E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 114 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

Vol. 162 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2016 No. 103 House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at 5 p.m. Senate MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2016

The Senate met at 3 p.m. and was ZIKA VIRUS AND VA-MILCON bad day . . . for America and the called to order by the President pro FUNDING BILL world.’’ So will he help the Senate pass tempore (Mr. HATCH). Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, this $1.1 billion Zika control funding f combatting the spread of the Zika compromise or play partisan politics and delay action for weeks? PRAYER virus should be a priority for both par- ties. We worked hard to forge a com- The White House, which recently The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- promise solution that made $1.1 billion called for congressional action on Zika fered the following prayer: available to fight this virus. That com- by July 4, said: Let us pray. promise plan already passed the Senate [T]he time to prepare before Zika begins to Almighty God, the way, the truth, with unanimous support of Democrats. spread in the continental United States is and the life, shine Your light upon our We now have a bicameral agreement rapidly closing. . . . [W]e need some congres- lawmakers as they begin a new week. that provides the exact same com- sional action. We need a sense of urgency and we need it now. Illuminate their minds with Your wis- promise level of funding. The House did dom, that they may know what to its job and approved the legislation. Democrats have tried to claim they think and do, refusing to become weary The Senate can now do its job to send weren’t involved in negotiations over in well-doing. Lord, keep them from that legislation down to the President. this legislation, but they were from be- straying from Your precepts as they re- Democrats joined Republicans in ginning to end, and the House agreed member that those who walk with in- sounding the alarm about Zika, but to the funding level that Democrats tegrity walk securely. Teach them the now we are at the finish line, and sud- supported unanimously. lessons they need to learn so that they denly our friends across the aisle are Democrats have tried to trot out the will not repeat the mistakes of the changing their tune. Here is what the ‘‘war on women’’ playbook, but this past. May they serve this land with fourth-ranking Senate Democrat re- legislation actually provides more re- competence and faithfulness, never for- cently said: sources for women’s health services— getting their accountability to You. Families are looking to Congress for action through hospitals, health departments, Cause them to hear Your words and to on Zika. It is well past time that we deliv- community health centers, and other follow where You lead. ered. public programs. We pray in Your great Name. Amen. So will she help the Senate deliver Democrats have even tried to claim that this Zika legislation would endan- f tomorrow or play partisan politics? Here is what the third-ranking Sen- ger clean water protections, but it PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ate Democrat recently said: ‘‘Every won’t. It contains a temporary, tar- The President pro tempore led the day we wait, every day is increasing geted compromise that will allow ex- Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: the risk that we will have problems perts to actually get at mosquito con- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the with Zika.’’ So will he help the Senate trol, the root cause of Zika, in an effec- United States of America, and to the Repub- to take action tomorrow or play par- tive way while we wait for a vaccine. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, tisan politics? The agreement before us is a com- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The second-ranking Democrat re- promise with input from both parties, f cently said that ‘‘the mosquitoes car- and it represents the last chance we rying this deadly virus are on the will have to address Zika for weeks. RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY march.’’ So will he help the Senate ar- The CDC Director testified that the LEADER rest that march before the Fourth of $1.1 billion funding level will allow him The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. July or play partisan politics? ‘‘to do the things we need to do in the ERNST). The majority leader is recog- Here is what the Democratic leader immediate term.’’ He said: ‘‘The sooner nized. recently said: ‘‘Every day we wait is a we get a bill, the better.’’

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Senate Republicans joined with them. tion, 600,000 Texans couldn’t vote be- So look, there is no reason Demo- They have to do everything they can to cause they didn’t have the right ID. crats should reverse course now and whack Planned Parenthood, and that is The State has pushed laws to restrict block funding for Zika control in the what they do in this conference report. people’s right to vote and limit vic- midst of mosquito season. There is no They restrict funding for birth control tims’ ability to recover deserved dam- reason they should put partisan poli- provided by Planned Parenthood. Can ages after accidents and medical mal- tics above the health of pregnant you believe that? And with this Zika practice. The law restricting women’s women and babies, and there is no rea- problem, who does it affect? Women, care was just the most recent example son they should block support for our and especially pregnant women. It ex- of Texas trampling on the rights of its veterans, either. empts pesticide spraying from Clean people. So I am pleased that the Su- The legislation before us will honor Water Act prohibitions and protec- preme Court struck down Texas’ un- commitments to the men and women tions, cuts veterans funding by $500 constitutional attempt to deprive who have served to protect us. It in- million, cuts Ebola funding by $107 mil- women of health care. cludes a significant increase for the VA lion, and cuts ObamaCare by $543 mil- In another ruling today, the Supreme to help improve the quality of health lion. Court also whacked the National Rifle care services and benefits that our vet- Listen to this one. Why would they Association. By a 6-to-2 decision, the erans have earned, it will enhance do this? They stick a provision in this oversight and accountability at the Justices upheld a Federal law that that strikes a prohibition that we had bans people convicted of domestic vio- VA, and it will help improve quality of placed in the legislation on displaying life on military bases for soldiers, sail- lence from buying guns. a Confederate flag. What they have While the Supreme Court did its job ors, airmen, marines, and their fami- done is just great. Any veterans facil- lies. today, I must note the many other ity can fly that Confederate flag. Why missed opportunities in the Court over Our men and women in uniform make would they put that in this bill? Of sacrifices daily on our behalf—sac- the last 4 months. Due to the Repub- course, it sets a terrible precedent for licans historic obstruction of Judge rifices such as missing special mo- offsetting emergency spending, and it ments with their families, being sta- Merrick Garland’s nomination, the is missing $800 million—what a shame. United States’ highest Court is often tioned in distant places far from home, It is like we are being dared to op- deadlocked. The Court has been unable suffering physical wounds they will pose this legislation. We have no to provide definitive rulings on some of carry with them long after their serv- choice. ice is over. the most important issues of our time Sadly, too many of our servicemem- f because there are not nine Justices, bers are also burdened by wounds that UNITED KINGDOM EXIT FROM but only eight, due to the Republicans’ cannot be seen, such as traumatic EUROPEAN UNION obstruction. For the first time in the brain injury and post-traumatic stress Mr. REID. Madam President, last history of the country in a year right disorder. We are reminded of their week the voters of the United Kingdom before an election, the Republicans daily sacrifices on this National PTSD stunned the world by voting to exit the have decided they are not going to Awareness Day. European Union. The vote was close, allow a vote on a Supreme Court nomi- We know that too many of our vet- but ultimately the electorate decided nation. It has never happened before. erans and their families are unfortu- to sever the United Kingdom from the By denying President Obama the nately all too familiar with the chal- European Union, an organization they chance to fill this vacancy, the Repub- lenges and sorrows this condition can had been a part of for 40 years. I was licans have infected the Supreme Court bring. We know too that while our war- disappointed by that decision, but it with the same gridlock they have per- riors may return home from the battle- was their decision. fected with the Congress for the last 7 field due to effective medevac and trau- In the aftermath of last week’s ref- years. Eight Supreme Court Justices ma care, there is a generation of war- erendum, I was pleased that President are simply not enough to serve the riors who will need treatment and sup- Obama reaffirmed our special relation- American people and the rule of law. port literally for decades to come. ship with the United Kingdom and our One Drake University constitutional We owe this support to the service- strong ties to the European Union. Re- law professor wrote recently: members who drove Al Qaeda from Af- gardless of what happens with the so- With just eight members, the Court cannot ghanistan and offered the Iraqis an op- called Brexit, the United States will resolve certain controversial cases. It can portunity for a better future. We owe it split 4–4, which means there is no uniform to each and every veteran who has sac- continue to maintain strong alliances with Britain and Europe. rule of law. rificed to help keep us safe. All told, the Supreme Court has We have an all-volunteer force in this f deadlocked on seven important cases country. The young men and women SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND and issues. who sign up to defend our Nation don’t FILLING THE SUPREME COURT Because of Senate Republicans, em- ask for very much, but our Nation cer- VACANCY ployers can deny women who are work- tainly asks a lot of them. They deserve ing access to contraception coverage; the benefits, care, and treatment they Mr. REID. Madam President, this because of Senate Republicans, compa- have earned. morning the Supreme Court issued its We need to pass the Veterans Affairs final set of rulings for the year for the nies can misuse the private informa- and Military Construction funding bill Court’s term. tion of consumers; and because of Sen- before us as soon as possible. I was pleased with two of the Court’s ate Republicans, lenders can discrimi- decisions especially. One pertains to nate against married women. f women’s health and one with keeping There are others. The most glaring RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY guns away from dangerous individuals. example, though, was from last Thurs- LEADER In the Court’s 5-to-3 decision in Whole day when the Court was unable to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Woman’s Health, the Court affirmed reach a majority decision on an impor- Democratic leader is recognized. the constitutionally protected rights of tant immigration case. It issued a one- f American women. The Justices struck sentence ruling: ‘‘The judgment is af- down a Texas law that limited women’s firmed by an equally divided Court.’’ ZIKA VIRUS AND VA-MILCON rights and restricted access to health As former Solicitor General Walter FUNDING BILL care. Dellinger wrote, ‘‘Seldom have so Mr. REID. Madam President, here are Infringing upon the rights of Texans many hopes been crushed by so few just a few brief words on the Zika fund- has become all too familiar for the gov- words.’’

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:33 Jun 28, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27JN6.001 S27JNPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE June 27, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4567 These immigration programs would Madam President, as we work to help the widows who are depending on these take millions of people out of the shad- these families, we should not forget the pensions—they are modest pensions— ows and allow them to work and pay many West Virginians who are fighting but basically it is their health care. taxes. the devastating flooding that has rav- They will get a 90-day notice July 15 if Today also happens to be the third aged that State. Twenty-five have died. we do nothing, and we cannot do that. anniversary of the Senate passing a bi- Our hearts go out to the victims and We cannot do that to any part of this partisan bill to fix our Nation’s immi- the families of those affected by the great country and especially those who gration system by a heavy vote of 68 to devastation. have worked so hard and given so 32. It was bipartisan in nature. I have spoken several times to the much. Three years ago, after the bill passed senior Senator from West Virginia. It I thank him for that commitment. I in the Senate, Republicans used their is hard to comprehend, in that sparsely hope my colleagues, all of my col- obstructionist ways to prevent a vote populated State, that a storm can take leagues, my Republican and Demo- in the House of Representatives. 25 people—men, women, and children— cratic colleagues, will help me keep Today, those same Republicans are ob- and still there are people unaccounted this commitment and this promise to structing a ninth Supreme Court Jus- for. our miners. tice in order to kill the President’s Ex- On behalf of the whole Senate, I ex- Madam President, I wish to tell you ecutive actions on immigration. press the care and feeling we have for a little bit about what is going on in Latino and immigrant families West Virginia. I want to be available to my State of West Virginia. I came back across this Nation are watching who do everything I can to help the people last night. stands with them and who stands of West Virginia. Senator MANCHIN is a I was driving home Thursday night, against them. It is very easy to see. It great advocate, and we will listen and I got caught in Virginia driving on is appalling Republicans are willing to closely to follow his direction and I–81. This deluge of water started. prevent the Court from doing its job as guidance. Rains I have never seen before started they wait for a Donald Trump-ap- We also thank the many brave police while I was on I–81. After getting into pointed nominee. That is startling. officers, firefighters, EMTs, and mem- Lexington, VA, I cross over to I–64 to Just yesterday, the Republican lead- bers of the National Guard who worked come in. Then from I–64 I go through er refused to say if he thinks Donald hard to prevent further loss of life. Clifton Forge and Covington. I have Trump is qualified to be President. His Many more people came close to dying. traveled quite a bit that way, and I silence speaks volumes. We have seen it all on television. We have never seen water like this. Republicans continue to block our have read the stories. It is very fright- The river started coming across the justice system from functioning so this ening that something like that could road. We were able to get through that. unqualified bigot can reshape the Su- happen. I was asked what my first impression preme Court in his image. I was told by Senator MANCHIN this is was coming into West Virginia. I was It is time for Republicans to stop fo- a 1,000-year storm—not a 100-year driving, and we came into West Vir- menting partisanship and gridlock, storm but a 1,000-year storm. Nothing ginia on the Greenbrier County side even in the Nation’s highest Court. like this has never happened before—9 and White Sulfur Springs. The beau- America deserves a fully functioning inches of rain in just a matter of hours. tiful Greenbrier is there as soon as you Supreme Court. It is devastating for the people of West come into our State. f Virginia but also for our country. The exit where you get off where you go to the Greenbrier and go into White MINERS PROTECTION ACT AND Will the Chair please announce the business of the day. Sulfur Springs, I looked down, and it FLOODING IN WEST VIRGINIA was totally under water—all those Mr. REID. Madam President, just f stores where I used to stop, see people, last month, we marked the 70th anni- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME and the little filling stations, but the versary of President Truman’s historic eeriest thing I ever saw in my life was The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under promise to mine workers. President all these cars were under water and the previous order, the leadership time Truman promised lifetime health and their lights were on. So you know if is reserved. pension benefits to coal miners in ex- their lights were on, someone was driv- change for their continuing the back- f ing. For the water to come up that breaking work which built our Nation, MORNING BUSINESS quickly that you couldn’t even turn but today tens of thousands of miners your car off, you just jumped out or and widows are in imminent danger of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under tried to swim out or tried to get out losing not part of their health benefits the previous order, the Senate will be the best you could, that totally gives but all of them—100 percent of them. in a period of morning business until 5 you an idea of how fast this river rose. Their modest pension benefits are also p.m., with Senators permitted to speak No one has ever seen anything like it. at serious risk. A promise that has therein for up to 10 minutes each. Then I saw a trailer, a person’s home, been kept for 70 years is about to be The Senator from West Virginia. floating down the road, the middle of violated, broken. We shouldn’t let that f the road. I am thinking, ‘‘What hap- happen. pened?’’ There is a bipartisan solution that FLOODING IN WEST VIRGINIA AND Then I drove and got into Charleston, MINERS PROTECTION ACT would avert this crisis. Senator and as Senator REID said, 9 inches. We MANCHIN wants the Senate to vote on Mr. MANCHIN. Madam President, had up to 10 inches of rain in some his Miners Protection Act, and so do I. first, I thank Senator REID and all of parts, 9 inches to 10 inches in this area If it is up to Senator MCCONNELL, we my colleagues on both sides of the aisle of southeastern West Virginia that are not going to be given a chance to for the compassion and the outpouring really got hit. All of the counties got vote before the recess, despite the grav- of love they have given to our State. hit pretty good, but a few of them real- ity of the situation. They have expressed that to me. I also ly got inundated. Just 2 weeks ago, more than 3,000 thank Senator REID and my Demo- If you can imagine 9 inches to 10 miners and their supporters rallied in cratic colleagues for their commitment inches of rain happening within a 2- Lexington, KY, urging congressional to the Miners Protection Act. I also hour to 6-hour period, that would be al- action. The Senate should vote on the thank Senator CAPITO, my colleague most like turning on all the hoses you Miners Protection Act before we recess and counterpart in the Senate. She is have in your house, put them in the for the political conventions that will committed to working on that. house, turn them on full force, and let be held this summer. There is a promise that was made, them run for that period of time and A promise made by President Tru- and basically the miners kept their see what happens. It is just unbeliev- man is a promise we should keep be- promise. By their hard work, they have able. cause a promise made should be a kept the country supplied with energy Of the things we saw, first, people promise kept. that has been needed. These are mostly didn’t have insurance because they

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That is where to stay for free; come to the in the valleys because that is where the the forks basically join. When what Greenbrier. We don’t have hot water— river had meandered and kind of cut happens, sometimes the hydrology will because of their boiler systems—but we out the flat, level places. They are ask- back up, and it creates a dam. The have water. So that is what they are ing: Why would they build? I mean, water creates a dam of itself. able to do, and he has been so gracious this is where they have always been. I walked in there, and it looked like to do that. Over the years, they have either a bomb had gone off. There were three I tell people, if they can get on my dredged the rivers, they have done dif- or four homes completely burning that Web site, manchin.senate.gov—at the ferent things, they built floodwalls. We had exploded. He lived in one of them. front of our Web site, you can see ev- build dams to hold back the water in He said, when this all hit, the water, he erything you can do. It will take you certain areas, which has helped tre- ran as quickly as he could with his to the site where you can get in con- mendously. Now we have to rethink wife. He hid up in a cave on the hill- tact with the right people to help our how we do this. We need the Army side. They thought everybody had got- State. Corps of Engineers. We need the Fed- ten out. A lady did get out, and she Again, I know of the love and com- eral Government. came back into the home. passion people have, and I have I thank President Obama and his Well, when the houses shifted, it watched people come together. Our lit- Chief of Staff, Denis McDonough. I broke the gas line. When the gaslines tle State has always taken care of called Denis, and I said: Denis, if we broke, they filled the homes with nat- itself. When you ask people ‘‘Do you have ever needed help, we need it now. ural gas. When the houses shifted, then have a place to stay?’’ they will say He said: Senator, I can assure you the the power lines broke loose. The sparks ‘‘Well, I am staying with my neighbor President is ready to help as quickly as from the power line hit the gas and up here’’ or they are doing this or that. you put your declaration in. blew up the homes, like explosions So that has been fantastic. But the Never have we had a declaration going off. The woman in the house got outpouring of love and compassion signed and turned around. I thank the caught. She couldn’t get back out—she President, I thank Denis, and the en- from around the country has been un- went back in to get something. She tire White House staff for the compas- believable. went up into the attic and was burned We have a lot of famous West Vir- sion they have had for my State and all over 70 percent of her body. Then she ginians. Brad Paisley has called, and he the people of our State—as hard as it jumped into a tree and hung in a tree has been hit. wants to do a benefit for the State, and We have three counties with a dec- for 3 hours to 4 hours until they res- that is going to be tremendous. John laration: Nicholas, Kanawha, and cued her. I understand she passed away Kruk and just so many people—so Greenbrier—which was really hit hard, yesterday. many people have stepped up to the which is where the Greenbrier Resort We have 23 confirmed dead. We plate. is. Those counties are getting imme- thought there were 25 because two peo- From the bottom of my heart, I want diate relief. We have 500—going to 700— ple were swept away and reported miss- to say thank you to everybody for National Guardsmen coming in. ing. They found them alive so we are at reaching out. It is not over. I just I flew over the area. I visited all the 23, but we still have 5, 6, or 7 unac- called home, and it is raining again. We areas by car on Friday. I flew over on counted for. have flash flood warnings out for the Saturday. I have never seen an entire The tragedy continues. Love is out- same areas again. But I talked to the town, an entire city, inundated with pouring from people. First, I thank weather channel, and we are not sup- water, the entire town. In Rainhill, FEMA. FEMA is there doing an unbe- posed to get anywhere near what we WV, there wasn’t a dry spot in the lievable job and the National Guard. got before, so we will be able to handle town so everybody got caught. We are going to depend on the Corps of this, I hope. But it basically just stops Somebody asked about the warning. Engineers. It is going to take every- the cleanup, and it is devastating to We did give warning. There is never—if thing we have to put our State back to- see what has happened. you have lived all your life, your par- gether where the people can have some So I say thank you to all my col- ents and grandparents before you, and infrastructure. Maybe we can change leagues and everyone who has sent you heard stories about water coming some streams to the point where they their heartfelt, sincere condolences for this fast and this quick—let me give will move differently or water will flow our State and for the people who have you one example, and you can imagine. a little differently, hopefully, but this lost their lives. That is the first and I went to White Sulfur Springs yester- is where you need your Federal Gov- foremost thing. We can replace every- day in the little town—you have seen ernment. The State—no State, the Pre- thing else, but we can’t replace those the pictures on television, the house siding Officer’s beautiful State of dear little kids, parents, and grand- that was floating and on fire. I was Iowa—couldn’t do it by itself. We can- parents who were lost. there, right where it happened. not do it by ourselves. I thank FEMA, With that, Madam President, I say Before I got to that house, I was first responders, and Red Cross. We thank you from the great State of West walking down, and there was a lady have everybody in. Virginia, and on behalf of my colleague standing there. There were foundations If people want to know how they can Senator CAPITO, I thank you very of a few homes, but there was no sign help, there are people who say: I don’t much. We have both been on the trail of a home anywhere. She had flowers have any money, but I want to come to working together and trying to get all and a cross. And that was where her your State. We need you. We need vol- the relief we can, and just keep us in husband, who was a grandfather, and unteers who want to work. We need your prayers. her—but her husband, her daughter, people who have resources who want to With that, I suggest the absence of a and two grandchildren were in the help with their money and donations. quorum. house. They got clear to the attic, and If they want to send goods, we need The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the house left. One of the kids was safe, that too. We need everything. People clerk will call the roll. but one little child, the mother of the have lost everything. The legislative clerk proceeded to children—their daughter—and the To give you an example, Jim Justice, call the roll. grandfather were lost in the flood. She the owner of the Greenbrier Resort— Mr. NELSON. Madam President, I was standing there and looking. the Greenbrier is closed indefinitely ask unanimous consent that the order What do you say? There are no words right now. The big golf tournament for the quorum call be rescinded. to replace that. You see these types of that was planned, the Greenbrier Clas- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tragedies. sic, has been cancelled. And the golf objection, it is so ordered.

