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Vol. 167 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2021 No. 124 House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Friday, July 16, 2021, at 9 a.m. Senate THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2021

The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was CONCLUSION OF MORNING changed the way that Americans work called to order by the President pro BUSINESS and compete. Productivity increased, tempore (Mr. LEAHY). The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Morn- but wages for the bottom 70 percent f ing business is closed. stagnated in this century, in this 20 years. Income equality spiked as PRAYER f wealth agglomerated to the top. The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- EXECUTIVE SESSION The financial crisis and the COVID fered the following prayer: pandemic heaped additional hardship on middle-class families that were al- Let us pray. EXECUTIVE CALENDAR God of mercy and light, we are in ready falling behind. The changes in Your hands and rejoice because of the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the world—the swirling changes, eco- power of Your presence. the previous order, the Senate will pro- nomic and social—have made it harder Lord, we are grateful that You have ceed to executive session to resume to stay in the middle class and have promised never to leave us. In the chal- consideration of the following nomina- made it harder to get to the middle lenge of decision making, with its fluc- tion, which the clerk will report. class. We Democrats feel an obligation to tuating intricacies, give each law- The senior assistant legislative clerk make it easier for those in the middle maker a deeper appreciation for culti- read the nomination of J. Nellie Liang, class to enjoy that middle-class life vating a conscience void of offense to- of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury. and stay there and for those struggling ward You and humanity. to get into the middle class to have Today, show mercy to the Members The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Nevada. those ladders so they can climb up to of this legislative body. Lord, let Your get there. sovereign hand be over them, and Your Ms. ROSEN. I suggest the absence of a quorum. These are exciting and fundamental Holy Spirit be with them, directing all times to be here in the Senate. In their thoughts, words, and works for The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. short, we have a lot to do to restore the Your glory. fundamental American promise of op- The senior assistant legislative clerk We pray in Your merciful Name. portunity and economic mobility—the proceeded to call the roll. Amen. faith that, through hard work, any Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I American can build a better life for f ask unanimous consent that the order themselves, their families, their chil- for the quorum call be rescinded. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE dren, and then pass even greater oppor- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. The President pro tempore led the tunity on to their children. That is the ROSEN). Without objection, it is so or- Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: American dream. It has been fading, dered. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the and that has allowed demagoguery and United States of America, and to the Repub- RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER nastiness and divisiveness to become lic for which it stands, one nation under God, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- too great a part of our politics. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. jority leader is recognized. We want to restore that sunny opti- f AMERICAN JOBS AND FAMILIES PLAN mism that Americans have always had, Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, and that is why we are so intent on RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME every Senator, from every State, has moving forward this month. The idea The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under witnessed the hollowing out of the mid- that Americans can build a better life the previous order, the leadership time dle class over the past few decades. for themselves and pass greater oppor- is reserved. Globalization and technology have tunity to their children is at the heart

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15JY6.000 S15JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S4912 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 15, 2021 of what Democrats are trying to We in the Democratic caucus heard manent, serious criminal record that achieve this year through the Amer- from the President yesterday on the prevents them, inhibits them from ican Jobs and Families Plan, helping budget resolution. The meeting was moving forward in their lives. middle-class families stay in the mid- wonderful. The excitement was pal- Now, I am the first majority leader dle class and breathe easier and helping pable. The opportunity to do so much to say it is time to end the Federal pro- poorer Americans climb that ladder to good for so many American families hibition on marijuana, and as majority get there. was in the air in that meeting. It was leader I am going to push this issue And nothing—nothing—will do more exciting. And, as that happened, the bi- forward and make it a priority for the to advance that goal than the bill we partisan working groups had many Senate. are working on this year. The budget meetings on the bipartisan infrastruc- In short, the Cannabis Administra- resolution agreed to by Democrats on ture framework as well. tion and Opportunity Act would help the Budget Committee this week is the Today, I am announcing that I intend the Federal Government catch up with first step down a long road toward en- to file cloture on the vehicle for a bi- what much of the country already un- acting a transformational change in partisan infrastructure bill on Monday derstands, that we need to rethink our our economy. It will allow us to pass of next week. Senators will have until approach to marijuana and end—end— the most significant legislation to ex- Wednesday of next week before the ini- decades of overcriminalization. pand support for American families tial vote on cloture on the motion to CHILD TAX CREDIT since the era of the New Deal and the proceed. Madam President, on a final matter, Great Society. If not quite Everyone has been having productive the CTC, I have a little chart here. Rooseveltian in scope, it is certainly conversations, and it is important to Over the past 20 years, the cost of rais- near Rooseveltian. It is dramatic keep the two-track process moving. All ing children in America has become lu- change to help average families do bet- parties involved in the bipartisan infra- dicrously expensive. Everything—from ter. structure bill talks must now finalize diapers to housing, to healthcare, to The best way to understand the their agreement so that the Senate can college tuition—has risen in price, emerging legislation is in three broad begin considering that legislation next some of it rather steeply and dramati- categories: jobs, which will come week. cally. through major infrastructure invest- And I am setting the same deadline, Wages, unfortunately, have not kept ments; families; and climate. We are next Wednesday, for the entire Senate pace, putting strain—ever more going to create thousands upon thou- Democratic caucus to agree to move strain—on American parents. The cost sands of good-paying jobs by investing forward on the budget resolution with of childcare alone can be roughly in infrastructure and the training and reconciliation instructions. The time equivalent to buying a new car every apprenticeships that will help more has come to make progress, and we single year. That is a big burden for so Americans, including many of those will. We must. many families. who have been left out, get those jobs. CANNABIS ADMINISTRATION AND OPPORTUNITY The pandemic, of course, made life We are going to expand and strength- ACT even harder on America’s families. So, en the programs that support Amer- Madam President, now on another in the American Rescue Plan, Demo- ican families and introduce new ones, issue, marijuana, 20 years ago, roughly crats made sure that it included a dra- like paid family leave and a robust ex- a third of the population supported the matic expansion of the Federal child pansion of Medicaid to cover vision, decriminalization of marijuana. Today tax credit, to give families a little dental, and hearing. I salute Senator that number is almost 70 percent. Even extra help during the once-in-a-century SANDERS for putting it on the map and deep-rooted South Dakota voted to le- crisis. now making it a real possibility to galize the adult use of marijuana. And today—today—I am very proud happen. Americans’ perception of marijuana to announce that tens of millions of And we are going to act on climate in has, justifiably, changed, and it is time a bold and comprehensive way, to re- Americans are going to see extra that Congress caught up and reformed duce emissions, make our infrastruc- money land in their bank accounts, the our laws to reflect the popular wisdom ture more resilient, and create the first of monthly checks that will be and the science. So, yesterday, I joined green jobs of the future to meet the disbursed through the expanded child with Senator BOOKER, who has been President’s goals of an 80-percent re- tax credit. Let me say that again. Be- such a leader on this issue for so long, duction in dirty carbon that goes into cause of this law passed by Senate energy production and a 50-percent and Chairman WYDEN, who has been ac- Democrats—sadly, unfortunately, not a overall reduction in the carbon we send tive on this issue as well, our Finance single Republican voted for this much to the atmosphere. chairman, to introduce the Cannabis needed measure that will help the mid- When Republicans held the majority Administration and Opportunity Act, dle class and the poor—a vast majority in the Senate, unfortunately, their sig- which represents a monumental change of Americans, because of what we did, nature legislative achievement was a because, at long last, it would take what we Senate Democrats did, will massive tax break for corporations and steps to right the wrongs of the failed begin receiving a monthly check of $300 the wealthy. From one report I read, War on Drugs. It would remove mari- for each child under 6 years old, and the top 1 percent got 83 percent of the juana from the Federal list of con- they will also receive $250 every month benefits when the Republicans had trolled substances and expunge the for each child between 6 and 17. power. What a difference when Demo- criminal records of those with low- Combined with the credits that apply crats are in power. You know what the level marijuana offenses. next tax season, these payments total top 1 percent got in the ARP bill? Zero. Many States are rapidly moving to- up to $3,600 for every child under 6 and Nada. Nothing. ward legalization, including my home $3,000 for every child 6 to 17. In short, God bless them. They are doing State of New York. The legislature did it will amount to a substantial and po- great. They don’t need it. that in this past session. These States tentially life-altering tax cut—tax Democrats, instead, are strength- show the potential for new industries cut—for American families. ening the backbone of the middle class, that can give opportunities to long-for- If you are a middle-class mom or dad, and that is what we are going to do in gotten entrepreneurs. Our law would this money will help defer the cost of this jobs and family plan. American establish fair administration so small groceries, rent, childcare, and maybe workers, American families are going businesses and communities of color diapers, if you have an infant. Boy, to benefit while we address the genera- can get their fair shake in the mari- they are expensive. I remember when tional challenge of climate change. juana business. my kids were little, compared to today, And as I have said from the start, And we would deal with the cost. You can spend that money on Madam President—as I have said from expungement—the tragedy of a young something else if you need it, and it is the start—the two tracks of infrastruc- person being arrested because they had going to go a long way to reducing the ture are going to move in tandem. We a small amount of marijuana in their burdens that families face. are making good progress on both pocket but, because of the historic It also helps those kids in poverty. tracks. overcriminalization, they have a per- The expanded child tax credit will cut

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15JY6.002 S15JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE July 15, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4913 childhood poverty nearly in half. Four telling the world they have had For decades, nearly his entire career, million American children, they ex- enough—had enough. They have had then-Senator Joe Biden was a reliable pect, will be lifted. And when you are a enough of a regime that has stolen supporter of Hyde protections. One let- child born into poverty, through no their dreams for decades. They have ter to a constituent read like this: fault of your own, you may not have had enough of its stranglehold on infor- Those of us who are opposed to abortion proper nutrition and food. You may not mation and on prosperity. They have should not be compelled to pay for them. have proper education or healthcare or had enough of its intimidation and its But a couple of years ago, on the housing. And, by the time you are 14 or repression. President’s campaign trail, our former 15, you are in a big ditch. Now, many, The past week’s demonstration in the colleague changed his tune. He let the to their credit, climb out on their own, streets of Havana should represent a demands of the increasingly radical but this will prevent so many from major turning point in the Cuban peo- left overcome a principle he had held going forward into that ditch. ple’s movement toward liberation. The literally for decades. So it helps the poor, and it helps the regime’s failed communist ideology has So earlier this year, the President’s middle class. We are proud of that. saddled generations of Cubans with a budget request obligingly proposed To all of America’s moms and dads, backward economy, inadequate serv- ending this longstanding protection. check your bank accounts this week. ices, and no means of justice or dissent. Yet another way in which the adminis- Check your bank account. You may Now, some naive Americans on the tration that sold itself as moderate and not even know this is happening. If you left seem intent on once again running unifying is now spiraling way, way to filed taxes in either of the past 2 years, interference for the Cuban regime. the left. And this week, the House is or in both of them, and you qualify for They still buy the propaganda that following through. the credit, you will see this money Cuba is a socialist paradise—paradise— In today’s Democratic Party, there is automatically. If you didn’t file taxes with a model healthcare and education no room to dissent from the far left’s in either of the past 2 years, you can go system that we should actually emu- culture war, even in the most modest, online—irs.gov/childtaxcredit—and late. But the Cuban people see a dif- most longstanding, most widely pop- sign up today. Let me repeat that, ferent reality: an open-air prison that ular ways. folks, for you listening. Go to irs.gov/ communism has run right into the Senate Republicans are going to con- childtaxcredit and sign up. It is very ground. tinue standing up for life, standing up simple and easy to sign up, and as long Since the 1950s, the blight of Castro for taxpayers, and standing up for the as your kids have a Social Security rule has driven many Cubans to flee to conscience rights of millions, millions number, they can get it. the United States. Generations of im- of Americans who don’t want the gov- Republicans have for a very long migrants and their descendants have ernment laundering their hard-earned time claimed to be the party of tax lived out and are living out American money to abortion providers. Repub- dreams of prosperity, achievement, and cuts, but when you read the fine print, licans will stand with the majority of service. We are blessed to call them fel- it turns out that the Republican Party the American people, even if our col- low Americans. is the party of tax cuts for the wealthy leagues across the aisle have given in As Senator RUBIO put it so well this and the well-connected. week, ‘‘The only country on this planet to the most radical voices. Democrats are sending this check to ECONOMIC RECOVERY American parents for the child tax where Cubans are not successful is Cuba.’’ Madam President, now, on one final credit, $300 per month, courtesy of My hometown of Louisville is actu- matter, earlier this week, new June President Biden and Senate and con- ally home to one of the largest Cuban- figures further confirmed what work- gressional Democrats. Again, unfortu- American populations in any American ing families across America already nately, every Republican voted no. city outside of Florida. In recent days, know all too well: Runaway costs are And I want to give a lot of credit to this vibrant community has rallied by hitting the American people where it Senator BENNET of Colorado and Sen- the hundreds in support of Cuban pro- hurts. ator BROWN of Ohio and Senator BOOK- testers. As one of these fellow Ken- Sadly, this was 100 percent predict- ER of New Jersey and Senator WYDEN tuckians of mine put it, ‘‘The only able. Even top Democratic experts, like of Oregon and so many others who voice they have is us.’’ Larry Summers, warned that the jaw- fought for this issue and helped make The brave men and women who have dropping $2 trillion that Democrats it a reality that today is going to hap- taken to the streets in Cuba are de- borrowed and spent back in March pen. manding freedoms they have been de- might unleash inflation and do more So we say to the parents of America: nied their entire lives. They deserve harm than good. Starting today, help—real help, signifi- our strong support. I am proud to co- The economy was already packed cant help—is on the way, not just for sponsor a new resolution with Senator with dry powder. Households already the wealthy, as the Republicans like to RUBIO and several other colleagues to had record savings. Supply chains and give it, but for the poor and the middle communicate precisely that. inventories were already strapped. class. APPROPRIATIONS American families did not need a grand I yield the floor. Madam President, on another mat- socialist experiment. They just needed RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER ter, this week, Democrats on the House the government to let things finally, fi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Re- Appropriations Committee are doing nally, get back to normal. publican leader is recognized. something so radical that it hasn’t But the President, the Speaker, and CUBA been done for decades. They are ad- the Democratic leader still slapped an- Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, vancing an annual funding bill that other $2 trillion on the country’s credit throughout my career, I have been leaves out the Hyde amendment, the card, and it has bought us a level of in- proud to amplify the voices of freedom commonsense prohibition on forcing flation that is unprecedented in recent fighters around the world, brave men taxpayers to fund abortion. memory. and women working to secure the Since the 1970s, abortion has claimed Costs for working families have shot blessings of liberty that we enjoy here the lives of more than 60 million un- up. Inflation is running so hot that in America. And I have repeatedly born children. But at the very, very even though American workers have shone a floodlight on the oppressive re- least, the mainstream, bipartisan Hyde seen a 3.6-percent pay increase on aver- gimes that stand in their way. I have amendment has ensured that tax- age since last year, it has been com- championed the pro-democracy move- payers’ hard-earned money is not fun- pletely swamped, wiped out and then ment in Burma, the brave advocates neled into this brutal practice. some by inflation. In real terms, Amer- for freedom in Hong Kong. A broad, bipartisan coalition agreed ican workers’ pay has actually gone Right now, the loudest cries for lib- the American taxpayers should not be down—down—nearly 2 percent since erty are coming from pretty close to forced to underwrite this nightmare. last July. home. After enduring 60-plus years of And, by the way, a strong majority of So let me say this again. On Demo- socialist tyranny just 90 miles from Americans still agree with that propo- crats’ watch, inflation has turned a 3.6- American soil, the people of Cuba are sition. percent annual pay raise for Americans

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15JY6.003 S15JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S4914 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 15, 2021 into a nearly 2-percent pay cut. And particularly those who are struggling shootings have all increased in April and yet, in a spectacle that could only to raise children, that is socialism? I May compared to last year. occur in Washington, Democrats think not. It is common sense. San Francisco has seen a surge in car picked the very same week to an- If we really value families, we are break-ins, among other crimes, with nounce they want to tax, borrow, and going to invest in their future. And the the San Francisco Chronicle reporting spend yet another—listen to this—$4 money that is being sent starting in June that ‘‘last month, the Police trillion in the coming weeks. Yet an- today to these families will lift half of Department’s Central Station saw a 753 other budget socialist package twice as the children in poverty in America out percent increase in auto burglaries big—twice as big—as the last one. of poverty for the first time. That is a compared to the previous May.’’ I am sure this is just what working dramatic achievement. It should be a In Oakland, CA, carjackings are up Americans want to hear. They are al- bipartisan achievement. Sadly, it is a almost 88 percent, shootings are up 70 ready struggling to keep up with the Democratic achievement because the percent, and homicides are up 90 per- soaring cost of gas, groceries, diapers, Republicans boycotted the vote over cent. housing, automobiles—you name it. and over. Unfortunately, I could go on all day. And now the Democrats’ big idea is to There is one thing that the Senator The crime surge is real, and it is fright- try and inflate their way out of infla- from Kentucky fails to mention when ening. I quoted a lot of statistics and tion? Inflate their way out of inflation. he talks about the budget resolution— percentages, but there are real people That will be one wild ride for working maybe two things are worth saying. behind every one of those crimes—peo- Americans, middle-class families, and First is this budget resolution, which ple whose lives have been cut short or anybody with any savings. we are going to bring to the floor next ravaged by violence, people whose For good measure, Democrats say week, according to the leader, is going sense of safety has been destroyed. they will probably pair this spending to do dramatic things across America It turns out that—surprise— spree with a set of massive tax hikes, in terms of pre-K education, 2 years of defunding the police is a terrible idea. dumped right on top of our economic community college and the like. And It is no coincidence at all that cities recovery. in this circumstance, it is paid for. It is that have slashed their police budgets Our colleagues need to take this sum- all paid for. have seen huge increases in violence. mer and think very carefully about So to say it is inflationary is to sug- Some of them are even recognizing the what they are discussing. It would be gest that it is not paid for as adding to mistake they made and seeking to re- hard to imagine a proposal less suited the debt. Who pays for it? Those mak- store the funding that they cut. A Fox to the conditions of our country at this ing over $400,000 a year in income and Business piece reports: point. Americans cannot afford another corporations. That is who pays for it. Cities like New York City, Oakland, Balti- socialist borrowing, taxing, and spend- And the net result of it: The biggest more, Minneapolis, and Los Angeles are ing spree that will kill jobs and raise tax cut in the history of the United planning to reinstate tens of millions for the construction of new police precincts, in- costs for working families. States for middle-income and working The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- crease police department budgets, among families. That is the reality. other plans to bankroll more efforts to con- jority whip. I am going to yield the floor. I see front the uptick in crime. AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN the Senator from South Dakota has Unfortunately, the problem won’t Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I come to the floor and I know he wanted necessarily be fixed that easily because just heard the Republican leader refer to speak. We have a few minutes left. I ‘‘defund the police’’ rhetoric has not to the American Rescue Plan as a yield the floor. just resulted in smaller police budgets; grand socialist experiment. Remember The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- it has also resulted in police demor- that plan? That was President Biden’s ator from South Dakota. alization and left departments worried response to the COVID–19 pandemic. Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask about deploying officers to do their How many Republicans voted for it? unanimous consent that I be able to jobs. It has resulted in a wave of police Not one. Not a House Member nor a complete my remarks before the vote. retirements and resignations. Senate Member of the Republican The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The New York Times reports: Member supported it. objection, it is so ordered. Thousands of police officers nationwide So what was in this socialist experi- POLICE DEPARTMENTS have headed for the exits in the past year. A ment? Well, the premiere piece was to Mr. THUNE. Madam President, it survey of almost 200 police departments indi- make sure we distributed the COVID–19 didn’t take long. Just a year since cated that retirements were up 45 percent vaccine to every American. Obviously, ‘‘defund the police’’ became a rallying and resignations rose by 18 percent in the some people think that is socialism. I cry and cities started cutting money year from April 2020 to April 2021 when com- pared with the previous 12 months. think it is common sense. And the from police budgets, crime is surging. more and more Americans who are im- At the beginning of June, the New That is from the New York Times. munized, the more we escape the grasp York Times reported: The city of Asheville, NC, has lost one-third of its police force—one-third, of this pandemic; 99.5 percent of those Homicide rates in large cities were up who are admitted to the hospital today more than 30 percent on average last year, Mr. President. It is not surprising. It with serious COVID–19 symptoms are and up another 24 percent for the beginning turns out that when you spend months unvaccinated. of this year. vilifying police officers and demonizing So this was socialism? I don’t think Homicides are up in New York City, them for doing their jobs, some of them so. How about the aid we gave to small Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, no longer want to stay. This is perhaps businesses to stay open or reopen? Columbus; and the list goes on. And it the worst consequence of the ‘‘defund That was in the American Rescue Plan. isn’t only homicide rates that have the police’’ movement. That was Biden’s plan. There was not a risen. During the first 4 months of the Cutting police budgets is not a good single Republican vote for it. year, Los Angeles saw a 73-percent in- idea, but resources and equipment can Money to help businesses to reopen is crease in shootings. be built back up again, sometimes fair- socialism? Is that what the Senator As of the end of May, Portland, OR, ly quickly. It is a lot harder to replace from Kentucky is suggesting? Or how which has been ravaged by violent riots good seasoned officers with years of ex- about the fact that today we are going over the past year, was on track to ex- perience protecting public safety. to see across the United States of ceed 1,000 shootings for this year, as While it would be hard to replace them America help to families, middle-in- compared to 389 in 2019. at any time, it is particularly hard come families, working families, low- A Washington Examiner piece from today because it is difficult to imagine income families to raise their children? June reported: why anyone would want to become a So when Donald Trump writes a police officer right now. Why would Through the first 14 weeks of this year, check for $2,000 to every American fam- New York City saw an 81 percent increase in good men and women sign up for a job ily, that is just fine, but when the shootings, the highest number of shootings where they are regularly characterized Democrats and Biden want to give during the same time period since 2002. Rob- as the worst kind of criminals? Why money to families raising children, beries, grand larcenies, felony assaults, and would they sign up knowing they may

