and that is the tension here. live with economic uncertainty, some and I would like to congratulate them, We represent, I think, an attitude that facing drastic cuts, as much as 70 per- their coaches, and their families, for we need to make sure that everybody cent, to their earned pensions. Many of their determination. plays by the rules so that people are these individuals are too old to return The Roberto Clemente Little League safe. to the workforce. This is criminal. of Humboldt Park is bringing a lot of In any event, we will discuss that Madam Speaker, this Congress joy and pride to the Fourth Congres- further, I am sure, in the coming days, should improve our constituents’ lives. sional District and the State of Illi- weeks, and maybe years. It is with great anticipation that next nois, and they are just getting started. Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I ap- week we offer a glimmer of hope for Go Roberto Clemente Little preciate the gentleman’s comments. I millions of pensioners caught far out Leaguers. respect our ability to have these dis- on the ledge of economic disaster. The f agreements but, again, to disagree in a Butch Lewis Act is overdue and a rea- civil way where we can at least talk sonable solution to address this multi- IN RECOGNITION OF MAJOR about the policy and keep it focused employer pension crisis and end the GENERAL MARK BERRY that way and, hopefully, one day ad- economic terror that affects these re- (Mr. WESTERMAN asked and was dress those areas of concern that we tirees’ lives. given permission to address the House

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.055 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7135 for 1 minute and to revise and extend IN RECOGNITION OF STENNIS Betsy gave her time and energy self- his remarks.) SPACE CENTER TEAM lessly for the people of the Fifth Dis- Mr. WESTERMAN. Madam Speaker, (Mr. GUEST asked and was given per- trict, working many, many late nights, I rise today to honor Major General mission to address the House for 1 many weekends, and long days. Mark Berry, commander of the Arkan- minute.) She has taken meetings with every sas National Guard. After a long career Mr. GUEST. Madam Speaker, 50 organization and visited nearly every of dedicated service, Major General years ago, rockets tested at the Mis- school and medical facility and govern- Berry is retiring on August 10, 2019. sissippi Test Facility, now known as ment office in the counties I represent. Betsy Bossart has been so successful He first assumed duties as the adju- the Stennis Space Center, carried Neil as my district director because she is tant general of the Arkansas National Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael an excellent listener and has a deep Guard on January 13, 2015. Prior to this Collins high above the Earth’s atmos- post, Major General Berry was the A–4 wellspring of empathy for people. phere. She has been a role model, Madam assistant to the director of the Air Na- These brave Americans were aided by tional Guard in Arlington, Virginia. Speaker, for others on my staff and a the technical and engineering expertise champion, an advocate for young peo- In addition to his highly decorated of Mississippi scientists and engineers. career, Major General Berry is a man ple coming into public service and The men and women at the Stennis waiting to make differences in their who goes out of his way to protect and Space Center conducted 2,475 man- to serve his fellow countrymen. Most communities and in their country. years of rocket engine testing to en- She has been an unsung hero of my recently, Major Berry provided critical sure that the astronauts successfully team for three decades. immediate assistance when flooding carried American ingenuity toward the It is largely because of Betsy’s hard devastated many parts of Arkansas. stars and returned home safely to a work behind the scenes that we are I had the opportunity to work side by proud nation. able to organize the Rebuilding To- side with him during flood relief efforts Following the successful mission, the gether program—formerly known as and saw how he worked around the Stennis Space Center team continued Christmas in April—in all five counties clock to save lives and to protect to support the Apollo program by per- in our district. It is a day of service homes and businesses. He is a great forming tests on the Saturn V rockets that brings people from all walks of leader, a great friend, and, above all, a and continues today to support NASA life together to repair homes, revitalize great American. in our exploration of space. communities, and help our neighbors. I thank Major General Berry for his As a Mississippian, I join the rest of Because of Betsy’s efforts, we have service and wish him all the best in re- our States as we remember the crucial the annual Fifth District Women’s tirement. role we played in this historic accom- Luncheon, dedicated to advancing plishment of our great Nation. women’s equality and raising aware- f f ness of women leaders in the Fifth Dis- trict and our country. HONORING BETSY BOSSART FOR 30 Because of her, we have robust sup- IN SOLEMN MEMORY OF THE YEARS OF SERVICE LIVES LOST IN THE AURORA port for the network of early childhood THEATER SHOOTING (Mr. HOYER asked and was given centers in Maryland named in memory permission to address the House for 1 of my wife, Judy, who had a wonderful (Mr. CROW asked and was given per- minute.) relationship with Betsy as well. mission to address the House for 1 Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, all of Maryland’s Judy Centers will always minute.) us who serve in this House are deeply be a major part of Betsy’s legacy, and Mr. CROW. Madam Speaker, I rise indebted to our hardworking staff who the thousands of children and families today in solemn memory of the 12 lives enable us to serve our constituents and who benefited from their services may lost and the many lives changed for- meet the rigorous demands of this job. not know Betsy or what she did to ever 7 years ago in the Aurora theater In particular, all of us are grateful make the Judy Centers possible, but shooting. for our district directors, as we are for they will always owe her and her col- Since then, I have come to know all of our staff. But our district direc- leagues who partnered with her on that many of the victims’ families, and I tors are ‘‘us’’ for so many instances, for effort a debt of gratitude. stand in awe of their courage and so many constituents, and for so many Along with her friend and my friend, strength. Many have become stewards different events. Betty Richardson—another longtime in our community, and their example They represent us when we cannot be member of my team, who has since re- is an inspiration to us all, people like there, when we are here in Washington. tired but remains very active in my State Representative Tom Sullivan, They are our eyes and ears on the district—as partners, Betty and Betsy who honors his son’s life by serving in ground when we are here. They are the were also instrumental in launching the Colorado State Legislature and angels on our shoulders who remind us the annual Fifth District Black His- fighting every day for commonsense that everything we do on a national tory Breakfast, now in its 38th year. gun violence prevention, or Sandy and level needs to benefit our constituents All the young people who participate Lonnie Phillips, who lost their daugh- back home. in the annual Greater Washington Soap ter and have spent their days since ad- For the past 30 years, I have been Box Derby have Betsy to thank for vocating for survivors around the coun- blessed—the Fifth Congressional Dis- being able to use the Capitol Grounds. try. trict has been blessed—to be a col- Madam Speaker, I will look back Today, my only wish is to tell them league of Betsy Bossart. with many, many, many fond memo- that we haven’t forgotten. I love Betsy Bossart, and my con- ries of my time working with Betsy Looking at this Chamber, it may stituents love Betsy Bossart. Bossart, my friend, my colleague, my seem as if we have moved on. In the 7 Before she served as my district di- coworker, whom I had the opportunity years since, little has changed. Our rector, she was my administrative as- to work with to advance the interest of country is no safer. We disagree about sistant, the jack of all trades who made our district. how to solve the problem, but we do sure my office ran smoothly, and We traveled together to South Africa agree that there is a problem. There is served as one of my chief advisers. and met with Nelson Mandela, dis- a public health crisis in our country, Betsy joined my staff on March 3, cussing the important issue of racial and it doesn’t matter if you live in a 1989, 30 years ago, and until she re- justice and unity through history and red or blue district. tired—sadly, from my perspective—last healing. I stand here today, committed to month, she served me, the people of the We have attended so many events to- making a change, committed to show- Fifth District, and our country every gether across Prince George’s County ing families in our community that day. and southern Maryland, making sure just because time has passed, our ur- With her departure, my office—and, that every one of our constituent’s gency to addressing gun violence has indeed, this House—is diminished by voices is heard loudly and clearly in not. the end of her extraordinary service. Congress.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.057 H18JYPT1 H7136 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 As majority leader and Democratic of our Nation’s political paralysis and State of Texas to be affixed at the City whip over the past 16 years, I have had voter apathy. of Austin, this the 10th day of May, to balance service to our district with In the book ‘‘Dark Money,’’ Jane 2019.’’ my responsibilities to our Caucus and Mayer wrote: ‘‘In 2006, only 2 percent of Signed: Greg Abbott, Governor of to our country. Betsy has spent every ‘outside’ political spending came from Texas. single day of that time making sure ‘social welfare’ groups that hid their I am now going to read the oath that that our district always comes first. donors. In 2010, this number rose to 40 Mr. Hudson will take as he takes this I will miss Betsy. I expect to remain percent, masking hundreds of millions commission: her friend throughout my life, but I of dollars.’’ ‘‘I, Richard Hudson, do solemnly will miss her daily advice and exper- Since the 2010 Citizens United deci- swear that I will support and defend tise, though I am relieved that she will sion and related decisions, this number the Constitution of the United States always be just a phone call away. is even greater today. The massive and the State of Texas against all en- As she retires, Madam Speaker, to amount of money flowing into our po- emies, foreign and domestic; that I will spend more time with her husband and litical system corrupts the political bear true faith and allegiance to the their family in Pennsylvania, I hope process and stymies effectiveness. same; and that I will obey the orders of my colleagues will join me in thanking That is why I introduced a proposed the President of the United States, the Betsy Bossart for 30 dedicated years, constitutional amendment to reform Governor of Texas, and the orders of yes, to me, but, more importantly, to our broken campaign finance system. the officers appointed over me, accord- our constituents, to our State, and to My amendment would eliminate polit- ing to regulations and the Uniform our country. ical action committees and ‘‘dark Code of Military Justice. And I will re- Madam Speaker, were I to speak an- money.’’ Funding for a candidate or member the Alamo. So help me God.’’ other 2 hours—as some fear—I could ballot measure would be limited to the Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, I not thank Betsy Bossart enough. use of a public financing system or do- yield to the gentleman from North God bless Betsy Bossart, a wonderful nations given directly to the campaign Carolina (Mr. HUDSON). Mr. HUDSON. Madam Speaker, I friend, a wonderful American. by individual citizens. This would end thank Mr. GOHMERT for yielding, and I f much of the corruption in Washington. Madam Speaker, I urge my col- thank Judge Carter for this incredible SUPPORT MILITARY SURVIVING leagues to do everything possible to honor. The gentleman is a dear friend SPOUSES help limit corruption in Washington, and someone I admire very much. His love for the State of Texas is un- (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina including supporting this legislation. matched. asked and was given permission to ad- f This truly is an honor. I am proud to dress the House for 1 minute and to re- ISSUES OF THE DAY be a North Carolinian, but I do love the vise and extend his remarks.) State of Texas. Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- I would first suggest that we should Madam Speaker, today is legislative all remember that seven North Caro- day 5 since House Democrats subverted uary 3, 2019, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) is recognized for 60 min- linians, if my recollection is correct, the Military Surviving Spouses Equity died defending the Alamo. Act from being a standalone bill. utes as the designee of the minority leader. I also have family ties to Texas. My I am grateful that 86 percent of Con- great uncle Joseph Wesley Humphrey gress, 371 Members, have cosponsored Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. was a deputy sheriff, a member of the this legislation, who were recruited by Texas legislature, and county judge in CARTER), a former district judge. determined widows in the veterans Rains County, Texas. service organizations. SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE RICHARD Another great uncle, Reverend Dan- HUDSON INTO THE TEXAS NAVY As Minority Whip STEVE SCALISE iel A. McRae, was a Methodist minister Mr. CARTER of Texas. Madam noted on the floor last week: in San Augustine County, Texas. I be- Speaker, I thank my good friend, Mr. Here is a bill that can quickly get to lieve that might even be in Mr. GOH- GOHMERT, for yielding. the President’s desk, and it gets in- MERT’s district. And the church and the I rise today to honor my dear friend, cluded in other pieces of legislation cemetery there is still named ‘‘McRae’’ Congressman RICHARD HUDSON of North that might come months away. But after my great uncle. here is a bill where a Member worked Carolina. So I do have family ties. I do love the Congressman HUDSON served as my in good faith under the rules that were State. I am deeply honored to receive chief of staff from 2006 to 2008 and is created, and it was unfortunate that this commission, honorary as it may now forging his own path right here on the rule to bring the NDAA bill to the be, and I will be proud to recite the Capitol Hill. floor turned off the Consensus Calendar oath: Some time ago, Congressman HUDSON specifically for that bill, that one bill, I, RICHARD HUDSON, do solemnly swear that which happened to be the first bill that gave me a hard time about other Mem- I will support and defend the Constitution of met that requirement. bers being recognized as ‘‘Honorary the United States and of the State of Texas We should work together, bipartisan, Texans’’ by Governor Abbott. Well, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; after speaking with the Governor, we that I will bear true faith and allegiance to to bring the Military Surviving the same; and that I will obey the orders of Spouses Equity Act up for a standalone have gone one step further with our recognition here today, and I am the President of the United States, the Gov- to eliminate the widow’s tax. ernor of Texas, and the orders of the officers pleased to swear in Admiral Richard L. In conclusion, God bless our troops, appointed over me, according to regulations and we will never forget September the Hudson to the Texas Navy. and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. I will now read the certificate grant- 11th in the global war on terrorism. And I will remember the Alamo. So help me ing his commission: God. f ‘‘In the name and by the authority of Madam Speaker, I thank Judge Car- b 1315 The State of Texas to all to whom ter. these presents shall come, Greetings. Mr. CARTER of Texas. Madam HELP LIMIT CORRUPTION IN Know ye, that Richard Hudson is here- Speaker, I congratulate Mr. HUDSON. WASHINGTON by commissioned an honorary Admiral Mr. GOHMERT. It is wonderful to (Mr. MCNERNEY asked and was in the Texas Navy with all rights and have a new admiral in the Texas Navy, given permission to address the House privileges appertaining thereto and and we welcome Congressman HUDSON for 1 minute and to revise and extend with the duty of assisting in the pres- to that role, that honorary role, in the his remarks.) ervation of the history, boundaries, Texas Navy. Mr. MCNERNEY. Madam Speaker, water resources, and defense of the And we are grateful to Judge Carter the way we finance campaigns in this State. for his role in making that happen and country is a true threat to our democ- ‘‘In testimony whereof, I have signed to our great Governor Greg Abbott. I racy. This structure is a leading cause my name and caused the Seal of the thank both the gentlemen.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.059 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7137 It is nice to be able to do something he was accommodating Muslims. I ‘‘Today we have 45 percent of our that brings a smile. But I think, for don’t know if it was an innate bias, families returned, and we hope in this Texans to ask that people remember prejudice, bigotry that he had—maybe next year we will see many more.’ the Alamo harkens back to feelings still has—or whether it was just sheer ‘‘He went on to say that the Iraqi within us that freedom and liberty are ignorance on his part, deciding to save government needs to do more to bring something worth dying for. That is some people and not save a big bulk of about ‘real change and support for the what all of those Texans did. the Christians. protection, safety, and equal rights for And with due deference to my friend So they were being wiped out. There the minority communities in Iraq.’ from Tennessee, MARSHA BLACKBURN— was a genocide going on. ‘‘The U.S.-funded nation-building ef- yes, I know—we are grateful to Ten- I saw this story today by Edwin forts, coupled with’’—and let me make nessee for their contribution at the Mora. The title of the article is, ‘‘Hope myself clear on that, I’m talking about Alamo and to Texas as well. Is Back: Trump Helps Save Christians, helping others build their nations—for But those people had a choice: Were Yazidis in Iraq From Extinction.’’ those who claim that America is trying they going to run or were they going to It goes on to say, ‘‘U.S. President to build some hegemony, has impe- stand for freedom, stand against des- Donald Trump’s administration is help- rialistic notions, as it always has—it potism. And they chose to stand. ing bring Christians and Yazidis in Iraq just tells us they had terrible history And here it is 163 years later, and we back from the brink of extinction fo- teachers. still remember, and we are still in- mented by a genocidal campaign at the b 1330 spired. Liberty comes at great cost, hands of the Islamic State, religious and we are forever grateful to our God minority representatives declared this They are not intentionally spreading and to our predecessors who took such week at the second Ministerial to Ad- untruths. They are just ignorant. They a stand against tyranny. vance Religious Freedom convened by don’t know what the real truth is be- There is a lot of tyranny going on in the Department of State. cause the real truth is, we have never the Middle East, and there will be until ‘‘The U.S. Government has officially been an imperialistic nation. If we the end of time. But each of us has a determined that ISIS committed geno- were, if we had been then English responsibility to do what we can to cide against Christians, Yazidis, and would be all that was spoken in help accommodate and protect those other religious minorities during its France, and Germany, and Japan, and who can’t help themselves. reign of terror in the Middle East that many other nations. That is not who That is why some of us are pro-life. began in 2014 . . . ‘’ we are. That is not who we have been. Of course, that was when the Obama But when it comes to life in the Middle We have given our most precious administration was in its heyday. Of East, it has been shocking now for commodity, American lives, for an- course, we didn’t realize how much the years, under the previous administra- other people’s freedom. DOJ, FBI, and some of the Intel com- tion, the people that were supported, Back to this article. It says: ‘‘The munity had been weaponized and actu- the weapons that were provided to peo- U.S.-funded nation-building efforts, ally corrupted. ple that were called the ‘‘vetted mod- coupled with assistance from the The article goes on, ‘‘Echoing Yazidis Catholic group Knights of Columbus erate rebels’’ against the leader of activists and a U.S.-based Syriac Syria. and the government of Hungary, have Catholic Iraqi priest who spoke to rendered the town of Karamles a ‘story Yet we saw over and over again those Breitbart News, a Chaldean Catholic so-called ‘‘vetted moderate rebels’’ of success and we are optimistic it will priest from a parish in a Christian survive’ ’’, Father Thabet also said. were constantly allowing their weap- Iraqi town indicated that hope for the ons to be seized—there is some ques- ‘‘Northern Iraq’s Nineveh province is future along with security improve- the historical homeland of Iraqi Chris- tion whether they were actually turned ments have returned to religious mi- over—to radical Islamists who hate tians and home to the largest con- nority communities devastated by centration of religious minorities in Americans, who made clear, yeah, they ISIS, courtesy of the Trump adminis- are not crazy about some fellow Mus- the country.’’ tration efforts. So it goes on and also talks about the lims, but they like them a whole lot ‘‘Their comments came during the 3- help this has been to Yazidis. better than they do the United States day ministerial summit. . . . and Christians. ‘‘While delivering a speech during the And I note this week we had resolu- So it was tragic, in years prior, when event on Wednesday, Father Thabet tions or amendments to condemn and our current U.N. general secretary was Habib Youssef, a Chaldean Catholic express the majority of the House’s in charge of the refugee program at the priest from the town of Karamles in sentiment that we shouldn’t do any- U.N. and people were noticing, under Iraq’s Nineveh Province, thanked the thing to help in the effort against the then head of the refugee program Trump administration for its assist- those who are killing, persecuting, and at the U.N., now general secretary— ance.’’ trying to commit a genocide against they were noticing that, gee, you are And this is what Father Youssef had the Yazidis in Yemen. But, thankfully, helping all these Muslims, which is to say: that is only from the majority in the wonderful, but there is a significant ‘‘I wish to give thanks to the govern- House. That is really unfortunate. percentage in those areas, some areas ment of the United States for including But there has also been news this there, that are being overrun by ISIS, us in this important conference and a week that we may have a very strong where there are Christians and the special thanks to the administration of anti-Israeli resolution filed. Why not? Christians appear to be the target of President Trump for his concern and The majority doesn’t ever condemn genocide. commitment to the persecuted minor- specific anti-Semitism by Members And it has been a long time since I ity communities in Iraq. here in the House; so why not file a res- read his quote, but in essence it was ‘‘I can say this conference gives us olution? We will see if it gets filed. basically, well, those Christians are hope. Our greatest fear in the early That is the news. very important to those areas histori- years was that the world would forget That resolution supports the boycott cally where they are, and so we think us. This conference tells us we are not against Israel; even though the people it is important to just let them stay in forgotten.’ it supports, that resolution would sup- those areas. ‘‘Nearly half of the Christian families port, would be the very people that Well, what Christians had found was, who fled Karamles, liberated by U.S. have said they want Israel wiped off if they tried to go to the refugee camps and local forces in November 2016, have the map. They want no Israel from the where they were unwelcome and bru- returned, and Father Thabet expects river to the sea. They want it gone. talized, they were lucky if they got out many more to come back in the coming They want a genocide. They want the with their lives. But they weren’t wel- year. Jews wiped out, and that is a goal. come. ‘‘Although ISIS burned down the It was a goal of Arafat. It is why, And the head of the refugee program homes and churches in the Christian when Ehud Barak, as prime minister of did nothing that we can find to accom- town, ‘We are determined to return and Israel, when President Clinton was modate Christians to the extent that rebuild.’ twisting his arm so strongly, basically