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We and moving to the mainland United already passed the House by a vote of don’t get the perfect, the ideal; we have States. A good number of them are 297 to 127. We are taking it up this too many other opinions to consider coming to my State. We are glad to week because Puerto Rico needs help. when we put legislation together. have them, but look what is happening: They have needed help for quite a If we pass this legislation, once we The very people who will help Puerto while, but now we are running out of get out of this immediate crisis, then Rico come out of this financial and time to help that island territory of all of us must work as hard as we can health care crisis—by the way, with the United States, with 3.5 million to push for solutions for some of the Zika piled on top of it, with huge per- American citizens living there. other long-term problems Puerto Rico centages of the population already in- Last week, I spoke to the Governor of has. This isn’t the end; it is just the be- fected with the Zika virus, that is all Puerto Rico, Governor Alejandro Gar- ginning. At the same time, we should the more compounding the problems of cia Padilla. He explained just how dire not look past the achievements in this the people of the island. This is why we the situation is in Puerto Rico. bill. At the end of the day, this is why have to act. On July 1, a $2 billion debt payment this Senator comes down on the side of I have a letter from the Department is due. That is just a few days from supporting this legislation. It provides of the Treasury to our majority lead- now. There is no way Puerto Rico can for an orderly process for Puerto Rico er—from the Secretary of the Treas- make that payment; they don’t have to adjust all of its debts, including its ury—that outlines some of the island’s the cash. When they don’t make that general obligation bonds. Those are the medical woes, talking about the is- payment, there will be a race to the bonds held by the hedge funds that are land’s doctors in the neonatal intensive courthouse to see which hedge fund asking for injunctive relief, that they care unit. In order to get the drugs for will sue Puerto Rico first and squeeze be the ones to get the money first, dialysis, they have to get cash every out whatever money is left on the is- looking to squeeze the life out of the day in order to deliver those services. land, even if it comes at the expense of territory. They are the ones that ran I also have Governor Alejandro Gar- the 3.5 million American citizens living all those ads saying this bill was a bail- cia Padilla’s letter to me, stating why there today. Hedge funds have already out. Have you seen those ads? Isn’t it he supports the legislation. I might filed for injunctive relief in the South- interesting that they are the only ones also say that another Member of the ern District of New York. In their who have the money to run ads saying Government—the delegate to the U.S. court documents, they state that they it is a bailout. Who is paying for the House of Representatives, whom we should be paid first in times of scar- ads? The hedge funds that hold the call Congressman PEDRO PIERLUISI and city, even ahead of what the govern- bonds because they want their money is of a different party than the Gov- ment needs for essential services—es- first, to the exclusion of essential serv- ernor—likewise strongly supports this sential services such as schools, hos- ices on the island. Well, this is not a legislation. pitals, law enforcement. In our con- bailout. It doesn’t spend any taxpayer I ask unanimous consent to have versation, the Governor told me that if money. But it has the hedge funds on printed in the RECORD those two let- the hedge funds are granted injunctive Wall Street running scared because ters. relief, then he is not going to be able to they know that if this passes, they There being no objection, the mate- pay the salaries of law enforcement won’t be able to get special treatment rial was ordered to be printed in the and other first responders. and they won’t be able to starve Puerto RECORD, as follows: This isn’t abstract; this is real. Hos- Rico of its vital resources. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, pitals have already closed. The Sec- Just consider the suffering going on Washington, DC, June 27, 2016. retary of the Treasury, Jacob Lew, ear- in Puerto Rico. Nearly 200 schools have Hon. MITCH MCCONNELL, lier cited in a letter that hospitals can closed. Public transportation services Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, only order dialysis treatments for pre- have been cut. Payments to gasoline Washington, DC. DEAR MR. LEADER: Puerto Rico is in crisis, mature newborns in intensive care. suppliers have been delayed, causing and its only hope for recovery and growth is How? Only if they pay cash on demand vendors to stop supplying gasoline to legislation that authorizes the tools nec- daily. Let me repeat that. They are so emergency vehicles like ambulances essary for better fiscal management and a strapped that hospitals can only order and fire trucks. Schools have had to sustainable level of debt. Early in June, the the dialysis that is essential for life for cut services to special needs kids. House passed a compromise bill, with an premature newborns who are in inten- Eighty percent of the businesses in San overwhelming bipartisan vote, that will give sive care—they can only order it if Juan’s main business district have Puerto Rico the tools to recover without any they are paid in cash for that dialysis closed. federal spending. The Senate should take up This isn’t something we can continue the matter immediately. Delay will only on a daily basis. jeopardize the ability of Congress to con- This legislation the House has craft- to debate ad infinitum. Real people are clude its work before July 1, a critical dead- ed is certainly not the bill I would have suffering now. Every day we go without line Puerto Rico’s leadership has publicly crafted, but it is the only bill we have providing some sort of relief, more highlighted for months. before us that could get by the tea harm is done to the people of Puerto On July 1—only four days from now—the party element in the House of Rep- Rico. We are out of time. We need to crisis in Puerto Rico will ratchet up to an resentatives. It is not ideal, particu- act. And this bill is the only bill mov- even higher level. Puerto Rico has $2 billion larly with regard to the labor provi- ing. I ask my colleagues to support the in debt payments coming due that day, in- cluding payments on constitutionally sions in the bill and the way the over- bill and send it to the President as prioritized debt on which Puerto Rico has sight board is organized. soon as possible because, as the Gov- not previously defaulted. In the event of de- We will hear bipartisan attacks ernor said, the alternative is worse. fault, and if creditor lawsuits are successful, against the bill in the Senate, well Might I also add that since this Sen- a judge could immediately order Puerto Rico meaning and well felt, but this legisla- ator comes from a part of the coun- to pay creditors over essential services such tion is needed to get Puerto Rico out of try—Florida, Central Florida, the Or- as health, education, and public safety. This this immediate crisis. Several of us lando area—where there is such a con- could force Puerto Rico to lay off police offi- would like to see more in the bill to ad- centration of citizens who have moved cers, shut down public transit, or close a hos- dress the health care disparities in from the island—there is one of the pital. Even a retroactive stay on litigation passed by Congress a few days later would Puerto Rico and the lack of economic highest concentrations of Puerto not reverse such a court order. This is one of growth on the island, but, as Governor Ricans in the United States right in many reasons Congress must act before July Padilla has said, if someone is holding the Orlando area. What is happening is 1. Creditors are hoping to gain the protection you up at gunpoint and says ‘‘Your that as the island deteriorates as far as of legal judgments as quickly as possible,

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Doc- ZIKA VIRUS FUNDING tors at the island’s only neonatal intensive talking to Governor Abbott in Texas care unit described how they can order dialy- Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, we and also the public health officials sis treatment for premature newborns only if will soon vote on a bill that would pro- there, I know they are very concerned they pay cash-on-demand daily for lifesaving vide funding for a coordinated response about what this means. And I am sure, drugs. While we do not know the full rami- to the Zika virus—a virus that has al- like the preceding speaker from Flor- fications if Congress fails to act before the ready ravaged many parts of Latin ida—Florida, Louisiana, and Texas are end of the month, we know for certain that America and places like Puerto Rico. some very temperate, warm weather it is the 3.5 million American citizens who regions and are particularly vulnerable live in Puerto Rico who will be further Over the past few weeks, our Demo- harmed. cratic friends have repeatedly stressed to this particular type of mosquito and Congress must do more in the future to ad- the urgency of this matter. And the this virus, but it could spread to other dress long-term economic growth and Med- summer months coming are likely to parts of the country, too, unless we act icaid inequalities in Puerto Rico, but doing bring us more mosquitoes, which, of with dispatch tomorrow to approve nothing now to end the debt crisis will result course, are the primary vector that this conference report and to get this in a chaotic, disorderly unwinding with wide- carries this virus. Thankfully, in the bill to the President’s desk and to get spread consequences. Some well-funded United States, no one who has con- the money to the researchers and the creditors are working hard to delay legisla- tracted the Zika virus has done so people trying to develop a vaccine, tive action this week, even if it comes at the which ultimately may be the ultimate expense of the Puerto Rican people. I urge through a mosquito; it has been from Republicans and Democrats to come to- people traveling to Central and South tool in the toolbox so the people can be gether in the Senate as you have before to America, who have been bitten there— vaccinated so that, for example, women help our fellow citizens, and get a bipartisan at least that is according to most cur- who are of childbearing age don’t have bill to the President’s desk before July 1. rent statistics from the Centers for to worry about the possibility of ac- Sincerely, Disease Control and Prevention. We quiring this disease or what it might JACOB J. LEW. know they are coming, and we need to mean to their unborn child. act with dispatch. We need to make sure the doctors ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE I know many of our friends across and the researchers and other public PUERTO RICO GOBERNADOR, the aisle were very eager to get this health officials on the front lines get San Juan, PR, June 22, 2016. the resources they need. The good news Hon. BILL NELSON, done because they came down and Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. made unanimous consent requests for is that—taking some advice from the DEAR SENATOR NELSON: I write to request $1.9 billion. As you will recall, the Sen- Senate and the House, Republicans, in that you vote in favor of the Puerto Rico ate passed an appropriation for $1.1 bil- particular—the President decided to Oversight, Management and Economic Sta- lion, and the only difference between reprogram $589 million left over in the bility Act (PROMESA) before the end of the the House and Senate was whether this Ebola account. They did that a few month. On July 1, 2016, more than $1 billion weeks ago. As of earlier this month, in general obligations and Commonwealth would be deficit spending or whether it would actually be offset or paid for, only $40 million of that $589 million has guaranteed bonds are due. We do not have been obligated. There is a cushion which was the House’s position. I think the cash to make those payments. A default there, but I think we should be careful of that magnitude, without the automatic the House had the better argument. If about acting complacently when it stay granted by PROMESA, will affect our we could pay for it, that would be comes to dealing with this particular ability to pay our public workers, including ideal, but I think everybody agrees we police, nurses and therapists for special crisis, or impending crisis. need to get moving quickly to protect For the President and some of our needs children. our communities. For more than a year we have been re- colleagues who have been insistent Of course, the people most vulnerable questing Congress to provide us the tools we that we act on this now to say ‘‘We are need to restructure all the debt. The House to the Zika virus are women of child- going to filibuster it’’ or ‘‘The Presi- of Representatives passed PROMESA, which bearing age. If a mosquito carrying dent will actually veto it’’ is really provides Puerto Rico a solution to its dec- Zika were to bite you, you might not pretty hard to get your head around, ade-long economic crisis. Although imper- even notice it or you might feel as unless you conclude it is completely fect and intrusive to Puerto Rico’s auton- though you have had a little flu symp- omy, it is the only alternative available to disingenuous and irresponsible. I would tom for a day and then it would go like to give our colleagues a little reach a sustainable level of debt. PROMESA away. We simply don’t know enough also protects us from all creditor litigation. more credit than that. I am anxious to The fiscal crisis we inherited does not leave about how long the virus is retained in hear how they have changed their posi- us any options. the body, so even if a woman isn’t preg- tion so dramatically from just a few The 3.5 million United States citizens on nant when she is bitten, the fact that weeks ago. the island are threatened by a debt crisis she was bitten and is of childbearing We will vote on this proposal tomor- that can disrupt essential public services age and what that might mean is an row, and I hope that cooler heads will such as health, security and education. As unknown. It is frightening, particu- prevail and our colleagues will vote to Governor, I am responsible for protecting the larly if you are a woman of child- support it, so we can quickly get the safety and well-being of the people of Puerto bearing age. urgent resources needed to those public Rico. PROMESA is just the first step in what I hope we will act with dispatch. I will be Puerto Rico’s long road to recovery. health services that are studying the I urge you to approve PROMESA before July know it is not fast enough for some of virus, working on prevention—includ- 1st, 2016. our colleagues who wanted us to do ing mosquito eradication, which is an Sincerely, this without the usual conference com- important part of this—as well as cre- ALEJANDRO J. GARCIA-PADILLA, mittee with the House to try to rec- ating a vaccine. The Governor of the Commonwealth of oncile differences, but we need to get The minority leader, in particular, Puerto Rico. this done. It is surprising now to hear spent a considerable amount of time on Mr. NELSON. Madam President, I some of our colleagues on the other the floor stressing how dire the need is will close by saying that we can’t let side of the aisle say they actually plan to fund Zika prevention efforts. He and these people dangle there anymore. We to filibuster this legislation, and the the rest of his caucus will have a clear have to come to the aid of our fellow President apparently is indicating he choice. They can either play politics at American citizens. Let’s remember might veto it. I am really interested to the expense of the mothers and the that when it comes to time of war, hear how they arrived from point A to children across the country, or they Puerto Rico provides some of the brav- point B, having taken the position sev- can simply decide to do the right thing est military people we have. Let’s re- eral weeks ago that we ought do it im- and support the bipartisan Zika bill.

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It is not just these diplomats lighting the need for more troops in To recap, this isn’t about people trav- working in the State Department of the region—and quickly—but are con- eling from the United States to the President Obama who are raising red cerned the administration will be re- Middle East and returning or people flags. luctant to commit more. That is be- coming from the Middle East to the Recently the CIA Director agreed cause the President has instituted an United States. It is about that, but pri- with them while testifying before the artificial troop cap for Iraq and Syria— marily what we are worried about in Senate Intelligence Committee. He ad- it is about the numbers, it is not about Orlando is the radicalization of an mitted we are further away from a dip- the mission—just like he did in Af- American citizen by propaganda, poi- lomatic solution in Syria than a year ghanistan, and he doesn’t want to add sonous propaganda being issued by the ago, largely because of Russia’s in- to that no matter what happens. Apparently, the foolish campaign Islamic State, and that falls in a fertile volvement in propping up the regime of promises the President made when he field with particularly susceptible indi- Bashar al-Assad. He confirmed that was running are more important to viduals like the shooter in Orlando. ISIS, the Islamic State, is preparing to him now than actually defeating ISIS That is one reason it is so important conduct further attacks, in part by abroad. As it stands, his legacy will be we complete our work on the Com- training and encouraging its followers leaving Iraq more unstable and more merce-Justice-Science appropriations to carry out attacks in their home dangerous for U.S. interests than it bill. It keeps many of our counterter- countries, such as the United States of was when he came into office. rorism efforts going by funding those America. Contrary to the narrative the White This should be a no-brainer. We don’t who are on the frontlines, such as the House is selling, Director Brennan succeed on the battlefield when we ig- FBI and other law enforcement. I hope called ISIS a ‘‘formidable adversary’’ nore the counsel of the experts, our we can get that legislation completed, that is building a global terror net- uniformed military leaders, and we too, and in so doing underscore our work. He stressed that Libya, in par- can’t succeed on the ground in Iraq commitment to those public servants ticular, is a growing hotbed of Islamic when the President will not provide the who defend the homeland. extremism. resources necessary to carry out the We can’t lose sight of the heart of the Recently I traveled to Tunisia with operations he has asked them to per- problem: a lack of any coherent plan to members of the House Homeland Secu- form. We don’t need a bandaid. We defeat ISIS and a foreign policy miss- rity Committee, and we met with the don’t need more calls for diplomacy ing direction and leadership from the Libyan country team—the U.S. Ambas- and other hollow talking points in Commander in Chief, the President of sador to Libya and the other members Libya. What we and the world need is the United States. of that country team who had not even American leadership and a commit- Over the past few days, it has become been able to go to Libya because it was ment from the White House to root out even clearer that not even those in the so dangerous. They were actually and annihilate ISIS where it lives and Obama administration are onboard working in exile in Tunisia next door. breathes. with his short-sighted and reckless Director Brennan called the ISIS off- I doubt the Orlando shooter would policies. First, more than 50 diplomats shoot in Libya the most developed and have pledged allegiance to the leader of sent an internal protest memo to most dangerous branch of the terrorist the Islamic State if we had done what harshly criticize the President’s Syria group. How did we get here? President our military leadership believes we policy. You can find that draft version Obama and Secretary of State Hillary should have already done, which was to of the memo online. It is four frank Clinton failed in their efforts to sta- crush ISIS and defeat it. I doubt the pages, decrying Obama’s failed wait- bilize the country after toppling Qa- Orlando shooter would have pledged al- and-see-approach to Syria, from some dhafi. Didn’t we learn anything in legiance to a leader whose movement of those who have been most involved Iraq? Apparently, the Obama adminis- had been crushed and destroyed, but he with the policy. tration did not. They had no plan for did it because he felt they were win- The New York Times was forced to what to do once Qadhafi was gone. Evi- ning. admit the number of signatures on it, dently, President Obama opted to lead When the watching world sees we 51, was ‘‘extremely large, if not unprec- from behind during the military cam- lack the will to defeat ISIS, ISIS sym- edented.’’ I wish I had time to read the paign and then not lead at all after Qa- pathizers around the world sense weak- full memo aloud here, but let me quote dhafi fell. ness, and they are emboldened in their from a few paragraphs—actually, from Unfortunately, recent testimony plan to carry out attacks, including on the final paragraph. It says: from the President’s nominee to head U.S. soil. There is a direct relationship The status quo in Syria will continue to the U.S. forces in Africa, or AFRICOM, between the battlefield in Iraq and present increasingly dire, if not disastrous, suggested the administration hadn’t Syria and our neighborhoods and com- humanitarian, diplomatic, and terrorism-re- learned any lessons after this disaster. munities here in America. What hap- lated challenges. For five years, the scale of these consequences has overwhelmed our ef- When asked whether there was a strat- pens there matters here. forts to deal with this conflict; the United egy in place for dealing with all the When the request from our military States cannot contain the conflict with cur- threats emanating from Libya, the leadership arrives at the President’s rent policy. . . . [W]e firmly believe it is nominee, the Marine Corps general who desk asking for more resources, he time the United States, guided by our stra- was testifying, said he wasn’t aware of should remember Orlando, and he tegic interests and moral convictions, lead a any strategy, even though he agreed should grant the request. If he refuses global effort to put an end to this conflict. that ISIS has a significant presence in or dithers, any resulting failure in Iraq What an indictment of the leadership Libya and constitutes an imminent and Syria or further attacks on the of the White House by people who are threat to our country here at home. homeland will be part of his lasting part of the Obama administration. I am Just a few days ago, an article in the legacy. From our diplomatic corps to grateful that these diplomats opted to Washington Post highlighted the dif- our intelligence community, to the stand up and be counted and tell the ference between what our military leaders of our military, all have di- truth for our own security as well as leaders believe is necessary to accom- rectly or indirectly challenged the those in the Middle East who are suf- plish the mission and what the White President’s foreign policy in just the fering so much. The administration’s House begrudgingly agreed to give last few days. policies—really, their inaction—have them, which is less than what they If you think about it, it is remark- languished for 5 years with all signs need. According to the article, U.S. able. It takes courage and real strength pointing to a much needed course cor- commanders on the ground in Iraq are of conviction to buck the leader of rection. Still, even after the redlines readying a request to the White House your political party or of the adminis- were crossed by Syria’s murderous dic- for more troops so we can help the tration. I hope the President listens to