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15JY6.005 S15JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE July 15, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4915 be prevented from or punished for I have one last point to make about Cardin Kaine Rosen Carper Kelly Rounds doing the job we ask them to do? the ‘‘defund the police’’ movement, and Casey King Sanders Violence against police officers—al- that is its fundamental injustice. Are Collins Klobuchar Schatz ways a danger—is up. The sickening there bad police officers out there? Of Coons Leahy Schumer scene of protesters shouting ‘‘death to course there are. There are bad teach- Cornyn Luja´ n Scott (SC) Cortez Masto Manchin Shaheen police’’ outside a hospital where two ers out there, too, and bad social work- Crapo Markey Sinema ambushed law enforcement officers ers and bad small businessmen. But Daines McConnell Smith were fighting for their lives has to be just as it would be outrageous to de- Duckworth Merkley Stabenow emblazoned on the minds of police offi- Durbin Moran Tester monize all teachers because of a few Feinstein Murkowski Thune cers nationwide. Again I ask, why bad apples in their profession, it is out- Fischer Murphy Toomey would anyone want to join the police rageous to demonize the hundreds of Gillibrand Murray Van Hollen under these conditions? thousands of dedicated men and women Grassley Ossoff Warner The ‘‘defund the police’’ movement is Hassan Padilla Warnock defending public safety in this country Heinrich Peters Warren not only costing us many good officers because of a handful of bad offers. Hickenlooper Portman Whitehouse today, it has depleted the pool of good We owe our men and women in law Hirono Reed Wicker officers for the future, and that is a Hyde-Smith Risch Wyden enforcement a great debt—a debt we Johnson Romney Young travesty. can’t even fully comprehend. These The unfortunate truth is, the Demo- men and women go out and risk their NAYS—27 crats bear a substantial amount of re- lives every day of the week, every Barrasso Hagerty Menendez sponsibility for the situation we find Blackburn Hawley Paul month of the year, to keep us safe. But ourselves in because this is a party Boozman Hoeven Rubio they don’t just risk their lives; they that either actively contributed to the Braun Inhofe Sasse also bear a heavy physical and emo- Cassidy Kennedy Scott (FL) ‘‘defund the police’’ rhetoric or implic- tional burden. Most of us go about our Cotton Lankford Shelby itly endorsed it by largely staying si- Cramer Lee Sullivan daily lives without having to confront lent, not to mention the less-than-cen- Cruz Lummis Tillis much evil because our law enforcement Ernst Marshall Tuberville sorious attitude the Democrats fre- quently displayed when it came to the officers go out every day to confront it NOT VOTING—1 for us. They confront violence so that violence and property destruction of Graham we don’t have to, and they pay a price. last summer and the past year. The nomination was confirmed. California Representative MAXINE It is tough to have to see evil on a WATERS said protesters in Minneapolis daily basis, to spend years rescuing f children who are in trouble or sup- this April should ‘‘get more EXECUTIVE CALENDAR confrontational’’ should the verdict in porting victims of violence or bringing the Chauvin trial not go their way. rapists to justice, but it is a price most The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Far-left Members of the House of of them are glad to pay. They signed up SCHATZ). The clerk will report the Representatives spent the past year to protect the innocent, to keep the next nomination. making statements like these: public safe and evil at bay, and they The bill clerk read the nomination of Policing in our country is inherently and are proud to do it. We owe them and Donald Michael Remy, of Louisiana, to intentionally racist. their families our profound gratitude. be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Af- No more policing, incarceration, and mili- It is abhorrent that anti-police rhet- fairs. tarization. oric has become such an accepted part The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Now, more mainstream Democrats of our national conversation and has question is, Will the Senate advise and have become wise to the fact that their been winked at or endorsed by so many consent to the Remy nomination? party’s association with the ‘‘defund Democratic leaders. We owe our police Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask for the police’’ movement may threaten officers much better. the yeas and nays. their electoral chances next year. As I hope the belated realization among The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a polling demonstrated, Americans are some that police officers are essential sufficient second? squarely against the idea of defunding to keeping our communities safe will There appears to be a sufficient sec- the police. So the President and other spell the end of the ‘‘defund the police’’ ond. Democratic leaders all of a sudden an- movement. It is time to focus on pro- The clerk will call the roll. nounced their concern about surging tecting public safety and honoring men The bill clerk called the roll. crime, but they are still trying to have and women who spend every day work- Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is their cake and eat it, too, because ing to promote it. necessarily absent: the Senator from missing from their messaging is any I yield the floor. South Carolina (Mr. GRAHAM). real condemnation of ‘‘defund the po- VOTE ON LIANG NOMINATION The result was announced—yeas 91, lice’’ rhetoric and the terrible toll it The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under nays 8, as follows: has taken on our cities and police de- [Rollcall Vote No. 265 Ex.] partments. the previous order, the question is, Will In fact, President Biden, who is cur- the Senate advise and consent to the YEAS—91 rently trying to reinvent himself as Liang nomination? Baldwin Duckworth Marshall Mr. DURBIN. I ask for the yeas and Barrasso Durbin McConnell tough on crime, filled key roles in the Bennet Feinstein Menendez Department of Justice with individuals nays. Blumenthal Fischer Merkley who have gone on record with their The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Blunt Gillibrand Moran sufficient second? Booker Grassley Murkowski support for defunding the police. Presi- Boozman Hassan Murphy dent Biden’s Secretary of Labor actu- There appears to be a sufficient sec- Braun Heinrich Murray ally cut police funding while serving as ond. Brown Hickenlooper Ossoff Boston’s mayor, and his Secretary of The clerk will call the roll. Burr Hirono Padilla Cantwell Hoeven Paul Housing and Urban Development has The senior assistant bill clerk called Capito Hyde-Smith Peters suggested that we should consider de- the roll. Cardin Inhofe Portman creasing police budgets. Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is Carper Johnson Reed Democrats’ actual crime-fighting necessarily absent: the Senator from Casey Kaine Risch Cassidy Kelly Romney plans are long on punishing gun dealers South Carolina (Mr. GRAHAM). Collins Kennedy Rosen and gun manufacturers and short on The result was announced—yeas 72, Coons King Rounds actually going after criminals. The nays 27, as follows: Cornyn Klobuchar Rubio Cortez Masto Leahy Sanders President’s nominee to head the Bu- [Rollcall Vote No. 264 Ex.] Cotton Lee Sasse reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and YEAS—72 Cramer Luja´ n Schatz Explosives seems more interested in Crapo Lummis Schumer Baldwin Blunt Burr targeting law-abiding gun owners than Cruz Manchin Scott (SC) Bennet Booker Cantwell Daines Markey Shaheen in dealing with the surge in gun crime. Blumenthal Brown Capito

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:16 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15JY6.006 S15JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S4916 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 15, 2021 Sinema Tillis Warren The motion was agreed to. half is more than $1 trillion worth of Smith Toomey Whitehouse Stabenow Tuberville f infrastructure. Wyden And I would note that while there is Sullivan Van Hollen Young EXECUTIVE SESSION Tester Warner strong bipartisan support for an infra- Thune Warnock structure bill, that the Democratic NAYS—8 EXECUTIVE CALENDAR leader is apparently intending to file Blackburn Hawley Shelby for cloture on a motion to proceed to a Ernst Lankford Wicker Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I bill that hasn’t even been written yet, Hagerty Scott (FL) move to proceed to executive session to much less had a Congressional Budget NOT VOTING—1 consider Calendar No. 246. Office score to see whether the pay-fors The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Graham are meaningful or phony. question is on agreeing to the motion. As I see it, our friends on the other The nomination was confirmed. The motion was agreed to. side have made it even more difficult The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under The PRESIDING OFFICER. The to convince our colleagues, let alone the previous order, the motions to re- clerk will report the nomination. the American people, that this type of consider are considered made and laid The senior assistant legislative clerk spending is necessary. After all, they upon the table, and the President will read the nomination of Jennifer Ann have already developed a spotty record be immediately notified of the Senate’s Abruzzo, of New York, to be General this year. At a time when our debts action. Counsel of the National Labor Rela- were piling up, they added up even The majority leader. tions Board for a term of four years. more unnecessary spending. f CLOTURE MOTION Back in March, Democrats spent Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I send nearly $2 trillion without the support LEGISLATIVE SESSION a cloture motion to the desk. of a single Republican. They claimed Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- this was all in the name of COVID–19 move to proceed to legislative session. ture motion having been presented relief, even though less than 10 percent The PRESIDING OFFICER. The under rule XXII, the Chair directs the directly supported our pandemic re- question is on agreeing to the motion. clerk to read the motion. sponse. The rest was a grab bag of irre- The motion was agreed to. The senior assistant legislative clerk sponsible spending. One case in point is the blue State f read as follows: bailout. Democrats spent $350 billion CLOTURE MOTION EXECUTIVE SESSION more in aid to State and local govern- We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- ments, many of which were not even ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby facing any sort of budget shortfalls. EXECUTIVE CALENDAR move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- Democrats said the jobs of everybody Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I nation of Executive Calendar No. 246, Jen- from police officers to teachers would move to proceed to executive session to nifer Ann Abruzzo, of New York, to be Gen- be in jeopardy without this funding. consider Calendar No. 195. eral Counsel of the National Labor Relations Republicans offered that this huge The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Board for a term of four years. sum of funding wasn’t needed since Charles E. Schumer, Ben Ray Luja´ n, Jeff many States were not operating in the question is on agreeing to the motion. Merkley, Raphael Warnock, Alex The motion was agreed to. red. Even liberal economists and non- Padilla, Sheldon Whitehouse, Chris- partisan groups, like the Committee The PRESIDING OFFICER. The topher A. Coons, Benjamin L. Cardin, for a Responsible Federal Budget, clerk will report the nomination. Jack Reed, Patrick J. Leahy, Tammy Baldwin, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Chris- agreed. The senior assistant legislative clerk But as the old saying goes, time tells read the nomination of Kenneth Allen topher Murphy, Tim Kaine, John Hickenlooper, Angus S. King, Jr., all. And it didn’t take much time for us Polite, Jr., of Louisiana, to be an As- to see how completely unnecessary this sistant Attorney General. Tammy Duckworth, Patty Murray. Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask $350 billion payout was. Take Cali- CLOTURE MOTION unanimous consent that the manda- fornia as an example. California has Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I send tory quorum calls for cloture motions more than $100 billion budget surplus. a cloture motion to the desk. filed today, Thursday, July 15, be That is with a capital ‘‘B.’’ Governor The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- waived. Newsom is using that money to dole ture motion having been presented The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without out stimulus checks and provide med- under rule XXII, the Chair directs the objection, it is so ordered. ical coverage for undocumented immi- clerk to read the motion. The senior Senator from Texas. grants. The senior assistant legislative clerk New Jersey has had so much extra read as follows: THE ECONOMY cash lying around that it has made its Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, our CLOTURE MOTION first full payment into the State’s pen- Democratic colleagues have begun to We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- sion system in more than 25 years. But ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the lay out the groundwork for a partisan they didn’t stop there. It exceeded that Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby reconciliation bill totaling $3.5 tril- payment by more than half a billion move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- lion—what used to be an absolutely as- dollars. nation of Executive Calendar No. 195, Ken- tonishing amount of money. This was exactly the kind of reckless neth Allen Polite, Jr., of Louisiana, to be an We don’t have many details about spending of supposed COVID–19 dollars Assistant Attorney General. how that money could be spent, but borrowed against future generations Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, based on everything we have heard that we advocated against because we Tina Smith, Margaret Wood Hassan, from President Biden and our Demo- Catherine Cortez Masto, Jeff Merkley, saw a tidal wave of funding going to Patty Murray, Tammy Baldwin, Debbie cratic colleagues over recent months, States that were not even operating in Stabenow, Gary C. Peters, Angus S. there are some safe assumptions: Medi- the red. King, Jr., Sheldon Whitehouse, Robert care expansion, Green New Deal-era One recent POLITICO article read: P. Casey, Jr., Christopher Murphy, Ben climate initiatives, and a range of free State Faced Financial Ruin. Now they’re Ray Luja´ n, Jack Reed, Chris Van Hol- programs that we know aren’t free at swimming in cash. len. all—college, childcare; you name it. The Wall Street Journal Editorial f To pay for these runaway spending Board asked: ‘‘Didn’t States Say They habits, our Democratic colleagues will Were Broke?’’ LEGISLATIVE SESSION lean on job-killing tax increases and At a time when our spending already Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I excessive borrowing from future gen- mirrored wartime expenses, Democrats move to proceed to legislative session. erations. As a reminder, this is only handed States piles of cash to erase The PRESIDING OFFICER. The one-half of the dual-track strategy debts and add to rainy-day funds, not question is on agreeing to the motion. they are pushing this month. The other to provide for COVID–19 relief.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15JY6.001 S15JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE July 15, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4917 This money could have been used to production and safeguard against simi- House, and took President Biden at his invest in our roads and bridges, to have lar shortages in the future. word that he promised to work across credible pay-fors for the bipartisan in- But getting back to these rising costs the aisle. This far left—hard left turn frastructure bill that is currently being depicted here on this chart, these kinds is not what the American people voted considered, or to increase broadband of across-the-board cost increases are for. access in rural communities, or to sup- simply unmanageable for many fami- Republicans will continue to fight port the response to the immigrant cri- lies. I know it is easy sitting here in this irresponsible spending bonanza sis occurring on our southern border, Washington, DC, getting a government once again. And I hope, I hope some of or a number of other priorities. salary, to think that, well, people can our Democratic colleagues will stand But rather than repurposing the sur- manage. But if you are a working fam- with us. plus funds from the first spending bo- ily, particularly one coming off of lay- I yield the floor. nanza, our Democratic colleagues are offs or reduced hours as a result of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- trying to double down on reckless COVID–19 mitigation efforts, these are ator from Ohio. spending, more irresponsible bor- real. And they bite into the economics Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I see a rowing, more unnecessary spending, of these families. very different country, apparently, and more burdensome taxes. This As bad as inflation is, it is only one from my colleague. And I respect Sen- multitrillion-dollar spending spree part of our economic woes. We are also ator CORNYN. comes at a time that is already an un- seeing trouble getting people to go I sat at this desk on March 6. We had stable one for our economy. back to work. In February last year, been voting, as the Presiding Officer Last month, inflation hit a 13-year before the pandemic hit, the unemploy- from Hawaii remembers. We had been high. And average prices are up 5.4 per- ment rate was 3.5 percent. The econ- voting all night. It was a Saturday at cent over the last year. Now, this is omy was hitting on all cylinders. But about 12:30. We had voted for about 11 what happens when so much money within 2 months, unemployment went hours. And we defeated by one vote an starts chasing limited goods and serv- from 3.5 percent to 15 percent. amendment where Senator GRASSLEY ices. The price of those goods and serv- Since then, thanks to our invest- and my colleagues from the Finance ices goes up. That is what helps to ments and bipartisan cooperation and Committee and the Senate Republicans cause inflation. And consumers are the our great scientists, we have made tried to delete the child tax credit from ones feeling the sting of rising prices steady progress in getting workers the American Rescue Plan. We then for virtually everything they buy. back on the job. But, unfortunately, took a second vote around noon on Sat- Fruits and vegetables are up 3.2 per- our Democratic colleagues have seen urday, after 11 or 12 hours of voting, cent; electricity is up 3.8 percent; and fit to incentivize men and women to re- where we passed the American Rescue dining-out costs are up 4.2 percent over main on the sidelines of the labor mar- Plan by one vote. a year ago. For families operating on a ket. Two different times, the Republican budget, unlike the Federal Government The partisan bill they passed earlier Party, which always votes for tax cuts that can simply print money and bor- this year extended, bolstered unem- for the richest people in the country, row more money and impose that bur- ployment benefits through the end of always on party-line votes, always den on future generations—for families September, long after we expected our under the very discredited theory that operating on a budget, especially those economy to reopen. with tax cuts the dollars trickle down who battled job losses and other tough It was literally true with the $300 to workers and to the middle class and financial circumstances during the Federal supplement to State unem- the rest of the country—they will al- pandemic, those dollars and those ex- ployment benefits. People receiving ways vote for a big tax cut for rich peo- penses add up awfully quick. unemployment benefits in my State, 80 ple, but they opposed twice—unani- And those account for only a few of percent of them got more from unem- mously opposed, every single one op- the price increases that families are ployment than they did from their posed—the child tax credit. facing. For example, if you want to former jobs. (Mr. KING assumed the Chair.) purchase a washer or dryer for your That is simply the wrong kind of in- Today is the magic day. I remember home, you are going to be met with centives to try to incentivize people saying to Senator CASEY, when we some pretty serious sticker shock. not to work. We need to incentivize passed the American Rescue Plan, that Prices are up 26 percent over last year. and facilitate people getting back to this is the best day of my career in For folks hitting the road for maybe work so they can support their fami- public service because we are going to a little time off during the summer- lies. reduce the child poverty rate by 50 per- time or maybe even just commuting So it is no wonder our economy is cent. back and forth to work will have to still struggling to rebound. A partisan This isn’t a tax cut for rich people, so budget quite a bit more for the gaso- go-it-alone strategy has not led to posi- they can buy another home or another line necessary to get them there. They tive results for our country. It has yacht or another vacation place. This are paying 45 percent more at the pump driven up debt, deficits, borrowing, and is money in the pockets of working- than they did just 1 year ago. spending. And for what? class and middle-class and struggling And anyone heading to the used-car The American people are spending people from Maine and Ohio and Texas lot is bound for a big surprise. Over the more of their hard-earned money on ev- and Iowa and all over the country. last 12 months, used-car prices are up eryday items. Workers are sitting on So, today, people should start check- an eye-popping 45.2 percent. We know the sidelines of the labor markets. And ing their bank accounts, looking at one contributing factor is the shortage our national debt is at a higher level their phones, checking their bank ac- of semiconductors necessary to run than it was following World War II. counts, looking in their mailbox. these computers on wheels that we now In the last election—contrary to, per- Starting today—today, Friday, Satur- call cars. Without a steady supply of haps, the belief among some circles day, Monday—the great majority of these chips, automakers haven’t been here in Washington—the voters did not American families will see this tax cut. able to manufacture the normal num- give our Democratic colleagues a man- They will see this $250 or $300 a month. ber of new vehicles, making used ones date. They didn’t sign off on the far- They are going to start receiving it. a particular hot commodity. left agenda or give a green light to There will be $250 if the child is 6 or This is another reason why the House spend trillions and trillions of dollars over. There will be $250 6 to 17. If they needs to take up the bipartisan U.S. In- on unnecessary liberal programs. are 5 or under, it will be $300 per month novation and Competition Act, which If they wanted BERNIE SANDERS’ per child—on July 15, August 15, Sep- passed the Senate last month. It can multitrillion-dollar budget, they would tember 15, October, November, Decem- take literally years to get new semi- have elected him President of the ber. conductor foundries or manufacturing United States. But we know that did Then, with the second half of the tax facilities up and running. And time is not happen. cut, they will get a lump sum starting of the essence. Getting this bill signed Voters elected a 50–50 Senate, less- next year when they file their taxes. into law will help bolster domestic chip ened the Democratic majority in the Ninety-two percent of kids in my