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.061 H18JYPT1 H7138 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 offered Arafat virtually everything he Trump not to recognize Jerusalem as was far beyond anything appropriate wanted. the capital. He knew in his heart it was whatsoever. You take an innocent man I, personally, knowing biblical his- the right thing to do. He had said he like that and have him put to death tory, I think you had a case where, just would do it; he did it. simply because you had too many ju- as God hardened the heart of Pharaoh, I know some can’t find anything at rors that got each other worked up. initially, when Moses was asking to let all admirable about President Trump; So that is where Rome made a great his people go, I think Arafat’s heart they are so blinded by their hatred. stride forward. They said, you know was hardened. He got basically every- But I think that is a pretty amazing what? There were problems. It was a thing he wanted, but he turned it all thing that President Trump has done. good idea, but there were problems down. And now, to hear from Christians in with a complete democracy, where ev- If he had accepted it, it would have the Middle East who were the objects erybody participates in all governing been basically impossible for Israel to of genocide, being wiped out, being decisions, except jurors, and that is 501. defend itself under anything but nu- killed, destroyed, taken off of the map But Rome figured out, we need a rep- clear means; no conventional way to completely, without much of anything resentative form of government; so it defend Israel if Arafat had accepted helpful from the so-called United Na- has parts of it that are democracies, that, what I would consider, out- tions, it is amazing what President and in part it is a representative gov- rageous proposal. But fortunately, he Trump has done in that regard. ernment, so it is a republic. And until didn’t accept it, and so Israel has been So when I hear friends across the Caesar crossed the Rubicon and made able to defend itself since then. aisle saying we have lost respect it into a virtual dictatorship—of But the attacks are daily. They are around the world, they are not seeing course, that didn’t last long because as, ongoing. There is an ongoing effort by and hearing what I am. The last polls I Mark Antony said: enemies of Israel that are being pro- saw were that, around the world, there Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus moted by some Democrats, some in is more respect for our President than is an honorable man. So are they all, all hon- Congress, some outside of Congress. the prior administration. orable men. That is who they are supporting, peo- And the truth is, in respect, there is There was trouble in the Roman em- ple that are, every single day, smug- a little element of fear. You can not pire. But they began to have a flood of gling rockets into Gaza, smuggling like somebody, but still respect them, people that were not Roman citizens. weapons, trying to smuggle weapons and fear can be involved. They lost their power. They had begun into Israel, and continuing to teach ha- We have a reputation that is growing bread and circuses; gave away way too tred, blind bigotry against the Jewish again, that we have a President that much in what was considered welfare of people, against Israel. will do what he said. Sometimes he is that day, bread and circuses. So I would be thrilled if that resolu- talked out of taking steps, like bomb- And, as I recall, it was even Caesar tion did not get filed; but that is up to ing and killing 100 or more in Iran. But that decided maybe we are corrupting individuals in Congress. Everybody has what we are seeing in Iran is amazing, people by providing this form of wel- a right to file whatever bill they think because their economy is suffering dra- fare and entertainment. But by that will be most helpful. matically, so much so you see them point, it was too late to rein it in and, But I have looked for Scripture in lashing out and trying to, whether it is for all of these factors, and others com- the Bible that says, those who curse or by attacking ships, trying to use what- ing into play, people crossing the bor- seek to harm Israel will be blessed. And ever power they can. The pressure is ders and taking a toll, the Roman Em- I just—it is just not there. So it causes intensifying. pire was eventually lost. me grave concern to think that we may And I would humbly submit, this will No country is going to last forever. I have people in leadership positions in not be a President who, in response to love this country. I have offered to die the United States, again, who really the biggest supporter of terrorism in for this country. That is what you do want to harm Israel. They want to di- world history, sends them pallets full when you sign up and take an oath in vide it. of billions and billions of dollars in the U.S. military. I know we have a growing group that cash to help the biggest supporter of But when people begin not to appre- don’t believe anything in the Bible. terrorism, who has killed and been re- ciate the good things that their nation But for those of us who do, when we are sponsible for the deaths of more Amer- does and is doing, has done, and they told that any nation that divides or at- ican military than anybody else in re- build up hatred toward their own na- tempts to divide Israel will bring down cent decades. tion, you really are on the downhill judgment on itself, that causes me So they can say what they want slide and you are moving ever closer to great concern for the country for which about our President. He is doing amaz- the dustbin of history. Eventually I have taken an oath to defend repeat- ing work. every country is going to get there. edly; as a member of the United States And it is interesting, I keep hearing But our goal in this body should be to Army, as an Assistant District Attor- this term ‘‘racist’’ and the President perpetuate this little experiment in ney, as a District Judge, as a Chief Jus- keeps talking about American citizens. self-government, the best ever con- tice, and as a Member of Congress. Well, until recent days, it has never trived. Keep it going as long as pos- That oath means so much to me that been racist to talk about American sible. Don’t let it die on our watch. But I think it would be a good idea to be citizens. it is in trouble. supportive of the Nation of Israel, and In fact, going back again to the com- And as we have bills, I don’t know I am thrilled we have a President that ment of Benjamin Franklin after the anybody on this entire House floor, ei- is doing that. Constitutional Convention: ‘‘It’s a re- ther party, who is against standing be- Even though, reports I have heard public, if you can keep it.’’ hind and helping those incredible from people that were there, he had He knew that republics, the very few American heroes of 9/11 and the days Cabinet officials telling him he was that have been established, that just following. We are all for that. going to start World War III if he rec- means they elect representatives. It is ognized Jerusalem as the capital. A bit not the totally democratic governing b 1345 like some of the stories of Lincoln that was, for example, in Athens, as a But then we have people in the ma- being told by every member of the Cab- city state. They had a democracy. jority who see an opportunity. Instead inet it would be a disaster if he final- And what historians have seen, clear- of doing what we normally do and have ized the Emancipation Proclamation. ly, is that when it is a true democracy, an authorization for 5 years and 5 years Lincoln knew it was right in his where everybody participates—they extend 10 years, we had a bill that was heart, and with every Cabinet member had jurors, they would have 501 jurors extended to 2092. reportedly against him and arguing in just a court case. And what that There will not be a firefighter or po- against it, he, in essence, said the ayes would often lead to what would be mob liceman who is alive anywhere close to have it. He was the only one. action. I mean, people get stirred up, 2092, first responder that was there dur- Here you had not all, but most of the and they end up coming out with a sen- ing 9/11 and doing these heroic works. Cabinet really hammering President tence like they did for Socrates, that So why would they choose 2092?