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The sites I visited included ing appropriations bills that provide more than 2,500 civilian employees. The Cape Wrath in northern Scotland; Capa the resources for Federal, State, and total economic impact from the Navy Tulado in Sardinia; Mona and Dog Is- local law enforcement is part of our re- was estimated to be over $300 million a lands in the Caribbean; Kennedy Coun- sponsibility. We need to make sure our year in 2003 when the Navy ended its ty in Texas; Pinecastle, Avon Park, first responders and law enforcement operations. I recall when that hap- Pensacola, Eglin, and Tyndall in Flor- community have the resources they pened. I was there, and I made the ida; Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune in need, and I hope we get that done soon. statement that you are going to have North Carolina; Townsend in Georgia; I yield the floor. financial ruin on the island, and it all and San Clemente in California. That I suggest the absence of a quorum. started when we were told we were not is a lot of sites, and I went to all of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The allowed to continue what we had been them. None of the locations had the ca- clerk will call the roll. doing in Vieques. pability to meet the training require- The bill clerk proceeded to call the Today, as in 1999, our military is fac- ments of the Navy and Marine Corps roll. ing a readiness crisis and needs ranges and would have placed additional re- Mr. INHOFE. Madam President, I ask like Vieques to train in full-spectrum strictions due to lack of training avail- unanimous consent that the order for joint operations. ability for training days, sea and air- the quorum call be rescinded. On September 2, 1999, as chairman of space restrictions, proximity to large The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the subcommittee—at that time, I was populated areas, live-fire restrictions, objection, it is so ordered. the chairman of a subcommittee of the weather, and an inability to conduct Senate Armed Services Committee combined operations, such as air, land, f called the Readiness Subcommittee—I and sea operations simultaneously—no VIEQUES TRAINING RANGE held a hearing on the military require- place. Mr. INHOFE. Madam President, on ment for Vieques and the assessment of I also visited the John F. Kennedy Wednesday we are going to be voting alternative sites that could replace Battle Group and the Wasp, and on something significant, which has Vieques. During the hearing, ADM Wil- learned that live-fire training is essen- been a source of discussion recently, liam Fallon, who was the commander tial for our Nation’s ability to safely and I wanted to put a little different of the Navy’s Second Fleet at that and effectively conduct combat oper- perspective on the problems that are in time, and Gen. Peter Pace, who was the ations, but by not allowing our forces Puerto Rico right now. Puerto Rico has commander of the Marine Corps at that to train using live ordnance in a real- $90 billion worth of debt right now. time, testified before the committee I istic combined operation at sea, we are They say they can’t repay it in full. I chaired that Vieques was a unique fa- putting our military personnel at risk cility. It was the only one located in think a bunch of guys have done a good during actual combat operations. the Atlantic where realistic combat job in establishing a solution for that. Numerous DOD officials have testi- training could be conducted in a com- Puerto Rico is scheduled—and is going fied before our committee and reported bined and coordinated manner. The to be missing—to have another debt that the loss of training at the Vieques only Navy live-fire land, complete with payment, which is going to put that range has resulted in the loss of crit- day-and-night capabilities, amphibious amount over $90 billion. ical combat training essential to the landing beach and maneuver areas, and This week, the Senate will consider Nation’s Navy and Marine forces and the range had areas of low-traffic air- legislation that will impose an over- would increase the risk to our sailors space and deepwater sea space, with sight board that will set up the bank- and marines. In fact, it did. These very underwater and electronic warfare brilliant people, the top military offi- ruptcy court restructuring process. It ranges. That was the only one in the cials, talked about how many of our is important citizens of Puerto Rico world. troops and how many of our Americans and the residents of Vieques realize The Navy-Marine Corps study exam- had to die as a result of the loss of that they still have an opportunity to play ined 18 alternative sites, evaluating the training area. a significant role in the nation’s de- availability of the air-to-ground live RADM Kevin Moran, the Navy com- fense—a role that could bring an eco- ordnance range, with realistic targets mander who oversaw operations nomic investment of hundreds of mil- and airspace for high-altitude deliv- throughout the Caribbean, compared lions of dollars to Puerto Rico. eries, and for a naval surface fire sup- combined live training to practice for a In April of 1999, following an accident port firing range, which permits the football team. He explained that coach- on the Vieques training range—Vieques training of ships, forward spotters, and es could routinely do basic training for is a little island off of Puerto Rico— fire coordination teams, the ability for quarterbacks separate from the line- that resulted in the death of a Navy ci- combat arms amphibious training, and men and separate from the defense. vilian employee, all training activities nearby naval and air support facilities. They could train everybody individ- on that range were suspended. They We looked everywhere for that. We ually, but—this is his quote—‘‘at some had been training on that range for 60 looked at 18 alternative sites. The point you have to bring them together years, and they suspended it. Despite study concluded that no single site before the big game. It’s [Vieques] the the efforts of Congress and the Depart- evaluated was able to accomplish all of only place we can do that.’’ ment of Defense leadership to include the training that was conducted at Secretary Richard Danzig, who was approving additional funding to hold a Vieques. The study also considered ap- then the Secretary of the Navy, said: referendum on Vieques, as well as in- portioning the training to various al- ‘‘Only by providing in preparation can creased funding per year if Vieques re- ternative locations but included the we fairly ask our servicemembers to mained open, the Navy was forced to piecemeal approach—and this is using put their lives at risk.’’ end all training operations in 2003. their language now—it ‘‘significantly Admiral Johnson, then-Chief of After 60 years of that arrangement, degrades training to support the effec- Naval Operations, and General Jones, they had to suspend it. When that hap- tive integration and coordination of all who was the Commandant of the Ma- pened, we had to close Roosevelt combined arms.’’ We are talking about rine Corps, said that Vieques provides Roads. the Marine Corps and the Navy. The integrated live-fire training ‘‘critical I remember when they were consid- Marine Corps is going in and bombing to our readiness,’’ and the failure to ering whether they were going to close and the Navy has their planes up there provide for adequate live-fire training Roosevelt Roads, I made the comment and it is all taking place at one time. for our naval forces before deployment that they would be closing it. You guys To fully understand the capabilities will place those forces at an unaccept- need to quit rejoicing that you had the of Vieques and the potential to conduct ably high risk during the deployment.

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You pay a price for all this in rise to speak in strong support of Bob war, and that price is blood. believe there could be a school like that. Well, anyway, there is, and they Rossiter, who has been nominated to Admiral Murphy, then commander of named it ‘‘Freedom Elementary fill the vacancy on Nebraska’s Federal the Sixth Fleet in the Navy, said the School’’ after the sound of freedom. district court. loss of training on Vieques would ‘‘cost There are places where people in this The Judiciary Committee approved American lives.’’ country really want to do things that the nomination of Bob Rossiter with- On March 12, 2001, five people died in out objection last October, and I am Kuwait when a U.S. aviator dropped carry their end of it, and that was so significant. extremely pleased that the Senate will three 500-pound bombs off target. They be voting on his nomination this missed their target, and some com- Anyway, Fort Sill has a live range that operates 320 days a year and no- evening. ments in the report of the incident The U.S. District Court for the Dis- point to the lack of live-fire training. body complains about it. So I think we have an opportunity to trict of Nebraska has a tradition of The commander and deputy com- fairness and of justice. This court owes mander state that they actively sought help Puerto Rico. We can do that—help them as a nation—and a program they its reputation to the well-respected opportunities for that training, but the judges who have served on it. put together for Wednesday is pretty limiting factor was range availability. With only three judgeships, Nebras- decent. It is something that can be In other words, they took away the ka’s Federal district bench is rel- live-fire capability at Vieques and we done. But at the same time—and I atively small. Nebraska’s Federal have five dead soldiers. talked to the individuals who put that bench is an example of efficiency, as What we were talking about then is plan together. I said: As soon as we well as integrity. It also has one of the true today. We put American lives at vote on that, let’s go back and tell— busiest dockets in the country. risk unnecessarily if they are not fully since Puerto Rico has had a shock For example, during the 12-month pe- trained prior to combat operations. treatment with the economic problems riod ending March 31, 2016, Nebraska The success or failure of our military they have had—tell them: If you guys had the most per-judgeship weighted when sent into combat is a direct func- really want to make a contribution, filings among the eight States that tion of the degree of realistic training you can do it. You can make a con- have only three authorized judgeships they receive before combat. Their abil- tribution of something that will save in a single Federal district. ity to conduct live, joint operations is American lives. With a small bench and a full docket, critical to battlefield success, and pres- We have had people testify that when it is important that Nebraska’s Federal ervation of the ranges at which our we went into Bosnia and Kosovo, that district court operate at full capacity. military trains ensures that success. in both Bosnia and Kosovo, we lost As soon as Judge Bataillon announced We have to ensure that our military American lives because we didn’t have that he would be taking senior status, is prepared for the next fight against a the training only the Vieques can give I began working with Senator Mike near-peer competitor. We have more us. As I mentioned, all around the Johanns to select a highly qualified near-peer competitors now than we world—I will always remember when candidate for this important position. have ever had in the history of this Governor Rossello came in and was Through an open process, we consid- country. That will demand a full complaining about all the environ- ered many applicants with excellent strength of our joint force. mental concerns and said: We are going credentials. Approximately 20 individ- There is still no range like Vieques. to close Vieques as a range. And he uals asked to be considered for this po- This happened 15 years ago. It is still said to me, because I was pushing it so sition, and we had each of them fill out the only range with land and sea and hard—he made the statement: Don’t the Judiciary Committee’s lengthy airspace that could accommodate ever come into Puerto Rico because questionnaire. naval surface, aviation, and live artil- you won’t come out of there alive. And The questionnaires and the reams of lery ordnance delivery with amphib- I went there the next day and I am supplementary materials were then ious landings supported by naval fires, alive. carefully reviewed. Having reviewed all conducted in a joint training envi- So, anyway, that is a serious thing, the qualifications and materials of ronment. and I really do think we can support these applicants, I can tell you that I understand firsthand both the im- the bill on Wednesday and then after Nebraska has no shortage of principled portance and the significance of having that talk to them in a very reasonable and sharp legal minds. Narrowing the a range in your home State. way to let them know what kind of a list was challenging. After weeks of On May 3, there was a program—I contribution they can make to the thorough consideration, we agreed to keep forgetting the name of it, but it is training of their people, as well as our recommend Bob Rossiter to President Crossfire—where they had two different people, to offset what we lost way back Obama for this judgeship in August people, a liberal and a conservative. I 15 years ago. I believe that is some- 2014. Although Senator Johanns retired have been on that program several thing we are now primed to talk to from the Senate before the President times, but this was way back in 2000. them about. They ought to be ready nominated Mr. Rossiter in June of 2015, I was debating a guy who was a Con- after all of this. So that is something I know he was pleased with this nomi- gressman from New York who was to come, and I would like to have any- nation. wanting to close the Vieques training one thinking about the vote that takes I thank the President for listening to site. As we went down to the end of place, which I will support on Wednes- my advocacy for Mr. Rossiter and for that, he said: Well, look, Senator, how day, that now you have an opportunity his support for him, for even among the would you like to have a live fire train- to actually provide a service that is many fine candidates we interviewed, ing area in your State of Oklahoma? going to save American lives. Bob’s accomplishments stood out. I said: Let me tell you about Fort With that, I yield the floor. Bob has an impressive list of profes- Sill. At Fort Sill, we have 320 days out I suggest the absence of a quorum. sional achievements. After graduating of the year—24 hours a day—that we The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cum laude from Creighton University have a live range going. It is within a clerk will call the roll. School of Law, Bob clerked for U.S. town of about 100,000 people, and no- The senior assistant legislative clerk district court judge C. Arlen Beam on body complains about it. In fact, they proceeded to call the roll. Nebraska’s Federal district court. Cur- talk about the explosions, the ordnance Mrs. FISCHER. Madam President, I rently, he is a partner at the law firm that are going off all the time, and ask unanimous consent that the order of Fraser Stryker in Nebraska. Wheth- they say: ‘‘It is the sound of freedom.’’ for the quorum call be rescinded. er Bob is working on Federal and State

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He is listed in ‘‘The Best Law- Dupuy for their efforts. Their deter- to these speeches, and I encourage my yers in America’’ and in ‘‘Chambers mination and commitment to finding colleagues to come and talk about USA, America’s Leading Business Law- Jacob is a reflection of the true spirit their States and do a little bragging. yers.’’ Perhaps the strongest testament of Arkansas. They remind us we owe a That is what I am going to do for the to Bob’s aptitude and integrity, as well debt of gratitude to all first responders next couple of minutes. as the admiration of his colleagues, is and emergency personnel across the My State, the great State of Alaska, the fact that he was previously se- country for the work they do to keep has certainly captured the country’s lected to serve as president of the Ne- us safe. imagination in a lot of ways. It is hard braska Bar Association. Though Bob Mr. President, I yield the floor. to turn on cable TV without seeing a never assumed the bar presidency due I suggest the absence of a quorum. new show on Alaska, and for good rea- to this nomination, this honor, which The PRESIDING OFFICER. The son. There is so much about the great is not bestowed lightly, is a reflection clerk will call the roll. State of Alaska that is awe-inspiring of the trust placed in Bob by those who The senior assistant legislative clerk and captures the imagination of the know and work with him. proceeded to call the roll. American people. Our mountain For these reasons I am confident that Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I ask ranges, hundreds of them, literally we have found a truly remarkable and unanimous consent that the order for seem to go on for miles and miles—for- qualified person to fill the vacancy on the quorum call be rescinded. ever, like waves in the ocean. The color Nebraska’s Federal district court. I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without of our glaciers is unlike anything you urge my colleagues to support Bob objection, it is so ordered. have ever seen before. Our rivers and streams, particularly this time of year, Rossiter’s nomination so that he can f put his outstanding intellect, skill, and are choked with salmon—millions and judgment to work for the American CONCLUSION OF MORNING millions of salmon. We have moose, people. BUSINESS bear, wolves, caribou, and muskox. But Thank you, Madam President. one of the very best things about Alas- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning ka, one of the things that makes us I yield the floor. business is closed. I suggest the absence of a quorum. unique, is our mix of cultures and the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The f extraordinary lengths people in Alaska go to keep these cultures alive. clerk will call the roll. EXECUTIVE SESSION The senior assistant legislative clerk Today I wish to speak specifically proceeded to call the roll. about the culture of whaling and to honor our Alaska Eskimo whaling cap- Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, I ask EXECUTIVE CALENDAR unanimous consent that the order for tains—heroes in our communities—and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the quorum call be rescinded. the communities that support these The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. the previous order, the Senate will pro- brave Americans. ceed to executive session to consider In Alaska, 11 communities in north- COATS). Without objection, it is so or- ern Alaska, which we call the North dered. the following nomination, which the clerk will report. Slope, participate in two whaling sea- f The senior assistant legislative clerk sons. Nuiqsut, Kivalina, Barrow, TRIBUTE TO CORPORAL JASON read the nomination of Robert F. Kaktovik, Wainwright, Gambell, Little CHESTER AND SERGEANT TREY Rossiter, Jr., of Nebraska, to be United Diomede, Wales, Point Lay, Savoonga, DUPUY States District Judge for the District and Point Hope—these are the whaling Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, I would of Nebraska. communities of my State. There is a spring whaling season and like to recognize Corporal Jason Ches- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under a fall whaling season. Both correspond ter and Sergeant Trey Dupuy of the the previous order, there will be 30 to the migration patterns of the great Jonesboro Police Department as this minutes for debate only on the nomina- bowhead whale. week’s Arkansans of the Week for hero- tion, equally divided in the usual form. The Senator from Alaska. The spring has ended now, and it is ically saving the life of a 13 year-old time for celebration. Nalukataq season CULTURE OF WHALING IN ALASKA boy trapped in a storm drain. is upon us. This is when with the com- Last month, 13-year-old Jacob Hun- Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, one munities get together to celebrate the ter was swept away during a flash flood of the great things about being able to harvest. It is like a summer picnic on in Jonesboro. Jacob was washed come to the floor and preside—as is the the top of the world, but without hot through the city’s drainage system un- Presiding Officer, and it is something I dogs. Families eat whale and muktuk. derneath a parking lot, where he held have had the opportunity to do a lot— Let me spend a few minutes talking on for hours. Initial search efforts by is that when you are in the Chair, you about what it takes to harpoon a police, fire, EMS, and other volunteers get to hear a lot about the home States whale. I have never done it, but a lot of to find Jacob were unsuccessful, but of other Members of the Senate. A lot my constituents have. Amazingly, to- Corporal Chester and Sergeant Dupuy of Senators like to come to the floor, day’s whaling captains and crews still wouldn’t give up hope. They returned as they should, to talk about their con- hunt using handheld harpoons, as their to the area where Jacob was first swept stituents and talk about so many ancestors had done for thousands of away and searched it again. Sergeant things that are happening throughout years. During the spring harvest, many Dupuy leaned toward a storm drain and our country. of the villages—also as their ancestors heard a faint cry for help. That is when We just heard the Senator from Ar- had done—go into the icy waters of the the two officers jumped into action. kansas talk about some local heroes in Arctic in hand-sewn boats that are They removed a heavy manhole cover his State. He came to the floor to talk built using wooden frames and hand- and were able to pull Jacob to safety. about them. Presiding, I have had the sewn walrus or bearded seal skin. The entire State of Arkansas is opportunity to hear many great sto- When a bowhead whale is landed, to grateful to Corporal Chester and Ser- ries: Vietnam veterans in North Da- spread the good news the people ex- geant Dupuy and to all the first re- kota, great basketball from the Pre- claim ‘‘Yay, hey, hey’’ across the sponders for their heroic efforts. siding Officer’s State of Indiana, proud North Slope. We don’t hear news stories with members of our military who live in The VHF radios that sit on kitchen happy endings enough these days, espe- Texas, and tight-knit communities in counters and dining room tables all

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It is exciting because every gists measure whaling populations. bat the Zika virus. time it happens, a piece of this impor- The bowhead whale population is We are voting on emergency funding. tant culture is reenacted and honored. healthy and growing. Currently, it is Whether it is flooding in the South, The whales are honored, and every part estimated that there are about 20,000 wildfires in the West, ice storms in the of the animal is used. bowhead whales, up from about 10,000 winters, or hurricanes in the summers, These are subsistence communities, in 2001. Our communities in Alaska do Congress has always responded to cri- meaning they use this whale—all of it. an enormously important part in terms ses with emergency funds. No offsets Whale meat is necessary to feed these of making sure there is conservation of were required. Now, despite the over- communities. On average, a whale can the bowhead whale. whelming need for funding to fight produce between 6 tons to 25 tons of The current catch limit for Alaska Zika, when the threat of Zika is real food. natives is no more than 67 whales a and here, when the threat is of great I should point out that we have no year, a fraction of a percentage of the risk to pregnant women, when the World Health Organization is urging road system in northern Alaska, so total population. That limit was set in women in Zika-impacted areas to delay these communities are accessible only 2013 and will last until 2018, when the pregnancy, House and Senate Repub- by air or seasonal barge transport. IWC meets to establish new catch lim- licans want to cut other programs to Some can be reached this way only at its. offset emergency funding for Zika. certain times of the year. In other Every time a new catch limit—a new House and Senate Republicans decided words, these communities need their quota—comes up, there is a fight be- food; they need these whales. on a conference report that continues tween the Alaska Eskimo Whaling The annual bowhead whale migration their attacks on women’s health. The Commission and the countries that provides the largest subsistence re- report restricts Zika emergency fund- source available in these remote areas don’t respect that tradition and want ing for family planning services—limi- of our great State. Even so, when a to stop all subsistence whaling, includ- tations that will prevent some women whale is taken, the sharing does not ing my constituents. from seeking health services from their stop simply with the residents of the What I am hoping for these kinds of own doctors or from primary care clin- community. The food is shared with talks is that they will make all the ics that help serve women in rural other subsistence communities and Members of the Senate understand how areas, including in Puerto Rico, where family members throughout our State. important this tradition is for Ameri- there are already thousands of Zika This is yet another amazing example of cans, for Alaska Natives, and they can cases. the resourcefulness that has enabled learn more about this important tradi- Just after the Supreme Court re- humans to survive in the Arctic for a tion. affirmed a woman’s right to make her millennia and that shapes the char- I will do everything in my power to own health care decisions, Republicans acter of Alaska to this date. work with my colleagues here in the in the Senate and the House want to Yet, throughout the years, it has Senate to ensure that when the quota take that away. So it should come as sometimes been a struggle for the first comes up in 2018, they have their fair no surprise to anyone tomorrow when I peoples of Alaska to get their quota of share. This is a vital tradition. It is vote against this needlessly limiting whales. In 1977, the International Whal- vital for subsistence, and it is vital to response to what is a public health cri- ing Commission tried to shut down the keep a culture alive and to respect a sis. subsistence harvest for Alaska’s native group of great Americans who bring Republicans should stop taking crises people. It was relying on incorrect pop- uniqueness and strength not only to and using them to make attacks on ulation estimates provided by Western Alaska but to our country. women. Let’s be honest about what we scientists, and they were ignoring what Here is how one of our Alaska Es- do here in the Senate. We have seen we in Alaska call traditional knowl- kimo whaling captains puts it: this kind of misguided leadership. We edge. The Alaska Eskimo whaling cap- To our people, the bowhead is more than saw the Republicans’ misguided leader- tains organized and started the Alaska food. It keeps our families together. It keeps ship extend to the vacancy on the Su- Eskimo Whaling Commission, which is our children in school. It allows our elders to preme Court. The high cost of that ob- alive, well, and thriving today. pass generational knowledge to our youth. It struction was on full display last week Here is a great story. In 1977, when teaches us patience and perseverance. It when the Court’s eight Justices dead- the IWC, the International Whaling teaches us generosity. It strengthens our locked twice in one day. Since Feb- community. It provides wisdom and insight. Commission, attempted to shut down It gives us hope. It is our way of life. The ruary, the Court—diminished by Re- the harvest in Alaska for Alaska Na- spirit of the whale lives within each of us. publican inaction in this body—has tives, our whalers told the Western sci- been unable to issue a final decision on Let me repeat that last line. ‘‘The entists: You don’t know how to count the merits in a total of seven cases. I spirit of the whale lives within each of the whales because you’re looking for cannot remember a time in my lifetime us.’’ them from the air during the spring where that has happened in that short These are some of the people of my migration, and they’re swimming period of time. State. These are my constituents. As I under the spring ice. You have to listen The Supreme Court’s inability to for them under the ice. have said before, Alaska has bragging serve its highest function under the When one of the scientists argued rights right now. Our whalers and their Constitution has left millions of fami- that the whales wouldn’t swim under culture and their traditions are cer- lies across the country waiting for jus- the ice because it is too dangerous, tainly worth bragging about. tice, and they are uncertain of what Harry Brower, Sr., the father of some I yield the floor. the law is. This is the devastating re- of the prominent whalers today, took The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ality for vulnerable immigrant families the scientist to the ice, put an oar in ator from Vermont. who are wondering whether they are the water, and told the scientist to put SUPREME COURT DECISIONS, ZIKA VIRUS going to be torn apart, whether the his ear to the oar. What the scientist FUNDING, AND JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS parents will be taken out and deported, heard was an entire world of marine Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, this sometimes leaving innocent children life invisible to the eye. morning the Supreme Court reaffirmed behind—after the Court deadlocked From that, a research program using in Whole Woman’s Health v. last week in a case concerning enforce- both traditional knowledge—Alaska Hellerstedt that women—women, not ment of the President’s executive ac- Native knowledge—and Western politicians—should make their own tion on immigration. science was born and is used today, health care choices. This was an impor- The immigration case demonstrates still today, to monitor the size of the tant decision for women’s health and the real harm of this Republican ob- western Arctic bowhead population. women’s constitutional rights. But the struction. Three years ago today, after