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Here is what I heard. One crimes in American cities? March. woman said: You know, my son, for the In New York City, the murder rate is That is not defunding the police. first time in his life, I can send him for up 37 percent from 2 years ago; in At- That is just being fiscally responsible. a week at summer camp because of this lanta, 53 percent from 2019. In Port- It is not Republicans who say things child tax credit. land, OR, murders have increased over like: ‘‘No more policing, incarceration, A father said: I can buy the equip- 500 percent. or militarization. It can’t be re- ment for my daughter to play fastpitch So everybody is asking: What is formed,’’ or words like ‘‘defunding the softball now. going on? police means defunding the police.’’ Another said: I am so anxious—I Well, if you were to ask President Let me give you another example. heard this many times—I am so anx- Biden, he would say the usual rhetoric The push to take resources away from ious at the end of every month during about how we need more gun control. law enforcement is alive and well over the last week. How am I going to cob- The White House recently put out a so- in the House. A couple of weeks ago, ble together the money to pay my called strategy to reduce crimes. the Senate passed three bills that rent? And often I have to choose be- What is the first thing that the would support police. The first one is tween buying enough food and paying President wants to do about this issue? the Protecting America’s First Re- my rent. Go after rogue gun dealers. Well, we all sponders Act. That bill makes sure se- Others said: Now I can work more know gun dealers must follow the law, riously injured first responders or their hours because I can afford daycare for like doing background checks. We all widows and children get the benefits my children. agree on that. But I don’t think anyone that they are entitled to. A few said things like: You know, truly believes that legal gun dealers The second bill, the COPS Counseling now, per child—my babies are 3 and 4 are responsible for the sudden spike in Act, creates a zone of privacy for police years old—I can put $100 a month aside violent crime, including our own De- officers so that they can have coun- for each of them so they can go to Lor- partment of Justice. seling sessions for traumatic experi- raine Community College or Sinclair Referring to a Department of Justice ences and protect their privacy. A third bill, the Jaime Zapata and or Northwest State Community College 2019 report, inmates who committed a Victor Avila Federal Officers Protec- or Ohio State University or Denison. gun crime most likely got their weap- tion Act, makes it clear that killing a They can get a start on saving money. ons from the black market—no back- law enforcement officer overseas is a Why wouldn’t we want to do that? ground checks there. In fact, according crime in the United States. We talk about infrastructure around to this report, only about 1 in 50 Fed- The Senate passed these bills because here. Infrastructure is building a foun- eral inmates got a gun from a legal when it comes to law enforcement, we dation so families can launch their firearms dealer. have their backs. children to a better life. And providing Speaking of which, if Democrats real- But right now, Democratic leadership families $250 or $300 a month—month ly want to protect Americans from ille- in the House is preventing a vote on after month after month—gives those gal gun sales, they should support my these bills. Why? I don’t know. They families, give those kids an oppor- bill, the Protecting Communities and are bipartisan bills that should easily tunity they never would have had. Why Preserving the Second Amendment pass with resounding support. If you wouldn’t we think this is the best day Act, which would actually do that. are with me on funding the police, I this Congress has had in 25 years when But getting back to the recent crime know you will support these bills. If we do that? It is pretty simple. wave, the real problem is what every- the President wants to reduce crime, You know what I really like about one knows but many of my friends on he should tell our police: Go out there. this—and I know the Presiding Officer the left dare not say. The real problem Patrol our streets. We have your back. appreciates that in Maine; Senator is that for the past 14 months, police I yield the floor. KING in Maine, Senator GRASSLEY in officers across the country have been The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Iowa—we don’t make the decisions vilified for doing their job, which has ator from Alabama. about what these parents should do. We led to many of those same police leav- THE ECONOMY provide them the dollars. They spend it ing their job. In addition, liberal com- Mr. TUBERVILLE. Mr. President, best, whether it is a family in Dubuque munities—and everybody knows most Members of the Senate were all home or a family in Portland or whether it is of our big cities of America are run by last week for 2 weeks during their a family in Mansfield or Cleveland. I Democratic mayors—reduced the po- State work period. It was a good time don’t know what is best for them. We lice forces and even reduced prosecu- to get back—to get back to reality, as provide them the dollars. They make tions. The result is that in San Fran- I call it, because we all know here in the decision of what is best for their cisco, for example, as you see on tele- Washington, people aren’t always oper- child—summer camp, diapers, softball vision, shoplifting appears to be a way ating in reality. If we were, we games, saving for college, just having of life. wouldn’t be seeing some of the policies enough to eat, occasionally getting to Some police have pulled back from that are coming out as we speak. go out to a diner down the street in making sure that we are all safe be- These State work periods are a great Lima, OH. All those kinds of decisions, cause in too many cities, elected offi- time to hear directly from the people let the parents make. cials don’t have their backs. we represent, and that is who we work We are giving them that. If we care Last year, Attorney General Barr en- for—what they care about and how about family values, if we care about acted Operation Legend, which paired they are affected by what is happening our families, give them a little more Federal law enforcement officers up here in our Nation’s Capital. help. It will make a huge difference in with local police in nine cities where This is what folks back in Alabama their lives. crimes were soaring. This led to the ar- were talking about. They were talking That is why it is so important. It rest of 6,000 violent criminals by the about small businesses that can’t find starts today, then next month, and the end of last year, including hundreds of people to work because the government month after, for a year. murderers. is paying more in unemployment bene- We need to renew this. We need to Now, does this White House have the fits than folks make on the job. And make sure it is permanent. If we do will to support law enforcement so the that is understandable. We have to un- that, it is going to launch a whole gen- police can make our streets safer? Does derstand that, and we have to under- eration of kids and give them more op- the President have their backs? stand the problem and how we rectify

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President Biden is also calling for a inflation—rising prices on goods and The Biden budget targets certain in- 15-percent global corporate minimum services that the average family pos- dustries that our Democratic col- tax based on the misguided assumption sesses. leagues don’t like, such as the oil and that other world powers will play fair. While driving around, I fill my truck gas industry, which supports more than Well, I can guarantee you one thing: up with gas. The cost was double what 10 million good-paying jobs in this Russia and China are not going to play I spent just a few months ago, and that country. It would face nearly $150 bil- fair. We cannot count on anybody affects every American in this country. lion in industry-specific tax increases. other than our allies. Everybody else is By the way, in June, consumer prices That is in addition to the already mas- on their own. Even for the countries increased 5.4 percent. I got an earful sive corporate tax increase. that do play fair, this international from people about bread, eggs, and Once again, the President is undoing rate is lower than the 28-percent rate milk, all across the State of Alabama. the progress made over the last few that companies headquartered in the I am sure that the people of Alabama years. The United States became United States would have to pay. are not alone in their concerns. fully—and I mean fully—energy inde- So what does that mean? It means in- This didn’t happen by accident. This pendent for the first time in decades. versions are going to spread like wild- is the direct result of us up here spend- As a net exporter, we exported oil and fire, and large business corporations ing way too much money, flooding the natural gas. What are we doing now? are going to move their headquarters country with money that is out—I call We are buying it. Since Biden has come overseas. We cannot allow that to hap- it invisible money—out there just into office, we have become increas- pen. We are going to lose jobs. What is more, the President’s budget going into people’s pockets that either ingly dependent on Saudi Arabia, calls to increase the IRS’s budget by they are saving, putting in the stock OPEC, and Russia for oil and gas. market, or spending on goods. Colleagues on the left want the gov- $80 billion over the next decade and add This makes the timing of the Presi- ernment to subsidize expensive and in- thousands of new agents. The President wants even more tax collectors to dent’s proposed tax increases even efficient energy, like wind and solar, so knock on your door and shake you worse. Simply put, President Biden’s we can put oil and gas out of business. down for all you are worth. I don’t proposal is launching an all-out assault We are all for natural energy, but you know if you have ever been audited. I on the working Americans in this can’t do it all at one time. You cannot have been several times, and it ain’t a country, people who work hard for the do it all at one time. Just look at the lot of fun. So what we are going to do money they put in their pocket to pay people with the Keystone Pipeline who is add even more people. If you get a for the things that their family needs. are out of work. They were told they tax refund, you are going to be audited. Altogether, President Biden has would get shovel-ready jobs. I hear If you get some kind of refund, they called for 30—let me repeat that—30 from them every day. There are no jobs different tax increases on the American are coming. out there for them like they had when We are talking about the same Agen- people that total over $3 trillion. they worked on the Keystone Pipeline. cy that aggressively targeted conserv- This is the worst time—the worst Many other preferred green energy ative groups and individuals during the time—that we could be pushing a new sources require critical minerals that Obama administration. Now that there tax increase, especially during this only China produces. In enforcing their is another Democrat in the White pandemic, which we thought was com- Green New Deal policies on Americans, House, the IRS is up to its old tactics ing to a close, but it looks like we are our Democratic colleagues are forcing again. We cannot politicize the IRS not even close to that. So this would be us to be more dependent on China for again. the worst time for us to be raising key resources. In just the past few months, the IRS taxes. Businesses and families have I want to say one thing about what is has leaked the tax returns of American worked very hard to make progress going on in China. They are getting taxpayers to other groups. Now, to me, after a very, very tough year and a ready to use a molten salt reactor that that really needs to be investigated. It half, and it has been tough. Higher we invented years and years ago that has all gone down in the wash. For taxes would set most, if not all, back we decided not to use. Now, they are some reason, nobody is looking at this. even further. starting to build it, and we are helping Even more outrageously, news re- The President’s budget laid down a them. We are helping China to become cently broke that a Christian organiza- marker. It lays out straight the prior- energy independent off of coal in the tion based in Texas was denied tax-ex- ities of the administration. It spot- future because of these nuclear reac- empt status by the IRS. They were de- lights areas where the American public tors. We invented it and shut it down, nied. Why? Because the IRS, for some can expect a political emphasis. Well, and now, we are going to help China reason, thinks the Bible is too closely with his budget, President Biden has with the progress of putting these in associated with the Republican Party. telegraphed the types of tax increases all over their country. That is ridiculous, absolutely ridicu- that Congress can deploy to pay for his All of this will effectively be a tax on lous. It is sad commentary on where progressive policies. We are sure to see regular working- and middle-class America is today. What is next? Is the a few of them in the new reconciliation Americans since their energy bills will IRS going to start pulling the tax-ex- package. I am not going to talk about go sky high as a result of this all-out empt status from churches? I hope not, all 30 proposals, but let’s take a look at assault on our oil and gas. It makes no but if we are adding all of these other some of the big tax increases that sense. agents, we are going to run into more President Biden is going to propose. Not content with raising taxes at and more problems. President Biden wants to raise the home, our President wants to imple- Before Congress even thinks about corporate rate from 21 to 28 percent, ment a 21-percent global minimum tax giving the IRS a dime more, the Agen- which was lowered just a couple of on income that U.S. businesses earn cy must demonstrate that it treats all years ago and put money in people’s overseas. Now, they are going to pay Americans—and I repeat, all Ameri- pockets all across the country. Now we taxes overseas already, and we are cans—equally and protects our per- are going to raise it from 21 to 28 per- going to turn around and tax them 21 sonal tax information. Individuals re- cent on corporations. That is not a tax percent more. Again, this is basically a sponsible for the most recent leak on corporations; that is a tax on the double tax on the companies with must be prosecuted. We have to get people who work across this country, international operations. Since they control of the IRS. For some reason, especially for these corporations. already have to pay taxes overseas, they are out of control.

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The Sen- to pass on to their children what they Let me tell you that money doesn’t ator from Illinois. have worked so hard to build. By end- grow on trees, so we had better find NOMINATION OF TIFFANY P. CUNNINGHAM ing the longstanding step-up in basis some way to understand that in the Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, this rule, the President would force anyone very near future or we are going to lose week the Senate is going to consider who inherits something to pay capital the future of our kids in this country. Tiffany Cunningham’s nomination to gains tax on that asset at the time of We can’t let any of these tax proposals serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for inheritance. creep into the legislation that we are the Federal Circuit. I want you to think about what that seeing. We can’t let them do that. We This is truly historic. Once con- is going to do to millions of people, to can’t let our policies overtake the firmed, Ms. Cunningham will be the millions of family members. This things that will overcome our kids’ fu- first—the very first—African-American doesn’t just apply to folks who inherit ture—and not just that of our kids. I judge to serve on the Federal Circuit. millions in wealth, and I know, as we used to say our kids and grandkids. She will not only bring diversity but all know, that is probably what this is Heck, it is us too. We are getting to the an amazing set of credentials to the aimed at; it would slam middle-class point now of no return, but we are job. You see, the Federal Circuit is folks who inherit family farmland or a looking at a package here in the next unique among Federal appeals courts. house or a small business. few weeks that is going to be $3.5 tril- The jurisdiction of other appeals courts I am going to say this: After cam- lion, possibly even more. That is is based on geography—in other words, paigning for 2 years and in going unfathomable. It is hard to understand. where the case arises. The Federal Cir- throughout my State of Alabama and We have got to get this country back cuit is a specialized court, with juris- talking to our farmers, if we lose our going again after the pandemic. Let diction over particular legal issues, es- family farms in this country to big cor- the American people do it. We don’t pecially patent law. porations, we are going to be in huge need to do it in this building. That is This court plays a critical role in en- trouble. This is exactly what this is not our obligation. Our obligation is to suring that our innovation economy going to do. If we tax them at the time give the people of this country the op- can continue to flourish. It requires of inheritance, we are going to have portunity to get a job because growth judges who understand the complicated huge problems. Many would have to and prosperity are what have made this law that governs this area and who un- sell their businesses just to pay the country great, and that is what we derstand the experiences of Americans taxes, and it would destroy American need to continue to do. from all walks of life. Ms. Cunningham jobs in the process. We need to give in- The root of the problem, I believe, is is that person. She received her under- centives to small businesses, farmers, that a lot of people think that they can graduate degree in chemical engineer- and the like to make sure they under- spend the hard-working people’s money ing from MIT and her law degree from stand and know that they can work better than they can. They say: Trust Harvard Law School. After graduating hard and pass it down from generation us because Big Government knows law school, she clerked for the Federal to generation. best. Folks, Big Government is going Circuit. Opposition to this particular tax in- to put us under—6 feet under. Govern- Ms. Cunningham boasts years of ex- crease is bipartisan. Congressman ments have been making that argu- perience that will serve her well. For DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, a Democrat ment to people for centuries. almost two decades, she worked as an and chairman of the House Agriculture I would say this: In our growing up, intellectual property litigator in my Committee, wrote to President Biden: look at the things that we as the gov- home State of Illinois. Step-up in basis is a critical tool enabling ernment have taken control of, and In that role, Ms. Cunningham cul- family farming operations to continue from you name me one thing that has been tivated an in-depth understanding of generation to generation. The potential for prosperous. I have thought long and every aspect of patent litigation, from capital gains to be imposed on heirs at death hard about that. We try to put people the filing of the case, through dis- of the landowner would impose a significant to work through the Federal Govern- covery, trial, and appeal. financial burden on these operations. ment, and it doesn’t work. We have got She has also represented clients This is a terrible—I mean a terrible— to allow it to happen through small across a number of the fields, including tax on small business and the Amer- businesses and corporations. mechanical engineering, chemicals, ican people. I agree with the Congress- Kings and Queens would demand pharmaceuticals, biotech, computer man. more money from the people, but the science, and the automobile industry. The American dream is about work- monarchy felt that they were entitled Ms. Cunningham’s clients include high- ing hard so that your kids can have a to it. That was normal throughout the tech and Fortune 500 companies. better life than you did. That is why world until the United States was Given her experience representing my parents worked so hard to give me formed. plaintiffs and defendants, she under- and my brother and sister a chance. My We formed this country because of stands the importance of applying the dad never made over $15,000 a year, and Kings and Queens saying: We know how law evenhandedly. we thought we were rich. We were ac- to spend your money. We know how to Her technical expertise, her deep tually poor, but they never let on to spend your money more than you do. knowledge of patent law, and 20 years that. They worked hard to give us the So the Founders wanted a country of experience as an intellectual prop- opportunity to go to school, to get an that was of and by and for the people, erty litigator earned her a unani- education, and to try to make some- and that is why the United States of mous—unanimous—rating of ‘‘well thing of ourselves. I know that mil- America was formed—because the peo- qualified’’ from the American Bar As- lions of mothers and fathers across the ple built this country, not government. sociation. country feel the same way. Thankfully, they set up a system She received broad bipartisan sup- When you boil it down, the tax plan that allows us to voice our opposition port in my committee, with five Re- is really just a tax on the American to taxes through democratic means. publicans joining all Democrats in vot- dream. We cannot take away the Amer- When the government tries to raise ing to advance her. ican dream from the American people. taxes, the American people have the As a judge in the Federal Circuit, Ms. That is what we have lived off of. That opportunity to let their voices be heard Cunningham will offer a perspective is what we believe in. at the ballot box. shaped by personal and professional ex- So why do we need to raise taxes so Just remember that when you earn, perience that reflect the diversity of badly? It is in order to, obviously, fi- grow, and work hard to preserve your our Nation.

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It seems like things are The bill includes a finite list of by experts, by servicemembers, and by going pretty well for you as a lawyer.’’ crimes. I will read them all now: re- a bipartisan filibuster-proof majority She said: ‘‘It has always been my cruit maltreatment, nonconsensual dis- of Senators if we bring it to the floor. dream to serve on this bench.’’ tribution of visual images, murder, Mr. President, as in legislative ses- Well, I hope her dream comes true manslaughter, murder of a pregnant sion, I ask unanimous consent that at and the Senate helps her reach it. I mother, child endangerment, sexual as- a time to be determined by the major- urge my colleagues to join me in vot- sault, obscene mailing, sexual assault ity leader, in consultation with the Re- ing in favor of Ms. Cunningham’s nomi- of a child, voyeurism, major financial publican leader, the Senate Armed nation. crimes, major fraud, robbery, bribery, Services Committee be discharged from I yield the floor. graft, kidnapping, arson, extortion, ag- further consideration of S. 1520 and the I suggest the absence of a quorum. gravated sexual assault, maiming, do- Senate proceed to its consideration; The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mestic violence, stalking, perjury, ob- that there be 2 hours for debate, equal- clerk will call the roll. struction of justice, and retaliation. ly divided in the usual form; that upon The legislative clerk proceeded to That is it. That is the list. Those are the use or yielding back of that time, call the roll. crimes that have punishment of more the Senate vote on the bill with no in- Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, I than 1 year associated with them. tervening action or debate. ask unanimous consent that the order I ask those who oppose this reform to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there for the quorum call be rescinded. tell me why they would expect a com- objection? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without mander with as little as a few hours of Mr. REED. Mr. President, I object. objection, it is so ordered. training to be prepared to try cases on The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—S. 1520 obscene mailing or to be well versed on tion is heard. Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, I the elements of extortion. Tell me rise again today to call for every Sen- about the commander who understands f ator to have the opportunity to cast the intricacies of using false docu- their vote on the Military Justice Im- ments to claim benefits or has the time CLOTURE MOTION provement and Increasing Prevention to investigate complex financial The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant Act. frauds. Tell me about what leaves our to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the It is time for us to look at this issue commanders prepared to act as judge Senate the pending cloture motion, to move serious crimes like sexual as- and jury in a murder trial or a kidnap- which the clerk will state. sault and murder out of the chain of ping case. The legislative clerk read as follows: command and put them in the hands of Our bill simply recognizes that these CLOTURE MOTION well-trained military prosecutors who are serious crimes that require legal We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- are independent, impartial, and highly expertise to properly review and pros- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the trained uniformed prosecutors. ecute. By moving these crimes to inde- Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby This is an issue that deserves ur- pendent military lawyers, this reform move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- gency. I began calling for this full floor allows commanders to focus on what nation of Executive Calendar No. 193, Tiffany vote on May 24. Since then, it is an es- they are trained to do: preparing our P. Cunningham, of Illinois, to be United timate that 2,912 servicemembers will troops to fight and win our Nation’s States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit. Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, have been raped or sexually assaulted wars. Tina Smith, Margaret Wood Hassan, during that time; more will have been Additionally, the chairman has said Catherine Cortez Masto, Jeff Merkley, victims of other serious crimes. Many that this bill would remove from the Patty Murray, Tammy Baldwin, Debbie will not even report these crimes be- chain of command ‘‘crimes that have Stabenow, Gary C. Peters, Angus S. cause they have no faith in the current been handled by the military chain of King, Jr., Sheldon Whitehouse, Robert system, where decisions about whether command effectively for years and P. Casey, Jr., Christopher Murphy, Ben to prosecute are made by commanders years and years.’’ Ray Luja´ n, Jack Reed, Chris Van Hol- and not trained lawyers. And yet this But, actually, that is not the case. len. vote continues to be delayed and de- They haven’t been handled effectively. The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- nied, week after week. Just this week the Military Times re- imous consent, the mandatory quorum While I am glad to see that more of ported on the case of Private Jonathan call has been waived. our colleagues have acknowledged that Lauture, who is alleged to have shot The question is, Is it the sense of the we must move sexual assault out of the and killed Jason Lindsay in June 2019, Senate that debate on the nomination chain of command, it is not enough. It when Lindsay entered Lauture’s home of Tiffany P. Cunningham, of Illinois, doesn’t address the fundamental flaw in an attempt to intervene in a situa- to be United States Circuit Judge for in the military justice system, which is tion of domestic violence. the Federal Circuit, shall be brought to that it asks commanders to act as His chain of command at Fort Bliss a close? judge and jury in highly complex was aware of the killing, but they did The yeas and nays are mandatory crimes that they are not trained to do. not inform the Army’s criminal inves- under the rule. In fact, the training commanders get tigation division. Instead, they quickly The clerk will call the roll. includes just a few hours, at the most, reassigned him to Fort Stewart, where The bill clerk called the roll. on legal topics like military justice he continued to assault his wife. Mr. THUNE. The following Senators and unlawful command influence. No The Military Times reports: ares necessarily absent: the Senator one could be expected to learn in a few Army investigators had no idea that the from South Carolina (Mr. GRAHAM), the hours what it takes lawyers years of shooting had even occurred, much less the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON), domestic violence. . . . Lauture’s Fort Bliss and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. study and decades of experience to chain of command did not inform the CID of MORAN). master. the shooting. Nobody did, until a domestic That is why this bill would move se- violence investigation in December 2019 by The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 63, rious crimes to the purview of those Fort Stewart CID incidentally learned that nays 34, as follows: lawyers who have had the time to prop- Lauture had [allegedly] killed a man who [Rollcall Vote No. 266 Ex.] erly prepare for the job. was attempting to rescue his wife. YEAS—63 Today, I would like to outline ex- That is how the current system han- Baldwin Blumenthal Brown actly which crimes this bill would dles alleged murder and domestic vio- Bennet Booker Cantwell