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.063 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7139 Well, the saying in Washington is no There are different explanations as to but as we see with any declining soci- matter how cynical you get, it is never why they have so much higher rate of ety—not declining in goods and serv- enough to catch up. But you go by PTSD than even our soldiers in com- ices, but declining in morality and as a what we have seen. bat, but also that a trigger for reliving society. We see it in L.A. People in this body often, and it has the horrors, the awful crime against The most so-called liberated and lib- happened on both sides of the aisle, them and their person is to be in a eral leaders of cities in America seem like to get a bill, especially with small, confined area and have someone to have more homelessness, more defe- money, get it extended out as far as of the opposite sex come in. We were cation on the streets, more pollution. possible, way beyond the existence of laughed at and belittled when we Where are all the green activists, by people for whom it is dedicated, and brought up that concern. the way? I mean, these people are pol- then when those people eventually pass The story was contained in another luting like crazy, and they are out away, you will see an effort to come in story. It was about a British leader there with signs picketing everywhere here and say, wow, we had all this who was pushing for transgender bath- else, but for some reason they don’t money that we have passed overwhelm- rooms. It is now under criminal inves- seem to be bothered by the destruction ingly, and now the people aren’t there tigation or charges. of an orderly society. that it was originally meant for, so But this was a story I missed back in You go back to some of the great let’s start giving this money to other February: ‘‘A trans ‘woman’ ’’—mean- city-states, one of their big problems people, people that we want to curry ing biological man but considered him- was sewage. And if you have too much favor with. self, herself, whatever you want to say, homelessness, you encourage it, bless That is not the way it is supposed to to be a woman—‘‘was allowed to walk it, then it can cause problems for any go. I voted for it out of respect for our free from Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court in society. heroes, but for goodness’ sake, 2092, se- Scotland after being convicted of sexu- But that also brings us to our south- riously? How could anybody with a ally assaulting a 10-year-old girl in a ern border, the continued expressions straight face say: Oh, if you are not for supermarket restroom. from this body about wanting to get rid of any enforcement of our border paying out billions and billions of dol- ‘‘The attacker, whose name is given and refusing, in the $4.6 billion that lars in 2091 to 2092, then you must hate as Katie Dolatowski, waited for the was passed out of this House, not one the first responders of 9/11? That is ri- young victim to come out of a toilet cubicle at Morrisons supermarket . . . dime for detention beds, not one dime diculous. to help the Border Patrol do their job They have inspired me from that then grabbed her by the face and forced to secure the border, not one dime to time, and in my hometown in east her back inside. ‘‘Dolatowski told the girl to remove help build a wall barrier where we need Texas and other towns all over east her trousers and warned that a man it, when we basically, because of lib- Texas, all the same thing. People lined outside would kill her mother . . . but erals who may mean well, but they ba- up to give blood. she fought back, striking the pedophile sically turned over our southern border The first time I went, they said: in the face, belly, and crotch and tear- to drug cartels. There is hours and hours of wait to ing away to her father and siblings out- Some of the most evil people in the give blood for people in New York so side. world, these drug cartels, and we are we would ask that you come back to- ‘‘Dolatowski had attempted to photo- not going to enforce our border. That morrow. graph a 12-year-old as she urinated at message from the majority has gone You couldn’t even get in. That was another supermarket a month prior out over and over again, and what it true all over east Texas and all over . . . but Judge James Williamson de- does, as the Border Patrol will tell you the country. People cared deeply about cided not to send the sex offender to if you go down there as often as I have: what they had seen happen. We were prison, instead handing down a tagging Every time one of you guys in Congress under attack from outside. There were order and community service order. talk about amnesty, legalization, not no hyphenated Americans. We were all . . . The girl’s mother was horrified, enforcing the border, any of those just Americans wanting to help each saying she felt ‘very, very let down’ things, we get surges. other and help those who had been and that she did not have any con- And they will also tell you, and I harmed. fidence whatsoever that Dolatowski have seen it for myself, the drug car- So I hope that the Senate will take a will not go out and do something tels control everybody, when and where look at that and be able to be more re- equally as bad or worse.’’ they cross the border, and they will sponsible so that the 9/11 fund will It is important to still discuss this send groups. The Border Patrol know truly be for the people who the 9/11 because the Senate hasn’t taken it up, when they send a group in the middle fund says it is supposed to be for. and I hope they won’t take it up be- of the night, they have to stand there We are loading up future generations cause of the problems of the so-called, and go through in-processing all these with so much debt. That alone could be misnamed Equality Act. It is not people, asking them their questions. enough to bring down our country. It is equality for female sexual assault vic- And despite what some of our col- time to become responsible. tims, that is for sure. leagues across the aisle have said, And I know across the aisle we have But then it contained another ref- these are sympathetic border patrol- had these hearings on the bills, the erence: ‘‘Girl Guides’’—it is like Girl men. I have seen it over and over Equality Act, for example, and I under- Scouts—‘‘Expels Leaders Who Opposed again. I have seen hundreds of very stand the sentiment behind it is to try Trans Shower-Sharing Policies. sympathetic border patrolmen, but to avoid any type of discomfort, un- And this insert says: Two Girl Guides they are at their wits end. comfortable feelings by anybody be- leaders were expelled after they op- An article here from Michaela Ross cause of their chosen gender. posed ‘‘new rules which compel units to today talking about ‘‘Sick, Exhausted But as we brought out at our hear- let transgender-identifying males share Border Agents Stoke Exodus Fear in ings before the Equality Act was showers and other facilities with girls Migrant Surge,’’ the migrants, the ille- passed in committee and here on the as young as 5.’’ gal aliens coming in. floor, there is a danger, and it is not There are other references like: Al- I have been castigated for referring about making people a little uncom- legedly transgender prisoner gets life to them as ‘‘aliens,’’ like they are from fortable because they are biologically after raping two women, sexually as- some other planet; and I had to remind male but they want to go to a women’s saulting inmates in female jail. my colleagues the very bill that they restroom. Another: Mother arrested in front of were supporting referred to them as As a former felony judge, I have her children for calling a trans activist aliens, and they were a little embar- heard the testimony about the trauma. a man; said Kate Scottow was arrested rassed because they didn’t realize they I have seen the effects of sexual assault for calling a trans activist a man on- referred to them as aliens. They on women. I have read and understand line and a judge has banned her from thought it was just mean-spirited Re- that women who are victims of sexual referencing their former male identity. publicans. assault have three to four times more So there was a time when people It is kind of interesting when you see occurrence of PTSD. could say hurtful things in America, that kind of thing, but it is a tragedy,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.065 H18JYPT1 H7140 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 and it is a humanitarian crisis on our the Republican Party as having any uary 3, 2019, the gentleman from Ha- southern border. And it is no longer kind of viability. And then once we do waii (Mr. CASE) is recognized for 60 just a humanitarian crisis for those that, even though it has taken quite a minutes as the designee of the major- who are pouring over our border ille- toll on the country, we will get control ity leader. gally. They are taking their toll on the back again. We will rein in the chaos, GENERAL LEAVE border patrolmen. Some have suspected and the Republicans will be gone and Mr. CASE. Madam Speaker, I ask that: Gee, maybe that is a strategy of we will be a one-party country. unanimous consent that all Members the Democratic Party. Somebody must have made that kind have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- You keep talking about amnesty, of assessment to be pushing the kind of tend their remarks and include extra- about getting rid of border enforce- bills that they are. neous material on the subject of my ment, which will encourage more and We cannot allow that chaos to occur Special Order. more people to come in. and to build, because it wasn’t just The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there You keep claiming that people, no Ronald Reagan, but historians objection to the request of the gen- matter whether they came in illegally throughout time have noted, once you tleman from Hawaii? or legally, should be allowed to vote have a country that has had great free- There was no objection. and keep encouraging people in. dom and it loses that freedom, it Mr. CASE. Madam Speaker, I rise as You refuse to give a dime for border doesn’t come back. Reagan said not in a proud member of the Democratic enforcement. You refuse to give a dime that generation, but I have trouble Blue Dog Coalition. for beds to house people who are pour- finding where it ever came back once a For a quarter century, the Blue Dogs ing in illegally for what they need to nation of freedom lost it. That is a real in Congress have focused on three mis- be able to detain people that commit potential if we don’t get things under sions: fiscal responsibility for our criminal acts in coming into the coun- control. country, a strong national defense, and try. I think God has blessed this country commonsense solutions to practical You continue to talk about doing more than any country. I know Solo- problems. We are 27 proud Democrats with away with any criminality to violating mon’s Israel was just an absolutely democratic values. Our individual the law and more people come in. amazing place, but there is no place views and votes on the broad range of You devastate those officers who that has ever had our opportunities, our individual freedoms, our individual issues that come before this Congress have taken an oath to defend our bor- assets, never in the history of the run the gamut from progressive to der and our Constitution, and they are world. moderate, centrist, and beyond; but to- already having recruiting problems. There is nothing wrong with recog- gether, we believe that the best way Why would somebody want to come nizing the greatness that America has forward for our country on all of these work where you have got a major party been. It is only in recognizing Amer- issues is an underlying focus on fiscal of the two in the country that casti- ica’s greatness that you can determine responsibility, a strong national de- gates you at every turn, says you can’t we want to perpetuate that for future fense, and commonsense solutions or won’t protect babies, children, you generations to have those opportuni- wherever they may be found to prac- do not care, you are mean, you are evil, ties, those freedoms, those assets. tical problems. when you are out there doing every- But we are in trouble, and there has Today, I wish to focus on fiscal re- thing you can, and you are being har- got to be a change or our time as the sponsibility. I do so as co-chair with assed, not being given what you need? greatest country in history will be- my colleague from Utah, Mr. And then we had this bill this week come a self-fulfilling prophesy of those MCADAMS, of the Blue Dog Task Force in Judiciary talking about it was going who say: ‘‘Ah, it was never that great.’’ on Fiscal Responsibility and Govern- to add millions and millions and mil- ‘‘Nah, it is not a great country.’’ ‘‘No, ment Reform. lions of dollars of requirements for the I have always been embarrassed of Let me start by saying, unfortu- Border Patrol to have to follow, lest America.’’ That will become a self-ful- nately, and very directly that it is very they be pursued with some kind of filling prophecy. We will lose our arguable that at no point in our entire charge or allegation, and yet not give greatness. We will lose our freedom. history have we operated our Federal them a dime to do those jobs, knowing I said to three individuals from Aus- Government in as fiscally irresponsible that the result will be more and more tralia who were here on Capitol Hill a a manner as we are operating it today. people flooding in, more and more hu- couple years ago: Hey, I have had peo- There are lots of indicia of this out manitarian crisis. Then you blame the ple up here say when we lose our free- there, but nowhere does this show up humanitarian crisis on those who are dom, I guess we can all come to Aus- more directly and stare us straight in trying to secure our Nation. tralia. the face than our national debt. Let me b 1400 Neither of them even laughed. One of say what that is. them said: Do you not understand, if Our national debt is exactly what it Then you get an allowance for all of you lose your freedom in America, sounds like. It is the amount that our those people who have poured in ille- China will take over Australia before Federal Government—you—owe to ev- gally, and many of them don’t speak you could ever get there? eryone who has loaned us money to pay English. They don’t know what is America is a shining light on a hill. for government. going on. They have never been edu- We give people hope. I have heard it Why do we have to do that? Because cated on how you sustain a self-gov- and seen it from Africans with tears in we are not bringing into government erning country. their eyes—and, yes, they were Chris- the revenues that are sufficient to All I can figure, the assessment has tians. Maybe you would be prejudiced match and pay for what we are paying to have been made, yes, it will have our against them. But they said: We need for out of expenses. country in chaos for a little while, and America strong if we are going to have We are now operating with a chronic we will have to take away some free- any chance of security and freedom in and exploding deficit, and we are bor- doms because of all the chaos, but, as our own country. rowing with abandon to make up the Democrats have said, that will end the Let’s keep America strong. Let’s sup- difference. Republican Party nationally, as the port Israel. Let’s support enforcing the This particular chart is taken from Democrats were able to do in Cali- law as it is, as it has been, and as we the Congressional Budget Office. You fornia with 2 or 3 million pouring in need it to prolong and perpetuate this will not find a more nonpartisan, objec- and voting that had come in illegally incredible country. tive, and professional group anywhere after the amnesty in 1986. Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- studying our fiscal responsibilities, our Actually, after 1986, when they were ance of my time. fiscal status, and our budgets than the given amnesty, now it is legal for them f Congressional Budget Office. I encour- to vote, and that changed California age everybody to take a look at their into a very Democratic State. FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY materials at cbo.org. This is just one of And there is an assessment: We can The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under their many publications, and it is a do that for the Nation and eliminate the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- wealth of information:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.066 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7141 CBO The Budget and Economic Outlook tory to get to a national debt of $9 tril- the CBO’s projection of where it is Fiscal Years 2019 to 2049. lion, but just 12 years later, increasing going over time: out the roof, straight They are not only responsible for by 250 percent to $22.5 trillion? up. what has happened today; they are re- Again, we can’t just look at the abso- We can see that this is not a partisan sponsible for taking a look at the long- lute numbers, because they don’t tell issue. In this particular graph, the per- term, as any one of us would want to the full story. After all, if we had a cent of GDP is over on the left axis, do with our own budgets. thriving economy that was producing and the bottom vertical axis is over What this chart shows is outlays, or an incredible amount of money, some time. In more recent history, the post- spending, on the top line and revenues of these figures wouldn’t make as much war period by Presidencies, we have on the bottom line. In this particular sense. Democrats in blue and Republicans in chart, we are matching outlays over So let’s, again, take the total debt red. time, and the timeframe here is about against the total gross domestic prod- We see over here President Truman 15 years, against gross domestic prod- uct, again, just like any house or busi- in the late 1940s had a high threshold of uct, the percentage of gross domestic ness would do. We can see here that if debt-to-GDP, a little over 100 percent. product. we chart total debt against GDP— Then, of course, it came down after Why is that important? It is impor- again, on the far left side on the that as we recovered. It went up in the tant because one could have outlays vertical axis, we have GDP—as a per- era of some of our Great Recessions and revenues coming in, but the only cent of GDP, and down here, we have a and, of course, our wars. way to match it up is, how much is the period that starts at the origins of our Then, we had the period when we did strength of your economy overall? It is country and concludes in 2049, from the the best, which was an evolution from kind of like asking yourself: Well, in start of our country to 2049, you can President Clinton into President Bush, my own household budget, what is my see the peaks right here. which was the last time we balanced level of spending, what is my level of Obviously, our country was in bad our budget. borrowing, what is my level of income shape at the beginning in the Revolu- Then, there is that spike starting as opposed to my overall financial situ- tionary War and thereafter. We were with President Bush through the last ation? just starting out as a country. And you Presidency and, especially, off the cur- So here we have the percentage of can see, for example, the Civil War, rent Presidency into an ascending col- gross domestic product over on the left this peak. umn, which is a projection from the in the vertical axis, and down here, Wars are times when we have to bor- Congressional Budget Office. time. row money. Wars are times that are These are scary projections because We can clearly see here that as we very, very difficult for economies, and the CBO projects that if we do nothing, look out over a long, long period of obviously our expenses are up and peo- we will see our debt climb to around time, that if we continued on the way ple have needs, and during that period, 144 percent of GDP within a couple of we are today, we would see massive we borrow money. We always try, or decades. continuing spread of the two lines be- have always tried, to pay it back down Where does that rank us in the tween expenses on the top and revenues because we don’t know when the next world? After all, we have had other at the bottom. emergency will come along. governments that have had high debt. To amplify the situation, when we We can see another peak here, World We have had other governments that take a look at where we are currently, War I. We see the Great Depression have collapsed. We have had other gov- 2019, that dotted line right over here, right here, the Great Depression and ernments for which their budget prob- that is about $1 trillion, that gap, $1 Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, which lems have caught up with them. Let’s trillion in 1 year of a deficit. was financed with borrowing. And take a look at that. So as we can see very obviously, not then, of course, the tragedy of World This chart shows the period projected only are we in a very difficult situation War II, the absolute peak of our debt from the current year out only 5 years. today, but if we do nothing about it, it versus our gross domestic product, It asks the question: What is the will spread over time. right there. growth in our debt-to-GDP as com- Now, what actually finances that dif- And why not? Our world was at war. pared to the rest of the world? How fast ference? Debt. We go out and borrow it. Our economy was in a shambles. We are we growing in our debt versus the It doesn’t just arrive in the middle of had to finance that war. rest of the world? the night in an unmarked bag. It didn’t Not only did we finance that war, we Unfortunately, the line on the right just grow on the tree outside. We are financed the entire recovery of the is us. We project that our debt-to-GDP operating at a chronic and exploding world, the Marshall Plan, in so many will grow 11 percent over the next cou- deficit and borrowing to make up this ways. We rebuilt our cities. We rebuilt ple of years. difference. the national highway system. We in- The next line is Italy. We have Korea I am a returnee to Congress. I served curred that largely through debt. This and Japan, but the rest of the world in Congress from 2002 to 2007, so I tend was the highest point of our debt to seems to be getting their growth under to match up my experiences then date. control. Some of these countries are re- versus now. I had a 12-year absence in We see, again, some peaks that were covering from recessions, but some of between, half a generation if you want related to great recessions and down- these countries just have sound eco- to think about it. turns in our economy where we had to nomic practices. When I left Congress in early 2007, borrow for a little while, then we came The embarrassing thing about this our national debt stood at $9 trillion. back down. And then we came to the chart, the scary thing about this chart, Today, our national debt stands at $22 last 15 to 20 years. is that we are not the world’s leader. trillion. We are the world’s loser, in terms of By the way, if you want to have a b 1415 controlling our national debt. harrowing view of something, take a Up until this point, we operated fair- Why should we care about all of this? look at usdebtclock.org and watch the ly responsibly. By 15 to 20 years, we One of the questions asked sometimes numbers turn over about as rapidly as abandoned fiscal responsibility and is: Why does debt matter? anything you can see. started down a road of accelerating I think the first and foremost obvi- What you can see from studying the debt, for the most part unrelated to ous answer is that debt costs some- debt over time is an incredible increase wars, other than for Iraq and Afghani- thing. It is not free. If we borrow over here on the right side of this stan, which definitely had a con- money, we pay interest. That is what chart. sequence for our national debt, but everybody who loans us money expects. But $22.5 trillion today. Let’s just mostly a result of a failure in this body They expect to be paid some interest. think about that. That is $68,300 for and the administration to balance These interest payments accelerate each and every citizen of this country, budgets as we went along. rapidly in times of accelerating debt. $183,000 for each and every taxpayer. Here we are in 2017, 2018, and 2019. We see here a projection, again based Really? 230 years in our country’s his- What is scarier than anything else is on figures from the Congressional