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The nominee the Senate will finally House of Representatives would have The American Bar Association for- vote on today, Robert Rossiter, is just passed that bill into law, the Repub- mally weighed in last week announcing one example of Republican obstruction. lican Speaker of the House blocked the that it had reviewed Chief Judge Gar- He was nominated over a year ago to bill from even receiving a vote. Appar- land’s nomination and unanimously fill a judicial emergency vacancy on ently, it would violate what they con- awarded him its highest rating of the U.S. District Court for the District sidered the revered Dennis Hastert ‘‘Well-Qualified.’’ To reach that rating, of Nebraska. Despite his nomination rule. There were some Republicans who lawyers from across the country as- being voice voted out by the Judiciary opposed it, even though it passed over- sessed his integrity, professional com- Committee last October, Mr. Rossiter whelmingly. They had to show their petence, and temperament. One said, has been awaiting a floor vote for al- reverence to the Dennis Hastert rule, ‘‘Garland is the best that there is. He is most 250 days. Robert Rossiter has so we did not get an immigration bill. the finest judge I have ever met.’’ An- been in private practice in Nebraska Because the Speaker refused to act other said, ‘‘He is a judge’s judge, with for over 30 years. He has tried more and because they would not allow it to a very high standard and legal crafts- than 70 cases to verdict. I will vote to come to a vote, the President—who manship, a fine sense of fairness to all support his nomination. would not have had an Executive ac- parties, a measured and dignified judi- Even after today’s vote, there will be tion if it had been voted on—was forced cial temperament, and the highest re- 25 judicial nominations languishing on to use Executive action. His Executive spect for law and reasoned argument.’’ the Senate floor. Two of them were re- action deferred the deportation of par- One even said that Chief Judge Garland ported at the same time as Robert ents and children to prioritize the de- ‘‘may be the perfect human being.’’ Rossiter and have also been awaiting a portation of dangerous criminals. Be- Instead of scheduling a hearing for vote for 8 months. While there is an fore that Executive action could be im- this impeccably qualified nominee, Re- agreement to vote on the nomination plemented, however, a Republican-ap- publicans are holding Chief Judge Gar- of Judge Brian Martinotti to fill a va- pointed district court judge in Texas land’s nomination hostage in the hope cancy in New Jersey, that vote will not issued a nationwide injunction—not that the Republican Party will nomi- happen until next month. And we do just for Texas but for the whole Na- nate Donald Trump and they can then not have an agreement to vote on the tion—blocking the order. have Donald Trump make a different nomination of Edward Stanton to the It was the inaction of Republicans in nomination. Of course, their nominee Western District of Tennessee. In 2010, Congress that led the President to take is the same candidate who has accused the Senate voted unanimously to con- sensible action to improve our broken a sitting Federal judge of bias simply firm Mr. Stanton as the U.S. attorney immigration system. After blocking because his parents were Mexican-born. for that district, and his current nomi- immigration reform, Republican ob- Come on. nation is supported by his two Repub- struction continued in the Senate with It is unfathomable to me that Senate lican home State Senators, as well as the unprecedented refusal to consider Republicans would prefer to diminish by every Republican on the Judiciary the nomination of Chief Judge Merrick the Supreme Court for two terms rath- Committee. Only because of the efforts Garland to the Supreme Court. This er than give Chief Judge Garland a fair of Senator FISCHER is Mr. Rossiter’s left a hobbled Court of eight to con- and public hearing, but that is exactly nomination receiving a vote today. I sider this crucial immigration case. what they are doing. No leadership in hope the Republican Senators of Ten- So from legislation, to Executive ac- this Senate—Republican leadership or nessee will be able to persuade the ma- tion, to the hobbled Court, Republicans Democratic leadership—has ever done jority leader to schedule a vote for Mr. are responsible for creating these crises this. In fact, the last time we had a va- Stanton’s nomination before we leave points. Why can’t we go back to the cancy in the last year of a President’s for the July recess. days with responsible Republican lead- term, it was President Reagan, and the Instead of voting on these nominees ers, like one of the greatest I served Democrats controlled the Senate. We and instead of holding a hearing on with, Howard Baker, or Bob Dole, or voted unanimously to confirm Presi- Chief Judge Garland’s nomination, others, who would say we should at dent Reagan’s Republican nominee to Senate Republicans are already talking least do our job? the Senate. The Democrats moved that about shutting down the confirmation Now that the Supreme Court has fin- nomination. process for judicial nominees next ished its term, we can see the full scope Senate Republicans are also failing month. This is wrong. Hard-working of the damage caused by Republican to fulfill their constitutional responsi- Americans put in long hours to get obstruction. In addition to the nondeci- bility to our district and circuit courts. their jobs done, and they deserve a sion in the immigration case, there In the 18 months that Senate Repub- Senate that does the same. But Senate have been six other cases where the licans have had a majority, they have Republicans have ignored their con- Court could not reach a final decision allowed just 20 votes on judicial nomi- stitutional responsibilities and contin- on the merits. We still do not know nations—to disastrous results on our ued, as their party’s standard bearer whether lenders can discriminate Federal courts as judicial vacancies has said, to ‘‘delay, delay, delay.’’ against married women; whether con- have skyrocketed. Contrast this record It is the Senate’s duty to ensure that sumers can sue companies for misuse of to the last 2 years of George W. Bush’s an independent judiciary can function. private information; whether employ- administration, when Democrats were But based on the deadlocks and delays ers can deny women employees access in control. During that time, Demo- we have seen, it is clear that, unlike to contraception coverage; whether crats confirmed 68 of President Bush’s when Democrats controlled this body public-sector unions can recover fair- judicial nominees and reduced the and we made it possible for President share costs for collective bargaining; number of judicial vacancies to 34. Reagan to move his nominees, today’s whether a person can sue another Today, however, Senate Republicans’ Senate Republicans will not act re- State; or whether tribal courts can obstruction has caused judicial vacan- sponsibly. hold nontribal wrongdoers on tribal cies to nearly double from 43 to 83. Of I would say these Senate Republicans lands civilly liable. These are impor- these, 30 have been designated as judi- should act on Chief Judge Garland’s tant questions, and the American peo- cial emergencies where caseloads are nomination, as well as the 25 judicial ple should have definitive answers. Our unmanageably high and the adminis- nominations that have been passed out Constitution ensures equal justice for tration of justice is strained. When you by voice vote from the Judiciary Com- all; not a patchwork of different rights look at the facts, Senate Republicans’ mittee. They are languishing on the in different parts of the country. This claim that they have treated the Presi- Senate floor day after day after day.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:33 Jun 28, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27JN6.019 S27JNPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE June 27, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4577 These are men and women who are pre- Schatz Stabenow Udall The legislative clerk read as follows: Schumer Sullivan Warner pared to do their job if we will give Scott Tester Warren The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. MCCON- them a vote. They can’t understand Sessions Thune Whitehouse NELL] moves to concur in the House amend- and the American public can’t under- Shaheen Tillis Wicker ment to S. 2328 with an amendment num- stand why the Senate Republican lead- Shelby Toomey Wyden bered 4865. ership won’t let us do our job. After all, NOT VOTING—10 Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous we are paid to do it. Blunt Johnson Sanders consent that the reading of the amend- I yield the floor. Boxer Kirk Vitter ment be dispensed with. Capito Menendez The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without I suggest the absence of a quorum. Isakson Murkowski The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection, it is so ordered. clerk will call the roll. The nomination was confirmed. The amendment is as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under The bill clerk proceeded to call the At the end, add the following: the previous order, the motion to re- This Act shall take effect 1 day after the roll. consider is considered made and laid date of enactment. Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, I ask upon the table, and the President will Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask for the yeas unanimous consent that the order for be immediately notified of the Senate’s and nays on the motion to concur with the quorum call be rescinded. action. the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a objection, it is so ordered. sufficient second? Mr. COTTON. I ask unanimous con- LEGISLATIVE SESSION There appears to be a sufficient sec- sent that all time be yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under ond. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there the previous order, the Senate will re- The yeas and nays were ordered. objection? sume legislative session. AMENDMENT NO. 4866 TO AMENDMENT NO. 4865 Without objection, it is so ordered. The majority leader. Mr. MCCONNELL. I have a second-de- All time is yielded back. f gree amendment at the desk. The question is, Will the Senate ad- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The vise and consent to the Rossiter nomi- NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM AMENDMENTS ACT OF clerk will report. nation? The legislative clerk read as follows: 2015 Mr. COTTON. I ask for the yeas and The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. MCCON- nays. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I NELL] proposes an amendment numbered 4866 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a ask the Chair to lay before the body to amendment No. 4865. sufficient second? the message to accompany S. 2328. Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous There appears to be a sufficient sec- The Presiding Officer laid before the consent that the reading of the amend- ond. Senate the following message from the ment be dispensed with. The clerk will call the roll. House of Representatives: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The bill clerk called the roll. Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. objection, it is so ordered. Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators 2328) entitled ‘‘An Act to reauthorize and The amendment is as follows: are necessarily absent: the Senator amend the National Sea Grant College Pro- Strike ‘‘1 day’’ and insert ‘‘2 days’’. gram Act, and for other purposes,’’ do pass from Missouri (Mr. BLUNT), the Senator MOTION TO REFER WITH AMENDMENT NO. 4867 with an amendment. from West Virginia (Mrs. CAPITO), the Mr. MCCONNELL. I move to refer the MOTION TO CONCUR Senator from Georgia (Mr. ISAKSON), House message on S. 2328 to the Com- Mr. MCCONNELL. I move to concur the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHN- mittee on Energy and Natural Re- in the House amendment to S. 2328. SON), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sources with instructions to report KIRK), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. clerk will report the motion. back forthwith with an amendment MURKOWSKI), and the Senator from The legislative clerk read as follows: numbered 4867. Louisiana (Mr. VITTER). The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. MCCON- clerk will report the motion. NELL] moves to concur in the House amend- Senator from California (Mrs. BOXER), ment to S. 2328. The legislative clerk read as follows: the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. MCCON- CLOTURE MOTION MENENDEZ), and the Senator from NELL] moves to refer the House message on Vermont (Mr. SANDERS) are necessarily Mr. MCCONNELL. I send a cloture S. 2328 to the Committee on Energy and Nat- absent. motion to the desk on the motion to ural Resources with instructions to report The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. concur. back forthwith with an amendment num- bered 4867. LANKFORD). Are there any other Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- ators in the Chamber desiring to vote? ture motion having been presented The amendment is as follows: The result was announced—yeas 90, under rule XXII, the Chair directs the At the end, add the following: This Act shall take effect 2 days after the nays 0, as follows: clerk to read the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: date of enactment. [Rollcall Vote No. 111 Ex.] CLOTURE MOTION Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask for the yeas YEAS—90 We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- and nays on my motion. Alexander Daines Leahy ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Ayotte Donnelly Lee Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby sufficient second? Baldwin Durbin Manchin Barrasso Enzi Markey move to bring to a close debate on the mo- There appears to be a sufficient sec- Bennet Ernst McCain tion to concur in the House amendment to S. ond. Blumenthal Feinstein McCaskill 2328, a bill to reauthorize and amend the Na- The yeas and nays were ordered. Booker Fischer McConnell tional Sea Grant College Program Act, and AMENDMENT NO. 4868 Boozman Flake Merkley for other purposes. Brown Franken Mikulski Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, Thad Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Burr Gardner Moran Cochran, Marco Rubio, Lamar Alex- have an amendment to the instruc- Cantwell Gillibrand Murphy tions. Cardin Graham Murray ander, John Hoeven, Jeff Flake, James Carper Grassley Nelson M. Inhofe, Deb Fischer, Orrin G. Hatch, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Casey Hatch Paul Johnny Isakson, Bob Corker, Lindsey clerk will report. Cassidy Heinrich Perdue Graham, John Boozman, Bill Cassidy, The legislative clerk read as follows: Coats Heitkamp Peters Mark Kirk, Daniel Coats. The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. MCCON- Cochran Heller Portman MOTION TO CONCUR WITH AMENDMENT NO. 4865 Collins Hirono Reed NELL] proposes an amendment numbered 4868 Coons Hoeven Reid Mr. MCCONNELL. I move to concur to the instructions of the motion to refer S. Corker Inhofe Risch in the House amendment to S. 2328 2328. Cornyn Kaine Roberts with a further amendment. Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous Cotton King Rounds Crapo Klobuchar Rubio The PRESIDING OFFICER. The consent that the reading of the amend- Cruz Lankford Sasse clerk will report the motion. ment be dispensed with.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:33 Jun 28, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27JN6.020 S27JNPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S4578 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 27, 2016 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without as a physician for 35 years. Originally 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF KHOBAR objection, it is so ordered. from Iowa, he completed an osteo- TOWERS BOMBING The amendment is as follows: pathic internship in Rhode Island be- Mr. REID. Mr. President, June 25 Strike ‘‘2 days’’ and insert ‘‘3 days’’. fore proudly calling Kentucky his marked 20 years since the devastating Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask for the yeas home. He is board certified in family bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi and nays on my amendment. practice, as well as osteopathic ma- Arabia. This horrifying and evil act The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a nipulative medicine. killed 19 U.S. airmen and wounded sufficient second? He has taught extensively around the nearly 500 others, 372 of whom were There appears to be a sufficient sec- world for the past 15 years and has rep- American. ond. resented the American osteopathic pro- The Khobar Towers were part of a The yeas and nays were ordered. fession in the World Health Organiza- housing complex where American, Brit- tion. He is an officer of the board of di- ish, and French troops lived. The com- AMENDMENT NO. 4869 TO AMENDMENT NO. 4868 rectors of the Osteopathic Inter- plex housed nearly 2,000 military mem- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I national Alliance. He has been a mem- bers. The night of the attack, U.S. Air have a second-degree amendment at ber of the AOA’s board of trustees since Force SSGT Alfred Guerrero was on pa- the desk. 2004 and has served the AOA in a num- trol and witnessed a gasoline truck The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ber of other capacities as well before drive up to the complex perimeter clerk will report. assuming the mantle of president. fence. The driver parked the gasoline The legislative clerk read as follows: Dr. Buser has been recognized by the truck and then immediately sprinted The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. MCCON- medical community with many awards to the waiting vehicle where he met NELL] proposes an amendment numbered for his achievements. In 1994, the AOA, two other assailants who were acting 4869 to amendment No. 4868. along with the American Osteopathic as lookouts. The car then sped off. Ser- The amendment is as follows: Foundation, named him the osteo- geant Guerrero only had a few mo- Strike ‘‘3 days’’ and insert ‘‘4 days’’. pathic profession’s ‘‘Educator of the ments to respond, but tried bravely to f Year.’’ The Maine Osteopathic Associa- begin an evacuation of the building. tion presented him with the Roswell Tragically, there was not enough time TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND Bates Award in 1994 and the Distin- before the truck bomb exploded. URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE- guished Service Award in 1996 and 2007. A member of my U.S. Capitol Police LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA- He is also a current member of the security detail, Special Agent Steve TIONS ACT, 2016—CONFERENCE Kentucky Institute of Medicine and the Sterling, was in an adjacent building REPORT Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure. when the attack took place. Steve, an airman first class at the time, was in Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I A fellow of the American College of ask the Chair to lay before the Senate Osteopathic Family Physicians, Dr. the lobby of his building, making a call the conference report to accompany Buser is past president of the American to the United States, when the blast erupted. He was thrown from his seat, H.R. 2577. Academy of Osteopathy, AAO. He is but protected from further damage by The PRESIDING OFFICER. The also a past chair of the National Board the plywood boards surrounding the Chair lays before the Senate the fol- of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, phone booth. Every other person in the lowing conference report, which the NBOME, and was a founding member of lobby of his building was cut and bleed- clerk will report. the board of directors of the Osteo- ing from the debris and broken shards pathic International Alliance. The senior assistant legislative clerk of glass. Later, Steve learned that four read as follows: Dr. Buser was the recipient of the A.T. Still Medallion of Honor from the of his coworkers, whom he had just left Conference report to accompany H.R. 2577, only moments prior, were severely in- a bill making appropriations for the Depart- AAO in 2010. He also received the Riland Medal for Public Service from jured. ments of Transportation, and Housing and After waiting a few seconds to get Urban Development, and related agencies for the New York Institute of Technology their bearings, Steve and the other the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and College of Osteopathic Medicine in servicemembers who suffered only for other purposes. 2013, as well as the Santucci Award for minor injuries rushed to the blast site. f outstanding contributions to the mis- They were shocked to see the entire sion of NBOME. In 2015, he received the MORNING BUSINESS face of building No. 131 completely Pioneer of Osteopathic Medicine Award Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ripped off. Immediately, Steve and oth- from the University of New England ers started pulling people from the fall- ask unanimous consent that the Sen- College of Osteopathic Medicine. ate proceed to a period of morning en rubble and setting up a triage. They Kentucky is very proud that Dr. worked through the night and into the business, with Senators permitted to Buser is the second dean from UP– speak therein for up to 10 minutes early morning. They continued to sift KYCOM to serve as AOA’s president; through piles of debris for several days each. the first was Dr. John Strosnider, the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without after. founding dean of UP–KYCOM, in 2006. If it were not for the brave efforts of objection, it is so ordered. UP–KYCOM was founded in 1997, and the servicemembers like Steve Ster- f since then, more than 1,000 physicians ling, perhaps other lives would have have graduated from that institution. TRIBUTE TO DR. BOYD R. BUSER been lost. Today, as we honor those Nearly 70 percent of them serve in pri- who were lost and injured in the at- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I mary care, frequently in rural areas. tack, I honor all of the military per- wish to congratulate a distinguished UP–KYCOM is supplying doctors to the sonnel who responded. I thank them for Kentuckian and exceptional physician regions of Kentucky and the Nation their selflessness and courage. who brings great honor to the Blue- who need them the most. The explosion caused by the truck grass State. Dr. Boyd R. Buser, doctor I want to praise Dr. Buser for his bomb was so great, it was heard from of osteopathic medicine, is the vice many awards and accomplishments and more than 20 miles away and left a hole president for health affairs and dean thank him for bringing his talents and in the ground nearly 35 feet deep. It for the University of Pikeville’s Ken- his expertise to Kentucky. The Blue- was discovered later that this bombing tucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, grass State is pleased to reap the bene- had been planned for 3 years. We also or UP–KYCOM. He is also the presi- fits from his efforts to heal and com- learned it was carried out by a militant dent-elect for the American Osteo- fort the sick. It is truly an honor for group that sought solely to target pathic Association, AOA, and will be him to ascend to the presidency of the members of our military. This dis- installed as that organization’s presi- American Osteopathic Association, and gusting act was one of the most brazen dent next month at its next annual we are glad to see him in that position. attacks on American military per- meeting in Chicago. I know his colleagues at UP–KYCOM sonnel. Sadly, it was not the last. Dr. Buser earned his osteopathic are equally pleased for him, and I wish It is important that we do not forget medical degree in 1981 and has served him great success in his new role. the victims whose lives were lost as a