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They are Ernst Merkley Stabenow They are still running the numbers. hanging on. They are hanging on with Feinstein Murkowski Tester Fischer Murphy Tillis The damages are in the billions and bil- every ounce of strength they have, but Gillibrand Murray Van Hollen lions and billions and billions of dol- they are human. And, as I said, they Grassley Ossoff Warner lars, and my people need help. are tough, but they are tired. Hassan Padilla Warnock For that reason, on behalf of Senator Heinrich Peters Warren The purpose of my bill today is to Hickenlooper Portman Whitehouse offer us help for them. My bill today CASSIDY and myself, as if in legislative Hirono Reed Wyden and Senator CASSIDY’s bill today—as I session, I ask unanimous consent that NAYS—34 said, I am here on behalf of Senator the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 2359, which is at the Barrasso Hagerty Sasse CASSIDY, as well—would authorize $1.1 Blackburn Hawley Scott (FL) billion to help my people recover. desk. I further ask that the bill be con- Blunt Hoeven Scott (SC) Now, I want to emphasize, some peo- sidered read a third time and passed, Boozman Hyde-Smith Shelby ple, when they think of flooding and and that the motion to reconsider be Braun Inhofe Sullivan hurricanes, think of wealthy people considered made and laid upon the Burr Kennedy Thune Cassidy Lankford Toomey with second homes, with multimillion- table. Cotton Lummis Tuberville dollar dwellings on the beach. That is The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Cramer Marshall Wicker not what I am talking about. I am not objection? Crapo McConnell Young Cruz Paul putting down anybody who has a nice, Mr. PAUL. Mr. President. Daines Risch expensive beach house, but that is not The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- what we are talking about in Lou- ator from Kentucky. NOT VOTING—3 Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, reserving Graham Johnson Moran isiana. The people who were hit by these the right to object, we have now The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. VAN weather events, through no fault of crossed $28 trillion in debt. We borrow HOLLEN). On this vote the yeas are 63, their own, are just good, honest middle more than $2 million every minute. the nays are 34. Americans who get up every day and go The deficit last year was over $3 tril- The motion is agreed to. to work and obey the law. They pay lion. The deficit this year will be over f their taxes. They try to do the right $3 trillion. There is a $1 trillion wish list out there for everybody. Everybody EXECUTIVE CALENDAR thing by their kids. Their biggest in- vestment is their home, and many wants something. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The completely lost their home. Many of Somebody says: Oh, there is money clerk will report the nomination. them had flood insurance, and many of in the Treasury. Guess what. There is The bill clerk read the nomination of them had homeowner’s insurance—and not. There is a big hole, a big black Tiffany P. Cunningham, of Illinois, to both. But it just didn’t cover their hole in the Treasury, 28 trillion dollars’ be United States Circuit Judge for the losses completely. So we are talking worth. Federal Circuit. about middle America here, and I want So we do have this one asset, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- to make that clear. when we sell it, we should do it to pay ator from Louisiana. Now, Mr. President, I am sure you down the deficit. We shouldn’t do it to UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—S. 2359 are thinking, because I know you well expand government further. Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I rise and you are a smart man: OK, if we are So I object to this because we are $28 today on my own behalf and on behalf spending $1.1 billion here, where are we trillion in debt. We don’t have any of my colleague Senator BILL CASSIDY. going to get it? money, and we should be fiscally con- I know this has been true for States Well, I come to you today with a servative as we profess to be. besides Louisiana, but for the last 18 problem, but I also come to you today I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ob- months, from a weather perspective, with a solution. jection is heard. Louisiana has been a fantastic impres- I don’t want to digress too much, but, The Senator from Nevada. sion of hell. We have had three hurri- as you know, we are trying to build out ORDER OF BUSINESS canes. We have had, depending upon 5G in America, and 5G operates Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, how you define them, probably 10 dif- through radio waves through the air I ask unanimous consent that all ferent heavy rain events. And when I called spectrum. And the FCC is in postcloture time on the Cunningham say ‘‘heavy rain events,’’ I mean, that charge of those radio waves. A couple nomination be expired and that at 5:30 doesn’t sound very serious. I can assure of years ago, the FCC—and those radio p.m., Monday, July 19, the Senate vote you, it was. When you get 6, 8, 10, 12 waves, by the way, belong to the Amer- on confirmation of the nomination; inches of rain in a short period of time, ican people. The FCC licenses them out further, that if the nomination is con- you are going to flood. I don’t care if to companies to use in wireless com- firmed, the motion to reconsider be you are living on Pikes Peak. You are munications. A few years ago, the FCC considered made and laid upon the going to flood. The water has to go was about to give away what is called table and the President be immediately somewhere. And, of course, we were the C-band spectrum, these particular notified of the Senate’s action. part of the bad, debilitating freeze, as radio waves that would allow for 5G to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without well, that also hit Texas very hard. become reality in America. And a num- objection, it is so ordered. My people are very resilient, and ber of us objected. We said: You know, they are tough, but they are tired. you don’t own these radio waves. The f Most Americans, when they think of American people own these radio LEGISLATIVE SESSION a natural disaster, at least in connec- waves. Why are you giving them away? tion with Louisiana, think of Hurri- And after some lively discussions, we --- cane Katrina, and, certainly, it was a finally turned the FCC around, and MORNING BUSINESS bad one. I was there. We never would they decided to auction those radio Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, have recovered without the help of the waves to the highest bidder. They I ask unanimous consent that the Sen- American people, and I will never be brought in $80 billion—$80 billion—and ate proceed to legislative session and able to thank the American people I am very proud of that. That money is be in a period of morning business, enough for putting forth their hard- sitting in an account in the Depart- with Senators permitted to speak earned tax dollars to help us recover. ment of the Treasury. therein for up to 10 minutes each.

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Mr. President, the What began as a plan for a statewide riage between a White and non-White other day I read an article in the Chi- moth night in my home State of New person. cago Sun Times about an incredible Jersey evolved into a national week of Soon after Polly and Charlie wed, Chicagoan named Edith Renfrow recognition and quickly became an they moved to their homestead, the Smith. international citizen science project. Bemis Ranch on the Salmon River, Yesterday, Edith celebrated her In 2012, residents from East Brunswick, where they resided for many years. 107th—let me say that again—107th NJ, founded this initiative to promote Polly was famed for her vast knowl- birthday. And learning about her life the appreciation and conservation of edge of medical treatments and her story, it occurred to me that it is real- moths and their important role in the hospitality to friends and travelers ly the story of America. Edith is the ecosystem. Since then, thousands of alike venturing down the Salmon grandchild of two people who were born people in all 50 U.S. States and 100 ‘‘River of No Return.’’ Charlie died in into slavery. When she was 23, she be- countries have participated in observ- 1922; however, Polly continued to live came the first Black woman to grad- ing and documenting moths during this on her 27-acre ranch until shortly be- uate from Grinnell College in Iowa. week. fore her death in 1933 at the age of 80. Think about that. In just two genera- National Moth Week encourages peo- Fifty-five years after her passing, tions, her family went from enduring ple of all ages and abilities to shine a Polly’s cabin on Bemis Ranch was bondage to earning a bachelor’s degree. placed on the National Register of His- After she graduated, Edith traveled light on nighttime nature and record what they see. Moths are incredibly di- toric Places. east to Chicago in search of job oppor- As an early settler of the Idaho Ter- tunities. She spent a few years working verse members of the Lepidoptera order of insects, with estimates of ritory and an enterprising Chinese im- for the University of Chicago, and she migrant, Polly Bemis left an excep- even served as a secretary for the first 150,000 to more than 500,000 moth spe- cies. They serve as pollinators of crops tional legacy and an indelible mark on Black Congressman to represent a dis- Idaho’s history. While she did not re- trict north of the Mason-Dixon Line: and flowers and a food source for birds and other fauna. Enriching mothing ceive U.S. citizenship during her life- Oscar DePriest. time, we honor her strength, industri- Eventually, Edith found her calling events have been held at U.S. National Parks and Monuments; State, county, ousness, and pioneering spirit in our as a public school teacher. She devoted CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. more than two decades of her life edu- and local parks; museums, libraries, cating our city’s children. One of her nature centers, and backyards. f This scientific event is an all-volun- colleagues described her as a ‘‘master MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT teacher.’’ teer effort coordinated by the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Messages from the President of the As a resident of Hyde Park, where United States were communicated to she raised a family with her husband Commission with the assistance of a team of entomologists, researchers, the Senate by Ms. Roberts, one of his Henry, Edith became close friends with secretaries. Jazz legend Herbie Hancock. And in re- educators, and enthusiasts around the cent years, she has become something world. In addition, country coordina- f tors in Asia, Africa, Europe, Central of a living legend herself. In 2019, her EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED alma mater, Grinnell College, opened a and South America, and Australia are In executive session the Presiding Of- new library named in Edith’s honor: helping to increase awareness, study ficer laid before the Senate messages the Edith Renfrow Smith ‘37 Black and appreciation of moths, their in- from the President of the United Women’s Library. credible diversity, and ecological im- Edith is a humble person. She doesn’t portance in their own countries. States submitting sundry nominations claim to know all the secrets to a long, National Moth Week has brought which were referred to the appropriate happy life, like the one she has lived, people together from many different committees. but she does have a few suggestions. cultures and ethnicities for the purpose (The messages received today are She says, ‘‘You have to have respect of observing and protecting an impor- printed at the end of the Senate pro- for yourself.’’ tant natural resource and dispelling ceedings.) ‘‘Don’t let anyone disrespect you.’’ the negative conceptions some may f ‘‘Listen to what people say to each have of moths. It proudly represents EXECUTIVE AND OTHER other.’’ the best of the Garden State and its COMMUNICATIONS That advice is worth keeping in mind concern for the health of our environ- as we work together in this Senate to ment and all of its inhabitants. The following communications were solve the most pressing challenges fac- It is my great honor to recognize the laid before the Senate, together with ing America, like rebuilding our infra- anniversary of National Moth Week accompanying papers, reports, and doc- structure. This body has a once-in-a- and celebrate the vibrant research and uments, and were referred as indicated: generation opportunity to transform scientific community in the State of EC–1328. A communication from the Dep- our roadways and public transit sys- New Jersey. uty Administrator for Policy Support, Food tems, to secure a sustainable future for f and Nutrition Service, Department of Agri- our children and grandchildren, and to culture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the REMEMBERING POLLY BEMIS report of a rule entitled ‘‘Supplemental Nu- bring broadband connectivity and clean trition Assistance Program: Rescission of drinking water to every community in Mr. RISCH. Mr. President, the State Requirements for Able-Bodied Adults With- America. of Idaho has had a long history with out Dependents: Notice of Vacatur’’ And while we have a lot of work Chinese immigration to both our cities (RIN0584–AE87) received in the Office of the ahead of us, I am confident that if we and the wilderness areas of Idaho. President of the Senate on July 12, 2021; to take Edith’s advice—if we listen to one Today, I am pleased to honor Polly the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, another—we can make real progress for Bemis, the United States’ most famous and Forestry. the American people. Chinese pioneer woman. EC–1329. A communication from the Asso- Edith, thank you for sharing your in- There have been many articles, books ciate Director of the Regulatory Manage- ment Division, Environmental Protection spiring story, and thank you for choos- and even a full-length feature movie Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the ing Chicago as your home. about Polly and her pioneering life in report of a rule entitled ‘‘Bacillus velezensis I wish you the best on your 107th the mountains of Idaho. Born in China strain RTI301; Exemption from the Require- birthday. in 1853, she was sold by her parents and ment of a Tolerance’’ (FRL No. 10025–21–

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A communication from the Asso- (Docket No. R–1537)) received during ad- f ciate Director of the Regulatory Manage- journment of the Senate in the Office of the ment Division, Environmental Protection President of the Senate on July 8, 2021; to INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the the Committee on Banking, Housing, and JOINT RESOLUTIONS report of a rule entitled ‘‘Bacillus subtilis Urban Affairs. The following bills and joint resolu- strain RTI477; Exemption from the Require- EC–1341. A communication from the Acting tions were introduced, read the first ment of a Tolerance’’ (FRL No. 10025–18– First Vice President and Vice Chairman of OCSPP) received during adjournment of the the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pur- and second times by unanimous con- Senate in the Office of the President of the suant to law, a report relative to trans- sent, and referred as indicated: Senate on July 7, 2021; to the Committee on actions involving U.S. exports to Canada; to By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. the Committee on Banking, Housing, and CANTWELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. GILLI- EC–1331. A communication from the Asso- Urban Affairs. BRAND, and Mr. BLUMENTHAL): ciate General Counsel, Department of Agri- EC–1342. A communication from the Presi- S. 2350. A bill to require the Secretary of culture, transmitting, pursuant to law, four dent of the United States, transmitting, pur- Transportation to modify the final rule re- (4) reports relative to vacancies in the De- suant to law, a report relative to the con- lating to flightcrew member duty and rest partment of Agriculture, received during ad- tinuation of the national emergency with re- requirements for passenger operations of air journment of Senate in the Office of the spect to significant transnational criminal carriers to apply to all-cargo operations of President of the Senate on July 7, 2021; to organizations that was established in Execu- air carriers, and for other purposes; to the the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, tive Order 13581 on July 24, 2011; to the Com- Committee on Commerce, Science, and and Forestry. mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- Transportation. EC–1332. A communication from the Sec- fairs. By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mrs. retary of Homeland Security, transmitting, EC–1343. A communication from the Sec- FEINSTEIN, Ms. ERNST, and Ms. HAS- pursuant to law, a report relative to viola- retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- SAN): tions of the Antideficiency Act that occurred ant to law, a six-month periodic report on S. 2351. A bill to amend the Controlled Sub- in Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol the national emergency that was declared in stances Act to clarify how controlled sub- 070X0610; to the Committee on Appropria- Executive Order 13441 with respect to Leb- stance analogues that are imported or of- tions. anon; to the Committee on Banking, Hous- fered for import are to be regulated, and for EC–1333. A communication from the Sec- ing, and Urban Affairs. other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju- retary of Homeland Security, transmitting, EC–1344. A communication from the Con- diciary. pursuant to law, a report relative to viola- gressional Assistant, Board of Governors of By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. tions of the Antideficiency Act that occurred the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, MENENDEZ, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND): in the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled S. 2352. A bill to require health insurance U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ‘‘Loans to Executive Officers, Directors, and coverage for the treatment of infertility; to Annual Appropriation Fund Symbol 0700540; Principal Shareholders of Member Banks’’ the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, to the Committee on Appropriations. ((RIN7100–AG10) (Docket No. R–1740)) re- and Pensions. EC–1334. A communication from the Sec- ceived during adjournment of the Senate in By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. retary of Homeland Security, transmitting, the Office of the President of the Senate on BRAUN, and Mr. MANCHIN): pursuant to law, a report relative to viola- July 8, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, S. 2353. A bill to amend the Controlled Sub- tions of the Antideficiency Act that occurred Housing, and Urban Affairs. stances Act to require dispensers of certain EC–1345. A communication from the Con- in United States Coast Guard Treasury Ap- opioids to affix on the container or package gressional Assistant, Board of Governors of propriation Fund Symbol 070180610; to the thereof a clear, concise warning that the the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, Committee on Appropriations. opioid can cause dependence, addiction, and EC–1335. A communication from the Sec- pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled overdose, and for other purposes; to the Com- retary of Homeland Security, transmitting, ‘‘Loans to Executive Officers, Directors, and mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and pursuant to law, a report relative to viola- Principal Shareholders of Member Banks’’ Pensions. tions of the Antideficiency Act that occurred ((RIN7100–AG10) (Docket No. R–1740)) re- By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. in Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol ceived during adjournment of the Senate in BRAUN, and Mr. MANCHIN): 070X4640; to the Committee on Appropria- the Office of the President of the Senate on S. 2354. A bill to require certain practi- tions. July 8, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, tioners authorized to prescribe controlled EC–1336. A communication from the Sec- Housing, and Urban Affairs. retary of Homeland Security, transmitting, EC–1346. A communication from the Chief substances to complete continuing edu- pursuant to law, a report relative to viola- of the Regulations and Standards Branch, cation; to the Committee on Health, Edu- tions of the Antideficiency Act; to the Com- Bureau of Safety and Environmental En- cation, Labor, and Pensions. mittee on Appropriations. forcement, Department of the Interior, By Ms. CANTWELL: S. 2355. A bill to require the Administrator EC–1337. A communication from the Sec- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of of the Small Business Administration make retary of Homeland Security, transmitting, a rule entitled ‘‘Oil and Gas and Sulfur Oper- a technical correction to the Restaurant Re- pursuant to law, a report relative to viola- ations on the Outer Continental Shelf - Max- vitalization program to allow distilleries tions of the Antideficiency Act that occurred imum Daily Civil Penalty Amounts for Vio- that are prohibited by State law from meet- in the Department of Homeland Security’s lations of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty ing the onsite sales requirements under the United States Citizenship and Immigration Management Act’’ (RIN1014–AA43) received program to participate in the program; to Services Treasury Appropriation Fund Sym- during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- the Committee on Small Business and Entre- bol 070190408; to the Committee on Appro- fice of the President of the Senate on July 8, preneurship. priations. 2021; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. EC–1338. A communication from the Asso- ural Resources. PADILLA, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. STABENOW, ciate General Counsel for Legislation and f Regulations, Office of General Counsel, De- Mr. PETERS, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and partment of Housing and Urban Develop- EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF Mr. BENNET): ment, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- COMMITTEE S. 2356. A bill to provide funding to reha- port of a rule entitled ‘‘Implementing Execu- The following executive reports of bilitate, retrofit, and remove the Nation’s dams to improve the health of the Nation’s tive Order 13992, Revocation of Certain Exec- nominations were submitted: utive Orders Concerning Federal Regula- rivers, improve public safety, and increase By Mr. DURBIN for the Committee on the tion’’ (RIN2501–AD93) received in the Office clean energy production, and for other pur- Judiciary. of the President of the Senate on July 12, poses; to the Committee on Environment and Eunice C. Lee, of New York, to be United Public Works. 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit. and Urban Affairs. Veronica S. Rossman, of Colorado, to be By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mrs. EC–1339. A communication from the Sec- United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth GILLIBRAND, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- Circuit. PADILLA, Ms. ROSEN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, ant to law, the six-month periodic report on David G. Estudillo, of Washington, to be and Ms. SMITH): the national emergency with respect to seri- United States District Judge for the Western S. 2357. A bill to fight homelessness in the ous human rights abuse and corruption that District of Washington. United States by authorizing a grant pro- was declared in Executive Order 13818 of De- Lauren J. King, of Washington, to be gram within the Health Resources and Serv- cember 20, 2017; to the Committee on Bank- United States District Judge for the Western ices Administration for housing programs ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. District of Washington. that offer comprehensive services and inten- EC–1340. A communication from the Con- Tana Lin, of Washington, to be United sive case management for homeless individ- gressional Assistant, Board of Governors of States District Judge for the Western Dis- uals and families; to the Committee on the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, trict of Washington. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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A bill to provide emergency assist- HEINRICH): NELL, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. GRAHAM, ance for disaster response and recovery, and Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. SCOTT of Flor- for other expenses, directly related to Hurri- S. 2369. A bill to provide access to reliable, ida, Mr. DAINES, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. canes Laura, Delta, or Zeta; to the Com- clean, and drinkable water on Tribal lands, SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. TILLIS, mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- and for other purposes; to the Committee on Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. COTTON, tation. Indian Affairs. Mr. BRAUN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. By Mr. VAN HOLLEN: By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. MORAN, S. 2360. A bill to amend the Securities Ex- BLUMENTHAL, Ms. SMITH, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. CRAMER, change Act of 1934 to require the Securities Mr. BOOKER, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. Mr. RISCH, Mr. INHOFE, and Mrs. and Exchange Commission to issue rules MURPHY, Mr. BENNET, Mr. OSSOFF, that prohibit officers and directors of certain HYDE-SMITH): Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. STABENOW, and S. Res. 303. A resolution supporting the companies from trading securities in antici- ´ Mr. LUJAN): people of Cuba in their demands for freedom pation of a current report, and for other pur- S. 2370. A bill to require the Secretary of and the fulfillment of basic needs and con- poses; to the Committee on Banking, Hous- Energy to provide rebates for the installa- demning the Communist regime in Cuba; to ing, and Urban Affairs. tion of zero-emission technologies in single- the Committee on Foreign Relations. By Mr. REED (for himself and Ms. COL- family homes and multifamily buildings, and By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. LINS): S. 2361. A bill to reauthorize the budget- for other purposes; to the Committee on En- WHITEHOUSE): S. Res. 304. A resolution designating July neutral demonstration program for energy ergy and Natural Resources. 2021 as ‘‘Plastic Pollution Action Month’’; to and water conservation at multifamily resi- By Ms. WARREN: the Committee on the Judiciary. dential units, to establish a green retrofit S. 2371. A bill to require the Secretary of By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. DUR- program, and for other purposes; to the Com- Defense to enhance the readiness of the De- BIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. BROWN, and mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- partment of Defense to challenges relating Ms. KLOBUCHAR): fairs. to climate change and to improve the energy S. Res. 305. A resolution recognizing the By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. and resource efficiency of the Department, contributions of African Americans to the DUCKWORTH): and for other purposes; to the Committee on musical heritage of the United States and S. 2362. A bill to require rulemaking by the Armed Services. the need for greater access to music edu- Administrator of the Federal Emergency By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. cation for African-American students and Management Agency to address consider- BLUNT): designating June 2021 as African-American ations in evaluating the need for public and Music Appreciation Month; to the Com- individual disaster assistance, and for other S. 2372. A bill to amend the Pittman-Rob- mittee on the Judiciary. purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Se- ertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make sup- By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. curity and Governmental Affairs. plemental funds available for management of MCCONNELL): By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. BEN- fish and wildlife species of greatest conserva- S. Res. 306. A resolution to authorize rep- NET): tion need as determined by State fish and resentation by the Senate Legal Counsel in S. 2363. A bill to amend title XVIII of the wildlife agencies, and for other purposes; to the case of Jennifer Grappell v. Alberto M. Social Security Act to make technical the Committee on Environment and Public Carvalho, et al; considered and agreed to. amendments to the separate payment under Works. the Medicare program for disposable nega- By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. f tive pressure would therapy devices; to the WHITEHOUSE, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS Committee on Finance. BOOKER, and Mr. CRAPO): By Ms. MURKOWSKI: S. 79 S. 2364. A bill to amend the Public Health S. 2373. A bill to reestablish United States At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the Service Act to provide for demonstration global leadership in nuclear energy, revi- name of the Senator from Vermont talize domestic nuclear energy supply chain grants and create a Federal Work Group to (Mr. LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor reduce and prevent the incidence of teen dat- infrastructure, support the licensing of ad- of S. 79, a bill to eliminate the dis- ing violence; to the Committee on Health, vanced nuclear technologies, and improve Education, Labor, and Pensions. the regulation of nuclear energy, and for parity in sentencing for cocaine of- By Mr. OSSOFF: other purposes; to the Committee on Envi- fenses, and for other purposes. S. 2365. A bill to amend title 49, United ronment and Public Works. S. 212 States Code, to modify the Government By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. BAR- At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the share of the cost of certain planning activi- RASSO, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. names of the Senator from Indiana ties, and for other purposes; to the Com- JOHNSON, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. MARSHALL, (Mr. YOUNG) and the Senator from mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Vermont (Mr. LEAHY) were added as co- fairs. Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. sponsors of S. 212, a bill to amend the By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. KLO- HAGERTY, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. CORNYN, Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow BUCHAR, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. BOOK- Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. YOUNG, and ER, and Ms. WARREN): Mr. RUBIO): a refundable tax credit against income S. 2366. A bill to direct the Joint Com- tax for the purchase of qualified access S. 2374. A bill to impose sanctions with re- mittee of Congress on the Library to replace technology for the blind. the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old spect to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic S. 450 Supreme Court Chamber of the Capitol with Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a bust of Thurgood Marshall to be obtained and Sayyud Ebrahim Raisol-Sadati, who was At the request of Mr. BURR, the by the Joint Committee of Congress on the elected president of the Islamic Republic of names of the Senator from New Mexico Library and to remove certain statues from Iran in the 2021 presidential election; to the (Mr. HEINRICH) and the Senator from areas of the Capitol which are accessible to Committee on Foreign Relations. Arkansas (Mr. BOOZMAN) were added as the public, to remove all statues of individ- By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Ms. cosponsors of S. 450, a bill to award uals who voluntarily served the Confederate HASSAN): posthumously the Congressional Gold States of America from display in the Cap- S. 2375. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Medal to Emmett Till and Mamie Till- itol, and for other purposes; to the Com- Standards Act of 1938 to prevent employers Mobley. mittee on Rules and Administration. from using non-compete agreements in em- S. 452 By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. ployment contracts for certain non-exempt At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the VAN HOLLEN): employees; to the Committee on Health, S. 2367. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education, Labor, and Pensions. names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. the Interior to acquire land in Frederick By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mrs. CRAPO), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. County, Maryland, for the Historic Preserva- GILLIBRAND): RISCH) and the Senator from South Da- tion Training Center of the National Park kota (Mr. ROUNDS) were added as co- Service, and for other purposes; to the Com- S. 2376. A bill to ensure the parental guard- mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. ianship rights of cadets and midshipmen con- sponsors of S. 452, a bill to award a By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Ms. sistent with individual and academic respon- Congressional Gold Medal to Willie DUCKWORTH, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, and sibilities, and for other purposes; to the O’Ree, in recognition of his extraor- Mr. BROWN): Committee on Armed Services. dinary contributions and commitment