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We are not debating The red line is a scenario that is very That is not just a matter of budg- here whether our government should be likely if we do not make some tough etary stability. That is a matter of na- bigger or smaller. We are not debating decisions. That gets us even higher. tional security. here whether taxes should be higher or This is the actual trend that we are Finally, why should it matter? Eco- lower. We can have that debate. It has looking at. That is a lot of money to be nomic damage. There is a school out been going on, after all, for 250 years paying just for interest. there that is trying to justify more and even before that back to the Colo- To make matters worse, try to com- debt, which is largely not agreed to by nies. We have always talked about how pare that level of interest spending most economists. Most economists big government should or shouldn’t be, against some of our other spending. agree that, over time, large levels of how much we should or shouldn’t spend In this particular chart, we see this debt, large levels of interest payments, through government. We just had that line is our interest spending, kept rel- drive up basic interest rates. They debate here on this floor today. atively modest until recently but then drive up basic interest rates, and that We have always talked about the accelerating very rapidly, as was indi- is bad for the economy. They drive up overall level of taxes. Should they be cated in my prior chart, to the levels inflation, and that is bad for the econ- higher? Should they be lower? Should out to 2029 that are truly scary. That is omy. we have high taxes to pay for spending? not the scary part, if that is not scary They lead to a situation where the Should they be lower to generate eco- enough. markets out there—the people who are nomic growth? Those are good, solid This line is our total spending on our loaning us money, the people who are policy decisions to be made. children. What do we do to take care of relying on the United States for its full That is not what we are talking the children of our country? That is faith and credit—start to doubt our about here. What we are talking about our spending line. Interest is just basic fiscal solvency. They start to not here is the fiscal result when we don’t crossing it right now. This is our total only loan us money, but they start to balance spending and revenues, the re- defense spending projected out over charge us more interest, and that sult when we don’t balance spending time with interest crossing over. causes an economic problem. and revenues. What this shows is that we are about Finally, it is just bad budgetary prac- We can choose to have high spending, to pay, in a very short period of time, tice to skate too closely on thin ice. but if we don’t generate the revenue for if we don’t do anything, far more This is why we should care: because that, then we are going to end up with money in basic interest on our national our interest payments are crowding incredible deficits and debt. We can debt than we are spending on our chil- out spending; because it is a national choose to have lower taxes, but if we dren and our defense. That is an inex- security issue; and because, over time, don’t adjust the spending at the same cusable situation for us to be in. it is an economic issue. time, we are going to end up with high The first basic problem is that we How did we get into this mess? Well, deficits and debt. It just makes perfect crowd out spending for other Federal obviously, we are spending more than sense. purposes, which forces us, by the way, we are taking in. Our long-term deficit That is all that we are talking about to borrow more, which forces us to buildup and short-term tax reduction here. We are willing and able to have have higher debt, which forces us to and spending increases are really the the debate over the size of government pay more interest. Everybody who has issue. and taxes. been in a business or a personal situa- This chart is an illustration, again Again, within our Blue Dog Caucus, tion knows this. based on CBO information, of where we have disagreements on that. But The second basic problem with that our deficits are coming from today. where we have centralization of agree- is why should we care about debt—na- When we are talking about the total ment is in managing the consequence tional security. Where does this money amount of deficits closing in on $1 tril- of that debate and having it be an hon- come from? Who is lending us this lion, we see that absent recent legisla- est debate, not a debate that pulls the money? tion—we are talking about just the last wool over our fellow citizens’ eyes on Two-fifths of our interest payments 5 years or so—we had a chronic deficit the consequences. go overseas, two-fifths of the people in of close to $400 billion a year. That is What do we do about it? Well, I this world who are loaning us money. pretty bad since, if we take $400 billion think, first of all, we start talking Two-fifths of our total debt is loaned to and times it by 5 years, all of a sudden, about it again. It is really hard. Twen- us, basically, by other countries. Other we are at $2 trillion of debt. ty years ago, in the great times when countries, 26 percent. But, then, we made major mistakes we actually did balance the budget in This is the line that is scary: China, from a fiscal responsibility perspective the late 1990s and the early 2000s, pub- up to 7 percent now and growing. in the last few years. lic sentiment was high on deficits and Japan, okay, fine, we welcome Japan First of all, we had tax extenders debt. People cared about this. People loaning money to us. But on balance, I that were not paid for. We will get into understood the risk. would rather the blue be the blue rath- that. We had tax credits, tax reduc- Then, all of a sudden, politicians er than owing the money to other tions, and tax rates that were extended stopped talking about it. They did, on countries because who knows what is without accounting on the other side both sides of the aisle, what many of us going to happen over the next 10 or 20 for the spending. do when faced with a major issue: We years or generations. We had a major tax bill, which is still deny it. We don’t want to acknowledge This is, obviously, not just an issue debated in this Chamber as to whether it. It is too much trouble. We don’t of our own fiscal stability, but it is a it was the right idea or not. What is in- want to say that when we cut taxes and question of national security. disputable about that tax bill was that don’t adjust spending, there is a con- Another question of national secu- it drove incredibly increasing deficits sequence for our deficit and the debt. rity is that we need this money in case and incredibly and rapidly increasing We don’t want to say the reverse of we get into other situations in the debt. that. We want to tell everybody that world, hopefully not, but prepare for Then, finally, we had a budget agree- everything is okay. After all, we can the situation where we may have to ment, last year, to raise the amount of have our cake and eat it, too. have massive increases in defense spending. There is nothing wrong with I don’t want to go back to my dis- spending over the next generation. raising the amount of spending, per se, trict and say, well, I can’t vote for a These are areas where we have tradi- if it is a public judgment and a policy tax reduction because it is going to tionally tried to pay down our debt so judgment that that is the best thing blow our deficit and debt.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.069 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7143 This is an insidious situation. The come from delays in extending the debt The Blue Dogs also support better consequences of deficits and debt are limit. oversight over our government spend- not apparent right up front. They don’t In previous years, uncertainty has ing. The Government Accountability catch up with us for a long time. But I caused interest rates on some Treasury Office, or GAO, and the inspectors gen- think we all know, deep down, that we bills to spike in anticipation of going eral are important entities throughout have a problem and that is not true. over the fiscal cliff, resulting in many the Federal Government that hold Fed- millions, if not billions of dollars in b 1430 eral agencies accountable to taxpayers added interest costs. and recommend improvements. And the second thing we have to do, As we have done more than 100 times, We believe that Congress should at some point, is simply make a plan we are now preparing to vote to raise know what it is voting on by having and implement it. And that is what our the debt limit. Raising it does not au- every conference report and bill that Democratic Blue Dog Coalition has thorize new spending. It enables the comes to the floor of the House accom- done and will try to do going forward. government to pay its bills and avoid panied by a cost estimate prepared by We have tried to come up with a the sorry reality of becoming an the nonpartisan Congressional Budget blueprint for fiscal responsibility, untrustworthy borrower. What better Office, and that should be done at least which today, we endorsed and released. time to pair that vote with a plan to 24 hours in advance of the floor vote. And these are a series of points that we reform government spending? We believe that committees should believe need to be pursued in order to It is not as if we woke up this morn- identify proper and related offsets be- have some chance at fiscal responsi- ing to suddenly face this fiscal calam- fore the legislation is reported out of bility and sustainability over time. ity. It has been building for decades, as committee. From that perspective, I am very we just saw. Both parties in Republican A $22 trillion debt burden is a heavy pleased that I am joined today by my and Democratic administrations have lift to eliminate, for sure. But at the colleague from Utah (Mr. MCADAMS), contributed to the problem. The ques- very least, we should be able to agree my co-chair of the Blue Dog Task tion is: What are we going to do about not to take on new policies that add to Force on Fiscal Responsibility and it? And when will we start to get our that debt. Government Reform, to share his views borrowing and our spending addiction We teach our kids that if they want and to outline some of our agenda under control? something badly enough, they need to The Blue Dog Coalition, of which I items. figure out how to pay for it. Tax re- am a proud member, has a well-de- I yield to the gentleman from Utah form should be deficit neutral. Spend- served reputation for talking the talk (Mr. MCADAMS). ing plans should be fully paid for. Even and walking the walk when it comes to Mr. MCADAMS. Madam Speaker, I emergency spending, which should be fiscal responsibility. thank Representative CASE for orga- passed quickly to respond when our nizing this Special Order today, and I Look at the Blue Dog priorities on fiscal responsibility and you will see a communities need it most, should in- thank him for his outstanding work as clude a plan to pay for it, and we can the co-chair of the Blue Dog Task comprehensive list of pragmatic steps that we can take, some of which we think ahead and plan ahead for those Force on Fiscal Responsibility and emergencies. Government Reform. have already taken. For example, Blue Dogs support the We should get away from the ad hoc I am lucky to serve alongside him as House paygo rules. It is one of the first emergency spending and figure out how co-chair, and I also want to thank things the Blue Dogs fought for when to establish a rainy-day fund which 45 STEPHANIE MURPHY for her tireless we got sworn in this year. And I was States currently have. Every man, leadership in Congress and with the pleased to see the House keep paygo woman, and child in America owes Blue Dogs. rules. $68,000 as Representative CASE has Madam Speaker, Washington has an We don’t want those rules to be highlighted as their share of the na- addiction problem. It is hooked on defi- waived, but if they are, there should be tional debt. We will all be morally cits, and it is hooked on debt. Our en- a vote held on a waiver. Blue Dogs sup- bankrupt, as well as financially bank- tire Nation, our children, and their port a constitutional amendment to re- rupt, if we don’t stop kicking the can children will pay the price for this ad- quire a balanced budget every year, ex- down the road and make future genera- diction. cept in times of war, in times of na- tions liable for our lack of fiscal dis- On March 2, 2019, the debt limit was tional emergency, or recession. cipline today. reinstated as $22 trillion as Representa- I was proud that my first bill intro- And so my colleagues often ask me tive CASE so appropriately outlined. To duced in this Congress was this exact why deficits matter? My answer is be- operate the government at this limit, balanced budget amendment that the cause future generations will be forced the Treasury Department deployed ex- Blue Dogs have endorsed. We want to to bear the burden of our failure if we traordinary measures, accounting ma- return to regular order. Passing a don’t act today. And the longer it neuvers, allowing government oper- budget every year and on time and takes for us to act, the more difficult ations to continue. But if those meas- avoiding omnibus appropriation pack- those decisions become. ures run out and our cash reserves are ages that do not align with that budg- The cost of paying interest on our depleted, the Federal Government et. debt is the fastest growing part of the would reach the unprecedented day on As a former mayor myself who had to budget. We will spend more on interest which our Federal Government cannot balance a budget every year and do so than on defense by the year 2025. That meet all of its obligations in full and in a bipartisan fashion, I was then, as I is 6 years from now. Let that sink in. on time. am now, accountable to the taxpayers The government is projected to spend The consequences of defaulting on for every dollar we spent. Do elected $383 billion on interest payments for its our obligations are unknown, but could officials face tough tradeoffs? Yes, ab- debt this year alone. This year, $383 be economically devastating, not only solutely. That comes with the job. Just billion. for the United States, but globally. as hardworking families and small So why do I care about the debt and As Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome business owners must do, you must deficits? It is because a strong fiscal Powell said recently about the prospect work together, and we, in Congress, house means we have a stronger coun- of not raising the debt limit: ‘‘It is be- must work together to set priorities try. That $383 billion spent on interest yond even considering that the United and make sure the checkbook balances payments in our debt is $383 billion we States would not honor all of its obli- at the end of each month. can’t spend on other priorities, such as gations and pay them when due. It is It is important that we fully offset clean energy and transportation, and just something that can’t even be con- the cost of all new spending or reduc- affordable healthcare. The interest we sidered,’’ he said. tions in fiscal revenues with spending pay on the debt is simply going on to We know that the costs of barreling cuts or revenue increases. We must our credit card. It is becoming part of towards this fiscal cliff are already make those tough choices. We need the debt. mounting. American taxpayers foot the strict, enforceable spending caps to en- So if you care about healthcare, if bill for additional borrowing costs that sure a fiscally responsible budget. you care about climate change and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.070 H18JYPT1 H7144 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 building a 21st century infrastructure day fund, as I mentioned, such that I yield to the gentleman from Utah. system, if you care about affordable when those emergencies arise, they Mr. MCADAMS. Madam Speaker, we housing and any other investment that have funds available to account for did have that experience, and I would the government can make, then I urge that. add, it made us better. The county that you, care about the debt, and care I would urge us to not only have that I presided over as mayor, we had a about our deficits. Because every dollar flexibility built into the language of AAA bond rating. The faith in our abil- spent on paying down the debt and its the amendment, but to plan ahead. ity to pay our debts meant we paid deficits or interest on that debt is one While we don’t know what the next lower interest rates. People knew that more dollar that could have been in- emergency will be or where it will we would not default on those debts, vested in priorities that strengthen our strike, we know that dark days are and we saved tax dollars because people country, that strengthen our national ahead of us, and that there will be nat- knew that we could balance our budg- defense, and strengthens the American ural disasters and other emergencies et. people. and we should plan ahead for those. I would like to add one point to the It is clear that we are on a dangerous Mr. CASE. Madam Speaker, the gen- gentleman’s consideration. Fiscal re- and unsustainable course. The deci- tleman made reference to the fact that sponsibility is important. It is impor- sions will not be easy. But our children he was a mayor, and I made the com- tant for our States. It is important for and our grandchildren are counting on ment to the gentleman once, and I be- this country. us to make this right. We were elected lieve it, that of all of the public offi- But another element that I found in to make tough decisions. cials I have ever worked with through- the process of balancing a budget, when I thank the gentleman for yielding to out the country, I think mayors under- we had to make those tough choices, me. stand fiscal responsibility the best. when, at the end of the day, the ledger Mr. CASE. Madam Speaker, I thank The gentleman made reference to the had to balance, what we were forced to the gentleman so much, and I am privi- fact that he functioned under a bal- do was go back and look at every ex- anced budget as a mayor. Was there leged to be his co-chair. penditure we made and ask ourselves: any magic to that? How did the gen- Would the gentleman engage me in a Can it be done more effectively? tleman do that? He had a requirement colloquy on a few of the issues that he Can we stretch our dollars further? to do that, so what did he do? touched on? Is the program or endeavor that we I yield to the gentleman from Utah. Mr. MCADAMS. Will the gentleman are engaged in the lowest-cost alter- Mr. MCADAMS. Well, one thing, I yield? had a council of nine members: five Re- native? Mr. CASE. I yield to the gentleman publicans and four Democrats. And one Are tax dollars being spent wisely? from Utah. thing I know from experience is bal- Are programs invested in our citi- Mr. MCADAMS. I would be happy to. ancing a budget is hard. We have to zens, whether it is a program to reduce Mr. CASE. Madam Speaker, I thank make really tough choices. There are recidivism or to improve early child- the gentleman. Let’s talk about his certainly things that may not be meri- hood learning? proposed balanced budget amendment, torious expenses that are easy to say We were expected to look and evalu- by the way, of which I am a proud co- no to, but by and large, we have to ate the effectiveness of each and every sponsor. make some really tough decisions. program because we were having to Some people criticized the balanced We can’t do it all, even though we make competing choices. We were budget amendment which would have might want to do it all. You cannot do choosing between one good and, hope- to be ratified throughout our country, it all. And what it takes is, first of all, fully, a better good, and that required as an overly restrictive mechanism, es- have a bipartisan relationship where us to quantify empirically the out- pecially in times of national emer- people put their priorities on the table, comes we were receiving from our pro- gency. discuss what they want to accomplish, grams. As the gentleman’s balanced budget and how they want to get there. b 1445 amendment is crafted, is there flexi- And then everyone has to continue to bility to borrow money and to deficit work together to refine proposals, to That was good for fiscal responsi- spend in times of genuine national make sure that you cut the fat out of bility. More importantly, it was good need? proposals and make sure that they are for the people we were serving because I yield to the gentleman from Utah. well refined, and every dollar spent is the programs we were delivering were Mr. MCADAMS. Yes, absolutely. We justified. expected to improve. We held those recognize that there may be emer- Ultimately, we have been able to bal- programs to a high standard on behalf gencies that are unforeseen and un- ance a budget. We have to make tough of the citizens who we served. planned for. And in those cases, the decisions, but we are able to balance a Mr. CASE. I think what the gen- language of my proposed amendment budget, because there is that expecta- tleman is saying in a very gracious would allow for deficit spending to help tion, that requirement that we must Utah way is that the lack of a balanced our communities in times of need, in get there, and so we do get there. budget where we always have the re- times of national disasters or other Mr. CASE. Madam Speaker, so to course to just borrow money and kick emergencies. And I think that is im- that point, my experience in Hawaii, some cans down the road portant. where we have had a balanced budget disincentivizes the efficient and effec- Mr. CASE. So we always have the for a long time—and I was a State leg- tive expenditure of government funds, ability to override the basic provisions islator—so I had knock-down, drag-out of taxpayer funds. After all, if there is with that balanced budget amendment fights over all this kind of stuff, wheth- waste in that expenditure, there is a in Congress, or where we believe that er it be to increase spending, or tax re- safety valve there, whereas a balanced we do have to borrow that money. This ductions, or tax increases. But it was budget drives a certain discipline. is just a mechanism to introduce the always against the backdrop that it Mr. MCADAMS. Waste in plowing same fiscal discipline that a well-run had to balance. snow or fixing streetlights is one thing, business or household has to follow? My sense was always that the folks but in programs that serve our resi- I yield to the gentleman. that we represented understood that dents, there is a human cost to pro- Mr. MCADAMS. That is correct. that presented us with a series of tough grams that aren’t held to a high stand- Mr. CASE. As, by the way, is the case choices, and they understood that in ard. It takes a toll on individuals and with 49 out of 50 of our States, who ei- the big picture, the tough choices that on families—on people—who were ther have a similar balanced budget we had to make as a result of a bal- promised one outcome. If a program amendment in their constitution or by anced budget, were for the better, the fails to deliver on that, there is a statute. overall, long-term, big picture fiscal human cost. Mr. MCADAMS. Madam Speaker, health, economic health and social Mr. CASE. One other point that the that is correct. In my own State of health of Hawaii. gentleman made that I think bears fur- Utah that has a balanced budget re- Did the gentleman have that experi- ther discussion is the gentleman’s ref- quirement, and has established a rainy- ence in Utah? erence to paygo. Of course, we throw