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:18 Jul 01, 2016 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD16\JUNE2016\S27JN6.REC S27JN6 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 27, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4579 result because their bravery and serv- man or 8-horse capacities, the cars reg- way transaction. They remember that the ice deserves our recognition. That is ularly transported American soldiers Friendship Train, which went from coast to why I was pleased to support the reso- throughout Europe. Upon the car’s ar- coast picking up food gifts for the hungry lution honoring these gallant men and rival in Vermont, it was displayed tem- people of Italy and France, did not come to Vermont. women, ensuring they are never forgot- porarily behind Vermont’s Supreme Thus it might appear that Vermont is ten. There will never be a way to pre- Court building, where it remained until being thanked for something it didn’t do. dict and prevent all such acts of vio- the 1950s. Removed to the Vermont But while the train did not come here, some lence, but we can take comfort in State Police headquarters, it faced de- Vermonters made their contributions just knowing that we have the best and terioration. A movement in the 1980s— the same. Food gifts from different parts of most valiant individuals standing on with the support of veterans, private the state were sent through Burlington and the frontline. companies, the Vermont National Rutland down to Boston, where they made up part of the Friendship Train. f Guard, and ‘‘40 and 8’’ enthusiasts—led Of course, many Vermonters served in the to the car’s restoration. Today it re- THE ‘‘MERCI TRAIN’’ IN VERMONT armed forces to help secure an Allied victory mains preserved and on display at the in Europe. France, recognizing the sacrifices Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, Vermont National Guard Library and of all Americans to save their republic, gave Vermonters needn’t look far to see evi- Museum, a fitting tribute to the strong a similar gift to each state in the union. dence of the deep French roots running ties between Vermont and France and The Vermont car was unpacked and gifts through our State. From towns such as another window into the fascinating distributed by Earl Newton, director of the Vermont Historical Society, who was sen- Montpelier and Isle La Motte, to the history on which our great State is apt naming of Vert Mont, the Green sitive to the need for equity. Vermont legis- built. lators took token gifts back to their towns Mountain State, generations of I ask unanimous consent that the and many items, when appropriate, were Vermonters were raised in homes May 30 article from the Times Argus, given to high school French classes. where the native language was not ‘‘The Merci Train in Vermont,’’ by The gifts were sincere expressions of appre- English, but French. Deep ties to our Paul Heller, be printed in the RECORD. ciation such as small knickknacks that a neighbors to the north in Canada con- There being no objection, the mate- French family might own. There were many tinue this rich culture in Vermont rial was ordered to be printed in the pieces made by French schoolchildren who communities today. also included toys and dolls in the shipment. RECORD, as follows: Vermont Governor Gibson, reported the It is no wonder then that I have such [From the Times Argus, May 30, 2016] Burlington Free Press, accepted the car for strong memories of stories about the THE MERCI TRAIN IN VERMONT Vermont and said ‘‘the gifts it contained ‘‘Merci Train’’ in Vermont. In the (By Paul Heller) were great in spiritual value and that the aftermath of World War II, people of Vermont would accept them in that Vermonters, like people across the Local radio celebrity Bob Bannon was mas- sense.’’ He added, ‘‘the gifts would be accept- country, rallied together to provide ter of ceremonies as 500 Vermonters gathered ed in a spirit of humility and friendship and at the railroad station in Montpelier to re- that the people of Vermont would continue supplies for war-torn communities ceive a remarkable gift from the people of throughout France and Italy. to march shoulder to shoulder with the peo- France. ple of France so that liberty, peace, and free- Vermonters sent food and other gifts, The present was an antique boxcar filled dom might continue for all time.’’ through Burlington and Rutland, down with gifts from ordinary French citizens—a Many of the gifts included letters and to Boston, where they became part of way of saying ‘‘thank you’’ or ‘‘Merci’’ for drawings from French schoolchildren, and ‘‘the Friendship Train,’’ a convoy of American assistance during and after World they were clearly intended for children in rail cars that traveled through France War II. the United States. The letters were often ad- A similar gift had been presented to each as part of one of the more remarkable dressed, ‘‘Chers petits amies of the 48 states with an additional one for d’Amerique . . .’’ (Dear little friends of humanitarian efforts after World War Washington, D.C. The convoy had been II. America). These gifts received in Montpelier dubbed the ‘‘Merci Train,’’ and the old rail- were mostly sent to museums and schools I well remember my mother and fa- road cars known as ‘‘40 and 8s’’ were carried throughout the state. ther bringing my older brother and my to their destinations by rail. While the gifts were mostly sentimental youngest sister and me to see it. As The one that arrived in Montpelier on Feb- tokens of friendship, it was the railroad car children, we may not have fully under- ruary 10, 1949, had been delivered on an itself that was to prove to be the most stood what it meant, but for years American railroad flatcar and was opened in unique and lasting legacy of the ‘‘Merci thereafter, I would go past it, being a ceremony that had started with a Train.’’ The old railroad car, small by mod- ‘‘Vermont Welcomes France’’ breakfast. more and more aware. As a Montpelier ern standards, was informally referred to as Later, at the train station, the Montpelier a ‘‘40 and 8.’’ native, I join with everybody else with High School band played ‘‘The Star Spangled Manuel Conley’s history of the specialized in having pride having that the Merci Banner’’ and ‘‘La Marseillaise.’’ The Montpe- cars noted, ‘‘During two wars they served Train was there. lier V.F.W. post provided a color guard car- France as dual purpose railroad boxcars The Merci Train was France’s re- rying the flags of the U.S., France, and Can- hauling the military cargoes stenciled on sponse, a year later, thanking Ameri- ada. their sides ‘‘HOMMES 40 CHEVAUX 8’’. A cans for their support. Filled with trin- Officially known as ‘‘Le Train de la Recon- more precise colloquialism might have been kets from French citizens, crafts made naissance de Francaise,’’ the ‘‘Merci Train’’ ‘‘40 or 8’’ as the designation referred to the was a response to the U.S. railroad convoy a cars’ capacity to carry 40 men or eight by school aged children, and other year earlier that had made a similar trip the items, cars from the Merci Train trav- horses in an era when the horse-cavalry was other way. an essential part of a military force. eled to each State. One arrived in That 1947 version was called ‘‘The Friend- During the First World War American Vermont on February 10, 1949. Its ar- ship Train’’ and had made stops at various doughboys were carried to the front in just rival was heralded by the playing of large U.S. cities where the cars were filled such cars and veterans of the Great War had our national anthem, as well as the with food and other gifts from ordinary vivid memories of that unique mode of trans- French revolutionary hymn ‘‘La Mar- Americans to offer relief to war-ravaged port. According to Conley, Americans were seillaise’’ by the Montpelier High France and Italy. The Friendship Train was alternately enchanted and disgusted, in- the inspiration of nationally syndicated col- School Band. Its contents, sincere ex- trigued and infuriated by the little dual-pur- umnist Drew Pearson, who led the humani- pose cars. Sometimes they were just con- pressions of appreciation from French tarian effort that put individual Americans fused. families, were unpacked and distrib- in a direct charitable relationship with their In ‘‘The Doughboys: The story of the uted to Vermonters. counterparts in France. AEF,’’ Laurence Stallings tells of one ser- While the Merci Train’s freight rep- It is estimated that relief supplies valued geant who reported to his leader: ‘‘I got all resented the gratitude of a nation, the at $40,000,000 were sent to France and Italy in my 40 artillerymen in the boxcar, lieutenant. railroad car itself held the history of this fashion. Although the Friendship Train But if you try to pull eight of our horses in, two World Wars. Displayed behind the did not come to Vermont for donations, the somebody’s gonna be trampled to death!’’ Vermont Supreme Court in Montpelier Burlington Free Press was careful to assert Conley notes that the cars had been up- that the Green Mountain State was worthy dated for their new purpose in the ‘‘Merci for a number of years, the car origi- of this gift from France. Train.’’ ‘‘All had been repaired, freshly nally served as a railroad boxcar to Many Vermonters may feel that the Merci painted, and decorated with plaques bearing haul military cargo. Often referred to Train, bearing gifts from the French people the coats of arms of the 40 provinces of as ‘‘40 and 8s,’’ in reference to their 40- for the people of Vermont, is entirely a one- France. Across their sides, upon tricolored

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These figures 40 and 8s that could be reconditioned as gifts raised funds to restore the car, and with the include rescissions of emergency funds to each state in America. assistance of the Vermont National Guard, it that provide a partial offset. This legis- ‘‘By the end of 1948 the boxcars were filled was moved to St. Albans’ Switchyard Shop- lation includes language that would to capacity. The train carrying over two ping Center for a rededication and display. designate these provisions as emer- hundred and fifty tons of gratitude was The history buffs who witnessed the dedi- pulled to the port of Le Havre for shipment gency funding pursuant to section cation on June 7, 1984, undoubtedly believed 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget to America.’’ The cars were loaded on a the antique railroad car would rest at the freighter bound for Weehawken, New Jersey. Switchyard permanently. However, that was and Deficit Control Act of 1985. The in- Upon arrival, the cars, with a wheel base not to be. In just over 10 years time the clusion of these designations makes eight inches wider than standard U.S. members of the St. Albans American Legion this spending eligible for an adjust- tracks, were loaded on flatcars for delivery realized they did not have the means to pre- ment under the Congressional Budget to their final destinations. serve the antique rail car and, in 1995, with Vermont’s Merci car first arrived in Act. the help of the Vermont Office of Historic Vermont at Brattleboro on February 9, 1949 Preservation, the old 40 and 8 was moved to The conference report to accompany at 11 in the morning. It was received in the Military History Museum at Camp John- H.R. 2577 also includes funding for mili- Montpelier the following day at 8 a.m. with son in Colchester. Under the aegis of the tary construction outside of the United an official ceremony at 10 ‘‘with Gov. Gibson States that is designated as overseas and other officials participating.’’ Vermont National Guard, the museum fea- When Earl Newton unpacked the cargo, he tures the Merci Train car as the centerpiece contingency operations funding pursu- compiled a detailed inventory on a legal pad. of its World War One exhibit. ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii). These His original notes, in a file at the Vermont Lovingly restored and displayed, the old provisions provide $172 million in budg- Historical Society, are still quite legible. A car may be boarded by visitors who can et authority and $1 million in outlays casual perusal of the list of gifts Mr. Newton imagine what it must have been like to be an American doughboy carried to the front with for fiscal year 2017. The inclusion of the distributed include 39 dolls, various deco- overseas contingency operations des- rated cloth wallets, stockings, thank-you 39 companions, and then what it looked like cards, pencil drawings, watercolors, orna- in 1949 when it pulled into Montpelier, laden ignations with these provisions makes mental fans, toy cars, guns, pencil boxes, with gifts from a thankful France. this spending eligible for an adjust- puppets, doilies, photographs, and painted While Vermonters have the good fortune of ment under the Congressional Budget ceramic souvenirs. being able to visit their car from the Merci Act. Antique French currency in the form of Train, residents of some of the other New bank notes was included as well as a sam- England states are not as lucky. On May 26, 2016, I made adjustments pling of Confederate Bank notes from the A 1984 report indicated that the Con- to the budgetary aggregates and the U.S. Civil War. A representative sampling of necticut car was destroyed by fire in the Committee on Appropriation’s alloca- some of the gifts may be seen at the 1950s, the whereabouts of the Massachusetts tions for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 to Vermont Historical Society. car was unknown, and Maine’s was in dis- accommodate emergency spending The most interesting item from the Merci repair with most of the painted decorations found in S. amendment No. 3900 to Train is the old railroad car itself that was removed. In 1999 the Rhode Island car was combat the Zika virus that qualified displayed on temporary rails behind the Su- discovered in a junkyard, but now resides in preme Court building at 111 State St. in The Museum of Work and Culture in for a cap adjustment under BBEDCA. Montpelier. It remained there until 1953, ac- Woonsocket. The adjustments I make today take cording to Vermont legislator John Finn, In northern New England, New Hampshire these prior adjustments into consider- when it was transported to Redstone, then (in Manchester) and Vermont have provided ation and reflect the appropriate level the headquarters of the Vermont State Po- shelter for their 40 and 8s and preserved their for overall adjustments for considering lice, to be used for storage. legacy of sacrifice and gratitude. One may this legislation. With no shelter or maintenance, the car view the car at the Vermont National Guard began to deteriorate, and the once brightly Library and Museum, which is open Tuesday As a result, I am decreasing the painted Provincial crests began to disappear through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There budgetary aggregate for fiscal year 2016 in the harsh weather. When asked, a stingy is no charge for admission. by $107 million in budget authority and Vermont Legislature would not appropriate $108 million in outlays. I am increasing f $10,000 for a shelter, and by 1968 the car had the budgetary aggregate for fiscal year been moved to Steamtown, a Vermont rail- BUDGETARY REVISIONS 2017 by $172 million in budget authority road museum in Bellows Falls. Funds prom- and decreasing outlays by $125 million. ised for restoration never materialized, and Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, section 251 Finn noted it again was used for ‘‘a storage of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Further, I am revising the budget au- bin, rotting where it stood.’’ Deficit Control Act of 1985 establishes thority and outlay allocations to the But then, Melvin Hilliker of St. Albans statutory limits on discretionary Committee on Appropriations by re- came across the old car at the train museum. spending and allows for various adjust- ducing revised nonsecurity budget au- Hilliker, a member of the American Legion, ments to those limits, while sections thority by $107 million and outlays by was also a member of a group of Legion- 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional $108 million in fiscal year 2016. Finally, naires who were dedicated to the history of I am revising the budget authority and the ‘‘40 and 8s.’’ He enlisted his cohorts to Budget Act of 1974 allow the chairman save Vermont’s Merci Car by taking it to St. of the Budget Committee to establish outlay allocations to the Committee on Albans for restoration. St. Albans, a famous and make revisions to allocations, ag- Appropriations by increasing revised old railroad town, seemed to be the perfect gregates, and levels consistent with security budget authority by $172 mil- destination for the neglected relic. those adjustments. The Senate will lion and reducing outlays by $125 mil- Finn and company lobbied members of the soon consider the conference report to lion in fiscal year 2017. Vermont Legislature for permission to take the car to St. Albans. For Finn, it was a rel- accompany H.R. 2577, the Military Con- I ask unanimous consent that the ac- atively convenient task, as he had just been struction, Veterans Affairs, and Re- companying tables, which provide de- elected to represent St. Albans in the lated Agencies Appropriations Act, tails about the adjustment, be printed Vermont House. 2017. This conference report provides in the RECORD.

There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

REVISION TO BUDGETARY AGGREGATES (Pursuant to Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and S. Con. Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016)

$s in millions 2016

Current Spending Aggregates: Budget Authority ...... 3,070,927 Outlays ...... 3,091,393

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$s in millions 2016

Adjustments: Budget Authority ...... ¥107 Outlays ...... ¥108 Revised Spending Aggregates: Budget Authority ...... 3,070,820 Outlays ...... 3,091,285

REVISION TO SPENDING ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 (Pursuant to Sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)

$s in millions 2016

Current Allocation *: Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 548,091 Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 528,955 General Purpose Outlays ...... 1,173,214 Adjustments: Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 0 Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget Authority ...... ¥107 General Purpose Outlays ...... ¥108 Revised Allocation *: Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 548,091 Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 528,848 General Purpose Outlays ...... 1,173,106 * Excludes amounts designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to Section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

Program Integ- Memorandum: Above Adjustments by Designation rity Disaster Relief Emergency Total

Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 0 0 0 0 Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 0 0 ¥107 ¥107 General Purpose Outlays ...... 0 0 ¥108 ¥108

REVISION TO BUDGETARY AGGREGATES (Pursuant to Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and Section 102 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015)

$s in millions 2017

Current Spending Aggregates: Budget Authority ...... 3,212,350 Outlays ...... 3,219,700 Adjustments: Budget Authority ...... 172 Outlays ...... ¥125 Revised Spending Aggregates: Budget Authority ...... 3,212,522 Outlays ...... 3,219,575

REVISION TO SPENDING ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 (Pursuant to Sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)

$s in millions 2017

Current Allocation: Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 551,068 Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 518,531 General Purpose Outlays ...... 1,182,309 Adjustments: Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 172 Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 0 General Purpose Outlays ...... ¥125 Revised Allocation: Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 551,240 Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 518,531 General Purpose Outlays ...... 1,182,184 Program Memorandum: Detail of Adjustments Made Above OCO Integrity Disaster Relief Emergency Total

Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 172 0 0 0 172 Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 0 0 0 0 0 General Purpose Outlays ...... 1 0 0 ¥126 ¥125

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-SCIENCE ized under the Adam Walsh Child Pro- Earlier this year, I led the Senate Judi- APPROPRIATIONS BILL tection and Safety Act are supported in ciary Committee in approving this re- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, this bill. The Adam Walsh Act, which authorization measure, and it passed today I want to highlight several im- is so named to honor the memory of a the full Senate, 89–0, a few weeks ago. portant provisions I am pleased are in- 9-year-old boy who was murdered in Providing $61.3 million in funding for cluded in the fiscal year 2017 spending 1981, authorizes the U.S. Marshals these Adam Walsh Act activities in fis- bill for the Departments of Commerce, Service to apprehend convicted sex of- cal year 2017, as our reauthorization Justice, Science, and Related Agencies. fenders who fail to register as fugi- bill proposes, will help ensure the safe- Several of these provisions are trans- tives. The Adam Walsh Act also calls ty of America’s children. It is vital parency measures that I developed for U.S. Marshals to help jurisdictions that the other chamber quickly take after months of oversight work, to en- track down those who fail to register up and pass our reauthorization bill be- sure greater accountability in the use as sex offenders or who later go miss- fore the 35th anniversary of Adam of Federal funds. The bill also includes ing from the registration system. Walsh’s disappearance on July 27th. funding for several key programs that I have introduced legislation, known Second, I appreciate the committee’s benefit at-risk children, as well as sur- as the Adam Walsh Reauthorization efforts to ensure adequate resources for vivors of sexual or domestic violence. Act of 2016, to extend the authorization Federal juvenile justice and delin- First, I am pleased the fugitive ap- for these same fugitive apprehension quency prevention programs. Senator prehension activities that are author- activities in each of the next 2 years. WHITEHOUSE and I have filed a bill to

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Our Judiciary Com- summit to be held in Warsaw, Poland from mittee cleared this bill by voice vote, ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS July 8–9, 2016, and in support of committing NATO to a security posture capable of deter- and our legislation has the support of ring threats to the Alliance. hundreds of law enforcement officials CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL f and nonprofit organizations around the SESQUICENTENNIAL country. Its prompt enactment is vital INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND to avert mismanagement, waste, and ∑ Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, today JOINT RESOLUTIONS abuse in juvenile justice programs. I wish to honor the Congregation B’nai The following bills and joint resolu- Third, many of us have stressed the Israel of Sylvania, OH, as it celebrates tions were introduced, read the first importance of funding programs that its 150th anniversary. It was founded in and second times by unanimous con- benefit survivors of domestic and sex- 1866 by 17 families and grew to 140 sent, and referred as indicated: ual violence across the Nation. These members by 1908. Its first permanent By Mr. TOOMEY: include the STOP Grants, transitional synagogue was constructed in 1913 and S. 3100. A bill to ensure that State and housing assistance, civil legal assist- is now listed on the National Register local law enforcement may cooperate with ance, and sexual assault services pro- of Historical Places. Today the con- Federal officials to protect our communities grams. The bill before us adequately gregation serves over 425 members at from violent criminals and suspected terror- ists who are illegally present in the United supports these programs. the Jewish Community Center of Syl- States; read the first time. Finally, I would like to highlight ad- vania. These members are drawn from By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. ditional key provisions of this year’s across northwest Ohio and southeast KING): appropriations bill that I championed. Michigan. S. 3101. A bill to amend the Public Health One provision, which is based on my Congregation B’nai Israel’s mission Service Act to limit the liability of health oversight work and another bill that I is to make the practice of Judaism an care professionals who volunteer to provide introduced last February, would bar health care services in response to a disaster; integral part of its members’ daily to the Committee on Health, Education, the use of funds to deny or impede an lives while working in cooperation Labor, and Pensions. inspector general’s timely access to with the Jewish community. It does f any records, documents, or other mate- this by creating an accessible syna- rials needed to carry out its oversight gogue that encourages all of its mem- ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS work. There is just one exception to bers to study, worship, engage in acts S. 298 this requirement in this bill, and it of loving kindness, and build K’lal At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the arises only if Congress passes legisla- Yisrael. In addition, they have long name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. tion expressly limiting the inspector promoted the equal participation of KING) was added as a cosponsor of S. general’s right of access to these mate- men and women in Jewish religious 298, a bill to amend titles XIX and XXI rials. life, a significant goal in the Judaism of the Social Security Act to provide It is also vital that Congress is aware Conservative movement. It has a long States with the option of providing of any effort by DOJ or other Federal history of community outreach, rang- services to children with medically departments or agencies to impede the ing from the development of war relief complex conditions under the Medicaid inspector general’s work. That is why programs and welcoming Holocaust program and Children’s Health Insur- Senate appropriators incorporated lan- survivors throughout the 1940s, to vol- ance Program through a care coordina- guage in this year’s spending bill re- unteering at nearby community cen- tion program focused on improving quiring an inspector general to notify ters and nursing homes, to mission health outcomes for children with both the House and Senate Appropria- trips in South Africa. medically complex conditions and low- tions Committees within 5 days of any I am here today to honor Congrega- ering costs, and for other purposes. agency’s failure to comply with the tion B’nai Israel. I congratulate all S. 313 CJS bill’s transparency requirement. who were involved in making its first At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the Until the minority leader stops ob- 150 years a success.∑ name of the Senator from Washington structing passage of the bipartisan In- (Mrs. MURRAY) was added as a cospon- f spector General Empowerment Act, sor of S. 313, a bill to amend title XVIII this spending restriction is the next MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME of the Social Security Act to add phys- best thing we can do to prevent the The following bill was read the first ical therapists to the list of providers Justice Department from acting as if time: allowed to utilize locum tenens ar- rangements under Medicare. the law requiring inspector general ac- S. 3100. A bill to ensure that State and cess to ‘‘all records’’ does not really local law enforcement may cooperate with S. 1013 mean ‘‘all records.’’ Federal officials to protect our communities At the request of Mr. COCHRAN, the The other provision I championed from violent criminals and suspected terror- name of the Senator from Missouri would increase transparency of the ists who are illegally present in the United (Mr. BLUNT) was added as a cosponsor Marshals Service’s use of the Assets States. of S. 1013, a bill to amend title XVIII of Forfeiture Fund. I have been reviewing f the Social Security Act to provide for the Marshals Service’s expenditures coverage and payment for complex re- from this fund for more than a year. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES habilitation technology items under Although the inspector general re- The following reports of committees the Medicare program, and for other cently informed the Judiciary Com- were submitted: purposes. mittee that he couldn’t find any laws By Mr. COCHRAN, from the Committee on S. 1562 or regulations that have been broken, Appropriations: At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the he did not speak to the numerous alle- Special Report entitled ‘‘Further Revised name of the Senator from New York gations I have received from whistle- Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget To- (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- blowers about the waste of monies in tals for Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017’’ (Rept. No. sponsor of S. 1562, a bill to amend the the fund. I continue to have concerns 114–286). Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to re- By Mr. CORKER, from the Committee on about extensive and cavalier spending Foreign Relations, without amendment and form taxation of alcoholic beverages. of that fund on unnecessary facilities with a preamble: S. 2031 and frivolous furniture, as well as on S. Res. 505. A resolution expressing the At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the salaries and activities that aren’t di- sense of the Senate regarding compliance en- name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr.