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(Mr. PADILLA) was added as a cosponsor sponsor of S. 454, a bill to provide S. 1210 of S. 1543, a bill to amend the Public health care and benefits to veterans At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Health Service Act to provide best who were exposed to toxic substances the name of the Senator from Ohio practices on student suicide awareness while serving as members of the Armed (Mr. BROWN) was added as a cosponsor and prevention training and condition Forces at Karshi Khanabad Air Base, of S. 1210, a bill to amend the Lacey State educational agencies, local edu- Uzbekistan, and for other purposes. Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify pro- cational agencies, and tribal edu- S. 456 visions enacted by the Captive Wildlife cational agencies receiving funds under At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the Safety Act, to further the conservation section 520A of such Act to establish name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. of certain wildlife species, and for and implement a school-based student CORTEZ MASTO) was added as a cospon- other purposes. suicide awareness and prevention sor of S. 456, a bill to amend the Inter- S. 1244 training policy. nal Revenue Code of 1986 to perma- At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the S. 1544 nently extend the new markets tax name of the Senator from Maryland At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the credit, and for other purposes. (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Tennessee LACKBURN S. 611 sponsor of S. 1244, a bill to amend the (Mrs. B ) was added as a co- sponsor of S. 1544, a bill to amend title At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the National and Community Service Act name of the Senator from Vermont of 1990 to establish a Civilian Climate XIX of the Social Security Act to streamline enrollment under the Med- (Mr. SANDERS) was added as a cospon- Corps to help communities respond to sor of S. 611, a bill to deposit certain climate change and transition to a icaid program of certain providers funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to clean economy, and for other purposes. across State lines, and for other pur- poses. waive matching requirements, and for S. 1300 S. 1588 other purposes. At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL, S. 773 names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. the name of the Senator from Michigan At the request of Mr. THUNE, the GRASSLEY) and the Senator from North (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor Dakota (Mr. HOEVEN) were added as co- name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. of S. 1588, a bill to amend the Lacey sponsors of S. 1300, a bill to amend the MARSHALL) was added as a cosponsor of Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the S. 773, a bill to enable certain hospitals importation, exportation, transpor- Small Business Act to expand the that were participating in or applied tation, sale, receipt, acquisition, and availability of employee stock owner- for the drug discount program under purchase in interstate or foreign com- ship plans in S corporations, and for section 340B of the Public Health Serv- merce, or in a manner substantially af- other purposes. ice Act prior to the COVID–19 public fecting interstate or foreign commerce, health emergency to temporarily S. 1312 or possession, of any live animal of any maintain eligibility for such program, At the request of Mr. MURPHY, the prohibited primate species. and for other purposes. name of the Senator from Massachu- S. 1596 S. 877 setts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a co- At the request of Mr. ROUNDS, the At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the sponsor of S. 1312, a bill to amend title name of the Senator from North Da- II of the Social Security Act to elimi- name of the Senator from California kota (Mr. HOEVEN) was added as a co- (Mr. PADILLA) was added as a cosponsor nate the waiting periods for disability sponsor of S. 1596, a bill to require the of S. 877, a bill to provide lasting pro- insurance benefits and Medicare cov- Secretary of the Treasury to mint tection for inventoried roadless areas erage for individuals with metastatic coins in commemoration of the Na- within the National Forest System. breast cancer and for other purposes. tional World War II Memorial in Wash- S. 915 S. 1404 ington, DC, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. SANDERS, the At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the S. 1872 name of the Senator from New Jersey name of the Senator from Illinois (Ms. At the request of Ms. ERNST, the (Mr. BOOKER) was added as a cosponsor DUCKWORTH) was added as a cosponsor name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. of S. 915, a bill to repeal section 3003 of of S. 1404, a bill to award a Congres- MORAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ sional Gold Medal to the 23d Head- 1872, a bill to award a Congressional McKeon National Defense Authoriza- quarters Special Troops and the 3133d Gold Medal, collectively, to the United tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015, and for Signal Service Company in recognition States Army Rangers Veterans of other purposes. of their unique and distinguished serv- World War II in recognition of their ex- S. 1076 ice as a ‘‘Ghost Army’’ that conducted traordinary service during World War At the request of Mr. LUJA´ N, the deception operations in Europe during II. names of the Senator from Maine (Mr. World War II. S. 2131 KING) and the Senator from Louisiana S. 1408 At the request of Mr. TESTER, the (Mr. CASSIDY) were added as cosponsors At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the name of the Senator from South Caro- of S. 1076, a bill to amend the Energy name of the Senator from Mississippi lina (Mr. SCOTT) was added as a cospon- Policy Act of 2005 to require the Sec- (Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) was added as a co- sor of S. 2131, a bill to require a review retary of the Interior to establish a sponsor of S. 1408, a bill to post- of the effects of FHA mortgage insur- program to plug, remediate, and re- humously award the Congressional ance policies, practices, and products claim orphaned oil and gas wells and Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen on small-dollar mortgage lending, and surrounding land, to provide funds to Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher for other purposes. State and Tribal government to plug, Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recogni- S. 2202 remediate, and reclaim orphaned oil tion of their contributions to the Na- At the request of Mr. MORAN, the and gas wells and surrounding land, tion. name of the Senator from Wyoming and for other purposes. S. 1435 (Ms. LUMMIS) was added as a cosponsor S. 1107 At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the of S. 2202, a bill to amend the Internal At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. GRASSLEY) was added as a cosponsor of gross income interest received on cer- COLLINS) and the Senator from Penn- S. 1435, a bill to amend the Federal tain loans secured by agricultural real sylvania (Mr. CASEY) were added as co- Trade Commission Act to prohibit property.

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At the request of Mr. CRUZ, the name dams to improve their safety. Many of S. 2232 of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. our nation’s dams were built more than At the request of Mr. LUJA´ N, the TUBERVILLE) was added as a cosponsor 50 years ago to safety standards that names of the Senator from Colorado of S. 2331, a bill to temporarily suspend are insufficient today, all the more so (Mr. BENNET) and the Senator from the admissibility of certain persons because climate change is increasing New Mexico (Mr. HEINRICH) were added traveling from countries that currently the extreme weather events, like super as cosponsors of S. 2232, a bill to direct have a moderate or higher level storms, that dams will have to with- the Secretary of Energy to fund COVID–19 transmission. stand to avoid catastrophic failures. projects to restore and modernize Na- S.J. RES. 21 2) Second, retrofit. Hydropower pro- tional Laboratories, and for other pur- At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the vides the United States with more than poses. name of the Senator from New Jersey seven percent of its electricity and S. 2233 (Mr. MENENDEZ) was added as a cospon- over 90% of its current electricity stor- At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL, sor of S.J. Res. 21, a joint resolution age capacity. Both the private and Fed- the name of the Senator from New proposing an amendment to the Con- eral hydropower fleet generate elec- Hampshire (Ms. HASSAN) was added as stitution of the United States to pro- tricity, and hydropower facilities can a cosponsor of S. 2233, a bill to estab- hibit the use of slavery and involun- complement variable solar and wind lish a grant program for shuttered tary servitude as a punishment for a power sources and provide long-dura- minor league baseball clubs, and for crime. tion energy storage, critical to other purposes. f decarbonizing the grid. DOE estimates S. 2238 that by maintaining and retrofitting STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the existing powered dams, U.S. hydro- name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS power electricity output could reduce MORAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, carbon emissions by 5.1 billion metric 2238, a bill to amend the Public Health Mr. PADILLA, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. tons by 2050 while supporting nearly Service Act to reauthorize and extend STABENOW, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. 200,000 clean energy jobs. Retrofitting the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders GILLIBRAND, and Mr. BENNET): dams also includes measures to make Prevention and Services program, and S. 2356. A bill to provide funding to them less ecologically damaging. for other purposes. rehabilitate, retrofit, and remove the 3) Third, removal. There are ample opportunities to remove unnecessary S. 2258 Nation’s dams to improve the health of dams that no longer provide benefits to At the request of Mr. HICKENLOOPER, the Nation’s rivers, improve public safety, and increase clean energy pro- the population, have safety issues that the names of the Senator from New cannot be mitigated in a cost-effective Jersey (Mr. BOOKER), the Senator from duction, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public way, and/or have significant environ- California (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) and the mental impacts that cannot be ad- Senator from Connecticut (Mr. MUR- Works. Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I dressed. Dam removals can improve PHY) were added as cosponsors of S. public safety, restore the natural func- 2258, a bill to direct the Secretary of rise to speak in support of the ‘‘Twen- ty-First Century Dams Act,’’ which I tions of rivers, help endangered fish the Interior to establish a Parks, Jobs, species, create jobs, protect important and Equity Program to support job cre- introduced today. I would like to thank Senators PADILLA, WYDEN, STABENOW, environmental and cultural resources, ation, economic revitalization and and increase the climate resilience of park development for communities im- PETERS, GILLIBRAND, and BENNET, who have joined me in introducing the bill. U.S. rivers. pacted by COVD–19. I would like to now talk about how This bill represents a remarkable and S. 2271 the bill would advance each of the ‘‘3 historic coalition of groups that are LOBUCHAR Rs:’’ rehabilitations, retrofits, and re- At the request of Ms. K , the often at odds: environmentalists, the movals. names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. hydropower industry, and dam safety GRASSLEY) and the Senator from Illi- Rehabilitations of dams to improve advocates have come together to ad- their safety has long been a goal of nois (Ms. DUCKWORTH) were added as vance this proposal to modernize our cosponsors of S. 2271, a bill to amend mine. As Ranking Member of the Sen- nation’s more than 90,000 dams. This ate Energy and Water Development Ap- the Farm Security and Rural Invest- breakthrough agreement is the result ment Act of 2002 to provide grants for propriations Subcommittee, last year I of a process launched three years ago funded for the first time the Army eligible entities for activities designed and led by Stanford University’s Woods to expand the sales and use of biofuels Corps of Engineers’ loan program under Institute and Steyer-Taylor Center for the Water Infrastructure Finance and derived from agricultural feedstocks Energy Policy and Finance, with addi- produced in the United States, and for Innovation Act, or WIFIA. This pro- tional direction from the Energy Fu- gram focuses on dam safety, and will other purposes. tures Initiative. S. 2279 use $14 million in federal appropria- Our Nation’s dams serve many im- tions to back loans supporting approxi- At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the portant public purposes, including mately $1 billion in dam safety name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. water supply, flood control, recreation, projects. COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. and, where appropriately mitigated, Dam safety has been underfunded at 2279, a bill to affirm the authority of clean energy generation that will help Federal, State, and local levels for the President to require independent slow climate change. But the dams also many years. There are nearly 6,000 non- regulatory agencies to comply with block off key habitat for fish, and can federal high hazard potential dams, regulatory analysis requirements ap- reduce flows needed for the health of which are at high risk of failure with plicable to executive agencies, and for rivers. probable loss of human life if they were other purposes. As a result, conservationists have to fail. The Association of State Dam S. 2301 often fought proposals to upgrade older Safety officials has estimated that the At the request of Mr. SCHATZ, the hydropower facilities or construct new total cost of rehabilitating these dams name of the Senator from Connecticut water-powered energy-storage projects, exceeds $20 billion. (Mr. MURPHY) was added as a cosponsor undertaking lengthy regulatory dis- The bill proposes a series of invest- of S. 2301, a bill to amend the Higher putes over environmental safeguards. ments to meet this critical need:

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DON YOUNG (AK–AL), KIM SCHRIER M.D. another $500 million for rehabilitating Let me now turn to the third ‘‘R’’— (WA–08), JULIA BROWNLEY (CA–26), non-Federal dams over 5 years, up from removal of unnecessary dams. Around JARED HUFFMAN (CA–02), DEBBIE DIN- just $10 million in the most recent ap- the nation there are thousands of GELL (Ml–12), EMANUEL CLEAVER (MO– propriations bill. dams, in many cases built a century or 05), NANETTE DIAZ BARRAGA´ N (CA–44), 3) The Army Corps’ WIFIA program, more ago, which no longer provide sig- BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN (NJ–12), and which I mentioned earlier, would be nificant societal benefits, but block SCOTT PETERS (CA–52). I look forward funded at $250 million over 5 years, a fish passage to critical habitats and to working with these House members 250% increase over the most recent ap- otherwise harm river ecosystems. to advance this important bill. propriations bill. This could support as A twenty-first century dam strategy I hope my colleagues will join me in much as $15 billion in loans for non- would be wholly incomplete without support of this legislation. Thank you, Federal dam safety projects. provisions to remove these unnecessary Mr. President, and I yield the floor. 4) The bill would also authorize funds dams. The bill creates an interagency --- to building existing state regulatory council and a stakeholder advisory By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, oversight capacity, mapping the poten- committee to help administer funding Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. KLO- tial consequences of dam failure, and to remove dams where appropriate. BUCHAR, Mr. PADILLA, Ms. modernizing the National Dam Safety Identifying candidates for dam removal ROSEN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Ms. Program. will follow these guiding principles: SMITH): Dam safety funding in the bill totals 1) The dam owner must give consent; S. 2357. A bill to fight homelessness 2) The priority is to remove dams $2.405 billion over five years, plus $15 in the United States by authorizing a that pose a significant public safety billion in lending capacity to rehabili- grant program within the Health Re- hazard, or non-powered dams whose re- tate dangerous non-Federal dams. sources and Services Administration moval would provide significant eco- While public safety is paramount, it for housing programs that offer com- logical value; and is also critical that we manage our prehensive services and intensive case 3) Consideration of the extent to management for homeless individuals dams as part of a comprehensive strat- which the dam provides critical bene- egy to address climate change. As I and families; to the Committee on ficial uses, the magnitude of public Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- mentioned before, hydropower facili- benefits from dam removal, and the ties can ‘‘firm up’’ variable solar and sions. cost-effectiveness and technical feasi- Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I wind power sources, critical to bility of dam removal. rise today to introduce the ‘‘Fighting decarbonizing the grid, by both pro- Because dam removal can be a dif- Homelessness with Services and Hous- ducing 24/7 electricity and providing ficult issue, I believe it is critical to es- substantial electricity storage capac- tablish the framework in this bill for ing Act,’’ which would establish a new ity for variable resources. identifying which dams are appropriate Federal grant program to increase sup- The coalition proposal has a two-part for removal, and which are not. Within port for comprehensive services paired strategy to advance the second ‘‘R’’ of this framework, the bill authorizes $7.5 with housing to address our Nation’s retrofitting dams. First is investing in billion in funding over 5 years for mul- current homelessness crisis. existing Federal dams, which make up tiple Federal agencies with dam re- As we have seen with the growing di- roughly 50% of all U.S. hydropower moval authorities, including the Army versity of our homeless populations— generation. Federal dam investments Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Rec- families with children, veterans, indi- are essential to maintain this energy lamation, the Fish and Wildlife Serv- viduals with mental health conditions resource. ice, the National Oceanic and Atmos- and struggling with addiction, people The bill authorizes $11 billion over pheric Administration, the Forest who simply could not keep up with in- five years to improve the safety and re- Service, and the Natural Resources creases in rent—our Nation’s homeless- newable energy generating capacity, Conservation Service. ness crisis is not going to simply re- and reduce environmental impacts of The broad goal of these provisions is solve itself on its own. federally owned dams across the United to reconnect 10,000 river miles through According to the most recent data States. These investments are focused the removal of 1,000 dams. In addition available from the U.S. Department of on the largest Federal dam-owning to ecological benefits that could trans- Housing and Urban Development, there agencies, including: form the prospects for many endan- are more than 580,000 homeless individ- 1) $8 billion for the Army Corps of gered fish populations, these projects uals and families in the United States. Engineers; would also create over 100,000 jobs. More than 25 percent of this population 2) $2 billion for the Bureau of Rec- I want to again congratulate the hy- is in California, with approximately lamation; dropower industry, environmental 161,548 homeless people sleeping on the 3) $650 million for the Bureau of In- community, and dam safety advocates streets on any given night. dian Affairs; and that have come together in the coali- In a Nation as prosperous as ours, we 4) $350 million for the Forest Service. tion proposing this bill. This is an his- can and we must do better, especially The bill also authorizes $200 million toric coalition, and the coalition’s pro- as we address this crisis in the after- for the Department of Energy for re- posal gives the Senate a remarkable math of the coronavirus pandemic. Our search, development, and deployment opportunity to advance three critical city, County, State, and Federal gov- to support innovative waterpower tech- goals: ernments must work hand-in-hand nologies, technologies to improve ret- 1) Rehabilitating aging dams that with the non-profit and private sectors rofitting and rehabilitating hydro- pose public safety risks and need major to establish collaborative efforts to power dams, and furthering the con- investments to withstand the extreme significantly address the issue of home- tribution of hydropower to grid resil- flooding events that are coming with lessness. ience. climate change; The good news is that we have seen a The coalition has also proposed es- 2) Retrofitting our Federal and non- model that works: supportive housing, tablishing a 30% tax credit for invest- Federal dam fleets to increase clean which helps meet homeless individuals ment at qualifying facilities in dam energy generation and slow climate and families where they are. This ap- safety, environmental improvements, change, while reducing the dams’ envi- proach can help stabilize an individual grid flexibility, and dam removals, ronmental impacts; and or family and change their life. Sup- with a direct pay alternative. Due to 3) Removing unnecessary dams to portive services such as mental and Senate rules regarding committee ju- open up critical habitat for endangered physical health care, substance abuse

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Mr. President, I ask shelter allows homeless and formerly seeks to boost energy efficiency in unanimous consent that the text of the homeless women to transform their multifamily residential homes across bill be printed in the RECORD. lives through a combination of perma- the Nation. There being no objection, the text of nent, supportive housing and workforce The legislation would accomplish the bill was ordered to be printed in development. This would not be pos- this goal through two complimentary the RECORD, as follows: sible without the Center’s partnerships paths. First, the bill would authorize a S. 2362 with the City of Los Angeles, the Los public-private partnership program to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Angeles County Department of Health, make energy efficiency upgrades to resentatives of the United States of America in and other critical stakeholders. I’ve properties currently receiving assist- Congress assembled, ance from the Department of Housing SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. visited the Center and encourage my This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fairness in colleagues to do the same to see why and Urban Development (HUD). Sec- Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2021’’. this model works. ond, it would direct the Secretary of SEC. 2. REGULATORY ACTION REQUIRED. It is imperative that we support HUD to create a program to distribute (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days State and local efforts, as well as non- grants and loans for energy efficiency after the date of enactment of this Act, the profit service providers, as they work and home health upgrades in multi- Administrator of the Federal Emergency to get people into housing to both miti- family homes. Management Agency (in this Act referred to gate the spread of the coronavirus and One of the most important invest- as the ‘‘Administrator’’ and ‘‘FEMA’’, re- ments we can make for our environ- spectively) shall amend the rules of the Ad- address their long-term needs. ministrator under section 206.48 of title 44, Without a doubt, it will take a sig- ment and our economy is in energy ef- Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on nificant investment to solve the cur- ficiency. Indeed, building a cleaner, the date of enactment of this Act, in accord- rent homelessness crisis. That is why I more efficient energy system will in- ance with the provisions of this Act. am introducing the ‘‘Fighting Home- crease America’s global competitive- (b) NEW CRITERIA REQUIRED.—The amended lessness with Services and Housing ness, support job growth, and save fam- rules issued under subsection (a) shall pro- Act,’’ which would authorize a new ilies and businesses money through re- vide for the following: Federal funding stream of $1 billion per duced energy consumption—all while (1) PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—Such rules shall provide that, with respect to the year, subject to annual appropriations. reducing our carbon footprint. Further, evaluation of the need for public assistance— Grantees must serve individuals or investments in efficiency can be under- (A) specific weighted valuations shall be families who are homeless or at risk of taken quickly and provide immediate assigned to each criterion, as follows— becoming homeless by providing hous- benefits. (i) estimated cost of the assistance, 10 per- ing paired with a comprehensive set of According to the U.S. Energy Infor- cent; services and must provide a 25 percent mation Association, more than half of (ii) localized impacts, 40 percent; match for any Federal funds received. energy consumption in U.S. households (iii) insurance coverage in force, 10 per- Because each individual and every is for two basic needs: heating and cent; (iv) hazard mitigation, 10 percent; community is unique, the grant pro- cooling. As our constituents in Maine (v) recent multiple disasters, 10 percent; gram created by this bill would be and Rhode Island know all too well, (vi) programs of other Federal assistance, flexible in order to work in any region these bills can get quite high during 10 percent; and or for any homeless population. New England winters, and no one (vii) economic circumstances described in This bill supports the great work al- should be forced to choose between subparagraph (B), 10 percent; and ready being done across the Country, staying warm in the winter and buying (B) FEMA shall consider the economic cir- allowing local governmental entities groceries and medicine for their fami- cumstances of— and non-profit organizations to expand lies. Improving the efficiency of build- (i) the local economy of the affected area, including factors such as the local assessable their capacity and ensure a greater ing components such as heating, cool- tax base and local sales tax, the median in- reach by putting Federal dollars where ing, and lighting systems will help come as it compares to that of the State, and they will make the most effective im- households lower their energy bills, re- the poverty rate as it compares to that of pact. duce health and safety risks, and im- the State; and This legislation is supported by a prove the quality of life for residents. (ii) the economy of the State, including wide coalition of local governments, Our legislation is supported nation- factors such as the unemployment rate of housing, health, and child welfare orga- ally by the National Center for Healthy the State, as compared to the national un- nizations, including the Mayors and Housing, and in my state by the Rhode employment rate. (2) INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—Such CEOs for U.S. Housing Investment, Na- Island Office of Energy Resources and rules shall provide that, with respect to the tional Alliance to End Homelessness, Rhode Island Housing. These state evaluation of the severity, magnitude, and Corporation for Supportive Housing, agencies have both made significant impact of the disaster and the evaluation of National Association of Counties, Na- strides in clean energy and energy effi- the need for assistance to individuals— tional League of Cities, National Low ciency policy and I am glad this legis- (A) specific weighted valuations shall be Income Housing Coalition, and the lation will provide more resources to assigned to each criterion, as follows— NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social bolster those efforts. (i) concentration of damages, 20 percent; Justice. With our economy still recovering (ii) trauma, 20 percent; (iii) special populations, 20 percent; I hope my colleagues will join us in from the pandemic, and the threat of (iv) voluntary agency assistance, 10 per- supporting the bill and moving it climate change continuing to mount, it cent; through the Senate, especially as we is more important than ever that we (v) insurance, 20 percent; continue to contend with the increase take steps to reduce costs for American (vi) average amount of individual assist- in homelessness amid the coronavirus families and decrease energy consump- ance by State, 5 percent; and pandemic. tion. (vii) economic considerations described in Thank you, Mr. President, I yield the I urge our colleagues to join us in subparagraph (B), 5 percent; and floor. supporting this commonsense legisla- (B) FEMA shall consider the economic cir- tion. cumstances of the affected area, including By Mr. REED (for himself and factors such as the local assessable tax base and local sales tax, the median income as it Ms. COLLINS): By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and compares to that of the State, and the pov- S. 2361. A bill to reauthorize the Ms. DUCKWORTH): erty rate as it compares to that of the State. budget-neutral demonstration program S. 2362. A bill to require rulemaking (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amended rules for energy and water conservation at by the Administrator of the Federal issued under subsection (a) shall apply to

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Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer- Whereas the Communist Party of Cuba has ple of Cuba; gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) for years sought to silence those it considers (5) urges the European Union and Latin and was denied on or after January 1, 2012. its political opponents through the use of po- American and Caribbean allies— f lice harassment, forced detainment, and tor- (A) to express their solidarity with all the ture, including— Cuban people; SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS (1) dismissing and disparaging Oswaldo (B) to speak out against the repression of Paya, founder of the Christian Liberation the freedom-loving people of Cuba; --- Movement, and obstructing a credible inves- (C) to condemn acts of violence against the SENATE RESOLUTION 303—SUP- tigation into the questionable circumstances Cuban people by the military and security PORTING THE PEOPLE OF CUBA of his death in a car crash in 2012; forces of Cuba; and IN THEIR DEMANDS FOR FREE- (2) imprisoning 75 dissidents, journalists, (D) to cease cooperation with the mur- DOM AND THE FULFILLMENT OF and human rights advocates during the derous and corrupt Communist regime in ‘‘Black Spring’’ in Cuba in 2003; BASIC NEEDS AND CONDEMNING Cuba; (3) imprisoning Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia, (6) urges President Biden to coordinate an THE COMMUNIST REGIME IN founder of the Patriotic Union of Cuba international effort through— CUBA (UNPACU); (A) calling a meeting of the United Nations (4) arresting journalist Camila Acosta in Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. MCCON- Security Council; March 2021 for sharing information on NELL, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. GRAHAM, (B) engaging the European Union and the Facebook; Organization of American States (OAS) to Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, (5) detaining Ivan Hernandez Carrillo, an condemn the oppression of the Cuban people Mr. DAINES, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SCOTT of independent labor union leader, multiple by the Communist regime in Cuba; and South Carolina, Mr. TILLIS, Mrs. CAP- times; (C) leading the effort to impose multilat- (6) imprisoning journalist Roberto ITO, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. COTTON, Mr. BRAUN, eral sanctions on the regime and against Quinones Haces; and Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. those violating the human rights of the pro- (7) detaining the leaders of the San Isidro testers; and HAWLEY, Mr. MORAN, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. Movement, including Luis Manuel Otero (7) encourages President Biden and the BLUNT, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. RISCH, Mr. Alcantara, Esteban Lazaro Rodriguez Lopez, Secretary of State to publicly condemn the INHOFE, and Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) sub- Maykel Osorbo, and many others; violence, arbitrary arrests, persecution, mitted the following resolution; which Whereas the Communist regime in Cuba threats, and intimidation against the people has been responsible for numerous atrocities was referred to the Committee on For- of Cuba. eign Relations: against those that stood up for the rights of the Cuban people, including the extrajudicial f S. RES. 303 assassinations of innocent civilians and ac- Whereas, on July 11, 2021, thousands of peo- SENATE RESOLUTION 304—DESIG- tivists by firing squad and other brutal NATING JULY 2021 AS ‘‘PLASTIC ple in Cuba raised their voices against so- methods, such as during the Tugboat Mas- cialism, tyranny, and oppression; sacre of 1994 and the shoot-down of the POLLUTION ACTION MONTH’’ Whereas the Cuban people, tired of living Brothers to the Rescue aircraft in 1996; Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. under a brutal dictatorship, peacefully pro- Whereas the Communist regime in Cuba is WHITEHOUSE) submitted the following tested against the Communist regime taking steps to silence protesters and their throughout Cuba, from major cities such as resolution; which was referred to the message by shutting down internet access Committee on the Judiciary: Havana, Santiago, and Santa Clara to small throughout Cuba, including by seizing and towns and villages; assaulting photographer Ramon Espinosa; S. RES. 304 Whereas protesters have assembled at the Whereas the Communist regime in Cuba Whereas plastic pollution represents a headquarters of the Communist Party of has already taken steps to violently suppress global threat that will require individual and Cuba chanting, ‘‘Cuba isn’t yours!’’, ‘‘We are protests, including deploying heavily armed collective action, both nationally and inter- not afraid!’’, ‘‘Freedom!’’, and ‘‘Homeland troops and tear gas to disperse protesters; nationally, to address; and Life’’; Whereas hundreds of Cubans have been Whereas, since the 1950s, over 8,000,000,000 Whereas these protests are only the latest wounded by that use of violence by the Com- tons of plastic have been produced world- in the Cuban people’s long struggle for free- munist regime in Cuba, and 67 individuals wide; dom, which has included— have been arrested by the regime; Whereas, in the United States— (1) the Christian Liberation Movement, Whereas Miguel Diaz-Canel has openly (1) just 9 percent of plastic waste is sorted which has advocated for political change in called for bloodshed to quell the protests by for recycling; and Cuba since 1987; calling on ‘‘revolutionary’’ citizens to (2) less than 3 percent of plastic waste is (2) the 1994 Maleconazo uprising in Havana, ‘‘battl[e] in the streets’’; recycled into a similar quality product; during which thousands of protesters rose up Whereas the Communist regime in Cuba Whereas a recent study found that, despite against the disastrous economic policies of has for years resisted the efforts of the the United States only accounting for 4 per- the Communist regime in Cuba; United States and its allies to bring freedom cent of the global population in 2016, in that (3) the Varela Project, which, in 1998, pro- to Cuba, including by— same year the United States— posed a law advocating for democratic polit- (1) threatening the mass deportation of (1) generated 17 percent of all plastic ical reforms within Cuba; people in order to destabilize local govern- waste; and (4) the Ladies in White movement, founded ment services in the United States; (2) ranked third among all countries con- in 2003 by the wives and relatives of those (2) harboring terrorists and fugitives from tributing to coastal plastic pollution; imprisoned by the regime; and the United States wanted for committing Whereas single-use plastics account for at (5) the San Isidro Movement, which was violent crimes in the United States; and least 40 percent of the plastic produced every formed by artists, journalists, and academics (3) jamming the radio broadcasts of Radio year; in 2018 to protest the restrictions imposed by and TV Marti, which provide critical infor- Whereas over 12,000,000 tons of plastic the Communist regime in Cuba on the Cuban mation on the outside world to the Cuban waste enter the ocean every year from land- people’s right to free expression; people; and based sources alone; Whereas, since 1959, the Communist regime Whereas, since 1959, the United States has Whereas, if no action is taken, the flow of in Cuba has repressed political and economic stood steadfastly in support of the freedom plastics into the ocean is expected to triple freedoms, including by— of the Cuban people: Now, therefore, be it by 2040; (1) preventing Cubans from owning private Resolved, That the Senate— Whereas studies estimate that there are property and using property stolen from (1) expresses support for the people of Cuba between 15,000,000,000,000 and 51,000,000,000,000 Cuban-Americans, many of whom are now on their courageous efforts to advance free- pieces of plastic in the oceans; United States citizens; dom and democracy in Cuba; Whereas, globally, 100,000 marine mammals (2) forcing Cubans employed at foreign (2) calls on Cuban security forces to re- die every year as a result of plastic pollu- firms to register with a state employment spect the fundamental rights of the Cuban tion; agency that confiscates the bulk of their people to peacefully protest while raising Whereas plastics, and associated chemicals earnings; and their voices and demanding ‘‘Libertad’’; of plastics, directly impact human health; (3) restricting the access of the Cuban peo- (3) calls on the Communist regime in Cuba Whereas studies suggest that, every week, ple to the internet by using equipment and to immediately release all political prisoners humans swallow the amount of plastic that systems produced and installed by entities and calls for the end of acts of repression and is in a credit card; controlled by the Chinese Communist Party; arbitrary imprisonment of members of the Whereas taking action to reduce plastic Whereas the Communist regime in Cuba opposition, artists, and journalists; use, collect and clean up litter, and reuse has not acted to preserve the lives and well- (4) calls on the Ministry of the Interior and and recycle more plastics will lead to less being of the Cuban people during the COVID– the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed plastic pollution;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15JY6.027 S15JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE July 15, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4931 Whereas, every July, people challenge rendition of ‘‘Summertime’’, a bluesy record African-American students receive any kind themselves to reduce their plastic footprint accompanied by melodic vocals; of arts education; through ‘‘Plastics Free July’’; Whereas Natalie Cole, the daughter of Na- Whereas African-American students scored Whereas, during the International Coastal thaniel Adams Coles, achieved musical suc- the lowest of all ethnicities in the most re- Cleanup in 2020, nearly 950,000 people across cess in the mid-1970s as a rhythm and blues cent National Assessment for Educational the globe cleaned up over 10,000 tons of plas- artist with the hits ‘‘This Will Be’’ and ‘‘Un- Progress arts assessment; tic from beaches; forgettable’’; Whereas students who are eligible for the Whereas switching to reusable items in- Whereas, in the 1940s, bebop evolved school lunch program established under the stead of single-use items can prevent waste, through jam sessions, which included trum- Richard B. Russell National School Lunch save water, and reduce litter; and peter Dizzy Gillespie and the alto saxo- Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) have significantly Whereas July 2021 is an appropriate month phonist Charlie Parker, that were held at lower scores on the music portion of the Na- to designate as Plastic Pollution Action clubs in Harlem, New York, such as Minton’s tional Assessment for Educational Progress Month to recommit to taking action, indi- Playhouse; arts assessment than students who are ineli- vidually and as a country, to reduce plastic Whereas earlier classical singers such as gible for that program, which suggests that pollution: Now, therefore, be it Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, one of the first students in low-income families are dis- Resolved, That the Senate— widely known African-American vocalists, advantaged in the subject of music; (1) designates July 2021 as ‘‘Plastic Pollu- and other early African-American singing Whereas a recent study found that— tion Action Month’’; pioneers, including Nellie Mitchell Brown, (1) nearly 2⁄3 of music ensemble students (2) recognizes the dangers to human health Marie Selika Williams, Rachel Walker Tur- were White and middle class, and only 15 per- and the environment posed by plastic pollu- ner, Marian Anderson, and Flora Batson Ber- cent of those students were African-Amer- tion; and gen, paved the way for the female African- ican; and (3) encourages all individuals in the United American concert singers who have achieved (2) only 7 percent of music teacher licen- States to protect, conserve, maintain, and great popularity during the last 50 years; sure candidates were African American; and rebuild the environment by responsibly par- Whereas the term ‘‘rhythm and blues’’ Whereas students of color face many bar- ticipating in activities to reduce plastic pol- originated in the late 1940s as a way to de- riers to accessing music education and train- lution in July 2021 and year-round. scribe recordings marketed to African Amer- ing, especially students in large urban public icans and replaced the term ‘‘race music’’; f schools: Now, therefore, be it Whereas lyrical themes in rhythm and Resolved, That the Senate— SENATE RESOLUTION 305—RECOG- blues often encapsulate the African-Amer- (1) recognizes— NIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ican experience of pain, the quest for free- (A) the contributions of African Americans AFRICAN AMERICANS TO THE dom, joy, triumphs and failures, relation- to the musical heritage of the United States; MUSICAL HERITAGE OF THE ships, economics, and aspiration and were (B) the wide array of talented and popular popularized by artists such as Ray Charles, UNITED STATES AND THE NEED African-American musical artists, com- Ruth Brown, Etta James, and Otis Redding; posers, songwriters, and musicians who are FOR GREATER ACCESS TO MUSIC Whereas soul music originated in the Afri- EDUCATION FOR AFRICAN- underrecognized for contributions to music; can-American community in the late 1950s (C) the achievements, talent, and hard and early 1960s, combines elements of Afri- AMERICAN STUDENTS AND DES- work of African-American pioneer artists can-American gospel music, rhythm and IGNATING JUNE 2021 AS AFRI- and the obstacles that those artists over- blues, and jazz, and was popularized by art- CAN-AMERICAN MUSIC APPRE- came to gain recognition; ists such as Aretha Franklin, James Brown, CIATION MONTH (D) the need for African-American students Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Bill Withers, and to have greater access to, and participation Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. DUR- Jackie Wilson; in, music education in schools across the BIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. BROWN, and Whereas Motown, founded as a record label United States; and in 1959, evolved into a distinctive style Ms. KLOBUCHAR) submitted the fol- (E) Black History Month and African- known for the ‘‘Motown Sound’’, a blend of lowing resolution; which was referred American Music Appreciation Month as an to the Committee on the Judiciary: pop and soul musical stylings made popular by prominent Black artists such as Marvin important time— S. RES. 305 Gaye, James Mason, and Mary Wells; (i) to celebrate the impact of the African- Whereas spirituals, ragtime, blues, jazz, Whereas, in the early 1970s, the musical American musical heritage on the musical gospel, classical composition, and countless style of disco emerged and was popularized heritage of the United States; and other categories of music have been created by programs such as Soul Train and by art- (ii) to encourage greater access to music or enhanced by African Americans and are ists such as Donna Summer; education so that the next generation may etched into the history and culture of the Whereas reggae is a genre of music that continue to greatly contribute to the musi- United States; originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and cal heritage of the United States; and Whereas the first Africans transported to incorporates some of the musical elements of (2) designates June 2021 as ‘‘African-Amer- the United States came from a variety of rhythm and blues, jazz, mento, calypso, and ican Music Appreciation Month’’. ethnic groups with a long history of distinct African music, and was popularized by art- f and cultivated musical traditions, brought ists such as Bob Marley; musical instruments with them, and built Whereas rock and roll was developed from SENATE RESOLUTION 306—TO AU- new musical instruments in the United African-American musical styles such as THORIZE REPRESENTATION BY States; gospel and rhythm and blues and was popu- THE SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL IN Whereas spirituals were a distinct response larized by artists such as Chuck Berry, Bo THE CASE OF JENNIFER to the conditions of African slavery in the Diddley, Little Richard, and Jimi Hendrix; GRAPPELL V. ALBERTO M. United States and expressed the longing of Whereas rap, arguably the most complex slaves for spiritual and bodily freedom, for and influential form of hip-hop culture, com- CARVALHO, ET AL safety from harm and evil, and for relief bines blues, jazz, and soul and elements of Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. from the hardships of slavery; the African-American musical tradition with MCCONNELL) submitted the following Whereas jazz, arguably the most creative Caribbean calypso, dub, and dance hall resolution; which was considered and and complex music that the United States reggae; agreed to: has produced, combines the musical tradi- Whereas the development and popularity of tions of African Americans in New Orleans old-style rap combined confident beats with S. RES. 306 with the creative flexibility of blues music; wordplay and storytelling, highlighting the Whereas, Senator Marco Rubio has been Whereas masterful trumpeters Louis Arm- struggle of African-American youth growing named as a defendant in the case of Jennifer strong and Miles Davis achieved national up in underresourced neighborhoods; Grappell v. Alberto M. Carvalho, et al., Case and international recognition with the suc- Whereas contemporary rhythm and blues, No. 21–cv–22016, currently pending in the cess of ‘‘West End Blues’’ by Louis Arm- which originated in the late 1970s and com- United States District Court for the South- strong in the 1920s and ‘‘So What’’ by Miles bines elements of pop, rhythm and blues, ern District of Florida; Davis in the late 1950s; soul, funk, hip hop, gospel, and electronic Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(a) and Whereas Thomas Dorsey, the father of gos- dance music, was popularized by artists such 704(a)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act of pel music, used his composing talents to as Whitney Houston and Aaliyah; 1978, 2 U.S.C. §§ 288b(a) and 288c(a)(1), the merge sacred and secular styles that created Whereas Prince Rogers Nelson, who was Senate may direct its counsel to defend a revolution in music; known for electric performances and a wide Members of the Senate in civil actions relat- Whereas talented jazz pianist and vocalist vocal range, pioneered music that integrated ing to their official responsibilities: Now Nathaniel Adams Coles recorded more than a wide variety of styles, including funk, therefore, be it 150 singles and sold more than 50,000,000 rock, contemporary rhythm and blues, new Resolved, That the Senate Legal Counsel records; wave, soul, psychedelia, and pop; is authorized to represent Senator Rubio in Whereas the talent of Ella Fitzgerald, a Whereas a recent study by the Department the case of Jennifer Grappell v. Alberto M. winner of 13 Grammys, is epitomized by a of Education found that only 28 percent of Carvalho, et al.