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18JY7.072 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7145 ‘‘paygo’’ around here all the time. Mr. CASE. Of course. One of the ele- rate appropriations bills before the be- Sometimes, people’s eyes kind of blank ments of our Blue Dog fiscal responsi- ginning of the new fiscal year.’’ out when we talk about paygo. bility blueprint is to tighten up the We now do 12. Can the gentleman talk a little bit rules on paygo so that we stop the ‘‘Continuing resolutions, CRs, have more about the simplistic and basic ap- bleeding on debt and deficit spending. become the status quo for funding the proach of paygo? What does it mean? Mr. MCADAMS. Exactly. Federal Government, demonstrating What is its effect on the work that we Mr. CASE. Again, I am honored to be Congress’ failure to complete its work do? the gentleman’s co-chair, and I thank on time. CRs create uncertainty for Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- the gentleman for adding to our debate agencies and the American people.’’ tleman from Utah. today. By the way, I stop to describe a CR as Mr. MCADAMS. The rules of the Madam Speaker, I want to make one a resolution that says: Sorry, we can’t House require that any legislation that other point before I close on this sub- figure out what to do in this next fiscal would have a fiscal impact has to be ject. I want to emphasize one of the year. So while we are trying to figure paid for. We can’t simply add that on points made by my colleague from it out, all we are going to do is con- to the tab and put it on the taxpayers’ Utah. He talked about restoring the tinue the spending the way it was in credit card. Every legislation has to be budget and appropriations process. the last fiscal year, no adjustment of paid for upfront. This starts to be real inside baseball. spending levels, no adjustment of prior- Mr. CASE. In other words, not fi- Congress goes through a process es- ities, and no update for current situa- nanced by additional debt, which would tablishing a budget, which is the over- tions. Let’s just kick this can down the have the result of driving up the def- all outline of Federal spending for the road. icit, the debt, and interest payments? next year—because we do everything That is a CR. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- on a yearly basis, for the most part— Back to the report. tleman from Utah. and then passing appropriations bills ‘‘In many years, there has been con- Mr. MCADAMS. That is exactly that are consistent with that budget. cern that parts of the government right. I describe it as saying that the In other words, we make the big pic- would have to shut down due to the first rule when you find yourself in a ture decision upfront in a budget, and failure to enact even stopgap appro- hole and are not sure how to get out is then we have our appropriations bills priations, and shutdowns of various du- to stop digging. that must match that budget. rations have actually occurred. In the Mr. CASE. Let’s take a pretty In what we refer to here as regular 115th Congress alone,’’ the most recent straightforward example. Let’s say order, what we would do is first have a Congress, ‘‘there have been two govern- that we wanted to reduce taxes. budget resolution that passes the ment shutdowns. Whether it is Federal By the way, we can acknowledge House, passes the Senate, and is agreed employees being furloughed, national there is a debate about whether reduc- to by both the House and the Senate so parks shutting down, adverse effects on ing taxes does, in fact, generate rev- that we know what our roadmap is. defense and law enforcement, shut- enue or not. But for these purposes and Then, we would take each of the areas downs inflict severe damage and uncer- especially the recent large tax cut, we of government that needs appropria- tainty on the Nation’s fiscal state. Ad- simply did not see a return on revenues tions every year. ditionally, multiple JSCBAPR mem- from those tax cuts. The way we do it is, there are 12 sepa- bers expressed frustration regarding But let’s just stick with the fact that rate appropriations bills, and we would the lack of legislative tools available if we reduce taxes, then we have to ei- individually pass each of those bills for Congress to address national needs ther increase another tax and/or reduce consistent with the budget. We would or the national debt in a bipartisan government spending somewhere to be do all of that by October 1, which is manner.’’ able to have a budget-neutral, a def- when our fiscal year starts. The committee’s report was sub- icit-neutral outcome. We would call that regular order. mitted very, very late in the last Con- Is that correct? That would be quite regular order for gress, so there was really not enough Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- any business and any personal budget. time to debate it fully and to proceed, tleman from Utah. The last time we followed regular but the report certainly remains highly Mr. MCADAMS. That is right. Every order was 1995. The last time we went relevant together with recommended activity, whether it is reducing reve- through a full budget process, an indi- legislation. Our Blue Dog Caucus be- nues or increasing spending, should be vidual appropriations bill process, was lieves that reform along those lines is neutral as it relates to the Federal def- 1995. And that has simply thrown our necessary. icit. Federal fiscal house into disarray. We Finally—and I don’t speak now for Mr. CASE. Conversely, if we want to saw that with an incredibly tragic and the Blue Dogs, but I do speak for my- increase Federal spending, we have to unnecessary Federal Government shut- self and, I believe, many individual either reduce some other Federal down just late last year and earlier Blue Dogs and perhaps others—we have spending or increase taxes, correct? this year. That was in part to be laid at another mechanism available to us, a Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- the feet of our failure to follow basic mechanism that we shouldn’t have to tleman from Utah. budgetary, fiscal, and appropriations follow but that sometimes may be the Mr. MCADAMS. Exactly. That is cor- procedures. only way to cut through the political rect. We have tried, on a bipartisan basis, dialogue and the fears of people to Mr. CASE. The gentleman said that to fix this. In fact, just last year, we make tough decisions. That is to de- the House rules already provided for had a bicameral, bipartisan committee velop independent commissions outside paygo. So why are we here so con- set up to reform the rules of the House Congress of experts, hopefully on a cerned about it? and the Senate as to the budget and neutral basis and hopefully on a non- Mr. MCADAMS. One of my concerns the appropriations process. partisan or bipartisan basis, who are is the willingness with which both I want to read a passage from that charged with reviewing and making de- sides, both parties, will waive paygo. It committee’s report. This was the Joint cisions on revenue and spending mat- takes a simple majority to waive Select Committee on Budget and Ap- ters and reporting their results back to paygo. We have seen that happen from propriations Process Reform, Repub- Congress, hopefully for an up-or-down time to time, whether it is exigent cir- licans and Democrats, House and Sen- vote. If Congress gets the opportunity cumstances like emergencies, but ate. to pick at a balanced report once it other things that we can plan ahead Here is a quote from the committee’s comes back, then it defeats the purpose and should look ahead for. report in late 2018: ‘‘There have been of the commission to start with. Simp- Mr. CASE. Essentially, we have a numerous breakdowns in the budget son-Bowles was one very well-known rule that is honored in the breach? process in recent decades. Fiscal year commission that failed, and there have Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- 1995 was the last time Congress passed been others. tleman from Utah. a conference report on the budget reso- It is certainly conceivable that if we Mr. MCADAMS. Yes. lution followed by passage of 13 sepa- can’t get our act in order in Congress—

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REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, DELEGATION TO SLOVAKIA, EXPENDED BETWEEN MAY 30 AND JUNE 3, 2019

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

Hon. Gerald Connolly ...... 5/30 6/3 Slovakia ...... 1222.80 ...... 1,222.80 Hon. Michael Turner ...... 5/30 6/3 Slovakia ...... 1222.80 ...... 1,222.80 Hon. Brett Guthrie ...... 5/30 6/3 Slovakia ...... 1222.80 ...... 1,222.80 Hon. Linda Sa´nchez ...... 5/30 6/3 Slovakia ...... 1222.80 ...... 1,222.80 Hon. Susan Davis ...... 5/30 6/3 Slovakia ...... 1222.80 ...... 1,222.80 Hon. Neal Dunn ...... 5 /30 6 /3 Slovakia ...... 1222.80 ...... 1,222.80 Hon. James Sensenbrenner ...... 5/30 6/3 Slovakia ...... 1222.80 ...... 1,222.80 Hon. Paul Cook ...... 5/30 6/3 Slovakia ...... 1222.80 ...... 1,222.80 Hon. James Costa ...... 6 /1 6/3 Slovakia ...... 611.40 ...... 611.40 Hon. Brendan Boyle ...... 5/31 6/3 Slovakia ...... 917.10 ...... 3,382.20 ...... 4,299.30 Hon. Filemon Vela ...... 5/31 6/3 Slovakia ...... 917.10 ...... 917.10 Hon. John Shimkus ...... 5 /30 6 /3 Slovakia ...... 1222.80 ...... 1,222.80 Collin Davenport ...... 5 /30 6 /3 Slovakia ...... 1222.80 ...... 1,222.80 Adam Howard ...... 5/30 6/3 Slovakia ...... 1222.80 ...... 1,222.80 Edmund Rice ...... 5/30 6/3 Slovakia ...... 1222.80 ...... 1,222.80 Kate Knudson ...... Slovakia ...... 226.02 ...... 226.02 Committee total ...... 17,119.20 ...... 3,382.20 ...... 226.02 ...... 20,727.42 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY, July 2, 2019.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, DELEGATION TO MEXICO, EXPENDED BETWEEN JUNE 5 AND JUNE 8, 2019

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

Hon. Katherine Monge ...... 6/5 6/8 Mexico ...... 1,272.00 ...... 431.88 ...... 1,703.88 Hon. Jaime Lizarraga ...... 6/5 6/8 Mexico ...... 1,272.00 ...... 431.75 ...... 1,703.75 Committee total ...... 2,544.00 ...... 863.63 ...... 3,407.63 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. HON. NANCY PELOSI, July 3, 2019.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, DELEGATION TO FRANCE, EXPENDED BETWEEN JUNE 6 AND JUNE 9, 2019

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

Hon. Nancy Pelosi ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Kevin McCarthy ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Eliot Engel ...... 6/6 6 /9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Mark Takano ...... 6/6 6 /9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Don Young ...... 6/6 6 /9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Anna Eshoo ...... 6/6 6 /9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Mac Thornberry ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Ron Kind ...... 6 /6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. James Langevin ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Stephen Lynch ...... 6/6 6 /9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Dutch Ruppersberger ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. G.K. Butterfield ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Mike Conaway ...... 6/6 6 /9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. James Costa ...... 6 /6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Jeff Fortenberry ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Louie Gohmert ...... 6/6 6 /9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Kenny Marchant ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Mike McCaul ...... 6/6 6 /9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Debbie Wasserman Schultz ...... 6/6 6/7 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) 820.23 ...... 3,410.23 Hon. Ed Perlmutter ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Bob Latta ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Jackie Speier ...... 6 /6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00