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RES. 511 COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3059, a bill to reauthorize and amend At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the 2196, a bill to amend title XVIII of the the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal name of the Senator from Montana Social Security Act to provide for the Rescue and Response Grant Program (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor non-application of Medicare competi- and for other purposes. of S. Res. 511, a resolution expressing tive acquisition rates to complex reha- S. 3060 support for the designation of June 26, bilitative wheelchairs and accessories. At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the 2016, as ‘‘LGBT Equality Day’’. S. 2216 name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. AMENDMENT NO. 4762 At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 3060, a bill to provide an exception from name of the Senator from Michigan PERDUE) was added as a cosponsor of S. certain group health plan requirements (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor 2216, a bill to provide immunity from for qualified small employer health re- of amendment No. 4762 intended to be suit for certain individuals who dis- imbursement arrangements. proposed to H.R. 2578, a bill making ap- close potential examples of financial propriations for the Departments of S. 3089 exploitation of senior citizens, and for Commerce and Justice, Science, and At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the other purposes. Related Agencies for the fiscal year name of the Senator from Michigan S. 2219 ending September 30, 2016, and for (Ms. STABENOW) was added as a cospon- other purposes. At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the sor of S. 3089, a bill to amend title VII name of the Senator from New Hamp- of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and f shire (Ms. AYOTTE) was added as a co- other statutes to clarify appropriate li- STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED sponsor of S. 2219, a bill to require the ability standards for Federal anti- BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS Secretary of Commerce to conduct an discrimination claims. assessment and analysis of the outdoor By Mr. TOOMEY: S.J. RES. 35 recreation economy of the United S. 3100. A bill to ensure that State States, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. FLAKE, the and local law enforcement may cooper- name of the Senator from Alabama ate with Federal officials to protect S. 2268 (Mr. SESSIONS) was added as a cospon- our communities from violent crimi- At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the sor of S.J. Res. 35, a joint resolution name of the Senator from North Caro- nals and suspected terrorists who are providing for congressional disapproval illegally present in the United States; lina (Mr. TILLIS) was added as a co- under chapter 8 of title 5, United sponsor of S. 2268, a bill to award a read the first time. States Code, of the final rule of the De- Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. President, by Fri- Congressional Gold Medal to the partment of Labor relating to ‘‘Inter- day a lot of American families are United States Army Dust Off crews of pretation of the ‘Advice’ Exemption in going to be packing up the car and the the Vietnam War, collectively, in rec- Section 203(c) of the Labor-Manage- kids and going somewhere to celebrate ognition of their extraordinary her- ment Reporting and Disclosure Act’’. the holiday or gathering in the back- oism and life-saving actions in Viet- yard to fire up a barbecue to celebrate nam. S. RES. 482 At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the the Fourth that way. But one father S. 2659 will be marking the day quite dif- At the request of Mr. BURR, the name name of the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon- ferently. For Jim Steinle, Friday of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. marks the 1-year anniversary of the CASSIDY) was added as a cosponsor of S. sor of S. Res. 482, a resolution urging the European Union to designate murder of his daughter. On July 1, 2015, 2659, a bill to reaffirm that the Envi- as Jim Steinle was walking on a pier in ronmental Protection Agency cannot Hizballah in its entirety as a terrorist organization and to increase pressure San Francisco with his daughter Kate, regulate vehicles used solely for com- the gunman opened fire, shot Kate, and petition, and for other purposes. on the organization and its members to the fullest extent possible. she bled to death in her father’s arms. S. 2854 S. RES. 505 Her last words were ‘‘Help me, dad.’’ At the request of Mr. BURR, the name As outrageous as this is, one of the At the request of Mr. CORKER, the of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. aspects that is particularly maddening name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a cosponsor about this is that the shooter never RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. of S. 2854, a bill to reauthorize the Em- should have been on the pier that day. Res. 505, a resolution expressing the mett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime The shooter was an illegal immigrant. sense of the Senate regarding compli- Act of 2007. He had been convicted of seven felonies ance enforcement of Russian violations S. 2895 and had been deported five times. But of the Open Skies Treaty. At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the what is truly maddening is that 3 name of the Senator from Minnesota S. RES. 506 months prior to his murdering Kate (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- At the request of Mr. CORKER, the Steinle, he was held in the custody of sponsor of S. 2895, a bill to extend the names of the Senator from New Hamp- the San Francisco Police Department. civil statute of limitations for victims shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) and the Senator They had him, and when Federal immi- of Federal sex offenses. from Florida (Mr. RUBIO) were added as gration officials learned that the San S. 2946 cosponsors of S. Res. 506, a resolution Francisco police had this guy, they At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the expressing the sense of the Senate in asked them to hold him until they name of the Senator from Wisconsin support of the North Atlantic Treaty could get someone there because they (Ms. BALDWIN) was added as a cospon- Organization and the NATO summit to knew he was here illegally. They knew sor of S. 2946, a bill to amend title 5, be held in Warsaw, Poland from July 8– his background, they knew how dan- United States Code, to include certain 9, 2016, and in support of committing gerous he was, and they wanted to de- Federal positions within the definition NATO to a security posture capable of port him. of law enforcement officer for retire- deterring threats to the Alliance. What did the San Francisco police ment purposes, and for other purposes. S. RES. 508 do? They refused. They did not cooper- S. 3039 At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the ate with the Federal immigration offi- At the request of Mr. KING, the name name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. cials, and instead they released him of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. ROB- CRAPO) was added as a cosponsor of S. onto the streets of San Francisco.

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They did it because ity to prosecute the war against terror- fight to end these sanctuary cities that San Francisco is a sanctuary city. ists. endanger all of our communities. I am That means it is the legal policy of the I will give a case in point. Last introducing the Stop Dangerous Sanc- city of San Francisco to forbid their month, President Obama’s Secretary of tuary Cities Act, S. 3100, and it tackles own police department from cooper- Homeland Security, Secretary John- two problems. ating—from even cooperating—with son, took a trip to Philadelphia with a Part of the reason some communities Federal immigration officials. Even modest request, because Philadelphia have chosen to be sanctuary cities is in when the police would like to, they has a very extreme and radical sanc- response to court decisions. There are can’t. It is against the law in San tuary city policy. So President two court decisions that we need to ad- Francisco. So think about that. Obama’s Homeland Security Secretary dress—one is by the Third Circuit Even when President Obama’s admin- went to Philadelphia and asked Mayor Court of Appeals and the other by a istration and the local police are in Kenney of Philadelphia to make very Federal district court in Oregon. These complete agreement that this person is narrow exceptions to the sanctuary court decisions hold that if the Depart- dangerous and they want to work to- city policy of Philadelphia. Specifi- ment of Homeland Security makes a gether, they want to remove this per- cally, he was asking that the Philadel- mistake in issuing a detainer in a re- son and the threat he poses to their phia Police Department be permitted quest to hold someone, if it turns out community in a sanctuary city, the to cooperate—just sharing information that the Department of Homeland Se- local politicians override that and they is what they were asking for—with the curity made a mistake—maybe they decide it would be illegal for the local DHS if they were dealing with a sus- got the wrong guy—and if the local law police to cooperate. So the San Fran- pected terrorist or someone who had enforcement cooperates, as we think cisco police had no choice. They were been convicted of a violent felony or common sense has suggested we would forced by their own city government to someone who had been convicted of a like to see, according to these court de- release the man who would go on to gang-related offense. Just those cases. cisions, the local law enforcement and kill Kate Steinle. If Federal officials Just those. Mayor Kenney refused. The the local government would bear the li- had called about almost any other city refused and made no change what- ability. They can be sued. That is a crime—if it had been about bank rob- soever to their sanctuary city status. problem for communities. In fact, it bery, a trademark violation, car So as we gather this evening, the has driven over a dozen Pennsylvania theft—it would have been perfectly Philadelphia Police Department is ab- communities, counties, and munici- legal for the San Francisco Police De- solutely forbidden from cooperating palities to say: We can’t take that partment to cooperate with the Fed- with Federal officials unless the Fed- legal risk, so we will, quite reluctantly, eral authorities. But because this in- eral officials can prove that the person become sanctuary cities. volved an illegal immigrant, the San in question has already been convicted There is a simple solution to this. In Francisco Police Department’s hands of a violent felony and they have a my bill, the first action my bill takes were tied. They were forced to release warrant for the arrest, which, of says that when a local officer is com- Kate Steinle’s eventual killer. course, since the police are not allowed plying with a legitimate, bona fide im- As the father of three young kids, I to even communicate with the Federal migration detainer duly issued by the can’t even imagine what Jim Steinle officials, how would they know to seek Department of Homeland Security, and his wife have endured and what an arrest warrant? then the local officer has the same au- they are going to go through this Fri- The fact is, none of this makes any thority as the DHS official. day. Sadly, the Steinles are not alone. sense. Imagine the Department of A way to think about it is that the According to an internal Department Homeland Security calling the Phila- local police would be considered agents of Homeland Security memo, during an delphia Police Department and com- of the Department of Homeland Secu- 8-month period in 2014, sanctuary juris- plaining that they discovered that the rity for this purpose. If an individual’s dictions—cities and counties and towns city has in custody an illegal immi- rights are violated somehow, the indi- that have chosen to be sanctuaries— grant who the FBI suspects is plotting vidual would still have every right to have released 8,000 immigrants during a terrorist attack. So the Department sue, but they would not sue the local this period in 2014, and 1,800 of those re- of Homeland Security asks the Phila- police department, which was just act- leased were later arrested for new delphia police for information about ing in good faith in cooperation with criminal acts, including two cities that this guy—when did they pick him up, the Department of Homeland Security; released individuals who had been ar- did he have other people with him, who the person would sue the Department rested for sexual abuse of children. Not were they, what were they doing, when of Homeland Security. There would be surprisingly, these individuals were ar- are they going to release him. There is no diminution of the person’s legal rested yet again for sexually molesting a lot of information they might like to rights or their ability to redress any- additional children because that is have. And they might say: Hold this thing that went wrong; it is just that what these monsters do. guy until we get there in the morning the liability ought to attach to DHS, Let’s be clear. This is not about im- so we can interrogate him and begin not the local police department. migration. This is really not about im- deportation proceedings. That would be With this change in the law, there migration. The vast majority of immi- a reasonable request from the Depart- would no longer be any pretext or any grants in this country would never ment of Homeland Security, but under justification whatsoever for these sanc- commit a heinous crime against any- the current sanctuary city policy of tuary cities and denying the coopera- body, but any large group of individ- Philadelphia, the Philadelphia police tion with Federal officials which we uals is going to have some bad actors. have no choice—their response has to need. With roughly 11 million people here il- be and is ‘‘Come back after the crime The second part of my bill says that legally, among them there are abso- has been committed. Come back after once that is in place, once we fix that lutely violent criminals. It is com- he has committed his terrorist offense, legal liability problem, if a community pletely unavoidable. It makes abso- and then come back with a warrant, nevertheless decides they still want to lutely no sense to insulate those vio- and then we can cooperate with you.’’ be a sanctuary city, they still want to lent criminals from capture by law en- Sometimes I wonder if we have refuse to cooperate with Federal law forcement. learned anything after 9/11, after the enforcement, then they would lose I should point out that the dangers Boston Marathon bombing, after the some Federal funds. They would lose posed by these sanctuary city laws are San Bernardino murders, and after this some of the CDBG money, the commu- not limited to domestic crimes, as ap- horrendous massacre in Orlando. When nity block grant money, and I know

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Objec- cost for Federal law enforcement, the This Act shall take effect 1 day after the additional cost to the American people date of enactment. tion is heard. in living in an area where they are at The bill will receive its second read- greater risk—it is unbelievable and im- SA 4866. Mr. MCCONNELL proposed ing on the next legislative day. possible to quantify the cost to people an amendment to amendment SA 4865 f like Jim Steinle, who lost his daugh- proposed by Mr. MCCONNELL to the bill BROWNFIELDS UTILIZATION, IN- ter—if you are going to impose those S. 2328, to reauthorize and amend the VESTMENT, AND LOCAL DEVEL- costs, then it is reasonable for the Fed- National Sea Grant College Program OPMENT ACT OF 2015 eral Government to choose not to sub- Act, and for other purposes; as follows: Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I sidize that. Strike ‘‘1 day’’ and insert ‘‘2 days’’. ask unanimous consent that the Sen- That is my goal. It is pretty simple. ate proceed to the immediate consider- Frankly, I don’t think it should even SA 4867. Mr. MCCONNELL proposed ation of Calendar No. 518, S. 1479. be controversial. Leaders across the po- an amendment to the bill S. 2328, to re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The litical spectrum have criticized sanc- authorize and amend the National Sea clerk will report the bill by title. tuary city policies. Former Pennsyl- Grant College Program Act, and for The legislative clerk read as follows: vania Governor, lifelong Democrat, and other purposes; as follows: A bill (S. 1479) to amend the Comprehen- former Chairman of the Democratic At the end, add the following: sive Environmental Response, Compensa- National Committee, Ed Rendell, has This Act shall take effect 2 days after the tion, and Liability Act of 1980 to modify pro- criticized the sanctuary city policies of date of enactment. visions relating to grants, and for other pur- Philadelphia. The Secretary of Home- poses. land Security has clearly gone out of SA 4868. Mr. MCCONNELL proposed There being no objection, the Senate his way to try to get Philadelphia to an amendment to amendment SA 4867 proceeded to consider the bill. C ONNELL change its misguided policy. proposed by Mr. M C to the bill Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Pennsylvania law enforcement offi- S. 2328, to reauthorize and amend the ask unanimous consent that the bill be cers from across the entire political National Sea Grant College Program read a third time and passed, and the spectrum, across the entire Common- Act, and for other purposes; as follows: motion to reconsider be considered wealth, all agree we got this right. Strike ‘‘2 days’’ and insert ‘‘3 days’’. made and laid upon the table. Last October the Senate considered a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without similar measure, and it got bipartisan SA 4869. Mr. MCCONNELL proposed objection, it is so ordered. support, but it didn’t have enough to an amendment to amendment SA 4868 The bill (S. 1479) was ordered to be overcome a filibuster. I hope now we proposed by Mr. MCCONNELL to the engrossed for a third reading, was read are finally going to fix this. amendment SA 4867 proposed by Mr. the third time, and passed, as follows: This bill is a simple, commonsense MCCONNELL to the bill S. 2328, to reau- S. 1479 bill. I had this conversation with my thorize and amend the National Sea Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- constituents, and everyone is shocked Grant College Program Act, and for resentatives of the United States of America in that we haven’t already fixed this prob- other purposes; as follows: Congress assembled, lem. The bill stands for the simple Strike ‘‘3 days’’ and insert ‘‘4 days’’. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Brownfields proposition that the safety of the f Utilization, Investment, and Local Develop- American people matters, that the life PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR ment Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘BUILD Act’’. of Kate Steinle matters, and that pro- Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask SEC. 2. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR NONPROFIT tecting our homeland from violent ORGANIZATIONS. criminals, including terrorists, mat- unanimous consent that Taylor Har- Section 104(k)(1) of the Comprehensive En- ters. ding, an intern in my office, be given vironmental Response, Compensation, and As the Steinles observe the tragic an- floor privileges for the remainder of Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)(1)) is niversary of their daughter’s death this this Congress. amended— Friday, I think they deserve to know The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; that the Senate cares about that loss, objection, it is so ordered. Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask (2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the pe- too, and that we are going to do what riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; we can to prevent another senseless unanimous consent that Natalie and and avoidable death from happening Kirilichin and Elizabeth Wagner, fel- (3) by adding at the end the following: again. lows with the Health, Education, ‘‘(I) an organization described in section Labor, and Pensions Committee be 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 f granted floor privileges through the and exempt from taxation under section AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND end of next month, July 2016. 501(a) of that Code; ‘‘(J) a limited liability corporation in PROPOSED The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. which all managing members are organiza- SA 4865. Mr. MCCONNELL proposed an tions described in subparagraph (I) or lim- amendment to the bill S. 2328, to reauthorize f ited liability corporations whose sole mem- and amend the National Sea Grant College MEASURE READ THE FIRST bers are organizations described in subpara- graph (I); Program Act, and for other purposes. TIME—S. 3100 SA 4866. Mr. MCCONNELL proposed an ‘‘(K) a limited partnership in which all amendment to amendment SA 4865 proposed Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I general partners are organizations described by Mr. MCCONNELL to the bill S. 2328, supra. understand there is a bill at the desk, in subparagraph (I) or limited liability cor- SA 4867. Mr. MCCONNELL proposed an and I ask for its first reading. porations whose sole members are organiza- amendment to the bill S. 2328, supra. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tions described in subparagraph (I); or ‘‘(L) a qualified community development SA 4868. Mr. MCCONNELL proposed an clerk will read the bill by title for the amendment to amendment SA 4867 proposed entity (as defined in section 45D(c)(1) of the by Mr. MCCONNELL to the bill S. 2328, supra. first time. Internal Revenue Code of 1986).’’. SA 4869. Mr. MCCONNELL proposed an The legislative clerk read as follows: SEC. 3. MULTIPURPOSE BROWNFIELDS GRANTS. amendment to amendment SA 4868 proposed A bill (S. 3100) to ensure that State and Section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Envi- by Mr. MCCONNELL to the amendment SA local law enforcement may cooperate with ronmental Response, Compensation, and Li- 4867 proposed by Mr. MCCONNELL to the bill Federal officials to protect our communities ability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)) is S. 2328, supra. from violent criminals and suspected terror- amended—