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Mr. President, this resolution con- meet during the session of the Senate SEC. 3. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PREPARED- cerns a lawsuit filed in Federal court in on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at start of NESS CONSORTIUM. Florida that names a range of local, the first vote, to conduct a hearing on (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may work State, and Federal defendants, includ- nominations. with a consortium to support efforts to ad- dress cybersecurity risks and incidents. ing Senator RUBIO. Plaintiff’s sole alle- SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING gation against Senator RUBIO is that he The Special Committee on Aging is (b) ASSISTANCE TO THE NCCIC.—The Sec- did not respond to plaintiff’s request to retary may work with a consortium to assist authorized to meet during the session the national cybersecurity and communica- introduce legislation that plaintiff of the Senate on Thursday, July 15, urges him to present to Congress. tions integration center of the Department 2021, at start of the first vote, to con- (established under section 2209 of the Home- Plaintiff’s claims against the Senator duct a hearing. land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 659)) to— based on this allegation are subject to f (1) provide training to State and local first dismissal on jurisdictional grounds and responders and officials specifically for pre- for failure to state a claim. This reso- APPOINTMENTS paring for and responding to cybersecurity lution would authorize the Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. The risks and incidents, in accordance with ap- Legal Counsel to represent Senator plicable law; Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, (2) develop and update a curriculum uti- RUBIO in order to seek dismissal of the pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 194(a), as amend- claims against him. lizing existing programs and models in ac- ed by Public Law 101–595, and upon the cordance with such section 2209, for State f recommendation of the Democratic and local first responders and officials, re- AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO Leader, appoints the following Sen- lated to cybersecurity risks and incidents; MEET ators to the Board of Visitors of the (3) provide technical assistance services to U.S. Coast Guard Academy: The Sen- build and sustain capabilities in support of Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, I preparedness for and response to cybersecu- ator from Washington (Ms. CANTWELL), have 8 requests for committees to meet rity risks and incidents, including threats of Committee on Commerce, Science, and during today’s session of the Senate. terrorism and acts of terrorism, in accord- Transportation; and The Senator from They have the approval of the Major- ance with such section 2209; Connecticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL), At ity and Minority leaders. (4) conduct cross-sector cybersecurity Large. training and simulation exercises for enti- Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph f ties, including State and local governments, 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Sen- critical infrastructure owners and operators, ate, the following committees are au- NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PRE- and private industry, to encourage commu- thorized to meet during today’s session PAREDNESS CONSORTIUM ACT nity-wide coordination in defending against of the Senate: OF 2021 and responding to cybersecurity risks and in- cidents, in accordance with section 2210(c) of COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, FORESTRY the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. I ask unanimous consent that the Sen- 660(c)); The Committee on Agriculture, Nu- ate proceed to the immediate consider- (5) help States and communities develop trition, and Forestry is authorized to ation of Calendar No. 73, S. 658. cybersecurity information sharing programs, meet during the session of the Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without in accordance with section 2209 of the Home- on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at 9:30 a.m., objection, it is so ordered. land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 659), for to conduct a hearing on nominations. The clerk will report the bill by title. the dissemination of homeland security in- COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN formation related to cybersecurity risks and The senior assistant legislative clerk incidents; and AFFAIRS read as follows: The Committee on Banking, Housing, (6) help incorporate cybersecurity risk and A bill (S. 658) to authorize the Secretary of incident prevention and response into exist- and Urban Affairs is authorized to Homeland Security to work with cybersecu- ing State and local emergency plans, includ- meet during the session of the Senate rity consortia for training, and for other pur- ing continuity of operations plans. on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at 9:30 a.m., poses. (c) CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING SELECTION to conduct a hearing. There being no objection, the Senate OF A CONSORTIUM.—In selecting a consortium COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND proceeded to consider the bill. with which to work under this Act, the Sec- retary shall take into consideration the fol- TRANSPORTATION Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. I ask unani- The Committee on Commerce, lowing: mous consent that the bill be consid- (1) Any prior experience conducting cyber- Science, and Transportation is author- ered read a third time and passed and security training and exercises for State and ized to meet during the session of the that the motion to reconsider be con- local entities. Senate on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at sidered made and laid upon the table. (2) Geographic diversity of the members of 10:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without any such consortium so as to cover different COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, objection, it is so ordered. regions throughout the United States. AND PENSIONS The bill (S. 658) was ordered to be en- (d) METRICS.—If the Secretary works with The Committee on Health, Edu- grossed for a third reading, was read a consortium under subsection (a), the Sec- cation, Labor, and Pensions is author- retary shall measure the effectiveness of the the third time, and passed as follows: activities undertaken by the consortium ized to meet during the session of the S. 658 under this Act. Senate on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at 10 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (e) OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall con- a.m., to conduct a hearing on nomina- resentatives of the United States of America in duct outreach to universities and colleges, tions. Congress assembled, including historically Black colleges and COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Cy- Tribal Colleges and Universities, and other The Committee on Homeland Secu- bersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of minority-serving institutions, regarding op- rity and Governmental Affairs is au- 2021’’. portunities to support efforts to address cy- SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. bersecurity risks and incidents, by working thorized to meet during the session of with the Secretary under subsection (a). the Senate on Thursday, July 15, 2021, In this Act— at 10:15 a.m., to conduct a hearing. (1) the term ‘‘consortium’’ means a group SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. primarily composed of nonprofit entities, in- Nothing in this Act may be construed to COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY cluding academic institutions, that develop, authorize a consortium to control or direct The Committee on the Judiciary is update, and deliver cybersecurity training in any law enforcement agency in the exercise authorized to meet during the session support of homeland security; of the duties of the law enforcement agency.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:45 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15JY6.033 S15JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE July 15, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4933 AUTHORIZING REPRESENTATION munist government that has had a stand for freedom—administration offi- BY THE SENATE LEGAL COUN- stranglehold on that nation for 62 cials have issued lukewarm and guard- SEL IN THE CASE OF JENNIFER years. ed statements. GRAPPELL V. ALBERTO M. This socialist regime has tortured, After being shamed into finally tak- CARVALHO, ET AL. killed, silenced, denied freedom, and ing stronger positions, President Biden Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, driven into exile generations of Cu- finally put out a statement, saying I ask unanimous consent that the Sen- bans, forcing many, including my fam- that the protesters were exercising ate proceed to the consideration of S. ily, to flee or to be murdered. It has their right to peaceful assembly, but Res. 306, submitted earlier today. cut off Cuba from the rest of the world. even that is wrong. In Cuba, they have The PRESIDING OFFICER. The It has destroyed its economy so that, no right to peaceful assembly because clerk will report the resolution by today, Cubans stand in long lines for the Cuban dictatorship is out there ar- title. food, for medicine, for basic supplies. resting the protesters right now. It is The senior assistant legislative clerk They endure energy blackouts, and out there beating the protesters right read as follows: government officials can shut off their now. It is out there imprisoning the censored internet service on a whim— protesters right now. They are speak- A resolution (S. Res. 306) to authorize rep- as they did on Sunday when the regime resentation by the Senate Legal Counsel in ing with great courage, and the com- the case of Jennifer Grappell v. Alberto M. panicked about the protests. munist dictatorship is doing every- Carvalho, et al. This battle for freedom is personal to thing it can to silence what they are me. When Fulgencio Batista staged a There being no objection, the Senate saying. coup in Cuba and became a brutal dic- proceeded to consider the resolution. The Biden administration has also tator in the 1950s, my father fought Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, said the protests are about COVID–19 against his regime. My dad was impris- I ask unanimous consent that the reso- vaccines. That, unfortunately, doesn’t oned and tortured. His captors broke lution be agreed to, the preamble be even pass the laugh test. Just this his nose and bashed in his front teeth agreed to, and the motions to recon- week, the White House Press Secretary so they were dangling from his mouth. sider be considered made and laid upon said the protests were about My father fled Cuba—the country he the table with no intervening action or misadministration in Cuba, mis- had fought for and had been brutalized debate. management. Well, the last I checked, for trying to save—and in 1957, my fa- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the protesters in the streets weren’t ther came to the United States. He objection, it is so ordered. chanting: ‘‘Manage better!’’ They were went to Texas with $100 sewn into his The resolution (S. Res. 306) was chanting: ‘‘Libertad!’’—freedom! They underwear. He had nothing. He at- agreed to. were chanting: ‘‘Down with the dicta- tended the University of Texas on a The preamble was agreed to. torship!’’ student visa and got a job washing (The resolution, with its preamble, is America has a unique role in the dishes, making 50 cents an hour. printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- world—a role to provide leadership, a In the summer of 1959, soon after Cas- role to speak the truth—and at times mitted Resolutions.’’) tro had taken over Cuba, my father re- f of inflection, at times when people are turned to visit his family, and he was risking their lives for freedom, the ORDERS FOR MONDAY, JULY 19, horrified by what he saw. It quickly be- leadership of America matters. came evident that Castro was even 2021 Here is what President Biden needs worse than Batista had been. My fa- to say to the Cuban people: To the Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, ther’s sister, my tia Sonia, was still Cuban people, we stand with you. To I ask unanimous consent that when the there, and she became part of the coun- the Cuban people, you are right that Senate completes its business today, it terrevolution against Castro. Like her you have a right to liberty; you have a adjourn until 3 p.m., Monday, July 19; brother, my tia Sonia was thrown in right to speech; you have a right to that following the prayer and pledge, prison, and she was tortured by Cas- worship; you have a right to live your the morning hour be deemed expired, tro’s goons. the Journal of proceedings be approved In growing up, my cousin Bibi and I lives and raise your children and be to date, the time for the two leaders be used to sit at the feet of my dad and free of oppression and torture and mur- reserved for their use later in the day, my tia Sonia and hear stories about der. and the Senate be in a period of morn- their fight for freedom, hear their sto- President Biden needs to go on to ing business, with Senators permitted ries about the battling in Cuba just say: The communist dictatorship that to speak therein for up to 10 minutes like the heroic protesters on the oppresses you is evil—period, full stop. each. streets are doing today. The freedom of In my Senate office, I have a large The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without America was the dream that allowed painting of President Ronald Reagan objection, it is so ordered. them to endure the brutality of Cuba. when he was standing in front of the f America was and is a beacon of hope Brandenburg Gate. Above the gate, in the style of the graffiti that was on the ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT for all of those who, like them, have endured oppression, and that is why we Berlin Wall, are the words: ‘‘Mr. Gorba- Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. If there is no saw so many protesters in Cuba who chev, tear down this wall.’’ American further business to come before the were flying American flags on Sun- leadership matters, and it is heard in Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned day—because the American flag is a the darkest recesses. under the previous order following the symbol of hope in Havana, in Hong Some years ago, I sat down with remarks of Senators CRUZ and LEE. Kong, and all across the globe. Natan Sharansky, the famed Soviet The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without America must respond. Over the past dissident. He and I sat down together objection, it is so ordered. few days, the world has seen that the in Jerusalem, and he told me, when he The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. COR- American people stand squarely with was in a gulag in the Soviet Union, TEZ MASTO). The Senator from Texas. the men and women of Cuba in their that prisoners would pass notes from f noble fight for liberty. cell to cell: Did you hear what Reagan Worryingly, however, the Biden ad- said? ‘‘Evil empire,’’ ‘‘ash heap of his- CUBA ministration has stopped short of tory,’’ ‘‘tear down this wall.’’ Mr. CRUZ. Madam President, I rise strong, clear support for the brave pro- Presidential silence is heard in Cuba, today to discuss the protests we have testers who are marching in the street, and Presidential clarity is heard in seen erupt in Cuba over the past sev- and it has been reluctant to issue clear Cuba. eral days. and unequivocal condemnation for the I want to close by reading a text that On Sunday, shouts of ‘‘libertad!’’— communist dictatorship that oppresses I got this week from my mom. My freedom!—were heard in dozens of cit- those people. In statement after state- mom and our family are in commu- ies and towns all over Cuba as people ment, as protesters have swept into the nication with family friends still in took to the streets to protest the com- streets—literally risking their lives to Cuba.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15JY6.028 S15JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S4934 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 15, 2021 Here is what a close friend of the never dream of. Yet this government sequence. They will still have to face family said: Things are much more se- has been able to get away with it be- that debt. They will still have to pay it rious than what is reported on TV. This cause of these unique factors and back. It will still be unpleasant, but friend of the family described that she unique features that exist here. So the not just in the future. They are caught has no food, which is the same for al- Federal Government just spends more up with us already. most everyone. Yesterday, she had a money as if the laws of mathematics The problem is no longer generations bowl of thin soup—nothing more. She did not apply. away. It has now reached its hand into was asking for help for the first time. Now, in recent history, the Federal our wallets, into our families, and into There is no way to get money to Cuba. Government has been spending some- our day-to-day lives. Banks are closed. Five protesters were thing in the range of about $4 trillion a So what happens when too many dol- killed in Santiago. Radio stations are year. Tragically—this is a massive sum lars are produced out of thin air, when being taken over by protesters. The of money, but, tragically, that has rep- we just print more money? I mean, I internet is shut down so there is no fur- resented about $1 trillion a year more know there is an intermediate step ther contact available. Matanzas, than we bring in. So we have added to there. Technically, it is borrowed where my father was born, is a hotspot our debt at a rate of about $1 trillion a money. The money that we don’t have for COVID, and it sounds as though year. isn’t just printed. It is—it is borrowed desperate times are generating des- This is stunning, especially when you as the U.S. Treasury bills are sold. And perate measures. consider the fact that we have been at we borrow that money knowing that To the people of Cuba, I want you to the top of an economic cycle over the we are going to have to pay it back know your message is being heard; last few years. We have not been in a later. But it has the effect of just your bravery is being seen; and it is state of a recession and we were spend- printing more money. worth it. This is potentially an inflec- ing this money. Even with a booming When we just print more money, tion point, and America should stand economy, we weren’t able to bring our those dollars, which have now multi- up and speak boldly on the side of free- outlays down to match our revenue plied, they are still chasing, more or dom. that was coming into the Federal Gov- less, the same quantity of goods. And There is a reason those protesters ernment. So it has been about $4 tril- so what that means is that the same carry our flags. There is a reason they lion, more or less, over the last few quantity of goods with more dollars re- look to America as a beacon of hope years. sults in each of those goods being able and freedom across the globe. But last year, with COVID–19, we to command a higher price—just infla- To the people of Cuba, we stand with spent a total of $6.6 trillion. That in- tion. you. You have a right to be free, and cludes our COVID relief packages. This When you dump more money into the your courage is inspiring. We are in- is an enormous volume of new, addi- economy, it doesn’t make things easier spired by you. As to the evil thugs who tional borrowed money on top of the for people; it just raises the cost. are on the street, brutalizing you, they, trillion dollars a year or so that we Now, this hurts poor and middle-class too, will end up in the ash heap of his- were already spending, already bor- Americans especially hard. It hurts es- tory. The oppression in Cuba will fall, rowing; that we were already deciding pecially hard those who are living on a and we will, once again, see ‘‘una cuba to spend above and beyond what our fixed income, on a fixed wage or a fixed libre’’—a free Cuba—thanks to the revenues would allow us to spend. salary; those who aren’t wealthy and courage and heroism of the Cubans in And then now the Democrats have don’t have a large amount of money the street. announced a plan to spend another $3.5 that they can use to invest to make I yield the floor. trillion just this week. And on top of sure that, as price inflation occurs, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- that, there is another trillion-dollar in- maybe they can make some money off ator from Utah. frastructure package in the works. And of it too. This hurts the poor and mid- f earlier this year, there was a $1.9 tril- dle-class American families the most, lion package that was passed. And so you see, because they have still got the BUDGET all of this is occurring in a year when same amount of money to spend, but Mr. LEE. Madam President, for far we already have a staggering $28 tril- everything is more costly. This isn’t too long, the Federal Government has lion debt. fair to them. simply been spending and borrowing The reality is that the Federal Gov- It is causing—our own government is far more money than it should. It has ernment does not itself feel the con- causing the increase in cost that hard- been borrowing and spending money sequences of this; the people do. In working families across Utah and that it doesn’t have. Now, for individ- other words, the Federal Government throughout America are already feel- uals, for businesses, even for States could get away with it because of this ing. Every day, as a result, it is getting and local governments, this kind of unique status that we have, the dollar harder to fill cupboards and refrig- conduct is not just inadvisable, which being the world’s reserve currency, the erators and bellies and gas tanks. it clearly is, but it is also impossible. I size of the U.S. economy. It has gotten Every day, it is getting more expensive mean, sure, people can get away with it away with it without adverse con- to drive to work or to the doctor’s of- for a short period of time, but the laws sequences that the Federal Govern- fice or to see your family and friends. of mathematics are very quickly able ment and its officers themselves feel From the price of housing to cars, to to catch up with them so that they directly. food, we are seeing the general level of can’t do it. It does, however, produce con- inflation increasing at a higher rate The Federal Government is unique in sequences. They are felt by the people. than we have seen in many, many this regard. There is something about Now, we have known for a long time years. the size of the U.S. economy, coupled that this was presenting something of The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics with the status of the U.S. dollar as the a threat to future generations; some- has produced data—the data for May world’s reserve currency—a combina- thing that we knew would really come that saw the biggest 12-month con- tion of factors—that has given the Fed- to haunt our children and our grand- sumer price index increase in 13 years. eral Government this ability that is children and their children after them. This follows the April number, which somewhat unique, you see, because it We have always known this. But at the was 4.2 percent higher than April of has access to essentially what amounts rate when we have accelerated our last year. to a printing press in Washington, DC, massive deficit spending and the degree The data from May also showed that that prints out more and more money to which we have extended it, this is no gasoline prices are up over 50 percent with reckless abandon, more and more longer just a problem for the future. from last year; that used vehicles are, money in a way that would be impos- This, you see, is affecting us right now. on average, costing 30 percent more sible not just for any individual, any For a long time, I and others have over last year; and that food bought family, any business, or any nonprofit talked about how it would affect our outside the home has seen a jump of 4 but also that most governments in the children and our grandchildren. And all percent. Chicken prices are soaring. United States and the world could this is still real—be a very real con- Boneless, skinless chicken breasts are