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

Hon. Mike Quigley ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Larry Bucshon ...... 6/6 6 /9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Morgan Griffith ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Bill Huizenga ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Bill Johnson ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. William Keating ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Julia Brownley ...... 6/6 6 /9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Matt Cartwright ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Paul Cook ...... 6/6 6 /9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Ann Kuster ...... 6 /6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Sean Patrick Maloney ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Marc Veasey ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Donald Norcross ...... 6 /6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Brian Babin ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Barry Loudermilk ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Elise Stefanik ...... 6 /6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Don Bacon ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Jim Banks ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Nanette Barraga´n ...... 6 /6 6 /9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Salud Carbajal ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Neal Dunn ...... 6 /6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Roger Marshall ...... 6 /6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Jimmy Panetta ...... 6/6 6 /9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Thomas Suozzi ...... 6 /6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Gil Cisneros ...... 6 /6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Jason Crow ...... 6 /6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Chrissy Houlahan ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. John Joyce ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Mikie Sherrill ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Abigail Spanberger ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Michael Waltz ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee ...... 6/6 6/8 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Hon. Lee Zeldin ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Dr. Brian Monahan ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Paul Irving ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Wyndee Parker ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Drew Hammill ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Kate Knudson Wolters ...... 6 /2 6/9 France ...... 4,662.00 ...... (3) 563.70 ...... 5,225.70 Emily Berret ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,073.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,073.00 Patti Ross ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Kelsey Smith ...... 6 /2 6/9 France ...... 4,662.00 ...... (3) 563.70 ...... 5,225.70 Kristina Jeter ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,073.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,073.00 Julio Obscura ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,073.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,073.00 Caleb Smith ...... 6 /6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Will Dunham ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,073.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,073.00 Brittan Specht ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,073.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,073.00 Laura Rauch ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,073.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,073.00 Matt Reel ...... 6 /6 6/9 France ...... 2,073.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,073.00 Erik Lesnewsky ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,073.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,073.00 David Adams ...... 6/6 6/9 France ...... 2,590.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,590.00 Valerie Roberts ...... 6/6 6 /9 France ...... 2,073.00 ...... (3) ...... 2,073.00 Committee Totals ...... 188,561.00 ...... 1,947.63 ...... 190,508.63 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. 3 Military air transportation. HON. NANCY PELOSI, July 8, 2019.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON ETHICS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN APR. 1, AND JUNE 30, 2019

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

HOUSE COMMITTEES Please Note: If there were no expenditures during the calendar quarter noted above, please check the box at right to so indicate and return. ◊ 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. HON. THEODORE E. DEUTCH, July 9, 2019.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN APR. 1 AND JUNE 30, 2019

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

HOUSE COMMITTEES Please Note: If there were no expenditures during the calendar quarter noted above, please check the box at right to so indicate and return. ◊ HON. RAU´ L M. GRIJALVA, July 3, 2019. 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON RULES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN APR. 1 AND JUNE 30, 2019

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

HOUSE COMMITTEES Please Note: If there were no expenditures during the calendar quarter noted above, please check the box at right to so indicate and return. ◊ 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals.

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REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN APR. 1 AND JUNE 30, 2019

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

HOUSE COMMITTEES Please Note: If there were no expenditures during the calendar quarter noted above, please check the box at right to so indicate and return. ◊ 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. h HON. KATHY CASTOR, July 8, 2019.

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 1679. A letter from the Acting Executive et Number: USCG-2019-0323] (RIN: 1625-AA00) ETC. Secretary, U.S. Agency for International De- received July 15, 2019, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. velopment, transmitting seven (7) notifica- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive tions of a designation of acting officer, nomi- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- communications were taken from the nation, or action on nomination, pursuant to tation and Infrastructure. Speaker’s table and referred as follows: 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b); 1686. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 1672. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland ment of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a re- Oversight and Reform. Security, transmitting the Department’s port of a violation of the Antideficiency Act, 1680. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- temporary final rule — Safety Zone, Newport pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1351; Public Law 97-258; fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- 4th of July Fireworks, Yaquina Bay, New- (96 Stat. 926); to the Committee on Appro- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- port, OR [Docket Number: USCG-2019-0520] priations. tion, transmitting the Administration’s tem- (RIN: 1625-AA00) received July 15, 2019, pur- 1673. A letter from the Under Secretary, porary rule — Fisheries of the Exclusive Eco- suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- Acquisition and Sustainment, Department of nomic Zone Off Alaska; Several Groundfish 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee Defense, transmitting the Department’s re- Species in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Is- on Transportation and Infrastructure. port titled ‘‘Fiscal Year 2018 Purchases From lands Management Area [Docket No.: 1687. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Foreign Entities’’, pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 8305; 170817779-8161-02] (RIN: 0648-XG572) received U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Public Law 104-201, Sec. 827 (as amended by July 15, 2019, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Security, transmitting the Department’s Public Law 111-350, Sec. 3); (124 Stat. 3833) 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 temporary final rule — Safety Zone; Upper and 41 U.S.C. 8304 note; Public Law 115-245, Stat. 868); to the Committee on Natural Re- Mississippi River, Miles 483 to 484, Rock Is- Sec. 8028(b); (132 Stat. 3006); to the Com- sources. land, IL [Docket Number: USCG-2019-0513] mittee on Armed Services. 1681. A letter from the Attorney, CG-LRA, (RIN: 1625-AA00) received July 15, 2019, pur- 1674. A letter from the Under Secretary, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- Personnel and Readiness, Department of De- Security, transmitting the Department’s 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee fense, transmitting a letter authorizing final rule — Drawbridge Operation Regula- on Transportation and Infrastructure. three (3) officers to wear the insignia of the tion; Shrewsbury River, Monmouth County 1688. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, grade of major general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. Highway Bridge, Sea Bright, New Jersey U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 777(b)(3)(B); Public Law 104-106, Sec. 503(a)(1) [Docket No.: USCG-2017-0460] (RIN: 1625- Security, transmitting the Department’s (as added by Public Law 108-136, Sec. AA09) received July 15, 2019, pursuant to 5 temporary final rule — Safety Zone; Red- 509(a)(3)); (117 Stat. 1458); to the Committee U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. wood City Independence Day Fireworks Dis- on Armed Services. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on play; Port of Redwood City, Redwood City, 1675. A letter from the Acting Secretary, Transportation and Infrastructure. CA [Docket No.: USCG-2019-0467] (RIN: 1625- Department of Defense, transmitting a letter 1682. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, AA00) received July 15, 2019, pursuant to 5 on the approved retirement of Vice Admiral Office of Regulations and Administrative U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Raquel C. Bono, United States Navy, and her Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on advancement to the grade of vice admiral on Homeland Security, transmitting the De- Transportation and Infrastructure. the retired list, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. partment’s temporary final rule — Safety 1689. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, 1370(c)(1); Public Law 96-513, Sec. 112 (as Zone; Fireworks Display, Delaware River, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland amended by Public Law 104-106, Sec. 502(b)); Chester, PA [Docket Number: USCG-2019- Security, transmitting the Department’s (110 Stat. 293); to the Committee on Armed 0403] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received July 15, 2019, temporary final rule — Safety Zone; Vallejo Services. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law Independence Day Fireworks Display; Mare 1676. A letter from the Comptroller of the 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- Island Strait, Vallejo, CA [Docket No.: Currency, Office of the Comptroller of the mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- USCG-2019-0379] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received Currency, transmitting the 2018 annual re- ture. July 15, 2019, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. port to Congress containing a description of 1683. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 actions taken to carry out section 308 of the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, Security, transmitting the Department’s tation and Infrastructure. and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended, temporary final rule — Safety Zone; New 1690. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 1463 note; Public Law Jersey Intracoastal Waterway, Atlantic U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 101-73, Sec. 308 (as amended by Public Law City, NJ [Docket Number: USCG-2019-0537] Security, transmitting the Department’s 111-203, Sec. 367(4)); (124 Stat. 1556); to the (RIN: 1625-AA00) received July 15, 2019, pur- temporary final rule — Safety Zone: City of Committee on Financial Services. suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- Benicia Fourth of July Fireworks Display, 1677. A letter from the Assistant Adminis- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee Carquinez Strait, Benicia, CA [Docket No.: trator, Bureau of Legislative and Public Af- on Transportation and Infrastructure. USCG-2019-0393] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received fairs, U.S Agency for International Develop- 1684. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, July 15, 2019, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ment, transmitting the Agency’s Report to U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Congress on Global Health Innovations for Security, transmitting the Department’s Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- Fiscal Year 2018, pursuant to Public Law 115- final rule — Anchorage Regulations; tation and Infrastructure. 411, Sec. 2(a); to the Committee on Foreign Passagassawakeag River, Belfast, ME [Dock- 1691. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Affairs. et Number: USCG-2016-0989] (RIN: 1625-AA01) Office of Regulations and Administrative 1678. A letter from the President and Chief received July 15, 2019, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Homeland Security, transmitting the De- of Indianapolis, transmitting the Federal Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- partment’s final rule — Safety Zone; Fire- Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis 2018 man- tation and Infrastructure. works Display, Delaware River, Philadel- agement report and financial statements, 1685. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, phia, PA [Docket Number: USCG-2019-0338] pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9106(a)(1); Public Law U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland (RIN: 1625-AA00) received July 15, 2019, pur- 97-258 (as amended by Public Law 101-576, Security, transmitting the Department’s suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- Sec. 306(a)); (104 Stat. 2854); to the Com- temporary final rule — Safety Zone; Colum- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee mittee on Oversight and Reform. bia River, Fireworks Kennewick, WA [Dock- on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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1692. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Drug Control Policy to publish a list of drug MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. GRIJALVA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland control grant programs, and for other pur- Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. GONZALEZ of Security, transmitting the Department’s poses; to the Committee on Oversight and Texas, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. final rule — Safety Zone; San Francisco Wa- Reform, and in addition to the Committee on OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. terfront Celebration Fireworks Display; San Energy and Commerce, for a period to be SA´ NCHEZ, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. SCHIFF, Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA [Docket subsequently determined by the Speaker, in Mr. HURD of Texas, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, No.: USCG-2019-0492] (RIN: 1625-AA00) re- each case for consideration of such provi- Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Miss GONZA´ LEZ- ceived July 15, 2019, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the COLO´ N of Puerto Rico, Ms. HILL of 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 committee concerned. California, and Mr. CA´ RDENAS): Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- By Mr. MCHENRY: H.R. 3827. A bill to promote and support tation and Infrastructure. H.R. 3821. A bill to amend the Fair Credit collaboration between Hispanic-serving in- 1693. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Reporting Act to make improvements to the stitutions and Hispanic-serving school dis- U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland regulation of consumer reporting agencies tricts, and for other purposes; to the Com- Security, transmitting the Department’s and protect consumers, and for other pur- mittee on Education and Labor. temporary final rule — Safety Zone, City of poses; to the Committee on Financial Serv- By Mr. CRENSHAW (for himself, Mr. North Charleston Fireworks, North Charles- ices. CUELLAR, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. GONZALEZ ton, SC [Docket Number: USCG-2019-0371] By Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. of Texas, Mr. FLORES, Mr. LAMB, and (RIN: 1625-AA00) received July 15, 2019, pur- BLUMENAUER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. Mr. WALBERG): suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- LOWENTHAL, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. GRI- H.R. 3828. A bill to require the Secretary of ´ 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee JALVA, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GARCIA of Energy to establish a program for the re- on Transportation and Infrastructure. Illinois, and Mr. TONKO): search, development, and demonstration of H.R. 3822. A bill to amend titles 23 and 49, f commercially viable technologies for the United States Code, to require metropolitan capture of carbon dioxide produced during REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON planning organizations to consider green- the generation of natural gas-generated PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS house gas emissions in long-range transpor- power; to the Committee on Science, Space, tation plans and transportation improve- Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of and Technology. ment programs, and for other purposes; to By Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself, Mr. committees were delivered to the Clerk the Committee on Transportation and Infra- SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, structure. for printing and reference to the proper Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. By Mr. DOGGETT: calendar, as follows: WITTMAN, Mr. POCAN, Mr. HUNTER, H.R. 3823. A bill to ensure that health pro- Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. KING of New Mr. TAKANO: Committee on Veterans’ Af- fessions opportunity demonstration projects York, Ms. BARRAGA´ N, Ms. BROWNLEY fairs. H.R. 2943. A bill to direct the Secretary train project participants to earn a recog- of California, Mr. LARSEN of Wash- of Veterans Affairs to make all fact sheets of nized postsecondary credential, and to clar- ington, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. GOLDEN, the Department of Veterans Affairs in ify that community colleges are eligible for Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. COURT- English and Spanish; with amendments grants to conduct such a demonstration NEY, Mr. NORCROSS, and Mrs. LURIA): (Rept. 116–158). Referred to the Committee of project; to the Committee on Ways and H.R. 3829. A bill to require a certain per- the Whole House on the state of the Union. Means. Mr. NEAL: Committee on Ways and Means. centage of natural gas and crude oil exports By Mr. BOST (for himself, Mr. CLAY, H.R. 397. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- be transported on United States-built and Mr. SHIMKUS, and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS enue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Reha- of Illinois): United States-flag vessels, and for other pur- bilitation Trust Fund, to establish a Pension H.R. 3824. A bill to establish the Cahokia poses; to the Committee on Energy and Com- Rehabilitation Administration within the Mounds Mississippian Culture National His- merce, and in addition to the Committee on Department of the Treasury to make loans torical Park in Collinsville, Illinois, Monroe, Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subse- to multiemployer defined benefit plans, and Madison, and St. Clair Counties, Illinois, and quently determined by the Speaker, in each for other purposes; with an amendment St. Louis City County, Missouri, and for case for consideration of such provisions as (Rept. 116–159, Pt. 1). Ordered to be printed. other purposes; to the Committee on Natural fall within the jurisdiction of the committee Mr. NEAL: Committee on Ways and Means. Resources. concerned. H.R. 3298. A bill to increase entitlement By Mr. VARGAS (for himself, Mr. PA- By Mr. WALBERG (for himself and Mr. funding for child care; with amendments NETTA, Mr. COOK, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, COOPER): (Rept. 116–160). Referred to the Committee of Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. H.R. 3830. A bill to provide taxpayers with the Whole House on the state of the Union. CA´ RDENAS, Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. TORRES an improved understanding of Government Mr. NEAL: Committee on Ways and Means. of California, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE of programs through the disclosure of cost, per- H.R. 3299. A bill to permit legally married California, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CISNEROS, formance, and areas of duplication among same-sex couples to amend their filing sta- Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. BERA, Mr. them, leverage existing data to achieve a tus for income tax returns outside the stat- CARBAJAL, Mr. PETERS, Ms. SPEIER, functional Federal program inventory, and ute of limitations, to amend the Internal Mr. CORREA, Mr. COX of California, for other purposes; to the Committee on Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that all pro- Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. Oversight and Reform. visions shall apply to legally married same- DESAULNIER, Ms. HILL of California, By Mr. ARMSTRONG: sex couples in the same manner as other Mr. COSTA, and Mrs. DAVIS of Cali- H.R. 3831. A bill to repeal the Act entitled married couples, and for other purposes; with fornia): ‘‘An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State an amendment (Rept. 116–161). Referred to H.R. 3825. A bill to designate the facility of of North Dakota over offenses committed by the Committee of the Whole House on the the United States Postal Service located at or against Indians on the Devils Lake Indian state of the Union. 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as Reservation’’; to the Committee on Natural f the ‘‘Helen Fabela Cha´ vez Memorial Post Of- Resources. fice Building’’; to the Committee on Over- By Mr. BEYER (for himself, Mr. KELLY PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS sight and Reform. of Pennsylvania, and Ms. SEWELL of Under clause 2 of rule XII, public By Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee Alabama): bills and resolutions of the following (for himself, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. BOST, H.R. 3832. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- enue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distribu- titles were introduced and severally re- Mr. MEUSER, Mr. BANKS, and Mr. BILIRAKIS): tions from individual retirement accounts to ferred, as follows: H.R. 3826. A bill to amend title 38, United include rollovers for charitable life-income By Ms. UNDERWOOD (for herself and States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of plans for charitable purposes; to the Com- Ms. SHALALA): Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain mittee on Ways and Means. H.R. 3819. A bill to amend the Public information to the Department of Justice for By Ms. BONAMICI (for herself, Mr. Health Service Act to provide for the contin- use by the national instant criminal back- MITCHELL, Mr. MOULTON, and Mr. ued implementation of the Climate and ground check system; to the Committee on FITZPATRICK): Health program by the Centers for Disease Veterans’ Affairs. H.R. 3833. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- Control and Prevention; to the Committee By Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself, cation Act of 1965 to provide for the auto- on Energy and Commerce. Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. PA- matic recertification of income for income- By Mr. ROUDA (for himself, Mr. NETTA, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. WILSON driven repayment plans, and for other pur- BURCHETT, Mr. TRONE, Mr. BILIRAKIS, of Florida, Ms. BARRAGA´ N, Mr. poses; to the Committee on Education and Mr. MCADAMS, Mr. JOHNSON of South PAYNE, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. SOTO, Mr. Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Dakota, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. KING of LUJA´ N, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- New York, and Mr. JOYCE of Ohio): PORTER, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. VARGAS, quently determined by the Speaker, in each H.R. 3820. A bill to amend the Office of Na- Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. CARBAJAL, case for consideration of such provisions as tional Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Mr. SIRES, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee Act of 1998 to direct the Office of National ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. MENG, Ms. concerned.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L18JY7.000 H18JYPT1 H7150 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- H.R. 3841. A bill to provide for the imposi- Post Office Building’’; to the Committee on sylvania: tion of sanctions against 24 senior officials of Oversight and Reform. H.R. 3834. A bill to amend the Federal Elec- the Border Service and Federal Security By Mr. POCAN (for himself, Ms. tion Campaign Act of 1971 to provide polit- Service of Russia until the release of certain JAYAPAL, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. ical advertising vouchers and payments to seized Ukrainian ships and crewmembers, GRIJALVA, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE of defray the costs of postage for candidates in and for other purposes; to the Committee on California, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. SCHA- general elections to the Senate or House of Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Com- KOWSKY, and Ms. TLAIB): Representatives who agree to restrictions on mittee on the Judiciary, for a period to be H.R. 3848. A bill to require the Securities the types of contributions such candidates subsequently determined by the Speaker, in and Exchange Commission to issue rules re- raise and the types of expenditures such can- each case for consideration of such provi- quiring private funds to publicly disclose didates make, and for other purposes; to the sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the certain information, and for other purposes; Committee on House Administration, and in committee concerned. to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and By Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mr. addition to the Committees on Financial Commerce, for a period to be subsequently WELCH, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. MORELLE, Services, the Judiciary, and Education and determined by the Speaker, in each case for Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. MOORE, and Mr. Labor, for a period to be subsequently deter- consideration of such provisions as fall with- BALDERSON): mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- in the jurisdiction of the committee con- H.R. 3842. A bill to amend titles XIX and sideration of such provisions as fall within cerned. XXI of the Social Security Act to require a the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. By Mr. DESAULNIER (for himself and State child health plan to include certain By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mr. CARTER of Georgia): lead screening coverage and to codify such Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Ms. LEE of H.R. 3835. A bill to amend title XVIII of the requirement under the Medicaid program; to California, Mr. SOTO, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. Social Security Act to provide for coverage the Committee on Energy and Commerce. MOORE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, of cancer care planning and coordination By Mr. KEATING (for himself, Mr. and Ms. HAALAND): under the Medicare program; to the Com- FITZPATRICK, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. WIL- H.R. 3849. A bill to address maternity care mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- SON of South Carolina, Mr. COHEN, shortages and promote optimal maternity dition to the Committee on Ways and Means, Mr. ADERHOLT, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. outcomes by expanding educational opportu- for a period to be subsequently determined HUDSON, Ms. MOORE, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. nities for midwives, and for other purposes; by the Speaker, in each case for consider- SUOZZI, and Mr. MALINOWSKI): to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- H.R. 3843. A bill to promote international By Mr. SARBANES: risdiction of the committee concerned. efforts in combating corruption, H.R. 3850. A bill to amend the Federal Elec- By Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. THOMP- kleptocracy, and illicit finance by foreign of- tion Campaign Act of 1971 to exempt assist- SON of California, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mrs. ficials and other foreign persons, including ance provided by political parties to the DAVIS of California, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. through a new anti-corruption action fund, campaigns of candidates who are affiliated SPEIER, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. and for other purposes; to the Committee on with such parties for secure information BROWNLEY of California, Mr. COX of Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Com- communications technology or cybersecu- California, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. mittee on Financial Services, for a period to rity products or services from the limita- PANETTA, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. be subsequently determined by the Speaker, tions on the amount of coordinated expendi- CISNEROS, Ms. LEE of California, and in each case for consideration of such provi- tures parties may make in connection with Mr. MCNERNEY): sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the the campaigns of such candidates, and for H.R. 3836. A bill to amend section 332 of the committee concerned. other purposes; to the Committee on House Communications Act of 1934 to include pub- By Mr. KHANNA (for himself and Mr. Administration. lic safety requirements in terms and condi- POCAN): By Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. BILI- tions States may require of mobile services; H.R. 3844. A bill to amend the Federal RAKIS, Ms. TITUS, and Mr. LONG): to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Water Pollution Control Act to require all H.R. 3851. A bill to extend funding for By Mr. FOSTER: persons exercising substantial operational Brand USA through fiscal year 2027, and for H.R. 3837. A bill to establish the National control over a concentrated animal feeding other purposes; to the Committee on Energy Fab Lab Network, a Federally chartered or- operation to jointly obtain a permit for cer- and Commerce, and in addition to the Com- ganization consisting of a national network tain discharges, and for other purposes; to mittee on Homeland Security, for a period to of local digital fabrication facilities pro- the Committee on Transportation and Infra- be subsequently determined by the Speaker, viding universal access to advanced manu- structure. in each case for consideration of such provi- facturing tools for workforce development, By Mr. KILMER (for himself, Mr. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the STEM education, developing inventions, cre- MOOLENAAR, Mr. MCADAMS, Mr. STIV- committee concerned. ating businesses, producing personalized ERS, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. POR- By Mr. WELCH (for himself, Ms. PIN- products, mitigating risks, and other pur- TER, Mr. HIMES, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. GREE, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. MCGOV- poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. SCHNEIDER, Mr. PERLMUTTER, and ERN, Ms. JAYAPAL, and Ms. KUSTER of By Ms. HAALAND (for herself, Ms. Mrs. MURPHY): New Hampshire): VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. H.R. 3845. A bill to authorize a grant pro- H.R. 3852. A bill to provide oversight of the SERRANO, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. BARRAGA´ N, gram that strengthens the capacity of com- border zone in which Federal agents may Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. munity development financial institutions conduct vehicle checkpoints and stops and BROWNLEY of California, Mr. HAS- through alignment with national service par- enter private land without a warrant, and to TINGS, Mr. RUSH, Ms. ROYBAL- ticipants; to the Committee on Education make technical corrections; to the Com- ALLARD, and Mr. CARBAJAL): and Labor. mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to H.R. 3838. A bill to direct the Secretary of By Mr. LUJA´ N (for himself, Mr. the Committee on Homeland Security, for a Labor to recognize employers with a com- YOUNG, Mr. COLE, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. period to be subsequently determined by the mitment to helping employees balance work- TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mr. Speaker, in each case for consideration of place responsibilities and family obligations; O’HALLERAN, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- to the Committee on Education and Labor. COOK, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. CASE, and tion of the committee concerned. By Ms. HOULAHAN (for herself and Mr. LAMALFA): By Ms. WEXTON (for herself and Ms. Mr. BALDERSON): H.R. 3846. A bill to enhance protections of NORTON): H.R. 3839. A bill to improve commercializa- Native American tangible cultural heritage, H.R. 3853. A bill to amend title XIX of the tion activities in the SBIR and STTR pro- and for other purposes; to the Committee on Social Security Act to increase under the grams, and for other purposes; to the Com- Natural Resources, and in addition to the Medicaid program the minimum monthly mittee on Small Business, and in addition to Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign personal needs allowance for institutional- the Committees on Science, Space, and Affairs, for a period to be subsequently de- ized individuals and couples, and for other Technology, and the Judiciary, for a period termined by the Speaker, in each case for purposes; to the Committee on Energy and to be subsequently determined by the Speak- consideration of such provisions as fall with- Commerce. er, in each case for consideration of such pro- in the jurisdiction of the committee con- By Mr. MCNERNEY (for himself and visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the cerned. Ms. KAPTUR): committee concerned. By Mr. MCEACHIN (for himself, Mr. H.J. Res. 73. A joint resolution proposing By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota: WITTMAN, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. SCOTT of an amendment to the Constitution of the H.R. 3840. A bill to establish a consortia of Virginia, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. CLINE, United States regarding the permissible universities to advise the Secretary of De- Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. BEYER, Mr. sources of funding for elections for public of- fense on cybersecurity matters, and for other GRIFFITH, Ms. WEXTON, and Mr. CON- fice and State ballot measures; to the Com- purposes; to the Committee on Armed Serv- NOLLY): mittee on the Judiciary. ices. H.R. 3847. A bill to designate the facility of By Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself, By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. the United States Postal Service located at Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. SCAN- FITZPATRICK, Mr. QUIGLEY, and Mr. 117 West Poythress Street in Hopewell, Vir- LON, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. HARRIS): ginia, as the ‘‘Reverend Curtis West Harris FRANKEL, and Mrs. LAWRENCE):