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CLEAN ENERGY BROWNFIELDS GRANTS. tively; (1) in subparagraph (B)— Section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Envi- (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘subject (A) in clause (i)— ronmental Response, Compensation, and Li- to paragraphs (4) and (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub- (i) by striking subclause (III); and ability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)) (as ject to paragraphs (5) and (6)’’; and (ii) by redesignating subclauses (IV) and amended by section 8) is amended by insert- (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol- (V) as subclauses (III) and (IV), respectively; ing after paragraph (11) the following: lowing: (B) by striking clause (ii); ‘‘(12) CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS AT ‘‘(4) MULTIPURPOSE BROWNFIELDS GRANTS.— (C) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause BROWNFIELD SITES.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (ii); and ‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF CLEAN ENERGY (D) and paragraphs (5) and (6), the Adminis- (D) in clause (ii) (as redesignated by sub- PROJECT.—In this paragraph, the term ‘clean trator shall establish a program to provide paragraph (C)), by striking ‘‘Notwith- energy project’ means— multipurpose grants to an eligible entity standing clause (i)(IV)’’ and inserting ‘‘Not- ‘‘(i) a facility that generates renewable based on the considerations under paragraph withstanding clause (i)(III)’’; and electricity from wind, solar, or geothermal (3)(C), to carry out inventory, characteriza- (2) by adding at the end the following: energy; and tion, assessment, planning, or remediation ‘‘(E) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— ‘‘(ii) any energy efficiency improvement activities at 1 or more brownfield sites in a ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may project at a facility, including combined proposed area. use up to 8 percent of the amounts made heat and power and district energy. ‘‘(B) GRANT AMOUNTS.— available under a grant or loan under this ‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator ‘‘(i) INDIVIDUAL GRANT AMOUNTS.—Each subsection for administrative costs. shall establish a program to provide grants— grant awarded under this paragraph shall not ‘‘(ii) RESTRICTION.—For purposes of clause ‘‘(i) to eligible entities to carry out inven- exceed $950,000. (i), the term ‘administrative costs’ does not tory, characterization, assessment, planning, ‘‘(ii) CUMULATIVE GRANT AMOUNTS.—The include— feasibility analysis, design, or remediation total amount of grants awarded for each fis- ‘‘(I) investigation and identification of the activities to locate a clean energy project at cal year under this paragraph shall not ex- extent of contamination; 1 or more brownfield sites; and ceed 15 percent of the funds made available ‘‘(II) design and performance of a response ‘‘(ii) to capitalize a revolving loan fund for for the fiscal year to carry out this sub- action; or the purposes described in clause (i). section. ‘‘(III) monitoring of a natural resource.’’. ‘‘(C) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—A grant under this ‘‘(C) CRITERIA.—In awarding a grant under SEC. 7. SMALL COMMUNITY TECHNICAL ASSIST- paragraph shall not exceed $500,000.’’. this paragraph, the Administrator shall con- ANCE GRANTS. SEC. 10. TARGETED FUNDING FOR STATES. sider the extent to which an eligible entity is Paragraph (7)(A) of section 104(k) of the Paragraph (15) of section 104(k) of the Com- able— Comprehensive Environmental Response, prehensive Environmental Response, Com- ‘‘(i) to provide an overall plan for revital- Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 ization of the 1 or more brownfield sites in U.S.C. 9604(k)) (as redesignated by section U.S.C. 9604(k)) (as redesignated by section the proposed area in which the multipurpose 3(1)) is amended— 3(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol- grant will be used; (1) by striking ‘‘The Administrator may lowing: ‘‘(ii) to demonstrate a capacity to conduct provide,’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(C) TARGETED FUNDING.—Of the amounts the range of eligible activities that will be ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this subparagraph: made available under subparagraph (A) for a funded by the multipurpose grant; and ‘‘(I) DISADVANTAGED AREA.—The term ‘dis- fiscal year, the Administrator may use not ‘‘(iii) to demonstrate that a multipurpose advantaged area’ means an area with an an- more than $2,000,000 to provide grants to grant will meet the needs of the 1 or more nual median household income that is less States for purposes authorized under section brownfield sites in the proposed area. than 80 percent of the State-wide annual me- 128(a), subject to the condition that each ‘‘(D) CONDITION.—As a condition of receiv- dian household income, as determined by the State that receives a grant under this sub- ing a grant under this paragraph, each eligi- latest available decennial census. paragraph shall have used at least 50 percent ble entity shall expend the full amount of ‘‘(II) SMALL COMMUNITY.—The term ‘small of the amounts made available to that State the grant not later than the date that is 3 community’ means a community with a pop- in the previous fiscal year to carry out as- years after the date on which the grant is ulation of not more than 15,000 individuals, sessment and remediation activities under awarded to the eligible entity unless the Ad- as determined by the latest available decen- section 128(a).’’. ministrator, in the discretion of the Admin- nial census. SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. istrator, provides an extension.’’. ‘‘(ii) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Ad- (a) BROWNFIELDS REVITALIZATION FUND- SEC. 4. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PUBLICLY ministrator shall establish a program to pro- OWNED BROWNFIELD SITES. vide grants that provide,’’; and ING.—Paragraph (15)(A) of section 104(k) of Section 104(k)(2) of the Comprehensive En- (2) by adding at the end the following: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 vironmental Response, Compensation, and ‘‘(iii) SMALL OR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY U.S.C. 9604(k)) (as redesignated by section Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)(2)) is RECIPIENTS.— 3(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and in- amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subclause (II), serting ‘‘2018’’. ‘‘(C) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN PUBLICLY in carrying out the program under clause (b) STATE RESPONSE PROGRAMS.—Section OWNED BROWNFIELD SITES.—Notwithstanding (ii), the Administrator shall use not more any other provision of law, an eligible entity than $600,000 of the amounts made available 128(a)(3) of the Comprehensive Environ- that is a governmental entity may receive a to carry out this paragraph to provide grants mental Response, Compensation, and Liabil- grant under this paragraph for property ac- to States that receive amounts under section ity Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9628(a)(3)) is amend- quired by that governmental entity prior to 128(a) to assist small communities, Indian ed by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. January 11, 2002, even if the governmental tribes, rural areas, or disadvantaged areas in f entity does not qualify as a bona fide pro- achieving the purposes described in clause ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 28, spective purchaser (as that term is defined in (ii). 2016 section 101(40)), so long as the eligible entity ‘‘(II) LIMITATION.—Each grant awarded has not caused or contributed to a release or under subclause (I) shall be not more than Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I threatened release of a hazardous substance $7,500.’’. ask unanimous consent that when the at the property.’’. SEC. 8. WATERFRONT BROWNFIELDS GRANTS. Senate completes its business today, it SEC. 5. INCREASED FUNDING FOR REMEDIATION Section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Envi- adjourn until 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 28; GRANTS. ronmental Response, Compensation, and Li- that following the prayer and pledge, Section 104(k)(3)(A)(ii) of the Comprehen- ability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)) is the morning hour be deemed expired, sive Environmental Response, Compensa- amended by inserting after paragraph (10) (as tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. redesignated by section 3(1)) the following: the Journal of proceedings be approved 9604(k)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘(11) WATERFRONT BROWNFIELD SITES.— to date, and the time for the two lead- ‘‘$200,000 for each site to be remediated’’ and ‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF WATERFRONT ers be reserved for their use later in inserting ‘‘$500,000 for each site to be remedi- BROWNFIELD SITE.—In this paragraph, the the day; further, that following leader ated, which limit may be waived by the Ad- term ‘waterfront brownfield site’ means a remarks, the Senate resume consider- ministrator, but not to exceed a total of brownfield site that is adjacent to a body of ation of the conference report to ac- $650,000 for each site, based on the antici- water or a federally designated floodplain. company H.R. 2577, with the time until pated level of contamination, size, or owner- ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—In providing grants the cloture vote equally divided be- ship status of the site’’. under this subsection, the Administrator tween the two leaders or their des- SEC. 6. ALLOWING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR shall— GRANT RECIPIENTS. ‘‘(i) take into consideration whether the ignees. Paragraph (5) of section 104(k) of the Com- brownfield site to be served by the grant is a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without prehensive Environmental Response, Com- waterfront brownfield site; and objection, it is so ordered.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:33 Jun 28, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27JN6.019 S27JNPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE June 27, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4587 ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT when our government—the FBI or our and intimate information about that Mr. MCCONNELL. If there is no fur- intelligence and law enforcement com- individual. That is what you get when ther business to come before the Sen- munity—believed it has to move quick- you can get access to their Web brows- ate, I ask unanimous consent that it ly and it has to move immediately, our ing history without a warrant, even, as stand adjourned under the previous government could do that. It could go I have said, when the government’s in- order, following the remarks of Sen- get the information that has been in terest is protected in an emergency. question—the email materials, the text The reality is that getting access to ators TOOMEY, WYDEN, and BROWN. somebody’s Web browsing history is al- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without message logs, the chat records, and all of these digital communications. Under most like spying on their thoughts. objection, it is so ordered. This level of surveillance absolutely The Senator from Pennsylvania. section 102, the government could move immediately to get this information ought to come with court oversight. As Mr. TOOMEY. Thank you, Mr. Presi- I have spelled out tonight, that is pos- dent. and then come back after the fact and settle up with the court. Never once sible in two separate ways. There is the (The remarks of Mr. TOOMEY per- traditional approach with getting a taining to the introduction of S. 3100 has the court denied the government. I recall that during the debate over warrant. Then under section 102, which are printed in today’s RECORD under the McCain amendment, the distin- I wrote as part of the USA FREEDOM ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and Act, the government can get informa- Joint Resolutions.’’) guished chairman of the Intelligence Committee said that he was concerned tion when there is an emergency and Mr. TOOMEY. I yield the floor. come back later after the fact and set- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- that the FBI might have to wait around for a month—no way, abso- tle. ator from Oregon. The reality is the President’s surveil- lutely no way, out of the question. lance review group has said that they f Under section 102, there is not going to believe court oversight should be re- be any dawdling. There is not going to INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION quired for this kind of information. BILL be waiting around. The government In effect, now we have some law en- can move and move immediately to Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I want to forcement and intelligence officials protect the American people. saying that we ought to go in exactly take a few minutes tonight to discuss Given that the government has those the opposite direction. By the way, the Intelligence authorization bill for tools for the FBI and intelligence offi- George W. Bush agreed that we ought fiscal year 2017. The Senate has been cials—making sure that we have the to be careful about gathering this in- asked to provide unanimous consent to tools needed to protect the security move forward on this legislation, and I formation. He didn’t want this par- and well-being of the American peo- ticular power. have objected to doing that and want ple—that is a reason for being very to take just a few minutes to outline Maybe somebody could argue that, careful about thinking through big well, intelligence and law enforcement why I feel very strongly about this. changes in these national security let- The reality is, this legislation con- officials ought to be able to do this be- ters and what the changes would be, cause it is more convenient for them. tains a number of valuable provisions, specifically. This was in the McCain but once again it is being driven by the To tell you the truth, if we were talk- amendment. It is in the Intelligence ing about convenience or protecting same issues the Senate looked at last authorization bill. An FBI field office the American people in an emergency, week, and that was the McCain amend- could issue a national security letter, I would be pretty sympathetic to the ment, which involved a major change in effect, administratively. It is an ad- government’s argument. But that is with respect to national security let- ministrative subpoena without any not the choice. As to the government’s ters. My colleague is a valuable mem- court oversight. For example, the na- interest, given the safety of the Amer- ber of the Intelligence Committee and tional security letters could be used to ican people being on the line, the gov- knows what I am talking about. collect what are called electronic com- ernment goes to get that information But to set the backdrop is again, I munication transaction records. This immediately—the Web browsing his- want it understood how important it is would be email, chat records, and text tory, the chat records, and the email. to make clear that it is a very dan- message logs. The government gets it immediately gerous time. Those of us who sit on the I have had Senators come up to me to under the specific language of section Intelligence Committee are acutely ask me about whether this could be 102. aware of that. A couple of times a week true. When I was responding to ques- What this really comes down to is we go into that special room and come tions at home about that this weekend, that we have had this horrible tragedy away with a very clear recognition folks or people asked: Does this really in Orlando. So we are all very con- that there are people out there who do mean that the government can get the cerned about the safety and the well- not wish our country well. So that is Internet browsing history of an indi- being of the American people. When we not in question. This is a dangerous vidual without a warrant, even when are home, there is no question—as I am time. Given these dangers, it is espe- the government has the emergency au- sure it is in the case of the Presiding cially important—critically impor- thority if it is really necessary? Officer of the Senate, my colleague tant—that law enforcement and intel- The answer to that question is: Yes, from Ohio, and myself—that the Amer- ligence authorities have the tools they the government can. The government ican people want policies that protect need to protect the American people. can get access to Web browsing history their security and their liberty. They Tonight, I wish to start with where under the Intelligence authorization want policies that do both. Frankly, we really left off with the amendment legislation, under the McCain amend- they don’t think they are mutually ex- from the Senator from Arizona, the ment, and they can do it without get- clusive. They think the government McCain amendment involving national ting a warrant—even when the govern- ought to be doing both. security letters, because that amend- ment can go get it without a warrant After a tragedy—and you can almost ment deals with the very same concern when there is an emergency cir- set your clock by it—increasingly, pro- that has led me to object to the Intel- cumstance. posals are being brought up that really ligence authorization bill tonight. The reality is Web browsing history don’t do much of either. They don’t do I don’t take a back seat to anybody— can reveal an awful lot of information much to advance security. In this case, not anybody—in terms of making sure about Americans. I know of little infor- you protect people’s security with that our intelligence and law enforcement mation that could be more intimate emergency authority when the well- officials have the tools they need to than that Web browsing history. If you being of our people is on the line and protect our country at a dangerous know that a person is visiting the Web the public wants their liberties pro- time. That is why in 2013, I began site of a mental health professional or tected. They are certainly going to be working for it then, and we got it into a substance abuse support group or a very concerned about someone being the USA FREEDOM Act. I wrote the particular political organization or a able to see their Web browsing history provision that became section 102 of particular dating site, you know a tre- with an administrative subpoena and the USA FREEDOM Act. It said that mendous amount of private, personal, no court oversight.

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HELLERSTEDT SUPREME COURT said I wanted to make sure—since I am Politicians claim these harmful re- DECISION one of the longer serving members of strictions are all about protecting the Intelligence Committee, and I am Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, today, women’s health. Nothing could be fur- very pleased to have the Presiding Offi- the Supreme Court, despite lacking an ther from the truth. These talking cer of the Senate on it—and I wanted important ninth Justice—my Repub- points are a sham, and today’s major- to be able to say that my focus has lican colleagues refuse to do their jobs. ity decision by a generally conserv- been to show that security and liberty That is the first time that anybody can ative Supreme Court shows the Court are not mutually exclusive. We can do remember, maybe in history—certainly saw right through those arguments. both. I think, with what we have out- in recent history—where a Supreme Ohio and other States with so-called lined this afternoon, we can, in fact, do Court nominee has been sent to the TRAP laws should repeal them imme- both. That is why section 102 of the Senate by a President, and the Senate diately. If they wait, they will only be USA Freedom Act is so important. It has refused to do either hearings or struck down by the Court, just like the spells out how and when the well-being certainly refuse to bring that Justice Texas law—again, a Court where most and safety of the American people is on up for a vote. If this continues, if Sen- of those Justices, or at least half of the line. There isn’t anybody going to ator MCCONNELL and his Republican those Justices were appointed by con- be dawdling around. What the distin- colleagues continue their course, this servative Presidents. We need to work guished chairman of the Intelligence will be the first time in 150 years where to get these laws off the books quickly Committee said about people waiting a Supreme Court vacancy has stayed and to fight the attacks women con- for a month to get a national security open for an entire year. Why 150 years? tinue to face on their right to make letter is not going to happen—not if Because we were in the middle of the their own health care decisions. you use section 102. We are making it Civil War, and there were all kinds of Earlier this year, Ohio passed a new clear how important security is. But things going on as southerners, who law to strip Federal funding not only we are also saying that we are not had seceded, left the Supreme Court from Planned Parenthood but any going to needlessly erode these sacred with lots of vacancies, and the Senate health care facility that could be per- and vital constitutional protections of didn’t do its job then. But that was the ceived as ‘‘promoting’’ safe and legal the American people, which is what Civil War; this is a political war waged abortions. This includes health clinics you would be doing if a field office of by one side in a refusal to do its job. that simply work with other providers the FBI, administratively and without Today the Supreme Court, despite to refer women to other facilities so court oversight, could go out and scoop not having nine members, reaffirmed women can make decisions that should up scores of browsing records. that women, not politicians, should be be between them and their doctors. That is why I have objected to giving the ones making their own health care This is far, far more sweeping than unanimous consent to the intelligence decisions. In a 5-to-3 decision, the Su- just defunding Planned Parenthood, authorization bill. We always do it pub- preme Court ruled on Whole Woman’s which is a political talking point for licly. That is why I am on the floor to- Health v. Hellerstedt that the Texas Republicans across this country now. night. law at issue places an undue burden on Health officials in Ohio are scared that I will tell my colleagues that this a woman’s ability to access safe and the new law could take funding away bill, on the key issue of national secu- legal health care. from local health departments—as if rity letters, is essentially a redo of the The law’s arbitrary, medically unnec- we don’t have enough problems in our vote that took place last week on the essary—medically unnecessary—re- State. McCain legislation. strictions caused dozen of clinics to Let’s be clear. This isn’t about I close by saying that while the Intel- close across the State of Texas. The defunding abortion. The Federal gov- ligence authorization bill does contain same thing has happened in other ernment does not provide funding for other provisions that I think are quite States with similar laws, including my abortion, period. It hasn’t provided constructive, I am troubled that the State of Ohio with 11 million people. funding for abortion for decades. This bill also would erode the jurisdiction of These clinics are often the only places Ohio law explicitly targets critical the independent privacy board for the that women, and also many men, have health and health education services second year in a row. Here, in par- to turn to for basic health services. To- for women, including HIV testing and ticular, is where we all want to con- day’s decision is a victory for health cancer prevention services. centrate on U.S. persons. That is what care in Texas and, ultimately, for Today’s 5-to-3 decision by the Su- is so important—focusing on U.S. per- State after State across the country. preme Court is a victory for all of us sons. At a time when telecommuni- Millions of women rely on Planned who want to improve the lives and cations systems around the world are Parenthood and other clinics like it for health of women around the country, beginning to merge—and this will in- lifesaving screenings, testing, preven- but it will do nothing to stop laws like creasingly be the case in the digital do- tive care, and treatment. In Ohio, this in Ohio. That is why our work goes main—the individual’s U.S. or non-U.S. Planned Parenthood centers provide on. status is not always readily apparent. health care services to almost 100,000 These laws that have passed in Texas So I am concerned about some of the men and women each year. A hundred and Ohio that the Court struck down restrictions that are in the authoriza- thousand men and women depend on are not about health or safety. The Su- tion, as well that I think they really Planned Parenthood for things like preme Court confirmed that today. ignore the way in which telecommuni- screenings, testing, preventive care, They are about politicians thinking cations systems have changed around and treatment. Many of these men and they know better than women and the world and the difficulty in recog- women have nowhere else to turn. their doctors, and it is happening every nizing quickly an individual’s U.S. or They either can’t afford care anywhere day in this country. If these laws con- non-U.S. status. else or they live too far away from an- tinue to chip away—or in the case of With that, I note our friend and col- other health center to have real access Ohio’s new law, carve away—women’s league is on the floor to give his re- to basic health care—screenings, test- access to care, we will see more marks. ing, preventive care, counseling, treat- undiagnosed cancers, more untreated I yield the floor. ment, and all those things. illnesses, and more unintended preg- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Today’s decision sets an important nancies. ator from Ohio. precedent that no politician should My State, shamefully, is 50th in the Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I appre- come between a woman and the health Nation in Black infant mortality. We ciate the always good insight from the care she needs. We know that laws like are 47th in the Nation overall in infant

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SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS sponse Grant Program, S. 2219, to re- ity of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs quire the Secretary of Commerce to to transport individuals to and from fa- Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, conduct an assessment and analysis of cilities of the Department of Veterans agreed to by the Senate of February 4, the outdoor recreation economy of the Affairs in connection with rehabilita- 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- United States, S. 3086, to reauthorize tion, counseling, examination, treat- tem for a computerized schedule of all and amend the Marine Debris Act to ment, and care, S. 2210, to require the meetings and hearings of Senate com- promote international action to reduce Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry marine debris, an original bill entitled, mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- out a program to establish peer special- ‘‘Access for Sportfishing Act of 2016’’, tees, and committees of conference. ists in patient aligned care teams at and the nominations of Peggy E. Gus- This title requires all such committees tafson, of Maryland, to be Inspector medical centers of the Department of to notify the Office of the Senate Daily General, Department of Commerce, and Veterans Affairs, S. 2279, to require the Digest—designated by the Rules Com- Michael A. Khouri, of Kentucky, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry mittee—of the time, place and purpose a Federal Maritime Commissioner. out a program to increase efficiency in of the meetings, when scheduled and SR–253 the recruitment and hiring by the De- any cancellations or changes in the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, partment of Veterans Affairs of health meetings as they occur. and Pensions care workers that are undergoing sepa- To hold hearings to examine Every Stu- ration from the Armed Forces, to cre- As an additional procedure along dent Succeeds Act implementation, fo- ate uniform credentialing standards for with the computerization of this infor- cusing on an update from the Secretary certain health care professionals of the mation, the Office of the Senate Daily of Education on proposed regulations. Department, S. 2316, to amend title 38, Digest will prepare this information for SD–430 United States Code, to expand the re- printing in the Extensions of Remarks Committee on Homeland Security and quirements for reissuance of veterans section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Governmental Affairs benefits in cases of misuse of benefits To hold hearings to examine preparing on Monday and Wednesday of each by certain fiduciaries to include misuse for and protecting the nation from by all fiduciaries, and to improve over- week. Zika. Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, SD–342 sight of fiduciaries, S. 2791, to amend June 28, 2016 may be found in the Daily Committee on the Judiciary title 38, United States Code, to provide Digest of today’s RECORD. To hold hearings to examine protecting for the treatment of veterans who par- older Americans from financial exploi- ticipated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for MEETINGS SCHEDULED tation. SD–226 purposes of the presumption of service- JUNE 29 Committee on Small Business and Entre- connection of certain disabilities by 10 a.m. preneurship the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S. Committee on Commerce, Science, and To hold hearings to examine the con- 2958, to establish a pilot program on Transportation sequences of dwindling startup activ- partnership agreements to construct Business meeting to consider S. 3084, to ity. new facilities for the Department of invest in innovation through research SR–428A Veterans Affairs, S. 3021, to amend and development, and to improve the 2 p.m. title 38, United States Code, to author- competitiveness of the United States, Committee on Appropriations ize the use of Post-9/11 Educational As- S. 827, to amend the Communications Business meeting to markup an original sistance to pursue independent study Act of 1934 to ensure the integrity of bill entitled, ‘‘State, Foreign Oper- programs at certain educational insti- voice communications and to prevent ations, and Related Programs Appro- tutions that are not institutions of unjust or unreasonable discrimination priations Act, Fiscal Year 2017’’. higher learning, S. 3023, to provide for among areas of the United States in SD–106 the reconsideration of claims for dis- the delivery of such communications, 2:30 p.m. S. 2770, to amend the Communications Committee on Environment and Public ability compensation for veterans who Act of 1934 to require providers of a Works were the subjects of experiments by the covered service to provide call location Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Man- Department of Defense during World information concerning the tele- agement, and Regulatory Oversight War II that were conducted to assess communications device of a user of To hold an oversight hearing to examine the effects of mustard gas or lewisite such service to an investigative or law the Environmental Protection Agency on people, S. 3032, to provide for an in- enforcement officer in an emergency enforcement and compliance programs. crease, effective December 1, 2016, in situation involving risk of death or se- SD–406 the rates of compensation for veterans rious physical injury or in order to re- Committee on Indian Affairs with service-connected disabilities and spond to the user’s call for emergency To hold hearings to examine S. 2796, to the rates of dependency and indemnity services, S. 2997, to direct the Federal repeal certain obsolete laws relating to compensation for the survivors of cer- Communications Commission to com- Indians, S. 2959, to amend the White tain disabled veterans, S. 3035, to re- mence proceedings related to the resil- Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights quire the Secretary of Veterans Affairs iency of critical telecommunications Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify to carry out a pilot program to in- networks during times of emergency, the use of amounts in the WMAT Set- crease the use of medical scribes to S. 1717, to amend title 46, United States tlement Fund, and S. 3013, to authorize maximize the efficiency of physicians Code, to exempt old vessels that only and implement the water rights com- at medical facilities of the Department operate within inland waterways from pact among the Confederated Salish of Veterans Affairs, S. 3055, to amend the fire-retardant materials require- and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead title 38, United States Code, to provide ment if the owners of such vessels Indian Reservation, the State of Mon- a dental insurance plan to veterans and make annual structural alterations to tana, and the United States. at least 10 percent of the areas of the SD–628 survivors and dependents of veterans, vessels that are not constructed of fire- Committee on Veterans’ Affairs S. 3076, to amend title 38, United States retardant materials, S. 3088, to provide To hold hearings to examine S. 244, to re- Code, to authorize the Secretary of a deadline for compliance with an al- quire an independent comprehensive Veterans Affairs to furnish caskets and ternate safety compliance program, S. review of the process by which the De- urns for burial in cemeteries of States 3087, to establish the American Fish- partment of Veterans Affairs assesses and tribal organizations of veterans eries Advisory Committee to assist in cognitive impairments that result from without next of kin or sufficient re- the awarding of fisheries research and traumatic brain injury for purposes of sources to provide for caskets or urns, development grants, S. 3059, to reau- awarding disability compensation, S. S. 3081, to amend title 38, United States thorize and amend the John H. Pres- 603, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide certain employees of cott Marine Mammal Rescue and Re- Code, to make permanent the author- members of Congress with access to