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15JY6.030 S15JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE July 15, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4935 trading at $2 a pound compared to the tives alike—we have grown too accus- in real, everyday life, not just the in- $1.30 a pound that it averaged over the tomed to a pattern, a dangerous pat- tended consequences of legislation that last decade. tern, that is good for the political might indeed have a good goal and Some packages of diapers that cost class, maybe favorable in some ways might indeed accomplish good things, about $25 as recently as last year now for a small handful of elected politi- but the unintended negative con- cost around $40, and there are fewer cians, but bad for everyone else. sequences also. diapers inside the package, further em- You see, the way it works in this I vote no if it will mean saying yes to phasizing the nature of the problem. town, the way the news media tends to what really matters, what really By the way, these higher prices dis- report on these things, you tend to get counts for making everyday life better proportionately impact the poor and praised if you vote yes. There is always for Utahans and hardworking Ameri- middle class, who don’t have the lux- someone you can point to who benefits cans across the country. ury of investing their income and don’t from the bill that gets passed from the And I vote no so that Utahans can have the luxury of having that added money that gets spent. say yes to the things that they need, buffer. Very often does anyone get anything because if we don’t ever say no, we are And we in Utah are feeling the pinch. but criticism for voting against those hurting them. If we always say yes, we According to a recent survey, 85 per- things, even if, even though, even when are putting them in a position of hav- cent of Utahans are worried about in- by their very nature those things tend ing to say no to the things that matter flation. to impoverish, albeit in increments, in- most to them and to their children and So what does this mean? Well, sadly, crements that are sometimes difficult their families. it means hard choices are in front of to observe at any given moment, to Look, this government’s reckless us; hard choices that we are going to purchasing power of poor and middle- spending is notorious, but it is finally have to face sooner than we might class Americans. catching up with us. This problem ex- wish, but we will have to face them So what this mean is, in many ways, ists because the Federal Government whether we want to or not. we are trading one thing for another. and the politicians in Washington, DC, This means that we will have to say We are trading the ability to be praised work hand-in-hand with our central no to some hard things; things that— as an elected official, an elected politi- bank to spend enormous amounts of while not necessarily bad in and of cian one day in order to spend money. money that we simply do not have. themselves, things that might be good; You get praised for that, but poor and This has been facilitated by so many things that others are incorrectly pre- middle-class Americans are paying the who are so willing to call on it, even senting as necessary and affordable price. though it results in the dangerous ac- For a long time we have been able to when they are not. But we have to say cumulation of power and money in the sweep this under the rug. For a long no to them so that we can say yes to hands of the few at the expense of the time Washington has avoided getting what is necessary. poor and middle class. blamed for this because it has been in- So what is truly necessary? Well, We are feeling the consequences of cremental, it has been indirect, it has being able to buy groceries and put these things right here and right now. been something that is perhaps ex- food on the table; being able to pay It is up to us to take action, to pump plainable in some cases through other your rent or your mortgage; being able the brakes and steer our government mechanisms. Not everyone imme- to turn on the heat or the air-condi- back in a fiscally responsible, sustain- diately connects inflation to out-of- tioning in your home; being able to buy able, and sane direction. The con- control spending decisions by elected gasoline to drive to work, to the doc- sequences will only get worse if we do Senators and congressmen. tor, or to take your kids to school; But we have ratcheted up the spend- not and if we do not do so very fast. being able to pay for school clothes and ing levels so much over the last year I yield the floor. field-trip fees, not to mention baseball and a half. And, yes, this has been f uniforms and soccer cleats. under the direction of Republicans and And you can forget about that trip to ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, Democrats alike. We have turned that JULY 19, 2021, AT 3 P.M. see that relative you haven’t been able up so much, so quickly that people are The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- to embrace in 16 months. feeling the effects more directly, more ate stands adjourned until Monday at 3 These are all things that are nec- immediately, more unmistakably than p.m. essary and they are all things that ever before. And, yes, it is our fault be- Thereupon, the Senate, at 3:36 p.m., have one thing in common. They are cause, yes, we have put our own polit- adjourned until Monday, July 19, 2021, all being jeopardized because of the ical convenience ahead of the interests at 3 p.m. government’s reckless spending and of poor and middle-class Americans, acting outside of its proper scope. and that is to our shame. That is to our f This, you see, creates a vicious cycle. shame especially if we don’t recognize NOMINATIONS It is a cycle that is all too convenient that we are doing it and seek to correct for many in government, who are mak- Executive nominations received by it. the Senate: ing the decisions. When it comes to voting on large And who makes the decisions ulti- spending packages, there is this trend FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION mately? Well, that is Congress—the of politicians voting yes and being Senate and the House of Representa- CHESTER JOHN CULVER, OF IOWA, TO BE A MEMBER OF praised, and politicians voting no and THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FEDERAL AGRICUL- tives. You see, under our constitu- being criticized. TURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, VICE CHARLES A. tional system, you can’t spend any Look, it will be of little comfort to STONES. money through the Treasury of the the poor and middle class of this coun- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE United States without Congress au- try who feel the buying power of their GABRIEL CAMARILLO, OF TEXAS, TO BE UNDER SEC- thorizing it, without Congress appro- seemingly dwindling paycheck shrink RETARY OF THE ARMY, VICE JAMES E. MCPHERSON. priating it. So we have to do all of this each week just so that politicians can DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE by law, and it ultimately comes down vote yes on large spending packages for ALAN F. ESTEVEZ, OF MARYLAND, TO BE UNDER SEC- RETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, to us. a short-term amount of praise and po- VICE MIRA RADIELOVIC RICARDEL, RESIGNED. That dynamic I described earlier of litical gain. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION an effective printing press that, you At times I have been accused of being RICHARD TRUMKA, JR., OF MARYLAND, TO BE A COM- know—well, it is a little more com- a reflexive no vote on things that some MISSIONER OF THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COM- plicated than that. It is effectively a of my colleagues are willing to explain MISSION FOR A TERM OF SEVEN YEARS FROM OCTOBER 27, 2021, VICE ROBERT S. ADLER. case that we just print more money, away or justify or defend whole- DEPARTMENT OF STATE compounded by the fact that, cul- heartedly. But here is an important turally, within the Congress of the JEFFRY LANE FLAKE, OF ARIZONA, TO BE AMBAS- point that I would like to make: I vote SADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF United States—among Republicans and no not by reflex but through reason. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF Democrats alike, among Senators and I vote no when I see how the con- TURKEY. KENT DOYLE LOGSDON, OF PENNSYLVANIA, A CAREER Members of the House of Representa- sequences will affect those I represent MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 9801 E:\CR\FM\G15JY6.031 S15JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S4936 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 15, 2021 MINISTER–COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAOR- To be commander MICHAEL L. JONES DINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES LEE B. PICKENS OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA. KERRI R. FUHS ROBERT B. STALEY UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT MARK P. TAKLA DARREN S. WALL DEVELOPMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT ATUL ATMARAM GAWANDE, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO To be commander TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY BE AN ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE UNITED RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, JESSE D. KING VICE ALMA L. GOLDEN. To be captain THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY JULIA L. AZURIN RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: RONALD L. BOLEN SERVICE RODOLFO L. CANOS ALVIN HARLYN WARREN, OF NEW MEXICO, TO BE A To be captain SHAWNA D. MILLER MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COR- DEBORAH L. REDMAN RANDALL G. HODO MARYELLEN V. WETMORE PORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE GAVIN A. SANJUME FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 6, 2023, VICE HYEPIN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT CHRISTINE IM, TERM EXPIRED. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: FOUNDATION To be captain To be captain JAMES A. DIOSSA, OF RHODE ISLAND, TO BE A MEMBER RYAN A. BAUM DAVID W. DAVIS II OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE JAMES MADISON ROGER L. DUBE JONATHAN K. MARKRICH MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION FOR A TERM EX- CATHERINE M. KRAKUSZESKI PIRING OCTOBER 3, 2024, VICE HARVEY M. TETTLEBAUM, THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT ALLEN B. LEDBETTER TERM EXPIRED. TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY KACEY D. LORSON TERRENCE KEITH WRIGHT, OF DELAWARE, TO BE A RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: MAURICE E. MACKEY MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE JAMES PATRICK J. OLIVERI MADISON MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION FOR A To be captain FRANK E. SCUDDER TERM EXPIRING MAY 29, 2025, VICE JOHN J. FASO, TERM GLENN M. EBERHART DAWN L. WYNN EXPIRED. DARREL E. FRAME THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PATRICK A. KUHNE TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY HARVEY H. LUSK, JR. RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: RAHUL GUPTA, OF WEST VIRGINIA, TO BE DIRECTOR OF BRIAN A. MCFARLAND NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY, VICE JAMES W. CAR- JEFFREY N. PARSONS To be captain ROLL, JR. STEVEN J. PETRACEK BERNARD H. HOFMANN IN THE AIR FORCE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT RYAN M. JACK TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY LEEANN W. KARDOSH THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: JANELLE S. LAUFER TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR CHARLES F. MCQUADE, JR. FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: To be captain PRASHANT M. REDDY To be major SCOTT A. ASAKEVICH BRYAN T. SCHMIDT ARTHUR A. BLAIN HOI S. WONG GAVIN N. UNVERFEHRT LEAH C. BROWN IN THE SPACE FORCE IN THE ARMY FRITZJOSE E. CHANDLER EMILY M. CHRISTMAN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUAL FOR APPOINT- CHRISTIAN W. ERTL IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR SPACE MENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR ARMY SARA L. HARTSAW FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 531 AND 716: MEDICAL CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 531 STEVEN J. HUDSON AND 7064: JEFFREY R. JENKINS To be colonel MICHAEL S. LIAO To be major JOHN P. SMAIL MARCEL A. MACGILVRAY BONNIE L. RIPORTELLA ROBERT W. MCMAHON NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT WILLIAM M. PETERNEL ADMINISTRATION AS PERMANENT PROFESSOR AT THE UNITED STATES VERONICA C. RIOS MILITARY ACADEMY IN THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER AMY M. ROHS SUBJECT TO QUALIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY LAW, THE TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 7433(B) AND 7436(A): DIANA M. SANCHEZ FOLLOWING FOR DIRECTOR, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND AT- To be colonel SAMUEL C. SAYSON MOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER PETER J. SILVESTRI CORPS AND OFFICE OF MARINE AND AVIATION OPER- WINSTON S. WILLIAMS, JR. JOEL B. SOLOMON ATIONS. CHERYL L. VARNER IN THE MARINE CORPS DANIELLE J. WILHELM To be rear admiral THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT NANCY A. HANN TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MA- TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY RINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: f To be colonel To be captain CONFIRMATIONS JARED K. STONE JEFFREY BENSON THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT JAIME D. DELEON Executive nominations confirmed by TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MA- ANDREW D. RICHARDS RINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: ELMER F. RILEY III the Senate July 15, 2021: To be lieutenant colonel THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY JUSTIN K. SING RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: DONALD MICHAEL REMY, OF LOUISIANA, TO BE DEP- UTY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. IN THE NAVY To be captain DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT ROBERT J. ALWINE II TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY MICHAEL BAHAR J. NELLIE LIANG, OF MARYLAND, TO BE AN UNDER UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: RICHARD E. FEDERICO SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 9801 E:\CR\FM\A15JY6.004 S15JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE Thursday, July 15, 2021 Daily Digest Senate Abruzzo Nomination—Cloture: Senate began con- Chamber Action sideration of the nomination of Jennifer Ann Routine Proceedings, pages S4911–S4936 Abruzzo, of New York, to be General Counsel of the Measures Introduced: Twenty-seven bills and four National Labor Relations Board. Page S4916 resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. A motion was entered to close further debate on 2350–2376, and S. Res. 303–306. Pages S4924–25 the nomination, and, in accordance with the provi- sions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Measures Passed: Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consor- of the nomination of Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., of tium Act: Senate passed S. 658, to authorize the Sec- Louisiana, to be an Assistant Attorney General, De- retary of Homeland Security to work with cybersecu- partment of Justice. Page S4916 rity consortia for training. Page S4932 Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Sen- Authorizing legal represenation: Senate agreed to ate took the following action: S. Res. 306, to authorize representation by the Sen- Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legisla- ate Legal Counsel in the case of Jennifer Grappell v. tive Session. Page S4916 Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Execu- Alberto M. Carvalho, et al. Page S4933 tive Session to consider the nomination. Page S4916 Appointments: Cunningham Nomination—Agreement: Senate re- Board of Visitors of the U.S. Coast Guard Acad- sumed consideration of the nomination of Tiffany P. emy: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, Cunningham, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 194(a), as amended by Public Judge for the Federal Circuit. Pages S4921–22 Law 101–595, and upon the recommendation of the During consideration of this nomination today, Democratic Leader, appointed the following Senators Senate also took the following action: to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Coast Guard By 63 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. EX. 266), Senate Academy: Senator Cantwell, Committee on Com- agreed to the motion to close further debate on the merce, Science, and Transportation; and Senator nomination. Pages S4921–22 Blumenthal, At Large. Page S4932 A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- Polite, Jr., Nomination—Cloture: Senate began viding that all post-cloture time on the nomination consideration of the nomination of Kenneth Allen be expired and Senate vote on confirmation of the Polite, Jr., of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Attorney nomination at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, July 19, 2021. General, Department of Justice. Page S4916 Page S4922 A motion was entered to close further debate on Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- the nomination, and, in accordance with the provi- lowing nominations: sions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the By 72 yeas to 27 nays (Vote No. EX. 264), J. Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition Nellie Liang, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary of the nomination of Tiffany P. Cunningham, of Illi- of the Treasury. Pages S4911–15 nois, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fed- By 91 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. EX. 265), Donald eral Circuit. Page S4921 Michael Remy, of Louisiana, to be Deputy Secretary Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Sen- of Veterans Affairs. Pages S4915–16 ate took the following action: Nominations Received: Senate received the fol- Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legisla- lowing nominations: tive Session. Page S4916 Chester John Culver, of Iowa, to be a Member of Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Execu- the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural tive Session to consider the nomination. Page S4916 Mortgage Corporation. D776

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Labor Relations Board, after the nominees testified BUILDING WEALTH AND FOSTERING and answered questions in their own behalf. INDEPENDENCE BUSINESS MEETING Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favor- hearing to examine building wealth and fostering ably reported the nominations of Eunice C. Lee, of independence, focusing on creating opportunities to New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the save, after receiving testimony from Thomas Foley, Second Circuit, Veronica S. Rossman, of Colorado, to National Disability Institute, Washington, D.C.; be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Cir- Josie Badger, #IWantToWork, New Castle, Pennsyl- cuit, and David G. Estudillo, Lauren J. King, and vania; John Iacofano, Iacofano’s Catering, Mount Tana Lin, each to be a United States District Judge Pleasant, South Carolina; and Rodney A. Brooks, Sil- for the Western District of Washington. ver Spring, Maryland. h House of Representatives 2379, the ‘‘State Opioid Response Grant Authoriza- Chamber Action tion Act of 2021’’; H.R. 2364, the ‘‘Synthetic The House was not in session today. The House Opioid Danger Awareness Act’’; H.R. 2355, the is scheduled to meet in Pro Forma session at 9 a.m. ‘‘Opioid Prescription Verification Act of 2021’’; H.R on Friday, July 16, 2021. 2503, the ‘‘Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021’’; H.R. 4026, the ‘‘Social Determinants of Committee Meetings Health Data Analysis Act of 2021’’; H.R. 3743, the ‘‘Supporting the Foundation for the National Insti- MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES tutes of Health and the Reagan-Udall Foundation for Committee on Appropriations: Full Committee held a the Food and Drug Administration Act’’; H.R. 550, markup on the Labor, Health and Human Services, the ‘‘Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act’’; H.R. 1550, the ‘‘PREVENT HPV Cancers Act Bill, FY 2022; and the Commerce, Justice, Science, of 2021’’; H.R. 951, the ‘‘Maternal Vaccination and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2022. Act’’; H.R. 925, the ‘‘Data to Save Moms Act’’; The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, H.R. 4387, the ‘‘Maternal Health Quality Improve- and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2022; ment Act of 2021’’; H.R. 3742, the ‘‘Vaccine Infor- and the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related mation for Nursing Facility Operators Act’’; H.R. Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2022 were ordered 1978, the ‘‘Protecting Seniors Through Immuniza- reported, as amended. tion Act of 2021’’; H.R. 2347, the ‘‘Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Act of 2021’’; H.R. 3894, MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES the ‘‘CARING for Social Determinants Act of Committee on Education and Labor: Full Committee 2021’’; and H.R. 4406, the ‘‘Supporting Medicaid in held a markup on H.R. 2119, the ‘‘Family Violence the U.S. Territories Act’’. H.R. 4369, H.R. 654, Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021’’; H.R. 2379, H.R. 2364, H.R. 2355, H.R. 2503, H.R. 3992, the ‘‘Protect Older Job Applicants Act’’; H.R. 550, H.R. 1550, H.R. 951, H.R. 925, H.R. H.R. 729, the ‘‘Strength in Diversity Act of 2021’’; 3742, H.R. 1978, H.R. 2347, and H.R. 3894 were and H.R. 730, the ‘‘Equity and Inclusion Enforce- forwarded to the full Committee, as amended. H.R. ment Act of 2021’’. H.R. 2119, H.R. 3992, H.R. 2051, H.R. 4026, H.R. 3743, H.R. 4387, and H.R. 729, and H.R. 730 were ordered reported, as amend- 4406 were forwarded to the full Committee, without ed. amendment. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES AMERICA ON CDBG DISASTER RECOVERY: Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on STATES, CITIES, AND DENIALS OF Health held a markup on H.R. 4369, the ‘‘National FUNDING Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Manufacturing Act’’; H.R. 654, the ‘‘Drug-Free Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled Communities Pandemic Relief Act’’; H.R. 2051, the ‘‘America on CDBG Disaster Recovery: States, Cit- ‘‘Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021’’; H.R. ies, and Denials of Funding’’. Testimony was heard

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3 p.m., Monday, July 19 9 a.m., Friday, July 16

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: Senate will be in a period of Program for Friday: House will meet in Pro Forma ses- morning business. sion at 9 a.m. At 5:30 p.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination of Tiffany P. Cunningham, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit.

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