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L18JY7.100 H18JYPT1 July 18, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7151 H. Res. 502. A resolution congratulating made law, and therefore implicitly allows Congress has the power to enact this legis- the United States Women’s National Team Congress to amend any legislation that has lation pursuant to the following: for its win on July 7, 2019, of the 2019 been passed by both chambers and signed Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 Fe´de´ration Internationale de Football Asso- into law by the President. By Mr. BEYER: ciation Women’s World Cup, and for becom- By Mr. DOGGETT: H.R. 3832. ing the most successful team in inter- H.R. 3822. Congress has the power to enact this legis- national women’s soccer; to the Committee Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: on Oversight and Reform. lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall By Ms. MATSUI: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, H. Res. 503. A resolution recognizing and States Constitution imposts and excises, to pay the debts and honoring the 50th anniversary of SEARCH, By Mr. DOGGETT: provide for the common defense and general The National Consortium for Justice Infor- H.R. 3823. welfare of the United States; but all duties, Congress has the power to enact this legis- mation and Statistics, headquartered in Sac- imposts and excises shall be uniform lation pursuant to the following: ramento, California; to the Committee on throughout the United States; Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United the Judiciary. By Ms. BONAMICI: States Constitution By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Ms. LEE H.R. 3833. of California, Ms. NORTON, Mr. By Mr. BOST: H.R. 3824. Congress has the power to enact this legis- DEUTCH, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SEAN PATRICK Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: MALONEY of New York, Mr. PAYNE, lation pursuant to the following: Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution Mr. COX of California, Mr. NADLER, Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. COHEN, Ms. KELLY By Mr. VARGAS: sylvania: of Illinois, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. CAR- H.R. 3825. H.R. 3834. SON of Indiana, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: MEEKS, Mrs. AXNE, Ms. JOHNSON of (1) To regulate commerce with foreign na- Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. tions, and among the several states, and with tion under the General Welfare Clause. TITUS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. GARCI´A of the Indian tribes, as enumerated in Article 1, By Mr. DESAULNIER: Illinois, and Mr. SMITH of Wash- Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution; H.R. 3835. ington): (2) To establish post offices and post roads Congress has the power to enact this legis- H. Res. 504. A resolution supporting the as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause lation pursuant to the following: goals and ideals of National Clinicians HIV/ 7 of the U.S. Constitution; and Article 1, Section 8. AIDS Testing and Awareness Day, and for (3) To make all laws necessary and proper By Ms. ESHOO: other purposes; to the Committee on Energy for executing powers vested by the Constitu- H.R. 3836. and Commerce. tion in the Government of the United States, Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. MENG (for herself and Mr. as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause lation pursuant to the following: JOHNSON of Georgia): 18 of the United States Constitution. Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. H. Res. 505. A resolution recognizing July By Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee: 28, 2019, as ‘‘World Hepatitis Day’’; to the Constitution, which gives Congress the H.R. 3826. power ‘‘to regulate commerce with foreign Committee on Energy and Commerce. Congress has the power to enact this legis- nations, and among the several states, and lation pursuant to the following: f with the Indian tribes.’’ Article I, Section 8 of the United States By Mr. FOSTER: PRIVATE BILLS AND Constitution, which states ‘‘[t]he Congress H.R. 3837. RESOLUTIONS shall have power to lay and collect taxes, du- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Under clause 3 of rule XII, ties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and gen- lation pursuant to the following: Mr. CICILLINE introduced a bill (H.R. eral welfare of the United States; but all du- This bill is enacted pursuant to the power 3854) to allow the Coast Guard to issue a cer- ties, imposts and excises shall be uniform granted to Congress under Article I, Section tificate of documentation with a coastwise throughout the United States’’ 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Con- endorsement for the vessel Oliver Hazard By Mr. CASTRO of Texas: stitution. Perry, and for other purposes; which was re- H.R. 3827. By Ms. HAALAND: ferred to the Committee on Transportation Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3838. and Infrastructure. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- f Constitutional Authority—Necessary and lation pursuant to the following: Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION the United States STATEMENT ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF By Ms. HOULAHAN: Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of CONGRESS H.R. 3839. CLAUSE 18 the Rules of the House of Representa- Congress has the power to enact this legis- The Congress shall have power . . . To lation pursuant to the following: tives, the following statements are sub- make all laws which shall be necessary and Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitu- mitted regarding the specific powers proper for carrying into execution the fore- tion granted to Congress in the Constitu- going powers, and all other powers vested by By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota: tion to enact the accompanying bill or this Constitution in the government of the H.R. 3840. joint resolution. United States, or in any department or offi- Congress has the power to enact this legis- cer thereof. By Ms. UNDERWOOD: lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. CRENSHAW: H.R. 3819. Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- H.R. 3828. tion Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: By Ms. KAPTUR: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3841. Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- Article I, Section 8, clauses 1, 3, & 18 Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion By Mr. GARAMENDI: lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. ROUDA: H.R. 3829. H.R. 3820. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: To regulate Commerce with foreign na- lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- tions. Article I, Section 8 of the United States tion By Mr. KATKO: Constitution By Mr. WALBERG: H.R. 3842. By Mr. MCHENRY: H.R. 3830. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3821. Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 8: The Congress shall lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7—No Money have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, The constitutional authority on which this shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and bill rests is the explicit power of Congress to Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; provide for the common Defence and general regulate commerce as enumerated in Article and a regular Statement and Account of Re- Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, I, Section 8, Clause 3. Additionally, Article I, ceipts and Expenditures of all public Money Imposts and Excises shall be uniform Section 7, Clause 2 allows for every bill shall be published from time to time. throughout the United States. passed by the House of Representatives and By Mr. ARMSTRONG: By Mr. KEATING: the Senate and signed by the President to be H.R. 3831. H.R. 3843.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:03 Jul 19, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L18JY7.100 H18JYPT1 H7152 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 18, 2019 Congress has the power to enact this legis- ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 1727: Mr. MEEKS. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1748: Mr. PETERS and Mr. BRENDAN F. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors Article 1, Section 8 BOYLE of Pennsylvania. By Mr. KHANNA: were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 1753: Mr. BILIRAKIS. H.R. 3844. tions, as follows: H.R. 1773: Mr. HOYER. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 24: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. H.R. 1814: Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana and Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 35: Ms. SLOTKIN. SERRANO. Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution. H.R. 45: Mrs. DINGELL. H.R. 1817: Mr. MOOLENAAR. By Mr. KILMER: H.R. 117: Mr. LAWSON of Florida. H.R. 1837: Mr. TIMMONS. H.R. 3845. H.R. 335: Mr. ROONEY of Florida and Mr. H.R. 1840: Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Congress has the power to enact this legis- POSEY. H.R. 1897: Ms. WEXTON. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 397: Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New H.R. 1959: Mr. DUNN. Article I, Section 8 of the United States York and Mr. ENGEL. H.R. 2001: Ms. BONAMICI and Mr. FLORES. Constitution H.R. 479: Mr. PERRY. H.R. 2041: Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. By Mr. LUJA´ N: H.R. 510: Ms. SLOTKIN. H.R. 2096: Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. H.R. 3846. H.R. 535: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 2137: Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 555: Mr. CORREA. H.R. 2146: Mr. CISNEROS. H.R. 565: Ms. LOFGREN. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2147: Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. H.R. 617: Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power SHIMKUS, Mr. REED, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. H.R. 647: Mr. SMITH of Washington. granted to Congress under Article I of the WALBERG, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. BABIN, Mr. BANKS, H.R. 734: Ms. HAALAND. Mr. YOHO, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. JOHNSON of United States Constitution and its subse- ´ H.R. 864: Ms. SANCHEZ and Mr. COOK. Ohio, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. quent amendment, and further clarified and H.R. 878: Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL. interpreted by the Supreme Court of the MCEACHIN, and Mr. ENGEL. H.R. 934: Mr. LOWENTHAL. H.R. 2148: Ms. GARCIA of Texas. United States. H.R. 935: Mr. NEGUSE. H.R. 2153: Mr. BACON, Ms. WILD, Mr. HOLD- By Mr. MCEACHIN: H.R. 945: Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. ING, and Mr. DEUTCH. H.R. 3847. LAWSON of Florida, and Mr. GRIFFITH. H.R. 2155: Ms. JACKSON LEE. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 959: Mr. COOPER, Mrs. LESKO, and Mrs. H.R. 2199: Mr. SHERMAN. lation pursuant to the following: BEATTY. H.R. 2215: Mr. LOWENTHAL. Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- H.R. 978: Mr. DEUTCH. H.R. 2239: Mr. ROONEY of Florida. tion H.R. 1042: Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. H.R. 2271: Mr. CASE. By Mr. POCAN: H.R. 1045: Ms. HAALAND. H.R. 2296: Mr. GRIFFITH. H.R. 3848. H.R. 1050: Mr. COURTNEY. H.R. 2328: Mr. GRIFFITH and Mrs. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1058: Ms. WEXTON and Ms. WASSERMAN RADEWAGEN. lation pursuant to the following: SCHULTZ. H.R. 2382: Ms. FUDGE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution H.R. 1111: Ms. JACKSON LEE. STANTON, and Mr. VARGAS. By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD: H.R. 1116: Mr. TAKANO. H.R. 2387: Mr. GREEN of Texas. H.R. 3849. H.R. 1139: Mr. SMITH of Washington. H.R. 2388: Ms. WEXTON. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1154: Ms. PRESSLEY. H.R. 2407: Ms. BASS. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1155: Ms. DELBENE. H.R. 1175: Mr. BUCSHON and Mr. JORDAN. H.R. 2420: Mr. RUIZ and Ms. KUSTER of New Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 Hampshire. By Mr. SARBANES: H.R. 1209: Mr. HASTINGS and Ms. LOFGREN. ´ H.R. 2426: Mr. ROSE of New York and Mr. H.R. 3850. H.R. 1220: Mr. GARCIA of Illinois. ´ WATKINS. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1228: Ms. VELAZQUEZ. H.R. 1254: Mr. BROWN of Maryland. H.R. 2428: Mr. COHEN. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1255: Mr. BROWN of Maryland. H.R. 2474: Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- H.R. 1379: Mr. BEYER and Ms. PRESSLEY. MCEACHIN, and Mr. HASTINGS. tion under the General Welfare Clause. H.R. 1393: Mr. LUJA´ N and Mrs. CAROLYN B. H.R. 2481: Mr. UPTON, Mr. GRIFFITH, and By Mr. WELCH: MALONEY of New York. Mr. KELLER. H.R. 3851. H.R. 1394: Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of H.R. 2498: Mr. AGUILAR. Congress has the power to enact this legis- New York. H.R. 2504: Mr. MOULTON. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1396: Mrs. MILLER, Mr. CORREA, Mr. H.R. 2517: Ms. JACKSON LEE. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Con- MULLIN, Mr. KIM, Mr. LEVIN of California, H.R. 2571: Mr. JORDAN. gress shall have Power To . . . make all Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. RYAN, Mr. PHILLIPS, H.R. 2610: Mr. FITZPATRICK. Laws which shall be necessary and proper for Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. ARRINGTON, H.R. 2625: Ms. LOFGREN. carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- Mr. BOST, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. KELLY of H.R. 2647: Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- Pennsylvania, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. H.R. 2679: Mr. SENSENBRENNER. stitution in the Government of the United KING of Iowa, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. LATTA, Mr. H.R. 2692: Mrs. AXNE. States, or in any Department or Officer NEWHOUSE, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. ROGERS of Ala- H.R. 2739: Mr. HURD of Texas. thereof.. bama, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SIMP- H.R. 2760: Mr. FITZPATRICK. By Mr. WELCH: SON, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. WOMACK, H.R. 2772: Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 3852. and Mr. CRAWFORD. H.R. 2775: Ms. SLOTKIN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1406: Ms. BROWNLEY of California. H.R. 2777: Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1407: Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. WELCH, Mr. H.R. 2808: Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. BROWNLEY of Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Con- PAPPAS, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mrs. LESKO, and Mr. California, and Ms. DEAN. gress shall have Power To . . . make all FORTENBERRY. H.R. 2816: Ms. WILD. Laws which shall be necessary and proper for H.R. 1434: Mr. HUDSON. H.R. 2847: Mr. NORMAN. carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- H.R. 1468: Ms. HAALAND. H.R. 2905: Mr. MARCHANT. ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- H.R. 1485: Ms. ESHOO. H.R. 2913: Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Ms. SLOTKIN, stitution in the Government of the United H.R. 1511: Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois. and Mr. MARCHANT. States, or in any Department or Officer H.R. 1530: Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. PASCRELL, H.R. 2931: Ms. PINGREE. thereof.. Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. GRIFFITH. H.R. 2977: Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mrs. By Ms. WEXTON: H.R. 1568: Mrs. DAVIS of California and Mr. TORRES of California, and Mr. TONKO. H.R. 3853. TED LIEU of California. H.R. 2992: Mr. BUDD. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1579: Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Okla- H.R. 3006: Mrs. HARTZLER. lation pursuant to the following: homa, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, and Mr. RUTH- H.R. 3062: Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia and Article I, Section 8 of the United States ERFORD. Mr. GRIFFITH. Constitution. H.R. 1645: Mr. CALVERT. H.R. 3073: Mr. CHABOT. By Mr. CICILLINE: H.R. 1652: Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. MENG, Ms. H.R. 3085: Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. H.R. 3854. SPEIER, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. KILMER, H.R. 3086: Ms. BROWNLEY of California. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Miss RICE of New York, Mr. LAWSON of Flor- H.R. 3104: Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ and Mr. lation pursuant to the following: ida, and Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. BACON. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of H.R. 1679: Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. H.R. 3114: Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. the United States. H.R. 1695: Mr. WOMACK and Mr. PAPPAS. CORREA, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. LAWSON of Flor- By Mr. MCNERNEY: H.R. 1709: Mr. STANTON, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. ida, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PORTER, and Miss RICE H.J. Res. 73. CROW, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. CLYBURN, of New York. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. CUELLAR, and Ms. PORTER. H.R. 3138: Mr. COSTA. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1711: Mrs. HAYES, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, H.R. 3239: Mr. EVANS, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SE- Article 1, Section 8 and Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania. WELL of Alabama, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr.