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Evans Wilderness, H.R. 1475, to au- expand medical residencies and intern- sissippi, to establish Parker’s Cross- thorize a Wall of Remembrance as part ships at such facilities, and an original roads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the Korean War Veterans Memorial bill to authorize the American Battle of the National Park System, S. 1975, and to allow certain private contribu- Monuments Commission to acquire, op- to establish the Sewall-Belmont House tions to fund that Wall of Remem- erate, and maintain the Lafayette Es- National Historic Site as a unit of the brance, H.R. 2615, to establish the Vir- cadrille Memorial in Marnes-la-Co- National Park System, S. 1993, to es- gin Islands of the United States Cen- tablish the 21st Century Conservation quette, France. tennial Commission, H.R. 2880, to re- Service Corps to place youth and vet- SR–418 designate the Martin Luther King, erans in the United States in national Junior, National Historic Site in the JUNE 30 service positions to protect, restore, and enhance the great outdoors of the State of Georgia, H.R. 3620, to amend 9 a.m. United States, S. 2018, to convey, with- the Delaware Water Gap National Committee on Homeland Security and out consideration, the reversionary in- Recreation Area Improvement Act to Governmental Affairs terests of the United States in and to provide access to certain vehicles serv- Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and certain non-Federal land in Glennallen, ing residents of municipalities adja- Federal Management Alaska, S. 2087, to modify the boundary cent to the Delaware Water Gap Na- To hold hearings to examine the use of of the Fort Scott National Historic tional Recreation Area, and H.R. 4119, agency regulatory guidance. Site in the State of Kansas, S. 2177, to to authorize the exchange of certain SD–342 authorize the Secretary of the Interior land located in Gulf Islands National 9:30 a.m. to conduct a special resource study of Committee on Armed Services Seashore, Jackson County, Mississippi, the Medgar Evers House, located in between the National Park Service and To hold closed hearings to examine na- Jackson, Mississippi, S. 2223, to trans- tional security cyber and encryption the Veterans of Foreign Wars. fer administrative jurisdiction over SD–366 challenges. certain Bureau of Land Management Committee on the Judiciary SVC–217 land from the Secretary of the Interior Business meeting to consider S. 247, to Committee on Energy and Natural Re- to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for sources inclusion in the Black Hills National amend section 349 of the Immigration Business meeting to consider S. 651, to Cemetery, S. 2309, to amend title 54, and Nationality Act to deem specified authorize the Secretary of the Interior United States Code, to establish within activities in support of terrorism as re- to acquire certain land in Martinez, the National Park Service the U.S. nunciation of United States nation- California, for inclusion in the John Civil Rights Network, S. 2360, to im- ality, and the nomination of Carole Muir National Historic Site, S. 718, to prove the administration of certain Schwartz Rendon, of Ohio, to be United modify the boundary of Petersburg Na- programs in the insular areas, S. 2379, States Attorney for the Northern Dis- tional Battlefield in the Common- to provide for the unencumbering of trict of Ohio; to be immediately fol- wealth of Virginia, S. 814, to provide title to non-Federal land owned by the lowed by an oversight hearing to exam- for the conveyance of certain Federal city of Tucson, Arizona, for purposes of ine the Department of Homeland Secu- land in the State of Oregon to the Con- economic development by conveyance rity. federated Tribes of Coos, Lower Ump- of the Federal reversionary interest to SD–226 qua, and Siuslaw Indians, S. 815, to pro- the City, S. 2383, to withdraw certain 10 a.m. vide for the conveyance of certain Fed- Bureau of Land Management land in Committee on Small Business and Entre- eral land in the State of Oregon to the the State of Utah from all forms of preneurship Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of In- public appropriation, to provide for the To hold hearings to examine small busi- dians, S. 1007, to amend the Dayton shared management of the withdrawn Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of land by the Secretary of the Interior ness survival amidst flood insurance 1992 to rename a site of the Dayton and the Secretary of the Air Force to rate increases. Aviation Heritage National Historical facilitate enhanced weapons testing SR–428A Park, S. 1167, to modify the boundaries and pilot training, enhance public safe- 10:30 a.m. of the Pole Creek Wilderness, the ty, and provide for continued public ac- Committee on Foreign Relations Owyhee River Wilderness, and the cess to the withdrawn land, to provide To hold hearings to examine corruption, North Fork Owyhee Wilderness and to for the exchange of certain Federal focusing on violent extremism, authorize the continued use of motor- land and State land, S. 2412, to estab- kleptocracy, and the dangers of failing ized vehicles for livestock monitoring, lish the Tule Lake National Historic governance. herding, and grazing in certain wilder- Site in the State of California, S. 2548, SD–419 ness areas in the State of Idaho, S. to establish the 400 Years of African- 2 p.m. 1329, to remove the use restrictions on American History Commission, S. 2608, Select Committee on Intelligence certain land transferred to Rocking- to authorize the Secretary of the Inte- To receive a closed briefing on certain ham County, Virginia, S. 1448, to des- rior and the Secretary of Agriculture intelligence matters. ignate the Frank Moore Wild Steelhead to place signage on Federal land along SH–219 Sanctuary in the State of Oregon, S. the trail known as the ‘‘American Dis- 1577, to amend the Wild and Scenic Riv- covery Trail’’, S. 2616, to modify cer- JULY 13 ers Act to designate certain segments tain cost-sharing and revenue provi- of East Rosebud Creek in Carbon Coun- sions relating to the Arkansas Valley 10:30 a.m. ty, Montana, as components of the Conduit, Colorado, S. 2620, to facilitate Committee on Appropriations Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1696, the addition of park administration at Subcommittee on Military Construction to redesignate the Ocmulgee National the Coltsville National Historical and Veterans Affairs, and Related Monument in the State of Georgia, to Park, S. 2805, to modify the boundary Agencies revise the boundary of that monument, of Voyageurs National Park in the

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Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to vestigative or law enforcement officer in an emergency examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH–219. situation involving risk of death or serious physical injury or in order to respond to the user’s call for emergency House services, S. 2997, to direct the Federal Communications No hearings are scheduled. Commission to commence proceedings related to the re- f siliency of critical telecommunications networks during times of emergency, S. 1717, to amend title 46, United CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate with- Week of June 28 through July 1, 2016 in inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials re- quirement if the owners of such vessels make annual Senate Chamber structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant On Tuesday, at 10 a.m., Senate will continue con- materials, S. 3088, to provide a deadline for compliance sideration of the conference report to accompany with an alternate safety compliance program, S. 3087, to H.R. 2577, Transportation, and Housing and Urban establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee to Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations assist in the awarding of fisheries research and develop- Act, with a vote on the motion to invoke cloture ment grants, S. 3059, to reauthorize and amend the John thereon, at approximately 11 a.m. H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Senate will continue consideration of the House Program, S. 2219, to require the Secretary of Commerce amendment to S. 2328, National Sea Grant College to conduct an assessment and analysis of the outdoor Program Amendments Act, with a vote on the mo- recreation economy of the United States, S. 3086, to re- tion to invoke cloture on the motion concur in the authorize and amend the Marine Debris Act to promote international action to reduce marine debris, an original House amendment to the bill. bill entitled, ‘‘Access for Sportfishing Act of 2016’’, and During the balance of the week, Senate may con- the nominations of Peggy E. Gustafson, of Maryland, to sider any cleared legislative and executive business. be Inspector General, Department of Commerce, and Mi- Senate Committees chael A. Khouri, of Kentucky, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, 10 a.m., SR–253. (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 28, Sub- Committee on Appropriations: June 28, Subcommittee on committee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to hold State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, busi- an oversight hearing to examine the status of the the Bu- ness meeting to markup an original bill entitled, ‘‘State, reau of Land Management and Forest Service’s efforts to Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations implement amendments to land use plans and specific Act, Fiscal Year 2017’’, 2:30 p.m., SD–124. management plans regarding sage grouse conservation, June 29, Full Committee, business meeting to markup and those agencies’ coordination activities with affected an original bill entitled, ‘‘State, Foreign Operations, and states, 2:30 p.m., SD–366. Related Programs Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2017’’, June 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 2 p.m., SD–106. S. 651, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to ac- Committee on Armed Services: June 28, to hold hearings quire certain land in Martinez, California, for inclusion in to examine improving strategic integration at the Depart- the John Muir National Historic Site, S. 718, to modify ment of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SH–216. the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the June 30, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to Commonwealth of Virginia, S. 814, to provide for the examine national security cyber and encryption chal- conveyance of certain Federal land in the State of Oregon lenges, 9:30 a.m., SVC–217. to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June Siuslaw Indians, S. 815, to provide for the conveyance of 28, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Mer- certain Federal land in the State of Oregon to the Cow chant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security, to hold Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, S. 1007, to hearings to examine how the Internet of Things (IoT) can amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of bring United States transportation and infrastructure into 1992 to rename a site of the Dayton Aviation Heritage the 21st century, 10 a.m., SR–253. National Historical Park, S. 1167, to modify the bound- June 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider aries of the Pole Creek Wilderness, the Owyhee River S. 3084, to invest in innovation through research and de- Wilderness, and the North Fork Owyhee Wilderness and velopment, and to improve the competitiveness of the to authorize the continued use of motorized vehicles for United States, S. 827, to amend the Communications Act livestock monitoring, herding, and grazing in certain wil- of 1934 to ensure the integrity of voice communications derness areas in the State of Idaho, S. 1329, to remove and to prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rock- among areas of the United States in the delivery of such ingham County, Virginia, S. 1448, to designate the Frank communications, S. 2770, to amend the Communications Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary in the State of Oregon, Act of 1934 to require providers of a covered service to S. 1577, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to provide call location information concerning the tele- designate certain segments of East Rosebud Creek in Car- communications device of a user of such service to an in- bon County, Montana, as components of the Wild and

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Scenic Rivers System, S. 1696, to redesignate the 2839, to amend the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Ocmulgee National Monument in the State of Georgia, Act to extend the authorization for the Gullah/Geechee to revise the boundary of that monument, S. 1699, to Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, S. 2902, to pro- designate certain land administered by the Bureau of vide for long-term water supplies, optimal use of existing Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of water supply infrastructure, and protection of existing Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas and to water rights, S. 2954, to establish the Ste. Genevieve Na- make additional wild and scenic river designations in the tional Historic Site in the State of Missouri, S. 3020, to State of Oregon, S. 1777, to amend the Wild and Scenic update the map of, and modify the acreage available for Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monu- maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for ment, S. 3027, to clarify the boundary of Acadia National commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, Park, S. 3028, to redesignate the Olympic Wilderness as S. 1930, to adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Moun- the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness, H.R. 1475, to authorize tain National Battlefield Park to include the Wallis a Wall of Remembrance as part of the Korean War Vet- House and Harriston Hill, S. 1943, to modify the bound- erans Memorial and to allow certain private contributions ary of the Shiloh National Military Park located in the to fund that Wall of Remembrance, H.R. 2615, to estab- State of Tennessee and Mississippi, to establish Parker’s lish the Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Commission, H.R. 2880, to redesignate the Martin Lu- Park System, S. 1975, to establish the Sewall-Belmont ther King, Junior, National Historic Site in the State of House National Historic Site as a unit of the National Georgia, H.R. 3620, to amend the Delaware Water Gap Park System, S. 1993, to establish the 21st Century Con- National Recreation Area Improvement Act to provide servation Service Corps to place youth and veterans in the access to certain vehicles serving residents of municipali- United States in national service positions to protect, re- ties adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recre- store, and enhance the great outdoors of the United ation Area, and H.R. 4119, to authorize the exchange of States, S. 2018, to convey, without consideration, the re- certain land located in Gulf Islands National Seashore, versionary interests of the United States in and to certain Jackson County, Mississippi, between the National Park non-Federal land in Glennallen, Alaska, S. 2087, to mod- Service and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 9:30 a.m., ify the boundary of the Fort Scott National Historic Site SD–366. in the State of Kansas, S. 2177, to authorize the Secretary Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 29, of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Medgar Evers House, located in Jackson, Mississippi, S. Regulatory Oversight, to hold an oversight hearing to ex- 2223, to transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain amine the Environmental Protection Agency enforcement Bureau of Land Management land from the Secretary of and compliance programs, 2:30 p.m., SD–406. the Interior to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for inclu- sion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, S. 2309, to Committee on Finance: June 28, to hold hearings to ex- amend title 54, United States Code, to establish within amine the proposed Medicare Part B drug demonstration, the National Park Service the U.S. Civil Rights Network, 10 a.m., SD–215. S. 2360, to improve the administration of certain pro- Committee on Foreign Relations: June 28, to hold hearings grams in the insular areas, S. 2379, to provide for the to examine global efforts to defeat ISIS, 10 a.m., SD–419. unencumbering of title to non-Federal land owned by the June 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine city of Tucson, Arizona, for purposes of economic devel- corruption, focusing on violent extremism, kleptocracy, opment by conveyance of the Federal reversionary interest and the dangers of failing governance, 10:30 a.m., to the City, S. 2383, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land SD–419. Management land in the State of Utah from all forms of Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June public appropriation, to provide for the shared manage- 28, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Se- ment of the withdrawn land by the Secretary of the Inte- curity, to hold hearings to examine small business health rior and the Secretary of the Air Force to facilitate en- care, focusing on costs and options, 2 p.m., SD–430. hanced weapons testing and pilot training, enhance pub- June 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine lic safety, and provide for continued public access to the Every Student Succeeds Act implementation, focusing on withdrawn land, to provide for the exchange of certain an update from the Secretary of Education on proposed Federal land and State land, S. 2412, to establish the regulations, 10 a.m., SD–430. Tule Lake National Historic Site in the State of Cali- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: fornia, S. 2548, to establish the 400 Years of African- June 28, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of American History Commission, S. 2608, to authorize the Andrew Mayock, of Illinois, to be Deputy Director for Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture Management, Office of Management and Budget, 4 p.m., to place signage on Federal land along the trail known SD–342. as the ‘‘American Discovery Trail’’, S. 2616, to modify June 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain cost-sharing and revenue provisions relating to the preparing for and protecting the nation from Zika, 10 Arkansas Valley Conduit, Colorado, S. 2620, to facilitate a.m., SD–342. the addition of park administration at the Coltsville Na- June 30, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Fed- tional Historical Park, S. 2805, to modify the boundary eral Management, to hold hearings to examine the use of of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, S. agency regulatory guidance, 9 a.m., SD–342.

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Committee on Indian Affairs: June 29, to hold hearings for the treatment of veterans who participated in the to examine S. 2796, to repeal certain obsolete laws relat- cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans ing to Indians, S. 2959, to amend the White Mountain for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S. to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement 2958, to establish a pilot program on partnership agree- Fund, and S. 3013, to authorize and implement the water ments to construct new facilities for the Department of rights compact among the Confederated Salish and Veterans Affairs, S. 3021, to amend title 38, United Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation, the States Code, to authorize the use of Post-9/11 Educational State of Montana, and the United States, 2:30 p.m., Assistance to pursue independent study programs at cer- SD–628. tain educational institutions that are not institutions of Committee on the Judiciary: June 28, to hold hearings to higher learning, S. 3023, to provide for the reconsider- examine the implementation of the Justice for Victims of ation of claims for disability compensation for veterans Trafficking Act of 2015, 10 a.m., SD–226. who were the subjects of experiments by the Department June 28, Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, of Defense during World War II that were conducted to Federal Rights and Federal Courts, to hold hearings to assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, S. examine the consequences of agency efforts to deempha- 3032, to provide for an increase, effective December 1, size radical Islam in combating terrorism, 2:30 p.m., 2016, in the rates of compensation for veterans with serv- SD–226. June 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ice-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and protecting older Americans from financial exploitation, indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain dis- 10 a.m., SD–226. abled veterans, S. 3035, to require the Secretary of Vet- June 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider erans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to increase the S. 247, to amend section 349 of the Immigration and use of medical scribes to maximize the efficiency of physi- Nationality Act to deem specified activities in support of cians at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans terrorism as renunciation of United States nationality, and Affairs, S. 3055, to amend title 38, United States Code, the nomination of Carole Schwartz Rendon, of Ohio, to to provide a dental insurance plan to veterans and sur- be United States Attorney for the Northern District of vivors and dependents of veterans, S. 3076, to amend Ohio; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary to examine the Department of Homeland Security, 9:30 of Veterans Affairs to furnish caskets and urns for burial a.m., SD–226. in cemeteries of States and tribal organizations of veterans Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: June without next of kin or sufficient resources to provide for 29, to hold hearings to examine the consequences of caskets or urns, S. 3081, to amend title 38, United States dwindling startup activity, 10 a.m., SR–428A. Code, to provide certain employees of members of Con- June 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine gress with access to case-tracking information of the De- small business survival amidst flood insurance rate in- partment of Veterans Affairs, an original bill to clarify creases, 10 a.m., SR–428A. the scope of procedural rights of members of the uni- Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: June 29, to hold hearings formed services with respect to their employment and re- to examine S. 244, to require an independent comprehen- employment rights, to improve the enforcement of such sive review of the process by which the Department of employment and reemployment rights, an original bill to Veterans Affairs assesses cognitive impairments that result expand eligibility for readjustment counseling to certain from traumatic brain injury for purposes of awarding dis- members of the Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces, an ability compensation, S. 603, to amend title 38, United original bill to authorize payment by the Department of States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Sec- Veterans Affairs for the costs associated with service by retary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and medical residents and interns at facilities operated by In- from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in dian tribes and tribal organizations, to require the Sec- connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care, S. 2210, to require the Secretary of retary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to establish peer expand medical residencies and internships at such facili- specialists in patient aligned care teams at medical centers ties, and an original bill to authorize the American Battle of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 2279, to require Monuments Commission to acquire, operate, and main- the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program tain the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial in Marnes-la-Co- to increase efficiency in the recruitment and hiring by the quette, France, 2:30 p.m., SR–418. Department of Veterans Affairs of health care workers Select Committee on Intelligence: June 28, to hold closed that are undergoing separation from the Armed Forces, to hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 create uniform credentialing standards for certain health p.m., SH–219. care professionals of the Department, S. 2316, to amend June 30, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing title 38, United States Code, to expand the requirements on certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH–219. for reissuance of veterans benefits in cases of misuse of benefits by certain fiduciaries to include misuse by all fi- House Committees duciaries, and to improve oversight of fiduciaries, S. No hearings are scheduled. 2791, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 28 5 p.m., Tuesday, June 28

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Tuesday: Senate will continue consider- Program for Tuesday: Scheduled to meet in a Pro ation of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2577, Forma session at 5 p.m. Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, with a vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon, at approximately 11 a.m.

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