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BEYER, Mrs. MCBATH, and Mrs. DAVIS of Cali- H.R. 3524: Mr. LUJA´ N. H.R. 3782: Mr. FITZPATRICK. fornia. H.R. 3549: Ms. WILSON of Florida. H.R. 3794: Mr. CASE, Ms. MATSUI, and Mr. H.R. 3290: Mr. GARAMENDI. H.R. 3570: Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LAWSON of THOMPSON of California. H.R. 3303: Mr. PANETTA and Mr. Florida, Mr. LAMB, Ms. PORTER, Ms. SLOTKIN, H.R. 3809: Ms. DELAURO, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. COX of California, and Mrs. NAPOLITANO. NADLER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. LEE of Cali- ATKINS IANFORTE H.R. 3306: Mr. CLINE and Mr. NORMAN. H.R. 3580: Mr. W , Mr. G , fornia, Mr. KILMER, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- H.R. 3319: Mr. BAIRD. ACON IMMONS Mr. B , and Mr. T . fornia, Mr. SWALWELL of California, and Mr. H.R. 3349: Mr. WRIGHT. H.R. 3582: Mr. GRIJALVA and Mr. COSTA. CUELLAR. H.R. 3356: Mr. BIGGS. H.R. 3589: Mr. MORELLE, Mr. SIRES, Mr. H.R. 3816: Mr. GUEST and Mr. BAIRD. H.R. 3362: Mr. YOUNG. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. LIPIN- H.R. 3369: Mr. LAWSON of Florida and Mr. SKI, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. H.J. Res. 72: Miss RICE of New York, Mr. RUSH. FOSTER, Ms. PORTER, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. RASKIN, and Mrs. LURIA. H.R. 3375: Mr. CLINE, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. HAALAND, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. MOORE, Ms. JOHN- H. Con. Res. 27: Mr. ESTES. RUTHERFORD, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, SON of Texas, Mr. MCADAMS, Mr. CUMMINGS, H. Con. Res. 36: Ms. DELBENE. Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. H. Con. Res. 52: Mr. PANETTA and Mr. DOG- SPEIER, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. BLUNT VAN DREW, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. PLASKETT, GETT. ROCHESTER, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mrs. WATSON COLE- H. Res. 54: Mr. CASTRO of Texas. COSTA, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. CHE- MAN, Mr. STANTON, Ms. HILL of California, H. Res. 60: Mr. GRIFFITH. NEY, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. STEWART, Mr. Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Ms. H. Res. 189: Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. STAUBER, and Mr. DAVID P. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. LAR- STEWART, and Mr. BUTTERFIELD. ROE of Tennessee. SEN of Washington, Mr. CURTIS, and Mr. H. Res. 246: Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. H.R. 3394: Ms. JUDY CHU of California and BRINDISI. GRAVES of Louisiana, and Mr. TIMMONS. Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. H.R. 3598: Mr. MOULTON, Miss RICE of New H. Res. 358: Ms. ESHOO. H.R. 3396: Mr. PERLMUTTER. York, and Mrs. LEE of Nevada. H. Res. 374: Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. H.R. 3425: Mr. GALLAGHER. H.R. 3607: Mr. FITZPATRICK. H.R. 3437: Ms. GARCIA of Texas. H.R. 3609: Mr. GRIJALVA. H. Res. 396: Mr. QUIGLEY. H.R. 3451: Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. H.R. 3655: Mr. BALDERSON. H. Res. 419: Mr. HILL of Arkansas. NORTON, and Ms. HAALAND. H.R. 3667: Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois. H. Res. 484: Ms. MCCOLLUM and Mr. KIND. H.R. 3452: Mr. AGUILAR. H.R. 3670: Ms. SHERRILL and Ms. H. Res. 486: Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio. H.R. 3463: Ms. HILL of California, Ms. JACK- SPANBERGER. H. Res. 487: Mr. COSTA, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. SON LEE, and Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER. H.R. 3691: Mr. TAYLOR. CICILLINE, Mr. SIRES, and Mr. TRONE. H.R. 3497: Mr. BALDERSON. H.R. 3697: Mr. PALLONE. H. Res. 488: Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, and H.R. 3502: Mr. HOLDING, Mr. POSEY, Mr. H.R. 3702: Mr. CLEAVER. Ms. WILSON of Florida. MEUSER, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. COX of H.R. 3722: Mr. TAYLOR and Mr. MEADOWS. California, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mrs. MCBATH, H.R. 3739: Mrs. LESKO. H. Res. 493: Mr. DUNCAN and Mr. Mr. ALLEN, Mr. HAGEDORN, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. H.R. 3745: Mr. LEVIN of Michigan and Ms. RIGGLEMAN. BABIN, Mr. ABRAHAM, and Mrs. FLETCHER. CLARKE of New York. H. Res. 495: Mr. THOMPSON of California and H.R. 3503: Ms. BASS. H.R. 3775: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER and Mrs. Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois. H.R. 3512: Ms. BROWNLEY of California. KIRKPATRICK. H. Res. 501: Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. H.R. 3515: Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. COMER, and H.R. 3776: Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. WILD, Mrs. LAW- Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma. ROYBAL-ALLARD, and Mr. AGUILAR. RENCE, Mr. TRONE, and Mr. HORSFORD.

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